2016 American League Stats

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2016 American League Standings

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Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Boston Red Sox93-69 (0.574)-87869498-64 (0.606)102-60 (0.630)2,955,43454.031.70.322.1
2Baltimore Orioles89-73 (0.549)4.074471584-78 (0.518)89-73 (0.549)2,172,34441.718.46.317.0
2Toronto Blue Jays89-73 (0.549)4.075966691-71 (0.560)92-70 (0.568)3,392,09944.920.00.524.4
4New York Yankees84-78 (0.519)9.068070279-83 (0.485)77-85 (0.475)3,063,40529.310.31.517.5
5Tampa Bay Rays68-94 (0.420)25.067271377-85 (0.473)73-89 (0.451)1,286,16325.614.7-2.713.6

Central Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cleveland Indians94-67 (0.584)-77767691-71 (0.563)93-69 (0.574)1,591,66745.220.70.823.7
2Detroit Tigers86-75 (0.534)8.075072184-78 (0.518)89-73 (0.549)2,493,85941.421.13.317.0
3Kansas City Royals81-81 (0.500)13.567571277-85 (0.476)74-88 (0.457)2,557,71226.08.21.816.0
4Chicago White Sox78-84 (0.481)16.568671578-84 (0.481)76-86 (0.469)1,746,29328.113.40.813.9
5Minnesota Twins59-103 (0.364)35.572288966-96 (0.406)58-104 (0.358)1,963,91210.113.81.4-5.0

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Texas Rangers95-67 (0.586)-76575782-80 (0.505)83-79 (0.512)2,710,40235.715.15.115.6
2Seattle Mariners86-76 (0.531)9.076870787-75 (0.538)88-74 (0.543)2,267,92840.723.91.914.9
3Houston Astros84-78 (0.519)11.072470183-79 (0.515)84-78 (0.519)2,306,62336.918.02.416.6
4Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim74-88 (0.457)21.071772780-82 (0.494)75-87 (0.463)3,016,14227.115.43.28.4
5Oakland Athletics69-93 (0.426)26.065376170-92 (0.430)63-99 (0.389)1,521,50615.76.53.75.6

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 24 9.7 10.2 159 681 173 32 5 29 116 30 7 134.279 0.441 0.550
2 David Ortiz BOS 1B 40 8.1 8.1 151 626 169 48 1 38 80 2 0 124.485 0.401 0.620
3 Jose Altuve HOU 2B 26 8.0 5.8 161 717 216 42 5 24 60 30 10 124.042 0.396 0.531
4 Josh Donaldson TOR 3B 30 8.0 7.2 155 700 164 32 5 37 109 7 1 127.165 0.404 0.549
5 Miguel Cabrera DET 1B 33 7.5 8.5 158 679 188 31 1 38 75 0 0 123.366 0.393 0.563
6 Nelson Cruz SEA RF 35 6.6 6.4 155 667 169 27 1 43 62 2 0 110.187 0.360 0.555
7 Mookie Betts BOS RF 23 6.4 7.6 158 730 214 42 5 31 49 26 4 117.159 0.363 0.534
8 Robinson Cano SEA 2B 33 6.1 8.7 161 715 195 33 2 39 47 0 1 111.076 0.350 0.533
9 Brian Dozier MIN 2B 29 5.7 7.4 155 691 165 35 5 42 61 18 2 106.319 0.340 0.546
10 Edwin Encarnacion TOR 1B 33 5.6 5.9 160 701 158 34 0 42 87 2 0 109.452 0.357 0.529
11 Kyle Seager SEA 3B 28 5.4 9.2 158 676 166 36 3 30 69 3 1 101.683 0.359 0.499
12 Carlos Santana CLE 1B 30 5.1 6.3 158 688 151 31 3 34 99 5 2 104.823 0.366 0.498
13 Manny Machado BAL 3B 23 5.1 6.9 157 696 188 40 1 37 48 0 3 106.103 0.343 0.533
14 Adrian Beltre TEX 3B 37 4.7 6.9 153 640 175 31 1 32 48 1 1 99.773 0.358 0.521
15 J. D. Martinez DET RF 28 4.5 3.9 120 517 141 35 2 22 49 1 2 85.219 0.373 0.535
16 Hanley Ramirez BOS 1B 32 4.5 3.9 147 620 157 28 1 30 60 9 3 94.475 0.361 0.505
17 George Springer HOU RF 26 4.5 5.1 162 744 168 29 5 29 88 9 10 103.455 0.359 0.457
18 Carlos Correa HOU SS 21 4.3 4.6 153 660 158 36 3 20 75 13 3 90.608 0.361 0.451
19 Mark Trumbo BAL RF 30 4.2 4.0 159 667 157 27 1 47 51 2 0 95.029 0.316 0.533
20 Evan Longoria TBA 3B 30 4.1 3.5 160 685 173 41 4 36 42 0 3 94.345 0.318 0.521
21 Ian Kinsler DET 2B 34 4.1 6.1 153 679 178 29 4 28 45 14 6 95.710 0.348 0.484
22 Dustin Pedroia BOS 2B 32 4.1 3.7 154 698 201 36 1 15 61 7 4 99.480 0.376 0.449
23 Jose Abreu CHA 1B 29 4.0 4.6 159 695 183 32 1 25 47 0 2 95.638 0.352 0.468
24 Adam Eaton CHA RF 27 3.9 6.0 157 706 176 29 9 14 63 14 5 91.915 0.362 0.428
25 Jose Ramirez CLE 3B 23 3.9 3.2 152 618 176 46 3 11 44 22 7 86.541 0.363 0.462
26 Jackie Bradley BOS CF 26 3.8 4.1 156 636 149 30 7 26 63 9 2 89.893 0.349 0.486
27 Carlos Beltran 2 teams RF 39 3.8 3.5 151 593 163 33 0 29 35 1 0 85.534 0.337 0.513
28 Jason Kipnis CLE 2B 29 3.8 2.9 156 688 168 41 4 23 60 15 3 91.105 0.343 0.469
29 Xander Bogaerts BOS SS 23 3.6 0.6 157 719 192 34 1 21 58 13 4 96.296 0.356 0.446
30 Victor Martinez DET 1B 37 3.6 3.5 154 610 160 22 0 27 50 0 0 85.435 0.351 0.476
31 Khris Davis OAK LF 28 3.4 3.3 150 610 137 24 2 42 42 1 2 82.028 0.307 0.524
32 Francisco Lindor CLE SS 22 3.4 4.7 158 684 182 30 3 15 57 19 5 88.032 0.358 0.435
33 Melky Cabrera CHA LF 31 3.4 3.0 151 646 175 42 5 14 47 2 0 83.781 0.345 0.455
34 Kole Calhoun LAA RF 28 3.3 3.4 157 672 161 35 5 18 67 2 3 85.841 0.348 0.438
35 Gary Sanchez NYA C 23 3.1 4.2 53 229 60 12 0 20 24 1 0 45.737 0.376 0.657
36 Mike Napoli CLE 1B 34 3.1 3.0 150 645 133 22 1 34 78 5 1 84.064 0.335 0.465
37 Chris Davis BAL 1B 30 3.1 3.8 157 665 125 21 0 38 88 1 0 85.544 0.332 0.459
38 Jose Bautista TOR RF 35 3.0 2.6 116 517 99 24 1 22 87 2 2 72.525 0.366 0.452
39 Tyler Naquin CLE CF 25 3.0 2.5 116 365 95 18 5 14 36 6 3 57.687 0.372 0.514
40 Albert Pujols LAA 1B 36 3.0 3.0 152 650 159 19 0 31 49 4 0 79.452 0.323 0.457
41 Evan Gattis HOU C 29 2.9 4.9 128 499 112 19 0 32 43 2 1 67.212 0.319 0.508
42 Michael Saunders TOR LF 29 2.9 2.5 140 558 124 32 3 24 59 1 2 74.970 0.338 0.478
43 Elvis Andrus TEX SS 27 2.8 4.1 147 568 153 31 7 8 47 24 8 74.644 0.362 0.439
44 Kendrys Morales KCA 1B 33 2.6 2.7 154 618 147 24 0 30 48 0 0 78.652 0.327 0.468
45 Ian Desmond TEX CF 30 2.6 2.1 156 677 178 29 3 22 44 21 6 84.393 0.335 0.446
46 Danny Valencia OAK 3B 31 2.6 2.2 130 517 135 22 1 17 41 1 1 66.984 0.346 0.446
47 Brad Miller TBA SS 26 2.5 0.2 152 601 133 29 6 30 47 6 4 72.904 0.304 0.482
48 Robbie Grossman MIN LF 26 2.5 2.0 99 389 93 19 1 11 55 2 3 57.189 0.386 0.443
49 Logan Forsythe TBA 2B 29 2.4 1.1 127 567 135 24 4 20 46 6 6 70.180 0.333 0.444
50 Nick Castellanos DET 3B 24 2.3 2.0 110 447 117 25 4 18 28 1 1 60.694 0.331 0.496

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 33 8.2 8.2 34 34 227.67 16 9 2 0 81 57 254 67.41 3.04 1.00 10.04
2 Rick Porcello BOS 27 6.7 6.6 33 33 223.00 22 4 3 0 85 32 189 63.08 3.15 1.01 7.63
3 Corey Kluber CLE 30 6.4 6.4 32 32 215.00 18 9 3 0 82 57 227 60.02 3.14 1.06 9.50
4 Zack Britton BAL 28 6.3 6.3 69 0 67.00 2 1 0 47 7 18 74 48.24 0.54 0.84 9.94
5 Chris Sale CHA 27 6.1 6.0 32 32 226.67 17 10 6 0 88 45 233 57.21 3.34 1.04 9.25
6 Cole Hamels TEX 32 6.0 5.9 32 32 200.67 15 5 0 0 83 77 200 46.52 3.32 1.31 8.97
7 Jose Quintana CHA 27 5.7 5.6 32 32 208.00 13 12 0 0 76 50 181 53.68 3.20 1.16 7.83
8 Masahiro Tanaka NYA 27 5.6 5.5 31 31 199.67 14 4 0 0 75 36 165 51.52 3.07 1.08 7.44
9 Michael Fulmer DET 23 5.4 5.3 26 26 159.00 11 7 1 0 57 42 132 44.00 3.06 1.12 7.47
10 Aaron Sanchez TOR 23 5.3 5.1 30 30 192.00 15 2 0 0 69 63 161 50.18 3.00 1.17 7.55
11 J. A. Happ TOR 33 5.3 5.3 32 32 195.00 20 4 0 0 72 60 163 50.15 3.18 1.17 7.52
12 Kevin Gausman BAL 25 4.7 4.7 30 30 179.67 9 12 0 0 76 47 174 36.16 3.61 1.28 8.72
13 Danny Duffy KCA 27 4.5 4.5 42 26 179.67 12 3 1 0 71 42 188 41.03 3.51 1.14 9.42
14 David Price BOS 30 4.3 4.0 35 35 230.00 17 9 2 0 106 50 228 40.42 3.99 1.20 8.92
15 Chris Devenski HOU 25 4.3 4.3 48 5 108.33 4 4 0 1 26 20 104 37.56 2.16 0.91 8.64
16 Ian Kennedy KCA 31 4.2 4.1 33 33 195.67 11 11 0 0 81 66 184 38.58 3.68 1.22 8.46
17 Andrew Miller 2 teams 31 4.2 4.2 70 0 74.33 10 1 0 12 13 9 123 38.64 1.45 0.69 14.89
18 Sam Dyson TEX 28 4.1 4.1 73 0 70.33 3 2 0 38 19 23 55 31.55 2.43 1.22 7.04
19 Ervin Santana MIN 33 3.9 3.8 30 30 181.33 7 11 2 0 78 53 149 36.83 3.38 1.22 7.40
20 Chris Tillman BAL 28 3.8 3.8 30 30 172.00 16 6 0 0 73 66 140 29.61 3.77 1.28 7.33
21 Rich Hill OAK 36 3.8 3.8 14 14 76.00 9 3 0 0 22 28 90 29.08 2.25 1.09 10.66
22 Brad Brach BAL 30 3.8 3.8 71 0 79.00 10 4 0 2 23 25 92 28.90 2.05 1.04 10.48
23 Marco Estrada TOR 32 3.7 3.6 29 29 176.00 9 9 0 0 73 65 165 35.24 3.48 1.12 8.44
24 Alex Colome TBA 27 3.5 3.5 57 0 56.67 2 4 0 37 12 15 71 29.80 1.91 1.02 11.28
25 Carlos Carrasco CLE 29 3.5 3.5 25 25 146.33 11 8 1 0 64 34 150 33.10 3.32 1.15 9.23
26 Jake Odorizzi TBA 26 3.4 3.4 33 33 187.67 10 6 0 0 80 54 166 29.19 3.69 1.19 7.96
27 Steven Wright BOS 31 3.2 3.1 24 24 156.67 13 6 4 0 74 57 127 30.57 3.33 1.24 7.30
28 Matt Shoemaker LAA 29 3.2 3.2 27 27 160.00 9 13 1 0 71 30 143 24.88 3.88 1.23 8.04
29 Roberto Osuna TOR 21 3.2 3.2 72 0 74.00 4 3 0 36 23 14 82 29.79 2.68 0.93 9.97
30 Yu Darvish TEX 29 3.2 3.3 17 17 100.33 7 5 0 0 43 31 132 24.37 3.41 1.12 11.84
31 Dan Otero CLE 31 3.2 3.2 62 0 70.67 5 1 0 1 14 10 57 29.72 1.53 0.91 7.26
32 Ryan Dull OAK 26 3.1 3.1 70 0 74.33 5 5 0 3 23 15 73 23.51 2.42 0.87 8.84
33 Tony Barnette TEX 32 2.9 2.9 53 0 60.33 7 3 0 0 16 16 49 22.45 2.09 1.16 7.31
34 Cody Allen CLE 27 2.8 2.8 67 0 68.00 3 5 0 32 23 27 87 26.79 2.51 1.00 11.51
35 CC Sabathia NYA 35 2.7 2.7 30 30 179.67 9 12 0 0 83 65 152 25.29 3.91 1.32 7.61
36 Matt Bush TEX 30 2.7 2.7 58 0 61.67 7 2 0 1 18 14 61 20.98 2.48 0.94 8.90
37 Sean Manaea OAK 24 2.7 2.7 25 24 144.67 7 9 0 0 65 37 124 20.91 3.86 1.19 7.71
38 Chris Archer TBA 27 2.7 2.5 33 33 201.33 9 19 0 0 100 67 233 22.60 4.02 1.24 10.42
39 Kelvin Herrera KCA 26 2.7 2.7 72 0 72.00 2 6 0 12 23 12 86 24.11 2.75 0.96 10.75
40 Will Harris HOU 31 2.6 2.6 66 0 64.00 1 2 0 12 17 15 69 23.35 2.25 1.05 9.70
41 Colby Lewis TEX 36 2.6 2.6 19 19 116.33 6 5 1 0 53 28 73 20.12 3.71 1.13 5.65
42 Nate Jones CHA 30 2.6 2.6 71 0 70.67 5 3 0 3 20 15 80 24.18 2.29 0.89 10.19
43 Wade Davis KCA 30 2.6 2.6 45 0 43.33 2 1 0 27 9 16 47 23.26 1.87 1.13 9.76
44 Danny Salazar CLE 26 2.5 2.3 25 25 137.33 11 6 0 0 61 63 161 23.06 3.87 1.34 10.55
45 Steve Cishek SEA 30 2.4 2.4 62 0 64.00 4 6 0 25 21 21 76 21.93 2.81 1.02 10.69
46 Kendall Graveman OAK 25 2.4 2.3 31 31 186.00 10 11 2 0 87 47 108 18.46 4.11 1.31 5.23
47 Cam Bedrosian LAA 24 2.3 2.3 45 0 40.33 2 0 0 1 7 14 51 17.88 1.12 1.09 11.38
48 Lance McCullers HOU 22 2.3 2.3 14 14 81.00 6 5 0 0 29 45 106 20.04 3.22 1.54 11.78
49 Mychal Givens BAL 26 2.2 2.2 66 0 74.67 8 2 0 0 28 36 96 17.32 3.13 1.27 11.57
50 Hisashi Iwakuma SEA 35 2.1 2.1 33 33 199.00 16 12 0 0 95 46 147 19.12 4.12 1.33 6.65

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Roberto Perez CLE 27 2.1 61.0 451.7 476.0 29.0 2.0 3.0 15.818
2 Jonathan Lucroy TEX 30 2.0 44.0 367.0 344.0 22.0 0.0 4.0 18.655
3 Evan Gattis HOU 29 1.9 55.0 445.3 448.0 34.0 2.0 4.0 14.723
4 Salvador Perez KCA 26 1.9 128.0 1105.7 989.0 77.0 4.0 4.0 14.314
5 Carlos Perez LAA 25 1.8 82.0 670.3 571.0 43.0 3.0 7.0 17.282
6 Gary Sanchez NYA 23 1.1 36.0 316.0 304.0 34.0 3.0 1.0 8.707
7 James McCann DET 26 1.1 99.0 843.7 756.0 44.0 4.0 9.0 10.036
8 Caleb Joseph BAL 30 0.9 48.0 355.3 322.0 24.0 2.0 4.0 8.558
1B 1 Marwin Gonzalez HOU 27 2.2 92.0 677.0 640.0 69.0 6.0 57.0 16.773
2 Yonder Alonso OAK 29 1.2 145.0 1136.3 1155.0 70.0 4.0 118.0 11.511
3 Mark Teixeira NYA 36 1.2 110.0 872.7 867.0 39.0 3.0 65.0 9.273
4 Carlos Santana CLE 30 1.2 64.0 556.7 513.0 53.0 5.0 48.0 9.260
5 Miguel Cabrera DET 33 1.1 147.0 1262.0 1186.0 95.0 7.0 124.0 10.639
6 Chris Davis BAL 30 0.7 152.0 1327.0 1325.0 62.0 10.0 138.0 6.908
7 Tyler Austin NYA 24 0.6 27.0 186.7 166.0 15.0 0.0 17.0 5.000
8 Jose Abreu CHA 29 0.6 152.0 1355.7 1243.0 84.0 10.0 131.0 4.654
2B 1 Robinson Cano SEA 33 2.6 157.0 1376.3 311.0 429.0 3.0 123.0 19.780
2 Rougned Odor TEX 22 2.0 146.0 1271.0 283.0 428.0 22.0 129.0 19.235
3 Ian Kinsler DET 34 2.0 151.0 1299.0 303.0 432.0 9.0 109.0 18.981
4 Brian Dozier MIN 29 1.7 151.0 1331.0 286.0 419.0 8.0 118.0 14.273
5 Jonathan Schoop BAL 24 1.2 162.0 1429.0 277.0 447.0 8.0 123.0 10.900
6 Darwin Barney TOR 30 0.9 40.0 297.0 55.0 105.0 4.0 35.0 6.593
7 Jed Lowrie OAK 32 0.7 82.0 708.3 141.0 235.0 6.0 60.0 6.995
8 Christian Colon KCA 27 0.7 32.0 247.0 45.0 94.0 0.0 18.0 5.618
3B 1 Kyle Seager SEA 28 3.8 156.0 1399.7 110.0 373.0 22.0 46.0 29.198
2 Adrian Beltre TEX 37 2.2 141.0 1219.0 104.0 301.0 10.0 43.0 20.544
3 Chase Headley NYA 32 1.7 140.0 1169.0 90.0 278.0 10.0 25.0 12.917
4 Manny Machado BAL 23 1.3 114.0 998.0 86.0 236.0 7.0 26.0 12.204
5 Ronald Torreyes NYA 23 1.2 34.0 245.0 12.0 76.0 2.0 9.0 9.533
6 Todd Frazier CHA 30 0.9 149.0 1320.3 91.0 293.0 11.0 33.0 6.760
7 Travis Shaw BOS 26 0.6 105.0 851.3 76.0 197.0 16.0 20.0 4.697
8 Ryan Flaherty BAL 29 0.5 40.0 308.0 17.0 78.0 3.0 9.0 4.657
SS 1 Jose Iglesias DET 26 2.1 136.0 1163.0 180.0 389.0 5.0 92.0 20.021
2 Marcus Semien OAK 25 2.0 159.0 1385.3 235.0 477.0 21.0 109.0 18.905
3 Andrelton Simmons LAA 26 1.5 124.0 1045.0 198.0 337.0 10.0 82.0 14.096
4 Eduardo Escobar MIN 27 1.4 71.0 579.0 87.0 200.0 9.0 62.0 11.926
5 J. J. Hardy BAL 33 1.4 115.0 990.0 140.0 326.0 6.0 80.0 12.938
6 Francisco Lindor CLE 22 1.4 155.0 1364.7 215.0 447.0 12.0 83.0 10.450
7 Elvis Andrus TEX 27 1.3 147.0 1294.0 229.0 413.0 17.0 105.0 12.165
8 Ryan Goins TOR 28 1.1 28.0 150.7 31.0 65.0 1.0 16.0 8.482
LF 1 Nori Aoki SEA 34 0.4 99.0 768.7 160.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 3.216
2 Brett Gardner NYA 32 0.4 147.0 1219.0 249.0 9.0 3.0 2.0 2.719
3 Shane Robinson LAA 31 0.3 34.0 169.7 56.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 3.289
4 Guillermo Heredia SEA 25 0.3 35.0 198.3 55.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 2.636
5 Alex Gordon KCA 32 0.2 126.0 1100.3 222.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 1.869
6 Daniel Nava LAA 33 0.2 37.0 239.0 58.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.179
7 Carlos Gomez TEX 30 0.2 28.0 213.0 53.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.140
8 Corey Dickerson TBA 27 0.2 76.0 599.0 132.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 2.110
CF 1 Kevin Kiermaier TBA 26 0.7 104.0 872.3 264.0 7.0 2.0 1.0 6.508
2 Leonys Martin SEA 28 0.7 143.0 1275.0 353.0 11.0 3.0 3.0 5.237
3 Lorenzo Cain KCA 30 0.7 72.0 614.7 196.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 5.131
4 Byron Buxton MIN 22 0.7 92.0 773.7 243.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 5.642
5 Mike Trout LAA 24 0.4 148.0 1260.3 360.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 4.228
6 Adam Eaton CHA 27 0.4 48.0 373.7 120.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 3.239
7 Jake Marisnick HOU 25 0.4 74.0 569.7 160.0 8.0 1.0 1.0 3.085
8 Danny Santana MIN 25 0.4 40.0 324.3 105.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.263
RF 1 Adam Eaton CHA 27 1.7 121.0 980.3 296.0 15.0 3.0 3.0 13.463
2 Mookie Betts BOS 23 1.2 157.0 1381.7 346.0 14.0 1.0 4.0 8.865
3 Nomar Mazara TEX 21 0.8 112.0 885.3 236.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 7.311
4 George Springer HOU 26 0.6 147.0 1308.0 304.0 12.0 2.0 2.0 4.668
5 Avisail Garcia CHA 25 0.3 46.0 379.7 103.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.659
6 Steven Souza TBA 27 0.3 111.0 947.7 226.0 8.0 3.0 1.0 2.862
7 Ezequiel Carrera TOR 29 0.3 65.0 370.0 87.0 6.0 0.0 2.0 1.958
8 Oswaldo Arcia 2 teams 25 0.2 26.0 191.0 57.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.053