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Updated July 12, 1998

Today's Standings:

 
                                        1968 WMBL Standings
                                       All Posted Statistics
                                          January 18, 1999
               American
                         W   L   PCT   GB  Home    Road    1-run   Extra   vs RHP  vs LHP  ShtOut
Detroit Tigers          65  43  .602   --  39-15   26-28   20-21    5-0    49-29   16-14   16-8
Oakland A's             55  53  .509 10.0  28-26   27-27   15-18    6-7    38-41   17-12   12-11
Minnesota Twins         52  56  .481 13.0  28-26   24-30   29-17    9-6    39-40   13-16    8-8
Boston Red Sox          51  57  .472 14.0  33-27   18-30   22-19    6-3    34-45   17-12   11-10
Baltimore Orioles       50  58  .463 15.0  24-30   26-28   16-25    7-7    39-41   11-17   11-12
California Angels       48  60  .444 17.0  23-25   25-35   13-16    5-8    37-44   11-16    8-15

               National
                         W   L   PCT   GB  Home    Road    1-run   Extra   vs RHP  vs LHP  ShtOut
San Francisco Giants    67  29  .698   --  35-13   32-16   20-10    5-1    50-24   17-5    10-9
Los Angeles Dodgers     56  46  .549 14.0  30-18   26-28   25-19    0-6    38-34   18-12   18-9
Saint Louis Cardinals   54  48  .529 16.0  27-27   27-21   11-15    4-6    43-39   11-9    11-7
Houston Astros          47  55  .461 23.0  30-24   17-31   15-19    3-8    32-36   15-19   10-13
Cincinnati Reds         46  62  .426 27.0  25-29   21-33   19-17    7-3    34-46   12-16    9-12
New York Mets           39  63  .382 31.0  17-31   22-32   10-19    6-8    33-46    6-17    5-15

What is the MBL about?

As we have an avid interest in historical baseball, we also allow teams to use a city name that was once used by that real-life franchise. Thus the Philadelphia Athletics are linked to the Oakland A's, while the Washington Senators are linked to the Texas Rangers.

The league began with 8 original franchises: New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, and Kansas City Royals. The first expansion added the Torono Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. Later Expansions added the California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Texas Rangers.

Just last year the league allowed owners an opportunity to switch team affiliations. At that time, the Twins became the Diamondbacks, the Giants became the Marlins, the Brewers became the Reds, the Royals became the Pirates, and the Cubs became the Indians.

Note that in all the descriptions below, the year in question is the year upon which the player ratings were based, not the year in which the games were played (which in all cases is the next year). So, 1981 is the season based on the strike, and was played in 1982.

A Brief History of the MBL

Anyhoo, in that year the New York Mets won the first MBL championship by beating the Milwaukee Brewers in the first World Series. The MVP of that season was Rickey Henderson (with Andre Dawson finishing 2nd). The Batter of the Year (called the Ty Cobb Award) was also Rickey Henderson. The Cy Young Award winner was Dave Steib, with Steve Rogers finishing 2nd.

Year #2 (1982) was termed the 'Year of the Brewer' on the cover of the Yearbook, and that it was. Ed Faver brought home his Brewers, winning 112 games to take the Brador Division crown. Then Ed's Brew Crew beat the repeat champion Mets in the World series. MVP was Cecil Cooper (Rickey Henderson finished 2nd); Cecil was also the Batter of the Year. The Cy Young Award winner was Jerry Reuss of the Mets, with Mike Caldwell of the Brewers finishing 2nd.

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