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1940 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American Team W L WPct GB Seattle (M) 92 70 .568 -- Oakland 88 74 .543 4 Detroit 87 75 .537 5 New York (A) 86 76 .531 6 Minnesota 85 77 .525 7 Boston (A) 83 79 .512 9 Tampa Bay 82 80 .506 10 Cleveland 80 82 .494 12

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-0)	San Diego Padres over Seattle (M) Mariners
AL League Series (4-0)	Seattle (M) Mariners over Oakland Athletics

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SEM	5.3	861	162	5602	1574	280	50	109	636	624	.281	.354	.407	.761
BOS	5.3	851	162	5616	1570	363	63	99	567	487	.280	.346	.420	.765
TAM	5.0	809	162	5824	1688	259	47	110	464	682	.290	.342	.407	.749
CLE	4.9	799	162	5642	1514	299	48	131	539	618	.268	.332	.408	.740
OAK	4.9	797	162	5579	1520	295	50	112	551	559	.272	.338	.403	.741
DET	4.9	795	162	5721	1570	322	59	80	589	655	.274	.342	.393	.735
NYA	4.8	785	162	5568	1468	267	48	91	619	849	.264	.337	.378	.715
MIN	4.7	769	162	5586	1494	300	54	122	413	575	.267	.318	.406	.724
Totals	5.0	6466	1296	45138	12398	2385	419	854	4378	5049	.275	.339	.403	.742
Average		808	162	5642	1550	298	52	107	547	631

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEM	4.3	692	162	3.95	1448.3	1473	9.1	444	2.7	705	4.4	32
DET	4.3	704	162	3.89	1464.3	1530	9.4	380	2.3	570	3.5	15
MIN	4.5	734	162	4.05	1446.3	1436	8.9	581	3.6	641	4.0	24
OAK	4.5	737	162	4.13	1437.7	1543	9.5	483	3.0	605	3.7	32
NYA	4.6	738	162	3.87	1449.3	1488	9.2	498	3.1	585	3.6	23
TAM	5.0	804	162	4.55	1458.7	1525	9.4	554	3.4	777	4.8	22
CLE	5.0	808	162	4.52	1456.3	1542	9.5	659	4.1	640	4.0	28
BOS	5.2	848	162	4.77	1443.0	1651	10.2	561	3.5	554	3.4	28
Totals	4.7	6065	1296	4.22	11604.0	12188	9.4	4160	3.2	5077	3.9	204
Average		758	162		1450	1524		520		635		26

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
SEM	97	65	-5	6	14	2	1	1	8	1.10	1.42	2,068,152		Peter Fletcher
DET	90	72	-3	5	16	10	5	1	22	1.04	0.83	1,839,955		Ted Lyons
TAM	81	81	1	5	15	0	2	1	5	0.96	1.12	2,141,241		Ricky Sanford
BOS	81	81	2	3	8	1	2	2	18	0.97	0.89	1,770,307		Brian Rodgers
CLE	80	82	0	2	9	3	2	2	19	1.04	0.99	1,957,462		Josh Pingel
MIN	84	78	1	2	9	1	0	2	15	0.96	0.96	1,154,761		Walter Johnson
NYA	86	76	0	1	18	1	1	1	19	1.02	0.92	2,427,809		Jason Spiegel
OAK	87	75	1	1	21	1	0	0	20	0.91	0.78	2,428,012		Pat Flaherty

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SEM	276	130.45	98.14	47.39	2.35	3.84	7.45	8.55	7.39	17.82
OAK	264	142.19	82.83	38.95	10.66	2.23	4.91	6.10	7.81	7.25
DET	261	117.80	99.97	43.20	3.07	2.58	7.57	5.90	8.48	15.62
NYA	258	123.12	91.94	42.91	9.24	4.04	6.83	4.11	5.54	13.17
MIN	255	125.94	86.34	42.69	6.92	3.15	3.07	5.82	9.10	14.64
BOS	249	154.83	62.15	32.00	9.11	2.47	5.32	4.25	5.33	5.52
TAM	246	136.94	73.56	35.48	4.68	4.52	5.55	4.29	6.02	10.44
CLE	240	123.88	75.26	40.84	10.09	2.14	4.17	5.28	7.65	11.52

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Johnny Mize	CLE	.336, 25 HR, 106 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Bob Logan	DET	24-11, 3.38, 335.7 IP, 156 K
Bronze Rookie:	Charlie Keller	CLE	.262, 26 HR, 74 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ralph Winegarner	SEM	.990, 26 PO, 70 A, 1 E
C	Rudy York	CLE	.996, 419 PO, 44 A, 2 E 36.8% (21-57) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Hal Trosky	BOS	.992, 1825 PO, 142 A, 15 E
2B	Alex Kampouris	CLE	.979, 344 PO, 567 A, 20 E
3B	Joe Vosmik	BOS	.973, 65 PO, 331 A, 11 E
SS	Arky Vaughan	BOS	.951, 219 PO, 685 A, 47 E
LF	Ernie Koy	MIN	.985, 247 PO, 8 A, 4 E
CF	Joe Dimaggio	MIN	.990, 398 PO, 2 A, 4 E
RF	Ted Williams	DET	.987, 304 PO, 3 A, 4 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Walker BOS .366 Bolling DET .341 Mize CLE .336 Wright CLE .318 Herman TAM .313	On-Base Pct Walker BOS .435 Williams DET .413 Camilli SEM .410 Mize CLE .406 York CLE .399*	Slugging Pct Mize CLE .582 Hasson OAK .561 Williams DET .542 Trosky BOS .535 York CLE .528*	OPS Mize CLE .988 Williams DET .955 Hasson OAK .955 Walker BOS .942 York CLE .927*
XR Williams DET 121.8 Mize CLE 120.2 Greenberg SEM 113.3 Walker BOS 110.8 Hasson OAK 109.2	Games Trosky BOS 158 Clift SEM 157 Dimaggio MIN 157 Keller CLE 157 Sington NYA 157	At-Bats Cronin TAM 624 Lavagetto TAM 613 Chapman TAM 612 Greenberg SEM 601 Rolfe SEM 596	Runs Keller CLE 133 Camilli SEM 114 Mize CLE 112 Vaughan BOS 108 Cronin TAM 106
Hits Walker BOS 218 Mize CLE 195 Cronin TAM 191 Lavagetto TAM 191 Bolling DET 188	Total Bases Mize CLE 338 Greenberg SEM 314 Trosky BOS 312 Williams DET 307 Walker BOS 302	Singles Walker BOS 152 Bolling DET 143 Herman TAM 139 Rolfe SEM 139 Lavagetto TAM 135	Doubles Hasson OAK 56 Mize CLE 56 Walker BOS 54 Trosky BOS 46 Campbell BOS 44
Triples Henrich BOS 12 Trosky BOS 12 Cronin TAM 10 Bonura MIN 9 Campbell BOS 9	Homeruns Williams DET 28 Greenberg SEM 27 Bonura MIN 26 Keller CLE 26 Lombardi SEM 26	RBIs Trosky BOS 134 Williams DET 129 Greenberg SEM 124 Hasson OAK 121 Henrich BOS 112	Stolen Bases Myatt SEM 58 Chapman TAM 21 Lewis NYA 19 Appling NYA 16 Selkirk   16
Caught Stealing Myatt SEM 17 Vaughan BOS 11 Gleeson DET 10 Lavagetto TAM 9 Chapman TAM 8	Walks Williams DET 117 Keller CLE 110 Camilli SEM 97 Sington NYA 95 Clift SEM 93	Strikeouts Camilli SEM 140 Clift SEM 129 Dimaggio NYA 106 Lazzeri NYA 104 Doerr CLE 103

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Eisenstat OAK 3.29 Lanier DET 3.35 Lee NYA 3.38 Logan DET 3.38 Leonard DET 3.44	Wins Birkofer SEM 24 Logan DET 24 Pearson SEM 22 Bauers NYA 21 Cooper OAK 20	Losses Feller CLE 23 Sayles MIN 19 Bauers NYA 18 Blanton MIN 18 Russo NYA 18	Winning Pct Birkofer SEM .686 Logan DET .686 Milnar MIN .640 Jacobs TAM .615 Pearson SEM .611
Saves Murphy OAK 23 Matuzak SEM 22 Kelleher CLE 20 Baecht NYA 18 Hallett MIN 18	Games Pitched Baecht NYA 87 Matuzak SEM 86 Hallett MIN 85 Gomez TAM 82 Hilcher BOS 78	Games Started Bryant MIN 44 Cooper OAK 44 Feller CLE 44 Pearson SEM 44 Winegarner SEM 44	Complete Games Leonard DET 26 Blanton MIN 24 Russo NYA 21 Logan DET 20 Muncrief SEM 18
Shutouts Rowe BOS 4 Birkofer SEM 3 Eisenstat OAK 3 Bauers NYA 2 Blanton MIN 2	Innings Pitched Cooper OAK 358.3 Russo NYA 341.3 Pearson SEM 338.3 Bauers NYA 336.0 Logan DET 335.7	Hits Allowed Cooper OAK 377 Russo NYA 360 Rowe BOS 358 Bauers NYA 339 Leonard DET 331	Homeruns Allowed Russo NYA 32 Logan DET 30 Birkofer SEM 29 French BOS 29 Malone TAM 27
Strikeouts Pearson SEM 226 Malone TAM 223 Birkofer SEM 209 Feller CLE 189 Sayles MIN 182	Walks Allowed Feller CLE 189 Bryant MIN 146 Mulcahy CLE 142 Sayles MIN 139 Birkofer SEM 132	Walks per 9IP Eisenstat OAK 1.3 Logan DET 1.4 Muncrief SEM 1.5 Leonard DET 1.8 Blanton MIN 1.8	Hits per 9IP Lanier DET 7.9 Feller CLE 8.2 Sayles MIN 8.2 Bryant MIN 8.4 Salveson CLE 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Malone TAM 8.1 Pearson SEM 6.0 Birkofer SEM 5.6 Sayles MIN 5.6 Feller CLE 5.2	WHiP Logan DET 1.12 Leonard DET 1.18 Eisenstat OAK 1.24 Blanton MIN 1.24 Muncrief SEM 1.25	OAVG Lanier DET .235 Sayles MIN .239 Bryant MIN .246 Feller CLE .246 Malone TAM .249	OOBP Logan DET .284 Leonard DET .292 Blanton MIN .301 Muncrief SEM .307 Winegarner SEM .307
OSLG Lanier DET .319 Thompson TAM .353 Leonard DET .356 Bryant MIN .362 Lee NYA .367	OOPS Lanier DET .627 Leonard DET .648 Logan DET .662 Lee NYA .683 Blanton MIN .686

League All-Stars
Russ Bauers	Ralph Birkofer	Dolph Camilli
Ben Chapman	Mort Cooper	Jim Gleeson
Hank Greenberg	Luke Hamlin	Billy Herman
Hal Kelleher	Chuck Klein	Max Lanier
Cookie Lavagetto	Bob Logan	Harry Matuzak
Johnny Mize	Don Padgett	Monte Pearson
Red Rolfe	Junior Thompson	Pie Traynor
Arky Vaughan	Joe Vosmik	Dixie Walker
Ted Williams

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Chuck Klein	TAM	$ 13,000,000
2.	Ralph Winegarner	SEM	$ 12,500,000
3.	Danny Macfayden	DET	$ 11,000,000
4.	Ralph Birkofer	SEM	$ 9,500,000
5.	Larry French	BOS	$ 8,800,000
6.	Tony Lazzeri	NYA	$ 8,750,000
7.	Ed Baecht	NYA	$ 8,600,000
8.	Monte Pearson	SEM	$ 8,000,000
9.	Lon Warneke	BOS	$ 7,750,000
10.	Bruce Campbell	BOS	$ 7,600,000
11.	Arky Vaughan	BOS	$ 7,100,000
12.	Whit Wyatt	OAK	$ 7,000,001
13.	Hal Trosky	BOS	$ 7,000,000
	Carl Hubbell	DET	$ 7,000,000
	Joe Vosmik	BOS	$ 7,000,000
16.	Bob Johnson	DET	$ 6,500,000
	Woody English	DET	$ 6,500,000
	Hank Leiber	OAK	$ 6,500,000
19.	Ripper Collins	TAM	$ 6,250,000
20.	Johnny Mize	CLE	$ 6,228,571
21.	Dixie Walker	BOS	$ 6,210,000
22.	Billy Herman	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Pat Malone	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Hank Greenberg	SEM	$ 6,000,000
	Joe Cronin	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Zeke Bonura	MIN	$ 6,000,000

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