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1978 Baseball - Division | League

"Smart" Division Standings on May 4

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1978 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Detroit 15 5 .750 - 114 80 91.2 70.8 23.5 23.5
New York 13 9 .591 3 82 76 93.0 69.0 28.5 28.5
Boston 14 10 .583 3 145 118 93.6 68.4 28.8 28.8
Cleveland 10 11 .476 5.5 99 85 83.8 78.2 10.8 10.8
Milwaukee 10 12 .455 6 124 110 79.1 82.9 5.0 5.0
Baltimore 9 13 .409 7 90 122 76.0 86.0 3.4 3.4
Toronto 8 15 .348 8.5 86 116 59.1 102.9 0.1 0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Oakland 18 5 .783 - 86 55 89.5 72.5 22.4 22.4
Kansas City 14 8 .636 3.5 99 81 98.0 64.0 47.7 47.7
California 14 9 .609 4 86 80 81.2 80.8 8.4 8.4
Texas 10 10 .500 6.5 69 84 85.0 77.0 14.0 14.0
Chicago 7 13 .350 9.5 82 94 76.2 85.8 4.9 4.9
Minnesota 8 18 .308 11.5 114 126 73.7 88.3 2.6 2.6
Seattle 8 20 .286 12.5 90 139 54.6 107.4 <0.1 <0.1

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1978 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Montreal 12 8 .600 - 88 77 83.5 78.5 13.2 13.2
Philadelphia 11 8 .579 0.5 105 72 99.8 62.2 60.8 60.8
Chicago 12 11 .522 1.5 81 101 70.7 91.3 2.2 2.2
Pittsburgh 11 11 .500 2 96 103 80.5 81.5 9.4 9.4
New York 11 14 .440 3.5 82 91 72.6 89.4 2.8 2.8
St. Louis 10 14 .417 4 100 95 83.1 78.9 11.6 11.6
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Los Angeles 15 8 .652 - 129 84 104.4 57.6 64.4 64.4
Cincinnati 14 9 .609 1 132 108 93.7 68.3 24.7 24.7
San Francisco 12 11 .522 3 78 81 80.3 81.7 5.7 5.7
Houston 10 13 .435 5 84 106 78.7 83.3 4.3 4.3
San Diego 9 13 .409 5.5 73 93 67.4 94.6 0.9 0.9
Atlanta 8 15 .348 7 70 107 57.3 104.7 0.1 0.1

Baseball statistics
x: Clinched Division  
W: Wins  L: Losses  PCT: Winning percentage
GB: Games Back (Number of games behind the Division leader)
RS: Runs Scored  RA: Runs Against
Baseball "coolstats"   What are these?
EXP W: Expected season Wins  EXP L: Expected season Losses
DIV: % chance of winning the Division 
POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs



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