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1998 American League Team Statistics and Standings

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East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees NYY 114 48 .704 --
Boston Red Sox BOS 92 70 .568 22.0
Toronto Blue Jays TOR 88 74 .543 26.0
Baltimore Orioles BAL 79 83 .488 35.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays TBD 63 99 .389 51.0

Central Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Cleveland Indians CLE 89 73 .549 --
Chicago White Sox CHW 80 82 .494 9.0
Kansas City Royals KCR 72 89 .447 16.5
Minnesota Twins MIN 70 92 .432 19.0
Detroit Tigers DET 65 97 .401 24.0

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Texas Rangers TEX 88 74 .543 --
Anaheim Angels ANA 85 77 .525 3.0
Seattle Mariners SEA 76 85 .472 11.5
Oakland Athletics OAK 74 88 .457 14.0
Expanded Standings

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-0):   New York Yankees over San Diego Padres
LgChampSeries (4-2):   New York Yankees over Cleveland Indians
LgDivSeries (3-1):   Cleveland Indians over Boston Red Sox
LgDivSeries (3-0):   New York Yankees over Texas Rangers

Team & League Standard Batting

Tm #Bat BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
ANA 45 28.7 4.86 162 6280 5630 787 1530 314 27 147 739 93 45 510 1028 .272 .335 .415 .751 93 2339 122 48 49 41 31
BAL 48 33.1 5.04 162 6304 5565 817 1520 303 11 214 783 86 48 593 903 .273 .347 .447 .794 107 2487 136 58 44 44 30
BOS 47 28.8 5.41 162 6302 5601 876 1568 338 35 205 827 72 39 541 1049 .280 .348 .463 .810 107 2591 144 70 35 52 32
CHW 39 27.2 5.28 163 6281 5585 861 1516 291 38 198 806 127 46 551 916 .271 .339 .444 .782 105 2477 119 47 38 59 34
CLE 48 29.5 5.25 162 6376 5616 850 1530 334 30 198 811 143 60 630 1061 .272 .347 .448 .795 103 2518 123 41 30 59 35
DET 45 27.3 4.46 162 6243 5664 722 1494 306 29 165 691 122 62 455 1070 .264 .323 .415 .738 91 2353 111 62 16 45 25
KCR 51 28.8 4.43 161 6191 5546 714 1459 274 40 134 686 135 50 475 984 .263 .324 .399 .724 87 2215 118 60 45 65 24
MIN 38 29.8 4.53 162 6263 5641 734 1499 285 32 115 691 112 54 506 915 .266 .328 .389 .717 86 2193 155 45 18 52 33
NYY 38 30.4 5.96 162 6444 5643 965 1625 290 31 207 907 153 63 653 1025 .288 .364 .460 .825 116 2598 145 57 32 59 34
OAK 45 29.0 4.96 162 6283 5490 804 1413 295 13 149 755 131 47 633 1122 .257 .338 .397 .735 94 2181 120 55 58 46 22
SEA 47 29.8 5.34 161 6327 5628 859 1553 321 28 234 822 115 39 558 1081 .276 .345 .468 .812 110 2632 107 57 36 48 26
TBD 42 28.9 3.83 162 6157 5555 620 1450 267 43 111 579 120 73 473 1107 .261 .321 .385 .706 83 2136 127 37 53 38 24
TEX 42 29.9 5.80 162 6401 5672 940 1637 314 32 201 894 82 47 595 1045 .289 .357 .462 .819 108 2618 137 39 41 54 27
TOR 41 29.0 5.01 163 6323 5580 816 1482 316 19 221 776 184 81 564 1132 .266 .340 .448 .787 104 2499 108 87 43 49 43
LgAvg 42 29.3 5.01 162 6298 5601 812 1520 303 29 179 769 120 54 553 1031 .271 .340 .432 .771 100 2417 127 55 38 51 30
591 29.3 5.01 2268 88175 78416 11365 21276 4248 408 2499 10767 1675 754 7737 14438 .271 .340 .432 .771 100 33837 1772 763 538 711 420

Team & League Standard Pitching

Tm #Pitch PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG tmSHO cgSHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
ANA 19 29.8 4.83 85 77 .525 4.49 162 162 159 3 5 1 52 1444.0 1481 783 720 164 630 23 1091 47 4 70 6326 106 1.462 9.2 1.0 3.9 6.8 1.73
BAL 22 30.5 4.85 79 83 .488 4.74 162 162 146 16 10 4 37 1431.1 1505 785 754 169 535 33 1065 46 6 51 6213 96 1.425 9.5 1.1 3.4 6.7 1.99
BOS 23 29.5 4.50 92 70 .568 4.18 162 162 157 5 8 2 53 1436.0 1406 729 667 168 504 33 1025 53 2 62 6141 113 1.330 8.8 1.1 3.2 6.4 2.03
CHW 20 26.4 5.71 80 82 .494 5.22 163 163 155 8 4 0 42 1438.2 1569 931 835 211 580 20 911 54 10 58 6368 88 1.494 9.8 1.3 3.6 5.7 1.57
CLE 23 29.8 4.81 89 73 .549 4.44 162 162 153 9 4 3 47 1460.0 1552 779 721 171 563 48 1037 67 5 35 6393 107 1.449 9.6 1.1 3.5 6.4 1.84
DET 20 26.6 5.33 65 97 .401 4.93 162 162 153 9 4 3 32 1446.1 1551 863 792 185 595 53 947 40 0 60 6327 96 1.484 9.7 1.2 3.7 5.9 1.59
KCR 22 28.8 5.58 72 89 .447 5.15 161 161 155 6 5 3 46 1436.1 1590 899 822 196 568 28 999 60 5 72 6369 92 1.502 10.0 1.2 3.6 6.3 1.76
MIN 17 28.7 5.05 70 92 .432 4.75 162 162 155 7 8 1 42 1447.2 1622 818 764 180 457 21 952 44 5 55 6322 100 1.436 10.1 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.08
NYY 19 30.2 4.05 114 48 .704 3.82 162 162 140 22 16 8 48 1456.2 1357 656 619 156 466 25 1080 68 5 37 6100 116 1.251 8.4 1.0 2.9 6.7 2.32
OAK 19 31.0 5.35 74 88 .457 4.81 162 162 150 12 4 3 39 1434.0 1555 866 766 179 529 29 922 56 5 68 6310 94 1.453 9.8 1.1 3.3 5.8 1.74
SEA 20 31.3 5.31 76 85 .472 4.93 161 161 144 17 7 5 31 1424.1 1530 855 781 196 528 23 1156 60 6 61 6271 93 1.445 9.7 1.2 3.3 7.3 2.19
TBD 22 27.5 4.64 63 99 .389 4.35 162 162 155 7 7 2 28 1443.0 1425 751 698 171 643 27 1008 81 3 43 6269 110 1.433 8.9 1.1 4.0 6.3 1.57
TEX 21 29.9 5.38 88 74 .543 4.99 162 162 152 10 8 4 46 1431.1 1624 871 794 164 519 32 994 45 2 62 6357 96 1.497 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.92
TOR 20 30.3 4.71 88 74 .543 4.28 163 163 153 10 11 5 47 1465.0 1443 768 697 169 587 26 1154 45 4 34 6352 108 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.1 1.97
LgAvg 20 29.3 5.01 81 81 .501 4.65 162 162 152 10 42 1442 1515 811 745 177 550 30 1024 55 4 55 6294 100 1.432 9.5 1.1 3.4 6.4 1.86
278 29.3 5.01 1135 1131 .501 4.65 2268 2268 2127 141 590 20194.2 21210 11354 10430 2479 7704 421 14341 766 62 768 88118 100 1.432 9.5 1.1 3.4 6.4 1.86

Team & League Standard Fielding

Tm #Fld R/G DefEff G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr
ANA 45 4.83 .686 162 1458 1098 12996.0 6084 4332 1646 106 146 .983 -65 -6
BAL 47 4.85 .685 162 1458 1095 12882.0 6135 4294 1760 81 144 .987 -10 -1
BOS 47 4.50 .703 162 1458 1136 12924.0 6038 4308 1625 105 128 .983 62 6
CHW 39 5.71 .686 163 1467 1153 12948.0 6162 4316 1706 140 161 .977 5 0
CLE 46 4.81 .682 162 1458 1146 13140.0 6217 4380 1727 110 146 .982 36 3
DET 45 5.33 .685 162 1458 1153 13017.0 6266 4339 1812 115 164 .982 57 5
KCR 50 5.58 .676 161 1449 1100 12927.0 6123 4309 1689 125 172 .980 -10 -1
MIN 38 5.05 .678 162 1458 1127 13029.0 6036 4343 1585 108 135 .982 -107 -10
NYY 37 4.05 .708 162 1458 1172 13110.0 6110 4370 1642 98 146 .984 28 3
OAK 44 5.35 .682 162 1458 1062 12906.0 6097 4302 1654 141 155 .977 -66 -6
SEA 47 5.31 .673 161 1449 1091 12819.0 5970 4273 1572 125 139 .979 -14 -1
TBD 42 4.64 .699 162 1458 1147 12987.0 6188 4329 1765 94 178 .985 91 8
TEX 40 5.38 .668 162 1458 1153 12882.0 5995 4294 1580 121 140 .980 19 2
TOR 41 4.71 .692 163 1467 1145 13185.0 6052 4395 1532 125 131 .979 1 0
LgAvg 42 5.01 .686 162 1458 1127 12982 6105 4327 1664 114 149 .981 2 0
584 5.01 .686 2268 20412 15778 181752.0 85473 60584 23295 1594 2085 .981 28 0
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