AL Central by season · division · 2008
AL Central Standings 2008
American League Central, 2008: 5 teams and 812 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 167.6
- Runs / game
- 4.87
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.39
- FIP
- 4.29
- Home runs
- 846
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chicago White Sox | 89 | 74 | .546 | — | 811 | 729 | +82 | .549 | 104 | 4.06 | 41.0 |
| 2 |  Minnesota Twins | 88 | 75 | .540 | 1 | 829 | 745 | +84 | .549 | 103 | 4.29 | 32.0 |
| 3 |  Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7.5 | 805 | 761 | +44 | .526 | 105 | 4.25 | 39.8 |
| 4 |  Kansas City Royals | 75 | 87 | .463 | 13.5 | 691 | 781 | -90 | .444 | 92 | 4.49 | 25.0 |
| 5 |  Detroit Tigers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14.5 | 821 | 857 | -36 | .480 | 106 | 4.93 | 29.8 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Grady Sizemore | 745 | 134 | 6.3 |
| 2 |  Joe Mauer | 633 | 139 | 5.8 |
| 3 |  Carlos Quentin | 569 | 155 | 5.0 |
| 4 |  Curtis Granderson | 629 | 129 | 4.7 |
| 5 |  Miguel Cabrera | 684 | 130 | 3.6 |
| 6 |  Justin Morneau | 712 | 134 | 3.5 |
| 7 |  Jhonny Peralta | 664 | 113 | 3.5 |
| 8 |  Jermaine Dye | 645 | 129 | 3.3 |
| 9 |  Magglio Ordonez | 623 | 131 | 2.9 |
| 10 |  Alex Gordon | 571 | 113 | 2.9 |
| 11 |  Placido Polanco | 629 | 104 | 2.8 |
| 12 |  David DeJesus | 577 | 123 | 2.8 |
| 13 |  Casey Blake | 601 | 113 | 2.8 |
| 14 |  Alexei Ramirez | 509 | 103 | 2.1 |
| 15 |  Jim Thome | 602 | 126 | 2.1 |