2012 American League Stats

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2012 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 Yankees95-67 (0.586)-80466895-67 (0.584)102-60 (0.630)3,542,40654.529.2-0.225.6
2Baltimore Orioles93-69 (0.574)2.071270582-80 (0.505)81-81 (0.500)2,102,24033.713.2-0.320.8
3Tampa Bay Rays90-72 (0.556)5.069757795-67 (0.586)96-66 (0.593)1,559,68148.717.4-1.833.1
4Toronto Blue Jays73-89 (0.451)22.071678474-88 (0.459)69-93 (0.426)2,099,66321.310.25.65.5
5Boston Red Sox69-93 (0.426)26.073480674-88 (0.457)65-97 (0.401)3,043,00317.812.43.22.2

Central Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Detroit Tigers88-74 (0.543)-72667087-75 (0.537)90-72 (0.556)3,028,03342.721.5-2.523.7
2Chicago White Sox85-77 (0.525)3.074867688-74 (0.546)87-75 (0.537)1,965,95539.415.03.620.9
3Kansas City Royals72-90 (0.444)16.067674674-88 (0.455)74-88 (0.457)1,739,85926.212.73.210.3
4Cleveland Indians68-94 (0.420)20.066784564-98 (0.393)58-104 (0.358)1,603,59610.214.45.1-9.3
5Minnesota Twins66-96 (0.407)22.070183268-94 (0.422)65-97 (0.401)2,776,35417.614.06.1-2.5

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Oakland Athletics94-68 (0.580)-71361492-70 (0.568)90-72 (0.556)1,679,01342.216.0-0.226.4
2Texas Rangers93-69 (0.574)1.080870791-71 (0.561)91-71 (0.562)3,460,28043.722.4-1.522.8
3Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim89-73 (0.549)5.076769988-74 (0.542)91-71 (0.562)3,061,77043.830.52.011.3
4Seattle Mariners75-87 (0.463)19.061965177-85 (0.477)75-87 (0.463)1,721,92027.25.63.418.2

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 Mike Trout LAA CF 20 9.0 9.6 139 639 182 27 8 30 67 49 5 117.746 0.399 0.564
2 Miguel Cabrera DET 3B 29 8.8 8.1 161 697 205 40 0 44 66 4 1 135.778 0.393 0.606
3 Prince Fielder DET 1B 28 7.5 8.8 162 690 182 33 1 30 85 1 0 124.660 0.412 0.528
4 Robinson Cano NYA 2B 29 6.9 7.5 161 697 196 48 1 33 61 3 2 121.376 0.379 0.550
5 Edwin Encarnacion TOR 1B 29 6.8 6.6 151 644 152 24 0 42 84 13 3 113.719 0.384 0.557
6 Billy Butler KCA 1B 26 5.8 5.8 161 679 192 32 1 29 54 2 1 108.628 0.373 0.510
7 Adrian Beltre TEX 3B 33 5.8 5.2 156 654 194 33 2 36 36 1 0 109.850 0.359 0.561
8 Josh Hamilton TEX CF 31 5.6 5.2 148 636 160 31 2 43 60 7 4 107.606 0.354 0.577
9 Albert Pujols LAA 1B 32 5.5 7.6 154 670 173 50 0 30 52 8 1 99.619 0.343 0.516
10 Joe Mauer MIN C 29 5.5 4.6 147 641 174 31 4 10 90 8 4 102.655 0.416 0.446
11 Ben Zobrist TBA RF 31 5.4 4.9 157 668 151 39 7 20 97 14 9 100.092 0.377 0.471
12 Josh Willingham MIN LF 33 5.2 5.7 145 615 135 30 1 35 76 3 2 98.772 0.366 0.524
13 David Ortiz BOS 1B 36 5.1 5.0 90 383 103 26 0 23 56 0 1 78.014 0.415 0.611
14 Shin-Soo Choo CLE RF 29 4.9 5.3 155 686 169 43 2 16 73 21 7 97.540 0.373 0.442
15 Yoenis Cespedes OAK LF 26 4.6 4.7 129 540 142 25 5 23 43 16 4 81.703 0.356 0.505
16 Alex Gordon KCA LF 28 4.6 5.2 161 721 189 51 5 14 73 10 5 102.403 0.367 0.455
17 Adam Jones BAL CF 26 4.4 5.1 162 697 186 39 3 32 34 16 7 99.710 0.334 0.505
18 Austin Jackson DET CF 25 4.4 5.0 137 617 163 29 10 16 67 12 9 93.759 0.377 0.479
19 Paul Konerko CHA 1B 36 4.4 3.4 144 598 159 22 0 26 56 0 0 91.734 0.371 0.486
20 Alex Rios CHA RF 31 4.3 5.1 157 640 184 37 8 25 26 23 6 92.655 0.334 0.516
21 Torii Hunter LAA RF 36 4.3 4.5 140 584 167 24 1 16 38 9 1 81.885 0.365 0.451
22 Nick Swisher NYA RF 31 4.0 5.0 148 624 146 36 0 24 77 2 3 91.026 0.364 0.473
23 Derek Jeter NYA SS 38 3.7 1.7 159 740 216 32 0 15 45 9 4 97.588 0.362 0.429
24 David Murphy TEX LF 30 3.6 3.5 147 519 139 29 3 15 54 10 5 79.767 0.380 0.479
25 Curtis Granderson NYA CF 31 3.4 3.2 160 684 138 18 4 43 75 10 3 90.255 0.319 0.492
26 Brandon Moss OAK 1B 28 3.3 2.7 84 296 77 18 0 21 26 1 1 52.696 0.358 0.596
27 John Jaso SEA C 28 3.3 2.4 108 361 81 19 2 10 56 5 0 55.309 0.394 0.456
28 Mark Trumbo LAA LF 26 3.3 2.2 144 586 146 19 3 32 36 4 5 77.312 0.317 0.491
29 Carlos Santana CLE C 26 3.2 3.9 143 609 128 27 2 18 91 3 5 80.281 0.364 0.420
30 Jose Bautista TOR RF 31 3.2 3.2 92 399 80 14 0 27 59 5 2 63.108 0.358 0.527
31 Chris Davis BAL 1B 26 3.1 3.3 139 562 139 20 0 33 37 2 3 77.781 0.326 0.501
32 Dustin Pedroia BOS 2B 28 3.1 3.8 141 623 163 39 3 15 48 20 6 81.666 0.347 0.449
33 Adam Dunn CHA 1B 32 3.1 2.7 151 649 110 19 0 41 105 2 1 86.012 0.333 0.468
34 Nick Markakis BAL RF 28 3.0 2.9 104 471 125 28 3 13 42 1 1 67.850 0.363 0.471
35 Jonny Gomes OAK LF 31 3.0 3.0 99 333 73 10 0 18 44 3 1 52.366 0.377 0.491
36 Josh Reddick OAK RF 25 3.0 3.5 156 673 148 29 5 32 55 11 1 79.476 0.305 0.463
37 Evan Longoria TBA 3B 26 2.9 2.6 74 312 79 14 0 17 33 2 3 50.752 0.369 0.527
38 A. J. Pierzynski CHA C 35 2.8 3.1 135 520 133 18 4 27 28 0 0 71.454 0.326 0.501
39 B. J. Upton TBA CF 27 2.8 2.1 146 631 141 29 3 28 45 31 6 70.019 0.298 0.454
40 Jeff Keppinger TBA 3B 32 2.8 2.1 115 418 125 15 1 9 24 1 0 56.966 0.367 0.439
41 Asdrubal Cabrera CLE SS 26 2.7 4.5 143 616 150 35 1 16 52 9 4 74.765 0.338 0.423
42 Alex Rodriguez NYA 3B 36 2.7 1.7 122 529 126 17 1 18 51 13 1 68.727 0.353 0.430
43 Coco Crisp OAK CF 32 2.7 2.9 120 508 118 25 7 11 45 39 4 56.851 0.325 0.418
44 Kendrys Morales LAA 1B 29 2.6 2.7 134 522 132 26 1 22 31 0 1 65.582 0.320 0.467
45 Adrian Gonzalez BOS 1B 30 2.6 4.3 123 527 145 37 0 15 31 0 0 71.020 0.344 0.469
46 Andy Dirks DET LF 26 2.5 2.1 88 344 101 18 5 8 23 1 1 51.584 0.369 0.487
47 Mark Teixeira NYA 1B 32 2.5 5.6 123 524 113 27 1 24 54 2 1 68.612 0.332 0.474
48 Kyle Seager SEA 3B 24 2.4 2.2 155 651 154 35 1 20 46 13 5 72.213 0.316 0.423
49 Erick Aybar LAA SS 28 2.4 2.0 141 553 150 31 5 8 22 20 4 61.059 0.324 0.416
50 Jason Kipnis CLE 2B 25 2.3 3.3 152 672 152 22 4 14 67 31 7 71.895 0.335 0.379

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 Justin Verlander DET 29 8.8 8.7 33 33 238.33 17 8 6 0 81 60 239 76.51 2.64 1.06 9.03
2 David Price TBA 26 7.8 7.8 31 31 211.00 20 5 2 0 63 59 205 68.39 2.56 1.10 8.74
3 Chris Sale CHA 23 6.4 6.4 30 29 192.00 17 8 1 0 66 51 192 58.16 3.05 1.14 9.00
4 Matt Harrison TEX 26 6.3 6.1 32 32 213.33 18 11 4 0 82 59 133 54.63 3.29 1.26 5.61
5 Felix Hernandez SEA 26 6.2 6.3 33 33 232.00 13 9 5 0 84 56 223 54.23 3.06 1.14 8.65
6 Hiroki Kuroda NYA 37 6.0 6.0 33 33 219.67 16 11 3 0 86 51 167 52.62 3.32 1.17 6.84
7 Jered Weaver LAA 29 5.9 6.0 30 30 188.67 20 5 3 0 63 45 142 52.34 2.81 1.02 6.77
8 Fernando Rodney TBA 35 5.8 5.8 76 0 74.67 2 2 0 48 9 15 76 50.68 0.60 0.78 9.16
9 Jake Peavy CHA 31 5.7 5.5 32 32 219.00 11 12 4 0 88 49 194 51.49 3.37 1.10 7.97
10 CC Sabathia NYA 31 4.8 4.7 28 28 200.00 15 6 2 0 89 44 197 42.01 3.38 1.14 8.87
11 Brandon Morrow TOR 27 4.4 4.4 21 21 124.67 10 7 3 0 45 41 108 35.18 2.96 1.11 7.80
12 Jeremy Hellickson TBA 25 4.1 4.0 31 31 177.00 10 11 0 0 68 59 124 35.38 3.10 1.25 6.31
13 Max Scherzer DET 27 4.0 4.0 32 32 187.67 16 7 0 0 82 60 231 35.01 3.74 1.27 11.08
14 James Shields TBA 30 3.9 3.9 33 33 227.67 15 10 3 0 103 58 223 34.17 3.52 1.17 8.82
15 Jarrod Parker OAK 23 3.8 3.6 29 29 181.33 13 8 0 0 71 63 140 33.15 3.47 1.26 6.95
16 Yu Darvish TEX 25 3.7 3.7 29 29 191.33 16 9 0 0 89 89 221 32.30 3.90 1.28 10.40
17 Rafael Soriano NYA 32 3.6 3.6 69 0 67.67 2 1 0 42 17 24 69 31.18 2.26 1.17 9.18
18 Doug Fister DET 28 3.5 3.4 26 26 161.67 10 10 2 0 73 37 137 30.61 3.45 1.19 7.63
19 Scott Diamond MIN 25 3.4 3.3 27 27 173.00 12 9 1 0 76 31 90 29.83 3.54 1.24 4.68
20 Kelvin Herrera KCA 22 3.4 3.4 76 0 84.33 4 3 0 3 24 21 77 26.64 2.35 1.19 8.22
21 Bartolo Colon OAK 39 3.3 3.1 24 24 152.33 10 9 0 0 62 23 91 28.49 3.43 1.21 5.38
22 Ryan Cook OAK 25 3.2 3.2 71 0 73.33 6 2 0 14 18 27 80 28.30 2.09 0.94 9.82
23 Tom Wilhelmsen SEA 28 3.1 3.1 73 0 79.33 4 3 0 29 24 29 87 26.93 2.50 1.11 9.87
24 Jim Johnson BAL 29 3.1 3.1 71 0 68.67 2 1 0 51 21 15 41 26.85 2.49 1.02 5.37
25 Miguel Gonzalez BAL 28 3.0 3.0 18 15 105.33 9 4 0 0 38 35 77 26.54 3.25 1.21 6.58
26 Casey Janssen TOR 30 3.0 3.0 62 0 63.67 1 1 0 22 18 11 67 24.06 2.54 0.86 9.47
27 Grant Balfour OAK 34 3.0 2.9 75 0 74.67 3 2 0 24 21 28 72 25.77 2.53 0.92 8.68
28 Hisashi Iwakuma SEA 31 2.9 2.9 30 16 125.33 9 5 0 2 49 43 101 25.15 3.16 1.28 7.25
29 Jason Vargas SEA 29 2.8 2.9 33 33 217.33 14 11 2 0 94 55 141 24.62 3.85 1.18 5.84
30 Jason Hammel BAL 29 2.8 2.8 20 20 118.00 8 6 1 0 48 42 113 24.68 3.43 1.24 8.62
31 Joe Nathan TEX 37 2.8 2.8 66 0 64.33 3 5 0 37 23 13 78 24.16 2.80 1.06 10.91
32 Darren Oliver TOR 41 2.7 2.7 62 0 56.67 3 4 0 2 13 15 52 21.39 2.06 1.02 8.26
33 Tommy Milone OAK 25 2.7 2.6 31 31 190.00 13 10 1 0 90 36 137 23.15 3.74 1.28 6.49
34 Darren O'Day BAL 29 2.6 2.6 69 0 67.00 7 1 0 0 17 14 69 23.06 2.28 0.94 9.27
35 Colby Lewis TEX 32 2.6 2.7 16 16 105.00 6 6 2 0 48 14 93 22.73 3.43 1.08 7.97
36 Greg Holland KCA 26 2.6 2.6 67 0 67.00 7 4 0 16 22 34 91 20.64 2.96 1.37 12.22
37 Brandon McCarthy OAK 28 2.6 2.6 18 18 111.00 8 6 0 0 44 24 73 22.71 3.24 1.25 5.92
38 Scott Atchison BOS 36 2.6 2.6 42 0 51.33 2 1 0 0 10 9 36 20.36 1.58 0.99 6.31
39 Andy Pettitte NYA 40 2.6 2.5 12 12 75.33 5 4 0 0 26 21 69 22.31 2.87 1.14 8.24
40 Nate Jones CHA 26 2.5 2.5 65 0 71.67 8 0 0 0 19 32 65 23.03 2.39 1.38 8.16
41 Glen Perkins MIN 29 2.5 2.5 70 0 70.33 3 1 0 16 25 16 78 21.47 2.56 1.04 9.98
42 Ernesto Frieri LAA 26 2.5 2.5 56 0 54.33 4 2 0 23 15 26 80 21.78 2.32 0.96 13.25
43 Jeremy Guthrie KCA 33 2.4 2.4 14 14 91.00 5 3 0 0 37 19 56 19.07 3.16 1.13 5.54
44 Junichi Tazawa BOS 26 2.4 2.4 37 0 44.00 1 1 0 1 7 5 45 19.03 1.43 0.95 9.20
45 Pedro Strop BAL 27 2.4 2.4 70 0 66.33 5 2 0 3 18 37 58 20.61 2.44 1.34 7.87
46 Wei-Yin Chen BAL 26 2.3 2.3 32 32 192.67 12 11 0 0 97 57 154 20.47 4.02 1.26 7.19
47 Vinnie Pestano CLE 27 2.3 2.3 70 0 70.00 3 3 0 2 20 24 76 20.22 2.57 1.10 9.77
48 Jake McGee TBA 25 2.3 2.3 69 0 55.33 5 2 0 0 13 11 73 20.21 1.95 0.80 11.87
49 David Phelps NYA 25 2.3 2.3 33 11 99.67 4 4 0 0 38 38 96 19.90 3.34 1.19 8.67
50 Luis Ayala BAL 34 2.2 2.2 66 0 75.00 5 5 0 1 27 14 51 19.63 2.64 1.27 6.12

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Tyler Flowers CHA 26 1.7 49.0 360.7 324.0 29.0 2.0 5.0 13.485
2 Alex Avila DET 25 1.5 113.0 937.7 897.0 57.0 6.0 7.0 12.665
3 Humberto Quintero KCA 32 1.3 43.0 355.0 310.0 28.0 5.0 5.0 13.014
4 Drew Butera MIN 28 1.3 41.0 298.7 243.0 14.0 1.0 2.0 11.182
5 Bobby Wilson LAA 29 1.2 72.0 501.7 420.0 32.0 4.0 6.0 9.772
6 Salvador Perez KCA 22 1.2 74.0 653.7 522.0 53.0 4.0 4.0 11.197
7 Jeff Mathis TOR 29 1.0 66.0 532.7 433.0 38.0 2.0 5.0 10.072
8 Miguel Olivo SEA 33 0.9 73.0 625.7 505.0 46.0 5.0 5.0 7.661
1B 1 Mark Teixeira NYA 32 3.1 119.0 1032.0 985.0 69.0 1.0 91.0 30.159
2 Casey Kotchman CLE 29 2.1 137.0 1087.0 1099.0 108.0 6.0 114.0 18.038
3 Albert Pujols LAA 32 2.0 120.0 1021.7 1013.0 97.0 7.0 95.0 16.126
4 Adrian Gonzalez BOS 30 1.9 115.0 925.0 949.0 104.0 2.0 100.0 18.159
5 Mitch Moreland TEX 26 1.5 95.0 739.3 691.0 57.0 3.0 68.0 12.796
6 Prince Fielder DET 28 1.2 159.0 1392.7 1256.0 105.0 11.0 113.0 10.862
7 Nick Swisher NYA 31 0.6 41.0 259.0 255.0 18.0 3.0 23.0 6.291
8 Michael Young TEX 35 0.5 41.0 363.0 358.0 24.0 2.0 37.0 4.377
2B 1 Alexi Casilla MIN 27 1.8 96.0 744.0 178.0 263.0 9.0 81.0 16.145
2 Gordon Beckham CHA 25 1.2 149.0 1308.7 280.0 411.0 7.0 110.0 9.576
3 Jason Kipnis CLE 25 1.0 146.0 1293.3 241.0 440.0 6.0 94.0 8.545
4 Kelly Johnson TOR 30 0.7 136.0 1179.7 247.0 386.0 11.0 100.0 6.870
5 Dustin Pedroia BOS 28 0.7 139.0 1216.0 228.0 392.0 5.0 100.0 6.830
6 Kyle Seager SEA 24 0.7 18.0 140.7 40.0 52.0 0.0 17.0 6.037
7 Will Rhymes TBA 29 0.7 31.0 214.0 40.0 83.0 5.0 27.0 5.798
8 Robinson Cano NYA 29 0.6 154.0 1343.3 285.0 435.0 6.0 92.0 6.168
3B 1 Mike Moustakas KCA 23 2.1 149.0 1314.3 127.0 312.0 15.0 41.0 20.162
2 Brett Lawrie TOR 22 1.7 123.0 1072.0 84.0 273.0 17.0 23.0 16.884
3 Jack Hannahan CLE 32 1.1 96.0 724.3 63.0 180.0 13.0 18.0 9.982
4 Josh Donaldson OAK 26 0.8 71.0 633.7 53.0 152.0 12.0 14.0 6.998
5 Nick Punto BOS 34 0.5 26.0 159.7 11.0 45.0 1.0 6.0 5.285
6 Pedro Ciriaco BOS 26 0.5 35.0 298.3 28.0 79.0 8.0 9.0 4.826
7 Brandon Inge 2 teams 35 0.5 76.0 673.0 74.0 141.0 7.0 18.0 4.091
8 Danny Valencia 2 teams 27 0.4 44.0 357.0 26.0 83.0 4.0 9.0 3.528
SS 1 J. J. Hardy BAL 29 3.8 158.0 1439.0 244.0 529.0 6.0 113.0 33.063
2 Brendan Ryan SEA 30 2.0 138.0 1170.7 196.0 396.0 9.0 104.0 17.648
3 Brian Dozier MIN 25 1.9 83.0 732.3 111.0 287.0 15.0 70.0 16.749
4 Asdrubal Cabrera CLE 26 1.7 136.0 1161.3 223.0 408.0 19.0 99.0 15.055
5 Yunel Escobar TOR 29 1.7 143.0 1250.7 240.0 431.0 12.0 100.0 16.013
6 Jamey Carroll MIN 38 1.1 37.0 310.0 53.0 120.0 2.0 29.0 9.396
7 Cliff Pennington OAK 28 0.9 93.0 805.0 150.0 272.0 9.0 58.0 8.226
8 Mike Aviles BOS 31 0.8 128.0 1107.7 207.0 369.0 15.0 89.0 8.162
LF 1 Alex Gordon KCA 28 0.7 160.0 1424.3 319.0 17.0 2.0 3.0 6.699
2 Josh Willingham MIN 33 0.5 119.0 1027.7 237.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 3.991
3 Dayan Viciedo CHA 23 0.4 131.0 1093.0 233.0 13.0 2.0 0.0 3.286
4 Vernon Wells LAA 33 0.4 69.0 539.0 128.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.898
5 Trayvon Robinson SEA 24 0.4 46.0 367.3 100.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.205
6 Ezequiel Carrera CLE 25 0.3 36.0 236.7 68.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.906
7 Johnny Damon CLE 38 0.3 56.0 396.0 99.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 2.277
8 Seth Smith OAK 29 0.2 57.0 439.3 102.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 1.987
CF 1 Denard Span MIN 28 0.9 125.0 1073.3 339.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 7.611
2 Adam Jones BAL 26 0.6 162.0 1458.0 439.0 7.0 8.0 0.0 5.452
3 Peter Bourjos LAA 25 0.6 90.0 501.7 164.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 4.673
4 Austin Jackson DET 25 0.5 137.0 1184.0 339.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 4.682
5 Alejandro De Aza CHA 28 0.5 125.0 1078.7 314.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 4.182
6 Jarrod Dyson KCA 27 0.5 88.0 699.0 231.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 4.995
7 Mike Trout LAA 20 0.5 110.0 885.7 264.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.939
8 Craig Gentry TEX 28 0.4 114.0 648.0 189.0 7.0 0.0 2.0 3.542
RF 1 Alex Rios CHA 31 0.8 156.0 1369.0 333.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 6.688
2 Ben Revere MIN 24 0.6 84.0 708.3 172.0 6.0 0.0 2.0 5.351
3 Josh Reddick OAK 25 0.4 136.0 1179.7 275.0 14.0 5.0 3.0 3.861
4 Shin-Soo Choo CLE 29 0.4 154.0 1331.7 293.0 7.0 2.0 1.0 3.354
5 Ichiro Suzuki 2 teams 38 0.4 132.0 1072.3 239.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 3.277
6 Nick Swisher NYA 31 0.4 109.0 907.7 214.0 4.0 3.0 0.0 3.427
7 Nelson Cruz TEX 31 0.3 151.0 1286.0 286.0 9.0 4.0 2.0 2.826
8 Chris Davis BAL 26 0.2 30.0 230.0 59.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 1.774