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1940 Major League Baserunning/Misc

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World Series Champion: Cincinnati Reds

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Team Baserunning/Misc*

Team Baserunning/Misc* Table
Tm	R/G	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
Birmingham Black Barons	4.29			39%		14
Baltimore Elite Giants	6.41			44%		37
Boston Red Sox	5.66	85	0	36%	2275	59	49	55%	48	37	8	3	1	1	4	0	70	12	20	16	22	62	46%	339	235	99	90	51	37	210	46	159
Brooklyn Dodgers	4.47	100	1	32%	2337	60	63	49%	52	53	5	7	0	3	16	0	96	25	21	29	21	53	46%	317	229	76	76	32	41	203	43	154
Boston Bees	4.10	104	0	33%	1996	48	43	53%	37	27	9	9	1	3	11	0	59	11	22	11	15	38	42%	323	234	86	71	40	27	200	60	134
Chicago American Giants	3.43			31%		4
Cleveland Bears	5.11			44%		28
Chicago Cubs	4.42	86	1	32%	2072	62	68	48%	51	51	4	6	2	3	10	0	89	18	31	20	20	44	44%	319	204	100	81	54	25	178	43	127
Chicago White Sox	4.74	112	3	34%	2287	52	64	45%	39	53	8	9	0	0	13	0	88	18	25	27	18	46	53%	357	205	140	72	32	38	204	40	160
Cincinnati Reds	4.56	105	0	33%	2342	72	41	64%	59	36	10	3	3	2	5	0	73	17	16	14	26	52	48%	359	230	122	84	48	32	224	53	166
Cleveland Indians	4.58	130	2	33%	2325	53	39	58%	39	36	10	1	3	2	7	0	70	16	14	18	22	67	47%	312	180	127	103	73	30	175	41	120
Detroit Tigers	5.73	87	0	36%	2141	67	42	61%	45	30	13	3	1	2	9	0	77	12	17	30	18	46	47%	298	196	91	89	43	44	166	35	125
Homestead Grays	5.86			42%		46
Kansas City Monarchs	5.90			45%		55
Memphis Red Sox	4.06			36%		41
New York Black Yankees	4.52			38%		14
Newark Eagles	6.88			46%		21
New York Cubans	4.97			38%		7
New York Giants	4.36	102	0	31%	2126	45	47	49%	39	41	3	4	0	0	4	0	72	13	24	21	14	32	41%	372	265	96	63	38	25	198	58	136
New York Yankees	5.27	104	0	35%	2316	60	39	61%	52	33	5	4	3	2	7	0	53	8	18	19	8	104	43%	313	197	109	81	56	23	177	62	113
Philadelphia Athletics	4.56	78	0	32%	2128	48	34	59%	32	26	6	3	3	1	12	0	66	12	14	19	21	38	45%	312	226	76	83	48	31	186	28	152
Philadelphia Phillies	3.23	63	0	26%	1772	25	40	38%	18	31	3	3	1	3	10	0	65	15	14	18	18	35	44%	260	180	73	41	20	20	139	37	99
Pittsburgh Pirates	5.19	100	0	35%	2269	73	71	51%	65	52	5	7	2	2	19	2	75	26	16	19	14	57	49%	359	229	123	87	44	42	201	49	150
Philadelphia Stars	5.06			39%		16
St. Louis Browns	4.85	90	0	34%	2199	51	41	55%	38	35	10	2	0	0	7	0	52	9	19	13	11	59	47%	295	193	98	88	63	25	198	42	152
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	4.74			38%		31
St. Louis Cardinals	4.79	112	3	33%	2224	99	35	74%	66	26	14	2	2	4	9	0	66	16	19	15	16	37	48%	326	198	123	86	45	36	196	55	130
Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	3.12			31%		22
Washington Nationals	4.32	99	0	32%	2091	94	44	68%	72	31	9	5	0	3	15	2	72	17	20	19	16	49	46%	321	214	102	67	33	33	182	50	128
League Average	3.89	54	0	33%	1203	33	26	56%	26	21	4	2	1	1	5	0	39	8	11	11	10	28	46%	179	118	57	44	25	18	105	26	76
	3.89	1557	10	33%	34900	968	760	56%	752	598	122	71	22	31	158	4	1143	245	310	308	280	819	46%	5182	3415	1641	1262	720	509	3037	742	2205
Tm	R/G	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH