Final Run Differentials; ERA Leaders for Statis-Pro AL Season

The Boston Red Sox led AL Statis-Pro in offense with 5.30 runs per game, and the Houston Astros led in defense (3.25 runs per game) and run differential (+1.70), yet both trail their ALDS best of seven series two games to none. Meanwhile, Corey Kluber won the Cy Young with a 12-3 mark and 0.74 ERA, with an ERA half that of Cy Young runner-up Chris Sale (11-4, 1.49 ERA). (see Game Log here)

Because teams get credit for winning a "series" three games to none when they win by at least 5 runs, and credit for a 2 games to 1 win for anything closer, the teams actually played 20 games each but the record reflects 60 games. However, the last place team in each division is dropped after 15 games, so the Tigers, Blue Jays and Rangers completed fewer games.

Team	Wins	Losses	Win%	Runs/9 Inn	Allowed/9	Difference
Houston	37	23	0.617	4.95	3.25	1.70
Cleveland	38	22	0.633	5.20	3.60	1.60
New York	38	22	0.633	5.05	3.50	1.55
Boston	36	24	0.600	5.30	3.95	1.35
Chicago	34	26	0.567	5.15	4.20	0.95
Seattle	31	29	0.517	3.95	4.05	-0.10
Minnesota	29	31	0.483	4.35	4.45	-0.10
Oakland	29	31	0.483	3.70	4.00	-0.30
Kansas City	26	34	0.433	3.80	4.55	-0.75
Los Angeles	25	35	0.417	3.70	4.60	-0.90
Baltimore	27	33	0.450	2.90	4.45	-1.55
Detroit	16	29	0.356	4.40	6.13	-1.73
Tampa Bay	22	38	0.367	3.80	5.70	-1.90
Texas	16	29	0.356	3.73	6.07	-2.33
Toronto	13	29	0.310	3.14	6.29	-3.14
AL Average	420	435	0.491	4.24	4.50	-0.26

The following are the top 10 ERAs in the AL Statis-Pro season, followed by all other starter ERAs grouped by team. The Records are actually the team's records during the starts based on the three-game series match explained above. The ERAs are also approximations, as we do not take the time to actually calculate all stats. Rather, we take the average runs scored by the opponent in each of their starts, and then deduct 7% from that figure since that is the average number of runs in baseball that are unearned.

Rnk	Top 10 ERAs	Wins	Losses	ERA	Team	Qualify
1	Kluber	12	3	0.74	Cleveland	Yes
2	Richards	8	7	1.30	Los Angeles	Yes
3	Sale	11	4	1.49	Boston	Yes
4	Keuchel	10	5	1.67	Houston	Yes
5	Severino	10	5	1.86	New York	Yes
6	Sabathia	10	3	2.09	New York	Yes
7	Duffy	10	5	2.23	Kansas City	Yes
8	Giolito	9	6	2.23	Chicago	Yes
9	Hernandez	9	6	2.42	Seattle	Yes
10	Mengden	7	8	2.42	Oakland	Yes
Rnk	All Others by Team
19	Bundy	5	7	3.26	Baltimore	Yes
	Cashmire	1	2	1.86	Baltimore	No
11	Cashner	6	3	2.48	Baltimore	Yes
32	Cobb	6	9	4.28	Baltimore	Yes
	Estrada	2	1	4.65	Baltimore	No
	Gausman	3	3	2.79	Baltimore	No
	Ramirez	1	5	8.37	Baltimore	No
	Snell	1	2	5.58	Baltimore	No
27	Ynoa	5	4	4.03	Baltimore	Yes
	Eovaldi	2	1	2.79	Boston	No
	Pomeranz	3	3	6.51	Boston	No
46	Porcello	7	5	6.05	Boston	Yes
20	Price	8	7	3.35	Boston	Yes
16	Rodriguez	5	4	3.10	Boston	Yes
	Fulmer	1	2	5.58	Chicago	No
	Leake	3	0	2.79	Chicago	No
17	Lopez	9	3	3.26	Chicago	Yes
25	Santiago	8	4	3.72	Chicago	Yes
49	Shields	4	11	6.14	Chicago	Yes
29	Bauer	8	7	4.09	Cleveland	Yes
43	Carrasco	6	9	5.58	Cleveland	Yes
21	Clevenger	11	4	2.98	Cleveland	Yes
					Cleveland	No
57	Fiers	2	10	7.21	Detroit	Yes
36	Fulmer	3	9	4.42	Detroit	Yes
47	Liriano	7	5	6.05	Detroit	Yes
41	Norris	4	5	4.96	Detroit	Yes
22	Cole	10	5	3.53	Houston	Yes
15	Morton	8	7	2.98	Houston	Yes
26	Verlander	9	6	3.91	Houston	Yes
	Fillmyer	1	2	2.79	Kansas City	No
45	Hammell	2	7	5.89	Kansas City	Yes
35	Junis	5	7	4.42	Kansas City	Yes
	Keller	4	2	3.72	Kansas City	No
48	Kennedy	5	7	6.05	Kansas City	Yes
	Skoglund	1	2	0.93	Kansas City	No
	Meyer	2	1	2.79	Los Angeles	No
40	Ohtani	4	11	4.84	Los Angeles	Yes
37	Shoemaker	8	7	4.65	Los Angeles	Yes
55	Skaggs	3	9	7.21	Los Angeles	Yes
	Barrios	1	2	3.72	Minnesota	No
18	Berrios	7	5	3.26	Minnesota	Yes
30	Gibson	7	8	4.09	Minnesota	Yes
50	Odiorizzi	3	6	6.20	Minnesota	Yes
	Odorizzi	2	4	4.19	Minnesota	No
24	Santana	9	6	3.72	Minnesota	Yes
	Cole	2	1	0.93	New York	No
28	Gray	4	5	4.03	New York	Yes
	Lynn	4	2	1.86	New York	No
39	Montgomery	6	3	4.65	New York	Yes
	Tanaka	2	1	4.65	New York	No
38	Graveman	7	8	4.65	Oakland	Yes
23	Manaea	8	7	3.53	Oakland	Yes
31	Triggs	7	8	4.28	Oakland	Yes
59	Gonzalez	3	6	7.44	Seattle	Yes
12	Leake	8	7	2.79	Seattle	Yes
	LeBlanc	2	4	6.05	Seattle	No
14	Paxton	9	6	2.98	Seattle	Yes
53	Andriese	3	6	6.82	Tampa Bay	Yes
13	Archer	5	4	2.79	Tampa Bay	Yes
	Castillo	3	3	2.33	Tampa Bay	No
54	Faria	4	11	7.07	Tampa Bay	Yes
42	Snell	3	6	4.96	Tampa Bay	Yes
	Stanek	3	3	4.65	Tampa Bay	No
	Yarbrough	1	2	8.37	Tampa Bay	No
	Butler	0	3	10.23	Texas	No
58	Fister	4	8	7.44	Texas	Yes
	Hamel	1	2	6.51	Texas	No
	Kansas City	1	2	5.58	Texas	No
33	Moore	6	3	4.34	Texas	Yes
44	Perez	3	9	5.81	Texas	Yes
52	Happ	4	8	6.74	Texas-NY	Yes
	Bundy	1	2	5.58	Toronto	No
51	Estrada	3	6	6.51	Toronto	Yes
56	Sanchez	3	9	7.21	Toronto	Yes
34	Stroman	2	7	4.34	Toronto	Yes