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1940 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

1939 MLB  / 1941 MLB  / 1940 AL  / 1940 NL  Standings and Head-to-Head

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WorldSeries (4-3):   Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers

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 CIN NL 155 100 53 .654 4.6 3.4 1.2 -0.1 1.0 96-57 4 55-21 45-32 41-17 90-47 10-6 42-24 58-29
2 DET AL 155 90 64 .584 5.7 4.6 1.1 -0.1 1.0 92-62 -2 50-29 40-35 23-19 73-52 17-12 45-43 45-21
3 CLE AL 155 89 65 .578 4.6 4.1 0.5 -0.1 0.4 85-69 4 51-30 38-35 25-20 51-45 38-20 51-37 38-28
4 BRO NL 156 88 65 .575 4.5 4.0 0.5 -0.1 0.4 85-68 3 41-37 47-28 21-23 68-51 20-14 32-34 56-31
5 NYY AL 155 88 66 .571 5.3 4.3 0.9 -0.1 0.8 91-63 -3 52-24 36-42 22-23 48-40 40-26 44-44 44-22
6 STL NL 156 84 69 .549 4.8 4.5 0.3 0.0 0.3 81-72 3 41-36 43-33 25-17 61-47 23-22 30-36 54-33
7 CHW AL 155 82 72 .532 4.7 4.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 83-71 -1 41-36 41-36 31-32 69-53 13-19 41-47 41-25
8 BOS AL 154 82 72 .532 5.7 5.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 81-73 1 45-34 37-38 26-19 68-58 14-14 39-49 43-23
9 PIT NL 156 78 76 .506 5.2 5.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 79-75 -1 40-34 38-42 22-23 61-62 17-14 28-38 50-38
10 CHC NL 154 75 79 .487 4.4 4.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 82-72 -7 40-37 35-42 24-31 63-67 12-12 37-51 38-28
11 NYG NL 152 72 80 .474 4.4 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 76-76 -4 33-43 39-37 19-22 58-66 14-14 35-51 37-29
12 SLB AL 156 67 87 .435 4.9 5.7 -0.8 0.1 -0.7 66-88 1 37-39 30-48 22-21 51-63 16-24 42-68 25-19
13 BSN NL 152 65 87 .428 4.1 4.9 -0.8 0.1 -0.7 64-88 1 35-40 30-47 17-21 52-69 13-18 35-52 30-35
14 WSH AL 154 64 90 .416 4.3 5.3 -0.9 0.1 -0.8 63-91 1 36-41 28-49 28-29 50-62 14-28 39-71 25-19
15 PHA AL 154 54 100 .351 4.6 6.1 -1.5 0.2 -1.3 58-96 -4 29-42 25-58 15-29 43-73 11-27 38-72 16-28
16 PHI NL 153 50 103 .327 3.2 4.9 -1.7 0.2 -1.5 49-104 1 24-55 26-48 12-27 41-91 9-12 24-64 26-39
Avg 76 76 .500 4.7 4.7 76-76 40-36 36-40 23-23 59-59 17-17 37-48 39-27


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