1948 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|
+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 CLE  97  58  .626   ---   ---| 5.4  3.6 105-50   -8 |48-30 49-28 10-20 68-41 29-17 51-38 46-20|
 BOS  96  59  .619   1.0   1.0| 5.9  4.6  95-60    1 |55-23 41-36 21-16 70-44 26-15 52-37 44-22|
 NYY  94  60  .610   2.5   4.0| 5.6  4.1  98-56   -4 |50-27 44-33 19-17 67-44 27-16 45-43 49-17|
 PHA  84  70  .545  12.5  34.0| 4.7  4.8  76-78    8 |36-41 48-29 23-15 63-52 21-18 36-52 48-18|
 DET  78  76  .506  18.5  58.0| 4.5  4.7  74-80    4 |39-38 39-38 22-23 60-56 18-20 37-51 41-25|
 SLB  59  94  .386  37.0 150.5| 4.3  5.5  60-93   -1 |34-42 25-52 21-28 39-71 20-23 36-74 23-20|
 WSH  56  97  .366  40.0 168.5| 3.8  5.2  55-98    1 |29-48 27-49 25-22 42-62 14-35 32-78 24-19|
 CHW  51 101  .336  44.5 200.0| 3.6  5.3  50-102   1 |27-48 24-53 22-22 38-77 13-24 34-76 17-25|

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

     |AvgOppRec|BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH 
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BOS|   74-79   --  14  11  15  14  12  15  15
  CHW|   80-73    8  --   6   8   6   6   8   9
  CLE|   74-79   12  16  --  13  10  16  14  16
  DET|   76-77    7  14   9  --   9  12  11  16
  NYY|   74-79    8  16  12  13  --  12  16  17
  PHA|   75-77   10  16   6  10  10  --  18  14
  SLB|   79-74    7  13   8  11   6   4  --  10
  WSH|   79-74    7  12   6   6   5   8  12  --
+----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |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  -- 132 118 137 124 123 145 128
  CHW  87  --  59  87  72  82  82  90
  CLE 147 125  -- 106 104 127 132  99
  DET  93  88  90  --  84 116 110 119
  NYY 110 141 114 135  -- 112 117 128
  PHA  92 129  71 101  86  -- 144 106
  SLB 109  97  75  86  86  92  -- 126
  WSH  82 102  41  74  77  83 119  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |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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