AL Central by season · division · 2026
AL Central Standings 2026
American League Central, 2026: 5 teams and 800 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 162.3
- Runs / game
- 4.45
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.17
- FIP
- 4.20
- Home runs
- 879
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cleveland Guardians | 84 | 76 | .525 | — | 665 | 659 | +6 | .504 | 92 | 3.70 | 34.2 |
| 2 |  Chicago White Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 1 | 766 | 709 | +57 | .535 | 106 | 4.03 | 35.6 |
| 3 |  Minnesota Twins | 76 | 84 | .475 | 8 | 731 | 787 | -56 | .466 | 102 | 4.54 | 31.5 |
| 4 |  Detroit Tigers | 75 | 85 | .469 | 9 | 717 | 645 | +72 | .548 | 103 | 3.83 | 37.7 |
| 5 |  Kansas City Royals | 68 | 92 | .425 | 16 | 682 | 797 | -115 | .429 | 94 | 4.75 | 23.3 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kevin McGonigle | 699 | 131 | 5.6 |
| 2 |  Miguel Vargas | 699 | 135 | 5.5 |
| 3 |  Bobby Witt Jr. | 624 | 115 | 5.0 |
| 4 |  Chase Meidroth | 641 | 117 | 4.0 |
| 5 |  Riley Greene | 584 | 140 | 3.8 |
| 6 |  Luke Keaschall | 611 | 122 | 3.6 |
| 7 |  Carter Jensen | 598 | 110 | 3.4 |
| 8 |  Jac Caglianone | 545 | 122 | 3.2 |
| 9 |  Munetaka Murakami | 544 | 133 | 3.2 |
| 10 |  Dillon Dingler | 603 | 108 | 3.1 |
| 11 |  Sam Antonacci | 549 | 121 | 3.0 |
| 12 |  Chase DeLauter | 554 | 127 | 2.9 |
| 13 |  Steven Kwan | 632 | 109 | 2.6 |
| 14 |  Travis Bazzana | 509 | 105 | 2.5 |
| 15 |  Brooks Lee | 623 | 101 | 2.5 |