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Expanded Standings
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
NewYorkY NYY  97  57  .630  --  
BostonRS BOS  96  58  .623  1.0
Clvlnd   CLE  89  65  .578  8.0
Detroit  DET  87  67  .565 10.0
Phildlpa PHA  81  73  .526 16.0
ChicagoW CHW  63  91  .409 34.0
St.Louis SLB  53 101  .344 44.0
Washngtn WSH  50 104  .325 47.0

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1949 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BOS  5.78   896  155  5320  1500  272  36  131  835   510  .282  .379  .420   43   25 114  6.68  4.90
 NYY  5.35   829  155  5196  1396  215  60  115  731   539  .269  .359  .400   58   30 108  5.37  5.32
 DET  4.85   751  155  5259  1405  215  51   88  751   502  .267  .359  .378   39   52 103  5.15  4.53
 PHA  4.71   726  154  5123  1331  214  49   82  783   493  .260  .358  .369   36   25 101  5.05  4.38
 CLE  4.38   675  154  5221  1358  194  58  112  601   534  .260  .336  .384   44   40  97  4.14  4.62
 SLB  4.30   667  155  5112  1301  213  30  117  631   700  .254  .336  .377   38   39  93  5.12  3.50
 CHW  4.21   648  154  5204  1340  207  66   43  702   596  .257  .346  .347   62   55  94  4.25  4.17
 WSH  3.79   584  154  5234  1330  207  41   81  593   495  .254  .330  .356   46   33  88  3.30  4.29
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.67  5776 1236 41669 10961 1737 391  769 5627  4369  .263  .353  .379  366  299

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CLE  3.73   574  154  3.36  1383  1275   8.3   611  4.0   82   594   65     9     0  19 119  3.42  4.04
 NYY  4.11   637  155  3.69  1371  1231   7.9   812  5.2   98   671   59    12     0  36 110  3.90  4.32
 DET  4.23   655  155  3.77  1393  1338   8.6   628  4.1  102   631   70    18     0  12 110  4.49  3.96
 BOS  4.30   667  155  3.97  1377  1375   8.9   661  4.3   82   598   84    16     0  16 110  4.03  4.58
 PHA  4.71   725  154  4.23  1365  1359   8.8   758  4.9  105   490   85     8     0  11  97  4.23  5.18
 CHW  4.79   737  154  4.30  1363  1362   8.8   693  4.5  108   502   57     9     0  17  97  4.58  4.99
 WSH  5.64   868  154  5.10  1345  1438   9.3   779  5.1   79   451   44     8     0   9  83  5.53  5.74
 SLB  5.89   913  155  5.21  1341  1583  10.2   685  4.4  113   432   43     3     0  16  87  5.53  6.24
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.67  5776 1236  4.20 10938 10961   9.0  5627  4.6  769  4369  507          88 136

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  137  195  .977   .721  2,283,676  29,278   95-59  54-23 43-34 100  97 28.5 29.8   4   5  24 Stengel
 BOS  120  207  .980   .704  1,596,650  20,736   97-57  61-16 35-42 107 104 29.7 28.7   2   6  17 McCarthy
 CLE  103  192  .983   .724  2,233,771  29,010   88-66  49-28 40-37  98  95 29.3 30.2   6   5  23 Boudreau
 DET  132  174  .978   .713  1,821,204  23,349   87-67  50-27 37-40 100  99 28.0 27.8   2   3  13 Rolfe
 PHA  140  217  .976   .710    816,514  10,604   77-77  52-25 29-48  97  98 30.6 25.2   1   3  12 Mack
 CHW  135  180  .978   .712    937,151  12,171   68-86  32-45 31-46  97  99 28.4 27.7   1   1   6 Onslow
 SLB  165  154  .972   .680    270,936   3,519   55-99  36-41 17-60 104 108 27.6 28.5   0   1   8 Taylor
 WSH  161  168  .973   .695    770,745  10,010   50-104 26-51 24-53  98 101 28.6 29.6   0   1   9 Kuhel
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results
Most Valuable PlayerTed Williams
BOS .343/.490/.650
Rookie of the YearRoy Sievers
SLB .306/.398/.471

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Kell-DET.343
Williams-BOS.343
Dillinger-SLB.324
Mitchell-CLE.317
Doerr-BOS.309

On-base %
Williams-BOS.490
Appling-CHW.439
Joost-PHA.429
Kell-DET.424
Michaels-CHW.417

Slugging %
Williams-BOS.650
Stephens-BOS.539
Henrich-NYY.526
Doerr-BOS.497
Berra-NYY.480

OPS
Williams-BOS1.141
Henrich-NYY.942
Stephens-BOS.930
Kell-DET.892
Doerr-BOS.890

Games
Stephens-BOS155
Wertz-DET155
Williams-BOS155
Chapman-PHA154
Michaels-CHW154

At Bats
Mitchell-CLE640
Rizzuto-NYY614
Stephens-BOS610
Wertz-DET608
DiMaggio-BOS605

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Williams-BOS730
Pesky-BOS713
Rizzuto-NYY712
Stephens-BOS711
DiMaggio-BOS706

Runs
Williams-BOS150
Joost-PHA128
DiMaggio-BOS126
Stephens-BOS113
Pesky-BOS111

Hits
Mitchell-CLE203
Williams-BOS194
DiMaggio-BOS186
Pesky-BOS185
Wertz-DET185

Total Bases
Williams-BOS368
Stephens-BOS329
Wertz-DET283
Mitchell-CLE274
Doerr-BOS269

Doubles
Williams-BOS39
Kell-DET38
DiMaggio-BOS34
Zarilla-TOT33
Stephens-BOS31

Triples
Mitchell-CLE23
Dillinger-SLB13
Valo-PHA12
Doerr-BOS9
Kell-DET9
Michaels-CHW9

Home Runs
Williams-BOS43
Stephens-BOS39
Chapman-PHA24
Doby-CLE24
Graham-SLB24
Henrich-NYY24

RBI
Stephens-BOS159
Williams-BOS159
Wertz-DET133
Doerr-BOS109
Chapman-PHA108

Bases on Balls
Williams-BOS162
Joost-PHA149
Fain-PHA136
Appling-CHW121
Valo-PHA119

Strikeouts
Kokos-SLB91
Doby-CLE90
Hegan-CLE89
Priddy-SLB81
Joost-PHA80

Stolen Bases
Dillinger-SLB20
Rizzuto-NYY18
Valo-PHA14
Philley-CHW13
Doby-CLE10
Mitchell-CLE10
Robertson-WSH10

Singles
Mitchell-CLE161
Pesky-BOS149
Philley-CHW143
Dillinger-SLB140
DiMaggio-BOS139

Adjusted OPS+
Williams-BOS192
Henrich-NYY148
Stephens-BOS138
Joost-PHA137
Kell-DET136

Runs Created
Williams-BOS180
Stephens-BOS128
Wertz-DET108
Doerr-BOS105
DiMaggio-BOS102
Kell-DET102

Adjusted Batting Runs
Williams-BOS86
Joost-PHA36
Stephens-BOS32
DiMaggio-NYY32
Henrich-NYY31

Batting Wins
Williams-BOS8.2
Joost-PHA3.5
DiMaggio-NYY3.1
Stephens-BOS3.1
Henrich-NYY3.0

Extra-Base Hits
Williams-BOS85
Stephens-BOS72
Doerr-BOS57
Chapman-PHA52
Doby-CLE52
Kokos-SLB52
Wertz-DET52

Times on Base
Williams-BOS358
Joost-PHA291
Pesky-BOS289
DiMaggio-BOS284
Stephens-BOS278

Offensive Win%
Williams-BOS.856
Henrich-NYY.724
Stephens-BOS.712
Kell-DET.692
Joost-PHA.671

Hit By Pitch
Doby-CLE7
Robinson-WSH7
Berra-NYY6
Fox-PHA6
Henrich-NYY5
Zarilla-TOT5

Sac. Hits
Rizzuto-NYY25
Kress-CHW17
Kell-DET16
Vernon-CLE15
Newhouser-DET14

Grounded into Double Plays
Doerr-BOS31
Appling-CHW23
Chapman-PHA23
Williams-BOS22
Gordon-CLE20
Michaels-CHW20
Suder-PHA20

Caught Stealing
Dillinger-SLB14
Appling-CHW12
Valo-PHA11
Doby-CLE9
Lake-DET8

Power/Speed Number
Doby-CLE14.1
Vernon-CLE12.0
Robertson-WSH10.5
DiMaggio-BOS8.5
Gordon-CLE8.0

At Bats per Strikeout
Mitchell-CLE58.2
Boudreau-CLE47.5
Kell-DET40.2
Pesky-BOS31.8
Dente-WSH24.6

At Bats per Home Run
Williams-BOS13.2
Stephens-BOS15.6
Henrich-NYY17.1
Berra-NYY20.8
Graham-SLB20.8

Outs
Rizzuto-NYY494
Chapman-PHA455
Dente-WSH454
Stephens-BOS454
Wertz-DET452

ERA
Garcia-CLE2.36
Parnell-BOS2.77
Trucks-DET2.81
Hutchinson-DET2.96
Lemon-CLE2.99

Wins
Parnell-BOS25
Kinder-BOS23
Lemon-CLE22
Raschi-NYY21
Kellner-PHA20

Won-Loss %
Kinder-BOS.793
Parnell-BOS.781
Reynolds-NYY.739
Garcia-CLE.737
Lemon-CLE.688

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Hutchinson-DET1.161
Trucks-DET1.211
Garcia-CLE1.218
Lemon-CLE1.244
Gumpert-CHW1.308

Hits Allowed/9IP
Byrne-NYY5.74
Lemon-CLE6.79
Trucks-DET6.84
Gray-DET7.52
Pierce-CHW7.60

Bases on Balls/9IP
Hutchinson-DET2.48
Houtteman-DET2.61
Lopat-NYY2.88
Garcia-CLE3.07
Wynn-CLE3.12

Strikeouts/9IP
Byrne-NYY5.92
Trucks-DET5.01
Pierce-CHW4.98
Kinder-BOS4.93
Garcia-CLE4.82

Games
Page-NYY60
Welteroth-WSH52
Ferrick-SLB50
Kennedy-SLB48
Surkont-CHW44

Saves
Page-NYY27
Benton-CLE10
Ferrick-SLB6
Paige-CLE5
Kinder-BOS4
Masterson-TOT4
Pieretti-CHW4
Surkont-CHW4
Trucks-DET4

Innings
Parnell-BOS295.3
Newhouser-DET292.0
Lemon-CLE279.7
Trucks-DET275.0
Raschi-NYY274.7

Strikeouts
Trucks-DET153
Newhouser-DET144
Kinder-BOS138
Lemon-CLE138
Byrne-NYY129

Games Started
Raschi-NYY37
Newhouser-DET35
Lemon-CLE33
Parnell-BOS33
Wight-CHW33

Comp. Games
Parnell-BOS27
Lemon-CLE22
Newhouser-DET22
Raschi-NYY21
Kellner-PHA19
Kinder-BOS19

Shutouts
Kinder-BOS6
Trucks-DET6
Garcia-CLE5
Fowler-PHA4
Hutchinson-DET4
Lopat-NYY4
Parnell-BOS4

Home Runs Allow.
Gumpert-CHW22
Kinder-BOS21
Brissie-PHA20
Houtteman-DET19
Lemon-CLE19
Lopat-NYY19
Newhouser-DET19

Bases On Balls Allow.
Byrne-NYY179
Raschi-NYY138
Lemon-CLE137
Parnell-BOS134
Kellner-PHA129

Hits Allowed
Newhouser-DET277
Parnell-BOS258
Wight-CHW254
Kinder-BOS251
Coleman-PHA249

SO to Walk
Garcia-CLE1.57
Houtteman-DET1.44
Kinder-BOS1.39
Newhouser-DET1.30
Feller-CLE1.29

Losses
Calvert-WSH17
Garver-SLB17
Hudson-WSH17
Gumpert-CHW16
Harris-TOT15
Pierce-CHW15

Earned Runs Allow.
Brissie-PHA109
Newhouser-DET109
Scheib-PHA104
Coleman-PHA103
Drews-SLB103

Wild Pitches
Bearden-CLE11
Brissie-PHA10
Garver-SLB10
Raschi-NYY10
Weik-WSH10

Hit Batsmen
Byrne-NYY13
Drews-SLB9
Haefner-TOT7
Scarborough-WSH7
Lemon-CLE6
Raschi-NYY6

Batters Faced
Parnell-BOS1240
Newhouser-DET1228
Raschi-NYY1186
Lemon-CLE1159
Trucks-DET1133

Games Finished
Page-NYY48
Ferrick-SLB29
Welteroth-WSH25
Trout-DET24
Surkont-CHW23

Adjusted ERA+
Garcia-CLE169
Parnell-BOS157
Trucks-DET148
Hutchinson-DET141
Lemon-CLE133

Oldest Player
Paige-CLE1906-07-07 (42)
Appling-CHW1907-04-02 (42)
Winegarner-SLB1909-10-29 (39)
Moses-PHA1910-10-08 (38)
Benton-CLE1911-03-18 (38)

Youngest Player
Baumer-CHW1931-01-29 (18)
Stobbs-BOS1929-07-02 (19)
McDermott-BOS1929-04-29 (20)
Albrecht-SLB1929-02-28 (20)
Dozier-WSH1928-08-31 (20)

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. Mel Parnell (BOS)
C. Birdie Tebbetts (BOS)
1B. Eddie Robinson (WSH)
2B. Cass Michaels (CHW)
3B. George Kell (DET)
SS. Eddie Joost (PHA)
LF. Ted Williams (BOS)
CF. Joe DiMaggio (NYY)
RF. Dom DiMaggio (BOS)

     
Yogi Berra* (NYY)
Lou Brissie* (PHA)
Bob Dillinger* (SLB)
Larry Doby* (CLE)
Billy Goodman* (BOS)
Joe Gordon* (CLE)
Jim Hegan (CLE)
Tommy Henrich (NYY)
Alex Kellner (PHA)
     
Bob Lemon (CLE)
Dale Mitchell* (CLE)
Vic Raschi* (NYY)
Allie Reynolds (NYY)
Vern Stephens* (BOS)
Virgil Trucks* (DET)
Vic Wertz* (DET)

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