{"id":13906,"date":"2018-10-03T07:18:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=13906"},"modified":"2018-10-01T17:26:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T23:26:54","slug":"2018-final-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/2018-final-standings\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Final Standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/baseballs2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8804\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/baseballs2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/baseballs2.jpg 375w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/baseballs2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/baseballs2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a>Despite holding a 5 game lead in the NL Central on Labor Day, the Cubs lost the tie-breaking game 163 on Monday to give the division title to the Brewers and then fell in the Wild Card game yesterday to the Rockies, prematurely ending their season and bringing my game-attending portion of 2018 to an end.\u00a0 I made it to only 29 games this season, tied for my lowest total since acquiring season tickets in 2002.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t even manage to attend any games outside of the 2 Chicago stadiums.\u00a0 Here are the final standings for those games and the 18 different teams I saw in person, through both the regular season and the Wild Card.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<caption><b>2018 Team Records<\/b><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Team Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Won<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Loss<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Winning Pctg<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Houston Astros<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Colorado Rockies<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Boston Red Sox<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Cleveland Indians<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Los Angeles Angels<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Oakland Athletics<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Detroit Tigers<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.750<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Minnesota Twins<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.667<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Chicago Cubs<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.571<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Brewers<\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Chicago White Sox<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.375<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Kansas City Royals<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.333<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">0.000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Baltimore Orioles<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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