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1939 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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WorldSeries (4-0):   New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds

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 106 45 .702 --- 6.4 3.7 110-41 -4 52-25 54-20 22-15 70-30 36-15 54-31 52-14
2 BOS 89 62 .589 17.0 17.0 5.9 5.2 84-67 4 42-32 47-30 24-16 78-58 11-4 40-45 49-17
3 CLE 87 67 .565 20.5 24.0 5.2 4.5 87-67 0 44-33 43-34 26-23 60-43 27-24 39-49 48-18
4 CHW 85 69 .552 22.5 30.0 4.9 4.8 78-76 6 50-27 35-42 26-20 71-57 14-12 42-46 43-23
5 DET 81 73 .526 26.5 46.0 5.5 4.9 85-69 -4 42-35 39-38 19-24 66-62 15-11 42-46 39-27
6 WSH 65 87 .428 41.5 121.0 4.6 5.2 68-84 -3 37-39 28-48 20-28 47-63 18-24 38-72 27-15
7 PHA 55 97 .362 51.5 181.0 4.6 6.7 51-101 3 28-48 27-49 18-16 47-74 8-23 34-76 21-21
8 SLB 43 111 .279 64.5 272.0 4.7 6.6 54-100 -11 18-59 25-52 13-26 31-93 12-18 27-83 16-28
Avg 76 76 .500 5.2 5.2 77-76 39-37 37-39 21-21 58-60 17-16 39-56 36-20
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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  --   8  11  10  11  18  16  15
  CHW  14  --  12  12   4  11  18  14
  CLE  11  10  --  11   7  18  16  14
  DET  12  10  11  --   9  11  14  14
  NYY   8  18  15  13  --  18  19  15
  PHA   4  11   4  11   4  --  13   8
  SLB   6   4   6   8   3   9  --   7
  WSH   7   8   8   8   7  12  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  -- 104 109 119  93 162 168 135
  CHW 136  --  80  94  79 114 152 100
  CLE 116  82  --  74  82 165 154 124
  DET 140  99 106  -- 103 146 135 120
  NYY  97 149 123 156  -- 179 146 117
  PHA 105 113  83 113  68  -- 145  84
  SLB 111  95  85 121  61 143  -- 117
  WSH  90  95 114  85  70 113 135  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
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