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 | 1997 Baseball - Division | League | Wild Card
 
 "Smart" Division Standings on July 12
 
 
 
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		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Baltimore | 55 | 32 | .632 | - | 453 | 337 | 101.4 | 60.6 | 77.4 | 19.1 | 96.5 |  		
		| New York | 51 | 37 | .580 | 4.5 | 466 | 367 | 94.2 | 67.8 | 22.3 | 56.9 | 79.1 |  		
		| Toronto | 42 | 44 | .488 | 12.5 | 334 | 361 | 78.5 | 83.5 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |  		
		| Detroit | 41 | 47 | .466 | 14.5 | 460 | 434 | 78.3 | 83.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 |  		
		| Boston | 39 | 50 | .438 | 17 | 483 | 508 | 73.5 | 88.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 46 | 37 | .554 | - | 473 | 441 | 88.2 | 73.8 | 63.2 | 1.9 | 65.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 46 | 42 | .523 | 2.5 | 447 | 444 | 83.2 | 78.8 | 27.3 | 2.5 | 29.8 |  		
		| Milwaukee | 41 | 44 | .482 | 6 | 378 | 417 | 76.0 | 86.0 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 5.9 |  		
		| Minnesota | 38 | 50 | .432 | 10.5 | 429 | 456 | 73.3 | 88.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 3.0 |  		
		| Kansas City | 36 | 49 | .424 | 11 | 392 | 424 | 71.3 | 90.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Seattle | 51 | 39 | .567 | - | 531 | 496 | 88.9 | 73.1 | 57.3 | 4.3 | 61.6 |  		
		| Anaheim | 47 | 42 | .528 | 3.5 | 466 | 440 | 85.1 | 76.9 | 29.0 | 5.0 | 34.0 |  		
		| Texas | 44 | 44 | .500 | 6 | 447 | 433 | 81.2 | 80.8 | 13.7 | 2.9 | 16.7 |  		
		| Oakland | 37 | 55 | .402 | 15 | 447 | 561 | 65.2 | 96.8 | <0.1 | 0.0 | <0.1 |  
 
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		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Atlanta | 58 | 32 | .644 | - | 471 | 327 | 104.1 | 57.9 | 89.2 | 8.3 | 97.5 |  		
		| Florida | 51 | 37 | .580 | 6 | 377 | 356 | 88.5 | 73.5 | 4.8 | 28.3 | 33.1 |  		
		| New York | 50 | 39 | .562 | 7.5 | 430 | 388 | 88.8 | 73.2 | 4.5 | 31.3 | 35.8 |  		
		| Montreal | 48 | 40 | .545 | 9 | 398 | 384 | 86.2 | 75.8 | 1.5 | 20.1 | 21.7 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 25 | 62 | .287 | 31.5 | 326 | 510 | 49.0 | 113.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| Houston | 45 | 46 | .495 | - | 397 | 383 | 81.7 | 80.3 | 35.8 | 0.7 | 36.5 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 44 | 45 | .494 | - | 369 | 413 | 77.8 | 84.2 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 15.7 |  		
		| St. Louis | 43 | 46 | .483 | 1 | 373 | 347 | 82.5 | 79.5 | 41.1 | 0.9 | 42.0 |  		
		| Cincinnati | 39 | 49 | .443 | 4.5 | 338 | 413 | 70.0 | 92.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 |  		
		| Chicago | 38 | 52 | .422 | 6.5 | 383 | 398 | 74.0 | 88.0 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 5.9 |  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		| DIV | WC | POFF |  		
		| San Francisco | 52 | 38 | .578 | - | 393 | 423 | 87.1 | 74.9 | 45.5 | 4.5 | 50.0 |  		
		| Los Angeles | 47 | 43 | .522 | 5 | 387 | 340 | 86.9 | 75.1 | 44.8 | 3.9 | 48.7 |  		
		| Colorado | 44 | 47 | .484 | 8.5 | 519 | 523 | 78.8 | 83.2 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 8.8 |  		
		| San Diego | 40 | 50 | .444 | 12 | 467 | 510 | 74.2 | 87.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |  
 
	
		| 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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