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1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card

"Smart" Division Standings on August 21

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1997 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Baltimore 80 44 .645 - 640 481 102.6 59.4 82.1 17.9 99.9
New York 76 50 .603 5 681 523 97.5 64.5 17.9 81.0 98.9
Boston 64 64 .500 18 720 695 80.9 81.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Toronto 60 66 .476 21 507 536 76.7 85.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Detroit 59 67 .468 22 622 636 75.6 86.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Cleveland 65 59 .524 - 665 639 85.2 76.8 74.0 0.0 74.0
Chicago 63 64 .496 3.5 614 635 80.4 81.6 17.3 0.0 17.3
Milwaukee 62 64 .492 4 549 586 79.4 82.6 8.8 <0.1 8.8
Kansas City 52 72 .419 13 568 630 69.5 92.5 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
Minnesota 52 73 .416 13.5 597 668 69.3 92.7 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Seattle 71 56 .559 - 719 654 90.6 71.4 68.4 0.5 68.9
Anaheim 69 59 .539 2.5 675 619 88.1 73.9 31.5 0.6 32.0
Texas 60 67 .472 11 609 642 76.8 85.2 0.1 0.0 0.1
Oakland 51 77 .398 20.5 599 734 65.3 96.7 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 78 49 .614 - 612 452 99.6 62.4 90.3 9.2 99.6
Florida 73 52 .584 4 552 510 92.5 69.5 9.0 71.7 80.7
New York 68 58 .540 9.5 585 546 86.3 75.7 0.6 10.2 10.9
Montreal 62 63 .496 15 547 571 79.4 82.6 0.0 0.2 0.2
Philadelphia 45 77 .369 30.5 503 678 60.3 101.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Houston 67 60 .528 - 602 528 87.2 74.8 91.8 <0.1 91.8
Pittsburgh 63 64 .496 4 557 603 79.1 82.9 6.5 <0.1 6.5
St. Louis 58 68 .460 8.5 509 501 77.0 85.0 1.6 <0.1 1.6
Cincinnati 55 69 .444 10.5 484 581 71.5 90.5 0.1 0.0 0.1
Chicago 50 77 .394 17 520 595 66.6 95.4 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 88.3 73.7 46.1 5.2 51.3
Los Angeles 69 58 .543 2 553 477 88.7 73.3 53.4 3.4 56.8
Colorado 61 66 .480 10 713 729 77.2 84.8 0.3 <0.1 0.3
San Diego 61 66 .480 10 635 683 76.6 85.4 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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