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1939 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 106 45 .702 -- BostonRS BOS 89 62 .589 17.0 Clvlnd CLE 87 67 .565 20.5 ChicagoW CHW 85 69 .552 22.5 Detroit DET 81 73 .526 26.5 Washngtn WSH 65 87 .428 41.5 Phildlpa PHA 55 97 .362 51.5 St.Louis SLB 43 111 .279 64.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-0):   New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1939 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  6.36   967  152  5300  1521  259  55  166  701   543  .287  .370  .451   72   37 117  4.96  7.80
 BOS  5.86   890  152  5308  1543  287  57  124  591   505  .291  .362  .436   42   44 109  6.11  5.61
 DET  5.48   849  155  5326  1487  277  67  124  620   592  .279  .354  .426   88   38 100  5.91  5.04
 CLE  5.18   797  154  5316  1490  291  79   85  557   574  .280  .349  .413   72   46 103  4.71  5.64
 CHW  4.87   755  155  5279  1451  220  56   64  579   502  .275  .347  .374  113   61  88  5.38  4.37
 SLB  4.70   733  156  5422  1453  242  50   91  559   606  .268  .336  .381   48   38  88  4.77  4.63
 PHA  4.65   711  153  5309  1438  282  55   98  503   532  .271  .334  .400   60   34  96  4.66  4.64
 WSH  4.59   702  153  5334  1483  249  79   44  547   460  .278  .345  .379   94   47  97  4.23  4.95
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.21  6404 1230 42594 11866 2107 498  796 4657  4314  .279  .352  .407  589  345

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  3.66   556  152  3.31  1348  1208   7.9   567  3.7   85   565   87    14     0  26 131  3.39  3.93
 CLE  4.55   700  154  4.08  1364  1394   9.1   602  3.9   75   614   69    10     0  13 108  4.51  4.58
 DET  4.92   762  155  4.29  1367  1430   9.2   574  3.7  104   633   64     7     0  16 114  5.56  4.26
 CHW  4.75   737  155  4.31  1377  1470   9.5   454  2.9   99   535   62     5     0  21 109  4.75  4.76
 BOS  5.23   795  152  4.56  1350  1533  10.1   543  3.6   77   539   52     4     0  20 103  5.93  4.55
 WSH  5.21   797  153  4.60  1354  1420   9.3   602  3.9   75   521   72     4     0  10  94  4.38  6.05
 PHA  6.68  1022  153  5.79  1342  1687  11.0   579  3.8  148   397   50     6     0  12  81  6.88  6.48
 SLB  6.63  1035  156  6.01  1371  1724  11.1   739  4.7  133   516   56     3     0   3  81  7.19  6.08
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.21  6404 1230  4.62 10873 11866   9.8  4660  3.9  796  4320  512          55 121

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  126  159  .978   .730    859,785  11,166  111-40  52-25 54-20  99  94 27.7 30.5   5  10  20 McCarthy
 BOS  179  147  .970   .676    573,070   7,641   83-68  42-32 47-30 104 102 27.7 29.0   5   4  11 Cronin
 CLE  180  148  .970   .693    563,926   7,324   86-68  44-33 43-34  97  95 26.8 26.5   3   2  20 Vitt
 CHW  167  140  .972   .695    594,104   7,716   79-75  50-27 35-42 103 102 30.5 30.2   2   2  11 Dykes
 DET  198  147  .967   .690    836,279  10,722   85-69  42-35 39-38 107 106 28.4 28.0   4   3  21 Baker
 WSH  205  167  .966   .690    339,257   4,406   67-85  37-39 28-48  93  94 26.5 26.2   2   1  17 Harris
 PHA  210  131  .964   .671    395,022   5,198   52-100 28-48 27-49  98 102 26.3 27.9   0   2  11 Mack and Mack
 SLB  199  144  .968   .660    109,159   1,399   53-101 18-59 25-52 102 105 27.4 28.4   0   2  10 Haney
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Joe DiMaggio NYY .381/.448/.671

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average DiMaggio-NYY .381 Foxx-BOS .360 Johnson-PHA .338 Trosky-CLE .335 Keller-NYY .334	On-base % Foxx-BOS .464 Selkirk-NYY .452 DiMaggio-NYY .448 Keller-NYY .447 Johnson-PHA .440	Slugging % Foxx-BOS .694 DiMaggio-NYY .671 Greenberg-DET .622 Williams-BOS .609 Trosky-CLE .589	OPS Foxx-BOS 1.158 DiMaggio-NYY 1.119 Williams-BOS 1.045 Greenberg-DET 1.042 Trosky-CLE .994
Games Keltner-CLE 154 McQuinn-SLB 154 Crosetti-NYY 152 Rolfe-NYY 152 Clift-SLB 151 Gordon-NYY 151	At Bats Crosetti-NYY 656 Rolfe-NYY 648 McQuinn-SLB 617 McCosky-DET 611 Walker-CHW 598	Plate Appearances (approx.) Crosetti-NYY 743 Rolfe-NYY 731 McQuinn-SLB 702 McCosky-DET 692 Williams-BOS 677	Runs Rolfe-NYY 139 Williams-BOS 131 Foxx-BOS 130 McCosky-DET 120 Johnson-PHA 115
Hits Rolfe-NYY 213 McQuinn-SLB 195 Keltner-CLE 191 McCosky-DET 190 Williams-BOS 185	Total Bases Williams-BOS 344 Foxx-BOS 324 Rolfe-NYY 321 McQuinn-SLB 318 Greenberg-DET 311	Doubles Rolfe-NYY 46 Williams-BOS 44 Greenberg-DET 42 McQuinn-SLB 37 Keltner-CLE 35	Triples Lewis-WSH 16 McCosky-DET 14 Campbell-CLE 13 McQuinn-SLB 13 Keltner-CLE 11 Walker-CHW 11 Williams-BOS 11 Wright-WSH 11
Home Runs Foxx-BOS 35 Greenberg-DET 33 Williams-BOS 31 DiMaggio-NYY 30 Gordon-NYY 28	RBI Williams-BOS 145 DiMaggio-NYY 126 Johnson-PHA 114 Greenberg-DET 112 Gordon-NYY 111 Walker-CHW 111	Bases on Balls Clift-SLB 111 Williams-BOS 107 Appling-CHW 105 Selkirk-NYY 103 Johnson-PHA 99	Strikeouts Greenberg-DET 95 Nagel-PHA 86 Crosetti-NYY 81 Foxx-BOS 72 Heath-CLE 64 Williams-BOS 64
Stolen Bases Case-WSH 51 Fox-DET 23 Kreevich-CHW 23 McCosky-DET 20 Chapman-CLE 18 Kuhel-CHW 18	Singles Cramer-BOS 147 Rolfe-NYY 143 Appling-CHW 140 McCosky-DET 139 Keltner-CLE 132 Kreevich-CHW 132	Adjusted OPS+ Foxx-BOS 188 DiMaggio-NYY 184 Williams-BOS 160 Greenberg-DET 156 Johnson-PHA 155	Runs Created Foxx-BOS 149 Williams-BOS 149 DiMaggio-NYY 138 Johnson-PHA 134 Greenberg-DET 130
Adjusted Batting Runs Foxx-BOS 64 DiMaggio-NYY 58 Williams-BOS 55 Johnson-PHA 48 Greenberg-DET 44	Batting Wins Foxx-BOS 5.9 DiMaggio-NYY 5.3 Williams-BOS 5.0 Johnson-PHA 4.4 Greenberg-DET 4.0	Extra-Base Hits Williams-BOS 86 Greenberg-DET 82 Foxx-BOS 76 McQuinn-SLB 70 Rolfe-NYY 70	Times on Base Rolfe-NYY 295 Williams-BOS 294 Johnson-PHA 283 Appling-CHW 267 McCosky-DET 262 McQuinn-SLB 262
Offensive Win% Foxx-BOS .833 DiMaggio-NYY .830 Williams-BOS .777 Greenberg-DET .757 Johnson-PHA .748	Hit By Pitch Crosetti-NYY 13 Selkirk-NYY 8 Walker-CHW 7 Clift-SLB 5 Dickey-NYY 4 DiMaggio-NYY 4 Lodigiani-PHA 4 Sullivan-SLB 4	Sac. Hits Kreevich-CHW 22 Chapman-CLE 20 Cronin-BOS 20 Lewis-WSH 19 McQuinn-SLB 18	Grounded into Double Plays Vosmik-BOS 27 Chapman-CLE 19 Cronin-BOS 18 Doerr-BOS 17 Foxx-BOS 17
Caught Stealing Case-WSH 17 Fox-DET 12 Doerr-BOS 10 Gordon-NYY 10 Kreevich-CHW 10 Tabor-BOS 10	Power/Speed Number Johnson-PHA 18.2 Kuhel-CHW 16.4 Gordon-NYY 15.8 Selkirk-NYY 15.3 Tabor-BOS 14.9	At Bats per Strikeout Cramer-BOS 34.6 Wright-WSH 26.3 Gehringer-DET 25.4 Finney-TOT 24.6 DiMaggio-NYY 23.1	At Bats per Home Run Foxx-BOS 13.3 Greenberg-DET 15.2 DiMaggio-NYY 15.4 York-DET 16.5 Trosky-CLE 17.9
Outs Crosetti-NYY 530 Walker-CHW 458 McQuinn-SLB 456 Rolfe-NYY 448 Vosmik-BOS 448	ERA Grove-BOS 2.54 Lyons-CHW 2.76 Feller-CLE 2.85 Ruffing-NYY 2.93 Hadley-NYY 2.98	Wins Feller-CLE 24 Ruffing-NYY 21 Leonard-WSH 20 Newsom-TOT 20 Bridges-DET 17	Won-Loss % Donald-NYY .813 Grove-BOS .789 Heving-BOS .786 Ruffing-NYY .750 Feller-CLE .727
BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lyons-CHW 1.089 Ruffing-NYY 1.226 Leonard-WSH 1.233 Feller-CLE 1.244 Grove-BOS 1.246	Hits Allowed/9IP Feller-CLE 6.89 Hadley-NYY 7.71 Gomez-NYY 7.86 Ruffing-NYY 8.14 Chase-WSH 8.34	Bases on Balls/9IP Lyons-CHW 1.36 Leonard-WSH 1.97 Beckmann-PHA 2.38 Lee-CHW 2.68 Grove-BOS 2.73	Strikeouts/9IP Feller-CLE 7.46 Newsom-TOT 5.92 Bridges-DET 5.86 Rigney-CHW 4.90 Gomez-NYY 4.64
Games Brown-CHW 61 Dean-PHA 54 Dickman-BOS 48 Heving-BOS 46 Newsom-TOT 41 Potter-PHA 41 Trotter-SLB 41	Saves Murphy-NYY 19 Brown-CHW 18 Dean-PHA 7 Heving-BOS 7 Appleton-WSH 6	Innings Feller-CLE 296.7 Newsom-TOT 291.7 Leonard-WSH 269.3 Lee-CHW 235.0 Ruffing-NYY 233.3	Strikeouts Feller-CLE 246 Newsom-TOT 192 Bridges-DET 129 Rigney-CHW 119 Chase-WSH 118
Games Started Newsom-TOT 37 Feller-CLE 35 Leonard-WSH 34 Chase-WSH 31 Kennedy-TOT 31 Kramer-SLB 31	Comp. Games Feller-CLE 24 Newsom-TOT 24 Ruffing-NYY 22 Leonard-WSH 21 Grove-BOS 17	Shutouts Ruffing-NYY 5 Feller-CLE 4 Newsom-TOT 3 Allen-CLE 2 Beckmann-PHA 2 Bridges-DET 2 Donald-NYY 2 Gomez-NYY 2 Grove-BOS 2 Kramer-SLB 2 Lee-CHW 2 Leonard-WSH 2 Milnar-CLE 2 Nelson-PHA 2 Rigney-CHW 2 Russo-NYY 2	Home Runs Allow. Marcum-TOT 27 Nelson-PHA 27 Potter-PHA 26 Kennedy-TOT 22 Newsom-TOT 19
Bases On Balls Allow. Feller-CLE 142 Kramer-SLB 127 Newsom-TOT 126 Kennedy-TOT 124 Chase-WSH 114 Krakauskas-WSH 114	Hits Allowed Leonard-WSH 273 Newsom-TOT 272 Kramer-SLB 269 Lee-CHW 260 Potter-PHA 258	SO to Walk Lyons-CHW 2.50 Bridges-DET 2.11 Feller-CLE 1.73 Newsom-TOT 1.52 Leonard-WSH 1.49	Losses Kennedy-TOT 20 Chase-WSH 19 Krakauskas-WSH 17 Kramer-SLB 16 Ross-PHA 14
Earned Runs Allow. Potter-PHA 144 Kennedy-TOT 137 Kramer-SLB 137 Newsom-TOT 116 Ross-PHA 116	Wild Pitches Feller-CLE 14 Potter-PHA 12 Chase-WSH 11 Harris-TOT 10 Kramer-SLB 9	Hit Batsmen Mills-SLB 8 Bridges-DET 6 Leonard-WSH 5 Potter-PHA 5 Rich-BOS 5 Trotter-SLB 5	Batters Faced Newsom-TOT 1261 Feller-CLE 1243 Leonard-WSH 1133 Chase-WSH 1019 Lee-CHW 1008
Games Finished Brown-CHW 56 Dean-PHA 38 Murphy-NYY 34 Appleton-WSH 27 Heving-BOS 26	Adjusted ERA+ Grove-BOS 185 Lyons-CHW 171 Feller-CLE 154 Ruffing-NYY 148 Hadley-NYY 146	Oldest Player Johnson-SLB 1894-03-10 (45) Dykes-CHW 1896-11-10 (42) Grove-BOS 1900-03-06 (39) Heving-BOS 1900-09-02 (38) Shea-DET 1900-09-05 (38)	Youngest Player Newhouser-DET 1921-05-20 (18) Kennedy-CHW 1920-08-18 (18) Masterson-WSH 1920-06-22 (19) Wynn-WSH 1920-01-06 (19) Hutchinson-DET 1919-08-12 (19)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Red Ruffing (NYY) C. Bill Dickey (NYY) 1B. Hank Greenberg (DET) 2B. Joe Gordon (NYY) 3B. Red Rolfe (NYY) SS. Joe Cronin (BOS) LF. George Selkirk (NYY) CF. Joe DiMaggio (NYY) RF. Doc Cramer (BOS)		Luke Appling (CHW) Tommy Bridges* (DET) George Case (WSH) Frankie Crosetti (NYY) Bob Feller* (CLE) Jimmie Foxx (BOS) Lou Gehrig (NYY) Lefty Gomez (NYY) Lefty Grove (BOS)		Frankie Hayes (PHA) Rollie Hemsley (CLE) Myril Hoag* (SLB) Bob Johnson (PHA) Ted Lyons (CHW) George McQuinn (SLB) Johnny Murphy (NYY) Bobo Newsom (DET)

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