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1940 Major League Team Statistics

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: Cincinnati Reds

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Kansas City Monarchs	38	13	1	.745	5.9	3.6	2.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	Homestead Grays	28	13	0	.683	5.9	4.8	1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	Cincinnati Reds	100	53	2	.654	4.6	3.4	1.2	-0.1	1.0	96-57	4	55-21	45-32	8-8	41-17	90-47	10-6	42-24	58-29
4	Detroit Tigers	90	64	1	.584	5.7	4.6	1.1	-0.1	1.0	92-62	-2	50-29	40-35	5-8	23-19	74-52	16-12	45-43	45-21
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	25	14	0	.641	6.4	5.5	1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Cleveland Indians	89	65	1	.578	4.6	4.1	0.5	-0.1	0.4	85-69	4	51-30	38-35	7-2	25-20	51-45	38-20	51-37	38-28
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	3	.575	4.5	4.0	0.5	-0.1	0.4	85-68	3	41-37	47-28	9-10	21-23	68-51	20-14	32-34	56-31
8	Memphis Red Sox	31	26	0	.544	4.1	4.6	-0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Newark Eagles	25	16	1	.610	6.9	5.8	1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
10	New York Yankees	88	66	1	.571	5.3	4.3	0.9	-0.1	0.8	91-63	-3	52-24	36-42	6-8	22-23	48-40	40-26	44-44	44-22
11	St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	3	.549	4.8	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-72	3	41-36	43-33	6-5	25-17	61-47	23-22	30-36	54-33
12	Cleveland Bears	18	18	1	.500	5.1	5.2	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Boston Red Sox	82	72	0	.532	5.7	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-73	1	45-34	37-38	13-7	26-19	68-58	14-14	39-49	43-23
14	Chicago White Sox	82	72	1	.532	4.7	4.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	83-71	-1	41-36	41-36	5-10	31-32	70-53	12-19	41-47	41-25
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	2	.506	5.2	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	79-75	-1	40-34	38-42	5-7	22-23	61-62	17-14	28-38	50-38
16	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	24	25	1	.490	4.7	5.2	-0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Philadelphia Stars	17	30	0	.362	5.1	5.8	-0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
18	Chicago Cubs	75	79	0	.487	4.4	4.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	82-72	-7	40-37	35-42	13-9	24-31	63-67	12-12	37-51	38-28
19	Chicago American Giants	22	26	2	.458	3.4	5.2	-1.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	New York Black Yankees	9	19	0	.321	4.5	6.6	-2.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	New York Cubans	8	20	1	.286	5.0	5.8	-0.9					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
22	New York Giants	72	80	0	.474	4.4	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-76	-4	33-43	39-37	7-6	19-22	58-66	14-14	35-51	37-29
23	St. Louis Browns	67	87	2	.435	4.9	5.7	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	66-88	1	37-39	30-48	6-5	22-21	51-63	16-24	42-68	25-19
24	Birmingham Black Barons	16	29	0	.356	4.3	4.9	-0.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Boston Bees	65	87	0	.428	4.1	4.9	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	64-88	1	35-40	30-47	8-5	17-21	52-69	13-18	35-52	30-35
26	Washington Nationals	64	90	0	.416	4.3	5.3	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	63-91	1	36-41	28-49	8-7	28-29	50-62	14-28	39-71	25-19
27	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	9	21	1	.300	3.1	3.9	-0.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
28	Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	0	.351	4.6	6.1	-1.5	0.2	-1.3	58-96	-4	29-42	25-58	6-9	15-29	43-74	11-26	38-72	16-28
29	Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0	.327	3.2	4.9	-1.7	0.2	-1.5	49-104	1	24-55	26-48	4-10	12-27	41-91	9-12	24-64	26-39
	Average	51	51	0	.500	4.8	4.9				51-51		22-19	19-22	4-4	12-12	32-32	9-9	20-26	21-15

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

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
Birmingham Black Barons	30	26.9	4.29	31	1093	998	133	254	28	14	8	108	14		70		.255	.309	.335	.644	94	334		9	16
Baltimore Elite Giants	30	27.7	6.41	61	2376	2079	391	580	104	34	34	354	37		245		.279	.360	.411	.770	100	854		17	35
Boston Red Sox	33	28.1	5.66	154	6174	5481	872	1566	301	80	145	808	55	49	590	597	.286	.356	.449	.806	104	2462	129	12	91		41	1168
Brooklyn Dodgers	40	28.4	4.47	156	6093	5470	697	1421	256	70	93	653	56	63	522	570	.260	.327	.383	.710	90	2096	112	20	77		50	1128
Boston Bees	41	26.3	4.10	152	5810	5329	623	1366	219	50	59	558	48	43	402	581	.256	.311	.349	.660	87	1862	101	17	62		43	1078
Chicago American Giants	26	28.1	3.43	23	798	702	79	163	22	4	7	73	4		73		.232	.308	.305	.613	85	214		4	19
Cleveland Bears	27	27.1	5.11	28	1018	865	143	191	24	7	3	112	28		115		.221	.321	.275	.596	80	238		13	25
Chicago Cubs	29	28.9	4.42	154	5973	5389	681	1441	272	48	86	627	63	68	482	566	.267	.331	.384	.714	99	2067	108	29	70		52	1111
Chicago White Sox	27	29.4	4.74	155	6007	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	671	52	60	497	569	.278	.340	.387	.727	87	2082	123	10	110		32	1124
Cincinnati Reds	33	28.8	4.56	155	5986	5372	707	1427	264	38	89	649	72	41	453	503	.266	.327	.379	.706	93	2034	108	36	125		53	1125
Cleveland Indians	30	26.7	4.58	155	5960	5361	710	1422	287	61	101	661	53	36	519	598	.265	.332	.398	.730	90	2134	111	16	61		51	1170
Detroit Tigers	35	29.4	5.73	155	6189	5418	888	1549	312	65	134	829	66	38	664	554	.286	.366	.442	.808	101	2393	115	24	77		33	1217
Homestead Grays	26	30.5	5.86	56	2082	1829	328	528	75	37	24	287	46		205		.289	.364	.410	.774	101	749		13	35
Kansas City Monarchs	25	29.3	5.90	40	1480	1323	236	379	54	22	12	207	55		114		.286	.350	.388	.738	123	513		16	27
Memphis Red Sox	28	28.5	4.06	49	1736	1541	199	381	53	12	8	161	41		151		.247	.318	.313	.631	90	482		9	35
New York Black Yankees	29	29.6	4.52	33	1167	1040	149	274	48	9	9	129	14		99		.263	.332	.353	.685	79	367		8	20
Newark Eagles	28	27.4	6.88	41	1545	1351	282	406	60	16	39	259	21		160		.301	.377	.455	.833	116	615		7	27
New York Cubans	24	28.8	4.97	30	1179	1051	149	268	39	9	13	132	7		106		.255	.324	.346	.671	75	364		2	20
New York Giants	29	28.7	4.36	152	5901	5324	663	1423	201	46	91	614	45	47	453	478	.267	.329	.374	.703	93	1989	130	37	86		46	1146
New York Yankees	27	28.1	5.27	155	6047	5286	817	1371	243	66	155	759	59	36	647	605	.259	.344	.418	.762	100	2211	124	36	76		42	1143
Philadelphia Athletics	34	26.9	4.56	154	5953	5304	703	1391	242	53	105	648	48	33	556	655	.262	.334	.387	.722	89	2054	127	19	69		19	1125
Philadelphia Phillies	42	27.4	3.23	153	5674	5137	494	1225	180	35	75	459	25	40	435	527	.238	.300	.331	.631	77	1700	115	14	87		37	1032
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	27.6	5.19	156	6118	5466	809	1511	276	68	76	740	69	71	553	494	.276	.346	.394	.740	105	2151	116	33	63		45	1139
Philadelphia Stars	36	27.2	5.06	63	2264	2005	319	551	93	32	27	280	16		217		.275	.348	.394	.741	93	789		8	34
St. Louis Browns	32	28.2	4.85	156	6051	5416	757	1423	278	58	118	715	51	40	556	638	.263	.333	.401	.734	88	2171	105	16	63		32	1154
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	27	26.9	4.74	31	1129	981	147	250	39	12	3	127	31		120		.255	.341	.328	.670	102	322		9	19
St. Louis Cardinals	38	27.1	4.79	156	6093	5499	747	1514	266	61	119	709	97	35	479	610	.275	.336	.411	.747	101	2259	103	21	88		53	1182
Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	21	24.0	3.12	16	563	502	50	99	11	7	5	43	22		45		.197	.271	.277	.548	65	139		6	10
Washington Nationals	35	26.8	4.32	154	5916	5365	665	1453	266	67	52	602	94	40	465	504	.271	.331	.374	.706	88	2009	100	18	61		27	1155
League Average	18	27.9	3.89	103	3308	2966	399	793	141	32	54	369	33	26	285	312	.267	.334	.392	.726	93	1161	63	12	44		23	627
	514	27.9	3.89	2974	95945	86003	11568	23002	4101	929	1571	10702	953	740	8273	9049	.267	.334	.392	.726	93	33674	1827	358	1266		656	18197
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