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30 teams in AL, NL · 2431 regular-season games · 2018-03-29 to 2018-10-01 · attendance 69,671,272

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World Series champion

Boston Red Sox

MVP

Mookie Betts AL
Christian Yelich NL

Cy Young

Blake Snell AL
Jacob deGrom NL

Rookie of the Year

Shohei Ohtani AL
Ronald Acuna NL

All-Star Game

2018-07-17 at Nationals Park

Hall of Fame class of 2018

Alan Trammell, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Jim Thome, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Wild Card	Colorado Rockies 1–0 Chicago Cubs	1
Wild Card	New York Yankees 1–0 Oakland Athletics	1
Division Series	Los Angeles Dodgers 3–1 Atlanta Braves	4
Division Series	Milwaukee Brewers 3–0 Colorado Rockies	3
Division Series	Houston Astros 3–0 Cleveland Indians	3
Division Series	Boston Red Sox 3–1 New York Yankees	4
League Championship	Los Angeles Dodgers 4–3 Milwaukee Brewers	7
League Championship	Boston Red Sox 4–1 Houston Astros	5
World Series	Boston Red Sox 4–1 Los Angeles Dodgers	5

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	—	648	1,926,701	Terry Francona	Division
2	Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	13	775	1,959,197	Paul Molitor
3	Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	27	796	1,856,970	Ron Gardenhire
4	Chicago White Sox	62	100	.383	29	848	1,608,817	Rich Renteria, Joe McEwing
5	Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	33	833	1,665,107	Ned Yost

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	108	54	.667	—	647	2,895,575	Alex Cora	World Series Division
2	New York Yankees	100	62	.617	8	669	3,482,855	Aaron Boone, Josh Bard	Wild Card
3	Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	18	646	1,154,973	Kevin Cash
4	Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	35	832	2,325,281	John Gibbons
5	Baltimore Orioles	47	115	.290	61	892	1,564,192	Buck Showalter

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Houston Astros	103	59	.636	—	534	2,980,549	A. J. Hinch	Division
2	Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	6	674	1,573,616	Bob Melvin	Wild Card
3	Seattle Mariners	89	73	.549	14	711	2,299,489	Scott Servais
4	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	80	82	.494	23	722	3,020,216	Mike Scioscia
5	Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	36	848	2,107,107	Jeff Banister, Don Wakamatsu

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	.589	—	659	2,850,875	Craig Counsell	Division
2	Chicago Cubs	95	68	.583	1	645	3,181,089	Joe Maddon	Wild Card
3	St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	7.5	691	3,403,587	Mike Matheny, Mike Shildt
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	.509	13	693	1,465,316	Clint Hurdle
5	Cincinnati Reds	67	95	.414	28.5	819	1,629,356	Bryan Price, Jim Riggleman

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556	—	657	2,555,781	Brian Snitker	Division
2	Washington Nationals	82	80	.506	8	682	2,529,604	Dave Martinez
3	Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	10	728	2,158,124	Gabe Kapler
4	New York Mets	77	85	.475	13	707	2,224,995	Mickey Callaway
5	Miami Marlins	63	98	.391	26.5	809	811,104	Don Mattingly

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	.564	—	610	3,857,500	Dave Roberts	Pennant Division
2	Colorado Rockies	91	72	.558	1	745	3,015,880	Buddy Black	Wild Card
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	.506	9.5	644	2,242,695	Torey Lovullo, Jerry Narron
4	San Francisco Giants	73	89	.451	18.5	699	3,156,185	Bruce Bochy
5	San Diego Padres	66	96	.407	25.5	767	2,168,536	Andy Green

Leaders

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ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Sean Manaea, Oakland Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox, 2018-04-21
James Paxton, Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 2018-05-08

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