2018 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2018 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2018

World Series Champions

Boston Red Sox

Runner Up

Los Angeles Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Mookie Betts NL: Christian Yelich

Cy Young Winners

AL: Blake Snell NL: Jacob DeGrom

Rookies of the Year

AL: Shohei Ohtani NL: Ronald Acuna

Managers of the Year

AL: Bob Melvin NL: Brian Snitker

#1 Draft Pick

Casey Mize (Detroit Tigers)

All-Star Game

Washington,District of Columbia

Teams

Players

1379

Attendance

69,649,736

Payroll

$4,141,041,635

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2018 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	8	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	818	648	170	Lost in 1st Round (Astros)	1,926,701	21	$ 137,346,173	9	Mike Chernoff	Terry Francona	Progressive Field
2	9	19	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	13.0	738	775	-37	dnq	1,959,197	20	$ 131,374,996	10	Thad Levine	Paul Molitor	Target Field
3	12	26	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	27.0	630	796	-166	dnq	1,856,970	22	$ 129,917,192	12	Alberto Avila	Ron Gardenhire	Comerica Park
4	13	28	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	62	100	.383	29.0	656	848	-192	dnq	1,608,817	25	$ 72,177,640	14	Rick Hahn	Rick Renteria	Guaranteed Rate Field
5	14	29	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	58	104	.358	33.0	638	833	-195	dnq	1,665,107	23	$ 129,967,987	11	Dayton Moore	Ned Yost	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	108	54	.667	--	876	647	229	Won World Series (Dodgers)	2,895,575	9	$ 235,649,368	1	Dave Dombrowski	Alex Cora	Fenway Park
2	3	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	100	62	.617	8.0	851	669	182	Lost in 1st Round (Red Sox)	3,482,855	2	$ 168,541,038	3	Brian Cashman	Aaron Boone	Yankee Stadium II
3	6	10	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	18.0	716	646	70	dnq	1,154,973	29	$ 78,231,049	13	Erik Neander	Kevin Cash	Tropicana Field
4	10	22	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	35.0	709	832	-123	dnq	2,325,281	13	$ 162,664,502	4	Ross Atkins	John Gibbons	Rogers Centre
5	15	30	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	47	115	.290	61.0	622	892	-270	dnq	1,564,192	27	$ 143,600,045	8	Dan Duquette	Buck Showalter	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	103	59	.636	--	797	534	263	Lost in ALCS (Red Sox)	2,980,549	8	$ 159,529,730	6	Jeff Luhnow	AJ Hinch	Minute Maid Park
2	4	4	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	6.0	813	674	139	Lost AL Wild-Card Game (Yankees)	1,573,616	26	$ 68,534,631	15	David Forst	Bob Melvin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
3	7	12	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	14.0	677	711	-34	dnq	2,299,489	14	$ 162,480,174	5	Jerry Dipoto	Scott Servais	Safeco Field
4	8	17	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	23.0	721	722	-1	dnq	3,020,216	6	$ 174,592,209	2	Billy Eppler	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
5	11	23	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	36.0	737	848	-111	dnq	2,107,107	19	$ 144,498,078	7	Jon Daniels	Jeff Banister	Globe Life Park in Arlington
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	5	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	163	96	67	.589	--	754	659	95	Lost in NLCS (Dodgers)	2,850,875	10	$ 90,237,112	14	David Stearns	Craig Counsell	Miller Park
2	2	6	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	163	95	68	.583	1.0	761	645	116	Lost NL Wild-Card Game (Rockies)	3,181,089	4	$ 183,463,459	3	Jed Hoyer	Joe Maddon	Wrigley Field
3	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	7.5	759	691	68	dnq	3,403,587	3	$ 161,005,146	5	Mike Girsch	Mike Matheny	Busch Stadium III
4	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	82	79	.509	13.0	692	693	-1	dnq	1,465,316	28	$ 87,860,654	15	Neal Huntington	Clint Hurdle	PNC Park
5	13	24	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	28.5	696	819	-123	dnq	1,629,356	24	$ 101,185,579	10	Nick Krall	Bryan Price, Jim Riggleman	Great American Ballpark
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	11	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	759	657	102	dnq	2,555,781	11	$ 120,542,785	9	Alex Anthopoulos	Brian Snitker	SunTrust Park
2	8	16	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	8.0	771	682	89	dnq	2,529,604	12	$ 181,586,759	4	Michael Rizzo	Dave Martinez	Nationals Park
3	10	18	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	10.0	677	728	-51	dnq	2,158,124	17	$ 96,848,371	12	Matt Klentak	Gabe Kapler	Citizens Bank Park
4	11	20	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	13.0	676	707	-31	dnq	2,224,995	16	$ 155,765,125	6	Sandy Alderson	Mickey Callaway	Citi field
5	15	27	Miami Marlins	T - S - R - L	161	63	98	.391	26.5	589	809	-220	dnq	811,104	30	$ 98,826,644	11	Michael Hill	Don Mattingly	Marlins Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	163	92	71	.564	--	804	610	194	Lost World Series (Red Sox)	3,857,500	1	$ 186,138,211	2	Farhan Zaidi	Dave Roberts	Dodger Stadium
2	4	9	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	163	91	72	.558	1.0	780	745	35	Lost in 1st Round (Brewers)	3,015,880	7	$ 141,339,833	7	Jeff Bridich	Bud Black	Coors Field
3	9	15	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	9.5	693	644	49	dnq	2,242,695	15	$ 132,495,446	8	Mike Hazen	Torey Lovullo	Chase Field
4	12	21	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	18.5	603	699	-96	dnq	3,156,185	5	$ 208,509,901	1	Bobby Evans	Bruce Bochy	AT&T Park
5	14	25	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	25.5	617	767	-150	dnq	2,147,000	18	$ 96,131,798	13	AJ Preller	Andy Green	Petco Park
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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