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1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card

"Smart" Division Standings on August 18

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1997 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Baltimore 77 43 .642 - 618 458 102.6 59.4 82.8 17.1 99.9
New York 73 49 .598 5 658 500 96.9 65.1 17.2 79.7 96.8
Boston 62 63 .496 17.5 702 673 80.8 81.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Toronto 59 63 .484 19 489 508 77.9 84.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1
Detroit 57 66 .463 21.5 611 622 75.2 86.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Cleveland 64 57 .529 - 652 626 85.8 76.2 80.0 0.0 80.0
Chicago 60 63 .488 5 586 617 79.2 82.8 12.5 0.0 12.5
Milwaukee 60 63 .488 5 534 580 78.6 83.4 7.4 0.0 7.4
Kansas City 51 69 .425 12.5 545 608 69.7 92.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
Minnesota 51 72 .415 14 584 659 69.0 93.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Seattle 69 55 .556 - 706 641 90.0 72.0 58.9 1.3 60.2
Anaheim 68 56 .548 1 652 596 88.7 73.3 40.7 1.7 42.4
Texas 60 65 .480 9.5 605 628 78.1 83.9 0.4 0.0 0.4
Oakland 50 75 .400 19.5 577 716 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 89.7 9.4 99.1
Florida 71 52 .577 4 538 504 91.3 70.7 8.4 62.2 70.6
New York 67 56 .545 8 577 537 87.0 75.0 1.9 17.7 19.5
Montreal 61 61 .500 13.5 536 551 80.1 81.9 <0.1 0.8 0.8
Philadelphia 45 76 .372 29 498 669 60.8 101.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Houston 66 58 .532 - 588 517 87.6 74.4 93.7 <0.1 93.7
Pittsburgh 61 63 .492 5 541 588 78.2 83.8 5.0 0.1 5.1
St. Louis 56 67 .455 9.5 489 490 76.2 85.8 1.2 0.0 1.2
Cincinnati 54 68 .443 11 475 571 71.5 90.5 0.1 0.0 0.1
Chicago 50 75 .400 16.5 514 581 67.5 94.5 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
San Francisco 70 56 .556 - 595 604 88.0 74.0 46.7 5.8 52.5
Los Angeles 67 57 .540 2 544 469 88.1 73.9 51.9 4.0 55.9
San Diego 60 64 .484 9 620 667 77.6 84.4 0.7 0.1 0.8
Colorado 60 64 .484 9 699 710 77.8 84.2 0.7 <0.1 0.7

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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