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League Standings Minor League Standings

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AL East
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Des Moines	77	67	.535	--
Texas	71	73	.493	6
Chicago (A)	71	73	.493	6
Kansas City	65	79	.451	12

AL West
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Detroit	95	49	.660	--
Miami	88	56	.611	7
Washington	75	69	.521	20
Pittsburgh	41	103	.285	54

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Des Moines Diesel over Dublin Dragons
AL League Series (4-3)	Des Moines Diesel over Detroit Disciples

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MIA	5.0	720	144	4939	1313	205	63	181	342	1155	.266	.313	.443	.756
DET	4.9	707	144	4922	1237	166	32	228	447	1465	.251	.314	.437	.751
WSH	4.2	599	144	4783	1105	179	44	199	399	1451	.231	.290	.412	.702
DSM	4.1	589	144	4821	1144	188	29	138	500	1366	.237	.309	.374	.683
CHA	4.0	573	144	4867	1124	196	28	141	442	1496	.231	.295	.370	.665
TEX	4.0	571	144	4816	1116	182	56	112	431	1054	.232	.295	.363	.657
KCL	3.7	538	144	4811	1097	164	49	140	364	1480	.228	.282	.370	.652
PIT	2.8	401	144	4751	965	167	34	47	290	1499	.203	.249	.282	.531
Totals	4.1	4698	1152	38710	9101	1447	335	1186	3215	10966	.235	.294	.382	.675
Average		587	144	4839	1138	181	42	148	402	1371

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
DET	3.0	437	144	2.71	1307.3	1001	7.0	324	2.3	1502	10.4	12
TEX	3.8	542	144	3.21	1294.0	1125	7.8	429	3.0	1281	8.9	12
MIA	3.8	544	144	3.41	1289.7	1172	8.1	308	2.1	1491	10.4	10
DSM	3.8	546	144	3.31	1299.3	1136	7.9	387	2.7	1504	10.4	17
WSH	4.0	571	144	3.48	1289.7	1078	7.5	383	2.7	1427	9.9	6
CHA	4.2	602	144	3.55	1302.3	1137	7.9	415	2.9	1240	8.6	24
KCL	4.7	671	144	4.14	1281.7	1209	8.4	493	3.4	1223	8.5	11
PIT	5.0	718	144	4.59	1268.0	1179	8.2	550	3.8	1254	8.7	4
Totals	4.0	4631	1152	3.54	10332.0	9037	7.8	3289	2.9	10922	9.5	96
Average		579	144		1291	1130		411		1365		12

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
DET	102	42	-7	5	13	3	3	3	11	1.06	1.39	2,954,391	Dan Bacon
MIA	90	54	-2	5	12	2	2	0	17	1.17	1.41	2,641,938	Fred Lloyd
WSH	75	69	0	4	10	0	1	3	10	0.94	0.83	1,382,841	Joshua Neveln
TEX	75	69	-4	3	21	3	2	3	23	1.04	0.94	2,353,357	Robert McMeen
CHA	69	75	2	2	10	0	1	0	11	0.90	0.86	1,844,605	Jack Burnham Jr.
DSM	77	67	0	2	7	3	0	0	4	0.94	0.76	2,707,933	Ross Grooters
KCL	58	86	7	1	7	1	0	1	5	0.96	0.97	1,046,135	Katerina Ehas
PIT	37	107	4	0	5	0	1	0	10	0.98	0.79	1,078,448	Chuck Gibson

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DET	285	129.98	112.15	42.84	6.82	5.73	8.97	6.08	5.32	9.92
MIA	264	132.51	95.62	35.84	4.41	3.63	5.21	6.84	6.36	9.39
DSM	231	111.58	87.82	31.57	6.44	1.40	4.68	5.54	6.29	7.23
WSH	225	116.92	75.61	32.43	2.97	0.73	4.66	4.79	5.21	14.08
TEX	213	91.44	85.71	35.79	5.36	1.02	2.96	3.48	9.06	13.94
CHA	213	114.00	69.00	29.97	6.53	2.42	3.07	3.87	6.12	7.97
KCL	195	110.05	54.29	30.63	6.40	2.13	3.67	5.75	5.93	6.77
PIT	123	52.06	39.51	31.40	8.73	2.56	3.83	4.33	2.78	9.19

League Award Winners
Manager of the Year Award:	Ross Grooters	DSM	Managed the Des Moines Diesel to a 77-67 record, finishing 1st in the AL East division of the AL. Defeated Dublin Dragons in the World Championship 4 games to 2.
Outstanding Batter Award:	John Acree	DET	.349, 43 HR, 123 RBI
Outstanding Pitcher Award:	Ronald Mahood	CHA	17-11, 1.35, 301.0 IP, 273 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Charlie Wulff	WSH	11-8, 3.50, 185.0 IP, 227 K
Post Season MVP Award:	Terry Turner	DSM	.393, 0 HR, 8 RBI

Slick Fielder Award Winners

P	Richard Allain	KCL	.985, 11 PO, 53 A, 1 E
C	Pat Moran	PIT	.995, 1047 PO, 66 A, 6 E 30.8% (48-156) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Kitty Bransfield	PIT	.994, 918 PO, 64 A, 6 E
2B	Shad Barry	CHA	.943, 273 PO, 383 A, 40 E
3B	William Shortt	CHA	.949, 62 PO, 199 A, 14 E
SS	Bobby Buteau	CHA	.958, 145 PO, 428 A, 25 E
LF	Peter Daughtery	PIT	.986, 207 PO, 9 A, 3 E
CF	Michael Brown	MIA	.985, 260 PO, 5 A, 4 E
RF	George Gephart	DET	1.000, 171 PO, 6 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Acree	DET	.349
Green		.331
Chance	MIA	.329
Donahue	MIA	.296
Parent	DSM	.296

On-Base Pct

Acree	DET	.408
Chance	MIA	.402
Green		.376
Linscott	CHA	.374
Rickman	DSM	.371

Slugging Pct

Acree	DET	.698
Brown	MIA	.696
Steward	WSH	.639
Vanderhoff	DET	.637
Robertson	DET	.551

OPS

Acree	DET	1.106
Brown	MIA	1.052
Steward	WSH	.982
Vanderhoff	DET	.963
Chance	MIA	.910

Acree	DET	127.2
Brown	MIA	116.6
Steward	WSH	103.4
Vanderhoff	DET	103.0
Chance	MIA	102.0

Games

Daughtery	PIT	141
Green		141
Farrell		140
Crolius	PIT	139
Palos	MIA	137

At-Bats

Green		562
Farrell		546
Crolius	PIT	535
Lajoie		531
Chance	MIA	523

Runs

Acree	DET	107
Vanderhoff	DET	104
Steward	WSH	101
Brown	MIA	99
Chance	MIA	96

Hits

Green		186
Acree	DET	178
Chance	MIA	172
Crolius	PIT	154
Farrell		152

Total Bases

Acree	DET	356
Brown	MIA	341
Steward	WSH	321
Vanderhoff	DET	316
Green		270

Singles

Green		134
Mayer		125
Farrell		118
Chance	MIA	117
Crolius	PIT	115

Doubles

Linscott	CHA	34
Parent	DSM	33
Acree	DET	29
Barry	CHA	29
Chance	MIA	29

Triples

Green		14
Chance	MIA	13
Brown	MIA	11
Acree	DET	10
Donahue	MIA	10

Homeruns

Vanderhoff	DET	58
Steward	WSH	53
Brown	MIA	52
Robertson	DET	49
Acree	DET	43

RBIs

Vanderhoff	DET	132
Brown	MIA	129
Acree	DET	123
Steward	WSH	117
Robertson	DET	108

Stolen Bases

Chance	MIA	65
Donahue	MIA	61
Parent	DSM	53
Bresnahan	TEX	47
Green		43

Caught Stealing

Chance	MIA	31
Green		31
Parent	DSM	19
Lajoie		18
Donahue	MIA	15

Walks

Linscott	CHA	74
Thurman	DSM	68
Duley	CHA	67
Nathan	DSM	63
Rickman	DSM	61

Strikeouts

Daughtery	PIT	253
Vanderhoff	DET	231
Robertson	DET	222
Palos	MIA	216
Walker	WSH	212

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Mahood	CHA	1.35
Wicker	TEX	1.94
Lawson	DET	2.02
Hahn	WSH	2.11
Hopper	DET	2.35

Wins

Lawson	DET	25
Hopper	DET	22
Brunelle	WSH	21
Newton	MIA	20
Nick	DSM	20

Losses

Leak	PIT	24
Dineen	PIT	20
Donahue	KCL	18
Waddell	PIT	18
Piatt	TEX	16

Winning Pct

Mifflin	MIA	.826
Hettinger	DET	.762
Lawson	DET	.735
Hopper	DET	.688
Powell	TEX	.667

Saves

Mikula	CHA	10
Peppers	CHA	9
Van Zandt	DSM	8
Moten	DET	7
Scotti	MIA	7

Games Pitched

Peppers	CHA	63
Salazar	CHA	49
Nick	DSM	40
Piatt	TEX	39
Brunelle	WSH	37

Games Started

Nick	DSM	40
Piatt	TEX	39
Brunelle	WSH	37
Hahn	WSH	37
Mahood	CHA	37

Complete Games

Hahn	WSH	31
Hopper	DET	29
Newton	MIA	29
Brunelle	WSH	28
Piatt	TEX	28

Shutouts

Hopper	DET	7
Mahood	CHA	6
Wicker	TEX	6
Lawson	DET	5
Hahn	WSH	4

Innings Pitched

Piatt	TEX	333.7
Nick	DSM	332.7
Lawson	DET	316.3
Hahn	WSH	316.0
Brunelle	WSH	312.3

Hits Allowed

Nick	DSM	308
Piatt	TEX	299
Donahue	KCL	272
Allain	KCL	257
Patterson	MIA	255

Homeruns Allowed

Leak	PIT	55
Waddell	PIT	52
Donahue	KCL	51
Tannehill	DET	48
Mathewson		40

Strikeouts

Brunelle	WSH	407
Hahn	WSH	392
Lawson	DET	388
Maio	DSM	366
Newton	MIA	357

Walks Allowed

Waddell	PIT	127
Leak	PIT	122
Piatt	TEX	114
Carter	KCL	108
Lawson	DET	102

Walks per 9IP

Mahood	CHA	0.7
Hopper	DET	1.1
Patterson	MIA	1.2
Mathewson		1.3
Mifflin	MIA	1.3

Hits per 9IP

Mahood	CHA	5.7
Lawson	DET	6.0
Hahn	WSH	6.1
Warford	KCL	6.4
Harvey	CHA	6.5

Strikeouts per 9IP

Williams	DSM	12.3
Brunelle	WSH	11.7
Warford	KCL	11.6
Case		11.6
Mathewson		11.4

WHiP

Mahood	CHA	0.72
Hahn	WSH	0.88
Hopper	DET	0.92
Maio	DSM	0.98
Lawson	DET	0.99

OAVG

Mahood	CHA	.181
Lawson	DET	.189
Hahn	WSH	.189
Brunelle	WSH	.200
Wulff		.201

OOBP

Mahood	CHA	.210
Hahn	WSH	.236
Hopper	DET	.247
Maio	DSM	.251
Lawson	DET	.256

OSLG

Mahood	CHA	.244
Lawson	DET	.264
Wicker	TEX	.280
Hahn	WSH	.281
Hettinger	DET	.296

OOPS

Mahood	CHA	.453
Hahn	WSH	.517
Lawson	DET	.519
Wicker	TEX	.563
Harvey	CHA	.572

League All-Stars
John Acree	Michael Brown	Frank Chance
Sam Crawford	Jiggs Donahue	Nathan Gambrel
Raymond Geil	Danny Green	Noodles Hahn
Fredrick Hettinger	Anthony Hopper	George Jefferies
Bill Keister	William Linscott	Ronald Mahood
Woodrow Palmer	Wiley Piatt	Timothy Robertson
Michael Savoy	David Steward	Jim Vanderhoff
Bob Wicker

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Christy Mathewson	MIA	$ 16,000,000
2.	Nap Lajoie	DET	$ 11,120,000
3.	Mike Donlin	DET	$ 10,940,000
4.	John McGraw	TEX	$ 9,500,000
5.	Red Donahue	KCL	$ 9,300,000
6.	Danny Green	TEX	$ 9,000,000
	Ginger Beaumont	WSH	$ 9,000,000
	Elmer Flick	KCL	$ 9,000,000
9.	Frank Chance	MIA	$ 8,200,000
10.	Sammy Strang	TEX	$ 8,000,000
11.	Noodles Hahn	WSH	$ 7,670,000
12.	Topsy Hartsel	PIT	$ 7,500,000
13.	Wiley Piatt	TEX	$ 7,140,000
14.	Zaza Harvey	CHA	$ 7,000,000
15.	Michael Brown	MIA	$ 6,750,000
16.	Ed McFarland	KCL	$ 6,500,000
17.	Roger Bresnahan	TEX	$ 5,560,000
18.	Roy Patterson	MIA	$ 5,550,000
19.	Dustin Wilber	WSH	$ 5,507,143
20.	Rube Waddell	PIT	$ 5,350,000
21.	John Farrell	TEX	$ 5,290,000
22.	Jesse Tannehill	DET	$ 5,000,000
23.	Chick Stahl	CHA	$ 4,940,000
24.	Doc Newton	MIA	$ 4,610,000
25.	Mal Eason	TEX	$ 4,500,000
	Tom McCreery	KCL	$ 4,500,000
	Todd Ferreira	TEX	$ 4,500,000