1942 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

1941 MLB / 1943 MLB / 1942 AL / 1942 NL Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-1):	St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees

WorldSeries (4-1):

St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees

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	STL	NL	156	106	48	.688	4.8	3.1	1.8	-0.2	1.5	107-47	-1	60-17	46-31	25-24	74-25	32-23	43-23	63-25
2	BRO	NL	155	104	50	.675	4.8	3.3	1.5	-0.2	1.3	102-52	2	57-22	47-28	27-17	69-34	35-16	38-28	66-22
3	NYY	AL	154	103	51	.669	5.2	3.3	1.9	-0.2	1.7	107-47	-4	58-19	45-32	22-22	78-38	25-13	25-19	78-32
4	BOS	AL	152	93	59	.612	5.0	3.9	1.1	-0.1	1.0	93-59	0	53-24	40-35	30-23	81-55	12-4	23-21	70-38
5	NYG	NL	154	85	67	.559	4.4	3.9	0.5	-0.1	0.4	84-68	1	47-31	38-36	21-18	62-47	23-20	28-38	57-29
6	SLB	AL	151	82	69	.543	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	85-66	-3	40-37	42-32	22-26	65-55	17-14	18-26	64-43
7	CIN	NL	154	76	76	.500	3.4	3.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	74-78	2	38-39	38-37	24-25	75-75	1-1	23-43	53-33
8	CLE	AL	156	75	79	.487	3.8	4.2	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	69-85	6	39-39	36-40	30-17	56-62	19-17	24-42	51-37
9	DET	AL	156	73	81	.474	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	77-77	-4	43-34	30-47	20-30	59-75	14-6	25-41	48-40
10	PIT	NL	151	66	81	.449	3.9	4.2	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	68-79	-2	41-34	25-47	20-21	49-61	17-20	30-57	36-24
11	CHW	AL	148	66	82	.446	3.6	4.1	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	66-82	0	35-35	31-47	19-31	56-73	10-9	21-41	45-41
12	CHC	NL	155	68	86	.442	3.8	4.3	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	69-85	-1	36-41	32-45	21-24	53-64	15-22	34-54	34-32
13	WSH	AL	151	62	89	.411	4.3	5.4	-1.1	0.1	-1.0	60-91	2	35-42	27-47	24-21	45-62	17-27	23-42	39-47
14	BSN	NL	150	59	89	.399	3.4	4.3	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	59-89	0	33-36	26-53	24-27	47-70	12-19	25-60	34-29
15	PHA	AL	154	55	99	.357	3.6	5.2	-1.6	0.2	-1.4	51-103	4	25-51	30-48	29-26	45-79	10-20	20-46	35-53
16	PHI	NL	151	42	109	.278	2.6	4.7	-2.1	0.3	-1.8	39-112	3	23-51	19-58	23-29	36-96	6-13	20-68	22-41
	Avg			75	75	.500	4.1	4.1				75-76		41-34	34-41	23-23	59-60	16-15	26-40	49-35

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