2012 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division
Team W L WPct GB
Detroit 96 66 .593 --
Cleveland 89 73 .549 7
Chicago (A) 88 74 .543 8
Minnesota 62 100 .383 34
Eastern Division
Team W L WPct GB
Baltimore 88 74 .543 --
New York (A) 68 94 .420 20
Toronto 65 97 .401 23
Boston 65 97 .401 23
Western Division
Team W L WPct GB
Seattle 104 58 .642 --
Oakland 93 69 .574 11
Texas 77 85 .475 27
Anaheim 64 98 .395 40
Post-Season Results
World Series (4-1) Cincinnati Reds over Seattle Mariners
AL League Championship (4-3) Seattle Mariners over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (3-2) Seattle Mariners over Baltimore Orioles
AL Divisional Series (3-2) Detroit Tigers over Oakland Athletics
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
CLE 5.8 939 162 5849 1671 286 27 209 483 1004 .286 .340 .451 .791
TEX 5.5 884 162 5808 1641 274 22 185 490 917 .283 .338 .433 .771
BAL 5.3 851 162 5649 1520 252 50 178 554 912 .269 .334 .426 .760
DET 5.0 816 162 5692 1548 292 32 162 579 967 .272 .339 .420 .759
OAK 4.8 785 162 5629 1483 261 41 152 517 798 .263 .325 .405 .731
SEA 4.8 780 162 5549 1496 247 37 134 514 764 .270 .332 .400 .731
BOS 4.8 773 162 5532 1378 247 35 126 628 997 .249 .326 .375 .700
ANA 4.5 724 162 5624 1457 283 41 149 415 1020 .259 .310 .403 .713
MIN 4.4 719 162 5612 1460 260 26 138 555 856 .260 .327 .390 .716
TOR 4.4 709 162 5633 1477 310 31 132 453 928 .262 .317 .399 .716
CHA 4.2 681 162 5523 1359 271 40 117 496 1310 .246 .308 .373 .681
NYA 4.1 664 162 5613 1421 280 32 111 420 918 .253 .305 .374 .679
Totals 4.8 9325 1944 67713 17911 3263 414 1793 6104 11391 .265 .325 .404 .730
Average   777 162 5643 1493 272 34 149 509 949  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SEA 3.4 547 162 3.02 1450.0 1343 8.3 396 2.4 1071 6.6 59
CHA 3.8 618 162 3.37 1457.3 1221 7.5 429 2.6 1064 6.6 47
BAL 4.1 668 162 3.68 1447.0 1459 9.0 375 2.3 950 5.9 42
DET 4.2 681 162 3.76 1463.0 1417 8.7 492 3.0 1092 6.7 52
OAK 4.5 730 162 4.07 1451.7 1413 8.7 474 2.9 974 6.0 50
CLE 5.0 804 162 4.33 1452.7 1478 9.1 562 3.5 1005 6.2 49
TEX 5.1 826 162 4.60 1450.7 1548 9.6 528 3.3 994 6.1 38
NYA 5.2 844 162 4.77 1437.3 1614 10.0 497 3.1 923 5.7 42
ANA 5.4 880 162 4.96 1429.3 1540 9.5 588 3.6 776 4.8 32
MIN 5.6 905 162 5.07 1432.0 1593 9.8 640 4.0 945 5.8 32
TOR 5.9 956 162 5.33 1435.0 1637 10.1 627 3.9 882 5.4 35
BOS 6.4 1030 162 5.92 1428.3 1763 10.9 599 3.7 694 4.3 32
Totals 4.9 9489 1944 4.40 17334.3 18026 9.3 6207 3.2 11370 5.8 510
Average   791 162   1445 1502   517   948   42
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DET 94 68 2 5 12 1 0 0 3 0.95 0.80 3,631,949   Brian Anderson
TEX 86 76 -9 5 10 2 1 1 12 1.15 1.19 1,822,550   Jared Book
BAL 99 63 -11 4 12 0 1 0 12 0.88 1.00 3,906,832   Steve Struck
CHA 88 74 0 4 16 0 4 1 11 0.95 0.91 3,177,803   Lincoln Caissie
CLE 92 70 -3 3 11 2 0 2 13 1.04 0.96 3,642,945   Mark Szymanski
OAK 86 76 7 3 10 0 2 0 4 0.97 1.04 2,891,640   Kurtis Marshall
SEA 106 56 -2 3 14 1 4 2 6 0.94 0.94 3,768,340   Matt Lapensee
MIN 64 98 -2 2 9 3 0 2 8 1.11 1.13 1,554,036   Joe Gamzon
BOS 60 102 5 1 7 0 0 1 15 1.09 1.10 2,714,565   Mike Pfistner
ANA 67 95 -3 0 14 0 0 1 9 1.00 1.09 2,675,529   Chris Johnson
NYA 64 98 4 0 7 0 0 0 1 1.02 0.95 2,455,981   Tom Dhamers
TOR 59 103 6 0 7 0 0 0 2 1.00 1.09 895,515   Tom Murphy
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
SEA 312 118.98 139.78 53.21 11.42 3.37 8.36 6.22 9.31 14.53
DET 288 129.72 112.73 45.51 7.42 3.59 6.79 6.04 9.27 12.41
OAK 279 126.51 105.25 47.21 9.94 1.90 6.08 5.17 8.65 15.47
CLE 267 147.35 83.29 36.32 0.00 2.79 9.35 4.59 8.86 10.74
CHA 264 87.98 112.95 63.02 8.65 2.25 9.70 6.57 11.59 24.27
BAL 264 131.61 95.93 36.42 10.87 2.12 4.82 4.68 7.18 6.78
TEX 231 113.42 81.20 36.34 6.71 3.33 4.64 5.80 4.17 11.72
NYA 204 83.04 75.83 45.09 10.59 3.42 7.46 4.78 3.90 14.96
TOR 195 108.26 56.84 29.87 7.03 2.13 3.84 4.85 6.47 5.57
BOS 195 122.46 47.83 24.68 6.71 2.18 4.51 3.20 2.49 5.59
ANA 192 97.31 62.60 32.04 4.18 3.61 5.70 2.70 5.63 10.23
MIN 186 84.19 65.85 35.93 7.37 3.12 6.07 2.43 8.57 8.39
League Award Winners
Manager of the Year: Kurtis Marshall OAK Managed the Oakland Athletics to a 93-69 record, finishing 2nd in the Western Division division of the American League.
Lost to Detroit Tigers in the Divisional Series 3 games to 2.
Silver Slugger Award: Mick Anderson TEX .373, 22 HR, 102 RBI
Most Valuable Player: Mick Anderson TEX .373, 22 HR, 102 RBI
Cy Young: Robbie Russo SEA 22-8, 2.06, 271.3 IP, 101 K
Fireman of the Year: Eddie Hernandez DET 3-1, 44 SV, 0.80, 78.7 IP, 73 K
Rookie of the Year: Cary Saleem TEX .323, 26 HR, 106 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Brian Reith MIN 1.000, 12 PO, 42 A, 0 E
C Chuck Steely BAL .994, 808 PO, 64 A, 5 E
43.5% (37-85) Runners Thrown Out
1B Cary Saleem TEX .995, 1319 PO, 117 A, 7 E
2B Tommy Troutt ANA .996, 186 PO, 315 A, 2 E
3B Bill McMillan SEA .967, 77 PO, 273 A, 12 E
SS Ryan Taulbee MIN .983, 245 PO, 522 A, 13 E
LF Tom Murphy MIN 1.000, 204 PO, 9 A, 0 E
CF Joe Gamzon BOS 1.000, 274 PO, 8 A, 0 E
RF Jermaine Dye CHA .987, 224 PO, 11 A, 3 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
AndersonTEX.373
PiattCLE.326
SaleemTEX.323
EspinosaTEX.313
EckhardtOAK.311
On-Base Pct
AndersonTEX.434
SaleemTEX.412
TrujilloOAK.399
ReidMIN.398
BurgherDET.383*
Slugging Pct
AndersonTEX.536
ReidMIN.536
StensonCLE.526
KingDET.513
SaleemTEX.512
OPS
AndersonTEX.970
ReidMIN.934
SaleemTEX.923
StensonCLE.889
MurphyMIN.886
XR
AndersonTEX126.8
SaleemTEX112.2
StensonCLE109.2
MurphyMIN108.8
KingDET101.2
Games
DayMIN162
HazelwoodMIN162
TaulbeeMIN162
WeberBOS158
ChavezBAL157
At-Bats
McGuinnessCLE637
EspinosaTEX635
AndersonTEX619
BradyDET617
DraughnBAL617
Runs
LeslieTEX118
McGuinnessCLE116
AndersonTEX106
KoesterBAL101
MacleanBAL101
Hits
AndersonTEX231
EspinosaTEX199
PiattCLE198
McGuinnessCLE193
BradyDET190
Total Bases
AndersonTEX332
DraughnBAL315
StensonCLE314
KingDET310
BradyDET295
Singles
AndersonTEX177
PiattCLE157
EspinosaTEX144
McGuinnessCLE141
BradyDET128
Doubles
LeblancANA42
HernandezNYA41
KingDET41
StensonCLE41
RansonDET39
Triples
HollowayBOS12
HernandezOAK11
BequetteOAK10
SpotoNYA9
DoodyBAL8
Homeruns
DraughnBAL37
BodinTEX32
StensonCLE32
MurphyMIN31
VitalANA30
RBIs
BodinTEX132
DraughnBAL121
StensonCLE112
SaleemTEX106
GrieveCLE105
Stolen Bases
HernandezOAK82
HarvillCHA58
HollowayBOS58
DiazSEA56
MateoANA55
Caught Stealing
DiazSEA25
HernandezOAK21
GonzalezOAK19
HollowayBOS18
MiguelSEA17
Walks
WalkerBOS105
McMillanSEA93
SaleemTEX90
LopezBAL89
MurphyMIN87
Strikeouts
HollowayBOS175
KingDET175
GrieveCLE154
TaylorMIN152
ZehnerSEA148
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
RussoSEA2.06
BurrisDET2.45
PrichardTEX2.69
PerazaSEA2.70
HicksBAL2.89
Wins
RussoSEA 22
BurrisDET 21
DinkelOAK 19
ArmasOAK 18
PerazaSEA 17
Losses
ReithMIN 20
WilsonNYA 19
McClureNYA 18
CluneNYA 17
Day  17
Winning Pct
BurrisDET.778
ArmasOAK.750
RussoSEA.733
SanchesCLE.714
HicksBAL.700
Saves
VieraCHA 45
HernandezDET 44
LombardiOAK 42
ZaragozaSEA 42
RichburgCLE 41
Games Pitched
EscaleraCHA 91
SanchezOAK 91
GliddenSEA 84
HuffmanNYA 75
MarionANA 74
Games Started
BurrisDET 36
CueBAL 36
MiltonCLE 36
BrekkeCHA 35
D'AmicoDET 35
Complete Games
RussoSEA 10
WilsonNYA 6
CueBAL 5
LawrenceOAK 5
Penny  5
Shutouts
WeaverBAL 5
RussoSEA 4
ArmasOAK 3
PerazaSEA 2
PrichardTEX 2
Innings Pitched
RussoSEA271.3
DinkelOAK258.3
PrichardTEX251.3
CueBAL236.7
WilsonNYA233.7
Hits Allowed
WilsonNYA 274
CueBAL 262
DinkelOAK 262
PrichardTEX 257
MinarikTOR 256
Homeruns Allowed
CluneNYA 52
BrekkeCHA 43
RolingBOS 37
WilsonNYA 36
CreagerMIN 30
Strikeouts
PrichardTEX 242
SanchesCLE 241
BurrisDET 233
SanchezSEA 191
LeiserTOR 189
Walks Allowed
EdenBOS 120
Day  108
ReithMIN 97
LeiserTOR 82
SerranoTOR 82
Walks per 9IP
PrichardTEX1.0
RussoSEA1.3
WilsonNYA1.3
HicksBAL1.4
BrekkeCHA1.4
Hits per 9IP
BrekkeCHA6.3
SanchesCLE6.4
AlkireCLE6.6
WoodCHA7.0
BurrisDET7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
SanchesCLE11.2
BurrisDET9.5
GorbySEA8.8
LeiserTOR8.8
PrichardTEX8.7
WHiP
BrekkeCHA0.86
RussoSEA0.98
WeaverBAL1.02
WoodCHA1.06
BurrisDET1.11
OAVG
BrekkeCHA.193
SanchesCLE.197
AlkireCLE.199
WoodCHA.212
BurrisDET.216
OOBP
BrekkeCHA.226
RussoSEA.261
WeaverBAL.269
BurrisDET.280
WoodCHA.282
OSLG
RussoSEA.285
BurrisDET.306
ArmasOAK.314
PrichardTEX.314
PerazaSEA.334
OOPS
RussoSEA.546
BurrisDET.585
ArmasOAK.597
PrichardTEX.601
WeaverBAL.616
   
League All-Stars
Mick Anderson Tony Armas Fred Bodin
Ronald Brady John Brekke Ben Burris
Eric Chavez Danny Draughn Daniel Eckhardt
David Espinosa Josias Feliu Eddie Hernandez
Melvin King Paul Konerko Sandy Lopez
Kevin McGlinchy Francis McGuinness Tom Murphy
Maria Peraza Adam Piatt Julian Prichard
Lance Reid Robbie Russo Cary Saleem
Dernell Stenson Scott Stmartin Sherwin Trujillo
Roberto Viera Jeff Weaver Jug Zaragoza
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Jeff Weaver BAL $ 14,200,000  
2.    Rick Ankiel DET $ 12,000,000  
3.    Clarence Dowd DET $ 10,000,000  
4.    Melvin King DET $ 9,500,000  
  Dave Sanchez SEA $ 9,500,000  
  Geoff Jenkins TOR $ 9,500,000  
7.    Duane Erving DET $ 8,850,000  
8.    Larry Escalera CHA $ 8,800,000  
9.    Len Latson CLE $ 8,550,000  
10.    Brad Penny TEX $ 8,500,000  
  Kerry Wood CHA $ 8,500,000  
  Dee Brown MIN $ 8,500,000  
13.    Javier Vazquez TEX $ 8,000,000  
  Eric Chavez BAL $ 8,000,000  
  Jim Bequette OAK $ 8,000,000  
16.    Charles Fontaine DET $ 7,650,000  
  Fred Creager MIN $ 7,650,000  
18.    Tony Armas OAK $ 7,435,000  
19.    Eddie Hernandez DET $ 7,250,000  
20.    Maria Peraza SEA $ 6,950,000  
21.    Robbie Russo SEA $ 6,516,000  
22.    Peter Wilson NYA $ 6,500,000  
  Neil Moore SEA $ 6,500,000  
24.    Wally Prude MIN $ 6,100,000  
25.    Sherwin Trujillo OAK $ 6,000,000  
  Matt Depriest BOS $ 6,000,000  
  Ben Grieve CLE $ 6,000,000