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1940 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Detroit DET 90 64 .584 -- Clvlnd CLE 89 65 .578 1.0 NewYorkY NYY 88 66 .571 2.0 BostonRS BOS 82 72 .532 8.0 ChicagoW CHW 82 72 .532 8.0 St.Louis SLB 67 87 .435 23.0 Washngtn WSH 64 90 .416 26.0 Phildlpa PHA 54 100 .351 36.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-3):   Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1940 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 DET  5.73   888  155  5418  1549  312  65  134  664   556  .286  .364  .442   66   39 109  6.48  4.95
 BOS  5.66   872  154  5481  1566  301  80  145  590   597  .286  .355  .449   55   49 112  5.92  5.39
 NYY  5.27   817  155  5286  1371  243  66  155  648   606  .259  .340  .418   59   36 109  5.45  5.10
 SLB  4.85   757  156  5416  1423  278  58  118  556   642  .263  .331  .401   51   40  92  5.44  4.28
 CHW  4.74   735  155  5386  1499  238  63   73  496   569  .278  .339  .387   52   60  92  4.58  4.91
 CLE  4.58   710  155  5361  1422  287  61  101  519   597  .265  .330  .398   53   36  96  4.27  4.93
 PHA  4.56   703  154  5304  1391  242  53  105  556   656  .262  .332  .387   48   33  94  4.73  4.42
 WSH  4.32   665  154  5365  1453  266  67   52  468   504  .271  .329  .374   94   40  94  4.10  4.53
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.97  6147 1238 43017 11674 2167 513  883 4497  4727  .271  .342  .407  478  333

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CLE  4.11   637  155  3.63  1375  1328   8.6   512  3.3   86   686   72    13     0  22 116  3.43  4.88
 CHW  4.34   672  155  3.74  1386  1335   8.6   480  3.1  111   574   83    10     0  18 118  4.65  4.01
 NYY  4.33   671  155  3.89  1373  1389   9.0   511  3.3  119   559   76     9     0  14 104  3.74  4.90
 DET  4.63   717  155  4.01  1375  1425   9.2   570  3.7  102   752   59     9     0  23 119  4.92  4.32
 WSH  5.27   811  154  4.59  1350  1494   9.7   618  4.0   93   618   74     6     0   7  91  4.78  5.75
 BOS  5.36   825  154  4.89  1379  1568  10.2   625  4.1  124   613   51     3     0  16  92  5.33  5.39
 SLB  5.65   882  156  5.12  1373  1592  10.2   646  4.1  113   439   64     4     0   9  90  5.97  5.34
 PHA  6.05   932  154  5.22  1345  1543  10.0   534  3.5  135   488   72     4     0  12  85  5.76  6.30
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.97  6147 1238  4.38 10956 11674   9.6  4496  3.7  883  4729  551          61 121

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 DET  194  116  .968   .684  1,112,693  14,085   92-62  50-29 40-35 109 108 29.4 27.8   4   3  16 Baker
 CLE  148  164  .975   .704    902,576  11,007   85-69  51-30 38-35  97  96 26.7 27.0   2   6  17 Vitt
 NYY  152  158  .975   .708    988,975  13,013   91-63  52-24 36-42  96  92 28.1 30.0   4   7  20 McCarthy
 BOS  173  156  .972   .678    716,234   9,066   81-73  45-34 37-38 104 103 28.1 28.9   5   4  17 Cronin
 CHW  185  125  .969   .715    660,336   8,466   83-71  41-36 41-36 101 101 29.4 30.8   2   1   7 Dykes
 SLB  158  179  .974   .684    239,591   3,112   66-88  37-39 30-48 102 105 28.1 29.8   0   1  10 Haney
 WSH  192  166  .968   .675    381,241   4,951   63-91  36-41 28-49  94  95 26.8 26.0   1   2  16 Harris
 PHA  238  131  .960   .680    432,145   6,087   58-96  29-42 25-58  98 101 26.8 27.4   1   2   8 Mack
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Hank Greenberg DET .340/.433/.670 Triple Crown Winner Bob Feller CLE 27-11  2.61 261 SO

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average DiMaggio-NYY .352 Appling-CHW .348 Williams-BOS .344 Radcliff-SLB .342 Greenberg-DET .340	On-base % Williams-BOS .442 Greenberg-DET .433 Rosenthal-CHW .432 Gehringer-DET .428 DiMaggio-NYY .425	Slugging % Greenberg-DET .670 DiMaggio-NYY .626 Williams-BOS .594 York-DET .583 Foxx-BOS .581	OPS Greenberg-DET 1.103 DiMaggio-NYY 1.051 Williams-BOS 1.036 York-DET .993 Foxx-BOS .993
Games Boudreau-CLE 155 Dahlgren-NYY 155 Gordon-NYY 155 Kuhel-CHW 155 York-DET 155	At Bats Cramer-BOS 661 Case-WSH 656 Boudreau-CLE 627 Gordon-NYY 616 Kennedy-CHW 606	Plate Appearances (approx.) Case-WSH 720 Cramer-BOS 712 Boudreau-CLE 706 Kuhel-CHW 703 York-DET 685	Runs Williams-BOS 134 Greenberg-DET 129 McCosky-DET 123 Gordon-NYY 112 Kuhel-CHW 111
Hits Cramer-BOS 200 McCosky-DET 200 Radcliff-SLB 200 Appling-CHW 197 Wright-CHW 196	Total Bases Greenberg-DET 384 York-DET 343 Williams-BOS 333 DiMaggio-NYY 318 Gordon-NYY 315	Doubles Greenberg-DET 50 Boudreau-CLE 46 York-DET 46 Williams-BOS 43 Moses-PHA 41	Triples McCosky-DET 19 Finney-BOS 15 Keller-NYY 15 Williams-BOS 14 Appling-CHW 13
Home Runs Greenberg-DET 41 Foxx-BOS 36 York-DET 33 DiMaggio-NYY 31 Johnson-PHA 31	RBI Greenberg-DET 150 York-DET 134 DiMaggio-NYY 133 Foxx-BOS 119 Williams-BOS 113	Bases on Balls Keller-NYY 106 Clift-SLB 104 Foxx-BOS 101 Gehringer-DET 101 Williams-BOS 96	Strikeouts Chapman-PHA 96 York-DET 88 Foxx-BOS 87 Crosetti-NYY 77 Mack-CLE 77
Stolen Bases Case-WSH 35 Walker-WSH 21 Gordon-NYY 18 Kreevich-CHW 15 Lewis-WSH 15	Singles Cramer-BOS 160 Appling-CHW 157 Case-WSH 153 Radcliff-SLB 151 Wright-CHW 151	Adjusted OPS+ DiMaggio-NYY 173 Greenberg-DET 171 Williams-BOS 162 Foxx-BOS 150 York-DET 145	Runs Created Greenberg-DET 166 Williams-BOS 145 York-DET 139 DiMaggio-NYY 133 Foxx-BOS 121
Adjusted Batting Runs Greenberg-DET 64 Williams-BOS 55 DiMaggio-NYY 54 York-DET 42 Foxx-BOS 41	Batting Wins Greenberg-DET 5.9 Williams-BOS 5.1 DiMaggio-NYY 5.0 York-DET 3.9 Foxx-BOS 3.8	Extra-Base Hits Greenberg-DET 99 York-DET 85 Williams-BOS 80 Gordon-NYY 72 Foxx-BOS 70	Times on Base Williams-BOS 292 Greenberg-DET 289 York-DET 279 McCosky-DET 268 Appling-CHW 267
Offensive Win% Greenberg-DET .812 DiMaggio-NYY .788 Williams-BOS .782 York-DET .740 Foxx-BOS .718	Hit By Pitch Crosetti-NYY 10 Bartell-DET 5 Case-WSH 5 Dahlgren-NYY 5 Johnson-PHA 4 Trosky-CLE 4 York-DET 4	Sac. Hits Kreevich-CHW 21 Cramer-BOS 14 Cronin-BOS 13 Rigney-CHW 12 Bartell-DET 11 Keltner-CLE 11	Grounded into Double Plays Boudreau-CLE 23 Dahlgren-NYY 20 Johnson-PHA 20 Chapman-CLE 19 Foxx-BOS 18 Kreevich-CHW 18
Caught Stealing Case-WSH 10 Lewis-WSH 10 Tabor-BOS 10 Tresh-CHW 10 McCosky-DET 9	Power/Speed Number Gordon-NYY 22.5 Tabor-BOS 16.8 Kuhel-CHW 16.6 Walker-WSH 16.1 Doerr-BOS 13.8	At Bats per Strikeout Finney-BOS 41.1 Gehringer-DET 30.3 Radcliff-SLB 29.2 Tebbetts-DET 27.1 Wright-CHW 23.2	At Bats per Home Run Greenberg-DET 14.0 Foxx-BOS 14.3 DiMaggio-NYY 16.4 Johnson-PHA 16.5 York-DET 17.8
Outs Cramer-BOS 493 Case-WSH 486 Kennedy-CHW 484 Kreevich-CHW 474 Boudreau-CLE 472	ERA Feller-CLE 2.61 Newsom-DET 2.83 Rigney-CHW 3.11 Smith-CHW 3.21 Chase-WSH 3.23	Wins Feller-CLE 27 Newsom-DET 21 Milnar-CLE 18 Hudson-WSH 17 Auker-SLB 16 Rowe-DET 16	Won-Loss % Rowe-DET .842 Newsom-DET .808 Feller-CLE .711 Smith-CLE .682 Wilson-BOS .667
BB + H per IP (WHIP) Feller-CLE 1.133 Rigney-CHW 1.176 Lyons-CHW 1.208 Lee-CHW 1.224 Russo-NYY 1.246	Hits Allowed/9IP Feller-CLE 6.88 Rigney-CHW 7.70 Smith-CHW 7.77 Bridges-DET 7.79 Newsom-DET 8.01	Bases on Balls/9IP Lyons-CHW 1.79 Lee-CHW 2.21 Rowe-DET 2.29 Leonard-WSH 2.43 Russo-NYY 2.61	Strikeouts/9IP Feller-CLE 7.33 Bridges-DET 6.06 Wilson-BOS 5.82 Newsom-DET 5.59 Smith-CHW 5.17
Games Feller-CLE 43 Benton-DET 42 Heusser-PHA 41 Wilson-BOS 41 Dobson-CLE 40	Saves Benton-DET 17 Brown-CHW 10 Murphy-NYY 9 Allen-CLE 5 Appleton-CHW 5 Heusser-PHA 5 Wilson-BOS 5	Innings Feller-CLE 320.3 Leonard-WSH 289.0 Rigney-CHW 280.7 Newsom-DET 264.0 Auker-SLB 263.7	Strikeouts Feller-CLE 261 Newsom-DET 164 Rigney-CHW 141 Bridges-DET 133 Chase-WSH 129
Games Started Feller-CLE 37 Auker-SLB 35 Leonard-WSH 35 Chase-WSH 34 Newsom-DET 34	Comp. Games Feller-CLE 31 Lee-CHW 24 Leonard-WSH 23 Auker-SLB 20 Chase-WSH 20 Newsom-DET 20 Ruffing-NYY 20	Shutouts Feller-CLE 4 Lyons-CHW 4 Milnar-CLE 4 Allen-CLE 3 Bonham-NYY 3 Hudson-WSH 3 Newsom-DET 3 Ruffing-NYY 3	Home Runs Allow. Harris-SLB 24 Ruffing-NYY 24 Rigney-CHW 22 Dean-PHA 21 Breuer-NYY 20 Grove-BOS 20 Hudson-WSH 20
Bases On Balls Allow. Chase-WSH 143 Kennedy-SLB 122 Feller-CLE 118 Newsom-DET 100 Milnar-CLE 99	Hits Allowed Leonard-WSH 328 Auker-SLB 299 Hudson-WSH 272 Kennedy-SLB 263 Chase-WSH 260	SO to Walk Feller-CLE 2.21 Lyons-CHW 1.95 Newsom-DET 1.64 Leonard-WSH 1.59 Russo-NYY 1.58	Losses Caster-PHA 19 Leonard-WSH 19 Rigney-CHW 18 Chase-WSH 17 Kennedy-SLB 17
Earned Runs Allow. Kennedy-SLB 138 Caster-PHA 130 Hudson-WSH 128 Dean-PHA 117 Auker-SLB 116	Wild Pitches Chase-WSH 12 Vaughan-PHA 12 Leonard-WSH 10 Potter-PHA 10 Feller-CLE 8 Harris-SLB 8 Niggeling-SLB 8	Hit Batsmen Chandler-NYY 6 Smith-CLE 6 Chase-WSH 5 Feller-CLE 5 Harder-CLE 5 Hash-BOS 5 Niggeling-SLB 5	Batters Faced Feller-CLE 1304 Leonard-WSH 1245 Auker-SLB 1176 Chase-WSH 1165 Rigney-CHW 1152
Games Finished Brown-CHW 36 Benton-DET 35 Murphy-NYY 28 Heusser-PHA 26 Heving-BOS 21	Adjusted ERA+ Newsom-DET 167 Feller-CLE 161 Rigney-CHW 142 Bridges-DET 140 Smith-CHW 138	Oldest Player Grove-BOS 1900-03-06 (40) Heving-BOS 1900-09-02 (39) Lyons-CHW 1900-12-28 (39) Brucker-PHA 1901-05-06 (39) Averill-DET 1902-05-21 (38)	Youngest Player Newhouser-DET 1921-05-20 (19) Conger-DET 1921-04-03 (19) Valo-PHA 1921-03-05 (19) Kennedy-CHW 1920-08-18 (19) Masterson-WSH 1920-06-22 (20)

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Starters P. Red Ruffing (NYY) C. Bill Dickey (NYY) 1B. Jimmie Foxx (BOS) 2B. Joe Gordon (NYY) 3B. Cecil Travis (WSH) SS. Luke Appling (CHW) LF. Ted Williams (BOS) CF. Joe DiMaggio (NYY) RF. Charlie Keller (NYY)		Lou Boudreau* (CLE) Tommy Bridges (DET) Doc Cramer (BOS) Bob Feller* (CLE) Lou Finney* (BOS) Hank Greenberg* (DET) Frankie Hayes* (PHA) Rollie Hemsley* (CLE) Bob Johnson (PHA)		Ken Keltner* (CLE) Dutch Leonard (WSH) Ray Mack* (CLE) George McQuinn (SLB) Al Milnar (CLE) Bobo Newsom* (DET) Monte Pearson (NYY) Red Rolfe (NYY)

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