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Expanded Standings
East Division
Team           W   L   WL%  GB
TampaBay TBR  80  51  .611  --  
BostonRS BOS  77  55  .583  3.5
NewYorkY NYY  70  62  .530 10.5
Toronto  TOR  68  64  .515 12.5
Bltmore  BAL  63  70  .474 18.0
Central Division
Team           W   L   WL%  GB
ChicagoW CHW  76  57  .571  --  
Minnesta MIN  75  58  .564  1.0
Clvlnd   CLE  65  67  .492 10.5
Detroit  DET  64  69  .481 12.0
KansasCy KCR  56  77  .421 20.0
West Division
Team           W   L   WL%  GB
LA of AN LAA  80  52  .606  --  
Texas    TEX  66  68  .493 15.0
Oakland  OAK  61  72  .459 19.5
Seattle  SEA  50  83  .376 30.5

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2008 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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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  5.54   743  134  4744  1332  305  24  164  495   990  .281  .351  .459   67   20 114  5.94  5.16
 BOS  5.21   688  132  4562  1285  276  23  145  520   868  .282  .359  .448   97   27 109  5.84  4.68
 CHW  5.17   687  133  4547  1219  245  12  198  461   835  .268  .340  .458   56   27 107  5.84  4.46
 BAL  5.13   682  133  4639  1262  272  27  153  450   818  .272  .339  .441   70   34 106  5.31  4.96
 MIN  5.04   670  133  4600  1283  248  36   95  410   791  .279  .338  .410   77   36 102  5.33  4.72
 DET  5.03   669  133  4663  1278  247  31  158  465   846  .274  .342  .442   49   25 107  5.52  4.58
 CLE  4.89   646  132  4515  1165  276  18  146  441   985  .258  .333  .424   67   23  98  5.17  4.63
 NYY  4.83   638  132  4555  1243  241  17  142  445   808  .273  .344  .427   87   32 105  5.27  4.38
 LAA  4.63   611  132  4485  1186  207  22  125  390   802  .264  .327  .404   97   36  94  4.72  4.54
 TBR  4.58   600  131  4439  1145  212  30  143  484   968  .258  .335  .416  123   45 101  4.55  4.61
 TOR  4.39   580  132  4481  1174  241  29   97  458   771  .262  .334  .394   76   26  94  4.44  4.35
 SEA  4.15   552  133  4642  1228  234  16  104  363   704  .265  .319  .389   80   24  91  3.97  4.34
 KCR  4.05   539  133  4588  1198  248  19   91  326   830  .261  .314  .383   68   34  83  4.07  4.03
 OAK  3.90   519  133  4505  1087  215  17  103  459  1015  .241  .315  .365   71   20  86  4.01  3.79
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.75  8824 1856 63965 17085 3467 321 1864 6167 12031  .267  .335  .419 1085  409

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  3.89   513  132  3.60  1181  1092   8.3   384  2.9  119   981   11     3    10  35 118  3.64  4.14
 TBR  3.98   521  131  3.70  1176  1082   8.3   420  3.2  123   920    7     5    12  43 116  3.49  4.48
 OAK  4.07   541  133  3.84  1188  1090   8.2   481  3.6  106   883    4     1     6  26 104  3.76  4.38
 LAA  4.21   556  132  3.88  1181  1167   8.8   371  2.8  132   864    7     1     9  52 111  4.46  3.95
 CHW  4.35   579  133  3.93  1191  1177   8.8   372  2.8  124   942    4     0     8  30 115  4.10  4.62
 BOS  4.28   565  132  4.01  1174  1115   8.4   462  3.5  123   957    5     2    12  39 112  4.18  4.37
 MIN  4.54   604  133  4.17  1194  1289   9.7   321  2.4  139   789    5     2     9  38  99  3.77  5.38
 NYY  4.57   603  132  4.35  1176  1212   9.2   401  3.0  119   930    1     0    10  34  98  4.67  4.46
 CLE  4.64   613  132  4.38  1171  1237   9.4   368  2.8  137   809    9     4    12  25 100  4.22  5.06
 DET  5.02   667  133  4.58  1190  1242   9.3   521  3.9  139   784    1     0     2  27  95  5.11  4.93
 SEA  5.03   669  133  4.70  1185  1268   9.5   507  3.8  130   841    3     0     4  26  88  4.64  5.45
 KCR  5.05   671  133  4.71  1188  1249   9.4   431  3.2  142   887    2     0     5  34  95  4.81  5.29
 BAL  5.14   684  133  4.88  1185  1260   9.5   547  4.1  156   764    3     0     3  34  90  5.31  4.99
 TEX  5.99   803  134  5.32  1195  1361  10.2   530  4.0  151   771    5     1     6  31  81  6.09  5.90
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.75  8589 1856  4.29 16579 16841   9.3  6116  3.3 1840 12122   67         108 474

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   76  130  .985   .697  2,754,289  41,109   72-60  40-27 40-25 101 100 29.0 27.7   0   0  15            $ Scioscia
 TBR   66  123  .986   .709  1,420,803  21,206   74-57  48-19 32-32  98 100 27.0 27.7   0   0   6            $ Maddon
 BOS   73  116  .985   .698  2,296,777  37,652   78-54  43-18 34-37 106 105 30.0 29.1   0   0  14            $ Francona
 CHW   95  124  .981   .689  2,094,141  30,796   77-56  46-22 30-35 104 105 30.4 28.5   0   0  15            $ Guillen
 MIN   92  133  .982   .683  1,913,951  27,738   73-60  46-23 29-35  96  96 26.4 27.7   0   0   7            $ Gardenhire
 NYY   67  118  .986   .681  3,546,608  52,934   69-63  38-29 32-33 100  99 31.3 30.6   0   0  28            $ Girardi
 TOR   65  114  .987   .703  1,930,981  29,257   73-59  37-29 31-35 100  99 31.4 28.7   0   0  12            $ Gibbons and Gaston
 TEX  108  173  .979   .669  1,617,748  24,511   62-72  33-33 33-35 100 100 27.8 28.3   0   0   7            $ Washington
 CLE   73  148  .985   .686  1,725,319  26,543   69-63  36-29 29-38 103 102 27.8 28.7   0   0   9            $ Wedge
 DET   96  143  .981   .689  2,550,904  39,858   67-66  33-31 31-38 101 101 30.6 30.2   0   0  18            $ Leyland
 BAL   80  142  .984   .692  1,725,238  26,957   66-67  33-31 30-39 101 102 30.2 28.1   0   0   6            $ Trembley
 OAK   75  132  .985   .707  1,406,859  20,998   64-69  34-33 27-39  93  93 27.5 26.8   0   0   5            $ Geren
 KCR   82  129  .983   .683  1,376,372  20,241   53-80  29-39 27-38 103 104 28.2 27.5   0   0   3            $ Hillman
 SEA   86  133  .983   .680  2,005,738  29,069   55-78  28-41 22-42  96  96 30.0 29.1   0   0  10            $ McLaren and Riggleman
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Bradley-TEX.323
Kinsler-TEX.319
Youkilis-BOS.318
Pedroia-BOS.317
Mauer-MIN.317

On-base %
Bradley-TEX.446
Mauer-MIN.410
Drew-BOS.408
Markakis-BAL.403
Rodriguez-NYY.399

Slugging %
Rodriguez-NYY.587
Bradley-TEX.583
Quentin-CHW.582
Dye-CHW.575
Youkilis-BOS.567

OPS
Bradley-TEX1.029
Rodriguez-NYY.985
Quentin-CHW.979
Youkilis-BOS.955
Huff-BAL.932

Games
Ibanez-SEA133
Morneau-MIN133
Suzuki-SEA133
Cabrera-DET131
Cabrera-CHW131
Markakis-BAL131

At Bats
Suzuki-SEA560
Pedroia-BOS545
Young-TEX543
Cabrera-CHW541
Lopez-SEA530

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Suzuki-SEA616
Sizemore-CLE605
Pedroia-BOS599
Cabrera-CHW597
Roberts-BAL597

Runs
Kinsler-TEX102
Pedroia-BOS101
Markakis-BAL95
Quentin-CHW95
Roberts-BAL92

Hits
Suzuki-SEA174
Pedroia-BOS173
Kinsler-TEX165
Lopez-SEA158
Roberts-BAL157

Total Bases
Huff-BAL286
Hamilton-TEX278
Dye-CHW276
Quentin-CHW271
Kinsler-TEX268
Sizemore-CLE268

Doubles
Roberts-BAL46
Kinsler-TEX41
Huff-BAL40
Markakis-BAL40
Pedroia-BOS40

Triples
Crawford-TBR10
Granderson-DET10
Roberts-BAL8
Inglett-TOR7
Jones-BAL6
Rios-TOR6
Suzuki-SEA6

Home Runs
Quentin-CHW36
Dye-CHW32
Sizemore-CLE31
Hamilton-TEX29
Huff-BAL29

RBI
Hamilton-TEX116
Morneau-MIN102
Cabrera-DET100
Quentin-CHW100
Mora-BAL97

Bases on Balls
Cust-OAK90
Sizemore-CLE85
Upton-TBR85
Markakis-BAL84
Drew-BOS78

Strikeouts
Cust-OAK164
Pena-TBR132
Thome-CHW120
Gomez-MIN119
Upton-TBR118

Stolen Bases
Ellsbury-BOS41
Suzuki-SEA39
Upton-TBR37
Sizemore-CLE34
Roberts-BAL33

Singles
Suzuki-SEA149
Pedroia-BOS116
Cabrera-CHW114
Jeter-NYY113
Young-TEX113

Adjusted OPS+
Bradley-TEX172
Rodriguez-NYY158
Quentin-CHW153
Youkilis-BOS144
Huff-BAL143

Runs Created
Sizemore-CLE114
Quentin-CHW109
Huff-BAL107
Hamilton-TEX105
Kinsler-TEX105

Adjusted Batting Runs
Bradley-TEX41
Quentin-CHW37
Rodriguez-NYY37
Morneau-MIN32
Huff-BAL31

Batting Wins
Bradley-TEX3.9
Quentin-CHW3.5
Rodriguez-NYY3.4
Morneau-MIN3.0
Huff-BAL2.9
Youkilis-BOS2.9

Extra-Base Hits
Huff-BAL71
Dye-CHW68
Sizemore-CLE64
Ibanez-SEA63
Kinsler-TEX63
Roberts-BAL63
Youkilis-BOS63

Times on Base
Markakis-BAL240
Sizemore-CLE231
Roberts-BAL226
Morneau-MIN225
Suzuki-SEA223

Offensive Win%
Bradley-TEX.791
Rodriguez-NYY.736
Quentin-CHW.721
Youkilis-BOS.710
Sizemore-CLE.707

Hit By Pitch
Quentin-CHW20
Giambi-NYY16
Garko-CLE14
Rodriguez-NYY12
Mora-BAL11

Sac. Hits
Aybar-LAA9
Casilla-MIN9
Cabrera-CLE8
Gathright-KCR8
Mathis-LAA8

Sac. Flies
Hamilton-TEX9
Lopez-SEA9
Cabrera-CHW8
Lamb-MIN8
Huff-BAL7
Kinsler-TEX7
Longoria-TBR7
Mauer-MIN7
Morneau-MIN7

Intentional Walks
Morneau-MIN15
Guerrero-LAA14
Bradley-TEX12
Suzuki-SEA12
Ibanez-SEA11
Sizemore-CLE11

Grounded into Double Plays
Guerrero-LAA26
Peralta-CLE21
Jeter-NYY19
Ordonez-DET19
Overbay-TOR19

Caught Stealing
Upton-TBR14
Abreu-NYY10
Figgins-LAA10
Gomez-MIN10
Roberts-BAL10

Power/Speed Number
Sizemore-CLE32.4
Kinsler-TEX21.3
Rodriguez-NYY20.4
Rios-TOR15.0
Damon-NYY14.9

At Bats per Strikeout
Betancourt-SEA15.5
Polanco-DET13.1
Pedroia-BOS11.8
Suzuki-SEA11.2
Mauer-MIN10.3

At Bats per Home Run
Quentin-CHW12.9
Giambi-NYY14.0
Thome-CHW14.4
Pena-TBR14.7
Rodriguez-NYY14.9

Outs
Cabrera-CHW419
Young-TEX409
Suzuki-SEA404
Lopez-SEA400
Pedroia-BOS399

ERA
Lee-CLE2.43
Duchscherer-OAK2.54
Halladay-TOR2.69
Lackey-LAA2.95
Galarraga-DET3.20

Wins
Lee-CLE19
Burnett-TOR16
Halladay-TOR16
Mussina-NYY16
Matsuzaka-BOS15

Won-Loss %
Lee-CLE.905
Matsuzaka-BOS.882
Lackey-LAA.846
Perkins-MIN.800
Galarraga-DET.750

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Duchscherer-OAK0.995
Halladay-TOR1.039
Lee-CLE1.074
Lackey-LAA1.100
Santana-LAA1.132

Hits Allowed/9IP
Duchscherer-OAK6.80
Wakefield-BOS7.52
Galarraga-DET7.56
Floyd-CHW7.63
Marcum-TOR7.67

Bases on Balls/9IP
Mussina-NYY1.19
Lee-CLE1.31
Halladay-TOR1.50
Sonnanstine-TBR1.59
Blackburn-MIN1.60

Strikeouts/9IP
Burnett-TOR9.32
Santana-LAA8.97
Beckett-BOS8.74
Vazquez-CHW8.58
Hernandez-SEA8.17

Games
Green-SEA63
Guerrier-MIN63
Wright-TEX63
Dotel-CHW61
Perez-CLE61
Rodriguez-LAA61

Saves
Rodriguez-LAA50
Nathan-MIN36
Papelbon-BOS34
Soria-KCR33
Rivera-NYY31
Sherrill-BAL31

Innings
Halladay-TOR204.0
Lee-CLE185.3
Guthrie-BAL183.7
Burnett-TOR178.7
Shields-TBR177.7

Strikeouts
Burnett-TOR185
Santana-LAA176
Halladay-TOR175
Vazquez-CHW163
Greinke-KCR151

Games Started
Burnett-TOR28
Cabrera-BAL28
Guthrie-BAL28
Meche-KCR28
Pettitte-NYY28
Verlander-DET28

Comp. Games
Halladay-TOR8
Garza-TBR3
Lackey-LAA3
Lee-CLE3
Millwood-TEX3
Sabathia-CLE3
Shields-TBR3
Slowey-MIN3

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

Home Runs Allow.
Byrd-TOT27
Bannister-KCR25
Padilla-TEX25
Robertson-DET25
Floyd-CHW23

Bases On Balls Allow.
Cabrera-BAL79
Matsuzaka-BOS78
Batista-SEA73
Burnett-TOR73
Smith-OAK72
Verlander-DET72

Hits Allowed
Hernandez-MIN199
Robertson-DET195
Pettitte-NYY194
Silva-SEA191
Buehrle-CHW190

SO to Walk
Lee-CLE5.37
Mussina-NYY5.19
Halladay-TOR5.15
Beckett-BOS4.83
Shields-TBR4.21

Losses
Bannister-KCR14
Silva-SEA14
Verlander-DET14
Washburn-SEA14
Smith-OAK13

Earned Runs Allow.
Robertson-DET101
Cabrera-BAL100
Bannister-KCR99
Silva-SEA99
Burnett-TOR91
Rogers-DET91

Wild Pitches
Cabrera-BAL14
Dickey-SEA11
Wakefield-BOS11
Padilla-TEX10
Burnett-TOR9

Hit Batsmen
Cabrera-BAL18
Halladay-TOR12
Padilla-TEX12
Verlander-DET12
Shields-TBR11

Batters Faced
Halladay-TOR814
Burnett-TOR782
Cabrera-BAL774
Verlander-DET763
Guthrie-BAL756

Games Finished
Rodriguez-LAA55
Papelbon-BOS50
Rivera-NYY49
Nathan-MIN48
Sherrill-BAL46
Soria-KCR46

Adjusted ERA+
Lee-CLE180
Halladay-TOR158
Duchscherer-OAK157
Lackey-LAA146
Danks-CHW136

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
Adenhart-LAA1986-08-24 (21)
Hunter-TEX1986-07-03 (21)
Hughes-NYY1986-06-24 (22)
Butler-KCR1986-04-18 (22)
Hernandez-SEA1986-04-08 (22)

   
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