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1941 American League

1941 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 622 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season
Attendance: 176,240 (283/game)
Other Years: 1940 / 1942
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1940 / 1942

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1940 / 1942

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games
Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 --
Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 17
Chicago White Sox 77 77 .500 24
Detroit Tigers 75 79 .487 26
Cleveland Indians 75 79 .487 26
Washington Senators 70 84 .455 31
St. Louis Browns 70 84 .455 31
Philadelphia Athletics 64 90 .416 37

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Boston Red Sox BOS 28.2 5.58 155 6177 5359 865 1517 304 55 124 805 67 51 683 567 .283 .366 .430 .796 2303 127 20 115
New York Yankees NYY 27.4 5.32 156 6137 5444 830 1464 243 60 151 774 51 33 616 565 .269 .346 .419 .765 2280 101 28 49
St. Louis Browns SLB 28.1 4.87 157 6285 5408 765 1440 281 58 91 729 50 39 775 552 .266 .360 .390 .750 2110 118 13 89
Washington Senators WSH 27.0 4.67 156 6067 5521 728 1502 257 80 52 672 79 36 470 488 .272 .331 .376 .707 2075 118 14 62
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 27.0 4.63 154 5994 5336 713 1431 240 69 85 660 27 36 574 588 .268 .340 .387 .727 2064 141 8 76
Detroit Tigers DET 29.2 4.43 155 6077 5370 686 1412 247 55 81 637 43 28 602 584 .263 .340 .375 .714 2012 117 23 82
Cleveland Indians CLE 27.0 4.37 155 5914 5283 677 1350 249 84 103 618 63 47 512 605 .256 .323 .393 .716 2076 94 18 101
Chicago White Sox CHW 30.0 4.09 156 6012 5404 638 1376 245 47 47 569 91 53 510 476 .255 .322 .343 .665 1856 127 24 74
League Totals 28.0 4.74 1244 48663 43125 5902 11492 2066 508 734 5464 471 323 4742 4425 .266 .341 .389 .730 16776 943 148 648

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
New York Yankees NYY 29.7 4.04 101 53 .656 3.53 156 156 81 75 13 26 1396.1 1309 631 547 81 598 589 10 1 29 5968 1.366 8.4 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.98
Chicago White Sox CHW 30.2 4.16 77 77 .500 3.52 156 156 50 106 14 4 1416.0 1362 649 554 89 521 564 26 0 31 6055 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.08
Cleveland Indians CLE 27.5 4.31 75 79 .487 3.90 155 155 87 68 10 19 1377.0 1366 668 596 71 660 617 21 2 29 6015 1.471 8.9 0.5 4.3 4.0 0.93
Detroit Tigers DET 28.6 4.79 75 79 .487 4.18 155 155 103 52 8 16 1381.2 1399 743 641 80 645 697 13 4 29 6124 1.479 9.1 0.5 4.2 4.5 1.08
Boston Red Sox BOS 29.2 4.84 84 70 .545 4.19 155 155 85 70 8 11 1372.0 1453 750 638 88 611 574 23 7 33 6105 1.504 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.8 0.94
Washington Senators WSH 28.3 5.12 70 84 .455 4.35 156 156 87 69 8 7 1389.1 1524 798 672 69 603 544 18 0 44 6168 1.531 9.9 0.4 3.9 3.5 0.90
St. Louis Browns SLB 29.7 5.24 70 84 .455 4.72 157 157 92 65 7 10 1389.0 1563 823 728 120 549 454 20 1 26 6155 1.521 10.1 0.8 3.6 2.9 0.83
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 28.6 5.45 64 90 .416 4.83 154 154 90 64 3 18 1365.1 1516 840 733 136 557 386 17 3 49 6080 1.518 10.0 0.9 3.7 2.5 0.69
League Totals 29.0 4.74 616 616 .500 4.15 1244 1244 675 569 71 111 11086.2 11492 5902 5109 734 4744 4425 148 18 270 48670 1.464 9.3 0.6 3.9 3.6 0.93

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Cleveland Indians CLE 155 4131 1738 142 158 .976 5 50 37 43% Roger Peckinpaugh
St. Louis Browns SLB 157 4167 1748 151 156 .975 15 64 38 37% 176,240 Luke Sewell and Fred Haney
New York Yankees NYY 156 4189 1735 165 196 .973 6 44 36 45% Joe McCarthy
Boston Red Sox BOS 155 4116 1771 172 139 .972 9 54 34 39% Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox CHW 156 4248 1772 180 145 .971 19 54 46 46% Jimmy Dykes
Detroit Tigers DET 155 4145 1738 186 129 .969 10 69 46 40% Del Baker
Washington Senators WSH 156 4168 1768 187 169 .969 24 59 48 45% Bucky Harris
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 154 4096 1732 200 150 .967 20 77 38 33% Connie Mack
League Totals 1244 33260 14002 1383 1242 .972 108 471 323 41% 176,240