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1953 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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WorldSeries (4-2):   New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers

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 52 .656 --- 5.3 3.6 101-50 -2 50-27 49-25 18-18 56-25 43-27 49-36 50-16
2 CLE 92 62 .597 8.5 8.5 5.0 4.0 93-61 -1 53-24 39-38 23-16 48-34 44-28 42-46 50-16
3 CHW 89 65 .578 11.5 14.5 4.6 3.8 90-64 -1 41-36 48-29 21-22 65-39 24-26 48-40 41-25
4 BOS 84 69 .549 16.0 28.0 4.3 4.1 80-73 3 38-38 46-31 35-16 67-57 17-12 39-48 45-21
5 WSH 76 76 .500 23.5 58.0 4.5 4.0 84-68 -8 39-36 37-40 19-24 52-46 24-30 39-47 37-29
6 DET 60 94 .390 40.5 143.0 4.4 5.8 58-96 1 30-47 30-47 17-22 48-73 12-21 42-68 18-26
7 PHA 59 95 .383 41.5 149.0 4.0 5.1 60-94 -1 27-50 32-45 16-18 36-72 23-23 35-75 24-20
8 SLB 54 100 .351 46.5 184.0 3.6 5.1 53-101 0 23-54 31-46 16-29 33-64 21-36 30-80 24-20
Avg 76 76 .500 4.5 4.4 77-76 37-39 39-37 20-20 50-51 26-25 40-55 36-21
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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  --   6  13  13  10  15  17  10
  CHW  16  --  11  14   9  10  17  12
  CLE   9  11  --  14  11  19  17  11
  DET   9   8   8  --   6  11   7  11
  NYY  11  13  11  16  --  17  17  14
  PHA   7  12   3  11   5  --  13   8
  SLB   5   5   5  15   5   9  --  10
  WSH  12  10  11  11   6  14  12  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |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  --  67 102 117  83  91 122  74
  CHW 124  -- 103 120  80 100 109  80
  CLE 114  97  -- 134  84 133 127  81
  DET  75  86  88  --  97 145  95 109
  NYY  82 108  93 148  -- 126 134 110
  PHA  83  94  71 134  67  --  89  94
  SLB  68  60  79 132  71  79  --  66
  WSH  86  80  91 138  65 125 102  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
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