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1940 Major League Team Statistics

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: Cincinnati Reds

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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	Kansas City Monarchs	36	11	3	.766	6.0	3.7	2.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	Cincinnati Reds	100	53	2	.654	4.6	3.4	1.2	-0.1	1.0	96-57	4	55-21	45-32	8-8	41-17	90-47	10-6	42-24	58-29
3	Homestead Grays	36	20	0	.643	5.9	4.8	1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
4	Detroit Tigers	90	64	1	.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
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	32	23	0	.582	6.4	5.5	1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Memphis Red Sox	36	26	0	.581	4.1	4.6	-0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
7	Cleveland Indians	89	65	1	.578	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
8	Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	3	.575	4.5	4.0	0.5	-0.1	0.4	85-68	3	41-37	47-28	9-10	21-23	68-51	20-14	32-34	56-31
9	New York Yankees	88	66	1	.571	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
10	Newark Eagles	28	22	1	.560	6.8	5.7	1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
11	St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	3	.549	4.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-72	3	41-36	43-33	6-5	25-17	61-47	23-22	30-36	54-33
12	Cleveland Bears	21	18	1	.538	5.2	5.1	0.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Chicago White Sox	82	72	1	.532	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
14	Boston Red Sox	82	72	0	.532	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
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	2	.506	5.2	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	79-75	-1	40-34	38-42	5-7	22-23	61-62	17-14	28-38	50-38
16	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	25	29	2	.463	4.9	5.4	-0.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Philadelphia Stars	24	37	0	.393	5.1	5.8	-0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
18	Chicago Cubs	75	79	0	.487	4.4	4.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	82-72	-7	40-37	35-42	13-9	24-31	63-67	12-12	37-51	38-28
19	New York Black Yankees	19	24	0	.442	4.5	6.6	-2.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Chicago American Giants	22	31	1	.415	3.4	5.2	-1.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	New York Cubans	13	26	1	.333	4.9	5.7	-0.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
22	New York Giants	72	80	0	.474	4.4	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-76	-4	33-43	39-37	7-6	19-22	58-66	14-14	35-51	37-29
23	St. Louis Browns	67	87	2	.435	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
24	Birmingham Black Barons	17	30	0	.362	4.2	5.0	-0.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Boston Bees	65	87	0	.428	4.1	4.9	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	64-88	1	35-40	30-47	8-5	17-21	52-69	13-18	35-52	30-35
26	Washington Nationals	64	90	0	.416	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
27	Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	6	18	1	.250	3.5	4.0	-0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
28	Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	0	.351	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
29	Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0	.327	3.2	4.9	-1.7	0.2	-1.5	49-104	1	24-55	26-48	4-10	12-27	41-91	9-12	24-64	26-39
	Average	53	53	0	.500	4.8	4.9				52-53		22-19	19-22	4-4	12-12	32-32	9-9	20-26	21-15

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
Birmingham Black Barons	30	24.3	4.20	30	1066	972	126	244	25	12	8	103	14		69	163	.251	.307	.326	.633	89	317	0	9	16		0
Baltimore Elite Giants	30	27.6	6.41	61	2375	2078	391	580	104	34	34	354	37		245	256	.279	.360	.411	.771	100	854	4	17	35		2
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
Brooklyn Dodgers	40	28.4	4.47	156	6093	5470	697	1421	256	70	93	653	56	63	522	570	.260	.327	.383	.710	90	2096	112	20	77		50	1128
Boston Bees	41	26.3	4.10	152	5810	5329	623	1366	219	50	59	558	48	43	402	581	.256	.311	.349	.660	87	1862	101	17	62		43	1078
Chicago American Giants	26	28.1	3.43	23	798	702	79	163	22	4	7	73	4		73	127	.232	.308	.305	.613	83	214	1	4	19		0
Cleveland Bears	27	27.1	5.19	27	997	847	140	187	23	7	3	111	28		112	139	.221	.321	.275	.596	78	233	0	13	25		0
Chicago Cubs	29	28.9	4.42	154	5972	5389	681	1441	272	48	86	627	63	68	482	566	.267	.331	.384	.714	99	2067	108	29	70		52	1111
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
Cincinnati Reds	33	28.8	4.56	155	5986	5372	707	1427	264	38	89	649	72	41	453	503	.266	.327	.379	.706	93	2034	108	36	125		53	1125
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
Homestead Grays	26	30.5	5.86	56	2082	1829	328	528	75	37	24	286	46		205	230	.289	.364	.410	.774	101	749	4	13	35		4
Kansas City Monarchs	25	29.3	5.97	38	1410	1261	227	362	53	21	12	200	52		110	162	.287	.351	.391	.742	122	493	0	14	25		0
Memphis Red Sox	28	28.5	4.08	48	1698	1507	196	372	53	12	8	158	41		147	204	.247	.317	.314	.631	89	473	1	9	35		2
New York Black Yankees	29	29.5	4.52	33	1167	1040	149	274	48	9	9	129	14		99	150	.263	.332	.353	.685	78	367	0	8	20		0
Newark Eagles	28	27.4	6.78	40	1501	1317	271	397	58	16	39	250	20		153	156	.301	.377	.459	.835	117	604	2	6	25		1
New York Cubans	24	28.8	4.90	29	1142	1018	142	260	36	9	13	126	7		102	126	.255	.324	.347	.671	75	353	1	2	20		1
New York Giants	29	28.7	4.36	152	5901	5324	663	1423	201	46	91	614	45	47	453	478	.267	.329	.374	.703	93	1989	130	37	86		46	1146
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
Philadelphia Phillies	42	27.4	3.23	153	5673	5137	494	1225	180	35	75	459	25	40	435	527	.238	.300	.331	.631	77	1700	115	14	87		37	1032
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	27.6	5.19	156	6117	5466	809	1511	276	68	76	740	69	71	553	494	.276	.346	.394	.740	105	2151	116	33	63		45	1139
Philadelphia Stars	36	25.1	5.06	63	2264	2005	319	551	93	32	27	280	16		217	256	.275	.348	.394	.741	93	789	2	8	34		2
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
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	27	26.8	4.90	29	1073	933	142	244	39	12	3	123	29		112	141	.262	.346	.339	.685	105	316	0	9	19		0
St. Louis Cardinals	38	27.1	4.79	156	6093	5499	747	1514	266	61	119	709	97	35	479	610	.275	.336	.411	.747	101	2259	103	21	88		53	1182
Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	20	24.0	3.46	13	476	424	45	89	10	6	4	38	21	0	39	94	.210	.284	.290	.574	72	123	0	5	8	0	0
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	29	27.9	4.77	102	3931	3515	487	940	163	39	61	446	44	26	343	312	.267	.335	.388	.723	94	1364	64	16	55	0	23	627
	833	27.9	4.77	2962	113989	101936	14123	27253	4740	1140	1762	12933	1282	740	9956	9049	.267	.335	.388	.723	94	39559	1842	475	1582	0	668	18197
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