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1940 American League

1940 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 619 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: 239,591 (387/game)
Other Years: 1939 / 1941
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1939 / 1941

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1939 / 1941

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games
Tm W L W-L% GB
Detroit Tigers 90 64 .584 --
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 1
New York Yankees 88 66 .571 2
Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 8
Boston Red Sox 82 72 .532 8
St. Louis Browns 67 87 .435 23
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 26
Philadelphia Athletics 54 100 .351 36

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
Detroit Tigers DET 29.4 5.73 155 6183 5418 888 1549 312 65 134 829 66 39 664 556 .286 .366 .442 .808 2393 113 24 77
Boston Red Sox BOS 28.1 5.66 154 6174 5481 872 1566 301 80 145 810 55 49 590 597 .286 .356 .449 .806 2462 127 12 91
New York Yankees NYY 28.1 5.27 155 6046 5286 817 1371 243 66 155 757 59 36 648 606 .259 .344 .418 .762 2211 122 36 76
St. Louis Browns SLB 28.2 4.85 156 6051 5416 757 1423 278 58 118 716 51 40 556 642 .263 .333 .401 .734 2171 105 16 63
Chicago White Sox CHW 29.4 4.74 155 6002 5386 735 1499 238 63 73 671 52 60 496 569 .278 .340 .387 .727 2082 123 10 110
Cleveland Indians CLE 26.7 4.58 155 5957 5361 710 1422 287 61 101 660 53 36 519 597 .265 .332 .398 .730 2134 112 16 61
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 26.9 4.56 154 5948 5304 703 1391 242 53 105 648 48 33 556 656 .262 .334 .387 .722 2054 126 19 69
Washington Senators WSH 26.8 4.32 154 5912 5365 665 1453 266 67 52 600 94 40 468 504 .271 .331 .374 .706 2009 100 18 61
League Totals 27.9 4.97 1238 48273 43017 6147 11674 2167 513 883 5691 478 333 4497 4727 .271 .342 .407 .750 17516 928 151 608

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
Cleveland Indians CLE 27.0 4.11 89 65 .578 3.63 155 155 83 72 13 22 1375.0 1328 637 555 86 512 686 25 2 28 5824 1.338 8.7 0.6 3.4 4.5 1.34
New York Yankees NYY 30.0 4.33 88 66 .571 3.89 155 155 79 76 10 14 1373.0 1389 671 593 119 511 559 16 3 22 5907 1.384 9.1 0.8 3.3 3.7 1.09
Chicago White Sox CHW 30.8 4.34 82 72 .532 3.74 155 155 72 83 10 18 1386.2 1335 672 576 111 480 574 14 2 31 5916 1.309 8.7 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.20
Detroit Tigers DET 27.8 4.63 90 64 .584 4.01 155 155 96 59 10 23 1375.1 1425 717 613 102 570 752 17 5 25 6020 1.451 9.3 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.32
Washington Senators WSH 26.0 5.27 64 90 .416 4.59 154 154 80 74 6 7 1350.0 1494 811 689 93 618 618 21 4 47 6044 1.564 10.0 0.6 4.1 4.1 1.00
Boston Red Sox BOS 28.9 5.36 82 72 .532 4.89 154 154 103 51 4 16 1379.2 1568 825 749 124 625 613 23 1 36 6242 1.590 10.2 0.8 4.1 4.0 0.98
St. Louis Browns SLB 29.8 5.65 67 87 .435 5.12 156 156 92 64 4 9 1373.1 1592 882 782 113 646 439 20 3 42 6225 1.630 10.4 0.7 4.2 2.9 0.68
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 27.6 6.05 54 100 .351 5.22 154 154 82 72 4 12 1345.0 1543 932 780 135 534 488 15 5 40 6090 1.544 10.3 0.9 3.6 3.3 0.91
League Totals 28.5 4.97 616 616 .500 4.38 1238 1238 687 551 61 121 10958.0 11674 6147 5337 883 4496 4729 151 25 271 48268 1.476 9.6 0.7 3.7 3.9 1.05

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
New York Yankees NYY 155 4119 1720 152 158 .975 6 43 43 50% Joe McCarthy
Cleveland Indians CLE 155 4125 1622 149 164 .975 5 42 47 53% Ossie Vitt
St. Louis Browns SLB 156 4120 1891 158 179 .974 18 63 33 34% 239,591 Fred Haney
Boston Red Sox BOS 154 4139 1819 173 156 .972 12 64 32 33% Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox CHW 155 4160 1651 185 125 .969 15 55 32 37% Jimmy Dykes
Detroit Tigers DET 155 4126 1742 194 116 .968 8 54 56 51% Del Baker
Washington Senators WSH 154 4050 1744 194 166 .968 23 65 54 45% Bucky Harris
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 154 4035 1671 238 131 .960 15 92 36 28% Connie Mack
League Totals 1238 32874 13860 1443 1195 .970 102 478 333 41% 239,591