1942 American League

The 1942 season of the American League was the forty-second season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	103	51	0	.669	-.-	801 (5.20)	507 (3.29)	0.269	0.343	0.394	2.91	0.976
2	Boston Red Sox	152	93	59	0	.612	9.0	761 (5.01)	594 (3.91)	0.276	0.350	0.403	3.44	0.974
3	St. Louis Browns	151	82	69	0	.543	19.5	730 (4.83)	637 (4.22)	0.259	0.336	0.385	3.59	0.972
4	Cleveland Indians	156	75	79	2	.481	28.0	590 (3.78)	659 (4.22)	0.253	0.317	0.345	3.59	0.974
5	Detroit Tigers	156	73	81	2	.468	30.0	589 (3.78)	587 (3.76)	0.246	0.312	0.344	3.13	0.969
6	Chicago White Sox	148	66	82	0	.446	34.0	538 (3.64)	609 (4.11)	0.246	0.314	0.318	3.58	0.970
7	Washington Senators	151	62	89	0	.411	39.5	653 (4.32)	817 (5.41)	0.258	0.331	0.341	4.58	0.962
8	Philadelphia Athletics	154	55	99	0	.357	48.0	549 (3.56)	801 (5.20)	0.249	0.307	0.325	4.45	0.969

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Les Fleming	Cleveland Indians	156
At Bats	Doc Cramer	Detroit Tigers	630
Runs Scored	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	141
Hits	Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	205
Doubles	Don Kolloway	Chicago White Sox	40
Triples	Stan Spence	Washington Senators	15
Home Runs	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	36
Total Bases	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	338
Runs Batted In	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	137
Stolen Bases	George Case	Washington Senators	44
Caught Stealing	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	16
Walks	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	145
Hit by Pitch	Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	9
Strikeouts	Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	95
Sacrifice Hits	Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	22
Grounded into Double Plays	Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	22
Batting Average	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.356
On-Base Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.499
Slugging Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.648
On-Base plus Slugging	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1.147
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	217

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	22
Losses	Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	0.808
Appearances	Joe Haynes	Chicago White Sox	40
Games Started	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	35
Complete Games	Tiny Bonham Tex Hughson	New York Yankees Boston Red Sox	22
Shutouts	Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	6
Games Finished	Joe Haynes	Chicago White Sox	35
Saves	Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	11
Innings Pitched	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	281.0
Batters Faced	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	1150
Hits Allowed	Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	273
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	19
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	140
Hit Batsmen	Johnny Niggeling	St. Louis Browns	11
Strikeouts	Tex Hughson Bobo Newsom	Boston Red Sox Washington Senators/Brooklyn Dodgers	113
Wild Pitches	Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Balks	Lum Harris Al Hollingsworth Johnny Humphries	Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Browns Chicago White Sox	2
Runs Allowed	Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	140
Earned Runs Allowed	Bobo Newsom	Washington Senators/Brooklyn Dodgers	117
Earned Run Average	Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	2.10
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	0.987

The American League won the tenth midsummer classic at Polo Grounds in New York, NY on Monday, July 6, 1942 by a score of 3 to 1. The league's manager was Joe McCarthy.

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Joe Gordon, a second baseman with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 270 out of a possible 336 points and 12 first place votes.

The third annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 3 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Philadelphia Athletics lost to the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League by a score of 5 to 2.

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