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1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card

"Smart" Division Standings on August 16

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1997 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Baltimore 75 43 .636 - 611 453 101.8 60.2 81.9 17.7 99.6
New York 72 49 .595 4.5 650 500 96.3 65.7 18.1 75.7 93.8
Boston 61 63 .492 17 692 668 80.3 81.7 0.0 0.1 0.1
Toronto 58 62 .483 18 476 498 77.7 84.3 0.0 <0.1 <0.1
Detroit 56 66 .459 21 603 618 74.7 87.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Cleveland 63 56 .529 - 642 613 86.0 76.0 84.0 0.0 84.0
Chicago 58 62 .483 5.5 574 610 78.2 83.8 9.7 0.0 9.7
Milwaukee 58 62 .483 5.5 521 571 77.9 84.1 6.1 <0.1 6.1
Kansas City 51 68 .429 12 541 600 70.2 91.8 0.1 0.0 0.1
Minnesota 51 71 .418 13.5 579 649 69.6 92.4 0.1 0.0 0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Seattle 68 53 .562 - 699 629 91.0 71.0 58.5 3.2 61.7
Anaheim 68 54 .557 0.5 647 589 89.6 72.4 41.1 3.2 44.3
Texas 59 63 .484 9.5 598 612 79.0 83.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Oakland 50 74 .403 19.5 575 711 65.6 96.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

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1997 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Atlanta 76 48 .613 - 604 445 99.5 62.5 91.5 8.0 99.4
Florida 70 51 .579 4.5 526 495 91.2 70.8 6.9 58.7 65.6
New York 67 55 .549 8 573 531 87.5 74.5 1.7 20.3 22.0
Montreal 61 60 .504 13.5 530 543 80.7 81.3 <0.1 1.2 1.3
Philadelphia 44 75 .370 29.5 480 655 60.2 101.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Houston 65 58 .528 - 577 511 87.2 74.8 92.8 <0.1 92.8
Pittsburgh 60 62 .492 4.5 532 576 78.3 83.7 6.0 <0.1 6.0
St. Louis 55 67 .451 9.5 486 489 75.5 86.5 1.1 <0.1 1.1
Cincinnati 53 68 .438 11 470 571 70.7 91.3 0.2 0.0 0.2
Chicago 49 75 .395 16.5 508 576 66.8 95.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
San Francisco 69 55 .556 - 584 586 88.3 73.7 42.6 7.2 49.7
Los Angeles 67 56 .545 1.5 544 464 89.0 73.0 56.5 4.4 60.9
San Diego 60 63 .488 8.5 615 661 78.2 83.8 0.6 0.1 0.7
Colorado 59 64 .480 9.5 693 706 77.2 84.8 0.4 0.1 0.4

Baseball statistics
x: Clinched Division   y: Clinched Wild card
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  WC: % chance of winning the Wild Card
POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs



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