1938 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

1937 MLB / 1939 MLB / 1938 AL / 1938 NL Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-0):	New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs

WorldSeries (4-0):

New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs

MLB Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	NYY	AL	157	99	53	.651	6.2	4.5	1.6	-0.2	1.4	97-55	2	55-22	44-31	16-15	77-40	22-13	38-27	61-26
2	BOS	AL	150	88	61	.591	6.0	5.0	1.0	-0.1	0.9	87-62	1	52-23	36-38	23-15	80-52	8-9	33-33	55-28
3	CHC	NL	154	89	63	.586	4.6	3.9	0.8	-0.1	0.7	88-64	1	44-33	45-30	23-19	70-50	19-13	47-41	42-22
4	PIT	NL	152	86	64	.573	4.7	4.1	0.5	-0.1	0.5	83-67	3	44-33	42-31	32-20	56-45	30-19	48-40	38-24
5	CLE	AL	153	86	66	.566	5.5	5.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	82-70	4	46-30	40-36	27-22	64-43	22-23	30-35	56-31
6	NYG	NL	152	83	67	.553	4.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	82-68	1	43-30	40-37	24-16	57-52	26-15	42-45	41-22
7	DET	AL	155	84	70	.545	5.6	5.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	83-71	1	48-31	36-39	20-23	73-54	11-16	30-36	54-34
8	CIN	NL	151	82	68	.547	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	84-66	-2	43-34	39-34	16-28	68-60	14-8	42-43	40-25
9	BSN	NL	153	77	75	.507	3.7	4.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	69-83	8	45-30	32-45	34-23	63-59	14-16	38-48	39-27
10	WSH	AL	152	75	76	.497	5.4	5.7	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	71-80	4	44-33	31-43	20-20	53-57	22-19	33-53	42-23
11	STL	NL	156	71	80	.470	4.6	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-75	-5	36-41	35-39	26-33	56-63	15-17	43-65	28-15
12	BRO	NL	151	69	80	.463	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	74-75	-5	31-41	38-39	16-24	51-63	18-17	45-61	24-19
13	CHW	AL	149	65	83	.439	4.8	5.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	70-78	-5	33-39	32-44	21-25	57-70	8-13	30-54	35-29
14	SLB	AL	156	55	97	.362	4.8	6.2	-1.3	0.2	-1.1	59-93	-4	31-43	24-54	18-21	45-82	10-15	31-57	24-40
15	PHA	AL	154	53	99	.349	4.7	6.2	-1.5	0.2	-1.3	57-95	-4	28-47	25-52	14-18	45-81	8-18	25-62	28-37
16	PHI	NL	151	45	105	.300	3.6	5.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	47-103	-2	26-48	19-57	22-30	35-79	10-26	32-74	13-31
	Avg			75	75	.500	4.9	4.9				75-75		40-34	34-40	22-22	59-59	16-16	36-48	38-27

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