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 | 1940 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on August 26
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Cleveland | 72 | 50 | .590 | - | 595 | 520 | 90.4 | 63.6 | 62.3 |  		
		| Detroit | 69 | 53 | .566 | 3 | 691 | 573 | 87.8 | 66.2 | 29.0 |  		
		| New York | 64 | 54 | .542 | 6 | 633 | 527 | 84.7 | 69.3 | 6.6 |  		
		| Boston | 66 | 57 | .537 | 6.5 | 695 | 682 | 82.2 | 71.8 | 1.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 62 | 56 | .525 | 8 | 577 | 542 | 80.6 | 73.4 | 1.0 |  		
		| Washington | 52 | 68 | .433 | 19 | 559 | 640 | 66.8 | 87.2 | 0.0 |  		
		| St. Louis | 51 | 73 | .411 | 22 | 620 | 751 | 63.0 | 91.0 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 46 | 71 | .393 | 23.5 | 567 | 702 | 60.5 | 93.5 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| Cincinnati | 75 | 44 | .630 | - | 532 | 401 | 95.6 | 58.4 | 94.4 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 67 | 51 | .568 | 7.5 | 518 | 476 | 87.0 | 67.0 | 5.1 |  		
		| St. Louis | 61 | 55 | .526 | 12.5 | 545 | 529 | 81.1 | 72.9 | 0.3 |  		
		| New York | 61 | 55 | .526 | 12.5 | 524 | 492 | 80.5 | 73.5 | 0.2 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 59 | 58 | .504 | 15 | 607 | 592 | 77.6 | 76.4 | <0.1 |  		
		| Chicago | 61 | 61 | .500 | 15.5 | 553 | 497 | 78.4 | 75.6 | <0.1 |  		
		| Boston | 47 | 71 | .398 | 27.5 | 475 | 600 | 63.0 | 91.0 | 0.0 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 39 | 75 | .342 | 33.5 | 398 | 565 | 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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