2007 in Baseball - Major League Baseball Final Standings

Major League Baseball Final Standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
East Division
1st Boston Red Sox 96 66 .593 –
2nd New York Yankees† 94 68 .580 2.0
3rd Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 .512 13.0
4th Baltimore Orioles 69 93 .426 27.0
5th Tampa Bay Devil Rays 66 96 .407 30.0
Central Division
1st Cleveland Indians 96 66 .593 –
2nd Detroit Tigers 88 74 .543 8.0
3rd Minnesota Twins 79 83 .488 17.0
4th Chicago White Sox 72 90 .444 24.0
5th Kansas City Royals 69 93 .426 27.0
West Division
1st Los Angeles Angels 94 68 .580 –
2nd Seattle Mariners 88 74 .543 6.0
3rd Oakland Athletics 76 86 .469 18.0
4th Texas Rangers 75 87 .463 19.0

†Denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league. The Rockies defeated the Padres 9-8 (13) in a one-game playoff for the NL wild card.
National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
East Division
1st Philadelphia Phillies 89 73 .549 –
2nd New York Mets 88 74 .543 1.0
3rd Atlanta Braves 84 78 .519 5.0
4th Washington Nationals 73 89 .451 16.0
5th Florida Marlins 71 91 .438 18.0
Central Division
1st Chicago Cubs 85 77 .525 –
2nd Milwaukee Brewers 83 79 .512 2.0
3rd St. Louis Cardinals 78 84 .481 7.0
4th Houston Astros 73 89 .451 12.0
5th Cincinnati Reds 72 90 .444 13.0
6th Pittsburgh Pirates 68 94 .420 17.0
West Division
1st Arizona Diamondbacks 90 72 .556 –
2nd Colorado Rockies† 90 73 .552 0.5
3rd San Diego Padres 89 74 .546 1.5
4th Los Angeles Dodgers 82 80 .506 8.0
5th San Francisco Giants 71 91 .438 19.0

The 90 wins by the Diamondbacks and Rockies were the fewest to lead the NL since 1959, with the exception of the strike-shortened seasons of 1981, 1994 and 1995. No NL team won or lost 95 games for the first time since 1983.

Also, this was the second consecutive season in which no team won at least 60% of its games, the first time that this has happened in Major League Baseball history.

Read more about this topic:  2007 In Baseball

Famous quotes containing the words major, league, baseball and/or final:

    “The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.”
    —John Major (b. 1943)

    “He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you. In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth. For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild animals shall be at peace with you.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Job 5:19-23.

    “Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.”
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

    “I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to ... a total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.... I furthermore charge you to submit to me as soon as possible a draft showing the ... measures already taken for the execution of the intended final solution of the Jewish question.”
    —Hermann Goering (1893–1946)