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1940 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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Postseason

WorldSeries (4-3):   Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers

AL Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA Rdiff SOS SRS pythWL Luck Home Road 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 DET 90 64 .584 --- 5.7 4.6 1.1 -0.1 1.0 92-62 -2 50-29 40-35 23-19 73-52 17-12 45-43 45-21
2 CLE 89 65 .578 1.0 1.0 4.6 4.1 0.5 -0.1 0.4 85-69 4 51-30 38-35 25-20 51-45 38-20 51-37 38-28
3 NYY 88 66 .571 2.0 3.0 5.3 4.3 0.9 -0.1 0.8 91-63 -3 52-24 36-42 22-23 48-40 40-26 44-44 44-22
4 BOS 82 72 .532 8.0 21.0 5.7 5.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 81-73 1 45-34 37-38 26-19 68-58 14-14 39-49 43-23
5 CHW 82 72 .532 8.0 21.0 4.7 4.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 83-71 -1 41-36 41-36 31-32 69-53 13-19 41-47 41-25
6 SLB 67 87 .435 23.0 96.0 4.9 5.7 -0.8 0.1 -0.7 66-88 1 37-39 30-48 22-21 51-63 16-24 42-68 25-19
7 WSH 64 90 .416 26.0 114.0 4.3 5.3 -0.9 0.1 -0.8 63-91 1 36-41 28-49 28-29 50-62 14-28 39-71 25-19
8 PHA 54 100 .351 36.0 184.0 4.6 6.1 -1.5 0.2 -1.3 58-96 -4 29-42 25-58 15-29 43-73 11-27 38-72 16-28
Avg 77 77 .500 5.0 5.0 77-76 42-34 34-42 24-24 56-55 20-21 42-53 34-23
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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  --  11   8  11   9  18  12  13
  CHW  11  --   6  13  11  16  13  12
  CLE  14  16  --  11  10  14  11  13
  DET  11   9  11  --  14  11  18  16
  NYY  13  11  12   8  --  13  14  17
  PHA   4   6   8  11   9  --   8   8
  SLB  10   9  11   4   8  14  --  11
  WSH   9  10   9   6   5  14  11  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |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  -- 106 107 126 108 162 131 132
  CHW 109  --  67 108  92 126 116 117
  CLE 111  92  --  89  92 111  98 117
  DET 149  88 112  -- 116 153 138 132
  NYY 132 102 102  99  -- 106 168 108
  PHA 108  81  88 127  83  -- 117  99
  SLB 127 104  74  82 124 140  -- 106
  WSH  89  99  87  86  56 134 114  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH


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