1998 American League (AL) Expanded Standings

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1998 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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American League Eastern Division

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs |  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 NYY 114  48  .704   ---   ---| 6.0  4.0 110-52    4 |33-15 39-15 29-15 13-3 |62-19 52-29  9-2  21-10 81-37 33-11 38-26 76-22|
 BOS  92  70  .568  22.0  22.0| 5.4  4.5  94-68   -2 |25-23 31-23 27-17  9-7 |51-30 41-40  7-4  24-25 61-55 31-15 32-31 60-39|
 TOR  88  74  .543  26.0  30.0| 5.0  4.7  86-76    2 |27-21 28-26 24-20  9-7 |51-30 37-44  8-8  28-17 65-55 23-19 31-32 57-42|
 BAL  79  83  .488  35.0  57.0| 5.0  4.8  84-78   -5 |19-29 29-25 26-18  5-11|42-39 37-44  5-2  18-24 57-56 22-27 33-43 46-40|
 TBD  63  99  .389  51.0 121.0| 3.8  4.6  67-95   -4 |16-32 22-32 20-24  5-11|33-48 30-51  5-10 15-20 50-72 13-27 22-52 41-47|

American League Central Division

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs |  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 CLE  89  73  .549   ---   ---| 5.2  4.8  87-75    2 |27-27 29-19 23-21 10-6 |46-35 43-38  5-10 23-23 64-53 25-20 30-32 59-41|
 CHW  80  82  .494   9.0   9.0| 5.3  5.7  76-86    4 |28-26 26-22 19-25  7-9 |44-37 36-45  4-6  20-22 63-57 17-25 34-41 46-41|
 KCR  72  89  .447  16.5  24.0| 4.4  5.6  63-98    9 |23-31 21-27 19-24  9-7 |29-51 43-38  7-5  17-16 53-59 19-30 26-49 46-40|
 MIN  70  92  .432  19.0  31.5| 4.5  5.0  73-89   -3 |24-30 21-27 18-26  7-9 |35-46 35-46  5-12 25-29 54-73 16-19 37-38 33-54|
 DET  65  97  .401  24.0  51.5| 4.5  5.3  69-93   -4 |19-35 23-25 16-28  7-9 |32-49 33-48  7-8  20-21 48-72 17-25 25-48 40-49|

American League Western Division

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs |  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 TEX  88  74  .543   ---   ---| 5.8  5.4  86-76    2 |27-28 33-22 20-16  8-8 |48-33 40-41  3-3  19-17 62-52 26-22 32-33 56-41|
 ANA  85  77  .525   3.0   3.0| 4.9  4.8  83-79    2 |27-28 29-26 19-17 10-6 |42-39 43-38  6-6  24-19 62-59 23-18 30-36 55-41|
 SEA  76  85  .472  11.5  20.0| 5.3  5.3  81-81   -5 |22-33 32-22 15-21  7-9 |42-39 34-46  3-5  10-20 62-67 14-18 25-53 51-32|
 OAK  74  88  .457  14.0  27.5| 5.0  5.3  77-85   -3 |18-37 30-25 18-18  8-8 |39-42 35-46  7-5  16-19 51-59 23-29 36-42 38-46|

American League Wild Card

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs |  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 NYY 114  48  .704   ---   ---| 6.0  4.0 110-52    4 |33-15 39-15 29-15 13-3 |62-19 52-29  9-2  21-10 81-37 33-11 38-26 76-22|
 CLE  89  73  .549   3.0   3.0| 5.2  4.8  87-75    2 |27-27 29-19 23-21 10-6 |46-35 43-38  5-10 23-23 64-53 25-20 30-32 59-41|
 TEX  88  74  .543   4.0   4.0| 5.8  5.4  86-76    2 |27-28 33-22 20-16  8-8 |48-33 40-41  3-3  19-17 62-52 26-22 32-33 56-41|
 BOS  92  70  .568   ---   ---| 5.4  4.5  94-68   -2 |25-23 31-23 27-17  9-7 |51-30 41-40  7-4  24-25 61-55 31-15 32-31 60-39|
 ANA  85  77  .525   7.0  10.0| 4.9  4.8  83-79    2 |27-28 29-26 19-17 10-6 |42-39 43-38  6-6  24-19 62-59 23-18 30-36 55-41|
 CHW  80  82  .494  12.0  25.0| 5.3  5.7  76-86    4 |28-26 26-22 19-25  7-9 |44-37 36-45  4-6  20-22 63-57 17-25 34-41 46-41|
 TOR  88  74  .543   4.0   4.0| 5.0  4.7  86-76    2 |27-21 28-26 24-20  9-7 |51-30 37-44  8-8  28-17 65-55 23-19 31-32 57-42|
 SEA  76  85  .472  15.5  41.5| 5.3  5.3  81-81   -5 |22-33 32-22 15-21  7-9 |42-39 34-46  3-5  10-20 62-67 14-18 25-53 51-32|
 KCR  72  89  .447  19.5  67.0| 4.4  5.6  63-98    9 |23-31 21-27 19-24  9-7 |29-51 43-38  7-5  17-16 53-59 19-30 26-49 46-40|
 BAL  79  83  .488  13.0  29.0| 5.0  4.8  84-78   -5 |19-29 29-25 26-18  5-11|42-39 37-44  5-2  18-24 57-56 22-27 33-43 46-40|
 OAK  74  88  .457  18.0  56.5| 5.0  5.3  77-85   -3 |18-37 30-25 18-18  8-8 |39-42 35-46  7-5  16-19 51-59 23-29 36-42 38-46|
 MIN  70  92  .432  22.0  87.0| 4.5  5.0  73-89   -3 |24-30 21-27 18-26  7-9 |35-46 35-46  5-12 25-29 54-73 16-19 37-38 33-54|
 DET  65  97  .401  27.0 132.0| 4.5  5.3  69-93   -4 |19-35 23-25 16-28  7-9 |32-49 33-48  7-8  20-21 48-72 17-25 25-48 40-49|
 TBD  63  99  .389  29.0 152.0| 3.8  4.6  67-95   -4 |16-32 22-32 20-24  5-11|33-48 30-51  5-10 15-20 50-72 13-27 22-52 41-47|

Head-to-Head Records (read across for wins and down the columns for losses)

     |AvgOppRec|BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  BAL|   81-80 | --   6   3   5   5|  2   5  10   5   7|  6   8   6   6|ATL:1-2,FLA:1-2,MON:0-3,NYM:1-3,PHI:2-1
  BOS|   80-81 |  6  --   5   9   5|  5   8   5   8   5|  5   9   7   6|ATL:2-1,FLA:2-1,MON:3-0,NYM:1-2,PHI:1-3
  NYY|   78-83 |  9   7  --  11   6|  7   7   8  10   7|  5   8   8   8|ATL:3-1,FLA:3-0,MON:2-1,NYM:2-1,PHI:3-0
  TBD|   82-79 |  7   3   1  --   5|  6   3   6   3   4|  5   6   5   4|ATL:0-3,FLA:1-3,MON:1-2,NYM:1-2,PHI:2-1
  TOR|   80-81 |  7   7   6   7  --|  6   4   6   5   7|  7   6   7   4|ATL:1-2,FLA:1-2,MON:4-0,NYM:2-1,PHI:1-2
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHW|   81-80 |  9   6   4   5   4| --   6   6   8   6|  6   4   4   5|CHC:0-3,CIN:1-1,HOU:1-2,MIL:1-2,PIT:2-0,STL:2-1
  CLE|   80-81 |  6   3   4   7   7|  6  --   9   8   6|  7   3   9   4|CHC:2-0,CIN:2-1,HOU:1-2,MIL:2-1,PIT:1-2,STL:2-0
  DET|   82-79 |  1   5   3   5   5|  6   3  --   6   8|  3   7   3   3|CHC:2-0,CIN:0-3,HOU:0-3,MIL:2-1,PIT:2-1,STL:1-1
  KCR|   81-80 |  6   3   0   8   6|  4   4   6  --   7|  5   7   4   3|CHC:2-1,CIN:2-0,HOU:1-2,MIL:1-2,PIT:1-1,STL:2-1
  MIN|   81-80 |  3   6   4   7   4|  6   6   4   5  --|  5   4   2   7|CHC:2-1,CIN:1-2,HOU:1-1,MIL:0-2,PIT:1-2,STL:2-1
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ANA|   80-81 |  5   6   6   6   4|  5   4   8   6   6| --   5   9   5|ARI:2-1,COL:3-0,LAD:3-1,SDP:1-2,SFG:1-2
  OAK|   81-80 |  3   2   3   5   5|  7   8   4   4   7|  7  --   5   6|ARI:2-1,COL:1-2,LAD:1-2,SDP:2-1,SFG:2-2
  SEA|   81-80 |  5   4   3   6   4|  7   2   8   6   9|  3   7  --   5|ARI:1-2,COL:2-1,LAD:1-2,SDP:2-2,SFG:1-2
  TEX|   80-81 |  5   5   3   7   7|  6   7   8   8   4|  7   6   7  --|ARI:3-1,COL:2-1,LAD:0-3,SDP:2-1,SFG:1-2
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |AvgOppRec|BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records

Head-to-Head Run Scoring (read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed)

     |BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  BAL| --  46  43  45  71| 44  66  63  56  59| 60  61  65  74|ATL:8-21,FLA:13-15,MON:9-20,NYM:15-17,PHI:19-12
  BOS| 53  --  53  57  66| 76  56  53  62  59| 57  62  62  59|ATL:25-16,FLA:16-10,MON:28-5,NYM:7-10,PHI:25-28
  NYY| 61  73  --  60  57| 73  50  70  78  60| 52  81  71  81|ATL:24-17,FLA:13-4,MON:22-10,NYM:16-8,PHI:23-12
  TBD| 39  40  22  --  38| 48  34  58  50  45| 45  52  49  52|ATL:7-19,FLA:13-20,MON:11-15,NYM:7-10,PHI:10-12
  TOR| 69  71  52  55  --| 46  57  46  41  65| 63  50  64  54|ATL:9-16,FLA:11-12,MON:25-10,NYM:22-22,PHI:16-19
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHW| 76  61  58  40  45| --  72  84  78  57| 47  38  67  53|CHC:18-26,CIN:9-9,HOU:10-30,MIL:16-20,PIT:10-8,STL:22-19
  CLE| 59  41  43  49  54| 69  --  56  86  61| 66  61  76  39|CHC:8-5,CIN:17-4,HOU:12-23,MIL:16-9,PIT:15-11,STL:22-5
  DET| 28  43  28  57  41| 78  36  --  64  61| 43  69  51  50|CHC:13-10,CIN:10-15,HOU:11-24,MIL:16-11,PIT:14-6,STL:9-5
  KCR| 47  36  22  64  49| 56  42  51  --  57| 43  69  48  66|CHC:13-12,CIN:9-4,HOU:4-13,MIL:17-22,PIT:9-11,STL:12-8
  MIN| 38  54  37  50  68| 55  51  59  61  --| 60  52  38  60|CHC:14-9,CIN:12-15,HOU:5-12,MIL:3-12,PIT:7-12,STL:10-10
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ANA| 48  49  61  40  53| 55  68  54  44  49| --  57  62  66|ARI:22-23,COL:13-6,LAD:20-17,SDP:15-14,SFG:11-16
  OAK| 51  39  48  46  49| 73  84  54  51  54| 62  --  45  55|ARI:16-18,COL:24-29,LAD:8-9,SDP:23-20,SFG:22-24
  SEA| 70  57  64  50  43| 66  64  63  67  61| 39  61  --  78|ARI:16-20,COL:23-14,LAD:14-17,SDP:10-15,SFG:13-12
  TEX| 61  50  74  62  55| 80  42  81  91  60| 70  53  79  --|ARI:28-17,COL:16-12,LAD:7-15,SDP:19-24,SFG:12-16
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |BAL BOS NYY TBD TOR|CHW CLE DET KCR MIN|ANA OAK SEA TEX Interleague Records

Glossary

GBs - Summed Games Back. This was developed by John Dewan of Acta Sports (who publishes a lot of really good baseball books, BTW). He introduced this in a Stat of the Week™. The idea is that you add up how far behind the team is for every team ahead of it in the standings. For example, say the Mets lead the NL EAST with the Braves one game back and the Phillies six back. The Braves are only one game back of the Mets, so GBs=1.0 for them. For the Phillies they are six back of the Mets and five back of the Braves, so their GBs=11.0. It probably isn't a perfect measure of a team's difficulty of getting into first place, but it is likely a better measure than just plain old GB. Note that for the wild card this becomes a bit of a mess, but in this calculation we exclude the current division leaders, to give you a number for just the teams in the current wild card race.
R - Runs scored per game
RA - Runs allowed per game
pythW-L - Pythagorean Win-Loss created by Bill James this estimates a team's Win-Loss record by the runs scored and runs allowed. This is typically more accurate for predicting a team's future record than their actual win-loss record.
Luck - The difference between the team's actual wins and the team's pythagorean wins.
Home - Record in home games.
Road - Record in road games.
ExInn - Record in Extra-inning games.
1-Run - Record in one-run games.
vs.RH - Record in games where the opposing starter was right-handed.
vs.LH - Record in games where the opposing starter was left-handed.
≥.500 - Record in games where the opposing team has a record at or above .500. This is based on the opposing team's record for the entire season.
<.500 - Record in games where the opposing team has a record under .500. This is based on the opposing team's record for the entire season.
L10 - Record in their last 10 games.
L20 - Record in their last 20 games.
L30 - Record in their last 30 games.

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