1949 AL Final Standings

October 3, 1949

  In a closely contested race, the New York Yankees won the 1949 AL Pennant. New York, Boston, and Cleveland dueled for the title throughout the season. The race came down to the final week of the season before New York was able to put Boston behind them for good. New York won with the best pitching in the AL and some very good hitting. Boston had the best hitting in the league and 3rd best pitching. The Cleveland Indians stayed in the race with some excellent pitching (2nd best in the AL). My Detroit Tigers were a bit disappointing, under performing their actual record by 7 games. The Tigers had some very good hitting and a pretty good starting rotation. But their bullpen was terrible. If Detroit's starters didn't go the distance you could pretty much count on them losing the game.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1949 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1949 New York NYA            97  57  .630 ----  *WON*   97  57 .630   97  57 .630
1949 Boston BOA              94  60  .610  3.0          96  58 .623   96  58 .623
1949 Cleveland CLA           88  66  .571  9.0          89  65 .578   89  65 .578
1949 Detroit DEA             80  74  .519 17.0          87  67 .565   87  67 .565
1949 Philadelphia PHA        76  78  .494 21.0          81  73 .526   81  73 .526
1949 St. Louis SLA           68  86  .442 29.0          53 101 .344   53 101 .344
1949 Chicago CHA             58  96  .377 39.0          63  91 .409   63  91 .409
1949 Washington WAA          55  99  .357 42.0          50 104 .325   50 104 .325
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BOA     94   60  .610 51-26 43-34 27-15 67-45  5- 8 24-17     5-5     Won 1
CHA     58   96  .377 35-42 23-54 14-27 44-69  9-12 19-28     4-6     Lost 1
CLA     88   66  .571 47-30 41-36 38-26 50-40  9- 5 33-21     4-6     Lost 3
DEA     80   74  .519 39-38 41-36 25-33 55-41  8- 7 21-23     6-4     Won 4
NYA     97   57  .630 51-26 46-31 37-20 60-37 14- 7 25-12     6-4     Lost 1
PHA     76   78  .494 41-36 35-42 23-28 53-50  8-12 20-28     6-4     Won 2
SLA     68   86  .442 34-43 34-43 27-37 41-49 10- 7 18-22     7-3     Won 1
WAA     55   99  .357 31-46 24-53 25-41 30-58  8-13 21-30     3-7     Lost 2
TOTAL  616  616  .500
HOME   329  287  .534
ROAD   287  329  .466
LEFT   216  227  .488
RIGHT  400  389  .507
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BOA      6- 5 16- 9 16-14 21-10 19-12 16-10    869   658 +211
CHA      3- 8  8-20  8-22 10-19 18-11 11-16    571   750 -179
CLA      5- 4 17- 9 16-14 19-11 15-17 16-11    743   626 +117
DEA      7- 4 13-15 16-14 17-14 14-16 13-11    762   782  -20
NYA      8- 4 17- 8 20-11 14-13 16-13 22- 8    818   616 +202
PHA      5- 8 11-16 16-13 14-16 15-12 15-13    765   718  +47
SLA      6- 5 14-15 12-14 10-20 17-16  9-16    761   902 -141
WAA      5- 7 12-16 12-14 13-15  7-24  6-23    600   837 -237