2008 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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2008 American League Previous Year

Expanded Standings

East Division Team W L WL% GB TampaBay TBR 77 49 .611 -- BostonRS BOS 73 54 .575 4.5 NewYorkY NYY 67 59 .532 10.0 Toronto TOR 65 61 .516 12.0 Bltmore BAL 61 65 .484 16.0

Central Division Team W L WL% GB ChicagoW CHW 73 53 .579 -- Minnesta MIN 72 54 .571 1.0 Detroit DET 62 65 .488 11.5 Clvlnd CLE 58 67 .464 14.5 KansasCy KCR 55 71 .437 18.0

West Division Team W L WL% GB LA of AN LAA 77 48 .616 -- Texas TEX 63 65 .492 15.5 Oakland OAK 57 69 .452 20.5 Seattle SEA 46 80 .365 31.5

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2008 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding - Minor Leagues: Minor Lg Batting Leaders / Minor Lg Pitching Leaders -
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League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 TEX  5.58   714  128  4526  1270  289  24  158  476   947  .281  .352  .460   64   20 114  5.98  5.18
 CHW  5.19   659  127  4327  1162  232  10  188  436   799  .269  .341  .457   54   25 107  5.91  4.44
 BOS  5.17   656  127  4379  1234  267  22  139  496   830  .282  .359  .448   95   26 109  5.84  4.55
 BAL  5.12   650  127  4412  1195  261  27  146  435   782  .271  .339  .442   65   33 106  5.33  4.94
 MIN  5.09   641  126  4338  1215  236  35   90  396   746  .280  .340  .413   72   35 103  5.33  4.79
 DET  5.07   644  127  4457  1226  239  31  150  447   810  .275  .344  .444   48   25 108  5.56  4.62
 NYY  4.82   607  126  4336  1179  231  17  130  431   763  .272  .344  .423   85   31 104  5.34  4.26
 CLE  4.75   594  125  4266  1094  267  15  133  414   928  .256  .331  .420   61   21  97  5.09  4.39
 LAA  4.70   587  125  4251  1124  198  19  121  370   763  .264  .327  .405   96   32  94  4.87  4.54
 TBR  4.59   578  126  4262  1103  203  29  138  474   924  .259  .337  .417  122   45 102  4.65  4.52
 TOR  4.29   540  126  4257  1102  226  29   87  440   730  .259  .332  .387   74   25  92  4.18  4.39
 SEA  4.16   524  126  4412  1170  216  14   99  343   666  .265  .319  .388   79   21  91  3.97  4.34
 KCR  4.12   519  126  4357  1138  238  18   90  311   791  .261  .314  .386   67   33  84  4.19  4.05
 OAK  3.92   494  126  4274  1030  206  17   94  439   972  .241  .314  .363   63   18  86  4.01  3.81
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.76  8407 1768 60854 16242 3309 307 1763 5908 11451  .267  .335  .418 1045  390

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOR  3.91   493  126  3.62  1126  1049   8.3   371  2.9  112   924   10     3     9  35 117  3.60  4.22
 TBR  3.98   502  126  3.69  1130  1037   8.2   403  3.2  115   886    7     5    11  41 116  3.51  4.49
 OAK  4.08   514  126  3.84  1128  1032   8.2   457  3.6  103   843    4     1     5  23 104  3.76  4.44
 CHW  4.27   542  127  3.86  1134  1112   8.8   353  2.8  117   906    4     0     8  29 117  3.98  4.56
 LAA  4.22   528  125  3.89  1115  1102   8.8   361  2.9  125   815    6     1     9  50 110  4.52  3.95
 BOS  4.24   539  127  3.96  1128  1064   8.4   448  3.5  113   921    5     2    12  37 114  4.18  4.30
 NYY  4.42   557  126  4.21  1123  1132   9.0   379  3.0  113   889    1     0    10  31 101  4.54  4.30
 MIN  4.60   579  126  4.24  1130  1227   9.7   305  2.4  133   752    5     2     8  36  97  3.77  5.60
 CLE  4.65   581  125  4.39  1107  1176   9.4   347  2.8  129   755    9     4    12  22 100  4.23  5.08
 DET  4.99   634  127  4.58  1136  1183   9.3   501  3.9  129   742    1     0     1  26  95  4.98  5.00
 KCR  5.05   636  126  4.74  1126  1178   9.3   408  3.2  133   848    2     0     5  34  94  4.87  5.22
 SEA  5.10   643  126  4.77  1120  1208   9.6   483  3.8  123   802    3     0     4  23  86  4.74  5.45
 BAL  5.09   647  127  4.85  1128  1191   9.4   526  4.1  144   728    3     0     3  33  90  5.22  4.99
 TEX  6.07   777  128  5.40  1141  1307  10.2   515  4.0  150   731    4     1     6  30  80  6.08  6.06
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.76  8172 1768  4.29 15777 15998   9.3  5857  3.4 1739 11542   64         103 450

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 LAA   71  122  .985   .697  2,469,584  41,160   69-56  37-23 40-25 101 100 29.0 27.6   0   0  15            $ Scioscia
 TBR   63  116  .986   .709  1,394,647  21,456   71-55  47-18 30-31  98 100 27.0 27.7   0   0   6            $ Maddon
 BOS   70  111  .985   .699  2,296,777  37,652   75-52  43-18 30-36 106 105 30.0 29.0   0   0  14            $ Francona
 CHW   92  120  .981   .689  1,980,350  30,467   74-52  45-19 28-34 104 105 30.4 28.5   0   0  15            $ Guillen
 MIN   86  126  .982   .682  1,913,951  27,738   69-57  46-23 26-31  96  96 26.4 27.7   0   0   6            $ Gardenhire
 NYY   62  114  .987   .686  3,436,523  52,870   68-58  38-27 29-32 100  99 31.2 30.6   0   0  27            $ Girardi
 TOR   65  110  .986   .701  1,764,346  28,457   68-58  35-27 30-34 100  99 31.4 28.7   0   0  12            $ Gibbons and Gaston
 TEX  108  165  .978   .668  1,552,357  24,641   59-69  33-30 30-35 100 100 27.9 28.4   0   0   6            $ Washington
 DET   93  138  .981   .689  2,434,415  39,908   64-63  33-28 29-37 101 101 30.6 30.2   0   0  18            $ Leyland
 BAL   76  138  .984   .693  1,538,291  26,522   63-63  32-26 29-39 101 102 30.1 28.2   0   0   6            $ Trembley
 CLE   67  136  .986   .686  1,703,928  26,624   64-61  35-29 23-38 103 102 27.8 28.8   0   0   9            $ Wedge
 OAK   71  126  .985   .708  1,406,859  20,998   61-65  34-33 23-36  93  93 27.5 26.8   0   0   5            $ Geren
 KCR   75  121  .984   .684  1,271,937  20,515   51-75  28-34 27-37 103 104 28.2 27.5   0   0   3            $ Hillman
 SEA   82  125  .983   .677  1,817,498  29,314   51-75  24-38 22-42  96  96 30.0 29.2   0   0  10            $ McLaren and Riggleman
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Mauer-MIN .324

Youkilis-BOS .321

Pedroia-BOS .319

Kinsler-TEX .319

Bradley-TEX .317

On-base %

Bradley-TEX .444

Mauer-MIN .416

Drew-BOS .408

Markakis-BAL .404

Quentin-CHW .398

Slugging %

Bradley-TEX .589

Rodriguez-NYY .589

Quentin-CHW .585

Youkilis-BOS .577

Dye-CHW .570

OPS

Bradley-TEX 1.033

Rodriguez-NYY .986

Quentin-CHW .983

Youkilis-BOS .965

Drew-BOS .930

Games

Cabrera-CHW 126

Ibanez-SEA 126

Morneau-MIN 126

Suzuki-SEA 126

Cabrera-DET 125

Markakis-BAL 125

At Bats

Suzuki-SEA 532

Pedroia-BOS 524

Kinsler-TEX 518

Cabrera-CHW 517

Young-TEX 516

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Suzuki-SEA 585

Kinsler-TEX 583

Pedroia-BOS 574

Cabrera-CHW 571

Sizemore-CLE 570

Runs

Kinsler-TEX 102

Pedroia-BOS 95

Quentin-CHW 92

Markakis-BAL 89

Roberts-BAL 88

Hits

Pedroia-BOS 167

Suzuki-SEA 166

Kinsler-TEX 165

Ibanez-SEA 151

Hamilton-TEX 150

Total Bases

Hamilton-TEX 273

Kinsler-TEX 268

Huff-BAL 266

Quentin-CHW 261

Dye-CHW 258

Doubles

Roberts-BAL 45

Kinsler-TEX 41

Pedroia-BOS 40

Ibanez-SEA 39

Markakis-BAL 39

Triples

Crawford-TBR 10

Granderson-DET 10

Roberts-BAL 8

Inglett-TOR 7

Jones-BAL 6

Rios-TOR 6

Suzuki-SEA 6

Home Runs

Quentin-CHW 35

Dye-CHW 29

Hamilton-TEX 29

Rodriguez-NYY 28

Sizemore-CLE 28

RBI

Hamilton-TEX 115

Morneau-MIN 98

Cabrera-DET 97

Quentin-CHW 97

Mora-BAL 95

Bases on Balls

Cust-OAK 86

Markakis-BAL 82

Upton-TBR 82

Sizemore-CLE 80

Drew-BOS 78

Strikeouts

Cust-OAK 158

Pena-TBR 126

Gomez-MIN 114

Upton-TBR 112

Thome-CHW 111

Stolen Bases

Ellsbury-BOS 41

Suzuki-SEA 38

Upton-TBR 36

Roberts-BAL 31

Rios-TOR 30

Sizemore-CLE 30

Singles

Suzuki-SEA 142

Pedroia-BOS 113

Cabrera-CHW 110

Jeter-NYY 107

Lopez-SEA 106

Young-TEX 106

Adjusted OPS+

Bradley-TEX 172

Rodriguez-NYY 159

Quentin-CHW 154

Youkilis-BOS 147

Morneau-MIN 143

Runs Created

Hamilton-TEX 105

Kinsler-TEX 105

Quentin-CHW 105

Sizemore-CLE 105

Markakis-BAL 99

Adjusted Batting Runs

Bradley-TEX 39

Quentin-CHW 36

Rodriguez-NYY 34

Morneau-MIN 32

Youkilis-BOS 31

Batting Wins

Bradley-TEX 3.7

Quentin-CHW 3.4

Rodriguez-NYY 3.2

Morneau-MIN 3.0

Youkilis-BOS 2.9

Extra-Base Hits

Huff-BAL 66

Dye-CHW 63

Kinsler-TEX 63

Hamilton-TEX 61

Ibanez-SEA 61

Roberts-BAL 61

Youkilis-BOS 61

Times on Base

Markakis-BAL 230

Sizemore-CLE 217

Kinsler-TEX 216

Roberts-BAL 216

Morneau-MIN 215

Offensive Win%

Bradley-TEX .788

Rodriguez-NYY .743

Quentin-CHW .725

Youkilis-BOS .717

Drew-BOS .702

Hit By Pitch

Quentin-CHW 20

Giambi-NYY 16

Garko-CLE 13

Mora-BAL 10

Pena-TBR 10

Rodriguez-NYY 10

Rolen-TOR 10

Sac. Hits

Aybar-LAA 8

Casilla-MIN 8

Mathis-LAA 8

Cabrera-CLE 7

Carroll-CLE 7

Crisp-BOS 7

Eckstein-TOR 7

Gathright-KCR 7

Kinsler-TEX 7

Molina-NYY 7

Sac. Flies

Hamilton-TEX 9

Lopez-SEA 9

Lamb-MIN 8

Cabrera-CHW 7

Kinsler-TEX 7

Longoria-TBR 7

Mauer-MIN 7

Morneau-MIN 7

Intentional Walks

Morneau-MIN 15

Guerrero-LAA 14

Bradley-TEX 12

Ibanez-SEA 11

Sizemore-CLE 11

Suzuki-SEA 11

Grounded into Double Plays

Guerrero-LAA 24

Jeter-NYY 19

Peralta-CLE 19

Mauer-MIN 18

Overbay-TOR 18

Rios-TOR 18

Caught Stealing

Upton-TBR 14

Gomez-MIN 10

Roberts-BAL 10

Abreu-NYY 9

Figgins-LAA 8

Ramirez-CHW 8

Power/Speed Number

Sizemore-CLE 29.0

Kinsler-TEX 21.3

Rodriguez-NYY 20.4

Abreu-NYY 14.5

Hunter-LAA 13.9

At Bats per Strikeout

Kotchman-LAA 16.2

Betancourt-SEA 16.2

Polanco-DET 13.6

Pedroia-BOS 11.9

Suzuki-SEA 11.3

At Bats per Home Run

Quentin-CHW 12.7

Rodriguez-NYY 14.1

Giambi-NYY 14.2

Thome-CHW 14.8

Pena-TBR 15.1

Outs

Cabrera-CHW 400

Young-TEX 390

Lopez-SEA 383

Pedroia-BOS 383

Kinsler-TEX 381

Rios-TOR 381

Suzuki-SEA 381

ERA

Lee-CLE 2.43

Duchscherer-OAK 2.54

Halladay-TOR 2.64

Danks-CHW 3.11

Saunders-LAA 3.14

Wins

Lee-CLE 17

Burnett-TOR 16

Mussina-NYY 16

Matsuzaka-BOS 15

Halladay-TOR 14

Saunders-LAA 14

Won-Loss %

Lee-CLE .895

Matsuzaka-BOS .882

Lackey-LAA .833

Perkins-MIN .769

Galarraga-DET .750

Lester-BOS .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Duchscherer-OAK 0.995

Halladay-TOR 1.042

Lee-CLE 1.078

Santana-LAA 1.126

Marcum-TOR 1.142

Hits Allowed/9IP

Duchscherer-OAK 6.80

Wakefield-BOS 7.29

Galarraga-DET 7.43

Marcum-TOR 7.47

Smith-OAK 7.76

Bases on Balls/9IP

Mussina-NYY 1.23

Lee-CLE 1.27

Halladay-TOR 1.51

Blackburn-MIN 1.53

Byrd-TOT 1.56

Strikeouts/9IP

Burnett-TOR 9.33

Santana-LAA 8.81

Beckett-BOS 8.74

Vazquez-CHW 8.73

Hernandez-SEA 8.08

Games

Wright-TEX 60

Dotel-CHW 59

Green-SEA 59

Guerrier-MIN 59

Reyes-MIN 58

Rodriguez-LAA 58

Saves

Rodriguez-LAA 48

Nathan-MIN 34

Papelbon-BOS 33

Soria-KCR 33

Sherrill-BAL 31

Innings

Halladay-TOR 191.0

Guthrie-BAL 177.0

Burnett-TOR 171.7

Shields-TBR 171.0

Lee-CLE 170.7

Strikeouts

Burnett-TOR 178

Santana-LAA 166

Halladay-TOR 159

Vazquez-CHW 159

Beckett-BOS 145

Games Started

Burnett-TOR 27

Cabrera-BAL 27

Guthrie-BAL 27

Meche-KCR 27

Pettitte-NYY 27

Comp. Games

Halladay-TOR 8

Garza-TBR 3

Lee-CLE 3

Sabathia-CLE 3

Shields-TBR 3

Slowey-MIN 3

Shutouts

Garza-TBR 2

Halladay-TOR 2

Lester-BOS 2

Sabathia-CLE 2

Shields-TBR 2

Slowey-MIN 2

Home Runs Allow.

Byrd-TOT 25

Padilla-TEX 25

Robertson-DET 25

Floyd-CHW 23

Bannister-KCR 22

Bases On Balls Allow.

Matsuzaka-BOS 77

Cabrera-BAL 76

Batista-SEA 70

Burnett-TOR 70

Smith-OAK 67

Hits Allowed

Hernandez-MIN 199

Robertson-DET 195

Silva-SEA 191

Buehrle-CHW 184

Pettitte-NYY 184

SO to Walk

Lee-CLE 5.58

Mussina-NYY 5.05

Halladay-TOR 4.97

Beckett-BOS 4.83

Shields-TBR 4.35

Losses

Silva-SEA 14

Verlander-DET 13

Washburn-SEA 13

Bannister-KCR 12

Batista-SEA 12

Blanton-OAK 12

Hochevar-KCR 12

Smith-OAK 12

Earned Runs Allow.

Robertson-DET 101

Silva-SEA 99

Bannister-KCR 93

Cabrera-BAL 93

Burnett-TOR 86

Wild Pitches

Cabrera-BAL 14

Dickey-SEA 11

Wakefield-BOS 11

Padilla-TEX 10

Burnett-TOR 9

Hit Batsmen

Cabrera-BAL 17

Halladay-TOR 11

Shields-TBR 11

Padilla-TEX 10

Verlander-DET 10

Batters Faced

Halladay-TOR 762

Burnett-TOR 752

Cabrera-BAL 750

Guthrie-BAL 727

Pettitte-NYY 722

Games Finished

Rodriguez-LAA 53

Papelbon-BOS 48

Nathan-MIN 46

Rivera-NYY 46

Sherrill-BAL 46

Adjusted ERA+

Lee-CLE 180

Halladay-TOR 161

Duchscherer-OAK 157

Danks-CHW 145

Lester-BOS 142

Oldest Player

Rogers-DET 1964-11-10 (43)

Timlin-BOS 1966-03-10 (42)

Wakefield-BOS 1966-08-02 (41)

Stairs-TOR 1968-02-27 (40)

Jones-DET 1968-04-24 (40)

Youngest Player

Adenhart-LAA 1986-08-24 (21)

Hunter-TEX 1986-07-03 (21)

Hughes-NYY 1986-06-24 (22)

Butler-KCR 1986-04-18 (22)

Hernandez-SEA 1986-04-08 (22)

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