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30 teams in AL, NL · 2430 regular-season games · 2012-03-28 to 2012-10-03 · attendance 74,859,268

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World Series champion

San Francisco Giants

MVP

Miguel Cabrera AL
Buster Posey NL

Cy Young

David Price AL
R. A. Dickey NL

Rookie of the Year

Mike Trout AL
Bryce Harper NL

All-Star Game

2012-07-10 at Kauffman Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 2012

Barry Larkin, Ron Santo

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Wild Card	Baltimore Orioles 1–0 Texas Rangers	1
Wild Card	St. Louis Cardinals 1–0 Atlanta Braves	1
Division Series	Detroit Tigers 3–2 Oakland Athletics	5
Division Series	San Francisco Giants 3–2 Cincinnati Reds	5
Division Series	New York Yankees 3–2 Baltimore Orioles	5
Division Series	St. Louis Cardinals 3–2 Washington Nationals	5
League Championship	Detroit Tigers 4–0 New York Yankees	4
League Championship	San Francisco Giants 4–3 St. Louis Cardinals	7
World Series	San Francisco Giants 4–0 Detroit Tigers	4

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543	—	670	3,028,033	Jim Leyland	Pennant Division
2	Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	3	676	1,965,955	Robin Ventura
3	Kansas City Royals	72	90	.444	16	746	1,739,859	Ned Yost
4	Cleveland Indians	68	94	.420	20	845	1,603,596	Manny Acta, Sandy Alomar
5	Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	22	832	2,776,354	Ron Gardenhire

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	95	67	.586	—	668	3,542,406	Joe Girardi	Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	93	69	.574	2	705	2,102,240	Buck Showalter	Wild Card
3	Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	5	577	1,559,681	Joe Maddon
4	Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	22	784	2,099,663	John Farrell
5	Boston Red Sox	69	93	.426	26	806	3,043,003	Bobby Valentine

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580	—	614	1,679,013	Bob Melvin	Division
2	Texas Rangers	93	69	.574	1	707	3,460,280	Ron Washington	Wild Card
3	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	.549	5	699	3,061,770	Mike Scioscia
4	Seattle Mariners	75	87	.463	19	651	1,721,920	Eric Wedge

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599	—	588	2,347,251	Dusty Baker, Chris Speier	Division
2	St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	9	648	3,262,109	Mike Matheny	Wild Card
3	Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	14	733	2,831,385	Ron Roenicke
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	18	674	2,091,918	Clint Hurdle
5	Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	36	759	2,882,756	Dale Sveum
6	Houston Astros	55	107	.340	42	794	1,607,733	Brad Mills, Tony DeFrancesco

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Washington Nationals	98	64	.605	—	594	2,370,794	Davey Johnson	Division
2	Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	4	600	2,420,171	Fredi Gonzalez	Wild Card
3	Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	17	680	3,565,718	Charlie Manuel
4	New York Mets	74	88	.457	24	709	2,242,803	Terry Collins
5	Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	29	724	2,219,444	Ozzie Guillen

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Francisco Giants	94	68	.580	—	649	3,377,371	Bruce Bochy	World Series Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	8	597	3,324,246	Don Mattingly, Trey Hillman
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	13	688	2,177,617	Kirk Gibson
4	San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	18	710	2,123,721	Buddy Black
5	Colorado Rockies	64	98	.395	30	890	2,630,458	Jim Tracy

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Philip Humber, Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle Mariners, 2012-04-21
Jered Weaver, Anaheim Angels vs. Minnesota Twins, 2012-05-02
Johan Santana, New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 2012-06-01
Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants vs. Houston Astros, 2012-06-13
Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners vs. Tampa Bay Rays, 2012-08-15
Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 2012-09-28

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