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1948 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Cleveland Indians

AL Most Valuable Player: Lou Boudreau

ML Rookie of the Year: Al Dark

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Cleveland Indians	97	58	.626	--		5.4	3.6	1.7	-0.2	1.5	104-51	-7	48-30	49-28	8-4	10-20	68-41	29-17	51-38	46-20
2	Boston Red Sox	96	59	.619	1.0	1.0	5.9	4.6	1.2	-0.1	1.1	94-61	2	55-23	41-36	6-7	21-16	70-44	26-15	52-37	44-22
3	New York Yankees	94	60	.610	2.5	4.0	5.6	4.1	1.5	-0.2	1.3	98-56	-4	50-27	44-33	6-6	19-17	67-44	27-16	45-43	49-17
4	Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	.545	12.5	34.0	4.7	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-78	8	36-41	48-29	8-6	23-15	63-52	21-18	36-52	48-18
5	Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	18.5	58.0	4.5	4.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	74-80	4	39-38	39-38	8-7	22-23	60-56	18-20	37-51	41-25
6	St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	37.0	150.5	4.3	5.5	-1.1	0.1	-1.0	60-93	-1	34-42	25-52	4-9	21-28	39-71	20-23	36-74	23-20
7	Washington Nationals	56	97	.366	40.0	168.5	3.8	5.2	-1.4	0.2	-1.2	55-98	1	29-48	27-49	6-11	25-22	42-62	14-35	32-78	24-19
8	Chicago White Sox	51	101	.336	44.5	200.0	3.6	5.3	-1.7	0.2	-1.5	51-101	0	27-48	24-53	8-4	22-22	38-77	13-24	34-76	17-25
	Average	76	76	.500			4.7	4.7				76-77		39-37	37-39	6-6	20-20	55-55	21-21	40-56	36-20

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Boston Red Sox	34	29.5	5.85	155	6286	5363	907	1471	277	40	121	854	38	17	821	549	.274	.374	.409	.782	104	2191	144	32	66		43	1305
Chicago White Sox	34	30.3	3.62	154	5874	5192	558	1303	172	39	55	532	46	47	594	528	.251	.329	.331	.660	79	1718	119	12	73		26	1192
Cleveland Indians	36	28.6	5.38	156	6201	5446	840	1534	242	54	155	801	54	44	646	575	.282	.360	.431	.792	113	2349	132	24	85		63	1193
Detroit Tigers	33	28.1	4.55	154	6066	5235	700	1396	219	58	78	661	22	32	671	504	.267	.353	.375	.728	92	1965	134	27	130		31	1237
New York Yankees	35	29.7	5.56	154	6050	5324	857	1480	251	75	139	806	24	24	623	478	.278	.356	.432	.788	110	2298	136	23	78		34	1141
Philadelphia Athletics	31	30.0	4.73	154	6051	5181	729	1345	231	47	68	684	40	32	725	523	.260	.353	.362	.715	90	1874	137	22	120		24	1221
St. Louis Browns	37	27.1	4.33	155	6016	5303	671	1438	251	62	63	625	63	44	578	571	.271	.345	.378	.722	91	2002	131	19	113		24	1174
Washington Nationals	35	28.5	3.75	154	5785	5111	578	1245	203	75	31	537	76	48	569	570	.244	.322	.331	.653	76	1691	124	20	84		26	1074
League Average	33	29.0	4.72	154	6041	5269	730	1402	231	56	89	688	45	36	653	537	.266	.349	.382	.731	95	2011	132	22	94		34	1192
	261	29.0	4.72	1236	48329	42155	5840	11212	1846	450	710	5500	363	288	5227	4298	.266	.349	.382	.731	95	16088	1057	179	749		271	9537

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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