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1938 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Jimmie Foxx

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	99	53	.651	--		6.2	4.5	1.6	-0.2	1.4	97-55	2	55-22	44-31	5-2	16-15	77-40	22-13	38-27	61-26
2	Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9.5	9.5	6.0	5.0	1.0	-0.1	0.9	87-62	1	52-23	36-38	9-1	23-15	80-52	8-9	33-33	55-28
3	Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13.0	16.5	5.5	5.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	82-70	4	46-30	40-36	6-4	27-22	64-43	22-23	30-35	56-31
4	Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16.0	25.5	5.6	5.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	83-71	1	48-31	36-39	2-8	20-23	73-54	11-16	30-36	54-34
5	Washington Nationals	75	76	.497	23.5	55.5	5.4	5.7	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	71-80	4	44-33	31-43	9-8	20-20	53-57	22-19	33-53	42-23
6	Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32.0	98.0	4.8	5.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	70-78	-5	33-39	32-44	4-8	21-25	57-70	8-13	30-54	35-29
7	St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44.0	170.0	4.8	6.2	-1.3	0.2	-1.1	59-93	-4	31-43	24-54	3-7	18-21	45-82	10-15	31-57	24-40
8	Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46.0	184.0	4.7	6.2	-1.5	0.2	-1.3	57-95	-4	28-47	25-52	3-3	14-18	45-81	8-18	25-62	28-37
	Average	75	75	.500			5.4	5.4				75-75		42-33	33-42	5-5	19-19	61-59	13-15	31-44	44-31

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Boston Red Sox	30	28.5	6.01	150	6008	5229	902	1566	298	56	98	860	55	51	649	462	.299	.378	.434	.812	99	2270		13	112		28	1188
Chicago White Sox	36	30.2	4.76	149	5811	5199	709	1439	239	55	67	657	56	39	515	489	.277	.344	.383	.726	80	1989		14	78		15	1122
Cleveland Indians	33	27.8	5.54	153	6005	5356	847	1506	300	89	113	799	83	35	551	606	.281	.350	.434	.784	97	2323		16	78		37	1128
Detroit Tigers	31	28.1	5.56	155	6062	5270	862	1434	219	52	137	804	76	41	693	579	.272	.359	.411	.770	87	2168		22	75		34	1184
New York Yankees	28	28.3	6.15	157	6263	5410	966	1480	283	63	174	918	91	28	749	617	.274	.366	.446	.812	102	2411		39	61		43	1216
Philadelphia Athletics	35	26.6	4.71	154	5935	5229	726	1410	243	62	98	686	65	53	605	590	.270	.348	.396	.744	89	2071		22	78		23	1162
St. Louis Browns	36	27.9	4.84	156	6052	5333	755	1498	273	36	92	713	51	40	589	525	.281	.355	.397	.752	89	2119		20	106		31	1201
Washington Nationals	28	28.5	5.36	152	6159	5474	814	1602	278	72	85	768	65	37	573	374	.293	.362	.416	.778	101	2279		18	93		25	1261
League Average	31	28.2	5.37	153	6037	5312	823	1492	267	61	108	776	68	40	616	530	.281	.358	.415	.773	93	2204		20	85		30	1183
	250	28.2	5.37	1226	48295	42500	6581	11935	2133	485	864	6205	542	324	4924	4242	.281	.358	.415	.773	93	17630		164	681		236	9462

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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