AL Central by season · division · 2012
AL Central Standings 2012
American League Central, 2012: 5 teams and 810 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 138.8
- Runs / game
- 4.34
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.35
- FIP
- 4.21
- Home runs
- 775
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 726 | 670 | +56 | .537 | 109 | 3.73 | 41.7 |
| 2 |  Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 | 748 | 676 | +72 | .546 | 97 | 4.07 | 29.6 |
| 3 |  Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 16 | 676 | 746 | -70 | .455 | 96 | 4.37 | 26.1 |
| 4 |  Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | .420 | 20 | 667 | 845 | -178 | .393 | 98 | 4.78 | 21.4 |
| 5 |  Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 22 | 701 | 832 | -131 | .422 | 97 | 4.71 | 19.9 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Miguel Cabrera | 697 | 168 | 7.7 |
| 2 |  Prince Fielder | 690 | 155 | 5.3 |
| 3 |  Austin Jackson | 617 | 137 | 4.8 |
| 4 |  Joe Mauer | 641 | 140 | 4.7 |
| 5 |  Josh Willingham | 615 | 144 | 4.2 |
| 6 |  Shin-Soo Choo | 686 | 134 | 4.1 |
| 7 |  A.J. Pierzynski | 520 | 116 | 4.0 |
| 8 |  Alex Gordon | 721 | 128 | 3.7 |
| 9 |  Billy Butler | 679 | 142 | 3.6 |
| 10 |  Alcides Escobar | 648 | 99 | 3.4 |
| 11 |  Alex Rios | 640 | 123 | 3.4 |
| 12 |  Asdrúbal Cabrera | 616 | 115 | 3.4 |
| 13 |  Carlos Santana | 609 | 124 | 3.2 |
| 14 |  Jason Kipnis | 672 | 103 | 3.1 |
| 15 |  Alejandro De Aza | 585 | 104 | 2.9 |