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National League Standings
West Division
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Stk Last10
San Jose 96 66 .593 - 92- 70 4 52-29 44-37 9- 9 29-17 W1 5-5
Los Angeles 89 73 .549 7.0 82- 80 7 44-37 45-36 8- 5 26-12 L2 3-7
San Diego 88 74 .543 8.0 90- 72 -2 45-36 43-38 4- 7 15-19 W1 4-6
Sacramento 72 90 .444 24.0 68- 94 4 33-48 39-42 4- 9 24-23 L1 5-5
Phoenix 68 94 .420 28.0 59-103 9 29-52 39-42 6- 5 20-12 L1 3-7
Portland 67 95 .414 29.0 72- 90 -5 33-48 34-47 6-11 24-31 L1 3-7
Northeast Division
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Stk Last10
Hartford 96 66 .593 - 99-63 -3 56-25 40-41 10-5 23-23 W1 8-2
New Jersey 94 68 .580 2.0 95-67 -1 46-35 48-33 10-8 22-25 L1 7-3
Buffalo 84 78 .519 12.0 93-69 -9 47-34 37-44 11-7 21-31 W1 7-3
Pittsburgh 82 80 .506 14.0 91-71 -9 44-37 38-43 7-5 22-29 L1 5-5
Rochester 69 93 .426 27.0 72-90 -3 37-44 32-49 4-6 19-19 W2 6-4
Harrisburg 67 95 .414 29.0 65-97 2 31-50 36-45 5-7 21-25 W1 4-6
American League Standings
Southeast Division
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Stk Last10
Miami 101 61 .623 - 99- 63 2 54-27 47-34 6- 2 21-17 W1 5-5
Atlanta 92 70 .568 9.0 84- 78 8 47-34 45-36 9- 5 22-13 L1 7-3
Knoxville 89 73 .549 12.0 90- 72 -1 46-35 43-38 7- 5 18-22 L1 2-8
Washington 75 87 .463 26.0 71- 91 4 41-40 34-47 6- 8 21-18 W1 3-7
Nashville 63 99 .389 38.0 73- 89 -10 33-48 30-51 1-12 11-25 W1 7-3
Charlotte 59 103 .364 42.0 59-103 0 33-48 26-55 4- 7 21-23 W1 4-6
Central Division
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Stk Last10
Denver 105 57 .648 - 100-62 5 57-24 48-33 6-7 28-18 L1 6-4
Tucson 90 72 .556 15.0 87-75 3 44-37 46-35 9-3 23-17 W1 6-4
Memphis 80 82 .494 25.0 88-74 -8 39-42 41-40 6-9 11-22 L1 4-6
Green Bay 76 86 .469 29.0 79-83 -3 41-40 35-46 4-5 18-22 L1 5-5
Kansas City 72 90 .444 33.0 77-85 -5 41-40 31-50 5-4 21-22 L1 5-5
Grand Rapids 70 92 .432 35.0 73-89 -3 39-42 31-50 6-2 26-22 W1 6-4
Thoughts:
NL West- Los Angeles barely held onto the second place playoff spot in the season's final week, but hold on the Dodgers did. They got some help from New Jersey, which swept a 3-game series from San Diego; all three wins were by one run(5-4, 4-3, and 6-5).
NL Northeast- In the end, this division came down to a 3-game series between Hartford and New Jersey to close out the regular season. The Whalers entered the series with a 94-65 record and the host Devils came in with a 93-66 record. In the first game, Hartford rallied from a 3-2 deficit to win 7-3. The Devils pasted the Whalers, 7-0, in the second game. In the final game, New Jersey scored 6 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but that wasn't enough to overcome a 7-0 Hartford lead. With the win, the Whalers clinched their first division title in 36 years.
AL Southeast- Atlanta took 2 out 3 from Knoxville in the final week of the season to help secure its first postseason appearance since 2069.
AL Central- Denver topped 100 wins for the 4th time in the last 5 seasons. Other than that, this division was fairly boring in the final month of the season. For the sixth straight season, Denver and Tucson finished 1-2 in the divisional race. The last time someone other than those two teams reached the postseason from the Central was in 2079, when Memphis won the division(Denver finished in 2nd that year).
League News:
The National League Batter of the Month Award went to Pittsburgh's first-baseman,
James Sequeira. This is his first ever BOTM award. During the month of September,
Sequeira hit .408/.437/.673/1.110, with 6 doubles, 1 triple, 6 homeruns, 25 RBI, and 21 runs scored.
Sequeira ended the season with a .358 batting average, which ranked 3rd in the National League.
The National League Pitcher of the Month Award went to Buffalo's
Joseph Oliver. It was his second career POTM award.
Oliver made 6 starts in September, and posted a 4-0 record, a 1.34 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and had 20 strikeouts against 18 walks in 40 1/3 innings pitched.
The American League Batter of the Month Award went to Nashville's second-baseman,
Lewis Lagunas. It's the first time that
Lagunas has won a BOTM award.
Lagunas hit .368/.421/.793/1.214 in September, with 11 doubles, 1 triple, 8 homeruns, 22 RBI, and 26 runs scored.
The American League Pitcher of the Month Award went to Miami's
Christian Hokusai. This is the 7th POTM award of
Hokusai's career, and second this season(April). In 5 September starts,
Hokusai went 3-2, with a 1.06 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP, and 26 strikeouts against 9 walks in 34 innings pitched.
Hokusai's 2.34 ERA paced the American League this season.
The past month also saw Sacramento's left-fielder
Ramon Montalvo hit the 500th homerun of his career. The 34 year old slugger has a career batting line of .274/.382/.531/.913, with 2100 career hits, 311 doubles, 78 triples, 500 homeruns, 1516 RBI, 1491 runs scored, and 1327 walks. Despite the impressive career totals,
Montalvo has only been named to 2 All Star games. He was the 2072 NL Rookie of the Year, and has also won 3 Gold Glove Awards.
The biggest news of the season, however, relates to Hartford's third-baseman,
Louis Guerriero, who became just the third player in league history to win the Triple Crown.
Guerriero topped the National League in batting average(.380), homeruns(47), and RBI(176). The other two Triple Crown winners were Pittsburgh's
John Rockwood in 2041(.388 AVG, 69 HR, 176 RBI) and Hartford's
Ronald Ralston in 2045(.378 AVG, 57 HR, 144 RBI). In addition to leading the league in the Triple Crown categories,
Guerriero also led the NL in OPS(1.183), slugging percentage(.755), hits(234), doubles(78), and runs scored(132). The doubles broke the NL single season record of 68, which
Guerriero had tied just last year. He's pretty much a shoe-in for the Silver Slugger Award.
Next: The final league batting and pitching statistics.