AL by season · league · 2008
AL Standings 2008
American League, 2008: 14 teams and 2,268 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 461.0
- Runs / game
- 4.78
- wRC+
- 101
- ERA
- 4.33
- FIP
- 4.31
- Home runs
- 2,262
Standings
Broken out by division within each league. Every column sorts.
sorted by PCT descending
American League
East
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tampa Bay Rays | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 774 | 671 | +103 | .565 | 106 | 3.86 | 38.3 |
| 2 |  Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 2 | 845 | 694 | +151 | .589 | 118 | 3.98 | 49.7 |
| 3 |  New York Yankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 | 789 | 727 | +62 | .537 | 106 | 4.26 | 42.8 |
| 4 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 714 | 610 | +104 | .572 | 97 | 3.49 | 36.4 |
| 5 |  Baltimore Orioles | 68 | 93 | .422 | 28.5 | 782 | 869 | -87 | .452 | 101 | 5.11 | 19.2 |
Central
| # | 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 |
West
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Los Angeles Angels | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 765 | 697 | +68 | .542 | 93 | 4.00 | 29.8 |
| 2 |  Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 21 | 901 | 967 | -66 | .468 | 113 | 5.42 | 36.8 |
| 3 |  Oakland Athletics | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24.5 | 646 | 690 | -44 | .470 | 87 | 3.89 | 22.9 |
| 4 |  Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101 | .377 | 39 | 671 | 811 | -140 | .414 | 89 | 4.68 | 17.5 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manny Ramirez | 654 | 168 | 6.5 |
| 2 |  Grady Sizemore | 745 | 134 | 6.3 |
| 3 |  Alex Rodriguez | 594 | 155 | 6.0 |
| 4 |  Josh Hamilton | 704 | 133 | 5.8 |
| 5 |  Joe Mauer | 633 | 139 | 5.8 |
| 6 |  Dustin Pedroia | 726 | 131 | 5.5 |
| 7 |  Nick Markakis | 697 | 142 | 5.1 |
| 8 |  Kevin Youkilis | 621 | 151 | 5.0 |
| 9 |  Carlos Quentin | 569 | 155 | 5.0 |
| 10 |  Brian Roberts | 704 | 123 | 5.0 |
| 11 |  Ian Kinsler | 583 | 134 | 4.9 |
| 12 |  Curtis Granderson | 629 | 129 | 4.7 |
| 13 |  Milton Bradley | 510 | 160 | 4.2 |
| 14 |  Aubrey Huff | 661 | 138 | 4.0 |
| 15 |  B.J. Upton | 640 | 118 | 3.9 |