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1978 Baseball - Division | League

"Smart" Division Standings on May 17

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1978 AL Standings What are these?
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Detroit 21 9 .700 - 164 112 97.8 64.2 35.6 35.6
Boston 23 12 .657 0.5 192 145 98.2 63.8 34.8 34.8
New York 19 13 .594 3 131 115 93.1 68.9 21.6 21.6
Cleveland 16 16 .500 6 135 135 80.8 81.2 4.1 4.1
Milwaukee 15 18 .455 7.5 174 157 80.5 81.5 3.5 3.5
Baltimore 13 19 .406 9 133 182 69.1 92.9 0.4 0.4
Toronto 13 19 .406 9 130 163 63.6 98.4 0.1 0.1
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Oakland 22 12 .647 - 113 103 84.5 77.5 17.5 17.5
California 19 14 .576 2.5 145 124 86.8 75.2 23.2 23.2
Kansas City 18 14 .563 3 138 133 89.8 72.2 31.5 31.5
Texas 16 15 .516 4.5 120 125 86.4 75.6 21.4 21.4
Minnesota 12 23 .343 10.5 162 171 74.5 87.5 4.2 4.2
Chicago 10 20 .333 10 115 142 69.8 92.2 2.1 2.1
Seattle 12 25 .324 11.5 135 180 59.2 102.8 0.2 0.2

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1978 NL Standings
East W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
Philadelphia 17 14 .548 - 149 114 93.9 68.1 54.6 54.6
Montreal 18 15 .545 - 143 128 84.5 77.5 21.7 21.7
Chicago 16 17 .485 2 124 146 73.7 88.3 5.1 5.1
Pittsburgh 15 19 .441 3.5 135 158 75.0 87.0 6.1 6.1
New York 15 21 .417 4.5 124 143 70.5 91.5 2.6 2.6
St. Louis 14 23 .378 6 145 150 79.3 82.7 10.0 10.0
West W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL DIV POFF
San Francisco 22 12 .647 - 130 116 88.6 73.4 15.7 15.7
Los Angeles 21 14 .600 1.5 189 134 100.9 61.1 55.8 55.8
Cincinnati 20 15 .571 2.5 180 164 91.0 71.0 20.0 20.0
Houston 16 16 .500 5 118 127 83.1 78.9 7.5 7.5
San Diego 16 18 .471 6 116 135 71.5 90.5 0.9 0.9
Atlanta 13 19 .406 8 94 132 60.0 102.0 <0.1 <0.1

Baseball statistics
x: Clinched Division  
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 
POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs



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