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1942 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Joe Gordon

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	103	51	.669	--		5.2	3.3	1.9	-0.2	1.7	107-47	-4	58-19	45-32	9-7	22-22	78-40	25-11	25-19	78-32
2	Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	9.0	9.0	5.0	3.9	1.1	-0.1	1.0	93-59	0	53-24	40-35	10-6	30-23	81-55	12-4	23-21	70-38
3	St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19.5	30.0	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	85-66	-3	40-37	42-32	8-5	22-26	66-56	16-13	18-26	64-43
4	Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28.0	55.5	3.8	4.2	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	69-85	6	39-39	36-40	11-7	30-17	56-63	19-16	24-42	51-37
5	Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30.0	63.5	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	77-77	-4	43-34	30-47	6-12	20-30	59-76	14-5	25-41	48-40
6	Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34.0	83.5	3.6	4.1	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	66-82	0	35-35	31-47	5-11	19-31	56-74	10-8	21-41	45-41
7	Washington Nationals	62	89	.411	39.5	116.5	4.3	5.4	-1.1	0.1	-1.0	60-91	2	35-42	27-47	7-11	24-21	45-64	17-25	23-42	39-47
8	Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48.0	176.0	3.6	5.2	-1.6	0.2	-1.4	51-103	4	25-51	30-48	8-5	29-26	45-80	10-19	20-46	35-53
	Average	76	76	.500			4.3	4.3				76-76		41-35	35-41	8-8	24-24	60-63	15-12	22-34	53-41

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
Boston Red Sox	26	26.7	5.01	152	5988	5248	761	1451	244	55	103	702	68	61	591	508	.276	.352	.403	.755	109	2114	94	22	123		47	1196
Chicago White Sox	33	29.1	3.64	148	5552	4949	538	1215	214	36	25	486	114	70	497	425	.246	.316	.318	.635	81	1576	102	16	90		38	1041
Cleveland Indians	36	27.3	3.78	156	5932	5317	590	1344	223	58	50	539	69	74	500	544	.253	.320	.345	.665	92	1833	109	24	90		55	1116
Detroit Tigers	31	28.3	3.78	156	5932	5327	589	1313	217	37	76	547	39	40	508	472	.246	.314	.344	.658	79	1832	138	19	73		30	1134
New York Yankees	31	28.3	5.20	154	6009	5305	801	1429	223	57	108	744	69	33	591	556	.269	.346	.394	.740	110	2090	103	29	84		51	1157
Philadelphia Athletics	38	28.7	3.56	154	5823	5285	549	1315	213	46	33	517	44	45	441	489	.249	.309	.325	.635	79	1719	129	23	74		25	1085
St. Louis Browns	35	28.6	4.83	151	5949	5229	730	1354	239	62	98	669	37	38	609	608	.259	.338	.385	.722	101	2011	115	13	96		22	1159
Washington Nationals	36	26.6	4.32	151	5950	5295	653	1364	224	49	40	593	98	29	579	536	.258	.333	.341	.674	91	1806	106	19	54		24	1221
League Average	32	27.9	4.26	153	5892	5244	651	1348	225	50	67	600	67	49	540	517	.257	.329	.357	.686	93	1873	112	21	86		36	1139
	254	27.9	4.26	1222	47135	41955	5211	10785	1797	400	533	4797	538	390	4316	4138	.257	.329	.357	.686	93	14981	896	165	684		292	9109

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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