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1938 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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WorldSeries (4-0):   New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs

AL Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck Home Road 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY 99 53 .651 --- 6.2 4.5 98-54 0 55-22 44-31 16-15 77-40 22-13 38-27 61-26
2 BOS 88 61 .591 9.5 9.5 6.0 5.0 87-62 0 52-23 36-38 23-15 80-52 8-9 33-33 55-28
3 CLE 86 66 .566 13.0 16.5 5.5 5.1 81-71 4 46-30 40-36 27-22 64-43 22-23 30-35 56-31
4 DET 84 70 .545 16.0 25.5 5.6 5.1 84-70 0 48-31 36-39 20-23 73-54 11-16 30-36 54-34
5 WSH 75 76 .497 23.5 55.5 5.4 5.7 72-79 2 44-33 31-43 20-20 53-57 22-19 33-53 42-23
6 CHW 65 83 .439 32.0 98.0 4.8 5.0 71-77 -6 33-39 32-44 21-25 57-70 8-13 30-54 35-29
7 SLB 55 97 .362 44.0 170.0 4.8 6.2 59-93 -4 31-43 24-54 18-21 45-82 10-15 31-57 24-40
8 PHA 53 99 .349 46.0 184.0 4.7 6.2 57-95 -4 28-47 25-52 14-18 45-81 8-18 25-62 28-37
Avg 75 75 .500 5.4 5.4 76-75 42-33 33-42 19-19 61-59 13-15 31-44 44-31
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Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BOS  --  12  12  10  11  14  17  12
  CHW   6  --   9   7   8  12  13  10
  CLE  10  13  --  12   8  18  13  12
  DET  12  15  10  --   8  14  12  13
  NYY  11  14  13  14  --  16  15  16
  PHA   8  10   4   8   5  --  12   6
  SLB   5   8   9  10   7   9  --   7
  WSH   9  11   9   9   6  16  15  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BOS  --  92 127 118 114 166 158 127
  CHW  88  --  99  73 100 117 114 118
  CLE  96 125  -- 112  94 145 135 140
  DET 135 110  99  -- 108 136 125 149
  NYY 117 117 135 138  -- 160 158 141
  PHA 115 118 111 114  80  -- 110  78
  SLB 101  89 111 109 127  98  -- 120
  WSH  99 101 100 131  87 134 162  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
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