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2008 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division Team W L WPct GB Detroit 86 76 .531 -- Chicago (A) 75 87 .463 11 Cleveland 63 99 .389 23 Minnesota 49 113 .302 37	Eastern Division Team W L WPct GB Baltimore 91 71 .562 -- New York (A) 82 80 .506 9 Boston 78 84 .481 13 Toronto 62 100 .383 29	Western Division Team W L WPct GB Seattle 98 64 .605 -- Anaheim 95 67 .586 3 Oakland 88 74 .543 10 Texas 80 82 .494 18

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Baltimore Orioles
AL League Championship (4-3)	Baltimore Orioles over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (3-2)	Baltimore Orioles over Anaheim Angels
AL Divisional Series (3-0)	Detroit Tigers over Seattle Mariners

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
OAK	5.7	928	162	5600	1498	314	36	193	677	867	.268	.347	.440	.786
BAL	5.5	883	162	5620	1499	289	42	188	591	877	.267	.336	.433	.770
DET	5.3	861	162	5648	1523	297	24	166	659	889	.270	.346	.419	.765
NYA	5.1	833	162	5662	1557	244	34	151	570	924	.275	.341	.410	.751
TEX	5.1	831	162	5728	1620	271	35	157	492	850	.283	.340	.425	.764
SEA	5.0	813	162	5647	1551	208	29	138	586	694	.275	.343	.395	.738
CHA	4.8	780	162	5642	1454	320	33	164	623	1082	.258	.332	.413	.745
ANA	4.8	770	162	5635	1545	289	40	111	489	795	.274	.332	.399	.731
BOS	4.7	767	162	5656	1517	283	26	159	457	925	.268	.323	.412	.735
TOR	4.7	765	162	5652	1518	268	30	119	574	1004	.269	.336	.390	.726
CLE	4.5	732	162	5548	1326	245	33	176	558	945	.239	.309	.390	.699
MIN	3.6	589	162	5553	1317	244	25	71	485	804	.237	.298	.328	.627
Totals	4.9	9552	1944	67591	17925	3272	387	1793	6761	10656	.265	.332	.405	.737
Average		796	162	5633	1494	273	32	149	563	888

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEA	3.7	602	162	3.18	1467.0	1280	7.9	454	2.8	806	5.0	42
ANA	4.3	689	162	3.86	1445.7	1330	8.2	521	3.2	930	5.7	56
BAL	4.6	738	162	4.05	1443.3	1496	9.2	460	2.8	834	5.1	48
OAK	5.0	803	162	4.40	1440.0	1550	9.6	596	3.7	918	5.7	39
TEX	5.0	809	162	4.72	1431.7	1509	9.3	596	3.7	816	5.0	44
DET	5.0	812	162	4.43	1449.3	1578	9.7	535	3.3	878	5.4	35
CHA	5.1	822	162	4.48	1450.0	1475	9.1	577	3.6	1062	6.6	50
BOS	5.1	823	162	4.55	1448.7	1414	8.7	613	3.8	962	5.9	45
NYA	5.1	828	162	4.68	1441.7	1593	9.8	554	3.4	721	4.5	45
TOR	5.5	898	162	4.97	1441.0	1603	9.9	622	3.8	840	5.2	31
MIN	5.8	946	162	5.33	1434.0	1688	10.4	601	3.7	889	5.5	28
CLE	6.1	986	162	5.49	1441.3	1654	10.2	691	4.3	853	5.3	31
Totals	5.0	9756	1944	4.51	17333.6	18170	9.3	6820	3.5	10509	5.4	494
Average		813	162		1444	1514		568		876		41

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
ANA	89	73	6	4	12	1	0	0	14	0.99	1.13	3,640,367		Brad Austin
BAL	94	68	-3	4	12	0	1	0	11	0.88	1.08	2,840,140		Steve Struck
SEA	103	59	-5	4	15	1	3	2	5	0.95	0.93	3,158,858		Matt Lapensee
CHA	77	85	-2	3	8	0	0	0	5	1.00	0.97	3,193,943		Victor Roselli
DET	85	77	1	3	16	1	0	0	11	0.96	0.68	3,642,867		Chuck Fox
TEX	83	79	-3	3	10	2	1	1	10	1.11	1.13	1,237,952		Jared Book
BOS	76	86	2	2	9	1	7	0	2	1.05	1.04	3,469,178		Molson
CLE	59	103	4	2	8	1	0	1	16	1.03	0.93	2,722,646		Mark Szymanski
TOR	69	93	-7	2	11	1	0	0	6	1.05	1.08	2,083,015		Tom Murphy
MIN	48	114	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	1.11	1.04	2,132,667		Joe Gamzon
NYA	81	81	1	1	5	0	0	1	5	0.97	0.96	3,940,140		Tom Dhamers
OAK	92	70	-4	1	11	2	1	1	7	0.98	0.99	4,258,788		Kurtis Marshall

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SEA	294	115.19	123.66	55.11	11.06	1.30	9.04	5.94	8.40	19.37
ANA	285	113.02	116.79	55.15	13.68	5.54	5.27	7.58	8.56	14.52
BAL	273	145.55	88.55	38.86	6.06	2.57	7.59	5.40	8.99	8.27
OAK	264	145.47	81.22	37.28	8.67	1.78	1.79	5.89	10.61	8.56
DET	258	136.14	86.34	35.49	7.79	3.72	5.72	3.46	3.45	11.37
NYA	246	128.04	78.56	39.35	9.52	2.83	6.04	4.17	7.48	9.34
TEX	240	108.22	86.01	45.73	6.83	2.53	7.33	6.47	8.30	14.27
BOS	234	100.54	91.15	42.26	2.98	2.25	6.48	5.46	6.69	18.42
CHA	225	103.17	83.31	38.49	7.70	3.38	8.47	3.36	4.31	11.28
CLE	189	101.41	55.01	32.55	10.62	1.90	6.91	2.40	3.15	7.58
TOR	186	88.71	65.64	31.63	4.85	2.14	5.40	4.09	6.89	8.26
MIN	147	42.96	69.35	34.66	0.00	4.04	7.92	3.60	9.16	9.96

League Award Winners
Manager of the Year:	Matt Lapensee	SEA	Managed the Seattle Mariners to a 98-64 record, finishing 1st in the Western Division division of the American League. Lost to Detroit Tigers in the Divisional Series 3 games to 0.
Silver Slugger Award:	Chipper Jones	OAK	.300, 39 HR, 124 RBI
Most Valuable Player:	Darin Erstad	ANA	.339, 17 HR, 89 RBI
Cy Young:	Pedro Martinez	BOS	21-4, 1.46, 222.0 IP, 206 K
Fireman of the Year:	Robb Nen	ANA	2-3, 43 SV, 2.55, 74.0 IP, 57 K
Rookie of the Year:	Samuel Opitz	TEX	.326, 27 HR, 88 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Terry Cue	BAL	1.000, 9 PO, 50 A, 0 E
C	Ivan Rodriguez	CLE	.990, 904 PO, 103 A, 10 E 43.0% (65-151) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Mem Mota	ANA	.997, 1341 PO, 104 A, 4 E
2B	Jason Romano	TOR	.987, 292 PO, 497 A, 10 E
3B	Chris Stynes	TEX	.971, 80 PO, 288 A, 11 E
SS	Troy Glaus	BAL	.970, 197 PO, 546 A, 23 E
LF	Jim Edmonds	CLE
CF	Bernie Williams	NYA	1.000, 400 PO, 7 A, 0 E
RF	Mark Quinn	DET

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Erstad ANA .339 Opitz TEX .326 Henson NYA .324 Stewart BAL .323 Johnson SEA .323	On-Base Pct Henson NYA .424 Drew CHA .420* Burkhart DET .416 Trujillo TOR .395 Claudio DET .395	Slugging Pct Jones OAK .580 Ordonez CHA .543 Abreu CHA .541 Drew CHA .515* Draughn BAL .512	OPS Jones OAK .953 Drew CHA .935* Henson NYA .930 Abreu CHA .921 Ordonez CHA .919
XR Henson NYA 120.9 Jones OAK 117.9 Abreu CHA 114.6 Opitz TEX 110.2 Tatis DET 109.7	Games Beltran BOS 162 Chambliss CHA 162 Damon OAK 162 Day MIN 162 Dyer CLE 162	At-Bats Damon OAK 722 Sexson CHA 680 Beltran BOS 667 King DET 659 Latson CLE 659	Runs King DET 113 Jones OAK 110 Damon OAK 106 Glaus BAL 104 Maldonado BOS 104
Hits Damon OAK 203 Opitz TEX 196 Erstad ANA 194 Beltran BOS 190 Maldonado BOS 188	Total Bases Jones OAK 340 King DET 326 Abreu CHA 314 Draughn BAL 299 Beltran BOS 298	Singles Opitz TEX 155 Damon OAK 152 Just TOR 145 Rivas MIN 145 Henson NYA 142	Doubles Tatis DET 48 Abreu CHA 44 Damon OAK 44 Glaus BAL 44 Maldonado BOS 44
Triples McMaster TEX 16 Latson CLE 11 Ozuna BAL 11 Stewart BAL 9 Werth OAK 8	Homeruns Jones OAK 39 Draughn BAL 37 King DET 32 Edmonds CLE 31 Rodriguez CLE 30	RBIs Draughn BAL 130 Jones OAK 124 Rodriguez CLE 119 Henson NYA 118 Chavez OAK 107	Stolen Bases Tapp ANA 58 Izturis TOR 46 Trujillo TOR 46 Damon OAK 45 Soriano NYA 45
Caught Stealing Izturis TOR 32 Lee BOS 21 Zehner SEA 20 Erstad ANA 19 Soriano NYA 18	Walks Giambi OAK 121 Edmonds CLE 110 Glaus BAL 104 Henson NYA 100 Tatis DET 95	Strikeouts Sexson CHA 152 Rodriguez OAK 145 Lopez MIN 143 Lopez CHA 141 Chambliss CHA 136

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Martinez BOS 1.46 Russo SEA 2.46 Lim   2.46 Cue BAL 2.77 Lenhart ANA 2.95	Wins Martinez BOS 21 Russo SEA 21 Lenhart ANA 19 Weaver BAL 19 Lucas SEA 18	Losses Sanchez MIN 22 Hampton MIN 20 Radke MIN 20 Gemmill CHA 19 Lopez DET 18	Winning Pct Russo SEA .875 Martinez BOS .840 Gorby CHA .750 Lim   .737 Cue BAL .706
Saves Nen ANA 43 Howe CHA 38 Castro SEA 37 Escalera BAL 37 Gooch BOS 34	Games Pitched Garman TOR 89 Jimenez TOR 86 Lombardi OAK 83 Carrera TOR 81 Wasdin MIN 80	Games Started Tighe DET 37 Ankiel CHA 36 Bernero TOR 35 Lenhart ANA 35 Lucas SEA 35	Complete Games Lucas SEA 12 Hudson OAK 8 Hernandez NYA 7 Lopez DET 7 Pavano DET 6
Shutouts Lenhart ANA 4 Hudson OAK 3 Lim   3 Lucas SEA 3 Martinez BOS 3	Innings Pitched Lucas SEA 270.7 Tighe DET 251.3 Lenhart ANA 247.0 Hudson OAK 244.0 Weaver BAL 243.0	Hits Allowed Lopez DET 272 Tighe DET 268 Lucas SEA 259 Hampton MIN 258 Lenhart ANA 246	Homeruns Allowed Lopez DET 44 Pena CHA 37 Fernandez TOR 34 Clune NYA 33 Radke MIN 33
Strikeouts Wood ANA 218 Martinez BOS 206 Ankiel CHA 201 Hudson OAK 193 Lenhart ANA 183	Walks Allowed Meche CLE 110 Wood ANA 108 Lopez CLE 98 Colon TOR 97 Pettitte NYA 95	Walks per 9IP Lenhart ANA 1.0 Russo SEA 1.4 Weaver BAL 1.5 Martinez BOS 1.6 Lopez DET 1.6	Hits per 9IP Martinez BOS 5.1 Lim   5.8 Wood ANA 7.4 Gorby CHA 7.4 Ankiel CHA 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Wood ANA 9.1 Gorby CHA 8.4 Martinez BOS 8.4 Ankiel CHA 7.8 Burris DET 7.4	WHiP Martinez BOS 0.74 Lim   0.99 Russo SEA 1.04 Weaver BAL 1.06 Lenhart ANA 1.11	OAVG Martinez BOS .160 Lim   .183 Gorby CHA .220 Wood ANA .226 Russo SEA .234	OOBP Martinez BOS .214 Lim   .261 Russo SEA .275 Weaver BAL .283 Hudson OAK .284
OSLG Martinez BOS .248 Russo SEA .305 Lim   .311 Cue BAL .316 Ankiel CHA .322	OOPS Martinez BOS .462 Lim   .572 Russo SEA .580 Ankiel CHA .632 Cue BAL .634

League All-Stars
Bobby Abreu	Les Baughn	Maurice Dinkel
Danny Draughn	Jim Edmonds	Darin Erstad
Larry Escalera	Charles Fontaine	Troy Glaus
Alex Gonzalez	Clay Gooch	Ray Gorby
Jason Grabowski	Drew Henson	Wayne Johnson
Sun-Woo Kim	Melvin King	Len Latson
Sandy Lenhart	Tun-Jen Lim	Vito Marazzi
Pedro Martinez	Samuel Opitz	Magglio Ordonez
Pablo Ozuna	Mariano Rivera	Robbie Russo
Scott Stmartin	Fernando Tatis	Sherwin Trujillo

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Tun-Jen Lim	SEA	$ 19,000,000
2.	Jeff Weaver	BAL	$ 15,500,000
3.	Chris Baro	SEA	$ 15,000,000
	Jim Bequette	MIN	$ 15,000,000
5.	Bruce Chen	SEA	$ 14,000,000
6.	J.D. Drew	CHA	$ 13,000,000
7.	Alex Rodriguez	OAK	$ 12,600,000
	Bobby Abreu	CHA	$ 12,600,000
9.	Jason Giambi	OAK	$ 12,000,000
10.	Sandy Lenhart	ANA	$ 11,550,000
11.	Chipper Jones	OAK	$ 11,500,000
12.	Kyle Peterson	BOS	$ 11,120,000
13.	Pedro Martinez	BOS	$ 11,000,000
	Rick Ankiel	CHA	$ 11,000,000
	Matt Lopez	DET	$ 11,000,000
16.	Sherwin Trujillo	TOR	$ 10,200,000
17.	Ivan Rodriguez	CLE	$ 10,000,000
18.	Carlos Beltran	BOS	$ 9,750,000
19.	Darin Erstad	ANA	$ 9,600,000
20.	Dave Tighe	DET	$ 9,500,000
	Geoff Jenkins	TOR	$ 9,500,000
22.	Derek Jeter	NYA	$ 9,450,000
23.	Vito Marazzi	ANA	$ 9,000,000
24.	Clarence Dowd	TOR	$ 8,800,000
25.	Bernie Williams	NYA	$ 8,590,000

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