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2009 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 92 70 .568 -- Cleveland 82 80 .506 10 Chicago (A) 66 96 .407 26 Minnesota 58 104 .358 34	Eastern Division Team W L WPct GB Baltimore 97 65 .599 -- New York (A) 78 84 .481 19 Boston 61 101 .377 36 Toronto 58 104 .358 39	Western Division Team W L WPct GB Seattle 124 38 .765 -- Texas 87 75 .537 37 Anaheim 84 78 .519 40 Oakland 73 89 .451 51

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-2)	Baltimore Orioles over Atlanta Braves
AL League Championship (4-3)	Baltimore Orioles over Seattle Mariners
AL Divisional Series (3-2)	Baltimore Orioles over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (3-2)	Seattle Mariners over Texas Rangers

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SEA	6.1	986	162	5655	1663	269	27	193	607	731	.294	.363	.454	.816
DET	5.9	959	162	5740	1643	330	31	154	672	925	.286	.361	.435	.796
BAL	5.2	850	162	5587	1430	250	31	209	572	918	.256	.325	.424	.749
TEX	5.2	839	162	5698	1580	241	41	159	450	869	.277	.330	.418	.748
CLE	5.1	833	162	5600	1465	233	27	190	600	969	.262	.333	.415	.748
BOS	5.0	814	162	5579	1461	287	35	116	615	916	.262	.335	.388	.723
NYA	5.0	804	162	5667	1545	247	32	150	521	977	.273	.334	.407	.741
MIN	4.7	759	162	5658	1525	257	29	148	452	922	.270	.324	.404	.727
TOR	4.7	756	162	5588	1444	253	28	111	575	1021	.258	.328	.373	.701
CHA	4.6	751	162	5645	1447	287	22	129	544	1047	.256	.322	.384	.705
ANA	4.6	743	162	5673	1513	281	37	105	485	872	.267	.324	.385	.709
OAK	4.5	737	162	5472	1289	260	28	88	700	1156	.236	.322	.342	.664
Totals	5.1	9831	1944	67562	18005	3195	368	1752	6793	11323	.266	.334	.402	.736
Average		819	162	5630	1500	266	31	146	566	944

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEA	3.1	505	162	2.65	1452.3	1130	7.0	459	2.8	918	5.7	53
BAL	4.0	644	162	3.48	1458.3	1401	8.6	410	2.5	924	5.7	44
DET	4.7	758	162	4.22	1434.3	1477	9.1	526	3.2	887	5.5	41
ANA	4.7	768	162	4.28	1442.0	1431	8.8	591	3.6	1001	6.2	41
NYA	4.9	797	162	4.68	1434.0	1441	8.9	511	3.2	671	4.1	39
TEX	5.0	806	162	4.53	1437.7	1546	9.5	515	3.2	988	6.1	49
OAK	5.1	821	162	4.49	1438.3	1548	9.6	515	3.2	903	5.6	39
CLE	5.3	862	162	4.72	1435.0	1615	10.0	639	3.9	930	5.7	50
CHA	5.7	916	162	5.06	1430.7	1610	9.9	583	3.6	1113	6.9	40
TOR	5.7	918	162	4.96	1424.0	1512	9.3	636	3.9	953	5.9	27
BOS	6.7	1085	162	6.24	1424.7	1717	10.6	682	4.2	933	5.8	29
MIN	6.9	1122	162	6.60	1420.7	1785	11.0	718	4.4	857	5.3	29
Totals	5.1	10002	1944	4.65	17232.0	18213	9.4	6785	3.5	11078	5.7	481
Average		834	162		1436	1518		565		923		40

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
SEA	125	37	-1	11	18	2	3	1	8	0.92	0.96	3,455,122		Matt Lapensee
BAL	101	61	-4	4	16	0	2	1	13	0.91	1.13	3,739,927		Steve Struck
DET	98	64	-6	4	15	1	0	0	9	0.89	0.61	3,642,582		Terry Harmon
NYA	82	80	-4	3	4	0	0	1	4	1.00	0.96	3,613,166		Tom Dhamers
ANA	79	83	5	2	12	1	0	0	8	0.97	1.07	3,353,569		Brad Austin
BOS	60	102	1	1	6	0	0	0	11	1.03	1.05	2,779,554		Molson
CLE	78	84	4	1	12	1	0	1	21	1.04	0.82	3,169,655		Mark Szymanski
MIN	53	109	5	1	7	0	0	1	4	1.16	1.11	1,690,032		Joe Gamzon
OAK	73	89	0	1	10	2	1	0	2	0.98	1.11	3,359,379		Kurtis Marshall
TEX	84	78	3	1	13	2	1	1	14	1.12	1.25	1,999,221		Jared Book
TOR	67	95	-9	1	6	1	0	0	3	1.06	1.10	1,521,930		Tom Murphy
CHA	66	96	0	0	10	0	0	0	9	1.01	0.94	2,597,497		Victor Roselli

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SEA	372	165.53	145.43	61.00	6.24	3.42	9.61	7.81	8.58	25.35
BAL	291	124.38	120.51	46.07	3.60	5.54	7.50	5.97	11.02	12.44
DET	276	153.86	85.23	36.88	9.93	4.21	5.63	3.86	3.13	10.15
TEX	261	110.81	105.43	44.71	8.40	3.17	6.92	6.93	8.37	10.94
ANA	252	100.15	105.40	46.41	6.12	0.84	6.32	4.89	8.44	19.83
CLE	246	119.54	87.89	38.53	14.00	3.51	6.45	3.76	3.49	7.35
NYA	234	104.62	80.66	48.68	8.61	2.73	7.38	5.23	8.35	16.39
OAK	219	91.01	87.13	40.83	7.58	1.59	4.99	5.73	10.26	10.69
CHA	198	94.42	67.34	36.19	9.69	3.32	5.79	3.60	6.31	7.50
BOS	183	122.76	38.86	21.34	4.74	1.65	3.96	2.26	4.43	4.32
TOR	174	79.59	60.66	33.72	4.37	1.26	6.58	4.06	7.70	9.76
MIN	174	100.86	48.12	24.99	4.24	3.28	5.33	4.52	5.61	2.01

League Award Winners
Manager of the Year:	Matt Lapensee	SEA	Managed the Seattle Mariners to a 124-38 record, finishing 1st in the Western Division division of the American League. Lost to Baltimore Orioles in the League Championship 4 games to 3.
Silver Slugger Award:	Melvin King	DET	.340, 20 HR, 128 RBI
Most Valuable Player:	Melvin King	DET	.340, 20 HR, 128 RBI
Cy Young:	Robbie Russo	SEA	22-4, 2.07, 252.0 IP, 114 K
Fireman of the Year:	Ralph Castro	SEA	7-6, 49 SV, 2.03, 80.0 IP, 43 K
Rookie of the Year:	Marcel Kulick	SEA	.311, 7 HR, 66 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Junior Herndon	ANA	1.000, 18 PO, 49 A, 0 E
C	Ivan Rodriguez	CLE	.988, 816 PO, 84 A, 11 E 45.8% (60-131) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Joseph Miguel	SEA	.994, 1461 PO, 97 A, 9 E
2B	Sandy Bradbury	DET	.987, 282 PO, 457 A, 10 E
3B	Ray Ambriz	CHA	.966, 69 PO, 185 A, 9 E
SS	Alex Gonzalez	TEX	.976, 230 PO, 457 A, 17 E
LF	Shannon Stewart	BAL	1.000, 309 PO, 9 A, 0 E
CF	Rick Ventura	SEA	.993, 393 PO, 12 A, 3 E
RF	Richard Hidalgo	NYA	1.000, 305 PO, 5 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average King DET .340 Opitz TEX .325 Casey MIN .323 Dyson SEA .318 Anderson TEX .317	On-Base Pct Kulick SEA .423 Alfonzo BOS .409 Opitz TEX .402 Dyson SEA .401 Spiegel DET .399	Slugging Pct King DET .547 Jenkins TOR .536 Ventura SEA .529 Casey MIN .527 Drew SEA .526	OPS King DET .939 Alfonzo BOS .934 Jenkins TOR .919 Opitz TEX .909 Casey MIN .907
XR Latson CLE 121.2 King DET 117.9 Opitz TEX 112.5 Jenkins TOR 109.7 Casey MIN 105.2	Games Ferree CLE 162 Giambi OAK 162 Latson CLE 162 Stewart   160 Bequette OAK 157	At-Bats Latson CLE 664 Stewart   664 King DET 623 Beltran MIN 609 Miguel SEA 607	Runs Latson CLE 125 Ventura SEA 114 Moore SEA 112 Tatis DET 112 King DET 108
Hits King DET 212 Latson CLE 202 Opitz TEX 191 McMillan SEA 187 Casey MIN 186	Total Bases King DET 341 Latson CLE 336 Jenkins TOR 306 Casey MIN 303 Ventura SEA 303	Singles Opitz TEX 142 Just TOR 137 Dyson SEA 135 Erstad ANA 135 Anderson TEX 134	Doubles King DET 59 Izturis TOR 45 Quinn DET 42 Trujillo OAK 40 Casey MIN 39
Triples Houghton TEX 11 Bequette OAK 9 Romano TOR 9 Spiegel DET 9 Abreu CHA 7	Homeruns Ventura SEA 38 Drew SEA 35 Chavez   34 Burrell   31 Latson CLE 29	RBIs King DET 128 Jenkins TOR 118 Ventura SEA 116 Miguel SEA 113 Drew SEA 111	Stolen Bases Trujillo OAK 60 Hayes BOS 52 Miguel SEA 52 Ventura SEA 52 Fiorentino OAK 49
Caught Stealing Miguel SEA 25 Izturis TOR 21 Holloway BOS 17 Romano TOR 16 Lugo TEX 15	Walks Giambi OAK 104 Kulick SEA 94 Bradbury DET 92 Tatis DET 92 Lopez BAL 89	Strikeouts Everett MIN 138 Hidalgo NYA 132 Jenkins TOR 131 Beltran MIN 129 Sexson CHA 129

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Russo SEA 2.07 Nunez SEA 2.11 Peterson BAL 2.81 Sanchez SEA 2.82 Lim SEA 2.91	Wins Russo SEA 22 Wilson NYA 20 Tighe DET 19 Cue BAL 18 Lopez DET 18	Losses Clark MIN 21 Ortiz TOR 21 Creager MIN 18 Roling BOS 16 Schoeneweis DET 16	Winning Pct Russo SEA .846 Lim SEA .762 Sanchez SEA .750 Wilson NYA .714 Peterson BAL .708
Saves Castro SEA 49 Escalera BAL 33 Jimenez TEX 29 Nelson ANA 29 Lightfoot DET 27	Games Pitched Hernandez MIN 95 Isringhausen OAK 89 Sanders MIN 83 Hart MIN 80 Lombardi OAK 78	Games Started Lopez DET 39 Tighe DET 39 Creager MIN 38 Burris DET 37 Bernero TOR 36	Complete Games Lucas SEA 10 Russo SEA 7 Wilson NYA 7 Lopez DET 6 Pavano NYA 6
Shutouts Peterson BAL 4 Sanchez SEA 4 Lenhart ANA 3 Lopez DET 3 Lucas SEA 3	Innings Pitched Lopez DET 275.7 Wilson NYA 253.0 Hudson OAK 252.0 Russo SEA 252.0 Lucas SEA 246.0	Hits Allowed Tighe DET 278 Creager MIN 253 Meche CLE 250 Prichard TEX 248 Roling BOS 246	Homeruns Allowed Ortiz TOR 40 Szymanski OAK 38 Wenzel BOS 36 Clune NYA 35 Roling BOS 35
Strikeouts Hudson OAK 204 Ankiel   200 Sanchez SEA 192 Prichard TEX 191 Colon TOR 183	Walks Allowed Meche CLE 125 Hampton MIN 123 Clark MIN 118 Lucas SEA 101 Colon TOR 95	Walks per 9IP Lopez DET 1.2 Hicks BAL 1.2 Prichard TEX 1.3 Dinkel OAK 1.3 Wilson NYA 1.3	Hits per 9IP Nunez SEA 6.1 Lim SEA 6.4 Sanchez SEA 6.9 Russo SEA 7.5 Wilson NYA 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Wood ANA 8.7 Ankiel   8.4 Colon TOR 8.4 Sanchez SEA 8.2 Shufelt BOS 8.0	WHiP Wilson NYA 0.98 Lopez DET 0.99 Russo SEA 1.01 Sanchez SEA 1.05 Lim SEA 1.05	OAVG Nunez SEA .190 Lim SEA .194 Sanchez SEA .208 Wilson NYA .221 Russo SEA .221	OOBP Wilson NYA .256 Lopez DET .258 Russo SEA .260 Sanchez SEA .262 Lim SEA .268
OSLG Russo SEA .283 Nunez SEA .285 Peterson BAL .298 Sanchez SEA .321 Ankiel   .329	OOPS Russo SEA .543 Nunez SEA .566 Sanchez SEA .582 Peterson BAL .584 Wilson NYA .614

League All-Stars
Edgardo Alfonzo	Pat Burrell	Sean Casey
Ralph Castro	Germany Diana	J.D. Drew
Larry Escalera	Charles Fontaine	Lou Garman
Drew Henson	Tim Hudson	Geoff Jenkins
Wayne Johnson	Melvin King	Marcel Kulick
Len Latson	Matt Lopez	Sandy Lopez
Bill McMillan	Neil Moore	James Nelson
Jose Nunez	Samuel Opitz	Kyle Peterson
Robbie Russo	Dave Sanchez	John Spiegel
Scott Stmartin	Rick Ventura	Peter Wilson

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Jeff Weaver	BAL	$ 15,500,000
2.	Jim Bequette	OAK	$ 15,000,000
3.	Alex Rodriguez	BOS	$ 12,600,000
	Bobby Abreu	CHA	$ 12,600,000
5.	Tun-Jen Lim	SEA	$ 12,000,000
6.	Sandy Lenhart	ANA	$ 11,550,000
7.	Matt Lopez	DET	$ 11,000,000
	Rick Ankiel	TEX	$ 11,000,000
9.	Ramon Ortiz	TOR	$ 10,000,000
	Rick Ventura	SEA	$ 10,000,000
	J.D. Drew	SEA	$ 10,000,000
12.	Carlos Beltran	MIN	$ 9,750,000
13.	Darin Erstad	ANA	$ 9,600,000
14.	Dave Tighe	DET	$ 9,500,000
	Geoff Jenkins	TOR	$ 9,500,000
16.	Derek Jeter	NYA	$ 9,450,000
17.	Vito Marazzi	BOS	$ 9,000,000
18.	Clarence Dowd	TOR	$ 8,800,000
19.	Brad Penny	SEA	$ 8,500,000
	Teo Maldonado	BOS	$ 8,500,000
	Ralph Castro	SEA	$ 8,500,000
22.	Pat Burrell	BAL	$ 8,050,000
23.	Mark Quinn	DET	$ 7,600,000
24.	Tim Hudson	OAK	$ 7,250,000
25.	Jason Kendall	TEX	$ 7,000,000
	Jim Edmonds	CLE	$ 7,000,000
	Richard Hidalgo	NYA	$ 7,000,000
	Carl Pavano	NYA	$ 7,000,000

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