AL Team Rankings through games of 10/4/98


                             TEAM BATTING 
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              AVERAGE              RUNS                    HRS 
         TEAM      AVG         TEAM         RUNS        TEAM        HRs
    Texas           0.289    Yankees         965    Seattle         234
    Yankees         0.288    Texas           940    Toronto         221
    Boston          0.280    Boston          876    Baltimore       214
    Seattle         0.276    Whitesox        861    Yankees         207
    Baltimore       0.273    Seattle         859    Boston          205
    Cleveland       0.272    Cleveland       850    Texas           201
    Anaheim         0.272    Toronto         817    Whitesox        198
    Whitesox        0.271    Baltimore       817    Cleveland       198
    Toronto         0.266    Oakland         804    Detroit         165
    Minnesota       0.266    Anaheim         787    Oakland         149
    Detroit         0.264    Minnesota       734    Anaheim         147
    Kansascity      0.263    Detroit         722    Kansascity      134
    Tampabay        0.261    Kansascity      714    Minnesota       115
    Oakland         0.257    Tampabay        620    Tampabay        111

            DOUBLES            STOLEN BASES              ERRORS
         TEAM    2Bs             TEAM         SBs         TEAM       ERR
    Boston          338      Toronto         184    Baltimore        81
    Cleveland       334      Yankees         153    Tampabay         93
    Seattle         321      Cleveland       143    Yankees          98
    Toronto         316      Kansascity      135    Boston          105
    Texas           314      Oakland         131    Anaheim         106
    Anaheim         314      Whitesox        127    Minnesota       109
    Detroit         306      Detroit         121    Cleveland       110
    Baltimore       303      Tampabay        120    Detroit         115
    Oakland         295      Seattle         115    Seattle         121
    Whitesox        291      Minnesota       112    Texas           122
    Yankees         290      Anaheim          94    Kansascity      125
    Minnesota       285      Baltimore        86    Toronto         125
    Kansascity      274      Texas            82    Whitesox        140
    Tampabay        267      Boston           72    Oakland         141


                      TEAM ON BASE and SLUGGING 
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                On Base Pct.                     Slugging PCT  
             TEAM          OBP               TEAM              SLG 
        Yankees           0.362             Seattle           0.468
        Texas             0.356             Boston            0.463
        Cleveland         0.346             Texas             0.462
        Boston            0.343             Yankees           0.460
        Baltimore         0.343             Cleveland         0.448
        Seattle           0.341             Toronto           0.448
        Whitesox          0.337             Baltimore         0.447
        Oakland           0.334             Whitesox          0.444
        Toronto           0.333             Anaheim           0.415
        Anaheim           0.332             Detroit           0.415
        Minnesota         0.326             Kansascity        0.399
        Kansascity        0.321             Oakland           0.397
        Tampabay          0.319             Minnesota         0.389
        Detroit           0.319             Tampabay          0.385


                            TEAM HITTER'S BBs & Ks
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                     WALKS                           STRIKEOUTS    
             TEAM         Walks              TEAM          Strikeouts
        Yankees             653             Baltimore           903
        Oakland             633             Minnesota           915
        Cleveland           631             Whitesox            916
        Texas               595             Kansascity          984
        Baltimore           593             Yankees            1025
        Toronto             564             Anaheim            1028
        Seattle             558             Texas              1045
        Whitesox            551             Boston             1049
        Boston              541             Cleveland          1061
        Anaheim             510             Detroit            1070
        Minnesota           506             Seattle            1081
        Kansascity          475             Tampabay           1107
        Tampabay            473             Oakland            1122
        Detroit             455             Toronto            1132


                             TEAM PITCHING 
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                  ERA          STRIKE OUTS                HRs Off
         TEAM       ERA        TEAM          Ks         TEAM        HRs
    Yankees         3.82     Seattle         1156    Yankees         156
    Boston          4.19     Toronto         1154    Texas           164
    Toronto         4.29     Anaheim         1091    Anaheim         164
    Tampabay        4.35     Yankees         1080    Boston          168
    Cleveland       4.45     Baltimore       1065    Baltimore       169
    Anaheim         4.49     Cleveland       1037    Toronto         169
    Baltimore       4.74     Boston          1025    Tampabay        171
    Minnesota       4.76     Tampabay        1008    Cleveland       171
    Oakland         4.83     Kansascity      999    Oakland         179
    Detroit         4.94     Texas           994    Minnesota       180
    Seattle         4.95     Minnesota       952    Detroit         185
    Texas           5.00     Detroit         948    Kansascity      196
    Kansascity      5.16     Oakland         922    Seattle         196
    Whitesox        5.24     Whitesox        911    Whitesox        211