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1940 MLB AL standings
The Detroit Tigers won the 1940 American League pennant race at 90-64, 1 game ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
🏆How the 1940 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1940
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 90 | 64 | .584 | - | 7-3 | L2 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1 | 6-4 | W2 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2 | 8-2 | W2 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 7-3 | W5 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 3-7 | L1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 67 | 87 | .435 | 23 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 64 | 90 | .416 | 26 | 4-6 | L2 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 54 | 100 | .351 | 36 | 1-9 | L4 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 25 times.
- The Detroit Tigers trailed by as many as 5.5 games on May 16, 1940.
- The Detroit Tigers took first place for good on September 20, 1940.
- The Cleveland Indians won 8 games in a row from June 16, 1940 to June 23, 1940, the longest run of the race.
- The Cleveland Indians led by 5.5 games as late as August 21, 1940.
- The Detroit Tigers went 24-10 from August 21, 1940 to September 27, 1940, turning a deficit of 5.5 games into a lead of 3 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 87 of the 158 days played.
- Five teams held first place.
- The Detroit Tigers spent 49 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.