1938 Major League Team Statistics

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Homestead Grays	41	13	0	.759	7.2	3.4	3.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	New York Yankees	99	53	5	.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
3	Kansas City Monarchs	45	27	1	.625	5.9	4.0	1.9					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
4	Chicago Cubs	89	63	2	.586	4.6	3.9	0.8	-0.1	0.7	88-64	1	44-33	45-30	9-9	23-19	70-50	19-13	47-41	42-22
5	Memphis Red Sox	39	24	1	.619	4.4	6.4	-2.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Boston Red Sox	88	61	1	.591	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
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	2	.573	4.7	4.1	0.5	-0.1	0.5	83-67	3	44-33	42-31	12-6	32-20	56-45	30-19	48-40	38-24
8	Philadelphia Stars	41	32	3	.562	5.3	6.0	-0.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Cleveland Indians	86	66	1	.566	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
10	New York Giants	83	67	2	.553	4.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	82-68	1	43-30	40-37	4-5	24-16	57-52	26-15	42-45	41-22
11	Baltimore Elite Giants	26	23	3	.531	6.4	4.6	1.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	Chicago American Giants	41	37	3	.526	5.0	4.5	0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Cincinnati Reds	82	68	1	.547	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	84-66	-2	43-34	39-34	9-7	16-28	68-60	14-8	42-43	40-25
14	Detroit Tigers	84	70	1	.545	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
15	Pittsburgh Crawfords	28	26	1	.519	5.5	5.6	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	Indianapolis ABCs	17	20	0	.459	4.5	5.9	-1.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Boston Bees	77	75	1	.507	3.7	4.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	69-83	8	45-30	32-45	9-11	34-23	63-59	14-16	38-48	39-27
18	Washington Nationals	75	76	1	.497	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
19	Jacksonville Red Caps	14	16	1	.467	6.1	5.4	0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Newark Eagles	23	30	0	.434	4.9	4.9	0.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Atlanta Black Crackers	32	31	0	.508	5.1	5.2	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
22	St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	5	.470	4.6	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-75	-5	36-41	35-39	7-8	26-33	56-63	15-17	43-65	28-15
23	Chicago White Sox	65	83	1	.439	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
24	New York Black Yankees	11	28	1	.282	4.1	6.5	-2.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	2	.463	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	74-75	-5	31-41	38-39	3-5	16-24	51-63	18-17	45-61	24-19
26	St. Louis Browns	55	97	4	.362	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
27	Birmingham Black Barons	13	46	0	.220	3.9	6.3	-2.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
28	Washington Black Senators	2	20	0	.091	4.0	9.1	-5.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
29	Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	2	.349	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
30	Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	1	.300	3.6	5.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	47-103	-2	26-48	19-57	6-8	22-30	35-79	10-26	32-74	13-31
	Average	52	52	1	.500	5.0	5.2				52-52		21-18	18-21	3-3	11-11	31-31	8-8	19-25	20-14

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
Indianapolis ABCs	22	23.6	4.53	19	638	577	86	143	20	12	6	69	24		42	112	.248	.306	.355	.661	90	205		6	13
Birmingham Black Barons	33	21.9	3.85	27	972	873	104	201	20	12	4	83	22		73	163	.230	.298	.294	.592	71	257		11	15
Atlanta Black Crackers	32	23.3	5.07	45	1629	1468	228	394	49	26	9	189	24		112	239	.268	.324	.356	.680	95	522		9	40
Baltimore Elite Giants	23	29.1	6.35	37	1410	1231	235	340	56	18	16	207	18		135	169	.276	.352	.390	.741	95	480		8	36
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
Brooklyn Dodgers	43	29.1	4.66	151	5858	5142	704	1322	225	79	61	647	66	57	611	615	.257	.338	.367	.705	92	1888	118	20	80		45	1137
Boston Bees	39	28.7	3.67	153	5777	5250	561	1311	199	39	54	519	49	40	424	548	.250	.309	.333	.642	84	1750	134	23	78		35	1085
Chicago American Giants	33	28.7	5.03	38	1445	1292	191	323	42	21	13	159	38		113	197	.250	.314	.345	.659	89	446		8	32
Chicago Cubs	29	29.3	4.63	154	5975	5333	713	1435	242	70	65	673	49	50	522	476	.269	.338	.377	.715	94	2012	157	29	88		53	1133
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
Cincinnati Reds	34	28.1	4.79	151	5878	5391	723	1495	251	57	110	679	19	19	366	518	.277	.327	.406	.733	102	2190	125	32	89		52	1098
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
Homestead Grays	21	27.6	7.28	46	1764	1556	335	480	79	26	44	305	8		159	202	.308	.374	.478	.852	123	743		4	45
Jacksonville Red Caps	23	24.9	6.12	17	721	652	104	177	22	7	2	86	17		57	83	.271	.333	.336	.669	92	219		3	9
Kansas City Monarchs	32	28.3	5.88	48	1747	1570	282	427	77	34	20	239	94		137	262	.272	.333	.403	.736	111	632		7	33
Memphis Red Sox	34	29.4	4.42	36	1275	1155	159	311	45	18	7	129	39	1	87	172	.269	.325	.358	.683	96	413		9	24
New York Black Yankees	31	27.5	4.13	30	1114	999	124	261	43	11	9	115	15		85	130	.261	.320	.353	.674	78	353		2	28
Newark Eagles	26	27.4	4.86	28	1011	902	136	239	35	12	16	123	10		76	111	.265	.324	.384	.708	86	346		3	30
New York Giants	30	28.5	4.64	152	5844	5255	705	1424	210	36	125	672	31	38	465	528	.271	.334	.396	.730	99	2081	112	33	88		39	1116
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
Pittsburgh Crawfords	28	27.0	5.50	40	1516	1327	220	344	61	22	20	192	21		128	162	.259	.329	.384	.712	87	509		9	52
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
Philadelphia Phillies	38	28.3	3.64	151	5718	5192	550	1318	233	29	40	503	38	46	423	507	.254	.312	.333	.645	77	1729	129	12	86		23	1088
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	29.8	4.65	152	6013	5422	707	1511	265	66	65	659	47	35	485	409	.279	.340	.388	.728	100	2103	139	19	81		50	1201
Philadelphia Stars	28	30.4	5.32	65	2342	2007	346	535	80	22	38	314	13		236	236	.267	.347	.385	.732	93	773		12	87
Washington Black Senators	23	27.3	4.00	14	524	457	56	119	15	4	2	47	1		48	56	.260	.335	.324	.658	74	148		3	16
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
St. Louis Cardinals	35	26.2	4.65	156	6040	5528	725	1542	288	74	91	680	55	40	412	492	.279	.331	.407	.738	98	2251	124	16	83		41	1147
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	28	28.2	4.96	98	3784	3369	486	920	156	39	56	450	41	22	337	278	.273	.342	.393	.734	93	1323		15	60		19	616
	830	28.2	4.96	2936	113506	101079	14575	27587	4690	1180	1681	13494	1240	650	10120	8335	.273	.342	.393	.734	93	39680		442	1814		574	18467
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