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1940 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 1

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1940 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Boston 8 4 .667 - 72 49 88.5 65.5 20.8
Cleveland 8 4 .667 - 51 55 82.4 71.6 10.3
Detroit 7 5 .583 1 58 55 83.3 70.7 11.8
Washington 6 6 .500 2 55 61 69.5 84.5 1.7
New York 5 6 .455 2.5 35 36 98.7 55.3 51.6
St. Louis 5 6 .455 2.5 50 43 63.1 90.9 0.6
Philadelphia 5 8 .385 3.5 56 67 58.3 95.7 0.1
Chicago 3 8 .273 4.5 48 59 72.3 81.7 3.2

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1940 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Brooklyn 9 1 .900 - 56 23 99.4 54.6 43.3
Cincinnati 7 3 .700 2 37 22 95.7 58.3 31.5
Chicago 7 7 .500 4 63 52 86.0 68.0 11.0
New York 4 4 .500 4 25 30 77.5 76.5 4.7
St. Louis 4 6 .400 5 40 58 82.4 71.6 8.2
Pittsburgh 4 6 .400 5 47 54 68.1 85.9 1.2
Philadelphia 3 5 .375 5 19 25 48.8 105.2 <0.1
Boston 1 7 .125 7 27 50 58.2 95.8 0.1

Baseball statistics
W: Wins  L: Losses  PCT: Winning percentage
GB: Games Back (Number of games behind the League leader)
RS: Runs Scored  RA: Runs Against
Baseball "coolstats"   What are these?
EXP W: Expected season Wins  EXP L: Expected season Losses
POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs



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