Hunt for October - 2009

If the season ended today...
AMERICAN LEAGUENATIONAL LEAGUE
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American League East
TEAMWLPCTGBEx W-LPOFF
Tampa Bay4436.5505.094-680.0%
Complete Standings
National League East
TEAMWLPCTGBEx W-LPOFF
Philadelphia (85)3937.513--83-790.0%
Complete Standings
TAMPA BAY
Games remaining: 82 (home: 42; away: 40)
Fri, Jul 3 at TEX
Sat, Jul 4 at TEX
Sun, Jul 5 at TEX
Tue, Jul 7 vs. TOR
Wed, Jul 8 vs. TOR
Thu, Jul 9 vs. TOR
Fri, Jul 10 vs. OAK
Sat, Jul 11 vs. OAK
Sun, Jul 12 vs. OAK
Fri, Jul 17 at KAN
Remaining schedule

PHILADELPHIA
Games remaining: 86 (home: 46; away: 40)
Fri, Jul 3 vs. NYM
Sat, Jul 4 vs. NYM
Sun, Jul 5 vs. NYM
Mon, Jul 6 vs. CIN
Tue, Jul 7 vs. CIN
Wed, Jul 8 vs. CIN
Thu, Jul 9 vs. CIN
Fri, Jul 10 vs. PIT
Sat, Jul 11 vs. PIT
Sun, Jul 12 vs. PIT
Remaining schedule

American League Central
TEAMWLPCTGBEx W-LPOFF
Chicago4138.5192.583-790.0%
Complete Standings
National League Central
TEAMWLPCTGBEx W-LPOFF
Chicago3838.5002.582-800.0%
Complete Standings
CHICAGO
Games remaining: 83 (home: 41; away: 42)
Fri, Jul 3 at KAN
Sat, Jul 4 at KAN
Sun, Jul 5 at KAN
Tue, Jul 7 vs. CLE
Wed, Jul 8 vs. CLE
Thu, Jul 9 vs. CLE
Fri, Jul 10 at MIN
Sat, Jul 11 at MIN
Sun, Jul 12 at MIN
Fri, Jul 17 vs. BAL
Remaining schedule

CHICAGO
Games remaining: 86 (home: 46; away: 40)
Fri, Jul 3 vs. MIL
Sat, Jul 4 vs. MIL
Sun, Jul 5 vs. MIL
Mon, Jul 6 vs. ATL
Tue, Jul 7 vs. ATL
Wed, Jul 8 vs. ATL
Fri, Jul 10 vs. STL
Sat, Jul 11 vs. STL
Sun, Jul 12 vs. STL
Sun, Jul 12 vs. STL
Remaining schedule

American League West
TEAMWLPCTGBEx W-LPOFF
Los Angeles (85)4334.558--87-750.0%
Complete Standings
National League West
TEAMWLPCTGBEx W-LPOFF
Los Angeles (77)5029.633--102-600.0%
Complete Standings
LOS ANGELES
Games remaining: 85 (home: 45; away: 40)
Fri, Jul 3 vs. BAL
Sat, Jul 4 vs. BAL
Sun, Jul 5 vs. BAL
Mon, Jul 6 vs. TEX
Tue, Jul 7 vs. TEX
Wed, Jul 8 vs. TEX
Fri, Jul 10 vs. NYY
Sat, Jul 11 vs. NYY
Sun, Jul 12 vs. NYY
Thu, Jul 16 at OAK
Remaining schedule

LOS ANGELES
Games remaining: 83 (home: 40; away: 43)
Fri, Jul 3 at SDG
Sat, Jul 4 at SDG
Sun, Jul 5 at SDG
Tue, Jul 7 at NYM
Wed, Jul 8 at NYM
Thu, Jul 9 at NYM
Fri, Jul 10 at MIL
Sat, Jul 11 at MIL
Sun, Jul 12 at MIL
Thu, Jul 16 vs. HOU
Remaining schedule

American League Wild Card
TEAMWLPCTGBPOFF
Tampa Bay 4436.55020.0%
Complete Wild Card Standings
National League Wild Card
TEAMWLPCTGBPOFF
Milwaukee *4237.532.50.0%
Philadelphia *3937.51320.0%
Chicago Cubs 3838.50030.0%
Complete Wild Card Standings


Glossary
Ex W-L: expected win-loss record
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: Percent chance of each team making the playoffs. For an explanation of POFF and other playoff projections, go to coolstandings.com

() - Magic number to clinch
x - Clinched division title
y - Clinched wild card
z - Clinched playoff berth
* - Clinched best league record

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