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1939 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Joe DiMaggio

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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	106	45	.702	--		6.4	3.7	2.7	-0.3	2.4	111-40	-5	52-25	54-20	3-4	22-15	70-30	36-15	54-31	52-14
2	Boston Red Sox	89	62	.589	17.0	17.0	5.9	5.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	83-68	6	42-32	47-30	6-3	24-16	78-58	11-4	40-45	49-17
3	Cleveland Indians	87	67	.565	20.5	24.0	5.2	4.5	0.6	-0.1	0.6	86-68	1	44-33	43-34	8-7	26-23	60-43	27-24	39-49	48-18
4	Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	22.5	30.0	4.9	4.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	79-75	6	50-27	35-42	8-6	26-20	71-57	14-12	42-46	43-23
5	Detroit Tigers	81	73	.526	26.5	46.0	5.5	4.9	0.6	-0.1	0.5	85-69	-4	42-35	39-38	3-5	19-24	66-62	15-11	42-46	39-27
6	Washington Nationals	65	87	.428	41.5	121.0	4.6	5.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	67-85	-2	37-39	28-48	5-10	20-28	47-63	18-24	38-72	27-15
7	Philadelphia Athletics	55	97	.362	51.5	181.0	4.6	6.7	-2.0	0.3	-1.8	52-100	3	28-48	27-49	5-1	18-16	47-74	8-23	34-76	21-21
8	St. Louis Browns	43	111	.279	64.5	272.0	4.7	6.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	53-101	-10	18-59	25-52	4-6	13-26	31-93	12-18	27-83	16-28
	Average	76	76	.500			5.2	5.2				77-75		39-37	37-39	5-5	21-21	58-60	17-16	39-56	36-20

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	29	27.7	5.86	152	6056	5308	890	1543	287	57	124	832	42	44	591	502	.291	.363	.436	.800	100	2316	146	15	140		35	1146
Chicago White Sox	33	30.5	4.87	155	6039	5279	755	1451	220	56	64	679	113	61	579	502	.275	.349	.374	.723	83	1975	108	21	154		24	1173
Cleveland Indians	32	26.8	5.18	154	6011	5316	797	1490	291	79	85	730	72	46	556	571	.280	.350	.413	.763	97	2194	110	14	120		39	1146
Detroit Tigers	39	28.4	5.48	155	6113	5326	849	1487	277	67	124	804	88	37	619	593	.279	.356	.426	.782	94	2270	125	16	145		21	1170
New York Yankees	27	27.7	6.36	152	6129	5300	967	1521	259	55	166	904	72	37	701	543	.287	.374	.451	.825	111	2388	99	36	92		43	1214
Philadelphia Athletics	39	26.4	4.65	153	5968	5309	711	1438	282	55	98	667	60	34	503	531	.271	.336	.400	.736	90	2124	121	15	138		18	1158
St. Louis Browns	45	27.4	4.70	156	6134	5422	733	1453	242	50	91	696	48	38	558	606	.268	.339	.381	.720	82	2068	121	20	132		36	1188
Washington Nationals	40	26.5	4.59	153	6030	5334	702	1483	249	79	44	647	94	47	547	458	.278	.346	.379	.725	92	2022	103	11	135		23	1230
League Average	33	27.7	5.21	154	6060	5324	800	1483	263	62	100	745	74	43	582	538	.279	.352	.407	.759	94	2170	117	18	132		30	1178
	261	27.7	5.21	1230	48480	42594	6404	11866	2107	498	796	5959	589	344	4654	4306	.279	.352	.407	.759	94	17357	933	148	1056		239	9425

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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