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1997 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Central Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Minnesota	86	76	.531	--
Kansas City	73	89	.451	13
Cleveland	66	96	.407	20
New Orleans	65	97	.401	21
Chicago (A)	65	97	.401	21

East Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Toronto	96	66	.593	--
Boston	94	68	.580	2
Baltimore	81	81	.500	15
Detroit	80	82	.494	16
New York (A)	75	87	.463	21

West Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Texas	94	68	.580	--
California	92	70	.568	2
Oakland	85	77	.525	9
Seattle	82	80	.506	12

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	Pittsburgh Pirates over Minnesota Twins
AL League Series (4-3)	Minnesota Twins over Boston Red Sox
AL Division Series (3-1)	Minnesota Twins over Toronto Blue Jays
AL Division Series (3-2)	Boston Red Sox over Texas Rangers

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
TEX	6.5	1060	162	5856	1713	394	74	247	607	1067	.293	.359	.512	.871
BOS	6.2	998	162	5636	1552	354	53	200	687	1099	.275	.354	.463	.818
TOR	5.8	943	162	5676	1575	357	53	228	569	1140	.277	.343	.480	.823
NYY	5.5	895	162	5785	1570	339	31	210	537	1364	.271	.333	.450	.783
DET	5.5	883	162	5746	1627	397	40	114	578	1081	.283	.349	.426	.774
SEA	5.2	848	162	5660	1507	319	34	204	611	1429	.266	.338	.443	.781
CAL	5.2	842	162	5679	1525	315	50	192	528	1318	.269	.331	.443	.774
CLE	5.1	833	162	5691	1492	306	43	125	632	1355	.262	.336	.397	.733
KCR	5.0	818	162	5738	1529	331	60	150	526	1251	.266	.328	.423	.752
BAL	4.8	776	162	5728	1563	306	50	123	459	1085	.273	.327	.408	.735
MIN	4.8	774	162	5706	1474	298	27	176	473	1339	.258	.315	.413	.728
OAK	4.6	746	162	5560	1391	307	30	142	585	1436	.250	.322	.393	.714
NOR	4.5	721	162	5687	1457	322	38	137	487	1374	.256	.315	.398	.713
CHW	4.4	706	162	5654	1418	282	37	93	483	1155	.251	.310	.363	.673
Totals	5.2	11843	2268	79802	21393	4627	620	2341	7762	17493	.268	.333	.430	.763
Average		846	162	5700	1528	330	44	167	554	1250

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CAL	4.5	730	162	4.29	1460.0	1417	8.7	506	3.1	1291	8.0	48
OAK	4.5	734	162	4.33	1441.0	1530	9.4	438	2.7	1064	6.6	43
TOR	4.6	749	162	4.31	1442.0	1384	8.5	576	3.6	1442	8.9	50
MIN	4.7	758	162	4.23	1463.3	1484	9.2	593	3.7	1280	7.9	49
BOS	5.0	815	162	4.69	1435.3	1500	9.3	480	3.0	1278	7.9	48
BAL	5.1	821	162	4.69	1453.7	1510	9.3	539	3.3	1324	8.2	53
TEX	5.1	827	162	4.72	1456.3	1471	9.1	530	3.3	1337	8.3	39
DET	5.3	865	162	5.05	1438.7	1584	9.8	564	3.5	1238	7.6	45
SEA	5.4	874	162	5.01	1437.0	1578	9.7	544	3.4	1194	7.4	45
KCR	5.6	915	162	5.01	1451.0	1603	9.9	511	3.2	981	6.1	37
NYY	5.7	920	162	5.10	1448.0	1640	10.1	541	3.3	1316	8.1	40
CHW	5.8	935	162	5.47	1445.3	1518	9.4	732	4.5	1338	8.3	33
CLE	5.8	944	162	5.30	1435.7	1574	9.7	552	3.4	1285	7.9	36
NOR	5.9	956	162	5.52	1435.0	1600	9.9	656	4.0	1125	6.9	40
Totals	5.2	11843	2268	4.84	20242.3	21393	9.4	7762	3.4	17493	7.7	606
Average		846	162		1446	1528		554		1250		43

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
TEX	99	63	-5	5	11	5	1	3	5	1.00	0.95	2,840,073	Tito Luna
OAK	82	80	3	4	6	2	2	1	9	1.04	1.10	2,445,471	Larry Pape
BAL	77	85	4	3	11	0	1	0	1	0.99	1.10	1,298,417	Steve Roy
BOS	96	66	-2	3	10	1	0	3	7	1.04	1.10	2,768,140	Shawn Martin
MIN	83	79	3	3	11	0	3	1	11	1.02	0.95	3,847,657	Jim Grimley
DET	83	79	-3	2	6	0	0	0	6	0.94	0.81	1,798,329	Nelson Casamalhuapa
TOR	98	64	-2	2	11	0	1	3	8	0.99	0.93	3,298,263	Matt Holgate
CAL	92	70	0	1	10	1	5	0	7	1.03	0.96	3,284,522	Joe Nichols
CLE	72	90	-6	1	9	0	0	0	9	1.05	0.95	1,185,994	Chris Bertrand
NYY	79	83	-4	1	12	0	0	1	10	0.99	1.03	1,294,136	Kelly McMullen
CHW	61	101	4	0	6	4	0	0	5	0.96	1.21	1,589,765	Shawn Dyllla
KCR	73	89	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	1.04	1.06	2,080,073	Phil Duncan
NOR	61	101	4	0	4	0	0	1	6	1.02	1.00	1,907,031	Greg Lubbelinkhof
SEA	79	83	3	0	5	1	0	0	10	0.91	0.91	1,380,047	Grant Hughes

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TOR	288	142.16	99.69	46.11	5.25	2.97	9.45	5.44	8.39	14.61
TEX	282	161.93	81.93	38.09	6.38	2.91	5.49	4.97	7.47	10.89
BOS	282	151.21	89.98	40.76	7.20	3.07	6.14	6.61	3.61	14.15
CAL	276	111.75	112.56	51.64	8.19	3.19	3.77	6.55	10.03	19.93
MIN	258	96.48	119.96	41.52	10.53	2.71	8.34	2.33	7.20	10.41
OAK	255	88.94	120.33	45.68	8.46	3.17	8.11	4.79	9.07	12.10
SEA	246	136.65	74.40	34.90	3.45	1.68	6.14	6.58	6.97	10.09
BAL	243	102.18	97.46	43.32	7.19	1.13	7.44	6.25	8.91	12.41
DET	240	132.28	72.53	35.15	4.54	3.58	6.49	3.74	6.51	10.30
NYY	225	125.87	70.02	29.07	7.96	3.23	6.69	1.73	6.02	3.46
KCR	219	105.05	78.14	35.77	5.48	1.90	6.70	4.10	5.15	12.46
CLE	198	102.49	63.94	31.53	7.27	1.21	3.15	5.31	5.43	9.17
NOR	195	89.12	70.37	35.47	10.38	1.93	5.80	1.62	7.69	8.07
CHW	195	88.72	65.59	40.65	10.07	3.99	4.86	5.53	5.34	10.87

League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award:	Joe Nichols	CAL	Managed the California Angels to a 92-70 record, finishing 2nd in the West Division division of the American League.
Ted Williams Batting Title:	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	.302, 45 HR, 140 RBI
Cy Young:	Bill Wilkinson	MIN	19-7, 2.69, 211.0 IP, 209 K
Rookie Of The Year:	Nomar Garciaparra	TEX	.309, 32 HR, 104 RBI

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Jeff Innis	KCR	1.000, 10 PO, 29 A, 0 E
C	Benito Santiago	MIN	.991, 1110 PO, 52 A, 10 E 40.5% (32-79) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dave Nilsson	OAK	.994, 1602 PO, 121 A, 11 E
2B	Jon Shave	NOR	.988, 284 PO, 534 A, 10 E
3B	Wilson Delgado	CLE	.961, 72 PO, 302 A, 15 E
SS	Barry Larkin	MIN	.973, 193 PO, 564 A, 21 E
LF	Al Martin	KCR	.997, 304 PO, 5 A, 1 E
CF	John Cangelosi	DET	.997, 355 PO, 4 A, 1 E
RF	Shawn Green	DET	1.000, 311 PO, 4 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

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

Batting Average

Hamilton	BAL	.334
Livingstone	DET	.334
Alfonzo	TEX	.329
Roberts	BOS	.328
Segui	TEX	.326

On-Base Pct

Horn	CLE	.416
Listach	BAL	.404
Bagwell	BOS	.402
Grace	DET	.401
Segui	TEX	.401

Slugging Pct

Garciaparra	TEX	.598
Bagwell	BOS	.588
Palmeiro	TEX	.574
Incaviglia	CAL	.572
Rodriguez	TEX	.569

OPS

Bagwell	BOS	.989
Garciaparra	TEX	.964
Bonds	CLE	.960
Rodriguez	TEX	.940
Incaviglia	CAL	.939

Bagwell	BOS	130.6
Rodriguez	TEX	125.5
Palmeiro	TEX	120.6
Incaviglia	CAL	119.6
Garciaparra	TEX	117.8

Games

Colbrunn	DET	162
Gardner	CHW	162
Coles	NYY	161
Johnson	OAK	161
Lennon	OAK	161

At-Bats

Coles	NYY	675
Hamilton	BAL	664
Lemke	BOS	660
Cedeno	CHW	658
Duncan	CAL	655

Runs

Rodriguez	TEX	138
Bagwell	BOS	124
Cangelosi	DET	123
Javier	TOR	122
Roberts	BOS	121

Hits

Hamilton	BAL	222
Roberts	BOS	207
Segui	TEX	207
Duncan	CAL	200
Cedeno	CHW	198

Total Bases

Rodriguez	TEX	360
Garciaparra	TEX	356
Palmeiro	TEX	352
Bagwell	BOS	349
Incaviglia	CAL	344

Singles

Hamilton	BAL	164
Cedeno	CHW	157
Coles	NYY	148
Segui	TEX	142
Roberts	BOS	141

Doubles

Gonzalez	NYY	64
Bagwell	BOS	53
Kent	TOR	53
Segui	TEX	52
Green	DET	51

Triples

McNeely	KCR	20
Garciaparra	TEX	14
Johnson	CHW	13
Roberts	BOS	13
Young	TOR	12

Homeruns

Incaviglia	CAL	48
Williams	TOR	47
Palmeiro	TEX	45
Cedeno	BOS	44
Bagwell	BOS	40

RBIs

Cedeno	BOS	140
Palmeiro	TEX	140
Rodriguez	TEX	136
Bagwell	BOS	135
Green	DET	135

Stolen Bases

McNeely	KCR	92
Johnson	CHW	58
Larkin	MIN	55
Knoblauch	SEA	51
Young	CAL	47

Caught Stealing

Coleman	CHW	26
McNeely	KCR	23
Johnson	CHW	17
Knoblauch	SEA	14
Cole	BAL	13

Walks

Bagwell	BOS	115
Bonds	CLE	108
Johnson	OAK	106
Anderson	BOS	105
Javier	TOR	103

Strikeouts

Kent	TOR	198
McNeely	KCR	197
Fielder	CAL	191
Sosa	NYY	190
Cedeno	BOS	186

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Wilkinson	MIN	2.69
Rogers	MIN	2.93
Fraser	TOR	3.10
Wetteland	DET	3.11
Jeffcoat	TEX	3.28

Wins

Robinson	TEX	21
Wilkinson	MIN	19
Drabek	BOS	18
Fraser	TOR	17
Holman	OAK	17

Losses

Clemens	NYY	16
Ericks	NOR	16
Gunderson	NOR	16
Guzman	KCR	16
Gooden	NYY	15

Winning Pct

Harris	TOR	.800
Fraser	TOR	.739
Wilkinson	MIN	.731
Robinson	TEX	.700
Watson	BOS	.700

Saves

Tate	BOS	40
Machado	CAL	36
Dibble	TOR	34
Mitchell	MIN	34
Shouse	OAK	34

Games Pitched

Wagner	CHW	90
Olin	NOR	87
Galvez	DET	85
Revenig	BAL	84
McElroy	CHW	83

Games Started

Stanton	BAL	39
Drabek	BOS	38
Jeffcoat	TEX	38
Montalvo	OAK	38
Pawlowski	CLE	38

Complete Games

Heredia	OAK	7
Rogers	CAL	6
Arnsberg	MIN	4
Johnson	KCR	4
Morris	OAK	4

Shutouts

Estes	CHW	3
Arnsberg	MIN	2
Fernandez	SEA	2
Montalvo	OAK	2
Rogers	CAL	2

Innings Pitched

Drabek	BOS	260.7
Jeffcoat	TEX	258.0
Montalvo	OAK	257.0
Reed	CAL	253.7
Holman	OAK	247.7

Hits Allowed

King	DET	299
Gooden	NYY	267
Reed	CAL	267
Holman	OAK	263
Fernandez	SEA	259

Homeruns Allowed

McDowell	CHW	40
Vitko	BAL	37
Dopson	SEA	36
Brantley	CLE	35
Drabek	BOS	35

Strikeouts

Palacios	CAL	253
Stanton	BAL	253
Arnsberg	MIN	237
Rogers	MIN	235
Gooden	NYY	230

Walks Allowed

Charlton	NYY	93
Arnsberg	MIN	92
Palacios	CAL	90
Stanton	BAL	88
Johnson	KCR	87

Walks per 9IP

Montalvo	OAK	0.9
Vitko	BAL	1.2
Reed	CAL	1.5
Jeffcoat	TEX	1.7
Wilkinson	MIN	1.8

Hits per 9IP

Stanton	BAL	7.0
Wetteland	DET	7.1
Arnsberg	MIN	7.8
Wilkinson	MIN	7.8
Fraser	TOR	7.9

Strikeouts per 9IP

Wetteland	DET	11.2
Stanton	BAL	11.1
Palacios	CAL	11.0
Brantley	CLE	10.2
Charlton	NYY	9.9

WHiP

Montalvo	OAK	1.03
Wilkinson	MIN	1.07
Vitko	BAL	1.11
Jeffcoat	TEX	1.12
Rogers	MIN	1.17

OAVG

Stanton	BAL	.211
Wetteland	DET	.214
Arnsberg	MIN	.229
Wilkinson	MIN	.232
Fraser	TOR	.233

OOBP

Montalvo	OAK	.262
Wilkinson	MIN	.270
Vitko	BAL	.280
Jeffcoat	TEX	.284
Rogers	MIN	.288

OSLG

Wilkinson	MIN	.308
Wetteland	DET	.321
Stanton	BAL	.325
Rogers	MIN	.328
Arnsberg	MIN	.330

OOPS

Wilkinson	MIN	.578
Rogers	MIN	.616
Wetteland	DET	.616
Montalvo	OAK	.620
Stanton	BAL	.622

League All-Stars
Jeff Bagwell	Joey Cora	Doug Drabek
Nomar Garciaparra	Jason Giambi	Shawn Green
Darryl Hamilton	Reggie Harris	Brian Holman
Pete Incaviglia	Chris James	Howard Johnson
Mark Lemke	Tom McCarthy	Charlie Mitchell
Rafael Montalvo	Steve Peters	Mike Piazza
Jeff Reed	Jeff Robinson	Alex Rodriguez
Kenny Rogers	David Segui	Bill Wilkinson
Matt Williams

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Mike Jeffcoat	TEX	$ 18,000,000
2.	Stan Javier	TOR	$ 15,000,000
3.	Howard Johnson	OAK	$ 13,525,000
4.	Willie Fraser	TOR	$ 13,000,010
5.	Al Leiter	TEX	$ 13,000,000
6.	Rick Reed	CAL	$ 12,500,000
7.	Frank Pastore	CAL	$ 12,215,000
8.	Jeff Blauser	NYY	$ 10,800,000
9.	Jeff Bagwell	BOS	$ 10,500,000
10.	Bip Roberts	BOS	$ 10,420,000
11.	Kenny Rogers	MIN	$ 10,150,000
12.	Kevin Mitchell	NYY	$ 10,000,000
	B.J. Surhoff	CAL	$ 10,000,000
	John Wetteland	DET	$ 10,000,000
	Bill Wilkinson	MIN	$ 10,000,000
16.	Jeff Robinson	TEX	$ 9,320,000
17.	Alex Fernandez	SEA	$ 9,000,000
	Vicente Palacios	CAL	$ 9,000,000
	Kal Daniels	NOR	$ 9,000,000
20.	Barry Larkin	MIN	$ 8,930,000
21.	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	$ 8,750,000
22.	Barry Bonds	CLE	$ 8,500,000
23.	Clay Parker	BAL	$ 8,100,000
24.	Rafael Montalvo	OAK	$ 8,000,000
	John Cangelosi	DET	$ 8,000,000