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1940 AMERICAN LEAGUE Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Team W L WPct GB Philadelphia (A) 96 58 .623 -- Washington 92 62 .597 4 Chicago (A) 84 70 .545 12 St. Louis (A) 77 77 .500 19 Cleveland 76 78 .494 20 New York (A) 66 88 .429 30 Detroit 63 91 .409 33 Boston (A) 62 92 .403 34

Post-Season Results
WORLD SERIES (4-3)	Philadelphia (A) Athletics over Brooklyn Dodgers

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
WSH	5.8	891	154	5276	1452	289	78	112	650	606	.275	.355	.423	.778
CHA	5.6	870	154	5428	1522	260	53	151	563	581	.280	.348	.431	.779
PHA	5.6	860	154	5380	1541	274	68	154	445	593	.286	.341	.449	.789
SLA	5.3	811	154	5386	1515	291	46	111	532	490	.281	.346	.414	.760
DET	5.3	810	154	5327	1446	277	62	103	578	581	.271	.343	.405	.747
CLE	5.0	776	154	5308	1413	192	60	88	587	514	.266	.339	.375	.714
BOS	4.6	715	154	5348	1430	268	69	72	398	646	.267	.318	.384	.702
NYA	4.6	705	154	5343	1388	239	50	118	439	503	.260	.316	.389	.705
Totals	5.2	6438	1232	42796	11707	2090	486	909	4192	4514	.274	.338	.409	.747
Average		805	154	5350	1463	261	61	114	524	564

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
PHA	4.0	618	154	3.53	1368.3	1280	8.3	466	3.0	681	4.4	13
WSH	4.7	720	154	4.01	1377.3	1416	9.2	448	2.9	679	4.4	19
CHA	4.7	731	154	4.06	1394.3	1441	9.4	410	2.7	638	4.1	10
CLE	5.3	816	154	4.40	1390.0	1518	9.9	454	2.9	480	3.1	10
NYA	5.4	831	154	4.68	1379.0	1398	9.1	703	4.6	661	4.3	9
SLA	5.4	832	154	5.01	1376.0	1545	10.0	458	3.0	494	3.2	17
BOS	6.0	928	154	5.48	1364.7	1490	9.7	703	4.6	471	3.1	20
DET	6.2	962	154	5.66	1361.0	1619	10.5	550	3.6	410	2.7	7
Totals	5.2	6438	1232	4.60	11010.6	11707	9.5	4192	3.4	4514	3.7	105
Average		805	154		1376	1463		524		564		13

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
CHA	89	65	-5	5	11	0	0	1	11	0.98	1.15	1,624,080		Jesse Summers
NYA	66	88	0	4	7	3	0	1	7	1.07	1.27	1,693,231		Isaac Flick
PHA	100	54	-4	4	7	2	1	0	5	0.90	1.04	2,472,498		Gus Kovacs
WSH	92	62	0	4	12	4	4	4	24	1.06	0.51	2,461,400		Marcus Cato
BOS	59	95	3	2	12	1	1	1	9	0.90	0.82	1,729,164		Roy Harrison
CLE	73	81	3	2	8	0	1	4	10	0.94	0.47	1,646,957		John Kull
DET	65	89	-2	2	7	0	0	1	10	1.13	1.72	2,626,655		Rupert Chesterfield
SLA	75	79	2	2	11	0	0	2	14	1.03	1.41	1,800,748		Blake Broxon

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
PHA	288	132.77	110.04	45.16	8.33	2.12	8.17	3.34	8.44	14.76
WSH	276	128.06	100.22	47.70	10.59	1.18	2.81	8.85	9.10	15.18
CHA	252	119.90	92.37	39.69	10.96	2.84	6.73	3.04	5.12	11.02
SLA	231	112.69	77.47	40.81	3.43	2.37	5.61	7.68	6.95	14.78
CLE	228	110.34	82.98	34.66	5.06	1.98	5.90	5.26	6.72	9.74
NYA	198	76.49	81.10	40.38	7.37	0.00	4.13	6.71	6.88	15.31
DET	189	102.35	58.63	27.98	3.36	6.31	3.69	4.72	9.92	0.00
BOS	186	106.30	43.96	35.70	8.05	1.26	5.36	5.30	4.73	11.02

League Award Winners
BATTER OF THE YEAR:	Al Grimaldi	NYA	.311, 46 HR, 129 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR:	Victor Starffin	WSH	28-9, 2.24, 358.0 IP, 234 K
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:	Ray Evangelides	DET	.333, 11 HR, 69 RBI
GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners
P	Boyd Auslander	CLE	1.000, 21 PO, 62 A, 0 E
C	Dub Breslin	WSH	.974, 497 PO, 76 A, 15 E 44.1% (60-136) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Vincent Bellaterra	DET	.995, 1456 PO, 100 A, 8 E
2B	Carl Bozic	BOS	.981, 321 PO, 519 A, 16 E
3B	Jimmy Keenan	CLE	.926, 79 PO, 358 A, 35 E
SS	Emmanuel Valliere	CLE	.965, 196 PO, 550 A, 27 E
LF	Johnathan H. Molson	SLA	.971, 357 PO, 10 A, 11 E
CF	Napper Tandy	NYA	.985, 439 PO, 12 A, 7 E
RF	Ted Geisel	SLA	.984, 374 PO, 3 A, 6 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Carax CHA .343 Bolan WSH .335 Gelfen DET .333 Hollister SLA .324 Evangelides DET .319*	On-Base Pct Blazejowski DET .430 Graziano SLA .424 Gaius SLA .410 Carax CHA .404 Spasky WSH .404	Slugging Pct Grimaldi NYA .664 Fontana PHA .653 Bolan WSH .587 Hallaway CHA .546 Graziano SLA .535	OPS Grimaldi NYA 1.064 Fontana PHA 1.013 Bolan WSH .979 Graziano SLA .960 Hallaway CHA .905
OPS+ Grimaldi NYA 179 Fontana PHA 165 Bolan WSH 159 Graziano SLA 155 Evangelides DET 143	Secondary Average Grimaldi NYA 0.497 Fontana PHA 0.469 Faraday CHA 0.438 Graziano SLA 0.424 Concannon WSH 0.415	XR Grimaldi NYA 127.8 Bolan WSH 124.6 Graziano SLA 111.6 Colfax WSH 106.0 Concannon WSH 105.7	Games Blazejowski DET 150 Valliere CLE 150 Pellegrino CLE 148 Archibald WSH 147 Bozwell NYA 147
At-Bats Bolan WSH 600 Boru SLA 583 Bozwell NYA 583 Colfax WSH 573 Bozic BOS 569	Runs Blazejowski DET 125 Concannon WSH 125 Bolan WSH 117 Colfax WSH 115 Graziano SLA 115	Hits Bolan WSH 201 Gelfen DET 181 Hollister SLA 181 Bozic BOS 175 Bozwell NYA 174	Walks Klompus WSH 106 Blazejowski DET 104 Faraday CHA 102 Graziano SLA 97 Symes CLE 94
Hit By Pitch Blazejowski DET 17 Dalton PHA 16 Grandi PHA 16 Bolan WSH 15 Colfax WSH 15	Times on Base Blazejowski DET 282 Graziano SLA 267 Valliere CLE 265 Bolan WSH 261 Grimaldi NYA 253	Total Bases Grimaldi NYA 363 Bolan WSH 352 Fontana PHA 310 Colfax WSH 303 Hallaway CHA 289	Singles Hollister SLA 140 Bozic BOS 137 Valliere CLE 135 Gelfen DET 132 Ketchum CHA 130
Doubles Bolan WSH 53 Fontana PHA 44 Boru SLA 43 Grimaldi NYA 43 Molson SLA 43	Triples Bolan WSH 19 Blazejowski DET 18 Brubaker BOS 14 Fontana PHA 13 Bozic BOS 11	Homeruns Fontana PHA 46 Grimaldi NYA 46 Hallaway CHA 33 Colfax WSH 26 Concannon WSH 26	Extra Base Hits Grimaldi NYA 95 Bolan WSH 92 Fontana PHA 75 Colfax WSH 74 Hallaway CHA 72
RBIs Grimaldi NYA 129 Fontana PHA 123 Diesel CHA 114 Colfax WSH 113 Concannon WSH 113	Stolen Bases Valliere CLE 81 Concannon WSH 60 Bozic BOS 53 Faraday CHA 50 Archibald WSH 45	Caught Stealing Concannon WSH 29 Faraday CHA 28 Blazejowski DET 26 Valliere CLE 25 Archibald WSH 24	Stolen Base Percentage Dalton PHA 82 Kinsolving CLE 81 Valliere CLE 76 Ketchum CHA 74 Pellegrino CLE 74
Strikeouts Blazejowski DET 89 Bolan WSH 85 Colfax WSH 84 Fontana PHA 74 McDonald NYA 72	Base on Ball per Strikeout Boru SLA 2.9 Graziano SLA 2.6 Valliere CLE 2.6 Geist DET 2.5 Hazmaty NYA 2.4	At Bats per Strikeout Boru SLA 38.9 Fears NYA 25.5 L'Enfant DET 19.9 Geist DET 19.4 Tandy NYA 17.9	At Bats per Home Run Fontana PHA 10.3 Grimaldi NYA 11.9 Hallaway CHA 16 Diesel CHA 19 Concannon WSH 21.2
Home Run Value Fontana PHA 2.4 Hallaway CHA 2.1 Grimaldi NYA 1.9 Diesel CHA 1.7 Boru SLA 1.5	Power Speed Number Concannon WSH 36.3 Faraday CHA 29.6 Colfax WSH 25 Graziano SLA 22 Symes CLE 20.8	Offensive Win Shares Bolan WSH 26.3 Grimaldi NYA 24.2 Graziano SLA 23.3 Brubaker BOS 20.1 Fontana PHA 19.5

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Spiropoulos PHA 2.08 Starffin WSH 2.24 Faultless CHA 2.55 Reddish CLE 2.93 Monk CHA 3.21	ERA+ Spiropoulos PHA 221 Starffin WSH 206 Faultless CHA 181 Reddish CLE 157 Monk CHA 143	Wins Starffin WSH 28 Reddish CLE 27 Faultless CHA 26 Spiropoulos PHA 24 Bouchard PHA 22	Losses McIlhaney NYA 22 Elicier SLA 20 Kreitzer CLE 20 Webb CLE 20 Bowers BOS 19
Winning Pct Spiropoulos PHA .774 Faultless CHA .765 Starffin WSH .757 Reddish CLE .730 Bouchard PHA .667	Saves Pardo WSH 17 Politz SLA 12 Kohl CHA 10 Monahan CLE 10 Young BOS 9	Games Pitched Young BOS 52 Skaggs BOS 45 Faultless CHA 41 Lejeune BOS 41 Politz SLA 41	Games Started Faultless CHA 41 Slinger WSH 41 Starffin WSH 41 Monk CHA 40 Huxley WSH 39
Complete Games Siffredi DET 34 Starffin WSH 34 Faultless CHA 31 Reddish CLE 31 Winesap PHA 30	Shutouts Spiropoulos PHA 6 Monk CHA 5 Faultless CHA 4 Starffin WSH 4 Brown BOS 3	Innings Pitched Starffin WSH 358.0 Faultless CHA 356.7 Reddish CLE 341.0 Siffredi DET 335.3 Winesap PHA 329.7	Hits Allowed Webb CLE 405 Siffredi DET 395 Huxley WSH 367 Garton SLA 360 Wright CHA 355
Homeruns Allowed Walczynski DET 50 Bouchard PHA 35 Slinger WSH 34 Rondthaler SLA 33 Kreitzer CLE 32	Strikeouts Faultless CHA 239 Starffin WSH 234 Slinger WSH 220 Spiropoulos PHA 208 Bouchard PHA 188	Walks Allowed Pound NYA 196 Slinger WSH 190 Kreitzer CLE 151 McIlhaney NYA 145 Lawrence DET 139	Walks per 9IP Faultless CHA 1.0 Garton SLA 1.0 Wolff WSH 1.2 Firestone PHA 1.2 Siffredi DET 1.4
Hits per 9IP Spiropoulos PHA 5.8 Starffin WSH 7.4 Brown BOS 7.5 Faultless CHA 7.5 Bouchard PHA 7.8	Strikeouts per 9IP Spiropoulos PHA 6.7 Pound NYA 6.5 Faultless CHA 6.0 Slinger WSH 6.0 Starffin WSH 5.9	Strikeout to Walk Ratio Faultless CHA 6.1 Starffin WSH 3.4 Garton SLA 3.2 Reddish CLE 2.5 Firestone PHA 2.2	WHiP Faultless CHA 0.94 Starffin WSH 1.01 Spiropoulos PHA 1.14 Reddish CLE 1.19 Brown BOS 1.20
OAVG Spiropoulos PHA .185 Starffin WSH .224 Faultless CHA .226 Brown BOS .229 Bouchard PHA .233	OOBP Faultless CHA .251 Starffin WSH .277 Spiropoulos PHA .286 Reddish CLE .297 Bouchard PHA .298	OSLG Spiropoulos PHA .244 Starffin WSH .292 Monk CHA .325 Reddish CLE .336 Winesap PHA .348	OOPS Spiropoulos PHA .530 Starffin WSH .569 Faultless CHA .600 Reddish CLE .633 Monk CHA .640
DICE Faultless CHA 2.46 Starffin WSH 2.75 Firestone PHA 3.02 Reddish CLE 3.02 Spiropoulos PHA 3.29	BABIP Spiropoulos PHA 0.229 Bouchard PHA 0.252 Brown BOS 0.254 Kreitzer CLE 0.267 Monk CHA 0.267	Win Shares Starffin WSH 43 Faultless CHA 36.3 Reddish CLE 35.6 Spiropoulos PHA 32.7 Upchurch NYA 28.6

League All-Stars
Jack Blazejowski	Mack Bolan	Brian Boru
Sylvain Bouchard	Carl Bozic	Bruno Brubaker
Arnold Colfax	Richard Concannon	Joe Diesel
Jackson Faraday	John Faultless	Buzz Fontana
Jack Graziano	Al Grimaldi	Jack Ketchum
Tim McDonald	Edward Monahan	Coltrane Monk
Clay Reddish	Mario Rinaldi	Norman Roebling
Hi Spiropoulos	Victor Starffin	Millard Upchurch
Melvin Winesap

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Mack Bolan	WSH	$ 10,590,000
2.	Guy Fontana	PHA	$ 9,940,000
3.	Arnold Colfax	WSH	$ 9,810,000
4.	Jack Graziano	SLA	$ 9,020,000
5.	Glenn Hallaway	CHA	$ 9,000,000
6.	Al Grimaldi	NYA	$ 8,940,000
7.	Victor Starffin	WSH	$ 8,860,000
8.	John Faultless	CHA	$ 8,120,000
9.	Chester Symes	CLE	$ 7,310,000
10.	Revelation Brown	BOS	$ 7,080,000
11.	John Fosdick	WSH	$ 7,020,000
12.	Richard Concannon	WSH	$ 6,450,000
13.	Rollin Zimmerman	DET	$ 6,130,000
14.	Jackson Faraday	CHA	$ 6,010,000
15.	Stuart Archibald	WSH	$ 5,900,000
16.	Brian Boru	SLA	$ 5,840,000
17.	Emmanuel Valliere	CLE	$ 5,700,000
	Joseph Grandi	PHA	$ 5,700,000
19.	Dub Breslin	WSH	$ 5,660,000
20.	Joe Diesel	CHA	$ 5,240,000
21.	Buzz Fontana	PHA	$ 5,050,000
22.	Sonny Hillcrest	PHA	$ 5,010,000
23.	Hi Spiropoulos	PHA	$ 4,907,143
24.	Johnny Turkish	BOS	$ 4,680,000
25.	Clay Reddish	CLE	$ 4,535,714

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