Final 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 y-KC 89-73 .549 -- 100.0% 100.0% y-OAK 88-74 .543 -- 100.0% 100.0% Complete Wild Card Standings	National League Wild Card TEAM W-L PCT GB POFF WC y-SF 88-74 .543 -- 100.0% 100.0% y-PIT 88-74 .543 -- 100.0% 100.0% Complete Wild Card Standings
American League East TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- BAL 96-66 .593 -- 96-66 100.0% Complete Standings	National League East TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF *- WSH 96-66 .593 -- 96-66 100.0% Complete Standings
American League Central TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- DET 90-72 .556 -- 90-72 100.0% y- KC 89-73 .549 1 89-73 100.0% Complete Standings	National League Central TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- STL 90-72 .556 -- 90-72 100.0% y- PIT 88-74 .543 2 88-74 100.0% Complete Standings
American League West TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF *- LAA 98-64 .605 -- 98-64 100.0% y- OAK 88-74 .543 10 88-74 100.0% Complete Standings	National League West TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- LAD 94-68 .580 -- 94-68 100.0% y- SF 88-74 .543 6 88-74 100.0% Complete Standings

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