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1947 MLB AL standings
The New York Yankees won the 1947 American League pennant race at 97-57, 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers.
🏆How the 1947 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1947
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| New York Yankees (NYY) | 97 | 57 | .630 | - | 6-4 | W1 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 7-3 | W5 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 83 | 71 | .539 | 14 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 80 | 74 | .519 | 17 | 4-6 | L4 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 78 | 76 | .506 | 19 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27 | 3-7 | W1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 4-6 | W1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 4-6 | L1 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 14 times.
- The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 4.5 games on May 15, 1947.
- The New York Yankees took first place for good on June 20, 1947.
- The New York Yankees won 19 games in a row from June 29, 1947 to July 17, 1947, the longest run of the race.
- The Detroit Tigers led by 4 games as late as May 27, 1947.
- The New York Yankees led by as many as 14.5 games on September 23, 1947.
- The New York Yankees went 32-9 from June 2, 1947 to July 13, 1947, turning a deficit of 3 games into a lead of 10.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 39 of the 157 days played.
- The New York Yankees spent 112 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.