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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 25
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 71 | 50 | .587 | - | 591 | 517 | 89.9 | 64.1 | 58.5 |  		
		| Detroit | 69 | 53 | .566 | 2.5 | 691 | 573 | 87.8 | 66.2 | 31.8 |  		
		| New York | 64 | 54 | .542 | 5.5 | 633 | 527 | 84.8 | 69.2 | 7.5 |  		
		| Boston | 65 | 57 | .533 | 6.5 | 688 | 676 | 81.8 | 72.2 | 1.2 |  		
		| Chicago | 62 | 56 | .525 | 7.5 | 577 | 542 | 80.5 | 73.5 | 1.0 |  		
		| Washington | 52 | 67 | .437 | 18 | 556 | 636 | 67.3 | 86.7 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 51 | 72 | .415 | 21 | 614 | 744 | 63.4 | 90.6 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 46 | 71 | .393 | 23 | 567 | 702 | 60.5 | 93.5 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cincinnati | 74 | 43 | .632 | - | 528 | 393 | 96.2 | 57.8 | 95.3 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 67 | 51 | .568 | 7.5 | 518 | 476 | 87.0 | 67.0 | 4.2 |  		
		| St. Louis | 61 | 54 | .530 | 12 | 544 | 526 | 81.7 | 72.3 | 0.4 |  		
		| New York | 60 | 55 | .522 | 13 | 514 | 487 | 80.0 | 74.0 | 0.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 61 | 60 | .504 | 15 | 548 | 487 | 79.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 59 | 58 | .504 | 15 | 607 | 592 | 77.6 | 76.4 | <0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 46 | 71 | .393 | 28 | 472 | 599 | 62.3 | 91.7 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 38 | 74 | .339 | 33.5 | 390 | 561 | 52.3 | 101.7 | 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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