Posted September 30, 2012
Pennant Race Standings: September 30
Standings updated through all the games of Sunday, September 30; Postseason Odds last updated Sunday morning.
NOTE: For the remainder of the regular season, Hit and Run will have a daily post updating the standings relevant to the postseason races. The positive numbers under Games Behind for the wild-card leaders indicate their lead over the third-place team in the race, or how far they are from being knocked out of a playoff spot. The Elimination Number (E#) column indicates the total number of the given team’s losses and leading team’s wins needed to eliminate that team from the race (essentially the reverse of a magic number). The magic number of the leading team is the elimination number of the second-place team. Postseason Odds are from ClayDavenport.com and will be updated in the mornings only.
p = clinched playoff spot
d = clinched division title
| AL East |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| p-Yankees |
92-67 |
.579 |
- |
- |
65.7 |
| p-Orioles |
92-67 |
.579 |
- |
- |
34.1 |
| Rays |
88-71 |
.553 |
4.0 |
E |
- |
|
| AL Central |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| Tigers |
86-73 |
.541 |
- |
- |
95.1 |
| White Sox |
83-76 |
.522 |
3.0 |
1 |
4.9 |
|
| AL West |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| p-Rangers |
93-66 |
.585 |
- |
- |
94.7 |
| Athletics |
91-68 |
.572 |
2.0 |
2 |
5.3 |
| Angels |
88-71 |
.553 |
5.0 |
E |
0.0 |
|
| AL Wild-Card |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| p-Orioles |
92-67 |
.579 |
+4.0 |
- |
61.9 |
| p-Yankees |
92-67 |
.579 |
+4.0 |
- |
33.6 |
| Athletics |
91-68 |
.572 |
- |
- |
85.7 |
| Angels |
88-71 |
.553 |
3.0 |
1 |
6.8 |
| Rays |
88-71 |
.553 |
3.0 |
1 |
6.7 |
|
| AL Home-field Advantage Throughout Playoffs |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| Rangers |
92-66 |
.582 |
- |
- |
n/a |
| Yankees/Orioles |
92-67 |
.579 |
0.5 |
5 |
n/a |
|
If the season ended today:
- The Orioles would host the Yankees in a one-game playoff to determine the AL East Champion on Thursday, Oct. 4.
- Thursday’s loser would host the A’s in the wild-card game on Friday, Oct. 5.
- The wild-card game winner would open at home against the Rangers in the Division Series.
- The Tigers would open at home against the AL East Champion in the other Division Series.
| NL East |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| p-Nationals |
96-63 |
.604 |
- |
- |
99.6 |
| p-Braves |
93-66 |
.585 |
3.0 |
1 |
0.4 |
|
| NL Central |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| d-Reds |
96-63 |
.604 |
- |
- |
100.0 |
|
| NL West |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| d-Giants |
93-66 |
.585 |
- |
- |
100.0 |
|
| NL Wild-Card |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| p-Braves |
93-66 |
.585 |
+10.5 |
- |
99.6 |
| Cardinals |
86-73 |
.541 |
- |
- |
93.0 |
| Dodgers |
83-75 |
.525 |
2.5 |
2 |
6.8 |
| Brewers |
81-78 |
.509 |
5.0 |
E |
- |
|
| NL Home-field Advantage Throughout Playoffs |
| Team |
W-L |
Pct. |
GB |
E# |
Odds |
| Nationals |
96-63 |
.604 |
- |
- |
n/a |
| Reds |
96-63 |
.604 |
- |
4 |
n/a |
| Giants |
93-66 |
.585 |
3.0 |
1 |
n/a |
|
If the season ended today:
- The Braves would host the Cardinals in the wild-card game.
- The wild-card winner would open at home against the Nationals in the Division Series (the Nationals own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Reds for homefield advantage).
- The Giants would open at home against the Reds in the other Division Series.
Tiebreakers: A two-way tie for first place in a division or the second wild-card spot would be decided by a single playoff game on Thursday, October 4. A two-way tie for homefield advantage would be decided by head-to-head winning percentage. For details on other tiebreak scenarios look here.
