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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 16
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 69 | 44 | .611 | - | 557 | 463 | 92.6 | 61.4 | 67.1 |  		
		| Detroit | 66 | 47 | .584 | 3 | 636 | 523 | 89.4 | 64.6 | 29.4 |  		
		| Boston | 60 | 52 | .536 | 8.5 | 612 | 605 | 81.5 | 72.5 | 1.1 |  		
		| New York | 56 | 52 | .519 | 10.5 | 581 | 500 | 81.9 | 72.1 | 1.6 |  		
		| Chicago | 56 | 52 | .519 | 10.5 | 542 | 515 | 80.4 | 73.6 | 0.9 |  		
		| Washington | 49 | 62 | .441 | 19 | 528 | 602 | 67.9 | 86.1 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 46 | 69 | .400 | 24 | 578 | 703 | 61.7 | 92.3 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 42 | 66 | .389 | 24.5 | 533 | 656 | 60.6 | 93.4 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cincinnati | 69 | 38 | .645 | - | 495 | 353 | 99.0 | 55.0 | 95.0 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 63 | 45 | .583 | 6.5 | 474 | 441 | 88.3 | 65.7 | 4.6 |  		
		| New York | 55 | 49 | .529 | 12.5 | 451 | 424 | 80.3 | 73.7 | 0.2 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 54 | 52 | .509 | 14.5 | 560 | 536 | 78.9 | 75.1 | 0.2 |  		
		| St. Louis | 52 | 53 | .495 | 16 | 498 | 502 | 76.6 | 77.4 | <0.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 55 | 57 | .491 | 16.5 | 498 | 443 | 77.3 | 76.7 | <0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 43 | 64 | .402 | 26 | 443 | 561 | 62.5 | 91.5 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 35 | 68 | .340 | 32 | 360 | 519 | 53.1 | 100.9 | 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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