1979 American League Team Statistics and Standings

1978 AL / 1980 AL / 1979 NL / 1979 MLB Team Statistics and Standings

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	102	57	.642	--
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	95	66	.590	8.0
Boston Red Sox	BOS	91	69	.569	11.5
New York Yankees	NYY	89	71	.556	13.5
Detroit Tigers	DET	85	76	.528	18.0
Cleveland Indians	CLE	81	80	.503	22.0
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	53	109	.327	50.5

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
California Angels	CAL	88	74	.543	--
Kansas City Royals	KCR	85	77	.525	3.0
Texas Rangers	TEX	83	79	.512	5.0
Minnesota Twins	MIN	82	80	.506	6.0
Chicago White Sox	CHW	73	87	.456	14.0
Seattle Mariners	SEA	67	95	.414	21.0
Oakland Athletics	OAK	54	108	.333	34.0

Expanded Standings

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-3):	Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles
ALCS (3-1):	Baltimore Orioles over California Angels

Team & League Standard Batting

Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
BAL	34	28.8	4.76	159	6106	5371	757	1401	258	24	181	717	99	49	608	847	.261	.336	.419	.755	106	2250	143	31	42	54	52	1099
BOS	34	29.0	5.26	160	6184	5538	841	1567	310	34	194	805	60	43	512	708	.283	.344	.456	.800	109	2527	158	33	42	59	38	1087
CAL	39	28.3	5.35	162	6311	5550	866	1563	242	43	164	808	100	53	589	843	.282	.351	.429	.781	114	2383	136	37	79	56	42	1154
CHW	44	27.1	4.56	160	6056	5463	730	1505	290	33	127	680	97	62	454	668	.275	.333	.410	.743	100	2242	151	36	58	45	29	1085
CLE	33	28.0	4.72	161	6207	5376	760	1388	206	29	138	707	143	90	657	786	.258	.340	.384	.724	96	2066	122	42	70	60	31	1149
DET	41	26.6	4.78	161	6081	5375	770	1446	221	35	164	729	176	86	575	814	.269	.339	.415	.754	100	2229	140	22	56	52	28	1057
KCR	38	27.9	5.25	162	6350	5653	851	1596	286	79	116	791	207	76	528	675	.282	.343	.422	.766	104	2388	114	35	57	76	56	1168
MIL	31	27.5	5.01	161	6227	5536	807	1552	291	41	185	766	100	53	549	745	.280	.345	.448	.793	113	2480	130	20	72	50	48	1142
MIN	36	26.3	4.72	162	6297	5544	764	1544	256	46	112	714	66	45	526	693	.278	.341	.402	.743	97	2228	116	31	142	53	37	1201
NYY	47	30.3	4.59	160	6061	5421	734	1443	226	40	150	694	65	46	509	590	.266	.328	.406	.733	99	2199	148	18	50	63	48	1063
OAK	33	26.2	3.54	162	5971	5348	573	1276	188	32	108	541	104	69	482	751	.239	.302	.346	.648	80	1852	131	20	75	46	36	1030
SEA	35	28.5	4.39	162	6207	5544	711	1490	250	52	132	676	126	52	515	725	.269	.331	.404	.735	96	2240	158	28	61	54	45	1145
TEX	39	27.9	4.63	162	6194	5562	750	1549	252	26	140	718	79	51	461	607	.278	.334	.409	.743	102	2273	135	33	78	59	49	1136
TOR	39	26.7	3.78	162	6010	5423	613	1362	253	34	95	562	75	56	448	663	.251	.311	.363	.673	82	1968	131	36	65	38	21	1064
LgAvg	36	27.8	4.67	161	6162	5479	752	1477	252	39	143	708	107	59	530	723	.270	.334	.408	.743	100	2238	137	30	68	55	40	1113
	502	27.8	4.67	2256	86262	76704	10527	20682	3529	548	2006	9908	1497	831	7413	10115	.270	.334	.408	.743	100	31325	1913	422	947	765	560	15580

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Team & League Standard Pitching

Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	LOB
BAL	12	27.5	3.66	102	57	.642	3.26	159	159	107	52	12	10	30	1434.1	1279	582	520	133	467	20	786	14	5	36	5897	123	3.85	1.217	8.0	0.8	2.9	4.9	1.68	1012
BOS	14	28.4	4.44	91	69	.569	4.03	160	160	113	47	11	9	29	1431.1	1487	711	641	133	463	45	731	37	3	31	6120	111	3.97	1.362	9.4	0.8	2.9	4.6	1.58	1115
CAL	15	27.5	4.74	88	74	.543	4.34	162	162	116	46	9	9	33	1436.0	1463	768	692	131	573	33	820	33	5	53	6213	94	4.04	1.418	9.2	0.8	3.6	5.1	1.43	1137
CHW	22	25.5	4.67	73	86	.459	4.10	160	159	131	28	9	9	37	1409.0	1365	748	642	114	618	43	675	40	7	50	6117	104	4.23	1.407	8.7	0.7	3.9	4.3	1.09	1142
CLE	14	26.7	5.00	81	80	.503	4.57	161	161	133	28	7	5	32	1431.2	1502	805	727	138	570	32	781	23	5	44	6236	94	4.14	1.447	9.4	0.9	3.6	4.9	1.37	1136
DET	17	26.3	4.58	84	76	.525	4.27	161	160	135	25	5	2	37	1423.1	1429	738	676	167	547	56	802	48	4	51	6111	102	4.38	1.388	9.0	1.1	3.5	5.1	1.47	1103
KCR	17	28.9	5.04	85	77	.525	4.45	162	162	120	42	7	7	27	1448.1	1477	816	716	165	536	48	640	28	2	40	6242	96	4.50	1.390	9.2	1.0	3.3	4.0	1.19	1081
MIL	17	26.6	4.48	95	66	.590	4.03	161	161	100	61	12	12	23	1439.2	1563	722	645	162	381	24	580	20	1	48	6106	104	4.22	1.350	9.8	1.0	2.4	3.6	1.52	1065
MIN	15	29.5	4.48	82	80	.506	4.13	162	162	131	31	6	3	33	1444.1	1590	725	663	128	452	21	721	15	7	39	6157	106	3.86	1.414	9.9	0.8	2.8	4.5	1.60	1099
NYY	19	31.0	4.20	89	71	.556	3.83	160	160	117	43	10	8	37	1432.1	1446	672	610	123	455	22	731	14	1	45	6001	106	3.79	1.327	9.1	0.8	2.9	4.6	1.61	1032
OAK	13	25.3	5.31	54	108	.333	4.75	162	162	121	41	4	3	20	1429.1	1606	860	754	147	654	67	726	49	4	72	6436	85	4.53	1.581	10.1	0.9	4.1	4.6	1.11	1288
SEA	17	25.5	5.06	67	95	.414	4.58	162	162	125	37	7	5	26	1438.0	1567	820	731	165	571	74	736	33	2	43	6314	96	4.46	1.487	9.8	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.29	1180
TEX	16	29.3	4.31	83	79	.512	3.86	162	162	136	26	10	5	42	1437.0	1371	698	617	135	532	40	773	28	2	37	6092	108	4.05	1.324	8.6	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.45	1083
TOR	19	25.5	5.32	53	109	.327	4.82	162	162	118	44	7	6	11	1417.0	1537	862	759	165	594	35	613	40	7	64	6220	89	4.72	1.504	9.8	1.0	3.8	3.9	1.03	1107
LgAvg	16	27.4	4.67	81	81	.500	4.22	161	161	122	39			30	1432	1477	752	671	143	530	40	723	30	4	47	6162	100	4.19	1.401	9.3	0.9	3.3	4.5	1.36	1113
	220	27.4	4.67	1127	1127	.500	4.22	2256	2254	1703	551			417	20051.2	20682	10527	9393	2006	7413	560	10115	422	55	653	86262	100	4.19	1.401	9.3	0.9	3.3	4.5	1.36	15580

1979 AL Wins Above Avg By Position.

· unless noted, stats are batting & fielding.

Rk	Total	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF (LF+CF+RF)	DH	PH
1	BAL 17.6	KCR 4.4	BAL 2.5	CAL 3.7	KCR 6.1	MIN 2.0	BOS 3.2	BOS 6.3	MIL 3.7	BOS 11.0	BOS 1.2	BAL 0.5
2	BOS 14.7	CAL 2.6	SEA 1.4	MIL 3.3	TEX 3.7	BOS 1.3	BAL 2.5	CHW 3.6	BAL 2.9	BAL 6.5	CAL 0.4	TEX 0.1
3	MIL 13.8	MIN 1.9	CAL 1.3	NYY 2.9	CHW 1.6	MIL 1.2	KCR 2.5	MIL 2.4	BOS 1.5	MIL 6.1	KCR 0.4	MIL 0.1
4	CAL 7.2	DET 1.8	MIL 1.3	DET 2.4	CAL 1.5	NYY 0.5	TEX 1.2	KCR 2.0	NYY 1.1	KCR 3.7	TEX 0.4	BOS -0.3
5	TEX 5.9	TEX 1.1	CLE 0.9	SEA 1.4	BAL 1.2	TOR 0.1	DET 1.1	TEX 1.8	CLE 0.6	TEX 2.6	CLE 0.2	CLE -0.6
6	MIN 5.2	MIL 0.7	BOS 0.1	TEX 1.1	NYY 0.6	BAL -0.3	SEA 0.4	BAL 1.1	SEA 0.5	CHW 2.3	NYY -0.5	CAL -0.6
7	NYY 4.4	BAL 0.1	NYY 0.0	BAL 1.1	CLE 0.2	CHW -0.3	MIL 0.0	SEA 1.1	CAL 0.0	SEA 2.0	MIL -0.7	SEA -0.6
8	DET 3.3	NYY -0.7	MIN -0.1	CHW 0.6	MIN -0.3	DET -1.1	CLE -0.1	DET 0.5	CHW -0.3	CAL 0.1	CHW -0.8	DET -0.7
9	KCR 2.0	OAK -1.1	TOR -0.3	MIN 0.4	TOR -0.4	CLE -1.3	CAL -0.3	CAL 0.4	TEX -0.4	DET 0.0	DET -0.9	KCR -0.7
10	CHW 0.4	CHW -1.2	TEX -0.3	KCR -0.1	BOS -0.5	TEX -1.9	MIN -0.4	MIN -0.9	KCR -0.8	CLE -0.6	BAL -1.2	CHW -0.8
11	CLE -5.0	BOS -1.8	OAK -0.4	BOS -1.4	MIL -0.8	CAL -2.1	CHW -1.0	CLE -1.1	MIN -0.9	MIN -2.2	SEA -1.4	NYY -0.9
12	SEA -6.0	CLE -1.9	CHW -0.5	CLE -1.8	SEA -1.3	KCR -2.2	TOR -1.3	OAK -1.8	DET -1.6	NYY -2.7	TOR -2.2	TOR -1.1
13	TOR -23.9	TOR -2.2	DET -1.2	TOR -3.1	DET -1.6	SEA -3.1	NYY -1.3	TOR -1.9	TOR -2.3	TOR -5.5	MIN -2.6	OAK -1.6
14	OAK -28.1	SEA -2.5	KCR -1.9	OAK -4.4	OAK -2.1	OAK -4.2	OAK -4.8	NYY -2.5	OAK -4.4	OAK -11.0	OAK -2.7	MIN -1.7
AVG	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	-0.8	0.1	0.8	-0.0	0.9	-0.7	-0.6

Sabermetric stats like WAR and Wins Above Average are computed at the team/position level by prorating the players' team-season totals by time played at the position, so they may not represent exactly what the player did at that position, but rather it assumes they were equally valued at each position. Fielding Runs is based on actual time at the position.

Also player tooltips will only show PA's/IP for these stats.

You can convert WAR to a team record by taking wins = WAR + .294*G and losses = G-wins. You can convert WAA to a team record by taking wins = WAA + .5*G and losses = G-wins.

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Team & League Standard Fielding

Tm	#Fld	RA/G	DefEff	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr
BAL	34	3.66	.727	159	1431	1036	12909.0	6192	4303	1764	125	161	.980	74	7
BOS	34	4.44	.696	160	1440	1151	12882.0	6289	4294	1853	142	166	.977	37	3
CAL	37	4.74	.695	162	1458	1201	12924.0	6051	4308	1608	135	172	.978	-51	-5
CHW	44	4.67	.708	160	1431	1021	12681.0	6231	4227	1831	173	142	.972	12	1
CLE	33	5.00	.693	161	1449	1137	12885.0	6071	4295	1642	134	149	.978	-38	-4
DET	40	4.58	.705	161	1440	1098	12810.0	6157	4270	1767	120	184	.981	-6	-1
KCR	37	5.04	.711	162	1458	1155	13035.0	6268	4345	1777	146	160	.977	35	3
MIL	31	4.48	.702	161	1449	1261	12957.0	6351	4319	1905	127	153	.980	6	1
MIN	34	4.48	.681	162	1458	1084	12999.0	6474	4333	2007	134	203	.979	-3	-0
NYY	47	4.20	.701	160	1440	1155	12891.0	6389	4297	1970	122	183	.981	23	2
OAK	33	5.31	.678	162	1458	1200	12864.0	6180	4288	1718	174	137	.972	-115	-11
SEA	33	5.06	.690	162	1458	1072	12942.0	6334	4314	1879	141	170	.978	-6	-1
TEX	38	4.31	.714	162	1458	1057	12932.0	6303	4311	1862	130	151	.979	58	5
TOR	37	5.32	.694	162	1458	1213	12753.0	6288	4251	1878	159	187	.975	12	1
LgAvg	35	4.67	.700	161	1449	1132	12890	6256	4297	1819	140	166	.978	3	0
	492	4.67	.700	2256	20286	15841	180464.0	87578	60155	25461	1962	2318	.978	37	0

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