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1978 Baseball - Division | League

"Smart" Division Standings on May 5

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1978 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Detroit 15 6 .714 - 115 85 89.5 72.5 20.7 20.7
New York 14 9 .609 2 87 78 94.3 67.7 31.3 31.3
Boston 14 10 .583 2.5 145 118 93.6 68.4 30.1 30.1
Milwaukee 11 12 .478 5 133 110 82.0 80.0 7.2 7.2
Cleveland 10 12 .455 5.5 99 90 81.6 80.4 7.4 7.4
Baltimore 10 13 .435 6 92 123 76.3 85.7 3.2 3.2
Toronto 8 16 .333 8.5 87 125 56.7 105.3 0.1 0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Oakland 19 5 .792 - 91 56 91.7 70.3 29.1 29.1
California 15 9 .625 4 91 80 83.7 78.3 12.7 12.7
Kansas City 14 9 .609 4.5 99 90 94.1 67.9 37.4 37.4
Texas 10 11 .476 7.5 71 89 83.3 78.7 12.7 12.7
Chicago 7 13 .350 10 82 94 76.0 86.0 5.4 5.4
Seattle 9 20 .310 12.5 99 140 57.5 104.5 0.1 0.1
Minnesota 8 19 .296 12.5 115 128 73.6 88.4 2.5 2.5

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1978 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Montreal 13 8 .619 - 92 80 84.7 77.3 15.3 15.3
Philadelphia 12 8 .600 0.5 114 76 100.4 61.6 62.6 62.6
Chicago 12 11 .522 2 81 101 70.8 91.2 2.3 2.3
Pittsburgh 11 12 .478 3 98 110 78.6 83.4 7.5 7.5
New York 11 15 .423 4.5 86 100 71.1 90.9 2.2 2.2
St. Louis 10 15 .400 5 101 97 82.2 79.8 10.1 10.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Los Angeles 16 8 .667 - 136 86 105.6 56.4 68.1 68.1
Cincinnati 14 10 .583 2 135 112 93.0 69.0 22.5 22.5
San Francisco 12 11 .522 3.5 78 81 80.6 81.4 5.4 5.4
San Diego 10 13 .435 5.5 75 94 68.8 93.2 0.8 0.8
Houston 10 14 .417 6 86 111 77.5 84.5 3.1 3.1
Atlanta 9 15 .375 7 75 109 58.7 103.3 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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