1962 American League Stats

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1962 American League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	96-66 (0.593)	-	817	680	94-68 (0.583)	99-63 (0.611)	1,493,574	51.2	29.8	2.9	18.4
2	Minnesota Twins	91-71 (0.562)	5.0	798	713	89-73 (0.551)	97-65 (0.599)	1,433,116	49.1	22.6	4.4	22.1
3	Los Angeles Angels	86-76 (0.531)	10.0	718	706	82-80 (0.508)	79-83 (0.488)	1,144,063	31.6	18.0	1.0	12.6
4	Detroit Tigers	85-76 (0.528)	10.5	758	692	88-74 (0.542)	87-75 (0.537)	1,207,881	39.1	21.3	-4.0	21.7
5	Chicago White Sox	85-77 (0.525)	11.0	707	658	86-76 (0.533)	83-79 (0.512)	1,131,562	35.6	16.7	1.1	17.7
6	Cleveland Indians	80-82 (0.494)	16.0	682	745	74-88 (0.460)	74-88 (0.457)	716,076	26.9	11.7	5.1	10.1
7	Baltimore Orioles	77-85 (0.475)	19.0	652	680	78-84 (0.481)	80-82 (0.494)	790,254	32.9	14.2	1.8	16.9
8	Boston Red Sox	76-84 (0.475)	19.0	707	756	76-86 (0.469)	74-88 (0.457)	733,080	27.0	13.2	1.5	12.3
9	Kansas City Athletics	72-90 (0.444)	24.0	745	837	72-90 (0.447)	64-98 (0.395)	635,675	16.8	13.5	1.7	1.6
10	Washington Senators	60-101 (0.373)	35.5	599	716	68-94 (0.419)	72-90 (0.444)	729,775	24.9	6.5	3.4	15.0

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	30	8.9	8.3	123	502	121	15	1	30	122	9	0	112.808	0.486	0.605
2	Norm Siebern	KC1	1B	28	6.7	7.3	162	719	185	25	6	25	110	3	1	119.642	0.412	0.495
3	Rocky Colavito	DET	LF	28	6.0	7.1	161	707	164	30	2	37	96	2	0	109.321	0.371	0.514
4	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	LF	26	6.0	5.3	155	666	134	21	1	48	106	1	2	107.784	0.366	0.545
5	Norm Cash	DET	1B	28	5.7	6.8	148	629	123	16	2	39	104	6	3	100.451	0.382	0.513
6	Floyd Robinson	CHA	LF	26	5.6	5.5	156	684	187	45	10	11	72	4	2	101.180	0.384	0.475
7	Roger Maris	NYA	RF	27	5.2	5.4	157	687	151	34	1	33	87	1	0	97.114	0.356	0.485
8	Joe Cunningham	CHA	1B	30	5.2	3.8	149	652	155	32	7	8	101	3	3	94.900	0.410	0.428
9	Al Kaline	DET	RF	27	5.2	5.9	100	452	121	16	6	29	47	4	0	80.214	0.376	0.593
10	Pete Runnels	BOS	1B	34	5.0	3.7	152	650	183	33	5	10	79	3	4	100.054	0.408	0.456
11	Bob Allison	MIN	RF	27	5.0	5.3	149	613	138	24	8	29	84	8	5	93.934	0.370	0.511
12	Lee Thomas	LAA	1B	26	4.7	2.6	160	652	169	21	2	26	55	6	1	87.942	0.355	0.467
13	Brooks Robinson	BAL	3B	25	4.7	6.6	162	697	192	29	9	23	42	3	1	91.668	0.342	0.486
14	Leon Wagner	LAA	LF	28	4.5	4.1	160	678	164	21	5	37	50	7	5	89.266	0.326	0.500
15	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	LF	22	4.5	5.0	160	719	191	43	6	19	66	7	4	99.903	0.363	0.469
16	Jim Gentile	BAL	1B	28	4.3	3.0	152	639	137	21	1	33	77	1	0	85.290	0.346	0.475
17	Chuck Hinton	WS2	RF	28	4.2	4.2	151	598	168	25	6	17	47	28	10	82.408	0.361	0.472
18	Rich Rollins	MIN	3B	24	4.2	4.4	159	721	186	23	5	16	75	3	1	94.296	0.374	0.428
19	Tom Tresh	NYA	SS	23	4.1	3.3	157	712	178	26	5	20	67	4	8	91.319	0.359	0.441
20	John Romano	CLE	C	27	3.9	4.3	135	548	120	19	3	25	73	0	1	77.095	0.363	0.479
21	Al Smith	CHA	3B	34	3.8	2.9	142	575	149	23	8	16	57	3	3	78.857	0.363	0.462
22	Ed Charles	KC1	3B	29	3.6	4.8	147	604	154	24	7	17	54	20	4	78.894	0.356	0.454
23	Lou Clinton	BOS	RF	24	3.4	3.5	114	436	117	24	10	18	34	2	1	66.556	0.349	0.540
24	Lenny Green	MIN	CF	29	3.4	3.9	158	724	168	33	3	14	88	8	4	88.882	0.367	0.402
25	Chuck Essegian	CLE	LF	30	3.1	3.2	106	391	92	12	0	21	42	0	0	57.454	0.363	0.497
26	Woodie Held	CLE	SS	30	3.0	3.3	139	555	116	12	2	19	73	5	1	68.516	0.362	0.406
27	Bill Bruton	DET	CF	36	3.0	4.0	147	633	156	27	5	16	55	14	7	75.775	0.346	0.430
28	Jackie Brandt	BAL	CF	28	2.9	3.2	143	570	129	29	5	19	55	9	3	67.609	0.330	0.446
29	Bobby Richardson	NYA	2B	26	2.9	3.7	161	754	209	38	5	8	37	11	9	80.095	0.337	0.406
30	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	31	2.9	-0.5	140	524	129	16	6	23	36	0	1	64.986	0.325	0.473
31	Albie Pearson	LAA	CF	27	2.8	3.0	160	718	160	29	6	5	95	15	6	76.353	0.360	0.352
32	Elston Howard	NYA	C	33	2.7	3.6	136	538	138	23	5	21	31	1	1	64.040	0.318	0.474
33	Billy Moran	LAA	2B	28	2.7	4.6	160	721	186	25	3	17	39	5	1	73.965	0.324	0.407
34	Al Luplow	CLE	LF	23	2.6	2.7	97	362	88	15	3	14	36	1	0	50.632	0.359	0.475
35	Clete Boyer	NYA	3B	25	2.5	7.9	158	633	154	24	1	18	51	3	2	68.899	0.331	0.413
36	Jerry Lumpe	KC1	2B	29	2.4	2.8	156	700	193	34	10	10	44	0	2	81.694	0.342	0.432
37	Eddie Bressoud	BOS	SS	30	2.4	4.7	153	657	166	40	9	14	46	2	3	76.307	0.329	0.444
38	Manny Jimenez	KC1	LF	25	2.2	2.0	139	528	144	24	2	11	31	0	1	64.995	0.354	0.428
39	Russ Snyder	BAL	LF	28	2.1	2.5	139	443	127	19	4	9	17	7	4	51.148	0.335	0.435
40	Dick McAuliffe	DET	2B	22	2.1	-0.3	139	539	124	20	5	12	64	4	2	62.180	0.349	0.403
41	Earl Battey	MIN	C	27	2.0	4.2	148	591	146	20	3	11	57	0	0	65.168	0.348	0.393
42	Bernie Allen	MIN	2B	23	2.0	1.1	159	646	154	27	7	12	62	0	1	70.359	0.338	0.403
43	Tito Francona	CLE	1B	28	2.0	3.5	158	690	169	28	5	14	47	3	2	71.132	0.327	0.401
44	Jim Landis	CHA	CF	28	2.0	2.8	149	630	122	21	6	15	80	19	7	65.110	0.337	0.374
45	Bobby Del Greco	KC1	CF	29	2.0	2.4	132	403	86	21	1	9	49	4	1	50.792	0.370	0.402
46	Charlie Maxwell	2 teams	LF	35	1.9	2.2	99	319	74	10	3	10	42	0	0	41.962	0.364	0.440
47	Vic Power	MIN	1B	34	1.9	2.5	144	650	177	28	2	16	22	7	1	67.172	0.316	0.421
48	Harry Bright	WS2	1B	32	1.9	1.3	113	425	107	15	4	17	26	2	1	50.117	0.319	0.462
49	Gary Geiger	BOS	CF	25	1.8	1.9	131	543	116	18	4	16	67	18	11	62.020	0.344	0.408
50	Bob Johnson	WS2	3B	26	1.8	2.2	135	504	134	20	2	12	32	9	6	56.143	0.334	0.416

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Hank Aguirre	DET	31	9.6	7.8	42	22	216.00	16	8	11	3	67	65	156	77.86	2.21	1.05	6.50
2	Jim Kaat	MIN	23	8.1	7.4	39	35	269.00	18	14	16	1	106	75	173	62.65	3.15	1.18	5.79
3	Camilo Pascual	MIN	28	8.0	8.0	34	33	257.67	20	11	18	0	100	59	206	61.53	3.32	1.14	7.20
4	Whitey Ford	NYA	33	7.0	6.0	38	37	257.67	17	8	7	0	90	69	160	58.79	2.90	1.21	5.59
5	Ralph Terry	NYA	26	6.9	6.0	43	39	298.67	23	12	14	2	123	57	176	57.52	3.19	1.05	5.30
6	Robin Roberts	BAL	35	5.6	5.4	27	25	191.33	10	9	6	0	63	41	102	48.80	2.78	1.13	4.80
7	Bill Monbouquette	BOS	25	5.5	4.4	35	35	235.33	15	13	11	0	100	65	153	47.75	3.33	1.24	5.85
8	Jim Bunning	DET	30	5.5	5.1	41	35	258.00	19	10	12	6	112	74	184	44.30	3.59	1.30	6.42
9	Dick Donovan	CLE	34	5.4	5.1	34	34	250.67	20	10	16	0	109	47	94	39.37	3.59	1.20	3.38
10	Ray Herbert	CHA	32	5.2	5.0	35	35	236.67	20	9	12	0	90	74	115	46.88	3.27	1.28	4.37
11	Dick Radatz	BOS	25	5.1	4.6	62	0	124.67	9	6	0	24	32	40	144	44.27	2.24	1.08	10.40
12	Tom Cheney	WS2	27	4.5	3.6	37	23	173.33	7	9	4	1	68	97	147	33.54	3.17	1.33	7.63
13	Dave Stenhouse	WS2	28	4.0	2.8	34	26	197.00	11	12	9	0	84	90	123	29.88	3.65	1.31	5.62
14	Dean Chance	LAA	21	3.8	2.6	50	24	206.67	14	10	6	8	83	66	127	33.94	2.96	1.26	5.53
15	Dick Hall	BAL	31	3.8	3.7	43	6	118.33	6	6	1	6	31	19	71	33.57	2.28	1.02	5.40
16	Gene Conley	BOS	31	3.7	3.1	34	33	241.67	15	14	9	1	116	68	134	31.76	3.95	1.27	4.99
17	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	39	3.5	3.3	52	0	93.00	7	10	0	15	28	34	90	30.50	1.94	1.05	8.71
18	Jack Kralick	MIN	27	3.5	3.0	39	37	242.67	12	11	7	0	121	61	139	26.69	3.86	1.24	5.16
19	Orlando Peña	KC1	28	3.3	2.9	13	12	89.67	6	4	6	0	31	27	56	24.58	3.01	1.09	5.62
20	Claude Osteen	WS2	22	3.3	2.9	28	22	150.33	8	13	7	1	62	47	59	24.60	3.65	1.24	3.53
21	Eddie Fisher	CHA	25	3.2	2.8	57	12	182.67	9	5	2	5	74	45	88	29.01	3.10	1.17	4.34
22	Don Lee	2 teams	28	3.2	2.5	36	31	205.33	11	11	5	2	91	63	102	27.93	3.46	1.30	4.47
23	Don Rudolph	2 teams	30	3.0	2.5	38	23	176.67	8	10	6	0	84	42	68	22.20	3.62	1.30	3.46
24	Bill Stafford	NYA	23	2.9	2.4	35	33	213.33	14	9	7	0	95	77	109	23.90	3.67	1.24	4.60
25	Earl Wilson	BOS	27	2.8	2.5	31	28	191.33	12	8	4	0	86	111	137	24.16	3.90	1.43	6.44
26	Terry Fox	DET	26	2.8	2.9	44	0	58.00	3	1	0	16	13	16	23	22.55	1.71	1.10	3.57
27	Dick Stigman	MIN	26	2.6	1.6	40	15	142.67	12	5	6	3	60	64	116	20.16	3.66	1.30	7.32
28	Ed Rakow	KC1	27	2.6	1.1	42	35	235.33	14	17	11	1	126	98	159	19.06	4.25	1.40	6.08
29	Juan Pizarro	CHA	25	2.4	1.6	36	32	203.33	12	14	9	1	97	97	173	21.72	3.81	1.37	7.66
30	Pedro Ramos	CLE	27	2.2	1.7	37	27	201.33	10	12	7	1	104	85	96	16.03	3.71	1.36	4.29
31	Don Mossi	DET	33	2.2	1.8	35	27	180.33	11	13	8	1	92	36	121	17.44	4.19	1.28	6.04
32	Frank Baumann	CHA	28	2.1	2.3	40	10	119.67	7	6	3	4	46	36	55	18.49	3.38	1.28	4.14
33	Jim Perry	CLE	26	2.0	1.5	35	27	193.67	12	12	7	0	94	59	74	14.94	4.14	1.40	3.44
34	Bill Fischer	KC1	31	2.0	1.3	34	16	127.67	4	12	5	2	61	8	38	14.82	3.95	1.24	2.68
35	Bo Belinsky	LAA	25	2.0	1.5	33	31	187.33	10	11	5	1	86	122	145	17.45	3.56	1.45	6.97
36	Diego Segui	KC1	24	2.0	1.9	37	13	116.67	8	5	2	6	53	46	71	14.53	3.86	1.16	5.48
37	Ken McBride	LAA	26	1.9	1.4	24	23	149.33	11	5	6	0	66	70	83	17.03	3.50	1.38	5.00
38	Steve Barber	BAL	24	1.8	1.1	28	19	140.33	9	6	5	0	66	61	89	16.08	3.46	1.47	5.71
39	Art Fowler	LAA	39	1.8	1.8	48	0	77.00	4	3	0	5	25	25	38	16.07	2.81	1.19	4.44
40	Chuck Estrada	BAL	24	1.7	1.0	34	33	223.33	9	17	6	0	112	121	165	14.67	3.83	1.43	6.65
41	Phil Regan	DET	25	1.6	1.1	35	23	171.33	11	9	6	0	89	64	87	12.78	4.04	1.36	4.57
42	Ike Delock	BOS	32	1.5	1.1	17	13	86.33	4	5	4	0	39	24	49	13.17	3.75	1.31	5.11
43	Frank Funk	CLE	26	1.5	1.2	47	0	80.67	2	1	0	6	35	32	49	11.14	3.24	1.17	5.47
44	Steve Hamilton	WS2	27	1.5	1.1	41	10	107.33	3	8	1	2	51	39	83	11.13	3.77	1.32	6.96
45	Bud Daley	NYA	29	1.4	1.1	43	6	105.33	7	5	0	4	47	21	55	12.01	3.59	1.20	4.70
46	Marshall Bridges	NYA	31	1.4	1.1	52	0	71.67	8	4	0	18	30	48	66	11.97	3.14	1.35	8.29
47	Dave Wickersham	KC1	26	1.4	0.6	30	9	110.00	11	4	3	1	53	43	61	10.04	4.17	1.35	4.99
48	Milt Pappas	BAL	23	1.3	0.4	35	32	205.33	12	10	9	0	105	75	130	11.44	4.03	1.34	5.70
49	Jim Hannan	WS2	23	1.2	1.0	42	3	68.00	2	4	0	4	27	49	39	9.34	3.31	1.54	5.16
50	Joe Bonikowski	MIN	21	1.2	0.9	30	13	99.67	5	7	3	2	47	38	45	9.42	3.88	1.33	4.06

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Earl Battey	MIN	27	2.2	147.0	1241.0	872.0	82.0	9.0	9.0	19.722
	2	Buck Rodgers	LAA	23	1.5	150.0	1302.3	826.0	73.0	10.0	14.0	10.928
	3	Joe Azcue	KC1	22	1.5	70.0	553.7	363.0	42.0	6.0	5.0	13.301
	4	Doc Edwards	CLE	25	0.9	39.0	316.3	223.0	16.0	2.0	2.0	8.535
	5	Elston Howard	NYA	33	0.9	129.0	1090.3	713.0	44.0	4.0	12.0	6.862
	6	Yogi Berra	NYA	37	0.9	31.0	271.0	175.0	16.0	2.0	6.0	6.644
	7	Hobie Landrith	BAL	32	0.8	60.0	460.3	289.0	34.0	6.0	5.0	6.154
	8	Ken Retzer	WS2	28	0.8	99.0	798.0	488.0	44.0	8.0	5.0	7.401
1B	1	Tito Francona	CLE	28	1.5	158.0	1396.0	1402.0	127.0	22.0	157.0	13.660
	2	Norm Cash	DET	28	1.0	146.0	1269.3	1081.0	116.0	10.0	94.0	8.300
	3	Vic Power	MIN	34	0.7	142.0	1240.3	1193.0	134.0	10.0	133.0	6.118
	4	Norm Siebern	KC1	28	0.6	162.0	1425.0	1405.0	127.0	10.0	122.0	5.766
	5	Bobo Osborne	DET	26	0.1	7.0	14.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.426
	6	Vic Wertz	DET	37	0.0	16.0	112.0	75.0	9.0	1.0	5.0	0.184
	7	Hal Jones	CLE	26	0.0	4.0	35.0	28.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.114
	8	George Alusik	KC1	27	-0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.029
2B	1	Jerry Kindall	CLE	27	2.5	154.0	1346.0	358.0	494.0	19.0	114.0	22.797
	2	Billy Moran	LAA	28	1.9	160.0	1418.0	422.0	477.0	13.0	103.0	13.849
	3	Chuck Cottier	WS2	26	1.9	134.0	1084.7	368.0	354.0	14.0	100.0	16.718
	4	Chuck Schilling	BOS	24	1.2	118.0	1013.3	267.0	331.0	9.0	85.0	8.873
	5	Marv Breeding	BAL	28	1.2	73.0	548.0	146.0	196.0	8.0	47.0	8.649
	6	Nellie Fox	CHA	34	0.8	154.0	1337.7	376.0	428.0	8.0	93.0	6.193
	7	Bobby Richardson	NYA	26	0.8	161.0	1440.3	378.0	451.0	15.0	116.0	6.078
	8	Jerry Lumpe	KC1	29	0.4	156.0	1357.7	343.0	435.0	11.0	97.0	3.350
3B	1	Clete Boyer	NYA	25	5.5	157.0	1397.3	187.0	396.0	22.0	41.0	40.243
	2	Brooks Robinson	BAL	25	1.9	162.0	1445.3	163.0	339.0	11.0	32.0	14.281
	3	Ed Charles	KC1	29	1.1	140.0	1201.7	145.0	285.0	16.0	27.0	10.283
	4	Danny O'Connell	WS2	33	0.9	41.0	319.0	34.0	89.0	5.0	13.0	7.794
	5	Frank Malzone	BOS	32	0.8	156.0	1389.3	154.0	313.0	16.0	32.0	5.984
	6	Felix Torres	LAA	30	0.7	123.0	1038.7	110.0	250.0	24.0	20.0	5.373
	7	Johnny Schaive	WS2	28	0.7	49.0	407.0	42.0	105.0	5.0	7.0	6.153
	8	Billy Gardner	2 teams	34	0.4	8.0	49.3	7.0	19.0	3.0	1.0	2.642
SS	1	Zoilo Versalles	MIN	22	3.2	160.0	1400.3	335.0	501.0	26.0	127.0	28.752
	2	Luis Aparicio	CHA	28	2.6	152.0	1280.7	280.0	452.0	20.0	102.0	18.872
	3	Eddie Bressoud	BOS	30	2.3	153.0	1371.7	291.0	482.0	28.0	107.0	16.834
	4	Tony Kubek	NYA	26	1.0	35.0	306.7	71.0	117.0	9.0	27.0	7.164
	5	Joe Koppe	LAA	31	0.8	118.0	1006.0	197.0	356.0	25.0	63.0	6.047
	6	Woodie Held	CLE	30	0.4	133.0	1142.0	221.0	371.0	27.0	101.0	3.965
	7	Jerry Adair	BAL	25	0.3	113.0	918.0	216.0	285.0	16.0	72.0	2.559
	8	Jim Fregosi	LAA	20	0.2	52.0	443.0	96.0	150.0	15.0	35.0	1.488
LF	1	Rocky Colavito	DET	28	1.1	161.0	1434.7	359.0	10.0	3.0	1.0	9.048
	2	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	22	0.6	160.0	1427.7	327.0	16.0	11.0	3.0	4.099
	3	Hector Lopez	NYA	32	0.5	64.0	562.0	141.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	4.013
	4	Don Lock	WS2	25	0.4	67.0	560.7	141.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	3.153
	5	Charlie Maxwell	CHA	35	0.3	49.0	362.3	87.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.374
	6	Yogi Berra	NYA	37	0.2	28.0	225.3	63.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	1.526
	7	Al Luplow	CLE	23	0.2	68.0	524.0	131.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	1.560
	8	Leo Burke	LAA	28	0.2	4.0	33.0	14.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.186
CF	1	Bill Bruton	DET	36	1.0	145.0	1231.7	396.0	5.0	7.0	2.0	8.095
	2	Jim Landis	CHA	28	0.8	144.0	1226.0	357.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	5.564
	3	Jim Piersall	WS2	32	0.6	132.0	1073.0	314.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	5.477
	4	Lenny Green	MIN	29	0.5	147.0	1194.0	336.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	4.784
	5	Bobby Del Greco	KC1	29	0.5	95.0	732.3	222.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.478
	6	Ty Cline	CLE	23	0.3	107.0	797.7	233.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.111
	7	Jose Tartabull	KC1	23	0.3	85.0	623.7	187.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	2.642
	8	Russ Snyder	BAL	28	0.3	42.0	323.0	100.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	1.910
RF	1	Al Kaline	DET	27	0.7	100.0	882.0	226.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	5.975
	2	Jim King	WS2	29	0.4	80.0	605.0	147.0	8.0	3.0	3.0	3.631
	3	Willie Kirkland	CLE	28	0.4	121.0	909.0	215.0	10.0	6.0	0.0	3.472
	4	Jackie Brandt	BAL	28	0.4	29.0	221.3	63.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.756
	5	Whitey Herzog	BAL	30	0.4	59.0	488.0	118.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	2.661
	6	Bob Allison	MIN	27	0.4	145.0	1254.3	278.0	9.0	7.0	1.0	3.155
	7	Lee Thomas	LAA	26	0.2	42.0	346.7	79.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.548
	8	Earl Robinson	BAL	25	0.2	16.0	131.0	35.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.420