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 | 1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card
 
 "Smart" Division Standings on May 31
 
 
 
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		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Baltimore | 36 | 15 | .706 | - | 290 | 194 | 107.9 | 54.1 | 86.1 | 9.4 | 95.5 |  		
		| New York | 29 | 25 | .537 | 8.5 | 298 | 240 | 89.7 | 72.3 | 9.0 | 34.8 | 43.9 |  		
		| Toronto | 26 | 25 | .510 | 10 | 202 | 224 | 75.9 | 86.1 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 5.6 |  		
		| Detroit | 25 | 27 | .481 | 11.5 | 267 | 241 | 84.2 | 77.8 | 3.6 | 18.6 | 22.2 |  		
		| Boston | 22 | 29 | .431 | 14 | 265 | 277 | 75.6 | 86.4 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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		| Cleveland | 27 | 24 | .529 | - | 291 | 275 | 87.9 | 74.1 | 50.8 | 3.6 | 54.3 |  		
		| Milwaukee | 25 | 25 | .500 | 1.5 | 242 | 246 | 81.5 | 80.5 | 23.2 | 4.1 | 27.4 |  		
		| Chicago | 23 | 28 | .451 | 4 | 260 | 276 | 77.7 | 84.3 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 16.3 |  		
		| Kansas City | 23 | 28 | .451 | 4 | 226 | 250 | 75.0 | 87.0 | 9.0 | 1.7 | 10.7 |  		
		| Minnesota | 23 | 31 | .426 | 5.5 | 261 | 310 | 69.8 | 92.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 4.1 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Texas | 29 | 23 | .558 | - | 254 | 240 | 87.8 | 74.2 | 44.6 | 5.3 | 49.8 |  		
		| Anaheim | 28 | 24 | .538 | 1 | 282 | 266 | 86.5 | 75.5 | 38.2 | 5.6 | 43.8 |  		
		| Seattle | 27 | 27 | .500 | 3 | 318 | 328 | 80.3 | 81.7 | 16.7 | 3.9 | 20.6 |  		
		| Oakland | 22 | 34 | .393 | 9 | 268 | 357 | 63.9 | 98.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 |  
 
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		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Atlanta | 36 | 17 | .679 | - | 261 | 172 | 105.9 | 56.1 | 67.5 | 21.1 | 88.5 |  		
		| Florida | 31 | 21 | .596 | 4.5 | 230 | 194 | 91.0 | 71.0 | 10.0 | 25.2 | 35.2 |  		
		| New York | 30 | 23 | .566 | 6 | 254 | 186 | 95.5 | 66.5 | 20.3 | 35.9 | 56.2 |  		
		| Montreal | 28 | 24 | .538 | 7.5 | 264 | 255 | 83.4 | 78.6 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 11.8 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 19 | 34 | .358 | 17 | 185 | 292 | 52.8 | 109.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 26 | 27 | .491 | - | 218 | 245 | 75.7 | 86.3 | 15.9 | 0.6 | 16.5 |  		
		| Houston | 26 | 28 | .481 | 0.5 | 233 | 228 | 80.8 | 81.2 | 30.9 | 0.9 | 31.9 |  		
		| St. Louis | 24 | 28 | .462 | 1.5 | 208 | 198 | 83.1 | 78.9 | 41.2 | 1.1 | 42.3 |  		
		| Chicago | 21 | 32 | .396 | 5 | 223 | 243 | 73.3 | 88.7 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 11.4 |  		
		| Cincinnati | 20 | 34 | .370 | 6.5 | 201 | 271 | 60.7 | 101.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| San Francisco | 31 | 21 | .596 | - | 217 | 227 | 82.5 | 79.5 | 28.2 | 2.1 | 30.2 |  		
		| Colorado | 29 | 24 | .547 | 2.5 | 321 | 292 | 85.7 | 76.3 | 41.5 | 1.6 | 43.0 |  		
		| Los Angeles | 26 | 26 | .500 | 5 | 188 | 182 | 81.2 | 80.8 | 24.0 | 1.3 | 25.3 |  		
		| San Diego | 22 | 30 | .423 | 9 | 243 | 261 | 72.6 | 89.4 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 6.8 |  
 
	
		| 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
 
 
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		| 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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