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Season Almanac

2012 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Miguel Cabrera (HR, RBI) · Mike Trout (R, SB)

Home Runs
  1. 1Miguel CabreraDET44
  2. 2Curtis GrandersonNYY43
  3. 3Josh HamiltonTEX43
Hits
  1. 1Derek JeterNYY216
  2. 2Miguel CabreraDET205
  3. 3Robinson CanóNYY196
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Miguel CabreraDET139
  2. 2Josh HamiltonTEX128
  3. 3Chase HeadleySD115
Runs
  1. 1Mike TroutLAA129
  2. 2Miguel CabreraDET109
  3. 3Ryan BraunMIL108
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Mike TroutLAA49
  2. 2Rajai DavisTOR46
  3. 3Everth CabreraSD44
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Justin VerlanderDET239
  2. 2Max ScherzerDET231
  3. 3R.A. DickeyNYM230
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Gio GonzalezWSH21
  2. 2David PriceTB20
  3. 3Jered WeaverLAA20
Saves
  1. 1Jim JohnsonBAL51
  2. 2Fernando RodneyTB48
  3. 3Craig KimbrelATL42

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Ryan BraunBAT19.1
  2. 2Miguel CabreraBAT18.9
  3. 3Josh HamiltonBAT17.5
  4. 4Mike TroutBAT17.5
  5. 5Edwin EncarnaciónBAT17.3
  6. 6Andrew McCutchenBAT17
  7. 7Craig KimbrelPITCH16.8
  8. 8Fernando RodneyPITCH16.1
  9. 9Adrian BeltréBAT15.8
  10. 10Robinson CanóBAT15.7
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Bryce Harper1B196.9
  2. 2Manny Machado3B177.7
  3. 3Starling MarteRF122.2
  4. 4Jose QuintanaP106.3
  5. 5Will SmithP101.3
  6. 6Sean DoolittleP100.3
  7. 7Yu DarvishP100.1
  8. 8Patrick CorbinP99

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Jim Thome1B255.7
  2. 2Chipper Jones3B243
  3. 3Jamie MoyerP188.6
  4. 4Johnny DamonCF187.7
  5. 5Scott Rolen3B172.6
  6. 6Andruw JonesCF172.2
  7. 7Carlos LeeLF170
  8. 8Omar VizquelSS151.6

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Washington Nationals98-64319.3Adam LaRochePlayoffs
Cincinnati Reds97-65279.3Aroldis ChapmanPlayoffs
New York Yankees95-67271.4Robinson CanóPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants94-68299.1Buster PoseyPlayoffs
Atlanta Braves94-68283.8Craig KimbrelPlayoffs
Athletics94-68251.6Ryan CookPlayoffs
Texas Rangers93-69299.1Josh HamiltonPlayoffs
Baltimore Orioles93-69239.2Adam JonesPlayoffs
Tampa Bay Rays90-72291.1Fernando Rodney
Los Angeles Angels89-73259.1Mike Trout
St. Louis Cardinals88-74276.6Matt HollidayPlayoffs
Detroit Tigers88-74256.5Miguel CabreraPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers86-76224.5Kenley Jansen
Chicago White Sox85-77244.6Alex Rios
Milwaukee Brewers83-79236.4Ryan Braun
Arizona Diamondbacks81-81252.6Aaron Hill
Philadelphia Phillies81-81236.3Jonathan Papelbon
Pittsburgh Pirates79-83257Andrew McCutchen
San Diego Padres76-86269.2Chase Headley
Seattle Mariners75-87229.3Tom Wilhelmsen
New York Mets74-88248.8David Wright
Toronto Blue Jays73-89233.1Edwin Encarnación
Kansas City Royals72-90209.6Billy Butler
Boston Red Sox69-93231Junichi Tazawa
Miami Marlins69-93224.5Giancarlo Stanton
Cleveland Indians68-94191.3Shin-Soo Choo
Minnesota Twins66-96227Josh Willingham
Colorado Rockies64-98262.5Carlos González
Chicago Cubs61-101183.4Alfonso Soriano
Houston Astros55-107202.1Wilton Lopez

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.