1989 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central
Team W L WPct GB
Baltimore 99 61 .619 --
Cleveland (A) 86 74 .538 13
Minnesota 84 76 .525 15
Tampa Bay 78 82 .488 21
East
Team W L WPct GB
Detroit 88 72 .550 --
Boston (A) 84 76 .525 4
New York (A) 73 87 .456 15
Indianapolis 57 103 .356 31
West
Team W L WPct GB
Toronto 89 71 .556 --
Kansas City 75 85 .469 14
Seattle 74 86 .463 15
Oakland 71 89 .444 18
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2) New York (N) Giants over Toronto Blue Jays
AL League Series (4-2) Toronto Blue Jays over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (4-1) Toronto Blue Jays over Cleveland (A) Indians
AL Divisional Series (4-1) Detroit Tigers over Baltimore Orioles
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
BAL 5.1 813 160 5530 1507 312 52 127 563 894 .273 .340 .417 .756
DET 5.0 797 160 5483 1452 347 30 192 476 928 .265 .324 .444 .768
TOR 4.9 785 160 5610 1475 339 36 120 523 964 .263 .326 .400 .726
KCR 4.8 764 160 5555 1470 310 31 140 545 977 .265 .330 .407 .738
MIN 4.8 762 160 5535 1445 294 34 124 525 963 .261 .325 .394 .719
BOS 4.5 723 160 5486 1392 407 28 156 475 999 .254 .313 .423 .737
CLE 4.5 722 160 5561 1490 393 30 100 441 700 .268 .322 .403 .725
NYA 4.4 710 160 5546 1429 341 25 136 530 914 .258 .322 .402 .724
TAM 4.4 708 160 5526 1414 322 24 152 478 893 .256 .315 .405 .720
OAK 4.3 680 160 5518 1417 276 31 108 472 903 .257 .315 .377 .692
SEM 3.9 616 160 5407 1263 264 37 145 512 1075 .234 .300 .377 .676
IND 3.1 494 160 5371 1178 253 35 77 458 1121 .219 .281 .322 .603
Totals 4.5 8574 1920 66128 16932 3858 393 1577 5998 11331 .256 .318 .398 .716
Average   714 160 5511 1411 322 33 131 500 944  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
TOR 4.0 633 160 3.63 1443.0 1343 8.4 439 2.7 1030 6.4 37
BAL 4.0 641 160 3.60 1436.3 1349 8.4 499 3.1 1053 6.6 51
CLE 4.2 671 160 3.94 1428.3 1329 8.3 521 3.3 1048 6.6 45
BOS 4.2 674 160 3.90 1427.0 1349 8.4 487 3.0 931 5.8 41
MIN 4.2 677 160 3.87 1429.7 1316 8.2 558 3.5 993 6.2 46
SEM 4.3 691 160 3.92 1429.0 1352 8.5 520 3.3 1083 6.8 47
IND 4.4 707 160 4.16 1419.7 1428 8.9 482 3.0 833 5.2 30
TAM 4.6 734 160 4.16 1433.3 1536 9.6 377 2.4 904 5.7 35
DET 4.7 744 160 4.33 1424.0 1328 8.3 601 3.8 929 5.8 42
NYA 4.7 752 160 4.35 1428.7 1421 8.9 542 3.4 963 6.0 37
OAK 5.1 815 160 4.80 1416.7 1502 9.4 611 3.8 957 6.0 45
KCR 5.3 842 160 4.90 1420.7 1627 10.2 468 2.9 763 4.8 44
Totals 4.5 8581 1920 4.13 17136.3 16880 8.8 6105 3.2 11487 6.0 500
Average   715 160   1428 1407   509   957   42
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DET 85 75 3 6 16 8 0 4 9 1.11 1.35 2,275,946   Pie Traynor
BOS 85 75 -1 4 11 0 2 2 12 0.94 0.91 2,237,462   Brian Rodgers
BAL 97 63 2 3 12 1 1 1 2 0.87 0.79 2,290,693   Matt Ida II
CLE 85 75 1 3 11 0 5 1 5 1.01 1.09 2,355,568   Rocco McGillicutti
TOR 96 64 -7 3 8 0 0 1 4 1.04 0.79 2,174,480   Shashank Misra
TAM 77 83 1 2 11 0 2 2 7 0.95 0.79 1,853,311   Alex Baxter
IND 55 105 2 1 6 0 0 0 17 1.06 0.98 1,704,832  
NYA 76 84 -3 1 6 0 0 0 4 1.01 0.99 1,615,181   Jason Spiegel
OAK 67 93 4 1 7 0 0 0 3 0.96 0.96 1,372,920   Mike Kolb
SEM 72 88 2 1 4 0 0 0 3 0.97 0.94 1,933,270   Peter Fletcher
KCR 73 87 2 0 11 7 0 1 6 1.06 1.22 2,166,325   Ricky Sanford
MIN 89 71 -5 0 8 1 2 1 3 1.00 0.85 1,575,924   Chris Kelsey
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
BAL 297 162.51 91.93 42.52 9.26 2.02 7.93 3.45 11.11 8.77
TOR 267 121.83 98.41 46.71 8.80 2.45 7.53 4.88 7.46 15.60
DET 264 134.46 90.08 39.42 7.34 4.15 6.61 4.02 2.53 14.78
CLE 258 117.79 94.26 45.91 6.79 3.55 5.41 4.74 10.38 15.06
MIN 252 123.83 83.84 44.28 5.29 1.87 6.05 6.61 6.69 17.79
BOS 252 122.86 89.24 39.86 7.27 2.72 6.52 5.64 7.16 10.57
TAM 234 119.12 81.81 33.02 7.72 4.51 5.56 4.90 5.24 5.11
KCR 225 132.80 62.92 29.24 7.40 2.30 5.00 2.66 2.90 8.99
SEM 222 88.09 88.77 45.10 8.02 1.13 7.18 6.47 10.87 11.43
NYA 219 108.85 75.61 34.50 8.18 3.19 4.33 2.80 3.64 12.38
OAK 213 121.30 60.28 31.38 10.44 2.68 4.04 4.35 6.96 2.94
IND 171 37.60 89.36 43.99 10.89 2.54 5.83 4.23 8.09 12.42
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Chili Davis BAL .314, 30 HR, 115 RBI
Platinum Arm: Rich Bordi CLE 19-9, 2.12, 242.3 IP, 234 K
Bronze Rookie: John Olerud KCR .305, 14 HR, 72 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Joe Beckwith CLE 1.000, 17 PO, 42 A, 0 E
C Mackey Sasser TOR .993, 682 PO, 34 A, 5 E
35.7% (20-56) Runners Thrown Out
1B Rafael Palmeiro TAM .995, 1682 PO, 155 A, 9 E
2B Willie Randolph IND .975, 289 PO, 563 A, 22 E
3B Larry Parrish DET .958, 76 PO, 265 A, 15 E
SS Steve Jeltz IND .967, 203 PO, 559 A, 26 E
LF Tim Raines MIN 1.000, 273 PO, 7 A, 0 E
CF Ellis Burks DET .987, 375 PO, 6 A, 5 E
RF Tony Gwynn IND .989, 271 PO, 3 A, 3 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
WoodsKCR.344
DavisBAL.314
GwynnIND.314
BainesCLE.313
MolitorBOS.307
On-Base Pct
DavisBAL.415
WoodsKCR.394
Clark .386
BondsSEM.383
OlerudKCR.382*
Slugging Pct
MurrayDET.538
DavisBAL.536
BondsSEM.533
ParrishDET.528
SnyderDET.523
OPS
DavisBAL.951
BondsSEM.916
MurrayDET.908
HrbekTOR.884
McGwireMIN.882
XR
DavisBAL121.7
BondsSEM116.4
MurrayDET109.4
McGwireMIN102.7
Clark 100.7
Games
OquendoNYA156
BackmanNYA155
HillSEM155
MattinglyOAK155
McGwireMIN155
At-Bats
RobertsBAL600
SnyderDET600
LarkinDET597
FordKCR596
HillSEM592
Runs
DavisBAL114
BondsSEM107
RainesMIN105
MurrayDET104
LarkinDET102
Hits
GwynnIND178
DavisBAL177
MurrayDET177
LarkinDET175
WoodsKCR175
Total Bases
MurrayDET315
SnyderDET314
DavisBAL302
BondsSEM293
HrbekTOR284
Singles
BriggsMIN142
ColemanBAL131
GwynnIND131
RobertsBAL131
WoodsKCR127
Doubles
StapletonBOS53
SnyderDET48
GraceCLE47
RayCLE47
BellCLE46
Triples
SmithBAL12
ColemanBAL10
YoungCLE10
TempletonSEM9
BondsSEM8
Homeruns
McGwireMIN42
ParrishDET39
SnyderDET34
BarfieldBOS32
BondsSEM32
RBIs
SnyderDET127
DavisBAL115
McGwireMIN113
MurrayDET113
BainesCLE111
Stolen Bases
ColemanBAL88
RainesMIN69
HallTOR59
RobertsBAL54
SmithBAL44
Caught Stealing
ColemanBAL30
RobertsBAL26
HallTOR21
SmithBAL20
CedenoDET15
Walks
Clark 119
McGwireMIN108
BondsSEM102
DavisBAL101
JeltzIND86
Strikeouts
KittleNYA168
McGwireMIN166
FordKCR154
IncavigliaTAM150
BondsSEM148
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
BordiCLE2.12
DemolaBAL2.13
HurstTOR2.30
DayleyBOS2.69
PacellaBAL2.87
Wins
DemolaBAL 22
BordiCLE 19
MitchellMIN 18
OjedaBOS 18
DeleonTOR 17
Losses
FulghamIND 19
CrawfordOAK 16
StottlemyreOAK 16
CaudillSEM 15
CharltonTOR 15
Winning Pct
DeleonTOR.895
OjedaBOS.750
SotoBOS.750
DemolaBAL.733
MitchellMIN.720
Saves
SmithCLE 38
ThigpenOAK 38
OroscoBAL 34
GrayBOS 33
HarveySEM 25
Games Pitched
HarveySEM 84
HammakerTAM 81
OroscoBAL 80
PattersonKCR 78
StantonIND 78
Games Started
BeckwithCLE 37
DayleyBOS 36
MesaTAM 36
BoggsBAL 35
BordiCLE 35
Complete Games
HoytTAM 10
BrownDET 6
BurkettIND 6
HurstTOR 6
GuzmanOAK 5
Shutouts
BordiCLE 4
BurkettIND 3
MitchellMIN 3
BrownDET 2
DeleonTOR 2
Innings Pitched
SaberhagenTOR252.3
BordiCLE242.3
JohnsonMIN241.0
DemolaBAL240.3
BrownDET234.7
Hits Allowed
HoytTAM 256
SaberhagenTOR 252
DarlingBOS 234
FulghamIND 234
MesaTAM 231
Homeruns Allowed
FulghamIND 32
CaudillSEM 30
CrawfordOAK 30
SandersonCLE 28
SchillingSEM 27
Strikeouts
JohnsonMIN 246
BordiCLE 234
WittDET 219
DayleyBOS 216
BeardMIN 206
Walks Allowed
WittDET 108
HowellBAL 104
PacellaBAL 104
GuzmanOAK 98
HenryNYA 97
Walks per 9IP
HoytTAM0.7
BordiCLE0.9
DemolaBAL1.0
SaberhagenTOR1.4
SchillingSEM1.6
Hits per 9IP
BordiCLE6.3
WittDET6.5
OjedaBOS6.8
McCullersSEM6.9
HurstTOR6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
BeardMIN9.7
McCullersSEM9.4
JohnsonMIN9.2
WittDET8.7
CaudillSEM8.7
WHiP
BordiCLE0.80
DemolaBAL0.97
HurstTOR1.00
DayleyBOS1.07
SchillingSEM1.08
OAVG
BordiCLE.195
WittDET.200
OjedaBOS.207
McCullersSEM.208
HurstTOR.209
OOBP
BordiCLE.217
DemolaBAL.251
HurstTOR.257
DayleyBOS.270
SchillingSEM.274
OSLG
McCullersSEM.300
BordiCLE.309
HurstTOR.322
DayleyBOS.325
PacellaBAL.327
OOPS
BordiCLE.526
HurstTOR.579
DemolaBAL.590
McCullersSEM.592
DayleyBOS.596
   
League All-Stars
Harold Baines Rich Bordi John Burkett
Ellis Burks Chili Davis Ken Dayley
Don Demola John Denny Jeff Gray
Mike Heath Kent Hrbek Bruce Hurst
Ken Landreaux Barry Larkin Joe Magrane
Fred McGriff Paul Molitor Eddie Murray
Bob Ojeda Larry Parrish Jack Perconte
Biff Pocoroba Dave Smith Cory Snyder
Garry Templeton  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Tony Gwynn IND $ 28,000,000  
2.    Jack Clark DET $ 27,000,110  
3.    Chili Davis BAL $ 19,000,000  
4.    Lee Mazzilli SEM $ 12,200,000  
5.    John Denny TAM $ 12,000,010  
6.    Clint Hurdle CLE $ 10,010,010  
7.    Paul Molitor BOS $ 9,170,000  
8.    Lou Whitaker CLE $ 9,000,000  
  Eddie Murray DET $ 9,000,000  
10.    Ron Kittle NYA $ 8,500,000  
  Dennis Eckersley BOS $ 8,500,000  
12.    Mike Griffin DET $ 8,250,000  
13.    Ken Dayley BOS $ 8,120,000  
14.    Ken Landreaux TOR $ 8,000,000  
  Ellis Valentine KCR $ 8,000,000  
16.    Dave Beard MIN $ 7,200,000  
  Bob Horner BAL $ 7,200,000  
18.    Rich Bordi CLE $ 7,020,000  
19.    Tim Raines MIN $ 7,000,000  
  George Brett KCR $ 7,000,000  
21.    Dickie Thon BOS $ 6,690,000  
22.    Jack Perconte KCR $ 6,250,000  
23.    Kent Hrbek TOR $ 6,000,000  
  Ryne Sandberg OAK $ 6,000,000  
25.    Dan Ford KCR $ 5,750,000  
  Paul Householder BAL $ 5,750,000  
  La Marr Hoyt TAM $ 5,750,000