1944 MLB AL standings

Name: 1944 MLB AL standings
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The St. Louis Browns won the 1944 American League pennant race at 89-65, 1 game ahead of the Detroit Tigers. It came down to the final days: the St. Louis Browns did not lead for good until October 1, 1944.

The 1944 playoffs, series by series

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AL standings, 1944

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
St. Louis Browns (SLB) z	89	65	.578	-	9-1	W4
Detroit Tigers (DET)	88	66	.571	1	7-3	L1
New York Yankees (NYY)	83	71	.539	6	5-5	L4
Boston Red Sox (BOS)	77	77	.500	12	3-7	L1
Cleveland Indians (CLE)	72	82	.468	17	3-7	L4
Philadelphia Athletics (PHA)	72	82	.468	17	5-5	W4
Chicago White Sox (CWS)	71	83	.461	18	4-6	W1
Washington Senators (WAS)	64	90	.416	25	3-7	W1

Final standings.

Clinch key

z: clinched the best record in the American League

Turning points

The lead changed hands 10 times.
The St. Louis Browns trailed by as many as 3.5 games on May 28, 1944.
The St. Louis Browns took first place for good on October 1, 1944.
The St. Louis Browns won 10 games in a row from July 28, 1944 to August 10, 1944, the longest run of the race.
The New York Yankees led by 3 games as late as May 28, 1944.
The St. Louis Browns led by as many as 7 games on August 17, 1944.
The St. Louis Browns went 18-9 from May 28, 1944 to June 25, 1944, turning a deficit of 3.5 games into a lead of 4 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 39 of the 141 days played.
The St. Louis Browns spent 128 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.