AL Central by season · division · 2009
AL Central Standings 2009
American League Central, 2009: 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
- 147.9
- Runs / game
- 4.61
- wRC+
- 100
- ERA
- 4.55
- FIP
- 4.41
- Home runs
- 867
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Minnesota Twins | 87 | 76 | .534 | — | 817 | 765 | +52 | .530 | 104 | 4.55 | 32.8 |
| 2 |  Detroit Tigers | 86 | 77 | .528 | 1 | 743 | 745 | -2 | .499 | 98 | 4.21 | 27.8 |
| 3 |  Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 7.5 | 724 | 732 | -8 | .495 | 98 | 4.17 | 31.7 |
| 4 |  Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | .401 | 21.5 | 686 | 842 | -156 | .407 | 88 | 4.81 | 23.5 |
| 5 |  Cleveland Indians | 65 | 97 | .401 | 21.5 | 773 | 865 | -92 | .449 | 108 | 4.98 | 32.1 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Joe Mauer | 606 | 171 | 7.8 |
| 2 |  Victor Martinez | 672 | 139 | 5.1 |
| 3 |  Shin-Soo Choo | 685 | 145 | 5.0 |
| 4 |  Miguel Cabrera | 685 | 150 | 4.9 |
| 5 |  Asdrúbal Cabrera | 581 | 121 | 3.8 |
| 6 |  Curtis Granderson | 710 | 106 | 3.6 |
| 7 |  Denard Span | 676 | 117 | 3.5 |
| 8 |  Alberto Callaspo | 634 | 113 | 3.3 |
| 9 |  Michael Cuddyer | 650 | 125 | 3.2 |
| 10 |  Jason Kubel | 578 | 135 | 3.2 |
| 11 |  Justin Morneau | 590 | 127 | 3.0 |
| 12 |  Billy Butler | 672 | 124 | 3.0 |
| 13 |  Grady Sizemore | 503 | 117 | 2.5 |
| 14 |  Alexei Ramirez | 606 | 91 | 2.3 |
| 15 |  Paul Konerko | 621 | 122 | 2.3 |