MLB Wild Card Standings

Last updated March 28, 2017

This endpoint removes each division leader and sorts the remaining teams for each league. See wild card standings. By default, the current wild card standings are returned. If specified, the wild card standings table for yyyyMMdd is returned. The earliest wild card standings table is 2008‑03‑25.

URL

GET /sport/wildcard.format

GET /sport/wildcard/yyyyMMdd.format

Sport

mlb

Format

  1. xml (refer to SportsML specification)
  2. json

Authorization

Required. A valid access token must be included in the header of the request.

Parameters

None.

Returned Values

Name Type Description
standings_date string Date and time representation of result using W3C's recommended ISO 8601 format yyyy‑MM‑DDTHH:mm:ss±hh:mm (e.g., 2012‑09‑27T22:45:00‑07:00). For current wild card standings table, the date and time of the last update is shown.
standing array of objects Array of Standing objects

Example Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" https://erikberg.com/mlb/wildcard/20130710.json

Example Result

{
  "standings_date" : "2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00",
  "standing" : [ {
    "rank" : 1,
    "won" : 53,
    "lost" : 38,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "1st",
    "first_name" : "Texas",
    "last_name" : "Rangers",
    "team_id" : "texas-rangers",
    "games_back" : -1.5,
    "points_for" : 401,
    "points_against" : 372,
    "home_won" : 27,
    "home_lost" : 19,
    "away_won" : 26,
    "away_lost" : 19,
    "conference_won" : 45,
    "conference_lost" : 32,
    "last_five" : "3-2",
    "last_ten" : "6-4",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.4",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.1",
    "win_percentage" : ".582",
    "point_differential" : 29,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.3",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 2,
    "won" : 52,
    "lost" : 40,
    "streak" : "W7",
    "ordinal_rank" : "2nd",
    "first_name" : "Tampa Bay",
    "last_name" : "Rays",
    "team_id" : "tampa-bay-rays",
    "games_back" : 0.0,
    "points_for" : 435,
    "points_against" : 381,
    "home_won" : 31,
    "home_lost" : 18,
    "away_won" : 21,
    "away_lost" : 22,
    "conference_won" : 43,
    "conference_lost" : 39,
    "last_five" : "5-0",
    "last_ten" : "9-1",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 92,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.7",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.1",
    "win_percentage" : ".565",
    "point_differential" : 54,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.6",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 7
  }, {
    "rank" : 3,
    "won" : 50,
    "lost" : 42,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "3rd",
    "first_name" : "Baltimore",
    "last_name" : "Orioles",
    "team_id" : "baltimore-orioles",
    "games_back" : 2.0,
    "points_for" : 441,
    "points_against" : 418,
    "home_won" : 26,
    "home_lost" : 19,
    "away_won" : 24,
    "away_lost" : 23,
    "conference_won" : 45,
    "conference_lost" : 38,
    "last_five" : "2-3",
    "last_ten" : "4-6",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 92,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.8",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.5",
    "win_percentage" : ".543",
    "point_differential" : 23,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.2",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 4,
    "won" : 49,
    "lost" : 42,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "4th",
    "first_name" : "New York",
    "last_name" : "Yankees",
    "team_id" : "new-york-yankees",
    "games_back" : 2.5,
    "points_for" : 358,
    "points_against" : 357,
    "home_won" : 26,
    "home_lost" : 21,
    "away_won" : 23,
    "away_lost" : 21,
    "conference_won" : 44,
    "conference_lost" : 35,
    "last_five" : "2-3",
    "last_ten" : "7-3",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.9",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "3.9",
    "win_percentage" : ".538",
    "point_differential" : 1,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.0",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 5,
    "won" : 47,
    "lost" : 44,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "5th",
    "first_name" : "Cleveland",
    "last_name" : "Indians",
    "team_id" : "cleveland-indians",
    "games_back" : 4.5,
    "points_for" : 436,
    "points_against" : 420,
    "home_won" : 26,
    "home_lost" : 19,
    "away_won" : 21,
    "away_lost" : 25,
    "conference_won" : 40,
    "conference_lost" : 40,
    "last_five" : "2-3",
    "last_ten" : "4-6",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.8",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.6",
    "win_percentage" : ".516",
    "point_differential" : 16,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.2",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 6,
    "won" : 44,
    "lost" : 46,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "6th",
    "first_name" : "Toronto",
    "last_name" : "Blue Jays",
    "team_id" : "toronto-blue-jays",
    "games_back" : 7.0,
    "points_for" : 410,
    "points_against" : 418,
    "home_won" : 25,
    "home_lost" : 21,
    "away_won" : 19,
    "away_lost" : 25,
    "conference_won" : 35,
    "conference_lost" : 41,
    "last_five" : "3-2",
    "last_ten" : "4-6",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 90,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.6",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.6",
    "win_percentage" : ".489",
    "point_differential" : -8,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.1",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 7,
    "won" : 44,
    "lost" : 46,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "7th",
    "first_name" : "Los Angeles",
    "last_name" : "Angels",
    "team_id" : "los-angeles-angels",
    "games_back" : 7.0,
    "points_for" : 424,
    "points_against" : 416,
    "home_won" : 24,
    "home_lost" : 25,
    "away_won" : 20,
    "away_lost" : 21,
    "conference_won" : 37,
    "conference_lost" : 36,
    "last_five" : "3-2",
    "last_ten" : "7-3",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 90,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.7",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.6",
    "win_percentage" : ".489",
    "point_differential" : 8,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.1",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 8,
    "won" : 43,
    "lost" : 45,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "8th",
    "first_name" : "Kansas City",
    "last_name" : "Royals",
    "team_id" : "kansas-city-royals",
    "games_back" : 7.0,
    "points_for" : 354,
    "points_against" : 351,
    "home_won" : 22,
    "home_lost" : 22,
    "away_won" : 21,
    "away_lost" : 23,
    "conference_won" : 38,
    "conference_lost" : 39,
    "last_five" : "3-2",
    "last_ten" : "6-4",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 88,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.0",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.0",
    "win_percentage" : ".489",
    "point_differential" : 3,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.0",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 9,
    "won" : 40,
    "lost" : 51,
    "streak" : "L2",
    "ordinal_rank" : "9th",
    "first_name" : "Seattle",
    "last_name" : "Mariners",
    "team_id" : "seattle-mariners",
    "games_back" : 11.5,
    "points_for" : 348,
    "points_against" : 414,
    "home_won" : 22,
    "home_lost" : 24,
    "away_won" : 18,
    "away_lost" : 27,
    "conference_won" : 34,
    "conference_lost" : 43,
    "last_five" : "2-3",
    "last_ten" : "5-5",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.8",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.5",
    "win_percentage" : ".440",
    "point_differential" : -66,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.7",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 2
  }, {
    "rank" : 10,
    "won" : 37,
    "lost" : 51,
    "streak" : "L4",
    "ordinal_rank" : "10th",
    "first_name" : "Minnesota",
    "last_name" : "Twins",
    "team_id" : "minnesota-twins",
    "games_back" : 13.0,
    "points_for" : 362,
    "points_against" : 416,
    "home_won" : 21,
    "home_lost" : 23,
    "away_won" : 16,
    "away_lost" : 28,
    "conference_won" : 29,
    "conference_lost" : 40,
    "last_five" : "1-4",
    "last_ten" : "1-9",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 88,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.1",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.7",
    "win_percentage" : ".420",
    "point_differential" : -54,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.6",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 4
  }, {
    "rank" : 11,
    "won" : 35,
    "lost" : 53,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "11th",
    "first_name" : "Chicago",
    "last_name" : "White Sox",
    "team_id" : "chicago-white-sox",
    "games_back" : 15.0,
    "points_for" : 330,
    "points_against" : 392,
    "home_won" : 19,
    "home_lost" : 21,
    "away_won" : 16,
    "away_lost" : 32,
    "conference_won" : 30,
    "conference_lost" : 44,
    "last_five" : "1-4",
    "last_ten" : "3-7",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 88,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.8",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.5",
    "win_percentage" : ".398",
    "point_differential" : -62,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.7",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 12,
    "won" : 32,
    "lost" : 59,
    "streak" : "L3",
    "ordinal_rank" : "12th",
    "first_name" : "Houston",
    "last_name" : "Astros",
    "team_id" : "houston-astros",
    "games_back" : 19.5,
    "points_for" : 346,
    "points_against" : 484,
    "home_won" : 17,
    "home_lost" : 32,
    "away_won" : 15,
    "away_lost" : 27,
    "conference_won" : 24,
    "conference_lost" : 50,
    "last_five" : "1-4",
    "last_ten" : "2-8",
    "conference" : "AL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.8",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "5.3",
    "win_percentage" : ".352",
    "point_differential" : -138,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-1.5",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 3
  }, {
    "rank" : 1,
    "won" : 54,
    "lost" : 36,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "1st",
    "first_name" : "Pittsburgh",
    "last_name" : "Pirates",
    "team_id" : "pittsburgh-pirates",
    "games_back" : -3.5,
    "points_for" : 348,
    "points_against" : 303,
    "home_won" : 30,
    "home_lost" : 17,
    "away_won" : 24,
    "away_lost" : 19,
    "conference_won" : 42,
    "conference_lost" : 31,
    "last_five" : "1-4",
    "last_ten" : "4-6",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 90,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.9",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "3.4",
    "win_percentage" : ".600",
    "point_differential" : 45,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.5",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 2,
    "won" : 51,
    "lost" : 40,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "2nd",
    "first_name" : "Cincinnati",
    "last_name" : "Reds",
    "team_id" : "cincinnati-reds",
    "games_back" : 0.0,
    "points_for" : 394,
    "points_against" : 333,
    "home_won" : 30,
    "home_lost" : 16,
    "away_won" : 21,
    "away_lost" : 24,
    "conference_won" : 45,
    "conference_lost" : 31,
    "last_five" : "2-3",
    "last_ten" : "5-5",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.3",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "3.7",
    "win_percentage" : ".560",
    "point_differential" : 61,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.7",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 3,
    "won" : 47,
    "lost" : 44,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "3rd",
    "first_name" : "Washington",
    "last_name" : "Nationals",
    "team_id" : "washington-nationals",
    "games_back" : 4.0,
    "points_for" : 347,
    "points_against" : 356,
    "home_won" : 27,
    "home_lost" : 18,
    "away_won" : 20,
    "away_lost" : 26,
    "conference_won" : 38,
    "conference_lost" : 38,
    "last_five" : "3-2",
    "last_ten" : "6-4",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 91,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.8",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "3.9",
    "win_percentage" : ".516",
    "point_differential" : -9,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.1",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 4,
    "won" : 45,
    "lost" : 45,
    "streak" : "W4",
    "ordinal_rank" : "4th",
    "first_name" : "Los Angeles",
    "last_name" : "Dodgers",
    "team_id" : "los-angeles-dodgers",
    "games_back" : 5.5,
    "points_for" : 352,
    "points_against" : 371,
    "home_won" : 25,
    "home_lost" : 21,
    "away_won" : 20,
    "away_lost" : 24,
    "conference_won" : 41,
    "conference_lost" : 40,
    "last_five" : "4-1",
    "last_ten" : "8-2",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 90,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.9",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.1",
    "win_percentage" : ".500",
    "point_differential" : -19,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.2",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 4
  }, {
    "rank" : 5,
    "won" : 45,
    "lost" : 47,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "5th",
    "first_name" : "Philadelphia",
    "last_name" : "Phillies",
    "team_id" : "philadelphia-phillies",
    "games_back" : 6.5,
    "points_for" : 358,
    "points_against" : 406,
    "home_won" : 23,
    "home_lost" : 20,
    "away_won" : 22,
    "away_lost" : 27,
    "conference_won" : 40,
    "conference_lost" : 38,
    "last_five" : "3-2",
    "last_ten" : "6-4",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 92,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "3.9",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.4",
    "win_percentage" : ".489",
    "point_differential" : -48,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.5",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 6,
    "won" : 44,
    "lost" : 48,
    "streak" : "W1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "6th",
    "first_name" : "Colorado",
    "last_name" : "Rockies",
    "team_id" : "colorado-rockies",
    "games_back" : 7.5,
    "points_for" : 419,
    "points_against" : 417,
    "home_won" : 26,
    "home_lost" : 21,
    "away_won" : 18,
    "away_lost" : 27,
    "conference_won" : 41,
    "conference_lost" : 36,
    "last_five" : "2-3",
    "last_ten" : "3-7",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 92,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.6",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.5",
    "win_percentage" : ".478",
    "point_differential" : 2,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "0.0",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 7,
    "won" : 40,
    "lost" : 48,
    "streak" : "W4",
    "ordinal_rank" : "7th",
    "first_name" : "New York",
    "last_name" : "Mets",
    "team_id" : "new-york-mets",
    "games_back" : 9.5,
    "points_for" : 368,
    "points_against" : 394,
    "home_won" : 17,
    "home_lost" : 27,
    "away_won" : 23,
    "away_lost" : 21,
    "conference_won" : 32,
    "conference_lost" : 46,
    "last_five" : "4-1",
    "last_ten" : "7-3",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "E",
    "games_played" : 88,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.2",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.5",
    "win_percentage" : ".455",
    "point_differential" : -26,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.3",
    "streak_type" : "win",
    "streak_total" : 4
  }, {
    "rank" : 8,
    "won" : 40,
    "lost" : 49,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "8th",
    "first_name" : "Chicago",
    "last_name" : "Cubs",
    "team_id" : "chicago-cubs",
    "games_back" : 10.0,
    "points_for" : 367,
    "points_against" : 377,
    "home_won" : 20,
    "home_lost" : 24,
    "away_won" : 20,
    "away_lost" : 25,
    "conference_won" : 27,
    "conference_lost" : 42,
    "last_five" : "4-1",
    "last_ten" : "6-4",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "C",
    "games_played" : 89,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.1",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.2",
    "win_percentage" : ".449",
    "point_differential" : -10,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.1",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 9,
    "won" : 41,
    "lost" : 51,
    "streak" : "L1",
    "ordinal_rank" : "9th",
    "first_name" : "San Diego",
    "last_name" : "Padres",
    "team_id" : "san-diego-padres",
    "games_back" : 10.5,
    "points_for" : 366,
    "points_against" : 416,
    "home_won" : 26,
    "home_lost" : 20,
    "away_won" : 15,
    "away_lost" : 31,
    "conference_won" : 35,
    "conference_lost" : 42,
    "last_five" : "1-4",
    "last_ten" : "1-9",
    "conference" : "NL",
    "division" : "W",
    "games_played" : 92,
    "points_scored_per_game" : "4.0",
    "points_allowed_per_game" : "4.5",
    "win_percentage" : ".446",
    "point_differential" : -50,
    "point_differential_per_game" : "-0.5",
    "streak_type" : "loss",
    "streak_total" : 1
  }, {
    "rank" : 10,
    "won" : 40,
    "lost" : 50,
    "streak" : "L4",
    "ordinal_rank" : "10th",
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