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1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card

"Smart" Division Standings on August 23

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1997 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Baltimore 82 44 .651 - 648 486 103.4 58.6 87.5 12.5 99.9
New York 77 51 .602 6 696 540 97.1 64.9 12.5 85.8 98.3
Boston 64 66 .492 20 726 709 79.9 82.1 0.0 <0.1 <0.1
Toronto 62 66 .484 21 518 544 77.8 84.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Detroit 60 68 .469 23 640 642 76.3 85.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Cleveland 67 59 .532 - 677 646 86.2 75.8 85.8 0.0 85.8
Milwaukee 63 65 .492 5 555 604 78.8 83.2 5.2 0.0 5.2
Chicago 63 66 .488 5.5 630 665 79.1 82.9 9.0 0.0 9.0
Kansas City 52 74 .413 15 576 641 68.4 93.6 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
Minnesota 52 75 .409 15.5 602 676 68.3 93.7 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Seattle 72 57 .558 - 736 669 90.7 71.3 62.6 0.7 63.3
Anaheim 71 59 .546 1.5 689 625 89.1 72.9 37.2 1.0 38.3
Texas 62 67 .481 10 639 658 78.3 83.7 0.1 0.0 0.1
Oakland 51 79 .392 21.5 606 746 64.3 97.7 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 80 49 .620 - 628 457 100.4 61.6 94.0 5.8 99.8
Florida 74 53 .583 5 558 517 92.4 69.6 5.4 73.2 78.6
New York 70 58 .547 9.5 603 559 87.4 74.6 0.6 14.6 15.2
Montreal 63 64 .496 16 557 579 79.6 82.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
Philadelphia 45 79 .363 32.5 509 687 59.5 102.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Houston 68 61 .527 - 614 535 87.0 75.0 89.3 <0.1 89.3
Pittsburgh 65 64 .504 3 566 609 80.3 81.7 9.6 <0.1 9.6
St. Louis 59 69 .461 8.5 516 507 77.1 84.9 1.1 0.0 1.1
Cincinnati 55 71 .437 11.5 489 597 70.5 91.5 <0.1 0.0 <0.1
Chicago 51 78 .395 17 528 605 66.4 95.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV WC POFF
Los Angeles 71 58 .550 - 562 483 89.5 72.5 69.6 2.2 71.8
San Francisco 71 58 .550 - 610 618 87.0 75.0 30.2 4.0 34.1
Colorado 62 67 .481 9 720 741 77.4 84.6 0.2 <0.1 0.2
San Diego 61 68 .473 10 648 701 75.7 86.3 <0.1 0.0 <0.1

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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