1988 National League Standings and Head-to-Head

1987 NL / 1989 NL / 1988 AL / 1988 MLB Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-1):	Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics
LgChampSeries (4-3):	Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Mets

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Mets	NYM	100	60	.625	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	85	75	.531	15.0
Montreal Expos	MON	81	81	.500	20.0
Chicago Cubs	CHC	77	85	.475	24.0
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	76	86	.469	25.0
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	65	96	.404	35.5

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	94	67	.584	--
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	87	74	.540	7.0
San Diego Padres	SDP	83	78	.516	11.0
San Francisco Giants	SFG	83	79	.512	11.5
Houston Astros	HOU	82	80	.506	12.5
Atlanta Braves	ATL	54	106	.338	39.5

NL East Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	NYM	100	60	.625	---		4.4	3.3	1.1	-0.1	1.0	100-60	0	57-33	43-27	56-24	44-36	9-5	31-21	69-41	31-19	59-35	41-25
2	PIT	85	75	.531	15.0	15.0	4.1	3.9	0.2	0.0	0.2	84-76	1	49-41	36-34	43-38	42-37	11-7	30-23	61-51	24-24	47-49	38-26
3	MON	81	81	.500	20.0	25.0	3.9	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	85-77	-4	45-45	36-36	43-38	38-43	18-7	32-27	51-62	30-19	42-54	39-27
4	CHC	77	85	.475	24.0	37.0	4.0	4.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	77-85	0	40-50	37-35	39-42	38-43	9-9	23-24	52-63	25-22	55-59	22-26
5	STL	76	86	.469	25.0	41.0	3.6	3.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	74-88	2	39-51	37-35	41-40	35-46	7-11	24-29	49-55	27-31	44-70	32-16
6	PHI	65	96	.404	35.5	93.5	3.7	4.5	-0.8	0.1	-0.8	65-96	0	40-50	25-46	38-42	27-54	5-9	20-26	45-67	20-29	43-70	22-26
	Avg	80	80	.501			3.9	3.9				80-80		45-45	35-35	43-37	37-43	9-8	26-25	54-56	26-24	48-56	32-24

NL West Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	LAD	94	67	.584	---		3.9	3.4	0.5	-0.1	0.5	91-70	3	41-30	53-37	45-36	49-31	7-7	28-28	68-40	26-27	54-53	40-14
2	CIN	87	74	.540	7.0	7.0	4.0	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	86-75	1	37-34	50-40	45-35	42-39	8-9	27-20	64-55	23-19	53-54	34-20
3	SDP	83	78	.516	11.0	15.0	3.7	3.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	82-79	1	34-37	49-41	47-34	36-44	5-10	26-30	55-49	28-29	56-52	27-26
4	SFG	83	79	.512	11.5	16.5	4.1	3.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	86-76	-3	36-36	47-43	45-36	38-43	6-12	25-26	58-51	25-28	51-57	32-22
5	HOU	82	80	.506	12.5	20.5	3.8	3.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	79-83	3	38-34	44-46	44-37	38-43	8-11	26-26	52-55	30-25	50-58	32-22
6	ATL	54	106	.338	39.5	155.5	3.5	4.6	-1.2	0.1	-1.1	59-101	-5	27-43	27-63	28-51	26-55	11-7	24-36	32-77	22-29	40-84	14-22
	Avg	80	80	.499			3.8	3.9				80-80		35-35	45-45	42-38	38-42	7-9	26-27	54-54	25-26	50-59	29-21

NL Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	NYM	100	60	.625	---		4.4	3.3	1.1	-0.1	1.0	100-60	0	57-33	43-27	56-24	44-36	9-5	31-21	69-41	31-19	59-35	41-25
2	LAD	94	67	.584	---		3.9	3.4	0.5	-0.1	0.5	91-70	3	41-30	53-37	45-36	49-31	7-7	28-28	68-40	26-27	54-53	40-14
3	CIN	87	74	.540	7.0	14.0	4.0	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	86-75	1	37-34	50-40	45-35	42-39	8-9	27-20	64-55	23-19	53-54	34-20
4	PIT	85	75	.531	15.0	48.0	4.1	3.9	0.2	0.0	0.2	84-76	1	49-41	36-34	43-38	42-37	11-7	30-23	61-51	24-24	47-49	38-26
5	SDP	83	78	.516	11.0	26.0	3.7	3.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	82-79	1	34-37	49-41	47-34	36-44	5-10	26-30	55-49	28-29	56-52	27-26
6	SFG	83	79	.512	11.5	28.0	4.1	3.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	86-76	-3	36-36	47-43	45-36	38-43	6-12	25-26	58-51	25-28	51-57	32-22
7	HOU	82	80	.506	12.5	33.0	3.8	3.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	79-83	3	38-34	44-46	44-37	38-43	8-11	26-26	52-55	30-25	50-58	32-22
8	MON	81	81	.500	20.0	83.0	3.9	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	85-77	-4	45-45	36-36	43-38	38-43	18-7	32-27	51-62	30-19	42-54	39-27
9	CHC	77	85	.475	24.0	115.0	4.0	4.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	77-85	0	40-50	37-35	39-42	38-43	9-9	23-24	52-63	25-22	55-59	22-26
10	STL	76	86	.469	25.0	124.0	3.6	3.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	74-88	2	39-51	37-35	41-40	35-46	7-11	24-29	49-55	27-31	44-70	32-16
11	PHI	65	96	.404	35.5	229.0	3.7	4.5	-0.8	0.1	-0.8	65-96	0	40-50	25-46	38-42	27-54	5-9	20-26	45-67	20-29	43-70	22-26
12	ATL	54	106	.338	39.5	273.0	3.5	4.6	-1.2	0.1	-1.1	59-101	-5	27-43	27-63	28-51	26-55	11-7	24-36	32-77	22-29	40-84	14-22
	Avg	80	80	.500			3.9	3.9				80-80		40-40	40-40	42-37	37-42	8-8	26-26	54-55	25-25	49-57	31-22

Pennant Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West

Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses

     |CHC MON NYM PHI PIT STL|ATL CIN HOU LAD SDP SFG 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  CHC| --   9   9   8   7   7|  7   6   7   4   8   5
  MON|  9  --   6   9   8  13|  8   7   6   4   4   7
  NYM|  9  12  --  10  12  14|  8   7   7  10   7   4
  PHI| 10   9   8  --   7   6|  6   3   4   1   4   7
  PIT| 11  10   6  11  --  11|  5   5   4   6   8   8
  STL| 11   5   4  12   7  --|  9   6   6   5   6   5
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  ATL|  5   4   4   6   5   3| --   5   5   4   8   5
  CIN|  6   5   4   9   7   6| 13  --   9   7  10  11
  HOU|  5   6   5   8   8   6| 13   9  --   9   6   7
  LAD|  8   8   1  11   6   7| 14  11   9  --   7  12
  SDP|  4   8   5   7   4   6| 10   8  12  11  --   8
  SFG|  7   5   8   5   4   7| 13   7  11   6  10  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |CHC MON NYM PHI PIT STL|ATL CIN HOU LAD SDP SFG

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed

     |CHC MON NYM PHI PIT STL|ATL CIN HOU LAD SDP SFG 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  CHC| --  82  75  84  82  59| 42  59  51  39  45  42
  MON| 89  --  59  65  70  86| 73  30  44  25  41  46
  NYM| 86  77  --  82  65  95| 60  43  66  49  42  38
  PHI| 71  65  80  --  81  48| 58  30  52  27  40  45
  PIT| 97  75  46 105  --  58| 48  44  24  50  46  58
  STL| 68  49  56  68  58  --| 61  48  38  48  39  45
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  ATL| 36  38  37  61  48  38| --  51  60  50  66  70
  CIN| 64  30  39  55  45  46| 60  --  72  70  75  85
  HOU| 51  49  48  51  42  41| 87  82  --  66  41  59
  LAD| 46  35  18  61  54  59| 72  83  66  --  67  67
  SDP| 32  46  29  65  34  39| 81  61  67  69  --  71
  SFG| 54  46  45  37  37  64| 99  65  91  51  81  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |CHC MON NYM PHI PIT STL|ATL CIN HOU LAD SDP SFG

1987 NL / 1989 NL / 1988 AL / 1988 MLB Standings and Head-to-Head

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