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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 18
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 69 | 45 | .605 | - | 558 | 465 | 91.8 | 62.2 | 68.6 |  		
		| Detroit | 66 | 49 | .574 | 3.5 | 646 | 539 | 88.1 | 65.9 | 25.0 |  		
		| Boston | 62 | 52 | .544 | 7 | 628 | 616 | 82.6 | 71.4 | 2.6 |  		
		| Chicago | 58 | 52 | .527 | 9 | 558 | 525 | 81.5 | 72.5 | 1.7 |  		
		| New York | 57 | 53 | .518 | 10 | 593 | 508 | 82.1 | 71.9 | 2.1 |  		
		| Washington | 49 | 64 | .434 | 19.5 | 539 | 618 | 66.9 | 87.1 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 47 | 69 | .405 | 23 | 580 | 704 | 62.4 | 91.6 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 43 | 67 | .391 | 24 | 541 | 668 | 60.6 | 93.4 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| Cincinnati | 69 | 40 | .633 | - | 500 | 361 | 97.6 | 56.4 | 91.0 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 65 | 45 | .591 | 4.5 | 484 | 444 | 89.3 | 64.7 | 8.8 |  		
		| New York | 55 | 51 | .519 | 12.5 | 460 | 438 | 78.8 | 75.2 | 0.1 |  		
		| St. Louis | 54 | 53 | .505 | 14 | 506 | 507 | 77.9 | 76.1 | 0.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 57 | 57 | .500 | 14.5 | 513 | 449 | 78.9 | 75.1 | <0.1 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 54 | 54 | .500 | 14.5 | 566 | 551 | 77.5 | 76.5 | 0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 43 | 66 | .394 | 26 | 446 | 571 | 61.5 | 92.5 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 37 | 68 | .352 | 30 | 374 | 528 | 54.5 | 99.5 | 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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