2001 American League Stats

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2001 American League Standings

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Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Yankees95-65 (0.594)-80471390-72 (0.555)89-73 (0.549)3,264,90741.321.3-5.825.8
2Boston Red Sox82-79 (0.509)13.577274584-78 (0.516)84-78 (0.519)2,625,33336.417.4-3.822.8
3Toronto Blue Jays80-82 (0.494)16.076775382-80 (0.508)87-75 (0.537)1,915,43839.913.44.222.3
4Baltimore Orioles63-98 (0.391)32.568782967-95 (0.415)58-104 (0.358)3,094,84110.66.3-0.75.0
5Tampa Bay Devil Rays62-100 (0.383)34.067288761-101 (0.376)53-109 (0.327)1,298,3655.63.2-1.43.8

Central Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cleveland Indians91-71 (0.562)-89782188-74 (0.540)87-75 (0.537)3,175,52339.225.4-0.814.6
2Minnesota Twins85-77 (0.525)6.077176681-81 (0.503)87-75 (0.537)1,782,92939.116.73.419.0
3Chicago White Sox83-79 (0.512)8.079879581-81 (0.502)84-78 (0.519)1,766,17236.420.31.914.2
4Detroit Tigers66-96 (0.407)25.072487667-95 (0.414)61-101 (0.377)1,921,30513.410.83.7-1.1
5Kansas City Royals65-97 (0.401)26.072985869-93 (0.426)68-94 (0.420)1,536,37120.72.06.712.1

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Seattle Mariners116-46 (0.716)-927627109-53 (0.672)114-48 (0.704)3,507,32666.936.00.330.6
2Oakland Athletics102-60 (0.630)14.0884645104-58 (0.640)108-54 (0.667)2,133,27760.725.43.132.2
3Anaheim Angels75-87 (0.463)41.069173077-85 (0.475)81-81 (0.500)2,000,91933.79.93.220.5
4Texas Rangers73-89 (0.451)43.089096875-87 (0.462)73-89 (0.451)2,831,02125.126.33.8-5.0

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 Jason Giambi OAK 1B 30 11.7 13.1 154 671 178 47 2 38 129 2 0 162.736 0.477 0.660
2 Alex Rodriguez TEX SS 25 8.8 10.3 162 732 201 34 1 52 75 18 3 147.397 0.399 0.622
3 Jim Thome CLE 1B 30 8.1 6.9 156 644 153 26 1 49 111 0 1 134.452 0.416 0.624
4 Manny Ramirez BOS LF 29 7.4 7.3 142 620 162 33 2 41 81 0 1 124.794 0.405 0.609
5 Roberto Alomar CLE 2B 33 7.2 7.3 157 677 193 34 12 20 80 30 6 124.056 0.415 0.541
6 Carlos Delgado TOR 1B 29 7.1 6.3 162 704 160 31 1 39 111 3 0 129.733 0.408 0.540
7 Bret Boone SEA 2B 32 6.7 5.8 158 690 206 37 3 37 40 5 5 121.294 0.372 0.578
8 Edgar Martinez SEA 1B 38 6.7 6.7 132 581 144 40 1 23 93 4 1 110.382 0.423 0.543
9 Rafael Palmeiro TEX 1B 36 6.3 4.6 160 714 164 33 0 47 101 1 1 126.648 0.381 0.563
10 Magglio Ordonez CHA RF 27 6.0 5.9 160 671 181 40 1 31 70 25 7 114.489 0.382 0.533
11 Bernie Williams NYA CF 32 5.8 5.9 146 633 166 38 0 26 78 11 5 109.071 0.395 0.522
12 John Olerud SEA 1B 32 5.7 6.7 159 679 173 32 1 21 94 3 1 110.273 0.401 0.472
13 Ichiro Suzuki SEA RF 27 5.6 6.7 157 738 242 34 8 8 30 56 14 109.180 0.382 0.457
14 Troy Glaus ANA 3B 24 5.5 4.6 161 708 147 38 2 41 107 10 3 114.703 0.367 0.531
15 Derek Jeter NYA SS 27 5.5 2.7 150 686 191 35 3 21 56 27 3 105.505 0.377 0.480
16 Juan Gonzalez CLE RF 31 5.4 5.5 140 595 173 34 1 35 41 1 0 105.757 0.370 0.590
17 Carlos Beltran KCA CF 24 4.9 5.5 155 680 189 32 12 24 52 31 1 105.641 0.362 0.514
18 Mike Sweeney KCA 1B 27 4.9 4.3 147 632 170 46 0 29 64 10 3 106.489 0.374 0.542
19 Trot Nixon BOS RF 27 4.6 3.9 148 633 150 31 4 27 79 7 4 100.107 0.376 0.505
20 Mike Cameron SEA CF 28 4.2 5.1 150 633 144 30 5 25 69 34 5 88.837 0.353 0.480
21 Eric Chavez OAK 3B 23 4.1 6.2 151 604 159 43 0 32 41 8 2 91.541 0.338 0.540
22 Corey Koskie MIN 3B 28 4.1 5.2 153 649 155 37 2 26 68 27 6 96.444 0.362 0.487
23 Shannon Stewart TOR LF 27 4.0 3.8 155 698 202 44 7 12 46 27 10 102.286 0.371 0.463
24 Ellis Burks CLE LF 36 4.0 3.9 124 515 123 29 1 28 62 5 1 84.950 0.369 0.542
25 Jose Cruz TOR CF 27 3.9 3.1 146 627 158 38 4 34 45 32 5 90.419 0.326 0.530
26 Paul Konerko CHA 1B 25 3.9 3.5 156 650 164 35 0 32 54 1 0 96.480 0.349 0.507
27 Frank Catalanotto TEX LF 27 3.8 4.3 133 512 153 31 5 11 39 15 5 83.679 0.391 0.490
28 Jeff Conine BAL 1B 35 3.7 3.0 139 601 163 23 2 14 64 12 8 88.418 0.386 0.443
29 Doug Mientkiewicz MIN 1B 27 3.7 6.7 151 626 166 39 1 15 67 2 6 96.103 0.387 0.464
30 Fred McGriff TBA 1B 37 3.4 3.3 97 385 109 18 0 19 40 1 1 67.026 0.387 0.536
31 Tony Clark DET 1B 29 3.4 3.7 126 497 123 29 3 16 62 0 1 75.457 0.374 0.481
32 Bobby Higginson DET LF 30 3.2 3.8 147 633 150 28 6 17 80 20 12 87.683 0.367 0.446
33 Mark McLemore SEA LF 36 3.2 2.9 125 487 117 16 9 5 69 39 7 66.033 0.384 0.406
34 Ivan Rodriguez TEX C 29 3.2 5.6 111 470 136 24 2 25 23 10 3 74.172 0.347 0.541
35 Tino Martinez NYA 1B 33 3.2 3.2 154 635 165 24 2 34 42 1 2 87.587 0.329 0.501
36 Jorge Posada NYA C 30 3.1 2.0 138 557 134 28 1 22 62 2 6 81.181 0.363 0.475
37 Jeremy Giambi OAK RF 26 3.0 2.2 124 443 105 26 0 12 63 0 1 67.370 0.391 0.450
38 David Segui BAL 1B 34 3.0 1.8 82 347 88 18 1 10 49 1 1 57.566 0.406 0.473
39 Matt Lawton MIN RF 29 2.9 3.0 103 444 110 25 0 10 63 19 6 67.763 0.396 0.439
40 Jermaine Dye 2 teams RF 27 2.9 2.5 158 675 169 31 1 26 57 9 1 90.700 0.345 0.467
41 Brian Daubach BOS 1B 29 2.8 3.6 122 472 107 28 3 22 53 1 0 69.756 0.350 0.509
42 Miguel Tejada OAK SS 27 2.8 3.2 162 683 166 31 3 31 43 11 5 88.038 0.326 0.476
43 Ray Durham CHA 2B 29 2.7 3.4 152 691 163 42 10 20 64 23 10 89.511 0.337 0.466
44 Jose Valentin CHA 3B 31 2.6 3.6 124 502 113 22 2 28 50 9 6 70.570 0.336 0.509
45 Raul Mondesi TOR RF 30 2.6 2.2 149 653 144 26 4 27 73 30 11 85.294 0.342 0.453
46 Paul O'Neill NYA RF 38 2.5 2.0 137 563 136 33 1 21 48 22 3 71.120 0.330 0.459
47 Cristian Guzman MIN SS 23 2.4 1.9 118 527 149 28 14 10 21 25 8 69.570 0.337 0.477
48 Ben Grieve TBA RF 25 2.4 2.6 154 639 143 30 2 11 87 7 1 82.038 0.372 0.388
49 Shane Halter DET 3B 31 2.4 3.8 136 507 128 32 7 12 37 3 3 66.754 0.344 0.467
50 Marty Cordova CLE LF 31 2.3 2.6 122 442 123 20 2 20 23 0 3 65.588 0.348 0.506

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 Joe Mays MIN 25 8.1 8.1 34 34 233.67 17 13 4 0 87 64 123 75.30 3.16 1.15 4.74
2 Mike Mussina NYA 32 7.9 7.7 34 34 228.67 17 11 4 0 87 42 214 73.12 3.15 1.07 8.42
3 Freddy Garcia SEA 24 6.8 6.7 34 34 238.67 18 6 4 0 88 69 163 70.46 3.05 1.12 6.15
4 Mark Buehrle CHA 22 6.4 6.4 32 32 221.33 16 8 4 0 89 48 126 63.12 3.29 1.07 5.12
5 Mark Mulder OAK 23 6.2 6.2 34 34 229.33 21 8 6 0 92 51 153 62.70 3.45 1.16 6.00
6 Tim Hudson OAK 25 6.0 5.7 35 35 235.00 18 9 3 0 100 71 181 59.82 3.37 1.22 6.93
7 Roger Clemens NYA 38 5.8 5.7 33 33 220.33 20 3 0 0 94 72 213 53.92 3.51 1.26 8.70
8 Brad Radke MIN 28 5.4 5.5 33 33 226.00 15 11 6 0 105 26 137 50.31 3.94 1.15 5.46
9 Pedro Martinez BOS 29 5.2 5.2 18 18 116.67 7 3 1 0 33 25 163 48.83 2.39 0.93 12.57
10 Barry Zito OAK 23 5.2 5.0 35 35 214.33 17 8 3 0 92 80 205 52.21 3.49 1.23 8.61
11 Jamie Moyer SEA 38 5.1 5.1 33 33 209.67 20 6 1 0 84 44 119 53.02 3.43 1.10 5.11
12 Bartolo Colon CLE 28 4.7 4.6 34 34 222.33 14 12 1 0 106 90 201 43.85 4.09 1.39 8.14
13 Steve Sparks DET 36 4.6 4.5 35 33 232.00 14 9 8 0 110 64 116 42.83 3.65 1.33 4.50
14 Keith Foulke CHA 28 4.4 4.4 72 0 81.00 4 9 0 42 21 22 75 43.52 2.33 0.98 8.33
15 Mariano Rivera NYA 31 4.4 4.4 71 0 80.67 4 6 0 50 24 12 83 41.06 2.34 0.91 9.26
16 Aaron Sele SEA 31 4.3 4.2 34 33 215.00 15 5 2 0 93 51 114 44.19 3.60 1.24 4.77
17 Jarrod Washburn ANA 26 4.1 4.3 30 30 193.33 11 10 1 0 89 54 126 39.88 3.77 1.29 5.87
18 Cory Lidle OAK 29 4.0 4.0 29 29 188.00 13 6 1 0 84 47 118 40.35 3.59 1.15 5.65
19 Eric Milton MIN 25 3.9 3.8 35 34 220.67 15 7 2 0 109 61 157 35.73 4.32 1.28 6.40
20 Jeff Zimmerman TEX 28 3.8 3.8 66 0 71.33 4 4 0 28 19 16 72 35.54 2.40 0.90 9.08
21 Chris Carpenter TOR 26 3.7 3.7 34 34 215.67 11 11 3 0 112 75 157 33.84 4.09 1.41 6.55
22 Bob Wickman CLE 32 3.7 3.7 70 0 67.67 5 0 0 32 18 14 66 34.33 2.39 1.11 8.78
23 Andy Pettitte NYA 29 3.7 3.6 31 31 200.67 15 10 2 0 103 41 164 34.07 3.99 1.32 7.36
24 Jeff Weaver DET 24 3.6 3.5 33 33 229.33 13 16 5 0 116 68 152 33.80 4.08 1.32 5.97
25 Jeff Suppan KCA 26 3.5 3.5 34 34 218.33 10 14 1 0 120 74 120 29.61 4.37 1.38 4.95
26 Roy Halladay TOR 24 3.4 3.4 17 16 105.33 5 3 1 0 41 25 96 31.17 3.16 1.16 8.20
27 Kelvim Escobar TOR 25 3.3 3.3 59 11 126.00 6 8 1 0 51 52 121 29.73 3.50 1.15 8.64
28 Jason Isringhausen OAK 28 3.0 3.0 65 0 71.33 4 3 0 34 24 23 74 30.20 2.65 1.08 9.34
29 Arthur Rhodes SEA 31 3.0 3.0 71 0 68.00 8 0 0 3 14 12 83 31.02 1.72 0.85 10.99
30 Mike Stanton NYA 34 2.9 2.9 76 0 80.33 9 4 0 0 25 29 78 27.26 2.58 1.36 8.74
31 Joel Pineiro SEA 22 2.9 2.9 17 11 75.33 6 2 0 0 24 21 56 30.17 2.03 0.94 6.69
32 Tim Wakefield BOS 34 2.9 2.9 45 17 168.67 9 12 0 3 84 73 148 26.85 3.90 1.36 7.90
33 Paul Quantrill TOR 32 2.9 2.9 80 0 83.00 11 2 0 2 29 12 58 25.94 3.04 1.18 6.29
34 Al Levine ANA 33 2.8 2.8 64 1 75.67 8 10 0 2 25 28 40 27.04 2.38 1.31 4.76
35 Troy Percival ANA 31 2.8 2.8 57 0 57.67 4 2 0 39 19 18 71 26.94 2.65 0.99 11.08
36 Tanyon Sturtze TBA 30 2.7 2.6 39 27 195.33 11 12 0 1 98 79 110 25.49 4.42 1.43 5.07
37 Derek Lowe BOS 28 2.7 2.7 67 3 91.67 5 10 0 24 39 29 82 25.33 3.53 1.44 8.05
38 Hideo Nomo BOS 32 2.7 2.7 33 33 198.00 13 10 2 0 105 96 220 25.33 4.50 1.35 10.00
39 CC Sabathia CLE 20 2.7 2.6 33 33 180.33 17 5 0 0 93 95 171 25.21 4.39 1.35 8.53
40 Sean Lowe CHA 30 2.7 2.7 45 11 127.00 9 4 0 3 55 32 71 26.33 3.61 1.22 5.03
41 Jason Grimsley KCA 33 2.6 2.6 73 0 80.33 1 5 0 0 32 28 61 21.65 3.02 1.23 6.83
42 Rolando Arrojo BOS 35 2.5 2.3 41 9 103.33 5 4 0 5 44 35 78 23.01 3.48 1.19 6.79
43 Kazuhiro Sasaki SEA 33 2.4 2.4 69 0 66.67 0 4 0 45 24 11 62 25.04 3.24 0.89 8.37
44 Doug Davis TEX 25 2.3 2.3 30 30 186.00 11 10 1 0 103 69 115 21.76 4.45 1.55 5.56
45 Ramon Ortiz ANA 28 2.3 2.1 32 32 208.67 13 11 2 0 114 76 135 22.44 4.36 1.43 5.82
46 Paul Byrd KCA 30 2.3 2.2 16 15 93.33 6 6 1 0 45 22 49 19.56 4.05 1.41 4.72
47 Ismael Valdez ANA 27 2.3 2.3 27 27 163.67 9 13 1 0 82 50 100 22.09 4.45 1.39 5.50
48 Steve Karsay CLE 29 2.2 2.2 31 0 43.33 0 1 0 1 6 8 44 20.91 1.25 0.85 9.14
49 Ramiro Mendoza NYA 29 2.1 2.1 56 2 100.67 8 4 0 6 44 23 70 20.01 3.75 1.11 6.26
50 Frank Castillo BOS 32 2.1 2.1 26 26 136.67 10 9 0 0 72 35 89 19.86 4.21 1.27 5.86

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Einar Diaz CLE 28 3.0 134.0 1114.7 959.0 93.0 8.0 11.0 28.292
2 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 29 2.4 106.0 855.3 631.0 52.0 7.0 11.0 22.688
3 Jason Varitek BOS 29 2.2 50.0 426.7 425.0 32.0 2.0 2.0 20.816
4 Ramon Hernandez OAK 25 2.2 135.0 1131.7 907.0 70.0 11.0 15.0 18.694
5 Tom Prince MIN 36 1.9 64.0 530.7 380.0 41.0 0.0 3.0 17.737
6 Doug Mirabelli 2 teams 30 0.9 75.0 540.3 413.0 49.0 3.0 12.0 8.302
7 Alberto Castillo TOR 31 0.9 66.0 404.7 324.0 25.0 4.0 0.0 9.205
8 Jorge Fabregas ANA 31 0.8 53.0 372.3 267.0 23.0 3.0 3.0 6.733
1B 1 Doug Mientkiewicz MIN 27 3.1 148.0 1269.3 1263.0 69.0 4.0 95.0 29.088
2 Scott Spiezio ANA 28 1.8 105.0 791.7 819.0 74.0 1.0 64.0 15.548
3 Jason Giambi OAK 30 1.5 136.0 1176.3 1224.0 76.0 11.0 107.0 12.331
4 John Olerud SEA 32 1.0 158.0 1347.7 1211.0 121.0 9.0 116.0 8.417
5 Jose Offerman BOS 32 0.9 43.0 335.7 297.0 39.0 3.0 26.0 8.003
6 Brian Daubach BOS 29 0.8 106.0 905.3 839.0 75.0 11.0 71.0 7.886
7 Olmedo Saenz OAK 30 0.4 28.0 167.0 196.0 16.0 3.0 13.0 3.049
8 Tony Clark DET 29 0.3 78.0 611.7 647.0 48.0 3.0 69.0 2.887
2B 1 Damion Easley DET 31 2.0 153.0 1329.3 279.0 496.0 14.0 113.0 18.433
2 Homer Bush TOR 28 1.8 78.0 660.7 153.0 254.0 4.0 68.0 18.281
3 Frank Menechino OAK 30 0.8 136.0 1160.7 253.0 406.0 15.0 90.0 6.807
4 Carlos Febles KCA 25 0.7 78.0 649.3 128.0 224.0 7.0 62.0 7.598
5 Ray Durham CHA 29 0.7 150.0 1294.3 280.0 446.0 10.0 88.0 5.936
6 Jerry Hairston BAL 25 0.6 156.0 1343.3 326.0 458.0 19.0 93.0 6.215
7 Luis Ordaz KCA 25 0.6 19.0 119.7 21.0 53.0 1.0 16.0 5.895
8 Jeff Frye TOR 34 0.5 47.0 351.3 83.0 122.0 1.0 30.0 5.207
3B 1 Eric Chavez OAK 23 2.0 149.0 1300.7 100.0 321.0 12.0 27.0 17.300
2 Jose Macias DET 29 1.1 89.0 735.0 68.0 187.0 12.0 23.0 10.570
3 Corey Koskie MIN 28 1.1 150.0 1308.0 95.0 306.0 15.0 19.0 10.217
4 David Bell SEA 28 1.0 134.0 1128.0 92.0 257.0 14.0 21.0 8.362
5 Shane Halter DET 31 0.8 74.0 548.3 57.0 150.0 17.0 12.0 7.909
6 Donnie Sadler KCA 26 0.4 15.0 83.3 9.0 27.0 0.0 5.0 4.604
7 Tony Batista 2 teams 27 0.3 101.0 865.7 74.0 198.0 15.0 26.0 3.543
8 Enrique Wilson NYA 27 0.3 19.0 115.0 7.0 29.0 0.0 2.0 2.529
SS 1 Rey Sanchez KCA 33 3.5 100.0 851.0 155.0 333.0 3.0 99.0 36.264
2 Alex Gonzalez TOR 28 3.3 154.0 1374.3 249.0 509.0 10.0 120.0 33.873
3 Alex Rodriguez TEX 25 1.5 161.0 1395.3 279.0 452.0 18.0 118.0 14.115
4 Royce Clayton CHA 31 0.9 133.0 1117.3 196.0 367.0 7.0 74.0 7.501
5 Jose Valentin CHA 31 0.9 43.0 310.0 64.0 118.0 9.0 34.0 7.484
6 Neifi Perez KCA 28 0.7 46.0 395.7 96.0 131.0 5.0 38.0 7.028
7 Melvin Mora BAL 29 0.6 43.0 333.3 69.0 125.0 7.0 21.0 6.039
8 Omar Vizquel CLE 34 0.5 154.0 1320.7 219.0 414.0 7.0 88.0 4.855
LF 1 Bobby Higginson DET 30 0.6 142.0 1215.3 321.0 10.0 8.0 1.0 5.766
2 Frank Catalanotto TEX 27 0.4 78.0 647.3 168.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 4.113
3 Jacque Jones MIN 26 0.4 137.0 1076.0 276.0 8.0 5.0 0.0 3.629
4 Garret Anderson ANA 29 0.4 144.0 1251.7 294.0 9.0 2.0 2.0 3.106
5 Greg Vaughn TBA 35 0.3 57.0 459.0 127.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 3.070
6 Ben Grieve TBA 25 0.3 56.0 471.7 123.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 3.043
7 Jay Gibbons BAL 24 0.2 28.0 224.0 62.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.335
8 Brady Anderson BAL 37 0.2 56.0 383.3 96.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.064
CF 1 Torii Hunter MIN 25 1.5 147.0 1295.3 460.0 14.0 4.0 3.0 14.313
2 Darin Erstad ANA 27 1.0 146.0 1269.3 398.0 10.0 1.0 3.0 8.579
3 Mike Cameron SEA 28 0.8 149.0 1272.3 410.0 8.0 6.0 2.0 7.175
4 Chris Singleton CHA 28 0.8 121.0 894.3 292.0 7.0 3.0 2.0 7.009
5 Gerald Williams 2 teams 34 0.7 70.0 538.0 196.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 7.286
6 Carlos Beltran KCA 24 0.6 152.0 1324.0 404.0 14.0 5.0 6.0 6.524
7 Gabe Kapler TEX 25 0.5 133.0 1156.3 344.0 8.0 1.0 3.0 5.084
8 Randy Winn TBA 27 0.3 48.0 414.3 134.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 3.172
RF 1 Ichiro Suzuki SEA 27 1.0 152.0 1313.7 335.0 8.0 1.0 2.0 8.803
2 Chris Richard BAL 27 0.7 69.0 538.3 155.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 6.885
3 Tim Salmon ANA 32 0.4 125.0 1087.3 254.0 13.0 3.0 5.0 3.240
4 Shane Spencer NYA 29 0.3 28.0 215.0 62.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.983
5 Jeff Conine BAL 35 0.2 16.0 119.0 41.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.581
6 Marty Cordova CLE 31 0.2 30.0 218.0 57.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.120
7 Jose Guillen TBA 25 0.2 36.0 306.7 86.0 7.0 3.0 3.0 2.344
8 Dustan Mohr MIN 25 0.2 15.0 118.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.076