1938 AL Final Standings

October 3, 1938

The Detroit Tigers won my 1938 AL asplayed replay Championship by going 95-59 and finishing 8 games ahead of the 2nd place New York Yankees.  The Tigers over-performed their 'actual record' by 11 games while the Yankees under-performed by 13 games. This 'swing' in performance was more than enough to allow Detroit to fairly easily win the pennant. Both Boston and Cleveland also slightly under-performed during my replay.
While Detroit's pitching was woeful at best, it was their hitting that led the way to a Championship. Their total of 992 runs scored was much more than runner up Boston's 885. The Tigers average game scoring was 6.4 to 5.3. The Yankees pitching was tops in the league by a wide margin but they had the worst W-L record in 1-run games in the league.
Detroit will face the NL Cincinnati Reds in the 1938 World Series.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1938 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1938 Detroit DEA             95  59  .617 ----  *WON*   84  70 .545   84  70 .545
1938 New York NYA            86  66  .566  8.0          99  53 .651   99  53 .651
1938 Boston BOA              81  68  .544 11.5          88  61 .591   88  61 .591
1938 Cleveland CLA           82  70  .539 12.0          86  66 .566   86  66 .566
1938 Washington WAA          77  74  .510 16.5          75  76 .497   75  76 .497
1938 Philadelphia PHA        63  89  .414 31.0          53  99 .349   53  99 .349
1938 Chicago CHA             61  87  .412 31.0          65  83 .439   65  83 .439
1938 St. Louis SLA           60  92  .395 34.0          55  97 .362   55  97 .362
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BOA     81   68  .544 41-34 40-34  6-11 75-57  5- 7 28-20     5-5     Lost 2
CHA     61   87  .412 32-40 29-47 11-10 50-77  5-10 14-24     3-7     Won 1
CLA     82   70  .539 41-35 41-35 20-25 62-45  9- 3 21-16     6-4     Lost 3
DEA     95   59  .617 48-31 47-28 18- 9 77-50 12- 4 25-15     7-3     Won 6
NYA     86   66  .566 51-26 35-40 19-16 67-50  5- 9 19-29     5-5     Won 5
PHA     63   89  .414 35-40 28-49 12-14 51-75  3- 8 18-23     3-7     Lost 3
SLA     60   92  .395 28-46 32-46  7-18 53-74  9- 6 22-17     5-5     Lost 1
WAA     77   74  .510 41-36 36-38 20-21 57-53  7- 8 25-28     4-6     Won 2
TOTAL  605  605  .500
HOME   317  288  .524
ROAD   288  317  .476
LEFT   113  124  .477
RIGHT  492  481  .506
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BOA      6- 5 12-13 12-14 13-11 22-11 16-14    885- 866
CHA      3- 7  9-11 11-16  8-15 13-25 17-13    654- 817
CLA      8- 3 12-13 12-14 10-11 22-16 18-13    819- 746
DEA      7- 4 17- 8 21- 9 15-11 16-14 19-13    992- 820
NYA      5- 8 15- 6 14-14 14-11 20-16 18-11    856- 639
PHA      5- 5  9-15 11-14 15- 8 16-24  7-23    709- 841
SLA      4- 8  6-16 11-16 13-13 13-20 13-19    730- 941
WAA      7- 5 15-13 16-11  9-17 17-13 13-15    826- 801