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| Rank Last Week | Team | Points | Tendency | Record | PCT | AVG | ERA | Pyt.Rec | Diff | | 1st (2nd) | Los Angeles | 119 | + | 99-55 | .643 | .259 | 3.63 | 98-56 | 1 | | 2nd (3rd) | Chicago | 111 | + | 89-65 | .578 | .258 | 3.29 | 93-61 | -4 | | 3rd (1st) | Milwaukee | 111 | - | 93-61 | .604 | .256 | 3.38 | 90-64 | 3 | | 4th (4th) | Chicago | 108 | o | 88-67 | .568 | .252 | 3.54 | 83-72 | 5 | | 5th (6th) | Philadelphia | 103 | + | 83-71 | .539 | .249 | 3.46 | 78-76 | 5 | | 6th (7th) | New York | 101 | + | 76-78 | .494 | .254 | 3.72 | 76-78 | 0 | | 7th (5th) | Pittsburgh | 97 | - | 87-68 | .561 | .267 | 3.39 | 89-66 | -2 | | 8th (8th) | St. Louis | 87 | o | 77-77 | .500 | .247 | 4.04 | 79-75 | -2 | | 9th (10th) | Kansas City | 86 | + | 76-78 | .494 | .259 | 3.89 | 71-83 | 5 | | 10th (14th) | Cleveland | 84 | ++ | 71-83 | .461 | .233 | 3.54 | 67-87 | 4 | | 11th (13th) | Baltimore | 76 | + | 68-86 | .442 | .238 | 3.61 | 73-81 | -5 | | 12th (9th) | Detroit | 76 | -- | 72-82 | .468 | .250 | 3.92 | 72-82 | 0 | | 13th (12th) | New York | 75 | - | 68-86 | .442 | .245 | 4.07 | 69-85 | -1 | | 14th (11th) | Boston | 69 | -- | 65-89 | .422 | .269 | 4.85 | 65-89 | 0 | | 15th (16th) | Los Angeles | 69 | + | 59-95 | .383 | .254 | 3.86 | 64-90 | -5 | | 16th (15th) | Cincinnati | 67 | - | 62-92 | .403 | .243 | 3.96 | 64-90 | -2 |
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