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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 17
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 69 | 45 | .605 | - | 558 | 465 | 91.8 | 62.2 | 65.1 |  		
		| Detroit | 66 | 48 | .579 | 3 | 641 | 532 | 88.7 | 65.3 | 29.1 |  		
		| Boston | 61 | 52 | .540 | 7.5 | 624 | 614 | 82.1 | 71.9 | 2.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 57 | 52 | .523 | 9.5 | 551 | 520 | 81.1 | 72.9 | 1.4 |  		
		| New York | 56 | 52 | .519 | 10 | 581 | 500 | 81.9 | 72.1 | 2.3 |  		
		| Washington | 49 | 63 | .438 | 19 | 537 | 614 | 67.4 | 86.6 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 47 | 69 | .405 | 23 | 580 | 704 | 62.4 | 91.6 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 42 | 66 | .389 | 24 | 533 | 656 | 60.5 | 93.5 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| Cincinnati | 69 | 38 | .645 | - | 495 | 353 | 99.1 | 54.9 | 95.5 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 63 | 45 | .583 | 6.5 | 474 | 441 | 88.2 | 65.8 | 4.2 |  		
		| New York | 55 | 49 | .529 | 12.5 | 451 | 424 | 80.3 | 73.7 | 0.2 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 54 | 53 | .505 | 15 | 565 | 542 | 78.4 | 75.6 | 0.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 56 | 57 | .496 | 16 | 504 | 448 | 78.0 | 76.0 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 52 | 53 | .495 | 16 | 498 | 502 | 76.6 | 77.4 | <0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 43 | 64 | .402 | 26 | 443 | 561 | 62.5 | 91.5 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 35 | 68 | .340 | 32 | 360 | 519 | 52.9 | 101.1 | 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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