1940 American League (AL) Expanded Standings

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American League

 Tm   W   L   W-L%   GB   GBs |  R   RA  pythW-L Luck| Home  Road 1-Run vs.RH vs.LH ≥.500 <.500|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 DET  90  64  .584   ---   ---| 5.7  4.6  92-62   -2 |50-29 40-35 23-19 74-52 16-12 45-43 45-21|
 CLE  89  65  .578   1.0   1.0| 4.6  4.1  85-69    4 |51-30 38-35 25-20 51-45 38-20 51-37 38-28|
 NYY  88  66  .571   2.0   3.0| 5.3  4.3  92-62   -4 |52-24 36-42 22-23 48-40 40-26 44-44 44-22|
 BOS  82  72  .532   8.0  21.0| 5.7  5.4  81-73    1 |45-34 37-38 26-19 68-58 14-14 39-49 43-23|
 CHW  82  72  .532   8.0  21.0| 4.7  4.3  83-71   -1 |41-36 41-36 31-32 70-53 12-19 41-47 41-25|
 SLB  67  87  .435  23.0  96.0| 4.9  5.7  66-88    1 |37-39 30-48 22-21 51-63 16-24 42-68 25-19|
 WSH  64  90  .416  26.0 114.0| 4.3  5.3  62-92    2 |36-41 28-49 28-29 50-62 14-28 39-71 25-19|
 PHA  54 100  .351  36.0 184.0| 4.6  6.1  58-96   -4 |29-42 25-58 15-29 43-74 11-26 38-72 16-28|

Head-to-Head Records (read across for wins and down the columns for losses)

     |AvgOppRec|BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH 
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BOS|   76-77   --  11   8  11   9  18  12  13
  CHW|   76-77   11  --   6  13  11  16  13  12
  CLE|   75-78   14  16  --  11  10  14  11  13
  DET|   75-78   11   9  11  --  14  11  18  16
  NYY|   75-78   13  11  12   8  --  13  14  17
  PHA|   80-73    4   6   8  11   9  --   8   8
  SLB|   78-75   10   9  11   4   8  14  --  11
  WSH|   78-75    9  10   9   6   5  14  11  --
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |AvgOppRec|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

Glossary

GBs - Summed Games Back. This was developed by John Dewan of Acta Sports (who publishes a lot of really good baseball books, BTW). He introduced this in a Stat of the Week™. The idea is that you add up how far behind the team is for every team ahead of it in the standings. For example, say the Mets lead the NL EAST with the Braves one game back and the Phillies six back. The Braves are only one game back of the Mets, so GBs=1.0 for them. For the Phillies they are six back of the Mets and five back of the Braves, so their GBs=11.0. It probably isn't a perfect measure of a team's difficulty of getting into first place, but it is likely a better measure than just plain old GB. Note that for the wild card this becomes a bit of a mess, but in this calculation we exclude the current division leaders, to give you a number for just the teams in the current wild card race.
R - Runs scored per game
RA - Runs allowed per game
pythW-L - Pythagorean Win-Loss created by Bill James this estimates a team's Win-Loss record by the runs scored and runs allowed. This is typically more accurate for predicting a team's future record than their actual win-loss record.
Luck - The difference between the team's actual wins and the team's pythagorean wins.
Home - Record in home games.
Road - Record in road games.
ExInn - Record in Extra-inning games.
1-Run - Record in one-run games.
vs.RH - Record in games where the opposing starter was right-handed.
vs.LH - Record in games where the opposing starter was left-handed.
≥.500 - Record in games where the opposing team has a record at or above .500. This is based on the opposing team's record for the entire season.
<.500 - Record in games where the opposing team has a record under .500. This is based on the opposing team's record for the entire season.
L10 - Record in their last 10 games.
L20 - Record in their last 20 games.
L30 - Record in their last 30 games.

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