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 | 1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card
 
 "Smart" Division Standings on July 10
 
 
 
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		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Baltimore | 55 | 30 | .647 | - | 450 | 331 | 103.5 | 58.5 | 85.8 | 12.6 | 98.4 |  		
		| New York | 49 | 37 | .570 | 6.5 | 457 | 365 | 92.7 | 69.3 | 13.8 | 59.5 | 73.3 |  		
		| Detroit | 41 | 45 | .477 | 14.5 | 458 | 425 | 80.2 | 81.8 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 |  		
		| Toronto | 40 | 44 | .476 | 14.5 | 323 | 356 | 76.7 | 85.3 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 |  		
		| Boston | 39 | 48 | .448 | 17 | 478 | 497 | 75.0 | 87.0 | <0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 44 | 37 | .543 | - | 461 | 438 | 86.4 | 75.6 | 58.4 | 1.6 | 60.0 |  		
		| Chicago | 44 | 42 | .512 | 2.5 | 430 | 435 | 81.7 | 80.3 | 27.5 | 2.0 | 29.5 |  		
		| Milwaukee | 39 | 44 | .470 | 6 | 372 | 414 | 74.2 | 87.8 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 4.9 |  		
		| Minnesota | 38 | 48 | .442 | 8.5 | 426 | 444 | 74.7 | 87.3 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 6.6 |  		
		| Kansas City | 36 | 47 | .434 | 9 | 383 | 407 | 72.8 | 89.2 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 4.1 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Seattle | 50 | 38 | .568 | - | 521 | 480 | 89.6 | 72.4 | 65.6 | 3.8 | 69.4 |  		
		| Anaheim | 45 | 42 | .517 | 4.5 | 446 | 433 | 83.2 | 78.8 | 21.4 | 5.2 | 26.7 |  		
		| Texas | 43 | 43 | .500 | 6 | 431 | 423 | 80.7 | 81.3 | 12.9 | 3.9 | 16.7 |  		
		| Oakland | 37 | 53 | .411 | 14 | 440 | 541 | 67.0 | 95.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |  
 
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		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Atlanta | 57 | 31 | .648 | - | 457 | 314 | 104.4 | 57.6 | 87.2 | 9.9 | 97.1 |  		
		| Florida | 51 | 36 | .586 | 5.5 | 374 | 343 | 90.4 | 71.6 | 6.9 | 36.1 | 43.0 |  		
		| New York | 49 | 38 | .563 | 7.5 | 417 | 374 | 88.8 | 73.2 | 4.6 | 26.8 | 31.3 |  		
		| Montreal | 47 | 39 | .547 | 9 | 390 | 378 | 86.2 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 17.6 | 18.9 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 24 | 62 | .279 | 32 | 313 | 507 | 47.3 | 114.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Houston | 44 | 45 | .494 | - | 387 | 380 | 81.3 | 80.7 | 32.4 | 0.6 | 33.0 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 43 | 44 | .494 | - | 366 | 403 | 78.0 | 84.0 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 17.8 |  		
		| St. Louis | 42 | 45 | .483 | 1 | 370 | 339 | 82.8 | 79.2 | 42.5 | 0.7 | 43.3 |  		
		| Cincinnati | 38 | 48 | .442 | 4.5 | 332 | 405 | 70.0 | 92.0 | 2.2 | <0.1 | 2.2 |  		
		| Chicago | 37 | 51 | .420 | 6.5 | 375 | 395 | 73.6 | 88.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 5.6 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| San Francisco | 51 | 37 | .580 | - | 383 | 412 | 87.0 | 75.0 | 43.6 | 3.7 | 47.2 |  		
		| Los Angeles | 46 | 42 | .523 | 5 | 376 | 330 | 87.3 | 74.7 | 46.7 | 3.2 | 49.9 |  		
		| Colorado | 43 | 46 | .483 | 8.5 | 506 | 507 | 78.8 | 83.2 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 8.6 |  		
		| San Diego | 39 | 49 | .443 | 12 | 451 | 497 | 73.8 | 88.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 |  
 
	
		| 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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