1997 National League (NL) Expanded Standings

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1997 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding - Minor Leagues: Minor Lg Batting Leaders / Minor Lg Pitching Leaders -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

National 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|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 ATL 101  61  .623   ---   ---| 4.9  3.6 103-59   -2 |29-19 38-17 26-18  8-7 |50-31 51-30 10-10 33-20 74-47 27-14 36-38 65-23|
 FLA  92  70  .568   9.0   9.0| 4.6  4.1  89-73    3 |25-23 34-21 21-23 12-3 |52-29 40-41  9-5  32-22 74-55 18-15 40-34 52-36|
 NYM  88  74  .543  13.0  17.0| 4.8  4.4  87-75    1 |29-19 34-21 18-26  7-8 |50-31 38-43 11-7  21-27 57-56 31-18 35-39 53-35|
 MON  78  84  .481  23.0  47.0| 4.3  4.6  76-86    2 |18-30 26-29 22-22 12-3 |45-36 33-48  4-12 28-25 54-66 24-18 33-53 45-31|
 PHI  68  94  .420  33.0  87.0| 4.1  5.2  64-98    4 |19-29 26-29 18-26  5-10|38-43 30-51  5-6  23-20 56-66 12-28 34-52 34-42|

National 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|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 HOU  84  78  .519   ---   ---| 4.8  4.1  93-69   -9 |27-28 31-17 22-22  4-11|46-35 38-43  8-11 19-25 70-51 14-27 32-37 52-41|
 PIT  79  83  .488   5.0   5.0| 4.5  4.7  78-84    1 |26-29 24-24 22-22  7-8 |43-38 36-45  6-6  22-21 58-69 21-14 38-43 41-40|
 CIN  76  86  .469   8.0  11.0| 4.0  4.7  69-93    7 |23-32 24-24 20-24  9-6 |40-41 36-45  8-8  18-17 62-68 14-18 31-50 45-36|
 STL  73  89  .451  11.0  20.0| 4.3  4.4  79-83   -6 |21-34 20-28 24-20  8-7 |41-40 32-49  6-11 20-33 52-72 21-17 33-48 40-41|
 CHC  68  94  .420  16.0  40.0| 4.2  4.7  73-89   -5 |20-35 21-27 18-26  9-6 |42-39 26-55  3-8  24-26 50-74 18-20 26-55 42-39|

National 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|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 SFG  90  72  .556   ---   ---| 4.8  4.9  79-83   11 |31-24 27-28 22-14 10-6 |48-33 42-39 11-3  23-17 69-52 21-20 46-30 44-42|
 LAD  88  74  .543   2.0   2.0| 4.6  4.0  91-71   -3 |32-23 29-26 18-18  9-7 |47-34 41-40  9-8  19-24 62-49 26-25 37-39 51-35|
 COL  83  79  .512   7.0  12.0| 5.7  5.6  82-80    1 |30-25 31-24 13-23  9-7 |47-34 36-45  4-5  19-17 63-60 20-19 38-38 45-41|
 SDP  76  86  .469  14.0  33.0| 4.9  5.5  72-90    4 |22-33 27-28 19-17  8-8 |39-42 37-44 11-6  21-16 59-66 17-20 44-44 32-42|

National 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|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 ATL 101  61  .623   ---   ---| 4.9  3.6 103-59   -2 |29-19 38-17 26-18  8-7 |50-31 51-30 10-10 33-20 74-47 27-14 36-38 65-23|
 SFG  90  72  .556   2.0   2.0| 4.8  4.9  79-83   11 |31-24 27-28 22-14 10-6 |48-33 42-39 11-3  23-17 69-52 21-20 46-30 44-42|
 HOU  84  78  .519   8.0  16.0| 4.8  4.1  93-69   -9 |27-28 31-17 22-22  4-11|46-35 38-43  8-11 19-25 70-51 14-27 32-37 52-41|
 FLA  92  70  .568   ---   ---| 4.6  4.1  89-73    3 |25-23 34-21 21-23 12-3 |52-29 40-41  9-5  32-22 74-55 18-15 40-34 52-36|
 LAD  88  74  .543   4.0   4.0| 4.6  4.0  91-71   -3 |32-23 29-26 18-18  9-7 |47-34 41-40  9-8  19-24 62-49 26-25 37-39 51-35|
 PIT  79  83  .488  13.0  35.0| 4.5  4.7  78-84    1 |26-29 24-24 22-22  7-8 |43-38 36-45  6-6  22-21 58-69 21-14 38-43 41-40|
 NYM  88  74  .543   4.0   4.0| 4.8  4.4  87-75    1 |29-19 34-21 18-26  7-8 |50-31 38-43 11-7  21-27 57-56 31-18 35-39 53-35|
 COL  83  79  .512   9.0  19.0| 5.7  5.6  82-80    1 |30-25 31-24 13-23  9-7 |47-34 36-45  4-5  19-17 63-60 20-19 38-38 45-41|
 CIN  76  86  .469  16.0  52.0| 4.0  4.7  69-93    7 |23-32 24-24 20-24  9-6 |40-41 36-45  8-8  18-17 62-68 14-18 31-50 45-36|
 MON  78  84  .481  14.0  40.0| 4.3  4.6  76-86    2 |18-30 26-29 22-22 12-3 |45-36 33-48  4-12 28-25 54-66 24-18 33-53 45-31|
 SDP  76  86  .469  16.0  52.0| 4.9  5.5  72-90    4 |22-33 27-28 19-17  8-8 |39-42 37-44 11-6  21-16 59-66 17-20 44-44 32-42|
 STL  73  89  .451  19.0  76.0| 4.3  4.4  79-83   -6 |21-34 20-28 24-20  8-7 |41-40 32-49  6-11 20-33 52-72 21-17 33-48 40-41|
 PHI  68  94  .420  24.0 121.0| 4.1  5.2  64-98    4 |19-29 26-29 18-26  5-10|38-43 30-51  5-6  23-20 56-66 12-28 34-52 34-42|
 CHC  68  94  .420  24.0 121.0| 4.2  4.7  73-89   -5 |20-35 21-27 18-26  9-6 |42-39 26-55  3-8  24-26 50-74 18-20 26-55 42-39|

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

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

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

     |ATL FLA MON NYM PHI|CHC CIN HOU PIT STL|COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ATL| --  34  59  79  73| 56  77  40  45  44| 58  47  60  48|BAL:10-15,BOS:31-6,DET:11-16,NYY:5-2,TOR:14-12
  FLA| 50  --  41  41  66| 55  56  52  58  34| 50  62  54  43|BAL:20-12,BOS:13-16,DET:12-11,NYY:13-14,TOR:20-4
  MON| 32  41  --  48  51| 51  41  44  44  44| 62  36  63  74|BAL:11-9,BOS:11-7,DET:15-5,NYY:13-8,TOR:10-9
  NYM| 68  54  45  --  71| 61  70  40  60  54| 58  32  53  42|BAL:20-11,BOS:10-20,DET:13-31,NYY:11-9,TOR:15-7
  PHI| 46  68  51  46  --| 49  40  56  50  44| 49  20  52  50|BAL:8-22,BOS:12-21,DET:5-9,NYY:15-5,TOR:7-17
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHC| 30  26  52  52  69| --  45  45  44  44| 41  41  56  54|CHW:11-11,CLE:20-20,KCR:17-10,MIL:15-12,MIN:25-16
  CIN| 34  35  45  34  53| 34  --  44  65  52| 55  40  53  39|CHW:12-18,CLE:10-8,KCR:14-10,MIL:20-8,MIN:12-15
  HOU| 36  49  71  51  60| 66  53  --  53  51| 67  46  82  42|CHW:7-17,CLE:16-16,KCR:14-13,MIL:8-7,MIN:5-16
  PIT| 35  41  65  53  55| 41  53  45  --  68| 84  33  41  62|CHW:9-2,CLE:14-18,KCR:9-19,MIL:6-8,MIN:11-27
  STL| 27  41  49  37  47| 58  61  37  43  --| 73  46  48  66|CHW:14-8,CLE:10-19,KCR:19-27,MIL:7-13,MIN:6-2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  COL| 56  72  80  50  50| 70  76  49  62  73| --  67  74  49|ANA:23-14,OAK:23-13,SEA:27-28,TEX:22-36
  LAD| 40  55  44  33  52| 46  34  39  66  41| 73  --  57  72|ANA:24-14,OAK:22-14,SEA:22-22,TEX:22-24
  SDP| 37  59  40  56  52| 44  49  62  49  40| 83  58  --  62|ANA:22-20,OAK:33-35,SEA:30-27,TEX:19-19
  SFG| 39  37  60  51  67| 59  50  38  47  50| 64  43  97  --|ANA:25-14,OAK:18-26,SEA:20-26,TEX:19-24
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |ATL FLA MON NYM PHI|CHC CIN HOU PIT STL|COL LAD SDP SFG 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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