2014 Hunt For October

If the season ended today...
AMERICAN LEAGUE		NATIONAL LEAGUE
OAK / KC vs Wild Card: OAK at KC	vs DET leads season series 5-1	SF / PIT vs Wild Card: SF at PIT	vs LAD leads season series 4-3

American League Wild Card TEAM W-L PCT GB POFF WC KC (1) 87-72 .547 -- 99.9% 84.9% OAK (2) 86-73 .541 -- 99.3% 99.3% SEA (6) 84-75 .528 2 0.1% 0.1% CLE (7) 83-76 .522 3 0.1% 0.1% Complete Wild Card Standings	National League Wild Card TEAM W-L PCT GB POFF WC z-PIT 87-72 .547 -- 100.0% 66.3% y-SF 85-73 .538 -- 100.0% 100.0% Complete Wild Card Standings
American League East TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- BAL 95-64 .597 -- 97-65 100.0% Complete Standings	National League East TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- WSH 93-65 .589 -- 95-67 100.0% Complete Standings
BALTIMORE ORIOLES Games Remaining: 3 (home: 0; away: 3) Avg Win % of Opponents: .513 9/26 at Toronto Blue Jays 7:07 PM 9/27 at Toronto Blue Jays 4:07 PM 9/28 at Toronto Blue Jays 1:07 PM Remaining Schedule	WASHINGTON NATIONALS Games Remaining: 4 (home: 4; away: 0) Avg Win % of Opponents: .483 9/26 vs Miami Marlins 1:05 PM 9/26 vs Miami Marlins 7:05 PM 9/27 vs Miami Marlins 4:05 PM Remaining Schedule
American League Central TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF z- DET (2) 89-70 .560 -- 91-71 100.0% KC 87-72 .547 2 89-73 99.9% CLE 83-76 .522 6 85-77 0.1% Complete Standings	National League Central TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF z- STL (3) 88-71 .553 -- 90-72 100.0% z- PIT 87-72 .547 1 89-73 100.0% Complete Standings
DETROIT TIGERS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 3; away: 0) Avg Win % of Opponents: .428 9/26 vs Minnesota Twins 7:08 PM 9/27 vs Minnesota Twins 7:08 PM 9/28 vs Minnesota Twins 1:08 PM Remaining Schedule KANSAS CITY ROYALS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 0; away: 3) Avg Win % of Opponents: .453 9/26 at Chicago White Sox 8:10 PM 9/27 at Chicago White Sox 7:10 PM 9/28 at Chicago White Sox 2:10 PM Remaining Schedule CLEVELAND INDIANS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 3; away: 0) Avg Win % of Opponents: .478 9/26 vs Tampa Bay Rays 7:05 PM 9/27 vs Tampa Bay Rays 6:05 PM 9/28 vs Tampa Bay Rays 1:05 PM Remaining Schedule	ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 0; away: 3) Avg Win % of Opponents: .396 9/26 at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40 PM 9/27 at Arizona Diamondbacks 8:10 PM 9/28 at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:10 PM Remaining Schedule PITTSBURGH PIRATES Games Remaining: 3 (home: 0; away: 3) Avg Win % of Opponents: .475 9/26 at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 PM 9/27 at Cincinnati Reds 1:05 PM 9/28 at Cincinnati Reds 1:10 PM Remaining Schedule
American League West TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- LAA 98-61 .616 -- 100-62 100.0% OAK 86-73 .541 12 88-74 99.3% Complete Standings	National League West TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- LAD 91-68 .572 -- 93-69 100.0% y- SF 85-73 .538 5.5 87-75 100.0% Complete Standings
LOS ANGELES ANGELS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 0; away: 3) Avg Win % of Opponents: .528 9/26 at Seattle Mariners 10:10 PM 9/27 at Seattle Mariners 9:10 PM 9/28 at Seattle Mariners 4:10 PM Remaining Schedule OAKLAND ATHLETICS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 0; away: 3) Avg Win % of Opponents: .415 9/26 at Texas Rangers 8:05 PM 9/27 at Texas Rangers 8:05 PM 9/28 at Texas Rangers 3:05 PM Remaining Schedule	LOS ANGELES DODGERS Games Remaining: 3 (home: 3; away: 0) Avg Win % of Opponents: .415 9/26 vs Colorado Rockies 10:10 PM 9/27 vs Colorado Rockies 9:10 PM 9/28 vs Colorado Rockies 4:10 PM Remaining Schedule SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Games Remaining: 4 (home: 4; away: 0) Avg Win % of Opponents: .481 9/25 vs San Diego Padres 10:15 PM 9/26 vs San Diego Padres 10:15 PM 9/27 vs San Diego Padres 4:05 PM 9/28 vs San Diego Padres 4:05 PM Remaining Schedule

Glossary

• W: Wins
• L: Losses
• PCT: Winning percentage
• GB: Games back

• ExWL: Expected W-L - This is derived from Bill James' Pythagorean theorem of baseball:Runs scored [squared]/(Runs scored [squared] + runs allowed [squared]) and applied to each team's remaining games. This formula was designed to relate a team's runs scored and runs allowed to its won-lost record.
• POFF: % chance of making the playoffs
• WC: % chance of winning the Wild Card
• For an explanation of POFF, WC, and other playoff projections, go to coolstandings.com

• x - Clinched Division
• y - Clinched Wild Card
• z - Clinched Playoff Berth
• * - Clinched Best League Record