2006 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

2005 MLB / 2007 MLB / 2006 NL / 2006 AL Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-1):	St. Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers
LgChampSeries (4-0):	Detroit Tigers over Oakland Athletics
LgChampSeries (4-3):	St. Louis Cardinals over New York Mets
LgDivSeries (3-1):	Detroit Tigers over New York Yankees
LgDivSeries (3-0):	Oakland Athletics over Minnesota Twins
LgDivSeries (3-0):	New York Mets over Los Angeles Dodgers
LgDivSeries (3-1):	St. Louis Cardinals over San Diego Padres

MLB Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Inter	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	NYY	AL	162	97	65	.599	5.7	4.7	1.0	0.2	1.2	95-67	2	10-8	50-31	47-34	7-3	24-22	66-48	31-17	45-39	52-26
2	NYM	NL	162	97	65	.599	5.1	4.5	0.6	-0.3	0.3	91-71	6	6-9	50-31	47-34	9-5	31-16	72-43	25-22	33-24	64-41
3	MIN	AL	162	96	66	.593	4.9	4.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	93-69	3	16-2	54-27	42-39	10-4	20-11	62-40	34-26	41-38	55-28
4	DET	AL	162	95	67	.586	5.1	4.2	0.9	0.3	1.2	95-67	0	15-3	46-35	49-32	4-8	24-20	62-47	33-20	40-40	55-27
5	OAK	AL	162	93	69	.574	4.8	4.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	85-77	8	8-10	49-32	44-37	9-4	32-22	70-51	23-18	42-37	51-32
6	CHW	AL	162	90	72	.556	5.4	4.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	88-74	2	14-4	49-32	41-40	7-8	24-21	59-38	31-34	44-36	46-36
7	LAA	AL	162	89	73	.549	4.7	4.5	0.2	0.4	0.6	84-78	5	7-11	45-36	44-37	8-7	25-22	59-52	30-21	39-38	50-35
8	SDP	NL	162	88	74	.543	4.5	4.2	0.3	-0.3	0.0	86-76	2	7-8	43-38	45-36	10-12	30-22	71-57	17-17	30-19	58-55
9	LAD	NL	162	88	74	.543	5.1	4.6	0.4	-0.3	0.1	88-74	0	5-10	49-32	39-42	3-8	20-20	69-58	19-16	19-38	69-36
10	TOR	AL	162	87	75	.537	5.0	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	86-76	1	9-9	50-31	37-44	7-1	20-10	59-56	28-19	45-40	42-35
11	BOS	AL	162	86	76	.531	5.1	5.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	81-81	5	16-2	48-33	38-43	5-7	29-20	61-45	25-31	37-44	49-32
12	PHI	NL	162	85	77	.525	5.3	5.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	86-76	-1	5-13	41-40	44-37	5-11	22-23	62-55	23-22	23-33	62-44
13	STL	NL	161	83	78	.516	4.9	4.7	0.1	-0.5	-0.4	82-79	1	5-10	49-31	34-47	5-6	22-27	60-44	23-34	21-26	62-52
14	HOU	NL	162	82	80	.506	4.5	4.4	0.1	-0.4	-0.3	83-79	-1	7-11	44-37	38-43	5-10	25-21	60-64	22-16	21-28	61-52
15	CIN	NL	162	80	82	.494	4.6	4.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.7	76-86	4	6-9	42-39	38-43	5-8	27-20	56-58	24-24	27-34	53-48
16	TEX	AL	162	80	82	.494	5.2	4.8	0.3	0.4	0.7	86-76	-6	7-11	39-42	41-40	2-5	17-26	58-59	22-23	46-55	34-27
17	ATL	NL	162	79	83	.488	5.2	5.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	85-77	-6	5-10	40-41	39-42	8-3	19-33	61-60	18-23	32-41	47-42
18	CLE	AL	162	78	84	.481	5.4	4.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	89-73	-11	8-10	44-37	34-47	5-3	18-26	53-52	25-32	45-53	33-31
19	SEA	AL	162	78	84	.481	4.7	4.9	-0.2	0.4	0.2	78-84	0	14-4	44-37	34-47	8-8	20-24	59-60	19-24	41-57	37-27
20	FLA	NL	162	78	84	.481	4.7	4.8	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	80-82	-2	9-9	42-39	36-45	5-7	20-26	58-56	20-28	27-45	51-39
21	SFG	NL	161	76	85	.472	4.6	4.9	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	76-85	0	8-7	43-38	33-47	6-7	23-22	61-63	15-22	33-37	43-48
22	ARI	NL	162	76	86	.469	4.8	4.9	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	80-82	-4	4-11	39-42	37-44	7-5	22-26	55-67	21-19	31-41	45-45
23	COL	NL	162	76	86	.469	5.0	5.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.2	81-81	-5	11-4	44-37	32-49	8-4	19-25	59-74	17-12	31-44	45-42
24	MIL	NL	162	75	87	.463	4.5	5.1	-0.6	-0.4	-1.0	71-91	4	6-9	48-33	27-54	7-2	27-27	56-67	19-20	28-37	47-50
25	WSN	NL	162	71	91	.438	4.6	5.4	-0.8	-0.2	-1.0	70-92	1	7-11	41-40	30-51	7-6	23-20	47-68	24-23	28-45	43-46
26	BAL	AL	162	70	92	.432	4.7	5.5	-0.8	0.4	-0.4	69-93	1	9-9	40-41	30-51	3-6	22-20	54-59	16-33	36-64	34-28
27	PIT	NL	162	67	95	.414	4.3	4.9	-0.7	-0.4	-1.0	70-92	-3	3-12	43-38	24-57	5-7	24-31	54-59	13-36	23-48	44-47
28	CHC	NL	162	66	96	.407	4.4	5.1	-0.7	-0.3	-1.1	70-92	-4	4-11	36-45	30-51	4-7	15-26	44-66	22-30	29-43	37-53
29	KCR	AL	162	62	100	.383	4.7	6.0	-1.3	0.6	-0.8	63-99	-1	10-8	34-47	28-53	6-6	14-24	49-64	13-36	40-69	22-31
30	TBD	AL	162	61	101	.377	4.3	5.3	-1.0	0.4	-0.6	65-97	-4	11-7	41-40	20-61	5-7	17-22	44-72	17-29	34-63	27-38
	Avg			80	80	.500	4.9	4.9				81-80		8-8	44-36	36-44	6-6	22-22	58-56	22-24	33-41	47-39

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