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1942 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
American Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 95 67 .586 -- Oakland 94 68 .580 1 Seattle 90 72 .556 5 Detroit 90 72 .556 5 Cleveland 89 73 .549 6 Boston (A) 78 84 .481 17 Minnesota 69 93 .426 26 New York (A) 59 103 .364 36

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Oakland Athletics over Cincinnati Reds
AL League Series (4-3)	Oakland Athletics over Tampa Bay Devil Rays

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
OAK	5.2	844	162	5631	1554	313	44	114	572	545	.276	.343	.408	.751
TAM	5.1	832	162	5714	1614	276	42	106	544	548	.282	.345	.401	.746
BOS	5.1	824	162	5716	1597	312	50	94	537	521	.279	.341	.401	.742
SEM	5.1	821	162	5708	1561	300	42	122	641	640	.273	.347	.405	.752
DET	5.0	816	162	5720	1592	330	48	109	587	630	.278	.345	.410	.755
CLE	4.9	794	162	5584	1509	280	39	141	557	578	.270	.336	.410	.747
MIN	4.8	774	162	5664	1522	332	47	138	431	689	.269	.320	.417	.737
NYA	4.0	647	162	5521	1347	272	39	72	452	707	.244	.301	.346	.648
Totals	4.9	6352	1296	45258	12296	2415	351	896	4321	4858	.272	.335	.400	.735
Average		794	162	5657	1537	302	44	112	540	607

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
DET	4.3	699	162	3.81	1471.0	1517	9.4	381	2.4	552	3.4	21
OAK	4.5	730	162	4.08	1461.7	1581	9.8	467	2.9	622	3.8	34
TAM	4.6	742	162	4.09	1460.0	1546	9.5	447	2.8	621	3.8	42
CLE	4.6	742	162	4.20	1456.3	1479	9.1	528	3.3	616	3.8	30
SEM	4.7	754	162	4.14	1477.7	1490	9.2	555	3.4	730	4.5	32
MIN	5.1	823	162	4.61	1443.3	1502	9.3	689	4.3	606	3.7	22
BOS	5.2	843	162	4.68	1457.0	1593	9.8	596	3.7	646	4.0	23
NYA	5.9	952	162	5.31	1437.0	1719	10.6	543	3.4	489	3.0	17
Totals	4.8	6285	1296	4.36	11664.0	12427	9.6	4206	3.2	4882	3.8	221
Average		786	162		1458	1553		526		610		28

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
OAK	92	70	2	8	16	0	0	0	16	1.04	1.01	2,416,386		Pat Flaherty
TAM	89	73	6	4	15	0	4	3	16	0.91	0.91	2,288,621		Ricky Sanford
DET	92	70	-2	3	13	15	3	1	20	1.09	1.10	2,336,715		Ted Lyons
SEM	87	75	3	3	13	2	1	1	9	1.07	1.49	2,382,417		Peter Fletcher
BOS	79	83	-1	2	11	1	2	3	17	1.01	0.95	2,004,223		Brian Rodgers
CLE	86	76	3	2	9	3	2	2	16	0.92	0.77	1,181,234		Josh Pingel
MIN	76	86	-7	2	6	1	0	1	13	1.11	1.09	1,562,126		Walter Johnson
NYA	54	108	5	1	12	0	0	0	16	1.08	1.00	1,575,814		Jason Spiegel

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TAM	285	148.91	94.60	41.47	5.98	2.30	2.26	10.89	9.11	10.95
OAK	282	132.77	104.62	44.58	9.33	2.43	5.23	6.98	9.56	11.06
SEM	270	120.18	100.49	49.30	6.32	4.22	9.54	5.09	5.84	18.30
DET	270	111.75	108.56	49.65	3.33	4.46	10.50	5.73	9.74	15.91
CLE	267	131.91	86.30	48.76	10.99	3.56	5.76	4.54	8.96	14.97
BOS	234	125.90	71.64	36.43	8.22	3.40	6.64	3.54	6.64	8.00
MIN	207	94.45	73.71	38.81	8.33	1.94	3.55	5.50	6.13	13.36
NYA	177	81.27	63.74	31.95	7.74	3.37	6.87	3.33	3.16	7.50

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Hank Greenberg	SEM	.312, 44 HR, 138 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Paul Dean	TAM	15-7, 3.08, 213.3 IP, 116 K
Bronze Rookie:	Johnny Pesky	TAM	.369, 3 HR, 60 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ken Raffensberger	CLE	.982, 32 PO, 79 A, 2 E
C	Rudy York	CLE	.994, 478 PO, 45 A, 3 E 39.1% (18-46) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Tommy Henrich	BOS	.995, 1479 PO, 103 A, 8 E
2B	Lonny Frey	DET	.979, 256 PO, 552 A, 17 E
3B	Hank Majeski	MIN	.974, 93 PO, 319 A, 11 E
SS	John Mihalic	DET	.979, 243 PO, 649 A, 19 E
LF	Chet Laabs	TAM	.976, 275 PO, 5 A, 7 E
CF	Joe Dimaggio	MIN	.986, 404 PO, 9 A, 6 E
RF	Ted Williams	DET	.988, 321 PO, 10 A, 4 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Pesky TAM .369 Bolling DET .359 Mize CLE .341 Vaughan BOS .336 Williams DET .328	On-Base Pct Williams DET .437 Mize CLE .427 Vaughan BOS .411 Pesky TAM .410 Greenberg SEM .409	Slugging Pct Greenberg SEM .628 Mize CLE .628 Williams DET .606 Dimaggio MIN .585 York CLE .575	OPS Mize CLE 1.055 Williams DET 1.043 Greenberg SEM 1.037 York CLE .978 Dimaggio MIN .964
XR Greenberg SEM 136.6 Williams DET 134.4 Mize CLE 126.8 Dimaggio MIN 115.0 Hopp BOS 110.4	Games Meyer CLE 159 Dimaggio MIN 158 Mize CLE 158 Kampouris CLE 157 Koy MIN 157	At-Bats Koy MIN 627 Lavagetto TAM 620 Hack OAK 618 Myatt SEM 617 Hopp BOS 615	Runs Williams DET 127 Hack OAK 123 Hopp BOS 121 Heath OAK 113 Vaughan BOS 112
Hits Bolling DET 203 Koy MIN 198 Pesky TAM 198 Hopp BOS 196 Vaughan BOS 190	Total Bases Greenberg SEM 364 Williams DET 347 Dimaggio MIN 346 Mize CLE 342 Koy MIN 312	Singles Pesky TAM 161 Bolling DET 144 Hopp BOS 144 Cavarretta SEM 134 Lavagetto TAM 132	Doubles Koy MIN 49 Hasson OAK 48 Heath OAK 48 Keltner OAK 48 Williams DET 46
Triples Hopp BOS 11 Lewis NYA 11 Koy MIN 10 Padgett DET 10 Lupien NYA 9	Homeruns Greenberg SEM 44 Dimaggio MIN 36 Williams DET 35 Mize CLE 33 Leiber OAK 26	RBIs Greenberg SEM 138 Williams DET 123 Mize CLE 122 Dimaggio MIN 111 Hasson OAK 111	Stolen Bases Myatt SEM 61 Hopp BOS 30 Vaughan BOS 21 Reiser TAM 20 Lewis NYA 19
Caught Stealing Myatt SEM 19 Lupien NYA 14 Vaughan BOS 14 Hopp BOS 13 Wright CLE 10	Walks Keller CLE 115 Williams DET 113 Greenberg SEM 99 Lake SEM 93 Lavagetto TAM 93	Strikeouts Greenberg SEM 103 Keller CLE 102 Camilli SEM 95 Koy MIN 94 Leiber OAK 90

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Dean   3.08 Logan DET 3.25 Lanier DET 3.30 Zuber OAK 3.55 Sayles MIN 3.67	Wins Lanier DET 25 Logan DET 23 Cooper OAK 21 Mulcahy CLE 21 Bauers NYA 20	Losses Leonard DET 20 Bauers NYA 19 Raffensberger CLE 19 Hallett MIN 18 Rowe BOS 18	Winning Pct Dean   .682 Zuber OAK .682 Lanier DET .676 Muncrief TAM .667 Pearson SEM .667
Saves Head OAK 27 Kelleher CLE 21 Shoun DET 17 Matuzak SEM 13 Buxton TAM 12	Games Pitched Joyce OAK 78 Lynn BOS 77 Smith SEM 75 Roe TAM 74 Jeffcoat CLE 73	Games Started Bryant MIN 44 Cooper OAK 44 Hallett MIN 44 Jacobs TAM 44 Mulcahy CLE 44	Complete Games Bonham DET 20 Leonard DET 19 Bauers NYA 18 French BOS 18 Mulcahy CLE 18
Shutouts Muncrief TAM 4 Raffensberger CLE 4 Eisenstat OAK 3 Bauers NYA 2 Bonham DET 2	Innings Pitched Cooper OAK 352.3 Lanier DET 346.7 Hallett MIN 336.0 Mulcahy CLE 336.0 Logan DET 335.0	Hits Allowed Cooper OAK 384 Hallett MIN 365 Raffensberger CLE 364 Bauers NYA 345 Jacobs TAM 344	Homeruns Allowed Raffensberger CLE 37 Bonham DET 30 Birkofer SEM 29 Pearson SEM 28 Erickson BOS 27
Strikeouts Cooper OAK 174 Pearson SEM 169 Logan DET 152 Birkofer SEM 150 Lanier DET 148	Walks Allowed Bryant MIN 149 Lanier DET 145 Sayles MIN 134 Hallett MIN 131 Erickson BOS 120	Walks per 9IP Bonham DET 1.2 Eisenstat OAK 1.6 Logan DET 1.9 Leonard DET 2.1 Muncrief TAM 2.1	Hits per 9IP Sayles MIN 7.0 Lanier DET 7.4 Pearson SEM 7.6 Dean   7.8 Masterson CLE 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Pearson SEM 5.7 Erickson BOS 5.1 Sayles MIN 5.1 Birkofer SEM 5.0 Dean   4.9	WHiP Dean   1.10 Eisenstat OAK 1.19 Logan DET 1.20 Pearson SEM 1.24 Muncrief TAM 1.24	OAVG Sayles MIN .216 Lanier DET .225 Pearson SEM .230 Dean   .232 Masterson CLE .243	OOBP Dean   .276 Eisenstat OAK .292 Logan DET .298 Muncrief TAM .301 Lanier DET .303
OSLG Lanier DET .326 Dean   .332 Sayles MIN .340 Zuber OAK .343 Thompson TAM .348	OOPS Dean   .607 Lanier DET .629 Eisenstat OAK .655 Logan DET .660 Sayles MIN .670

League All-Stars
Russ Bauers	Norm Branch	Mort Cooper
Frankie Crosetti	Joe Dimaggio	Harry Eisenstat
Hank Greenberg	Stan Hack	Ed Head
Jeff Heath	Johnny Hopp	Ken Keltner
Ernie Koy	Max Lanier	Cookie Lavagetto
Bob Logan	Harry Matuzak	Johnny Mize
Bob Muncrief	Pete Reiser	Arky Vaughan
Hal Wagner	Ted Williams	Rudy York
Bill Zuber

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Rudy York	CLE	$ 15,000,000
2.	Wally Berger	DET	$ 14,100,000
3.	Ralph Winegarner	SEM	$ 12,500,000
4.	Paul Dean	TAM	$ 10,210,000
5.	Ralph Birkofer	SEM	$ 9,500,000
6.	Larry French	BOS	$ 8,800,000
7.	Arky Vaughan	BOS	$ 8,770,000
8.	Ed Baecht	NYA	$ 8,600,000
9.	Monte Pearson	SEM	$ 8,000,000
10.	Bruce Campbell	BOS	$ 7,600,000
11.	Hal Trosky	TAM	$ 7,000,000
	Joe Vosmik	BOS	$ 7,000,000
13.	Johnny Mize	CLE	$ 6,650,000
14.	Russ Bauers	NYA	$ 6,600,000
15.	Hank Leiber	OAK	$ 6,500,000
	Woody English	DET	$ 6,500,000
	Jeff Heath	OAK	$ 6,500,000
18.	Dixie Walker	BOS	$ 6,210,000
19.	Hank Greenberg	SEM	$ 6,000,000
	Zeke Bonura	MIN	$ 6,000,000
21.	Buddy Lewis	NYA	$ 5,700,000
22.	Clay Bryant	MIN	$ 5,500,000
23.	Joe Dimaggio	MIN	$ 5,292,857
24.	Harry Eisenstat	OAK	$ 5,000,000
	Cy Blanton	MIN	$ 5,000,000
	Dolph Camilli	SEM	$ 5,000,000

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