2008 AL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division
Team W L WPct GB
Minnesota 92 69 .571 --
Kansas City 77 84 .478 15
Las Vegas 76 85 .472 16
Chicago (A) 71 90 .441 21
Cleveland 66 95 .410 26
Eastern Division
Team W L WPct GB
New York (A) 95 66 .590 --
Boston 87 74 .540 8
Toronto 76 85 .472 19
Baltimore 76 85 .472 19
Tampa Bay 65 96 .404 30
Western Division
Team W L WPct GB
Texas 107 54 .665 --
Oakland 98 63 .609 9
Seattle 78 83 .484 29
Anaheim 63 98 .391 44
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2) Minnesota Twins over San Francisco Giants
AL League Series (4-2) Minnesota Twins over New York (A) Yankees
AL Divisional Series (3-1) Minnesota Twins over Texas Rangers
AL Divisional Series (3-0) New York (A) Yankees over Oakland Athletics
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
TEX 7.1 1149 161 5571 1591 315 42 264 866 995 .286 .382 .499 .881
OAK 6.0 967 161 5542 1523 258 53 224 705 940 .275 .357 .462 .818
MIN 6.0 960 161 5711 1634 360 35 181 606 937 .286 .355 .456 .811
NYA 5.7 921 161 5664 1619 285 40 175 632 839 .286 .358 .443 .801
KCA 5.5 889 161 5662 1607 339 43 169 543 900 .284 .346 .448 .795
LAS 5.5 881 161 5645 1571 317 26 185 521 1035 .278 .339 .442 .781
BOS 5.0 810 161 5549 1489 277 44 132 585 1065 .268 .338 .405 .744
SEA 5.0 802 161 5615 1560 276 34 115 491 925 .278 .336 .401 .736
TOR 4.8 773 161 5527 1425 286 37 172 563 1018 .258 .326 .416 .743
BAL 4.7 752 161 5592 1482 271 27 115 611 963 .265 .337 .385 .722
CHA 4.7 750 161 5557 1414 274 25 198 434 1036 .254 .308 .420 .728
ANA 4.6 747 161 5525 1358 253 22 169 531 1132 .246 .312 .391 .703
TBA 4.2 684 161 5487 1401 278 51 147 441 1035 .255 .311 .405 .716
CLE 4.1 657 161 5422 1303 266 18 155 481 1051 .240 .302 .382 .684
Totals 5.2 11742 2254 78069 20977 4055 497 2401 8010 13871 .269 .337 .426 .762
Average   839 161 5576 1498 290 36 172 572 991  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
BOS 4.6 738 161 4.01 1458.3 1460 9.1 503 3.1 982 6.1 46
OAK 4.7 750 161 3.99 1444.3 1428 8.9 458 2.8 1074 6.7 40
NYA 4.7 763 161 4.22 1451.0 1433 8.9 589 3.7 1098 6.8 45
BAL 4.9 795 161 4.54 1433.3 1496 9.3 468 2.9 1103 6.9 42
TEX 5.0 803 161 4.59 1436.0 1469 9.1 501 3.1 822 5.1 45
CLE 5.1 829 161 4.56 1433.3 1484 9.2 549 3.4 967 6.0 37
MIN 5.2 830 161 4.69 1436.7 1543 9.6 476 3.0 1030 6.4 43
CHA 5.2 836 161 4.76 1439.0 1482 9.2 607 3.8 970 6.0 32
TBA 5.2 844 161 4.80 1429.7 1527 9.5 628 3.9 884 5.5 33
SEA 5.4 867 161 4.88 1430.3 1462 9.1 690 4.3 1054 6.5 41
KCA 5.5 891 161 4.82 1424.0 1511 9.4 590 3.7 977 6.1 31
TOR 5.6 905 161 5.23 1429.3 1581 9.8 638 4.0 818 5.1 40
LAS 5.8 939 161 5.29 1420.3 1584 9.8 552 3.4 987 6.1 43
ANA 5.9 949 161 5.33 1433.0 1552 9.6 709 4.4 1060 6.6 36
Totals 5.2 11739 2254 4.69 20098.6 21012 9.3 7958 3.5 13826 6.1 554
Average   838 161   1436 1501   568   988   40
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
TEX 106 55 1 5 8 1 1 0 2 1.04 1.03 2,870,660   Larry Dierker
MIN 91 70 1 3 3 0 0 1 3 1.07 0.86 2,466,855   Ron Gardenhire
OAK 99 62 -1 3 5 0 0 0 2 0.96 0.98 3,914,377   Jim Hemler
ANA 63 98 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1.01 0.98 1,564,098   Mike Scioscia
TBA 65 96 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0.96 0.86 1,096,405   Lou Pinella
TOR 69 92 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1.05 1.04 1,610,348   Carlos Tosca
BAL 76 85 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.97 0.91 1,173,054   Mike Hargrove
BOS 87 74 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0.93 0.80 2,201,459   Grady Little
CHA 73 88 -2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.04 1.40 1,534,446   Terry Ladislas
CLE 64 97 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 0.95 1.05 2,525,680   Eric Wedge
KCA 80 81 -3 1 2 0 0 0 2 1.05 1.11 2,570,102   Tony Pena
LAS 76 85 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.08 1.23 2,464,895   Josh Claud
NYA 94 67 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.09 1.11 2,919,763   Joe Torre
SEA 75 86 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.98 0.96 2,071,080   Bob Melvin
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
TEX 321 192.57 89.11 39.29 10.67 5.55 8.72 3.71 0.86 9.80
OAK 294 155.02 98.86 40.08 8.11 0.71 8.13 4.07 10.74 8.33
NYA 285 130.25 108.91 45.81 8.16 1.96 8.39 4.78 7.99 14.54
MIN 276 144.67 89.28 42.01 9.93 2.66 2.19 4.75 9.17 13.32
BOS 261 114.49 104.40 42.08 9.20 3.94 9.88 6.65 0.00 12.42
SEA 234 117.23 76.57 40.16 6.19 2.05 5.78 2.83 6.89 16.43
KCA 231 124.36 69.77 36.84 4.40 2.19 4.29 3.72 8.83 13.42
TOR 228 107.27 80.81 39.87 10.06 3.17 4.93 6.01 8.09 7.62
LAS 228 126.95 70.33 30.68 7.23 1.83 4.00 3.66 7.05 6.93
BAL 228 97.07 86.96 43.94 11.10 2.02 10.91 4.89 5.73 9.30
CHA 213 86.57 86.80 39.59 9.86 0.84 5.95 5.42 6.04 11.49
CLE 198 73.66 84.25 40.05 6.95 2.94 2.60 5.06 10.83 11.69
TBA 195 78.03 79.39 37.54 5.02 1.52 7.76 4.82 7.02 11.41
ANA 189 94.61 60.86 33.50 5.42 2.18 6.38 2.48 7.03 10.02
League Award Winners
MVP: Alex Rodriguez TEX .301, 57 HR, 180 RBI
Cy Young: Craig Anderson TEX 20-6, 4.02, 235.3 IP, 134 K
Rookie Of The Year: Jason Kubel MIN .319, 11 HR, 94 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Danny Graves OAK 1.000, 20 PO, 52 A, 0 E
C Ivan Rodriguez SEA .987, 790 PO, 104 A, 12 E
44.2% (80-181) Runners Thrown Out
1B Ken Harvey KCA .994, 1311 PO, 90 A, 8 E
2B Freddie Bynum TEX .981, 275 PO, 451 A, 14 E
3B Mark Teixeira TEX .970, 102 PO, 317 A, 13 E
SS Jose Flores OAK .986, 228 PO, 489 A, 10 E
LF Pat Burrell MIN .964, 336 PO, 14 A, 13 E
CF Michael Ryan MIN .993, 399 PO, 9 A, 3 E
RF Gabe Gross TOR .993, 295 PO, 9 A, 2 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
AcevedoNYA.359
QuinlanMIN.346*
BrownOAK.341
BakerTEX.330
HarukiLAS.329
On-Base Pct
AcevedoNYA.459
BynumTEX.439
GilesSEA.433
DelgadoTEX.428
MachadoKCA.415
Slugging Pct
RodriguezTEX.633
SwisherOAK.604
BrownOAK.590
MorneauMIN.587
DelgadoTEX.578
OPS
RodriguezTEX1.020
SwisherOAK1.017
DelgadoTEX1.006
BrownOAK1.000
MorneauMIN.978
XR
RodriguezTEX132.6
SwisherOAK124.8
BynumTEX124.7
MorneauMIN121.1
BeltranKCA118.0
Games
Cruz Jr.ANA161
GilbreathANA161
GarciaparraSEA159
BrazaBAL157
BurrellMIN157
At-Bats
GarciaparraSEA631
BeltranKCA625
SpechtANA624
RivasBOS621
RiveraNYA620
Runs
BynumTEX138
RodriguezTEX131
FreemanTEX126
MorneauMIN124
BurrellMIN122
Hits
RichSEA194
AcevedoNYA192
FreemanTEX190
BeltranKCA186
TynerTBA186
Total Bases
RodriguezTEX366
BurrellMIN349
MorneauMIN339
SwisherOAK335
BeltranKCA325
Singles
RichSEA156
AcevedoNYA148
FloresOAK148
TynerTBA144
RivasBOS143
Doubles
MillarLAS52
CastroTOR48
PierzynskiKCA46
BakerTEX43
JonesMIN43
Triples
GarciaparraSEA12
BeltranKCA10
InfanteTBA10
MateoTOR10
FreemanTEX9
Homeruns
RodriguezTEX57
BurrellMIN45
SwisherOAK42
MorneauMIN40
HowardNYA37
RBIs
RodriguezTEX180
BurrellMIN140
SwisherOAK129
HowardNYA124
KolarKCA123
Stolen Bases
BynumTEX97
SizemoreNYA92
RivasBOS71
TynerTBA70
BeltranKCA64
Caught Stealing
FreemanTEX35
RivasBOS33
SuzukiBOS33
BynumTEX32
CrespoBOS30
Walks
BynumTEX117
GilesSEA113
BarreraTEX112
DelgadoTEX108
SizemoreNYA104
Strikeouts
BurrellMIN162
GilbreathANA159
SexsonLAS156
BarreraTEX155
KieltyANA153
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
ZambranoSEA3.12
AstacioTOR3.20
WashburnNYA3.24
TraberCLE3.24
WillisBOS3.30
Wins
AndersonTEX 20
KempMIN 19
PriorOAK 19
WillisBOS 18
GravesOAK 16
Losses
WardenCLE 21
HensleyANA 18
StephensBAL 18
TraberCLE 18
VazquezANA 18
Winning Pct
AndersonTEX.769
KempMIN.760
WedelNYA.750
PriorOAK.731
SotoTEX.727
Saves
JulioBAL 32
SullivanMIN 29
TrujilloBOS 29
IsringhausenOAK 28
ReynosoCHA 27
Games Pitched
CyrANA 86
KochTBA 85
OsunaANA 84
MaurerTBA 78
RiceBAL 78
Games Started
WardenCLE 38
KennedyTBA 37
LeeCLE 37
GonzalezBOS 36
HernandezKCA 36
Complete Games
GravesOAK 10
TraberCLE 6
WardenCLE 5
KempMIN 4
LyonCLE 4
Shutouts
GravesOAK 4
KempMIN 2
LyonCLE 2
VorwaldMIN 2
AndersonTEX 1
Innings Pitched
TraberCLE266.3
GravesOAK264.3
WashburnNYA247.3
AndersonTEX235.3
PriorOAK234.0
Hits Allowed
GravesOAK 272
TraberCLE 264
ClarkLAS 251
Van HekkenLAS 244
WilliamsOAK 244
Homeruns Allowed
CortadaLAS 39
SotoTEX 39
RakersBAL 36
BirkinsBAL 35
LyonCLE 35
Strikeouts
PriorOAK 261
SantanaANA 233
WashburnNYA 220
AnkielNYA 209
RamosLAS 207
Walks Allowed
ZambranoSEA 125
NinCHA 122
WardenCLE 105
SantanaANA 104
LeeCLE 99
Walks per 9IP
SotoTEX1.3
LittletonOAK1.4
CortadaLAS1.4
AstacioTOR1.9
BirkinsBAL2.0
Hits per 9IP
SantanaANA6.3
AnkielNYA6.9
PriorOAK6.9
BrownKCA7.6
ZambranoSEA7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
SantanaANA11.3
RamosLAS10.5
PriorOAK10.0
BottSEA9.1
AnkielNYA8.3
WHiP
PriorOAK1.09
CortadaLAS1.12
AndersonTEX1.14
BirkinsBAL1.15
AnkielNYA1.16
OAVG
SantanaANA.196
PriorOAK.208
AnkielNYA.211
BrownKCA.224
GoetzTEX.234
OOBP
BrownKCA.283
PriorOAK.287
BirkinsBAL.292
AnkielNYA.296
CortadaLAS.298
OSLG
ZambranoSEA.335
SantanaANA.344
WillisBOS.351
WashburnNYA.351
GoetzTEX.356
OOPS
SantanaANA.650
WashburnNYA.651
WillisBOS.653
AnkielNYA.659
KempMIN.662
   
League All-Stars
Tony Acevedo Craig Anderson John Baker
Carlo Barrera Jeremy Brown Pat Burrell
Eric Chavez Brendan Donnelly Paul Haruki
Omar Infante Jason Johnson Chipper Jones
Jorge Julio Kerry Ligtenberg Dave Maurer
Justin Morneau Magglio Ordonez Andy Phillips
Dominic Rich Alex Rodriguez Brian Specht
Nick Swisher Yoshitomo Tani Mark Teixeira
Dave Wolensky  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Vladimir Guerrero OAK $ 20,000,000  
  Josh Beckett NYA $ 20,000,000  
3.    Alex Rodriguez TEX $ 17,188,500  
4.    Yoshitomo Tani KCA $ 16,260,000  
5.    Kevin Millwood ANA $ 15,550,000  
6.    Ivan Rodriguez SEA $ 15,000,000  
7.    Danny Graves OAK $ 14,000,000  
8.    Derek Jeter CLE $ 13,230,000  
9.    Preston Wilson BOS $ 13,000,000  
  Carlos Delgado TEX $ 13,000,000  
11.    Brian Giles SEA $ 12,800,000  
12.    Chipper Jones MIN $ 12,000,000  
13.    Odalis Perez TEX $ 11,000,000  
14.    Travis Hafner CLE $ 10,250,000  
15.    Juan Rivera NYA $ 10,000,000  
16.    Jim Thome MIN $ 9,916,667  
17.    Jim Edmonds TOR $ 9,700,000  
18.    Jarrod Washburn NYA $ 9,350,000  
19.    Brad Wilkerson TEX $ 8,800,000  
20.    Troy Glaus OAK $ 8,500,000  
  Eric Chavez TOR $ 8,500,000  
22.    Nomar Garciaparra SEA $ 7,000,000  
  Michael Tucker KCA $ 7,000,000  
  Brad Fullmer TEX $ 7,000,000  
  Carlos Zambrano SEA $ 7,000,000  
  Jake Peavy TOR $ 7,000,000