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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 24
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 71 | 49 | .592 | - | 587 | 512 | 90.4 | 63.6 | 64.2 |  		
		| Detroit | 68 | 53 | .562 | 3.5 | 684 | 570 | 87.4 | 66.6 | 24.8 |  		
		| New York | 63 | 53 | .543 | 6 | 630 | 525 | 84.9 | 69.1 | 8.4 |  		
		| Boston | 64 | 56 | .533 | 7 | 669 | 666 | 81.7 | 72.3 | 1.4 |  		
		| Chicago | 61 | 55 | .526 | 8 | 575 | 539 | 80.5 | 73.5 | 1.3 |  		
		| Washington | 51 | 67 | .432 | 19 | 551 | 632 | 66.6 | 87.4 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 50 | 71 | .413 | 21.5 | 604 | 725 | 63.5 | 90.5 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 46 | 70 | .397 | 23 | 564 | 695 | 61.1 | 92.9 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| Cincinnati | 72 | 43 | .626 | - | 519 | 386 | 95.7 | 58.3 | 93.8 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 66 | 50 | .569 | 6.5 | 507 | 471 | 86.7 | 67.3 | 5.1 |  		
		| St. Louis | 60 | 53 | .531 | 11 | 535 | 517 | 81.9 | 72.1 | 0.9 |  		
		| New York | 59 | 54 | .522 | 12 | 498 | 474 | 80.0 | 74.0 | 0.2 |  		
		| Chicago | 60 | 59 | .504 | 14 | 535 | 471 | 79.1 | 74.9 | 0.1 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 58 | 57 | .504 | 14 | 602 | 581 | 77.7 | 76.3 | 0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 45 | 70 | .391 | 27 | 463 | 590 | 62.0 | 92.0 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 38 | 72 | .345 | 31.5 | 383 | 552 | 53.0 | 101.0 | 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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