AL Central by season · division · 2026
AL Central Standings 2026
American League Central, 2026: 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
- 163.8
- Runs / game
- 4.45
- wRC+
- 100
- ERA
- 4.18
- FIP
- 4.21
- Home runs
- 893
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cleveland Guardians | 85 | 77 | .525 | — | 678 | 667 | +11 | .507 | 93 | 3.71 | 34.9 |
| 2 |  Chicago White Sox | 84 | 78 | .519 | 1 | 776 | 720 | +56 | .534 | 105 | 4.05 | 35.9 |
| 3 |  Minnesota Twins | 77 | 85 | .475 | 8 | 739 | 797 | -58 | .465 | 103 | 4.53 | 32.0 |
| 4 |  Detroit Tigers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 9 | 723 | 652 | +71 | .547 | 103 | 3.83 | 37.8 |
| 5 |  Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 16 | 690 | 810 | -120 | .427 | 94 | 4.75 | 23.2 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kevin McGonigle | 707 | 132 | 5.8 |
| 2 |  Miguel Vargas | 704 | 135 | 5.6 |
| 3 |  Bobby Witt Jr. | 632 | 114 | 4.9 |
| 4 |  Chase Meidroth | 643 | 118 | 4.0 |
| 5 |  Luke Keaschall | 620 | 125 | 3.9 |
| 6 |  Riley Greene | 592 | 138 | 3.7 |
| 7 |  Carter Jensen | 603 | 112 | 3.5 |
| 8 |  Jac Caglianone | 553 | 124 | 3.4 |
| 9 |  Sam Antonacci | 557 | 122 | 3.2 |
| 10 |  Dillon Dingler | 607 | 108 | 3.1 |
| 11 |  Munetaka Murakami | 553 | 130 | 3.1 |
| 12 |  Chase DeLauter | 559 | 128 | 3.0 |
| 13 |  Steven Kwan | 637 | 112 | 2.8 |
| 14 |  Travis Bazzana | 517 | 107 | 2.7 |
| 15 |  Brayan Rocchio | 592 | 95 | 2.6 |