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1949 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Ted Williams

AL Rookie of the Year: Roy Sievers

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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	New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--		5.3	4.1	1.2	-0.2	1.1	95-59	2	54-23	43-34	3-9	28-21	63-34	34-23	50-38	47-19
2	Boston Red Sox	96	58	.623	1.0	1.0	5.8	4.3	1.5	-0.2	1.3	97-57	-1	61-16	35-42	7-6	19-21	68-44	28-14	46-42	50-16
3	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	8.0	15.0	4.4	3.7	0.7	-0.1	0.6	88-66	1	49-28	40-37	18-1	28-22	56-34	33-31	46-42	43-23
4	Detroit Tigers	87	67	.565	10.0	21.0	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	87-67	0	50-27	37-40	9-11	29-20	56-40	31-27	41-47	46-20
5	Philadelphia Athletics	81	73	.526	16.0	45.0	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	77-77	4	52-25	29-48	7-9	21-21	56-47	25-26	37-51	44-22
6	Chicago White Sox	63	91	.409	34.0	135.0	4.2	4.8	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	68-86	-5	32-45	31-46	5-10	20-29	45-68	18-23	33-77	30-14
7	St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	44.0	195.0	4.3	5.9	-1.6	0.2	-1.4	55-99	-2	36-41	17-60	4-4	16-25	32-58	21-43	37-73	16-28
8	Washington Nationals	50	104	.325	47.0	216.0	3.8	5.6	-1.8	0.2	-1.6	50-104	0	26-51	24-53	5-8	24-26	34-54	16-50	30-80	20-24
	Average	77	77	.500			4.7	4.7				77-76		45-32	32-45	7-7	23-23	51-47	25-29	40-56	37-20

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	35	29.8	5.78	155	6255	5320	896	1500	272	36	131	835	43	25	835	510	.282	.381	.420	.802	105	2237	169	17	78		28	1285
Chicago White Sox	44	28.4	4.21	154	6003	5204	648	1340	207	66	43	591	62	55	702	593	.257	.347	.347	.695	87	1808	136	13	84		33	1232
Cleveland Indians	32	29.3	4.38	154	5960	5221	675	1358	194	58	112	640	44	40	601	534	.260	.339	.384	.723	93	2004	137	23	113		49	1158
Detroit Tigers	31	28.0	4.85	155	6142	5259	751	1405	215	51	88	707	39	52	748	501	.267	.361	.378	.739	95	1986	164	23	107		32	1234
New York Yankees	37	28.4	5.35	155	6044	5196	829	1396	215	60	115	760	58	30	729	539	.269	.362	.400	.762	101	2076	141	32	84		29	1162
Philadelphia Athletics	28	30.6	4.71	154	6051	5123	726	1331	214	49	82	680	36	25	783	493	.260	.361	.369	.729	96	1889	160	25	117		30	1235
St. Louis Browns	37	27.6	4.30	155	5851	5112	667	1301	213	30	117	628	38	39	631	700	.254	.339	.377	.715	85	1925	138	21	83		15	1087
Washington Nationals	37	28.6	3.79	154	5914	5234	584	1330	207	41	81	546	46	33	593	494	.254	.333	.356	.688	84	1862	132	22	63		16	1214
League Average	34	28.8	4.67	154	6028	5209	722	1370	217	49	96	673	46	37	703	546	.263	.353	.379	.732	94	1973	147	22	91		29	1201
	270	28.8	4.67	1236	48220	41669	5776	10961	1737	391	769	5387	366	299	5622	4364	.263	.353	.379	.732	94	15787	1177	176	729		232	9607

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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