2015 Hunt For October

If the season ended today...
AMERICAN LEAGUE		NATIONAL LEAGUE
HOU / NYY vs Wild Card: HOU at NYY	vs TOR leads season series 4-2	CHC / PIT vs Wild Card: CHC at PIT	vs NYM leads season series 4-3

American League East TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- TOR 93-69 .574 -- 93-69 100.0% y- NYY 87-75 .537 6 87-75 100.0% Complete Standings	National League East TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- NYM 90-72 .556 -- 90-72 100.0% Complete Standings
American League Central TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF *- KC 95-67 .586 -- 95-67 100.0% Complete Standings	National League Central TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF *- STL 100-62 .617 -- 100-62 100.0% y- PIT 98-64 .605 2 98-64 100.0% y- CHC 97-65 .599 3 97-65 100.0% Complete Standings
American League West TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- TEX 88-74 .543 -- 88-74 100.0% y- HOU 86-76 .531 2 86-76 100.0% Complete Standings	National League West TEAM W-L PCT GB ExWL POFF x- LAD 92-70 .568 -- 92-70 100.0% Complete Standings
American League Wild Card TEAM W-L PCT GB POFF WC y-NYY 87-75 .537 +1 100.0% 100.0% y-HOU 86-76 .531 -- 100.0% 100.0% Complete Wild Card Standings	National League Wild Card TEAM W-L PCT GB POFF WC y-PIT 98-64 .605 +1 100.0% 100.0% y-CHC 97-65 .599 -- 100.0% 100.0% Complete Wild Card 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