2012 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2012 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2012

World Series Champions

San Francisco Giants

Runner Up

Detroit Tigers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Miguel Cabrera NL: Buster Posey

Cy Young Winners

AL: David Price NL: R.A. Dickey

Rookies of the Year

AL: Mike Trout NL: Bryce Harper

Managers of the Year

AL: Bob Melvin NL: Davey Johnson

#1 Draft Pick

Carlos Correa (Houston Astros)

All-Star Game

Kansas City,Missouri

Teams

Players

1284

Attendance

74,859,268

Payroll

$2,940,657,192

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2012 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	6	10	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	726	670	56	Lost World Series (Giants)	3,028,033	9	$ 132,300,000	4	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Comerica Park
2	7	13	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	3.0	748	676	72	dnq	1,965,955	24	$ 96,919,500	7	Kenny Williams	Robin Ventura	U.S. Cellular Field
3	11	23	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	16.0	676	746	-70	dnq	1,739,859	25	$ 60,916,225	13	Dayton Moore	Ned Yost	Kauffman Stadium
4	13	26	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	20.0	667	845	-178	dnq	1,603,596	29	$ 78,430,300	10	Chris Antonetti	Manny Acta, Sandy Alomar	Progressive Field
5	14	27	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	22.0	701	832	-131	dnq	2,776,354	12	$ 94,085,000	8	Terry Ryan	Ron Gardenhire	Target Field
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	804	668	136	Lost in ALCS (Tigers)	3,542,406	2	$ 197,962,289	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Girardi	Yankee Stadium II
2	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	2.0	712	705	7	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	2,102,240	21	$ 81,428,999	9	Dan Duquette	Buck Showalter	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
3	4	8	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	5.0	697	577	120	dnq	1,559,681	30	$ 64,173,500	12	Andrew Friedman	Joe Maddon	Tropicana Field
4	10	22	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	22.0	716	784	-68	dnq	2,099,663	22	$ 75,489,200	11	Alex Anthopoulos	John Farrell	Rogers Centre
5	12	25	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	26.0	734	806	-72	dnq	3,043,003	8	$ 173,186,617	2	Ben Cherington	Bobby Valentine	Fenway Park
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
0	5	9	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	15.0	767	699	68	dnq	3,061,770	7	$ 154,485,166	3	Jerry Dipoto	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
1	8	18	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	132	64	68	.485	--	713	614	99	Lost in 1st Round (Tigers)	1,679,013	27	$ 55,372,500	14	Billy Beane	Bob Melvin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	2	6	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	15.0	808	707	101	Lost AL Wild-Card Game (Orioles)	3,460,280	3	$ 120,510,974	5	Jon Daniels	Ron Washington	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
4	9	20	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	15.0	619	651	-32	dnq	1,721,920	26	$ 117,620,683	6	Jack Zduriencik	Eric Wedge	Safeco Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	669	588	81	Lost in 1st Round (Giants)	2,347,251	16	$ 82,203,616	9	Walt Jocketty	Dusty Baker	Great American Ballpark
2	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	9.0	765	648	117	Lost in NLCS (Giants)	3,262,109	6	$ 110,300,862	3	John Mozeliak	Mike Matheny	Busch Stadium III
3	7	14	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	14.0	776	733	43	dnq	2,831,385	11	$ 97,653,944	4	Douglas Melvin	Ron Roenicke	Miller Park
4	10	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	18.0	651	674	-23	dnq	2,091,918	23	$ 63,431,999	14	Neal Huntington	Clint Hurdle	PNC Park
5	15	29	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	61	101	.377	36.0	613	759	-146	dnq	2,882,756	10	$ 88,197,033	7	Jed Hoyer	Dale Sveum	Wrigley Field
6	16	30	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	55	107	.340	42.0	583	794	-211	dnq	1,607,733	28	$ 60,651,000	15	Jeff Luhnow	Brad Mills, Tony DeFrancesco	Minute Maid Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	731	594	137	Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)	2,370,794	15	$ 81,336,143	11	Michael Rizzo	Davey Johnson	Nationals Park
2	4	4	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	4.0	700	600	100	Lost NL Wild-Card Game (Cardinals)	2,420,171	14	$ 83,309,942	8	Frank Wren	Fredi Gonzalez	Turner Field
3	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	17.0	684	680	4	dnq	3,565,718	1	$ 174,538,938	1	Ruben Amaro	Charlie Manuel	Citizens Bank Park
4	12	21	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	24.0	650	709	-59	dnq	2,242,803	17	$ 93,353,983	6	Sandy Alderson	Terry Collins	Citi field
5	13	24	Miami Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	29.0	609	724	-115	dnq	2,219,444	18	$ 118,078,000	2	Michael Hill	Ozzie Guillen	Marlins Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	--	718	649	69	Won World Series (Tigers)	3,377,371	4	$ 81,978,100	10	Brian Sabean	Bruce Bochy	AT&T Park
2	6	12	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	8.0	637	597	40	dnq	3,324,246	5	$ 95,143,575	5	Ned Colletti	Don Mattingly	Dodger Stadium
3	9	15	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	13.0	734	688	46	dnq	2,177,617	19	$ 74,284,833	13	Kevin Towers	Kirk Gibson	Chase Field
4	11	19	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	18.0	651	710	-59	dnq	2,123,721	20	$ 55,244,700	16	Josh Byrnes	Bud Black	Petco Park
5	14	28	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	30.0	758	890	-132	dnq	2,630,458	13	$ 78,069,571	12	Daniel O'Dowd	Jim Tracy	Coors Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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