2008 National League (NL) Expanded Standings

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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 -
Other: New Debuts - Final year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

Here you go, Karl.

National League Eastern Division

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs  Strk|  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500| L10   L20   L30
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 PHI  92  70  .568   ---   ---  W 3| 4.9  4.2  92-70    0 |41-31 27-16 20-12  4-11|48-33 44-37  6-7  27-23 60-48 32-22 43-46 49-24| 7-3  14-6  19-11 
 NYM  89  73  .549   3.0   3.0  L 1| 4.9  4.4  89-73    0 |40-32 20-20 20-15  9-6 |48-33 41-40  9-9  16-19 55-52 34-21 46-38 43-35| 4-6  10-10 16-14 
 FLA  84  77  .522   7.5  12.0  W 1| 4.8  4.8  81-81    3 |40-31 19-20 20-16  5-10|45-36 39-41  9-5  24-19 61-56 23-21 43-41 41-36| 5-5  12-8  17-13 
 ATL  72  90  .444  20.0  49.5  L 1| 4.6  4.8  78-84   -6 |31-41 13-28 20-14  8-7 |43-38 29-52  3-10 11-30 52-57 20-33 45-57 27-33| 5-5  10-10 14-16 
 WSN  59 102  .366  32.5  99.5  L 4| 4.0  5.1  63-98   -4 |27-44 15-25  9-23  8-10|34-46 25-56  7-7  20-29 37-66 22-36 29-68 30-34| 1-9   5-15 13-17

National League Central Division

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs  Strk|  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500| L10   L20   L30
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 CHC  97  64  .602   ---   ---  L 1| 5.3  4.2  97-64    0 |20-12 48-33 23-10  6-9 |55-26 42-38 10-6  24-22 66-48 31-16 51-42 46-22| 5-5  12-8  16-14 
 MIL  90  72  .556   7.5   7.5  W 1| 4.6  4.3  86-76    4 |16-19 47-32 20-13  7-8 |49-32 41-40 12-8  28-17 57-52 33-20 41-48 49-24| 6-4   8-12 13-17 
 HOU  86  75  .534  11.0  14.5  W 1| 4.4  4.6  77-84    9 |17-15 43-35 19-14  7-11|47-33 39-42  5-3  21-21 60-55 26-20 43-46 43-29| 6-4  12-8  20-10 
 STL  86  76  .531  11.5  16.0  W 6| 4.8  4.5  86-76    0 |22-14 36-41 21-13  7-8 |46-35 40-41  6-12 24-28 59-47 27-29 43-44 43-32| 7-3  10-10 13-17 
 CIN  74  88  .457  23.5  64.0  L 5| 4.3  4.9  71-91    3 |19-17 31-47 15-18  9-6 |43-38 31-50  9-8  28-20 44-63 30-25 51-64 23-24| 4-6  11-9  16-14 
 PIT  67  95  .414  30.5  99.0  W 1| 4.5  5.5  66-96    1 |15-17 32-49 14-20  6-9 |39-42 28-53 12-6  22-21 53-67 14-28 40-70 27-25| 3-7   7-13 10-20

National League Western Division

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs  Strk|  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500| L10   L20   L30
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 LAD  84  78  .519   ---   ---  L 1| 4.3  4.0  86-76   -2 |16-18 23-18 40-32  5-10|48-33 36-45  6-12 19-24 53-57 31-21 37-41 47-37| 5-5  12-8  19-11 
 ARI  82  80  .506   2.0   2.0  W 3| 4.4  4.4  81-81    1 |15-21 17-22 44-28  6-9 |48-33 34-47  4-6  22-23 54-60 28-20 28-44 54-36| 6-4  11-9  14-16 
 COL  74  88  .457  10.0  18.0  L 3| 4.6  5.1  73-89    1 |15-21 21-18 31-41  7-8 |43-38 31-50  6-6  25-20 48-67 26-21 37-56 37-32| 5-5   7-13 13-17 
 SFG  72  90  .444  12.0  24.0  W 1| 4.0  4.7  69-93    3 |19-13 11-29 36-36  6-12|37-44 35-46 10-5  31-21 56-59 16-31 33-55 39-35| 4-6  10-10 14-16 
 SDP  63  99  .389  21.0  60.0  L 1| 3.9  4.7  67-95   -4 |15-16 16-25 29-43  3-15|35-46 28-53  6-8  16-28 43-62 20-37 34-57 29-42| 5-5   9-11 13-17

National League Wild Card

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs  Strk|  R   RA  pythW-L Luck|vEast vCent vWest Inter| Home  Road ExInn 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500| L10   L20   L30
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 CHC  97  64  .602   ---   ---  L 1| 5.3  4.2  97-64    0 |20-12 48-33 23-10  6-9 |55-26 42-38 10-6  24-22 66-48 31-16 51-42 46-22| 5-5  12-8  16-14 
 PHI  92  70  .568   ---   ---  W 3| 4.9  4.2  92-70    0 |41-31 27-16 20-12  4-11|48-33 44-37  6-7  27-23 60-48 32-22 43-46 49-24| 7-3  14-6  19-11 
 MIL  90  72  .556   ---   ---  W 1| 4.6  4.3  86-76    4 |16-19 47-32 20-13  7-8 |49-32 41-40 12-8  28-17 57-52 33-20 41-48 49-24| 6-4   8-12 13-17 
 NYM  89  73  .549   1.0   1.0  L 1| 4.9  4.4  89-73    0 |40-32 20-20 20-15  9-6 |48-33 41-40  9-9  16-19 55-52 34-21 46-38 43-35| 4-6  10-10 16-14 
 HOU  86  75  .534   3.5   6.0  W 1| 4.4  4.6  77-84    9 |17-15 43-35 19-14  7-11|47-33 39-42  5-3  21-21 60-55 26-20 43-46 43-29| 6-4  12-8  20-10 
 STL  86  76  .531   4.0   7.5  W 6| 4.8  4.5  86-76    0 |22-14 36-41 21-13  7-8 |46-35 40-41  6-12 24-28 59-47 27-29 43-44 43-32| 7-3  10-10 13-17 
 FLA  84  77  .522   5.5  13.5  W 1| 4.8  4.8  81-81    3 |40-31 19-20 20-16  5-10|45-36 39-41  9-5  24-19 61-56 23-21 43-41 41-36| 5-5  12-8  17-13 
 LAD  84  78  .519   6.0  16.0  L 1| 4.3  4.0  86-76   -2 |16-18 23-18 40-32  5-10|48-33 36-45  6-12 19-24 53-57 31-21 37-41 47-37| 5-5  12-8  19-11 
 ARI  82  80  .506   8.0  26.0  W 3| 4.4  4.4  81-81    1 |15-21 17-22 44-28  6-9 |48-33 34-47  4-6  22-23 54-60 28-20 28-44 54-36| 6-4  11-9  14-16 
 COL  74  88  .457  16.0  74.0  L 3| 4.6  5.1  73-89    1 |15-21 21-18 31-41  7-8 |43-38 31-50  6-6  25-20 48-67 26-21 37-56 37-32| 5-5   7-13 13-17 
 CIN  74  88  .457  16.0  74.0  L 5| 4.3  4.9  71-91    3 |19-17 31-47 15-18  9-6 |43-38 31-50  9-8  28-20 44-63 30-25 51-64 23-24| 4-6  11-9  16-14 
 ATL  72  90  .444  18.0  90.0  L 1| 4.6  4.8  78-84   -6 |31-41 13-28 20-14  8-7 |43-38 29-52  3-10 11-30 52-57 20-33 45-57 27-33| 5-5  10-10 14-16 
 SFG  72  90  .444  18.0  90.0  W 1| 4.0  4.7  69-93    3 |19-13 11-29 36-36  6-12|37-44 35-46 10-5  31-21 56-59 16-31 33-55 39-35| 4-6  10-10 14-16 
 PIT  67  95  .414  23.0 140.0  W 1| 4.5  5.5  66-96    1 |15-17 32-49 14-20  6-9 |39-42 28-53 12-6  22-21 53-67 14-28 40-70 27-25| 3-7   7-13 10-20 
 SDP  63  99  .389  27.0 184.0  L 1| 3.9  4.7  67-95   -4 |15-16 16-25 29-43  3-15|35-46 28-53  6-8  16-28 43-62 20-37 34-57 29-42| 5-5   9-11 13-17 
 WSN  59 102  .366  30.5 226.0  L 4| 4.0  5.1  63-98   -4 |27-44 15-25  9-23  8-10|34-46 25-56  7-7  20-29 37-66 22-36 29-68 30-34| 1-9   5-15 13-17

Head-to-Head Records (read across for wins and down the columns for losses)

     |AvgOppRec|ATL FLA NYM PHI WSN|CHC CIN HOU MIL PIT STL|ARI COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ATL|   80-81 | --  10  11   4   6|  0   3   3   3   2   2|  5   4   4   5   2|LAA:2-1,OAK:2-1,SEA:2-1,TEX:1-2,TOR:1-2
  FLA|   79-82 |  8  --   8  10  14|  3   2   4   5   3   2|  7   3   3   4   3|KCR:1-2,OAK:1-2,SEA:2-1,TBR:1-5
  NYM|   78-83 |  7  10  --  11  12|  2   4   2   4   4   4|  3   6   4   2   5|LAA:2-1,NYY:4-2,SEA:1-2,TEX:2-1
  PHI|   79-82 | 14   8   7  --  12|  4   5   4   5   4   5|  4   5   4   4   3|BOS:1-2,LAA:0-3,OAK:1-2,TEX:1-2,TOR:1-2
  WSN|   81-80 | 12   3   6   6  --|  3   3   2   2   4   1|  2   3   3   1   0|BAL:3-3,LAA:1-2,MIN:0-3,SEA:3-0,TEX:1-2
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHC|   79-82 |  6   4   4   3   3| --   8   8   9  14   9|  4   5   5   5   4|BAL:1-2,CHW:3-3,TBR:0-3,TOR:2-1
  CIN|   82-79 |  3   6   3   3   4|  7  --   3  10   6   5|  4   1   1   4   5|BOS:1-2,CLE:5-1,NYY:2-1,TOR:1-2
  HOU|   80-80 |  3   2   5   3   4|  9  12  --   7   8   7|  2   3   4   3   7|BAL:0-3,BOS:2-1,NYY:0-3,TBR:2-1,TEX:3-3
  MIL|   79-82 |  6   1   2   1   6|  7   8   8  --  14  10|  5   3   2   4   6|BAL:2-1,BOS:0-3,MIN:2-4,TOR:3-0
  PIT|   82-79 |  5   2   3   2   3|  4   9   8   1  --  10|  3   2   2   3   4|BAL:1-2,CHW:0-3,NYY:2-1,TBR:1-2,TOR:2-1
  STL|   80-81 |  5   5   3   4   5|  6  10   8   5   7  --|  4   4   4   6   3|BOS:2-1,DET:1-2,KCR:2-4,TBR:2-1
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ARI|   77-84 |  3   2   3   3   4|  2   2   4   2   4   3| --  15   8  10  11|BOS:1-2,DET:2-1,KCR:1-2,MIN:0-3,OAK:2-1
  COL|   78-83 |  3   5   3   0   4|  1   5   3   4   5   3|  3  --   8   9  11|CHW:2-1,CLE:3-0,DET:0-3,KCR:0-3,MIN:2-1
  LAD|   78-83 |  2   4   3   4   3|  2   7   3   4   5   2| 10  10  --  11   9|CHW:1-2,CLE:1-2,DET:0-3,LAA:3-3
  SDP|   79-82 |  1   2   5   2   5|  2   3   3   3   4   1|  8   9   7  --   5|CLE:1-2,DET:1-2,MIN:0-3,NYY:0-3,SEA:1-5
  SFG|   78-83 |  5   3   1   3   7|  3   1   1   0   2   4|  7   7   9  13  --|CHW:0-3,CLE:2-1,DET:1-2,KCR:1-2,OAK:2-4
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |AvgOppRec|ATL FLA NYM PHI WSN|CHC CIN HOU MIL PIT STL|ARI COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records

Head-to-Head Run Scoring (read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed)

     |ATL FLA NYM PHI WSN|CHC CIN HOU MIL PIT STL|ARI COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ATL| --  95  89  80  82| 18  36  30  25  36  31| 43  39  26  31  28|LAA:14-8,OAK:12-9,SEA:15-17,TEX:14-14,TOR:9-10
  FLA| 87  --  72  92 106| 24  45  38  25  26  18| 30  59  24  27  29|KCR:16-19,OAK:13-18,SEA:18-9,TBR:21-41
  NYM| 74  83  --  89 105| 26  42  26  33  26  50| 30  38  39  22  35|LAA:15-16,NYY:38-25,SEA:10-18,TEX:18-11
  PHI|105  84  74  --  92| 33  31  43  33  25  46| 39  50  43  18  26|BOS:12-12,LAA:5-16,OAK:6-10,TEX:16-19,TOR:18-15
  WSN|101  72  76  69  --| 23  29  30  22  34  20| 17  34  20  19  13|BAL:18-25,LAA:10-15,MIN:6-22,SEA:18-10,TEX:10-21
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHC| 49  35  41  24  30| --  76  78  94 131  66| 28  37  19  44  32|BAL:16-22,CHW:31-32,TBR:9-16,TOR:15-9
  CIN| 25  56  41  27  27| 74  --  48  82  63  58| 18  20  25  38  48|BOS:7-16,CLE:28-20,NYY:11-6,TOR:8-26
  HOU| 27  20  31  26  24| 60  84  --  70  75  58| 26  25  33  33  51|BAL:11-15,BOS:15-18,NYY:5-23,TBR:10-9,TEX:28-34
  MIL| 28  10  25  16  39| 72  73  80  --  94  74| 41  33  23  21  49|BAL:15-13,BOS:16-23,MIN:21-34,TOR:20-11
  PIT| 32  23  34  21  39| 73  68  70  41  -- 104| 25  27  31  35  39|BAL:18-21,CHW:15-37,NYY:16-17,TBR:12-17,TOR:12-11
  STL| 59  25  33  28  32| 62  84  57  54  94  --| 42  30  25  51  34|BOS:17-12,DET:17-15,KCR:20-23,TBR:15-15
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ARI| 44  26  31  40  22| 24  17  40  26  30  27| -- 112  73  85  80|BOS:6-11,DET:10-6,KCR:7-20,MIN:6-18,OAK:14-17
  COL| 32  54  23  21  42| 30  39  28  31  43  28| 64  --  81  85  85|CHW:11-8,CLE:20-7,DET:10-18,KCR:9-19,MIN:11-8
  LAD| 11  42  27  27  18| 18  41  23  31  49  19| 90  97  --  94  69|CHW:6-8,CLE:10-16,DET:11-22,LAA:17-18
  SDP| 17  27  26  19  36| 26  38  25  23  26  28| 75  92  61  --  59|CLE:16-19,DET:14-14,MIN:7-16,NYY:6-18,SEA:16-29
  SFG| 29  28  22  29  38| 29  29  28  18  29  33| 66  69  61  65  --|CHW:9-18,CLE:8-7,DET:11-18,KCR:22-20,OAK:17-19
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |ATL FLA NYM PHI WSN|CHC CIN HOU MIL PIT STL|ARI COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records

Games Left to Play (read across for home games and down the columns for road games)

     |AvgOppRec|Interleague Records
+----+---------+-------------------+
+----+---------+-------------------+
     |AvgOppRec|Interleague Records

Please note that these remaining games may be missing a few rescheduled games if a date has not yet been set.

Glossary

GBs - Summed Games Back. This was developed by John Dewan of Acta Sports (who publishes a lot of really good baseball books, BTW). He introduced this in a Stat of the Week™. The idea is that you add up how far behind the team is for every team ahead of it in the standings. For example, say the Mets lead the NL EAST with the Braves one game back and the Phillies six back. The Braves are only one game back of the Mets, so GBs=1.0 for them. For the Phillies they are six back of the Mets and five back of the Braves, so their GBs=11.0. It probably isn't a perfect measure of a team's difficulty of getting into first place, but it is likely a better measure than just plain old GB. Note that for the wild card this becomes a bit of a mess, but in this calculation we exclude the current division leaders, to give you a number for just the teams in the current wild card race.
R - Runs scored per game
RA - Runs allowed per game
pythW-L - Pythagorean Win-Loss created by Bill James this estimates a team's Win-Loss record by the runs scored and runs allowed. This is typically more accurate for predicting a team's future record than their actual win-loss record.
Luck - The difference between the team's actual wins and the team's pythagorean wins.
Home - Record in home games.
Road - Record in road games.
ExInn - Record in Extra-inning games.
1-Run - Record in one-run games.
vs.RH - Record in games where the opposing starter was right-handed.
vs.LH - Record in games where the opposing starter was left-handed.
≥.500 - Record in games where the opposing team has a record at or above .500. This is based on the opposing team's record for the entire season.
<.500 - Record in games where the opposing team has a record under .500. This is based on the opposing team's record for the entire season.
L10 - Record in their last 10 games.
L20 - Record in their last 20 games.
L30 - Record in their last 30 games.

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