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Eastern Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L46   MANAGER(S)
Boston        BOA 104  58 .642 ----    8    3    2  47-34  57-24  26-19  30-16   Mike Tomeo
New York AL   NYA  95  67 .586  9.0    3    7    5  44-37  51-30  23-14  27-19   Robert Rescigno
Toronto       TOA  87  75 .537 17.0   12   13   15  49-32  38-43  30-25  17-29   Rob Rife
Baltimore     BAA  74  88 .457 30.0   11   18    3  35-46  39-42  11-15  24-22   John Fortune, Alan Boodman, Dennis Schimmel

Central Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L46   MANAGER(S)
Milwaukee     MLA  94  68 .580 ----    9    6    9  44-37  50-31  19-21  28-18   Mark Simons
Minnesota     MNA  76  86 .469 18.0   18   14    4  42-39  34-47  23-26  22-24   Darren Dawson
Detroit       DEA  76  86 .469 18.0    7   21   20  40-41  36-45  26-20  15-31   Mike Mashanic
Chicago AL    CHA  66  96 .407 28.0   13   22   12  40-41  26-55  19-32  23-23   Rick Field

Western Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L46   MANAGER(S)
Kansas City   KCA  93  69 .574 ----   10    5   13  48-33  45-36  27-22  27-19   Thomas Treece
Oakland       OAA  87  75 .537  6.0   14   10    6  42-39  45-36  18-23  28-18   Drew Kennedy
Seattle       SEA  65  97 .401 28.0   22   19   19  31-50  34-47  23-17  18-28   Jeff Tripodi
Texas         TEA  55 107 .340 38.0    5   24   21  26-55  29-52  11-22  17-29   Mike Rescigno

OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 24 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense.
HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L46 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 46 games of the season.

Postseason
World Series (4-2):   Kansas City Royals over Colorado Rockies
AL Championship Series (3-1):   Kansas City Royals over Milwaukee Brewers
AL Divisional Series (3-1):   Milwaukee Brewers over New York Yankees
AL Divisional Series (3-2):   Kansas City Royals over Boston Red Sox

2008 NL | AL League Yearly Summary | Transactions
  Players: Batting - Pitching

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 NYA  5.20   842  5576  1539  288  22  192  540   971  .276  .346  .439  109   31   29   79   63   43  152
 TEA  5.12   829  5690  1569  345  40  224  578  1287  .276  .346  .469   38   14   24   57   27   45  140
 DEA  5.09   824  5682  1586  355  42  233  533  1092  .279  .343  .479   36   13   25   43   11   37  158
 BOA  5.06   820  5612  1528  354  37  170  589  1034  .272  .344  .439   71   14   57   47   71   45  133
 MLA  5.02   813  5549  1401  330  45  214  506  1049  .252  .320  .444  107   22   26   72   26   48  120
 KCA  5.00   810  5641  1594  319  46  143  524   930  .283  .345  .431  135   46   34   42   18   52  133
 BAA  4.82   781  5587  1466  281  21  217  548  1108  .262  .333  .437   70   25   36   64   11   38  146
 TOA  4.80   778  5621  1521  331  31  197  486  1039  .271  .332  .446   51   18   40   55   63   42  159
 CHA  4.78   774  5619  1460  260  32  245  496   977  .260  .326  .448   50   16   29   76   21   36  158
 OAA  4.77   772  5588  1452  314  35  137  638  1042  .260  .337  .402   59    6   44   39   33   44  153
 MNA  4.46   722  5578  1527  276  47  128  518   978  .274  .337  .409  101   49   46   39   75   43  165
 SEA  3.86   626  5580  1377  263  20  156  379  1057  .247  .299  .385   63   15   31   47   17   23  134
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  4.83  9391 67323 18020 3716 418 2256 6335 12564  .268  .334  .436  890  269  421  660  436  496 1751

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 BOA  3.84   622  3.53  1466  1340  155   539  1127   0  11  60  .272  878  677  .771
 KCA  4.22   684  4.00  1445  1478  161   522  1198  17  13  47  .236  828  600  .725
 MLA  4.25   688  3.83  1464  1375  185   425  1156  10  16  48  .264  800  589  .736
 NYA  4.29   695  4.09  1451  1469  155   474  1144   3  15  50  .301  800  596  .745
 OAA  4.56   738  4.30  1454  1408  171   568  1111   9  11  33  .320  790  586  .742
 TOA  4.71   763  4.30  1458  1476  206   437  1092  23  11  38  .351  896  634  .708
 MNA  4.80   778  4.58  1456  1551  218   432   947   1   7  46  .364  854  649  .760
 BAA  5.06   819  4.70  1437  1511  209   565   930   4   5  46  .327  831  635  .764
 SEA  5.07   821  4.70  1441  1563  167   598   966   8  10  32  .382  916  631  .689
 DEA  5.25   851  4.88  1437  1466  207   621  1025   4   5  38  .307  859  591  .688
 CHA  5.41   876  5.16  1451  1600  197   549  1026   6   7  34  .368  863  626  .725
 TEA  6.52  1056  6.12  1428  1783  225   605   842   6   4  27  .469  838  575  .686
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  4.83  9391  4.51 17393 18020 2256  6335 12564  91 115 499       **** 7389  .728

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting

  1. Grady Sizemore  (473)
  2. Ryan Howard  (457)
  3. Dustin Pedroia  (451)
  4. Aubrey Huff  (438)
  5. Jhonny Peralta  (433)
  6. Nick Markakis  (426)
  7. Miguel Cabrera  (424)
  8. Raul Ibanez  (423)
  9. Jack Cust  (418)
  10. Carlos Pena  (401)

  11. Jason Bay  (400)
  12. Justin Morneau  (400)
  13. Kevin Youkilis  (394)
  14. Torii Hunter  (386)
  15. Ryan Braun  (385)
  16. Alex Rodriguez  (382)
  17. Prince Fielder  (367)
  18. Curtis Granderson  (361)
  19. Derek Jeter  (360)
  20. Joe Mauer  (359)

Cy Young Award Voting

  1. Joe Nathan  (247)
  2. Mariano Rivera  (232)
  3. Jonathan Papelbon  (231)
  4. Cliff Lee  (225)
  5. Joakim Soria  (209)
  6. Daisuke Matsuzaka  (191)
  7. Gil Meche  (176)
  8. Ben Sheets  (175)
  9. C.C. Sabathia  (173)
  10. Jon Lester  (169)

  11. Dan Haren  (167)
  12. Shaun Marcum  (157)
  13. Armando Galarraga  (156)
  14. Ervin Santana  (154)
  15. Jesse Carlson  (151)
  16. Josh Beckett  (145)
  17. Salomon Torres  (141)
  18. Jesse Litsch  (128)
  19. Manny Delcarmen  (128)
  20. Tim Wakefield  (125)

All Stars
Joe Crede
Jack Cust
Justin Duchscherer
Armando Galarraga
Ryan Howard
Aubrey Huff
Cliff Lee
Shaun Marcum
Nick Markakis
Joe Mauer
Justin Morneau
Joe Nathan
Magglio Ordonez
David Ortiz
Jonathan Papelbon
Dustin Pedroia
Carlos Pena
Jhonny Peralta
Placido Polanco
Mariano Rivera
Jimmy Rollins
Alex Rodriguez
Ervin Santana
Grady Sizemore
Ichiro Suzuki
Tim Wakefield
Kevin Youkilis

Gold Gloves
P: Mike Mussina
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Carlos Pena
2B: Dustin Pedroia
3B: Adrian Beltre
SS: Jimmy Rollins
OF: Torii Hunter
OF: Ichiro Suzuki
OF: Grady Sizemore

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average
Placido Polanco.338
Manny Ramirez.331
Joe Mauer.329
Andre Ethier.328
Albert Pujols.326
Aramis Ramirez.325
Aubrey Huff.323
Casey Blake.319
Dustin Pedroia.316
Chase Utley.313
Ian Kinsler.311
Brian McCann.311
On Base Percentage
Chipper Jones.416
Aramis Ramirez.412
Albert Pujols.412
Joe Mauer.408
Manny Ramirez.404
Jason Giambi.400
Brad Hawpe.397
Andre Ethier.395
Matt Holliday.394
Carlos Quentin.391
Edwin Encarnacion.390
Russell Martin.390
Slugging Percentage
Aubrey Huff.655
Casey Blake.619
Manny Ramirez.615
Ryan Ludwick.589
Aramis Ramirez.586
Chase Utley.582
Mark Teixeira.562
Curtis Granderson.556
Jack Cust.555
Edwin Encarnacion.551
Grady Sizemore.546
Ryan Howard.536
On Base + Slugging
Aubrey Huff1.028
Manny Ramirez1.019
Aramis Ramirez0.998
Casey Blake0.997
Chase Utley0.966
Ryan Ludwick0.954
Jack Cust0.944
Edwin Encarnacion0.941
Chipper Jones0.937
Albert Pujols0.935
Curtis Granderson0.929
Jason Giambi0.929
At Bats
Jose Reyes690
Ichiro Suzuki651
Dustin Pedroia640
Jose Lopez621
Kevin Kouzmanoff619
Michael Young611
Adrian Gonzalez610
Derrek Lee609
Ryan Howard606
Raul Ibanez605
Carlos Beltran604
David Wright603
Runs Scored
David Wright124
Chase Utley119
Jose Reyes117
Grady Sizemore113
Hanley Ramirez108
Brian Roberts104
Ryan Theriot102
Kevin Youkilis101
Carlos Beltran100
Brad Hawpe99
Mark Teixeira98
Hits
Dustin Pedroia202
Jose Reyes200
Ichiro Suzuki200
Placido Polanco197
Chase Utley188
Raul Ibanez185
Miguel Tejada180
Randy Winn180
Derek Jeter179
David Wright179
Manny Ramirez178
Total Bases
Chase Utley349
Manny Ramirez331
Aubrey Huff327
Casey Blake326
Ryan Howard325
Dustin Pedroia318
Raul Ibanez317
Jose Reyes316
David Wright316
Jhonny Peralta311
Mark Teixeira310
Grady Sizemore308
Doubles
Dustin Pedroia62
Nick Markakis53
Brian Roberts53
Chase Utley53
Randy Winn53
Casey Blake48
Aramis Ramirez47
Alex Rios46
Brian McCann45
Grady Sizemore45
Triples
Jose Reyes22
Carl Crawford17
Curtis Granderson15
Jimmy Rollins12
Shane Victorino11
David Dejesus10
Brian Roberts9
Jacoby Ellsbury8
Willie Harris8
Brandon Inge8
Hanley Ramirez8
Alex Rios8
Home Runs
Ryan Howard46
Mark Teixeira44
Aubrey Huff41
Jack Cust40
Manny Ramirez37
Jim Thome37
Casey Blake36
Ryan Braun36
Grady Sizemore36
Miguel Cabrera35
Carlos Pena35
RBI
Chase Utley125
Casey Blake120
Raul Ibanez116
Mark Teixeira115
Miguel Cabrera113
Manny Ramirez113
Ryan Howard111
Carlos Beltran110
Aubrey Huff109
Jack Cust104
Aramis Ramirez104
David Wright104
Walks
Adam Dunn98
Jack Cust97
Jason Bay96
Brad Hawpe90
Carlos Pena89
Troy Glaus84
B.J. Upton84
David Wright83
Chipper Jones82
Grady Sizemore82
Jason Giambi81
Batters Strikeouts
Jack Cust190
Adam Dunn186
Ryan Howard181
Carlos Pena168
Matt Kemp155
Jim Thome154
Adrian Gonzalez153
Dan Uggla149
Chris Young149
Jason Bay142
Ryan Ludwick140
Mike Cameron139
Stolen Bases
Willy Taveras67
Jose Reyes58
Hanley Ramirez56
B.J. Upton48
Shane Victorino45
Chone Figgins43
Juan Pierre38
Johnny Damon37
Ichiro Suzuki37
Jacoby Ellsbury33
Brian Roberts33
Ryan Theriot33
Caught Stealing
Hanley Ramirez13
Shane Victorino13
Chone Figgins12
Denard Span12
Willy Taveras12
Juan Pierre11
Johnny Damon10
Matt Kemp9
Jose Reyes9
Hit by Pitch
Chase Utley30
Jason Giambi22
Carlos Quentin18
Lastings Milledge17
Chris Iannetta16
Aaron Rowand16
David Eckstein15
Ryan Garko15
Josh Willingham15
Edwin Encarnacion14
Alex Rodriguez14
GIDP
Derrek Lee31
Justin Morneau30
Jhonny Peralta29
Jermaine Dye28
Vladimir Guerrero25
Ryan Theriot25
Mark Derosa24
Mark Teixeira24
Miguel Cabrera23
Adrian Gonzalez23
Matt Kemp23
Errors
Edwin Encarnacion32
Yuniesky Betancourt25
Hanley Ramirez24
Bobby Crosby21
Bill Hall21
Ian Kinsler19
Yunel Escobar18
Ryan Howard18
Evan Longoria18
Aramis Ramirez18
Erick Aybar17
Prince Fielder17
Earned Run Average
Roy Oswalt2.53
Chad Billingsley2.71
Joe Saunders2.77
Cliff Lee3.01
Cole Hamels3.04
Brandon Webb3.13
Jon Lester3.19
Mike Pelfrey3.19
Ricky Nolasco3.20
Dan Haren3.26
A.J. Burnett3.26
C.C. Sabathia3.32
Wins
Gil Meche20
Cliff Lee18
Oliver Perez18
Derek Lowe17
Johan Santana17
Brandon Webb17
Jon Lester16
Greg Maddux16
Daisuke Matsuzaka16
Ben Sheets16
Losses
Jon Garland20
Nick Blackburn18
Vicente Padilla18
Brian Bannister17
Jason Bergmann16
Jarrod Washburn16
Scott Feldman15
Cole Hamels15
John Lannan15
Andy Pettitte15
Brett Tomko15
Justin Verlander15
Winning Percentage
Cliff Lee.947
Jason Marquis.833
Daisuke Matsuzaka.762
Joe Saunders.750
Justin Duchscherer.737
Jon Lester.727
Greg Maddux.727
Oliver Perez.720
Gil Meche.714
Odalis Perez.706
Chad Billingsley.682
Carlos Zambrano.682
Games Pitched
Jason Grilli82
John Grabow77
Jamey Wright77
Carlos Marmol75
Francisco Rodriguez73
Heath Bell70
Dan Wheeler70
Rafael Betancourt69
Chad Bradford67
Vinnie Chulk66
Will Ohman66
Jose Valverde64
Games Started
A.J. Burnett34
Paul Maholm34
Nick Blackburn33
Ryan Dempster33
Tim Lincecum33
Derek Lowe33
Gil Meche33
Andy Pettitte33
Johan Santana33
James Shields33
Justin Verlander33
Complete Games
Roy Oswalt13
Roy Halladay12
Dan Haren8
Ervin Santana8
Matt Cain7
Brandon Webb7
Cole Hamels6
Tim Lincecum6
Shaun Marcum6
C.C. Sabathia6
Johan Santana5
Games Finished
Heath Bell56
Jonathan Papelbon56
Francisco Cordero54
Joel Hanrahan53
Joe Nathan53
Mariano Rivera51
Joakim Soria50
Grant Balfour49
Bobby Jenks44
Salomon Torres44
Jason Grilli43
C.J. Wilson43
Saves
Joe Nathan41
Heath Bell38
Jonathan Papelbon38
Mariano Rivera34
Joakim Soria34
Grant Balfour33
Salomon Torres32
Billy Wagner30
Bobby Jenks29
Francisco Cordero28
Brian Fuentes25
Shutouts
Ervin Santana4
Cole Hamels3
C.C. Sabathia3
Brandon Webb3
Johnny Cueto2
Gavin Floyd2
Tim Lincecum2
Odalis Perez2
Anibal Sanchez2
Innings Pitched
Roy Halladay234.7
C.C. Sabathia227.7
Brandon Webb227.0
Johan Santana225.0
Cole Hamels224.7
Tim Lincecum224.7
A.J. Burnett220.7
Ervin Santana217.7
Dan Haren215.7
Matt Cain215.0
James Shields212.7
Ricky Nolasco210.7
Hits Allowed
Andy Pettitte262
James Shields257
Jon Garland251
Aaron Cook249
Nick Blackburn236
Gil Meche234
Roy Halladay231
Jamie Moyer231
Mark Buehrle229
Brian Bannister222
Paul Maholm220
Jeff Suppan220
Home Runs Allowed
John Lackey49
Paul Byrd36
Vicente Padilla36
Bronson Arroyo34
Scott Feldman34
Andy Pettitte34
Roy Halladay33
Jered Weaver33
Gavin Floyd32
Jeff Suppan32
Walks Allowed
Daisuke Matsuzaka111
Ubaldo Jimenez107
Oliver Perez95
A.J. Burnett93
Tim Lincecum92
John Maine92
Edinson Volquez91
Barry Zito91
Fausto Carmona89
Justin Verlander86
Jonathan Sanchez83
Dana Eveland82
Pitchers Strikeouts
Tim Lincecum281
Edinson Volquez245
C.C. Sabathia216
A.J. Burnett215
Ervin Santana208
Cole Hamels202
Ryan Dempster198
Ubaldo Jimenez198
Dan Haren196
Brandon Webb195
Roy Halladay192
Ricky Nolasco185
  
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