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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 15
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 68 | 44 | .607 | - | 549 | 460 | 91.9 | 62.1 | 57.0 |  		
		| Detroit | 66 | 46 | .589 | 2 | 632 | 510 | 90.5 | 63.5 | 39.9 |  		
		| Boston | 59 | 52 | .532 | 8.5 | 605 | 599 | 81.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 |  		
		| New York | 56 | 52 | .519 | 10 | 581 | 500 | 81.8 | 72.2 | 1.7 |  		
		| Chicago | 55 | 52 | .514 | 10.5 | 529 | 511 | 79.5 | 74.5 | 0.6 |  		
		| Washington | 49 | 61 | .445 | 18 | 522 | 595 | 68.5 | 85.5 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 46 | 68 | .404 | 23 | 575 | 695 | 62.2 | 91.8 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 42 | 66 | .389 | 24 | 533 | 656 | 60.5 | 93.5 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| Cincinnati | 67 | 38 | .638 | - | 480 | 346 | 97.7 | 56.3 | 90.8 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 63 | 44 | .589 | 5 | 473 | 439 | 88.9 | 65.1 | 8.5 |  		
		| New York | 54 | 49 | .524 | 12 | 446 | 421 | 79.5 | 74.5 | 0.2 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 53 | 51 | .510 | 13.5 | 549 | 522 | 79.2 | 74.8 | 0.3 |  		
		| Chicago | 55 | 55 | .500 | 14.5 | 491 | 428 | 79.0 | 75.0 | 0.1 |  		
		| St. Louis | 51 | 52 | .495 | 15 | 484 | 491 | 76.2 | 77.8 | 0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 42 | 64 | .396 | 25.5 | 441 | 560 | 62.0 | 92.0 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 35 | 67 | .343 | 30.5 | 357 | 514 | 53.5 | 100.5 | 0.0 |  
 
	
		| 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
 
 
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		| 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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