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1940 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Detroit Tigers

AL Most Valuable Player: Hank Greenberg

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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	Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	--		5.7	4.6	1.1	-0.1	1.0	92-62	-2	50-29	40-35	5-8	23-19	74-52	16-12	45-43	45-21
2	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	1.0	1.0	4.6	4.1	0.5	-0.1	0.4	85-69	4	51-30	38-35	7-2	25-20	51-45	38-20	51-37	38-28
3	New York Yankees	88	66	.571	2.0	3.0	5.3	4.3	0.9	-0.1	0.8	91-63	-3	52-24	36-42	6-8	22-23	48-40	40-26	44-44	44-22
4	Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	8.0	21.0	5.7	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-73	1	45-34	37-38	13-7	26-19	68-58	14-14	39-49	43-23
5	Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	8.0	21.0	4.7	4.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	83-71	-1	41-36	41-36	5-10	31-32	70-53	12-19	41-47	41-25
6	St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	23.0	96.0	4.9	5.7	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	66-88	1	37-39	30-48	6-5	22-21	51-63	16-24	42-68	25-19
7	Washington Nationals	64	90	.416	26.0	114.0	4.3	5.3	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	63-91	1	36-41	28-49	8-7	28-29	50-62	14-28	39-71	25-19
8	Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	.351	36.0	184.0	4.6	6.1	-1.5	0.2	-1.3	58-96	-4	29-42	25-58	6-9	15-29	43-74	11-26	38-72	16-28
	Average	77	77	.500			5.0	5.0				77-76		42-34	34-42	7-7	24-24	56-55	20-21	42-53	34-23

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	33	28.1	5.66	154	6174	5481	872	1566	301	80	145	808	55	49	590	597	.286	.356	.449	.806	104	2462	129	12	91		41	1168
Chicago White Sox	27	29.4	4.74	155	6007	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	671	52	60	497	569	.278	.340	.387	.727	87	2082	123	10	110		32	1124
Cleveland Indians	30	26.7	4.58	155	5960	5361	710	1422	287	61	101	661	53	36	519	598	.265	.332	.398	.730	90	2134	111	16	61		51	1170
Detroit Tigers	35	29.4	5.73	155	6189	5418	888	1549	312	65	134	829	66	38	664	554	.286	.366	.442	.808	101	2393	115	24	77		33	1217
New York Yankees	27	28.1	5.27	155	6047	5286	817	1371	243	66	155	759	59	36	647	605	.259	.344	.418	.762	100	2211	124	36	76		42	1143
Philadelphia Athletics	34	26.9	4.56	154	5951	5304	703	1391	242	53	105	648	48	33	556	655	.262	.334	.387	.722	89	2054	127	19	69		19	1125
St. Louis Browns	32	28.2	4.85	156	6051	5416	757	1423	278	58	118	715	51	40	556	638	.263	.333	.401	.734	88	2171	105	16	63		32	1154
Washington Nationals	35	26.8	4.32	154	5916	5365	665	1453	266	67	52	602	94	40	465	504	.271	.331	.374	.706	88	2009	100	18	61		27	1155
League Average	31	27.9	4.97	155	6037	5377	768	1459	271	64	110	712	60	42	562	590	.271	.342	.407	.750	93	2190	117	19	76		35	1157
	250	27.9	4.97	1238	48295	43017	6147	11674	2167	513	883	5693	478	332	4494	4720	.271	.342	.407	.750	93	17516	934	151	608		277	9256

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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