Those who Cleveland Indians fans call “haters” like to point out the fact that the team won an incredibly weak American League Central division.
Just how weak was the group?
Well, it certainly wasn’t a strong division in any sense. The Indians dominated all season long, but here is what the final standings look like after 162 games:
- Indians: 91-71
- Twins: 78-84, 13 GB
- Tigers: 64-98, 27 GB
- White Sox: 62-100, 29 GB
- Royals: 58-104, 33 GB
The AL Central contained two of the three MLB teams that lost at least 100 games, with the Tigers being a close third team, and was the only division in baseball with only one team above the .