AL East pitching vs AL East/rest of MLB

How does the AL East pitching staffs stack up vs other AL East teams and vs the rest of MLB?

The consensus has always been that the AL East and its pitchers have inflated ERA's due to facing the powerful AL East line-ups. This year that is certainly not the case.

Here are the totals. Not much of a difference at all.

CRITERIA	IP	ERA	WHIP
AL East vs AL East	1288.33	4.20	1.28
AL East vs rest of MLB	1543.33	4.02	1.30

Now the details.

AL East vs AL East

TEAM	OPP	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP
BAL	BOS	5	3	0.625	5.96	29	71.00	84	47	16	26	58	2	1.55
BAL	NYY	4	2	0.667	3.44	21	55.00	57	21	3	14	40	1	1.29
BAL	TBR	3	2	0.600	1.88	18	43.00	29	9	3	18	46	2	1.09
BAL	TOR	3	4	0.429	5.52	28	62.00	66	38	8	37	49	3	1.66
BOS	BAL	3	5	0.375	6.56	30	70.00	70	51	15	30	71	3	1.43
BOS	NYY	4	2	0.667	3.63	17	52.00	40	21	4	14	39	2	1.04
BOS	TBR	1	2	0.333	5.14	14	28.00	28	16	4	13	32	5	1.46
BOS	TOR	6	7	0.462	4.32	52	116.67	104	56	19	45	114	11	1.28
NYY	BAL	2	4	0.333	3.16	23	51.33	44	18	6	19	53	1	1.23
NYY	BOS	2	4	0.333	5.12	21	51.00	62	29	10	12	47	2	1.45
NYY	TBR	4	2	0.667	4.08	21	53.00	50	24	9	10	63	3	1.13
NYY	TOR	2	7	0.222	4.14	30	76.00	67	35	7	27	70	5	1.24
TBR	BAL	2	3	0.400	3.14	18	43.00	38	15	6	5	33	0	1.00
TBR	BOS	2	1	0.667	5.00	15	27.00	28	15	3	10	31	1	1.41
TBR	NYY	2	4	0.333	2.91	19	52.67	40	17	6	15	47	1	1.04
TBR	TOR	6	4	0.600	3.40	42	90.00	61	34	17	37	94	1	1.09
TOR	BAL	4	3	0.571	4.52	28	63.67	66	32	14	27	61	2	1.46
TOR	BOS	7	6	0.538	4.34	50	116.00	111	56	7	47	98	2	1.36
TOR	NYY	7	2	0.778	2.25	32	80.00	54	20	8	27	62	2	1.01
TOR	TBR	4	6	0.400	4.86	36	87.00	98	47	18	20	79	3	1.36
TOTALS		73	73	0.500	4.20	544	1,288.33	1,197	601	183	453	1,187	52	1.28

Now AL East vs the rest of MLB.

TEAM	OPP	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP
BAL	CHW	2	2	0.500	4.75	17	36.00	39	19	5	14	33	4	1.47
BAL	CLE	2	1	0.667	4.50	13	26.00	31	13	5	14	22	0	1.73
BAL	DET	3	1	0.750	3.25	13	36.00	37	13	5	14	29	2	1.42
BAL	HOU	0	3	0.000	3.21	11	28.00	22	10	6	7	31	0	1.04
BAL	KCR	4	2	0.667	2.42	18	52.00	50	14	4	11	39	1	1.17
BAL	LAA	2	1	0.667	4.50	11	26.00	29	13	1	11	14	0	1.54
BAL	MIN	5	0	1.000	2.00	21	45.00	35	10	4	10	50	1	1.00
BAL	OAK	2	1	0.667	4.00	9	27.00	31	12	1	10	22	1	1.52
BAL	SEA	1	2	0.333	6.33	8	27.00	28	19	5	12	21	0	1.48
BAL	TEX	1	2	0.333	6.12	12	25.00	30	17	1	8	20	1	1.52
BOS	ATL	3	1	0.750	3.00	12	36.00	30	12	1	14	37	1	1.22
BOS	CHW	2	1	0.667	3.12	12	26.00	16	9	2	19	23	0	1.35
BOS	CLE	3	2	0.600	3.07	22	44.00	30	15	4	20	46	2	1.14
BOS	COL	2	1	0.667	4.00	9	27.00	28	12	4	3	27	0	1.15
BOS	HOU	5	2	0.714	4.30	33	67.00	68	32	8	33	75	3	1.51
BOS	KCR	1	2	0.333	4.32	8	25.00	22	12	4	6	17	1	1.12
BOS	MIN	2	1	0.667	2.63	12	27.33	22	8	2	15	23	0	1.35
BOS	OAK	3	0	1.000	4.67	12	27.00	34	14	1	7	22	1	1.52
BOS	SFG	1	1	0.500	2.50	6	18.00	10	5	3	3	17	0	0.72
NYY	ARI	1	2	0.333	5.76	11	25.00	27	16	4	8	32	2	1.40
NYY	CHW	2	1	0.667	4.33	13	27.00	26	13	3	11	29	1	1.37
NYY	COL	0	1	0.000	14.63	5	8.00	15	13	3	5	7	0	2.50
NYY	DET	3	3	0.500	3.74	23	53.00	56	22	4	13	56	1	1.30
NYY	HOU	2	1	0.667	4.33	11	27.00	27	13	6	4	34	2	1.15
NYY	KCR	3	1	0.750	5.00	16	36.00	37	20	9	11	28	4	1.33
NYY	LAA	4	0	1.000	3.50	14	36.00	33	14	5	6	31	1	1.08
NYY	OAK	4	3	0.571	3.18	26	65.00	56	23	5	11	59	1	1.03
NYY	SEA	1	2	0.333	4.00	11	27.00	28	12	2	5	28	0	1.22
NYY	TEX	1	2	0.333	5.04	9	25.00	21	14	3	7	16	3	1.12
TBR	ARI	2	1	0.667	4.15	12	26.00	25	12	5	12	31	1	1.42
TBR	CHW	2	1	0.667	1.67	10	27.00	18	5	1	2	28	2	0.74
TBR	CLE	1	2	0.333	3.00	10	27.00	23	9	5	9	29	0	1.19
TBR	DET	1	2	0.333	6.84	12	25.00	32	19	7	8	23	1	1.60
TBR	HOU	2	1	0.667	2.33	11	27.00	20	7	3	10	29	2	1.11
TBR	KCR	0	3	0.000	7.50	11	24.00	39	20	3	7	15	1	1.92
TBR	LAA	3	0	1.000	1.67	11	27.00	20	5	0	9	20	1	1.07
TBR	LAD	1	1	0.500	7.00	10	18.00	21	14	3	10	19	0	1.72
TBR	MIA	1	3	0.250	5.91	18	35.00	50	23	4	9	33	0	1.69
TBR	MIN	3	1	0.750	4.11	16	35.00	43	16	5	16	37	2	1.69
TBR	OAK	1	2	0.333	4.33	10	27.00	25	13	8	5	20	1	1.11
TBR	SEA	1	3	0.250	6.17	18	35.00	38	24	6	20	37	0	1.66
TOR	CHW	0	3	0.000	7.00	13	27.00	33	21	3	14	19	0	1.74
TOR	DET	1	2	0.333	5.54	13	26.00	30	16	3	10	25	1	1.54
TOR	LAD	1	2	0.333	3.00	12	27.00	25	9	3	9	25	1	1.26
TOR	MIN	3	1	0.750	2.43	10	37.00	21	10	2	6	31	2	0.73
TOR	OAK	2	1	0.667	4.33	11	27.00	26	13	5	6	16	3	1.19
TOR	PHI	1	1	0.500	5.00	8	18.00	16	10	3	5	15	0	1.17
TOR	SFG	2	1	0.667	1.19	12	30.33	22	4	0	16	22	2	1.25
TOR	TEX	4	3	0.571	2.83	25	63.67	51	20	7	19	47	2	1.10
TOTALS		97	76	0.561	4.02	651	1,543.33	1,496	689	186	514	1,409	55	1.30