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Expanded Standings
East Division
Team           W   L   WL%  GB
TampaBay TBR  97  65  .599  --  
BostonRS BOS  95  67  .586  2.0
NewYorkY NYY  89  73  .549  8.0
Toronto  TOR  86  76  .531 11.0
Bltmore  BAL  68  93  .422 28.5
Central Division
Team           W   L   WL%  GB
ChicagoW CHW  89  74  .546  --  
Minnesta MIN  88  75  .540  1.0
Clvlnd   CLE  81  81  .500  7.5
KansasCy KCR  75  87  .463 13.5
Detroit  DET  74  88  .457 14.5
West Division
Team           W   L   WL%  GB
LA of AN LAA 100  62  .617  --  
Texas    TEX  79  83  .488 21.0
Oakland  OAK  75  86  .466 24.5
Seattle  SEA  61 101  .377 39.0

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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 TEX  5.56   901  162  5728  1619  376  35  194  595  1207  .283  .354  .462   81   25 115  5.99  5.14
 BOS  5.22   845  162  5596  1565  353  33  173  646  1068  .280  .358  .447  120   35 108  5.69  4.74
 MIN  5.09   829  163  5641  1572  298  49  111  529   979  .279  .340  .408  102   42 102  5.32  4.85
 DET  5.07   821  162  5641  1529  293  41  200  572  1076  .271  .340  .444   63   31 106  5.40  4.74
 CHW  4.98   811  163  5553  1458  296  13  235  540  1016  .263  .332  .448   67   34 102  5.76  4.19
 CLE  4.97   805  162  5543  1455  339  22  171  560  1213  .262  .339  .424   77   29  99  5.26  4.68
 NYY  4.87   789  162  5572  1512  289  20  180  535  1015  .271  .342  .427  118   39 104  5.09  4.65
 BAL  4.86   782  161  5559  1486  322  30  172  533   990  .267  .333  .429   81   37 101  4.98  4.74
 TBR  4.78   774  162  5541  1443  284  37  180  626  1224  .260  .340  .422  142   50 103  4.93  4.63
 LAA  4.72   765  162  5540  1486  274  25  159  481   987  .268  .330  .413  129   48  96  4.73  4.72
 TOR  4.41   714  162  5503  1453  303  32  126  521   938  .264  .331  .399   80   27  94  4.43  4.38
 KCR  4.27   691  162  5608  1507  303  28  120  392  1005  .269  .320  .397   79   38  88  4.17  4.36
 SEA  4.14   671  162  5643  1498  285  20  124  417   890  .265  .318  .389   90   32  91  4.16  4.12
 OAK  4.01   646  161  5451  1318  270  23  125  574  1226  .242  .318  .369   88   21  88  4.02  4.00
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.78 10844 2268 78119 20901 4285 408 2270 7521 14834  .268  .336  .420 1317  488

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOR  3.77   610  162  3.49  1446  1330   8.2   467  2.9  134  1184   15     5    13  44 124  3.57  3.96
 TBR  4.14   671  162  3.82  1457  1349   8.3   526  3.2  166  1143    7     5    12  52 114  3.79  4.49
 LAA  4.30   697  162  4.00  1451  1455   9.0   457  2.8  160  1106    7     1    10  66 109  4.37  4.23
 BOS  4.28   694  162  4.01  1446  1369   8.5   548  3.4  147  1185    5     2    16  47 114  4.16  4.41
 OAK  4.29   690  161  4.01  1435  1364   8.5   576  3.6  135  1061    4     1     7  33 101  3.91  4.66
 CHW  4.47   729  163  4.11  1457  1471   9.0   460  2.8  156  1147    4     0    10  34 111  4.23  4.72
 MIN  4.57   745  163  4.18  1459  1568   9.6   406  2.5  183   995    5     2    10  42 100  3.75  5.38
 NYY  4.49   727  162  4.28  1441  1478   9.1   489  3.0  143  1141    1     0    11  42 101  4.46  4.52
 CLE  4.70   761  162  4.46  1437  1530   9.4   444  2.7  170   986   10     5    13  31 100  4.38  5.01
 KCR  4.82   781  162  4.50  1445  1473   9.1   515  3.2  159  1085    2     0     8  44 101  4.58  5.06
 SEA  5.01   811  162  4.73  1435  1544   9.5   626  3.9  161  1016    4     0     4  36  88  4.67  5.35
 DET  5.29   857  162  4.91  1445  1541   9.5   644  4.0  172   991    1     0     2  34  90  5.35  5.23
 BAL  5.40   869  161  5.15  1422  1538   9.6   687  4.3  184   922    4     1     4  35  86  5.54  5.26
 TEX  5.97   967  162  5.37  1442  1647  10.2   625  3.9  176   963    6     2     8  36  81  6.31  5.63
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.78 10609 2268  4.36 20222 20657   9.3  7470  3.3 2246 14925   75         128 576

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 LAA   91  159  .985   .691  3,336,747  41,194   88-74  50-31 50-31 101 100 28.9 27.6   0   0  15            $ Scioscia
 TBR   90  153  .985   .708  1,811,986  22,370   92-70  57-24 40-41  98 100 27.0 27.5   0   0   6            $ Maddon
 BOS   85  147  .986   .698  3,048,250  37,633   95-67  56-25 39-42 106 105 29.8 29.2   0   0  14            $ Francona
 CHW  108  154  .983   .686  2,500,648  30,496   89-74  54-28 35-46 104 105 30.5 28.3   0   0  15            $ Guillen
 NYY   83  141  .986   .682  4,298,655  53,070   87-75  48-33 41-40 100  99 31.3 30.6   0   0  28            $ Girardi
 MIN  108  168  .982   .684  2,302,431  28,425   89-74  53-28 35-47  96  96 26.2 27.5   0   0   8            $ Gardenhire
 TOR   84  137  .986   .703  2,399,786  29,627   93-69  47-34 39-42 100  99 31.0 28.6   0   0  13            $ Gibbons and Gaston
 CLE   94  182  .985   .685  2,169,760  26,787   85-77  45-36 36-45 103 102 27.6 28.3   0   0   9            $ Wedge
 TEX  132  191  .978   .666  1,945,677  24,021   76-86  40-41 39-42 100 100 27.7 28.1   0   0   7            $ Washington
 KCR   96  159  .984   .688  1,578,922  19,493   72-90  38-43 37-44 103 104 28.0 27.5   0   0   3            $ Hillman
 OAK   98  169  .984   .699  1,665,256  20,559   76-85  43-38 32-48  93  93 27.2 26.5   0   0   5            $ Geren
 DET  113  172  .981   .683  3,202,645  39,539   78-84  40-41 34-47 101 101 30.4 29.9   0   0  19            $ Leyland
 BAL  100  163  .983   .687  1,950,075  24,376   73-88  37-43 31-50 101 102 30.1 27.9   0   0   8            $ Trembley
 SEA   99  159  .984   .679  2,329,702  28,762   67-95  35-46 26-55  96  96 29.7 28.5   0   0  11            $ McLaren and Riggleman
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average
Mauer-MIN.328
Pedroia-BOS.326
Bradley-TEX.321
Kinsler-TEX.319
Ordonez-DET.317

On-base %
Bradley-TEX.436
Mauer-MIN.413
Markakis-BAL.406
Quentin-CHW.394
Rodriguez-NYY.392

Slugging %
Rodriguez-NYY.573
Quentin-CHW.571
Youkilis-BOS.569
Bradley-TEX.563
Huff-BAL.552

OPS
Bradley-TEX.999
Rodriguez-NYY.965
Quentin-CHW.965
Youkilis-BOS.958
Huff-BAL.912

Games
Morneau-MIN163
Ibanez-SEA162
Suzuki-SEA162
Cabrera-CHW161
Cabrera-DET160

At Bats
Suzuki-SEA686
Cabrera-CHW661
Pedroia-BOS653
Young-TEX645
Lopez-SEA644

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Suzuki-SEA749
Sizemore-CLE745
Cabrera-CHW730
Pedroia-BOS726
Morneau-MIN712

Runs
Pedroia-BOS118
Granderson-DET112
Roberts-BAL107
Markakis-BAL106
Peralta-CLE104
Rodriguez-NYY104

Hits
Pedroia-BOS213
Suzuki-SEA213
Lopez-SEA191
Hamilton-TEX190
Morneau-MIN187

Total Bases
Cabrera-DET331
Hamilton-TEX331
Huff-BAL330
Pedroia-BOS322
Dye-CHW319

Doubles
Pedroia-BOS54
Roberts-BAL51
Huff-BAL48
Markakis-BAL48
Morneau-MIN47
Rios-TOR47

Triples
Granderson-DET13
Crawford-TBR10
Iwamura-TBR9
Rios-TOR8
Roberts-BAL8

Home Runs
Cabrera-DET37
Quentin-CHW36
Rodriguez-NYY35
Dye-CHW34
Thome-CHW34

RBI
Hamilton-TEX130
Morneau-MIN129
Cabrera-DET127
Youkilis-BOS115
Ibanez-SEA110

Bases on Balls
Cust-OAK111
Markakis-BAL99
Sizemore-CLE98
Upton-TBR97
Pena-TBR96

Strikeouts
Cust-OAK197
Pena-TBR166
Thome-CHW147
Gomez-MIN142
Swisher-CHW135

Stolen Bases
Ellsbury-BOS50
Upton-TBR44
Suzuki-SEA43
Roberts-BAL40
Sizemore-CLE38

Singles
Suzuki-SEA180
Cabrera-CHW144
Jeter-NYY140
Pedroia-BOS140
Polanco-DET133
Young-TEX133

Adjusted OPS+
Bradley-TEX163
Rodriguez-NYY153
Quentin-CHW149
Youkilis-BOS145
Huff-BAL137

Runs Created
Sizemore-CLE131
Hamilton-TEX128
Markakis-BAL123
Pedroia-BOS123
Huff-BAL121

Adjusted Batting Runs
Bradley-TEX44
Rodriguez-NYY40
Youkilis-BOS37
Markakis-BAL36
Quentin-CHW35

Batting Wins
Bradley-TEX4.1
Rodriguez-NYY3.8
Youkilis-BOS3.5
Markakis-BAL3.3
Quentin-CHW3.3

Extra-Base Hits
Huff-BAL82
Dye-CHW77
Sizemore-CLE77
Youkilis-BOS76
Cabrera-DET75

Times on Base
Markakis-BAL283
Sizemore-CLE279
Pedroia-BOS270
Suzuki-SEA269
Morneau-MIN266

Offensive Win%
Bradley-TEX.765
Rodriguez-NYY.714
Youkilis-BOS.712
Quentin-CHW.706
Markakis-BAL.687

Hit By Pitch
Giambi-NYY22
Quentin-CHW20
Garko-CLE15
Rodriguez-NYY14
Pena-TBR12
Youkilis-BOS12

Sac. Hits
Casilla-MIN13
Cabrera-CLE11
Carroll-CLE10
Gathright-KCR10
Aybar-LAA9
Eckstein-TOR9

Sac. Flies
Mauer-MIN11
Morneau-MIN10
Cabrera-DET9
Cabrera-CHW9
Giambi-NYY9
Hamilton-TEX9
Lopez-SEA9
Pedroia-BOS9
Pena-TBR9
Youkilis-BOS9

Intentional Walks
Guerrero-LAA16
Morneau-MIN16
Sizemore-CLE14
Bradley-TEX13
Ortiz-BOS12
Suzuki-SEA12

Grounded into Double Plays
Guerrero-LAA27
Ordonez-DET27
Peralta-CLE26
Jeter-NYY24
Overbay-TOR24

Caught Stealing
Upton-TBR16
Figgins-LAA13
Abreu-NYY11
Ellsbury-BOS11
Gomez-MIN11

Power/Speed Number
Sizemore-CLE35.3
Rodriguez-NYY23.8
Damon-NYY21.4
Kinsler-TEX21.3
Abreu-NYY21.0

At Bats per Strikeout
Polanco-DET13.5
Betancourt-SEA13.3
Pedroia-BOS12.6
Mauer-MIN10.7
Suzuki-SEA10.6

At Bats per Home Run
Quentin-CHW13.3
Giambi-NYY14.3
Rodriguez-NYY14.6
Cust-OAK14.6
Thome-CHW14.8

Outs
Cabrera-CHW509
Suzuki-SEA492
Young-TEX487
Lopez-SEA485
Rios-TOR483

ERA
Lee-CLE2.54
Halladay-TOR2.78
Matsuzaka-BOS2.90
Lester-BOS3.21
Danks-CHW3.32

Wins
Lee-CLE22
Halladay-TOR20
Mussina-NYY20
Burnett-TOR18
Matsuzaka-BOS18

Won-Loss %
Lee-CLE.880
Matsuzaka-BOS.857
Perkins-MIN.750
Baker-MIN.733
Lester-BOS.727

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Halladay-TOR1.053
Lee-CLE1.110
Santana-LAA1.119
Shields-TBR1.153
Baker-MIN1.178

Hits Allowed/9IP
Matsuzaka-BOS6.87
Galarraga-DET7.66
Wakefield-BOS7.66
Smith-OAK7.99
Halladay-TOR8.05

Bases on Balls/9IP
Lee-CLE1.37
Mussina-NYY1.39
Halladay-TOR1.43
Shields-TBR1.67
Byrd-TOT1.70

Strikeouts/9IP
Burnett-TOR9.39
Beckett-BOS8.88
Santana-LAA8.79
Vazquez-CHW8.64
Matsuzaka-BOS8.27

Games
Guerrier-MIN76
Rodriguez-LAA76
Reyes-MIN75
Wright-TEX75
Thornton-CHW74

Saves
Rodriguez-LAA62
Soria-KCR42
Papelbon-BOS41
Nathan-MIN39
Rivera-NYY39

Innings
Halladay-TOR246.0
Lee-CLE223.3
Burnett-TOR221.3
Santana-LAA219.0
Buehrle-CHW218.7

Strikeouts
Burnett-TOR231
Santana-LAA214
Halladay-TOR206
Vazquez-CHW200
Greinke-KCR183
Meche-KCR183

Games Started
Buehrle-CHW34
Burnett-TOR34
Meche-KCR34
Mussina-NYY34
Blackburn-MIN33
Danks-CHW33
Floyd-CHW33
Halladay-TOR33
Lester-BOS33
Pettitte-NYY33
Shields-TBR33
Vazquez-CHW33
Verlander-DET33

Comp. Games
Halladay-TOR9
Lee-CLE4
Garza-TBR3
Lackey-LAA3
Millwood-TEX3
Sabathia-CLE3
Shields-TBR3
Slowey-MIN3

Shutouts
Garza-TBR2
Halladay-TOR2
Lee-CLE2
Lester-BOS2
Litsch-TOR2
Sabathia-CLE2
Shields-TBR2
Slowey-MIN2

Home Runs Allow.
Byrd-TOT31
Floyd-CHW30
Bannister-KCR29
Galarraga-DET28
Lackey-LAA26
Padilla-TEX26
Robertson-DET26

Bases On Balls Allow.
Matsuzaka-BOS94
Cabrera-BAL90
Smith-OAK87
Verlander-DET87
Burnett-TOR86

Hits Allowed
Buehrle-CHW240
Garland-LAA237
Pettitte-NYY233
Blackburn-MIN224
Halladay-TOR220
Millwood-TEX220

SO to Walk
Halladay-TOR5.28
Beckett-BOS5.06
Lee-CLE5.00
Mussina-NYY4.84
Santana-LAA4.55

Losses
Verlander-DET17
Bannister-KCR16
Smith-OAK16
Vazquez-CHW16
Silva-SEA15

Earned Runs Allow.
Robertson-DET119
Bannister-KCR117
Rogers-DET110
Silva-SEA110
Vazquez-CHW108
Verlander-DET108

Wild Pitches
Cabrera-BAL15
Padilla-TEX12
Wakefield-BOS12
Burnett-TOR11
Dickey-SEA11

Hit Batsmen
Cabrera-BAL18
Padilla-TEX15
Verlander-DET14
Wakefield-BOS13
Eveland-OAK12
Halladay-TOR12
Shields-TBR12

Batters Faced
Halladay-TOR987
Burnett-TOR957
Buehrle-CHW918
Santana-LAA897
Lee-CLE891

Games Finished
Rodriguez-LAA69
Papelbon-BOS62
Rivera-NYY60
Nathan-MIN57
Soria-KCR57

Adjusted ERA+
Lee-CLE175
Matsuzaka-BOS158
Halladay-TOR155
Lester-BOS143
Danks-CHW138

Oldest Player
Rogers-DET1964-11-10 (43)
Timlin-BOS1966-03-10 (42)
Wakefield-BOS1966-08-02 (41)
Stairs-TOR1968-02-27 (40)
Jones-DET1968-04-24 (40)

Youngest Player
Snider-TOR1988-02-02 (20)
Bowden-BOS1986-09-09 (21)
Adenhart-LAA1986-08-24 (21)
Hunter-TEX1986-07-03 (21)
Hughes-NYY1986-06-24 (22)

   
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