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1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card

"Smart" Division Standings on August 19

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1997 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Baltimore 78 44 .639 - 632 476 102.0 60.0 84.7 15.2 99.9
New York 73 50 .593 5.5 662 512 95.9 66.1 15.3 79.8 95.1
Boston 62 63 .496 17.5 702 673 80.8 81.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
Toronto 60 64 .484 19 498 518 78.0 84.0 0.0 <0.1 <0.1
Detroit 58 66 .468 21 619 624 75.9 86.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Cleveland 65 57 .533 - 659 631 86.5 75.5 83.3 0.0 83.3
Milwaukee 61 63 .492 5 542 582 79.4 82.6 7.1 <0.1 7.2
Chicago 61 64 .488 5.5 596 626 79.2 82.8 9.5 <0.1 9.5
Kansas City 52 70 .426 13 563 622 70.1 91.9 0.1 0.0 0.1
Minnesota 51 73 .411 15 586 667 68.4 93.6 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Anaheim 69 56 .552 - 664 600 89.6 72.4 51.1 2.1 53.2
Seattle 69 56 .552 - 711 648 89.5 72.5 48.7 2.6 51.3
Texas 60 66 .476 9.5 607 636 77.4 84.6 0.2 <0.1 0.2
Oakland 50 75 .400 19 577 716 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 77 49 .611 - 609 451 99.1 62.9 89.4 10.0 99.4
Florida 72 52 .581 4 546 505 92.1 69.9 9.7 67.3 77.0
New York 67 57 .540 9 579 541 86.2 75.8 1.0 11.5 12.5
Montreal 61 62 .496 14.5 541 563 79.4 82.6 0.0 0.4 0.4
Philadelphia 45 77 .369 30 503 678 60.4 101.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Houston 66 59 .528 - 591 521 87.1 74.9 92.0 0.0 92.0
Pittsburgh 62 63 .496 4 546 591 78.8 83.2 6.0 <0.1 6.0
St. Louis 57 67 .460 8.5 501 495 76.9 85.1 1.9 <0.1 2.0
Cincinnati 55 68 .447 10 481 576 72.2 89.8 0.1 0.0 0.1
Chicago 50 76 .397 16.5 515 589 66.9 95.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
San Francisco 71 56 .559 - 604 609 88.5 73.5 46.3 6.4 52.7
Los Angeles 68 57 .544 2 548 471 88.7 73.3 53.3 4.2 57.4
Colorado 60 65 .480 10 704 716 77.1 84.9 0.3 0.1 0.3
San Diego 60 65 .480 10 623 672 76.8 85.2 0.2 <0.1 0.2

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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