1948 Major League Team Statistics

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champions: Cleveland Indians, Homestead Grays

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Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Kansas City Monarchs	67	34	3	.663	6.5	5.1	1.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	Homestead Grays	42	24	1	.636	5.0	5.0	0.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	Cleveland Indians	97	58	1	.626	5.4	3.6	1.7	-0.2	1.5	104-51	-7	48-30	49-28	8-4	10-20	68-41	29-17	51-38	46-20
4	Boston Braves	91	62	1	.595	4.8	3.8	1.0	-0.1	0.9	93-60	-2	45-31	46-31	3-6	28-20	51-36	40-26	48-40	43-22
5	Birmingham Black Barons	63	28	2	.692	6.6	4.7	1.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	49	29	2	.628	5.4	3.6	1.9					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
7	Boston Red Sox	96	59	0	.619	5.9	4.6	1.2	-0.1	1.1	94-61	2	55-23	41-36	6-7	21-16	70-44	26-15	52-37	44-22
8	St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	1	.552	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	87-67	-2	44-33	41-36	5-3	18-24	46-40	39-29	45-43	40-26
9	New York Yankees	94	60	0	.610	5.6	4.1	1.5	-0.2	1.3	98-56	-4	50-27	44-33	6-6	19-17	67-44	27-16	45-43	49-17
10	Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	1	.545	4.8	4.3	0.5	-0.1	0.4	84-70	0	36-41	48-29	6-5	27-18	53-48	31-22	40-48	44-22
11	Newark Eagles	31	29	1	.517	3.8	3.9	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	Cleveland Buckeyes	48	54	3	.471	5.5	6.5	-0.9					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	0	.545	4.7	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-78	8	36-41	48-29	8-6	23-15	63-52	21-18	36-52	48-18
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	2	.539	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	78-76	5	47-31	36-40	2-4	26-21	73-58	10-13	46-42	37-29
15	Philadelphia Stars	30	31	1	.492	4.3	4.2	0.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	Indianapolis Clowns	40	61	5	.396	4.0	6.5	-2.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Detroit Tigers	78	76	0	.506	4.5	4.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	74-80	4	39-38	39-38	8-7	22-23	60-56	18-20	37-51	41-25
18	New York Giants	78	76	1	.506	5.0	4.5	0.5	-0.1	0.4	84-70	-6	37-40	41-36	5-4	17-26	45-56	33-20	41-47	37-29
19	Chicago American Giants	38	57	1	.400	5.5	7.6	-2.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	New York Cubans	19	29	1	.396	4.9	4.7	0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	1	.429	3.8	4.7	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	62-92	4	32-44	34-44	2-8	19-24	48-61	18-27	40-70	26-18
22	Memphis Red Sox	43	65	4	.398	5.0	7.7	-2.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
23	St. Louis Browns	59	94	2	.386	4.3	5.5	-1.1	0.1	-1.0	60-93	-1	34-42	25-52	4-9	21-28	39-71	20-23	36-74	23-20
24	New York Black Yankees	9	38	0	.191	3.0	6.3	-3.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0	.418	3.8	4.9	-1.1	0.1	-0.9	60-93	4	32-45	32-44	5-0	23-24	30-44	34-45	41-68	23-21
26	Washington Nationals	56	97	1	.366	3.8	5.2	-1.4	0.2	-1.2	55-98	1	29-48	27-49	6-11	25-22	42-62	14-35	32-78	24-19
27	Chicago Cubs	64	90	1	.416	3.9	4.5	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	65-89	-1	35-42	29-48	3-1	19-20	45-63	19-27	47-63	17-27
28	Chicago White Sox	51	101	2	.336	3.6	5.3	-1.7	0.2	-1.5	51-101	0	27-48	24-53	8-4	22-22	38-77	13-24	34-76	17-25
	Average	61	61	1	.500	4.7	5.0				59-62		22-21	21-22	3-3	12-12	29-30	14-13	23-31	19-12

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Birmingham Black Barons	18	29.4	6.55	29	1106	972	190	299	49	18	12	154	29		99	128	.308	.383	.432	.815	118	420		20	15
Baltimore Elite Giants	21	29.8	5.44	59	2234	1944	321	543	83	28	9	264	47		213	231	.279	.357	.365	.722	109	709		22	55
Boston Red Sox	34	29.5	5.85	155	6286	5363	907	1471	277	40	121	854	38	17	821	549	.274	.374	.409	.782	104	2191	144	32	66		43	1305
Brooklyn Dodgers	40	26.2	4.80	155	6058	5328	744	1393	256	54	91	671	114	47	604	685	.261	.339	.381	.720	91	2030	100	18	100		76	1150
Boston Braves	35	29.6	4.80	154	6133	5297	739	1458	272	49	95	695	43	36	667	537	.275	.358	.399	.757	105	2113	113	17	140		54	1272
Chicago American Giants	23	25.3	5.54	13	521	466	72	130	22	6	6	60	4		43	85	.279	.349	.391	.739	98	182		7	5
Cleveland Buckeyes	28	27.2	5.55	22	852	757	122	205	34	12	7	100	23		70	120	.271	.342	.375	.717	92	284		12	13
Chicago Cubs	37	28.1	3.85	155	5897	5352	597	1402	225	44	87	564	39	33	444	574	.262	.322	.369	.691	91	1976	104	29	70		38	1190
Chicago White Sox	34	30.3	3.62	154	5874	5192	558	1303	172	39	55	532	46	47	594	528	.251	.329	.331	.660	79	1718	119	12	73		26	1192
Cincinnati Reds	36	28.3	3.84	153	5703	5127	588	1266	221	37	104	548	42	40	477	582	.247	.313	.365	.678	85	1873	120	16	79		59	1057
Cleveland Indians	36	28.6	5.38	156	6201	5446	840	1534	242	54	155	801	54	44	646	575	.282	.360	.431	.792	113	2349	132	24	85		63	1193
Detroit Tigers	33	28.1	4.55	154	6066	5235	700	1396	219	58	78	661	22	32	671	504	.267	.353	.375	.728	92	1965	134	27	130		31	1237
Homestead Grays	25	29.9	4.98	42	1569	1395	209	359	54	18	20	172	38		144	209	.257	.332	.365	.697	101	509		13	17
Indianapolis Clowns	32	26.2	4.03	31	1160	1029	125	247	30	7	4	105	15		107	177	.240	.313	.294	.608	63	303		3	21
Kansas City Monarchs	19	25.4	6.51	47	1799	1604	306	461	100	29	21	257	51		166	191	.287	.358	.425	.783	109	682		11	18
Memphis Red Sox	24	31.3	5.00	13	512	459	65	115	22	9	4	51	11		41	84	.251	.319	.364	.683	82	167		5	7
New York Black Yankees	26	28.5	3.04	25	907	836	76	189	20	6	6	65	5		60	127	.226	.280	.286	.565	64	239		2	9
Newark Eagles	26	25.8	3.81	54	1916	1689	206	405	46	22	16	177	23		183	308	.240	.317	.321	.638	85	543		7	37
New York Cubans	33	27.2	4.90	42	1619	1457	206	400	76	28	11	181	23		124	217	.275	.333	.388	.721	108	565		4	34
New York Giants	42	27.6	5.03	155	5965	5277	780	1352	210	49	164	733	51	35	597	643	.256	.334	.408	.742	99	2152	113	19	65		46	1081
New York Yankees	35	29.7	5.56	154	6050	5324	857	1480	251	75	139	806	24	24	623	478	.278	.356	.432	.788	110	2298	136	23	78		34	1141
Philadelphia Athletics	31	30.0	4.73	154	6051	5181	729	1345	231	47	68	684	40	32	725	523	.260	.353	.362	.715	90	1874	137	22	120		24	1221
Philadelphia Phillies	38	26.9	3.81	155	5835	5287	591	1367	227	39	91	548	68	46	437	596	.259	.318	.368	.686	87	1945	99	21	81		48	1119
Pittsburgh Pirates	33	28.8	4.53	156	5951	5286	706	1388	191	54	108	650	68	60	580	578	.263	.338	.380	.718	92	2011	100	21	56		39	1143
Philadelphia Stars	22	29.1	4.29	49	1808	1651	210	423	67	19	13	176	20		113	215	.256	.307	.343	.650	88	567		7	37
St. Louis Browns	37	27.1	4.33	155	6016	5303	671	1438	251	62	63	625	63	44	578	571	.271	.345	.378	.722	91	2002	131	19	113		24	1174
St. Louis Cardinals	37	28.8	4.79	155	5995	5302	742	1396	238	58	105	680	24	24	590	523	.263	.340	.389	.729	92	2065	125	22	76		50	1167
Washington Nationals	35	28.5	3.75	154	5785	5111	578	1245	203	75	31	537	76	48	569	570	.244	.322	.331	.653	76	1691	124	20	84		26	1074
League Average	30	28.4	4.63	104	3995	3524	480	929	153	37	60	441	39	22	392	322	.264	.340	.379	.719	94	1337		16	60		24	668
	835	28.4	4.63	2900	111869	98670	13435	26010	4289	1036	1684	12351	1101	609	10986	9016	.264	.340	.379	.719	94	37423		455	1684		681	18716
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB