1940 Major League Standard Pitching

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: Cincinnati Reds

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Team Standard Pitching

Team Standard Pitching Table
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	LOB
Birmingham Black Barons	9	26.3	4.97	13	17	.433	4.62	30	30	21	9	0	0	5	245.2	275	149	126	5	81	0	107	6	0	5	1077	91	3.45	1.449	10.1	0.2	3.0	3.9	1.32
Baltimore Elite Giants	14	24.8	5.46	38	23	.623	5.10	61	61	35	24	3	2	7	513.2	547	333	291	45	249	2	285	10	3	2	2325	102	4.54	1.550	9.6	0.8	4.4	5.0	1.14
Boston Red Sox	18	28.9	5.36	82	72	.532	4.89	154	154	104	50	4	3	16	1379.2	1568	825	749	124	625	35	613	23	1	36	6242	92	4.69	1.590	10.2	0.8	4.1	4.0	0.98	1280
Brooklyn Dodgers	18	31.8	3.98	88	65	.575	3.50	156	156	91	65	17	17	14	1433.0	1366	621	557	101	393	51	639	31	1	15	6008	116	3.91	1.227	8.6	0.6	2.5	4.0	1.63	1092
Boston Bees	17	28.1	4.90	65	87	.428	4.36	152	152	76	76	9	9	8	1359.0	1444	745	658	83	573	41	435	35	5	24	5959	84	4.49	1.484	9.6	0.5	3.8	2.9	0.76	1130
Chicago American Giants	9	17.6	5.17	7	15	.318	4.39	23	23	8	15	1	1	0	184.1	201	119	90	6	86	1	89	10	0	1	847	96	4.02	1.557	9.8	0.3	4.2	4.3	1.03
Cleveland Bears	9	28.5	5.15	14	12	.538	4.38	27	27	11	16	1	1	1	221.2	242	139	108	4	81	0	130	10	0	1	1002	96	3.29	1.457	9.8	0.2	3.3	5.3	1.60
Chicago Cubs	11	29.7	4.13	75	79	.487	3.54	154	154	85	69	12	12	14	1392.0	1418	636	548	74	430	71	564	16	2	10	5951	106	3.84	1.328	9.2	0.5	2.8	3.6	1.31	1149
Chicago White Sox	12	30.8	4.34	82	72	.532	3.74	155	155	72	83	10	10	18	1386.2	1335	672	576	111	480	44	574	14	2	31	5916	119	4.28	1.309	8.7	0.7	3.1	3.7	1.20	1085
Cincinnati Reds	12	29.6	3.41	100	53	.654	3.05	155	155	64	91	10	10	11	1407.2	1263	528	477	73	445	43	557	18	3	11	5791	125	3.87	1.213	8.1	0.5	2.8	3.6	1.25	1041
Cleveland Indians	15	27.0	4.11	89	65	.578	3.63	155	155	83	72	13	13	22	1375.0	1328	637	555	86	512	53	686	25	2	28	5824	118	3.98	1.338	8.7	0.6	3.4	4.5	1.34	1066
Detroit Tigers	17	27.8	4.62	90	64	.584	4.01	155	155	96	59	10	9	23	1375.1	1425	716	613	102	570	35	752	17	5	25	6020	118	4.14	1.451	9.3	0.7	3.7	4.9	1.32	1176
Homestead Grays	11	27.3	4.75	41	15	.732	4.35	56	56	16	41	6	6	3	465.0	457	266	225	15	186	0	225	9	3	3	2040	120	3.71	1.383	8.8	0.3	3.6	4.4	1.21
Kansas City Monarchs	8	28.2	3.66	25	11	.694	3.23	38	38	19	19	4	4	3	309.1	271	139	111	9	98	0	245	9	1	7	1302	130	2.83	1.193	7.9	0.3	2.9	7.1	2.50
Memphis Red Sox	12	22.8	4.60	20	28	.417	4.18	48	48	23	25	2	2	2	394.1	377	221	183	6	166	1	222	11	1	8	1734	101	3.42	1.377	8.6	0.1	3.8	5.1	1.34
New York Black Yankees	9	31.0	6.58	9	24	.273	6.68	33	33	19	14	0	0	0	252.0	337	217	187	21	126	4	121	5	2	2	1211	78	4.68	1.837	12.0	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.96
Newark Eagles	14	21.9	5.72	22	18	.550	5.27	40	40	24	16	1	1	6	329.1	339	229	193	20	170	1	202	10	2	2	1518	99	4.20	1.546	9.3	0.5	4.6	5.5	1.19
New York Cubans	8	29.5	5.66	10	19	.345	5.16	29	29	13	16	1	1	1	246.0	282	164	141	18	115	0	123	10	0	6	1141	101	4.47	1.614	10.3	0.7	4.2	4.5	1.07
New York Giants	12	30.1	4.34	72	80	.474	3.79	152	152	95	57	11	10	18	1360.1	1383	660	573	110	473	50	606	18	2	27	5840	103	4.24	1.364	9.1	0.7	3.1	4.0	1.28	1099
New York Yankees	13	30.0	4.33	88	66	.571	3.89	155	155	79	76	10	9	14	1373.0	1389	671	593	119	511	31	559	16	3	22	5907	104	4.46	1.384	9.1	0.8	3.3	3.7	1.09	1121
Philadelphia Athletics	13	27.6	6.05	54	100	.351	5.22	154	154	82	72	4	4	12	1345.0	1543	932	780	135	534	12	488	15	5	40	6090	85	4.80	1.544	10.3	0.9	3.6	3.3	0.91	1122
Philadelphia Phillies	16	27.9	4.90	50	103	.327	4.40	153	153	87	66	5	5	8	1357.0	1429	750	663	92	475	25	485	26	4	36	5891	89	4.27	1.403	9.5	0.6	3.2	3.2	1.02	1060
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	29.9	5.03	78	76	.506	4.36	156	156	107	49	8	7	24	1388.2	1569	785	673	72	492	42	491	32	4	28	6144	88	4.10	1.484	10.2	0.5	3.2	3.2	1.00	1195
Philadelphia Stars	11	28.1	5.79	27	36	.429	5.21	63	63	32	31	0	0	5	514.1	598	365	298	30	179	3	239	5	0	6	2324	100	3.90	1.511	10.5	0.5	3.1	4.2	1.34
St. Louis Browns	14	29.8	5.65	67	87	.435	5.12	156	156	92	64	4	4	9	1373.1	1592	882	782	113	646	47	439	20	3	42	6225	90	4.88	1.630	10.4	0.7	4.2	2.9	0.68	1222
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	13	23.3	5.45	13	15	.464	4.66	29	29	19	10	2	2	3	235.2	234	158	122	7	114	0	144	20	3	4	1083	91	3.87	1.477	8.9	0.3	4.4	5.5	1.26
St. Louis Cardinals	16	28.8	4.48	84	69	.549	3.83	156	156	85	71	10	10	15	1396.0	1457	699	594	83	488	56	550	24	5	35	6063	104	4.08	1.393	9.4	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.13	1175
Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	7	22.4	4.00	4	8	.333	3.64	13	13	2	11	0	0	0	106.1	93	52	43	4	32	0	64	3	0	2	451	117	3.27	1.176	7.9	0.3	2.7	5.4	2.00
Washington Nationals	15	26.0	5.27	64	90	.416	4.59	154	154	80	74	6	6	7	1350.0	1494	811	689	93	618	20	618	21	4	47	6044	91	4.40	1.564	10.0	0.6	4.1	4.1	1.00	1184
League Average	12	28.5	4.77	51	51	.500	4.21	102	102	56	46	6	5	9	899	940	487	421	61	343	23	388	16	2	17	3930	101	4.21	1.427	9.4	0.6	3.4	3.9	1.13	627
	346	28.5	4.77	1471	1469	.500	4.21	2962	2962	1620	1341	164	158	269	26069.1	27256	14121	12198	1761	9948	668	11252	469	66	506	113970	101	4.21	1.427	9.4	0.6	3.4	3.9	1.13	18197
Tm	#P	PAge	RA/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	tSho	cSho	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	LOB