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1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card

"Smart" Division Standings on August 17

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1997 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Baltimore 76 43 .639 - 616 457 102.1 59.9 80.7 19.1 99.8
New York 73 49 .598 4.5 658 500 96.9 65.1 19.3 76.6 95.9
Boston 62 63 .496 17 702 673 80.9 81.1 0.0 0.2 0.2
Toronto 59 62 .488 18 486 503 78.5 83.5 0.0 <0.1 <0.1
Detroit 57 66 .463 21 611 622 75.3 86.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Cleveland 63 57 .525 - 647 623 85.4 76.6 80.3 0.0 80.3
Milwaukee 59 62 .488 4.5 526 573 78.5 83.5 8.3 0.0 8.3
Chicago 59 63 .484 5 581 617 78.4 83.6 11.2 0.0 11.2
Kansas City 51 69 .425 12 545 608 69.7 92.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
Minnesota 51 72 .415 13.5 584 659 68.9 93.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Seattle 69 54 .561 - 706 636 90.8 71.2 60.5 1.9 62.4
Anaheim 68 55 .553 1 651 594 89.2 72.8 39.0 2.2 41.2
Texas 59 64 .480 10 598 620 78.3 83.7 0.5 <0.1 0.5
Oakland 50 75 .400 20 577 716 65.1 96.9 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 49 .608 - 605 448 98.7 63.3 86.7 12.4 99.1
Florida 71 51 .582 3.5 536 497 92.1 69.9 11.8 62.3 74.1
New York 67 56 .545 8 577 537 86.9 75.1 1.5 14.9 16.4
Montreal 61 61 .500 13.5 536 551 80.1 81.9 0.0 0.5 0.5
Philadelphia 44 76 .367 29.5 486 666 59.7 102.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Houston 66 58 .532 - 588 517 87.7 74.3 95.2 <0.1 95.2
Pittsburgh 60 63 .488 5.5 534 586 77.4 84.6 3.5 <0.1 3.5
St. Louis 56 67 .455 9.5 489 490 76.1 85.9 1.2 0.0 1.2
Cincinnati 54 68 .443 11 475 571 71.7 90.3 0.2 0.0 0.2
Chicago 50 75 .400 16.5 514 581 67.5 94.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
San Francisco 70 55 .560 - 592 592 88.9 73.1 54.3 5.1 59.5
Los Angeles 67 57 .540 2.5 544 469 88.2 73.8 44.8 4.6 49.4
San Diego 60 64 .484 9.5 620 667 77.6 84.4 0.4 0.1 0.5
Colorado 60 64 .484 9.5 699 710 77.7 84.3 0.4 0.1 0.5

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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