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The 1938 Season as seen through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

I have recently updated Player won-lost records to include more recent play-by-play data that was released by Retrosheet this summer. This includes play-by-play data for the majority of games played in three seasons prior to 1940. The most recent of these three seasons is the 1938 season.

This article takes a closer look at the 1938 season through the prism of Player won-lost records.

The Best of 1938

I calculate Player won-lost records two ways: pWins, which tie to team wins and eWins, which control for context and the ability of one's teammates. For players with more pWins than eWins, their Player wins contributed to more team wins than one might expect; for players with more eWins than pWins, just the opposite is true: their Player wins translated into fewer team wins than expected. Or more briefly: a player with more pWins than eWins was better in context, a player with more eWins than pWins was worse in context.

The top 10 players in pWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		pWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						pWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Big Bill Lee	18.3	12.1	3.6	5.1	1	Big Bill Lee	18.3	12.1	3.6	5.1
2	Red Ruffing	17.8	12.9	3.1	4.5	2	Joe DiMaggio	22.7	15.6	3.1	4.6
3	Joe DiMaggio	22.7	15.6	3.1	4.6	3	Red Ruffing	17.8	12.9	3.1	4.5
4	Mel Harder	15.6	11.6	2.5	3.8	4	Paul Derringer	19.6	16.4	2.3	4.0
5	Johnny Allen	14.1	10.2	2.5	3.6	5	Ival Goodman	21.9	16.4	2.4	4.0
6	Ival Goodman	21.9	16.4	2.4	4.0	6	Mel Harder	15.6	11.6	2.5	3.8
7	Jimmie Foxx	14.0	7.6	2.4	3.2	7	Johnny Allen	14.1	10.2	2.5	3.6
8	Paul Derringer	19.6	16.4	2.3	4.0	8	Billy Herman	18.6	14.5	2.2	3.5
9	Bill Dickey	13.9	9.4	2.2	3.2	9	Joe Gordon	18.3	14.3	2.1	3.4
10	Billy Herman	18.6	14.5	2.2	3.5	10	Earl Averill Sr.	18.6	13.7	2.1	3.4

The top 10 players in eWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		eWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						eWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL		Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Red Ruffing	16.1	12.4	2.5	3.8	1	Joe DiMaggio	21.2	15.8	2.3	3.8
2	Joe DiMaggio	21.2	15.8	2.3	3.8	2	Red Ruffing	16.1	12.4	2.5	3.8
3	Ival Goodman	22.1	17.1	2.1	3.7	3	Ival Goodman	22.1	17.1	2.1	3.7
4	Jimmie Foxx	12.3	7.0	2.0	2.7	4	Earl Averill Sr.	17.6	13.4	1.7	3.0
5	Lefty Gomez	13.1	10.3	1.9	2.9	5	Lefty Gomez	13.1	10.3	1.9	2.9
6	Harlond Clift	12.3	8.2	1.9	2.7	6	Paul Derringer	18.3	17.1	1.3	2.9
7	Mel Ott	14.2	10.2	1.8	2.8	7	Mel Ott	14.2	10.2	1.8	2.8
8	Joe Cronin	13.2	9.7	1.8	2.7	8	Jimmie Foxx	12.3	7.0	2.0	2.7
9	Earl Averill Sr.	17.6	13.4	1.7	3.0	9	Stan Hack	17.4	13.9	1.5	2.7
10	Thornton Lee	12.0	9.6	1.6	2.6	10	Joe Cronin	13.2	9.7	1.8	2.7

As of August, 2013, Retrosheet has released play-by-play data for just over half of all major-league games played in 1938 (57.9% to be precise). The next two tables mirror the previous two tables except that Player won-lost records have been scaled to a consistent 154-game season. This scaling is done at the level of the team, so, for example the Player won-lost records of all of the members of the NL-pennant winning Chicago Cubs are adjusted up based on the 117 games for which I have play-by-play data (i.e., the numbers for all Cubs players are simply multiplied by 154/117 = 1.316); adjustments are not based on the number of games played by individual players.

The top 10 players in normalized pWOPA, pWORL, eWOPA, and eWORL in 1938 are shown in the next four tables.

		pWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						pWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Big Bill Lee	22.3	14.8	4.4	6.2	1	Big Bill Lee	22.3	14.8	4.4	6.2
2	Rudy York	20.2	12.0	4.0	5.3	2	Jimmie Foxx	23.4	12.8	4.0	5.4
3	Jimmie Foxx	23.4	12.8	4.0	5.4	3	Rudy York	20.2	12.0	4.0	5.3
4	Joe Cronin	23.3	16.3	3.6	5.2	4	Joe Cronin	23.3	16.3	3.6	5.2
5	Red Ruffing	18.5	13.4	3.3	4.7	5	Joe DiMaggio	23.6	16.3	3.2	4.8
6	Joe DiMaggio	23.6	16.3	3.2	4.8	6	Red Ruffing	18.5	13.4	3.3	4.7
7	Hank Greenberg	23.2	14.3	3.1	4.6	7	Hank Greenberg	23.2	14.3	3.1	4.6
8	Harlond Clift	22.1	15.5	3.0	4.5	8	Thornton Lee	20.0	15.4	2.9	4.6
9	Thornton Lee	20.0	15.4	2.9	4.6	9	Harlond Clift	22.1	15.5	3.0	4.5
10	Mel Harder	18.1	13.4	2.9	4.4	10	Mel Harder	18.1	13.4	2.9	4.4

The top 10 players in eWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		eWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						eWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL		Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Harlond Clift	23.4	15.6	3.5	5.1	1	Harlond Clift	23.4	15.6	3.5	5.1
2	Jimmie Foxx	20.6	11.7	3.3	4.6	2	Jimmie Foxx	20.6	11.7	3.3	4.6
3	Joe Cronin	22.0	16.3	3.0	4.5	3	Joe Cronin	22.0	16.3	3.0	4.5
4	Mel Ott	21.9	15.7	2.7	4.3	4	Thornton Lee	20.3	16.3	2.7	4.4
5	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	17.8	13.6	2.7	4.2	5	Mel Ott	21.9	15.7	2.7	4.3
6	Hank Greenberg	20.7	12.9	2.7	4.1	6	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	17.8	13.6	2.7	4.2
7	Thornton Lee	20.3	16.3	2.7	4.4	7	Hank Greenberg	20.7	12.9	2.7	4.1
8	Buddy Myer	19.1	14.3	2.6	4.0	8	Buddy Myer	19.1	14.3	2.6	4.0
9	Red Ruffing	16.7	12.9	2.6	3.9	9	Joe DiMaggio	22.1	16.4	2.4	3.9
10	Joe DiMaggio	22.1	16.4	2.4	3.9	10	Red Ruffing	16.7	12.9	2.6	3.9

For the 1927 and 1931 seasons, the top 10 leaderboards are littered with Hall-of-Famers, most of them all-time greats. In 1927, 14 of the 16 players in the top 10 in (adjusted) pWOPA, pWORL, eWOPA, or eWORL are in the Hall of Fame. In 1931, it's 14 Hall-of-Famers out of 17 total players.

Of the 15 names in the preceding four tables, however, less than half of them are Hall-of-Famers: 7 out of 15. And it's not just a couple of guys slipping into the bottom of one table: non-HOFers are at the top of all four tables! Ival Goodman
Based on the above tables, the top player in the major leagues in 1938 in (normalized) context-neutral player wins over positional average and replacement level and second in pWOPA and pWORL was Cincinnati Reds right fielder Ival Goodman. Ival Goodman!? Yep, Ival Goodman.

Seriously? Well, probably not.

For those who don't know - and I assume that's most of you - Goodman played for 10 seasons from 1935 - 1944, the first 8 with the Reds. He was the Reds' regular right fielder for the first six years of his career, 1935 - 1940, which included two Reds pennant winners in 1939 and 1940. Goodman led the league in triples his first two seasons in the majors and hit 10 or more triples in each of his first five seasons. He made two All-Star teams, in 1938 and 1939, and probably did, in fact, have his finest season in 1938, in which he batted .292/.368/.533 with career-highs of 30 home runs, 92 RBI, and 103 runs scored.

That's all well and good. But the only thing in which Ival Goodman led the NL in 1938 was HBP (with 15). He was 5th in the NL in OPS (.901) and 8th in plate appearances (648). Again, those are good numbers. Ival Goodman was a good player having a very good year in 1938. But Jimmie Foxx batted .349/.462/.704 with 50 home runs and 175 RBI. Hank Greenberg hit 58 home runs, drove in 146 runs and scored 144. In Goodman's National League, Johnny Mize hit .337/.422/.614 and Mel Ott hit .311/.442/.583 with an NL-leading 36 home runs and 116 runs scored. Why does Goodman show up ahead of all of these guys?

I believe that the answer, unfortunately, is that, by sheer dumb luck, I have play-by-play data for Ival Goodman's best games and am missing play-by-play data for many of Ival Goodman's worst games.

Overall, I have play-by-play data for 145 games in which Ival Goodman played in 1938, less than half of the 145 total games he played.

In 1938, Goodman's three favorite parks to hit in were Brooklyn (Ebbetts Field), New York (Polo Grounds), and Chicago (Wrigley Field), where he put up OPS's of 1.214, 1.270, and 1.035, respectively, in a combined 30 games. I have play-by-play data for 90 of Goodman's 139 plate appearances at these three ballparks (64.7%).

In 1938, Goodman's three least-favorite parks to hit in were in Boston (Braves Field), Pittsburgh (Forbes Field), and Philadelphia (Shibe Park), where he put up OPS's of 0.677, 0.645, and 0.569, respectively. I have play-by-play data for 43 of Goodman's 107 plate appearances at these three ballparks (40.2%).

In between these two extremes, I have play-by-play data for 145 of Goodman's 318 plate appearances at home (Crosley Field), where he put up a respectable .868 OPS.
note: Baseball-Reference has batting splits by ballpark based on box scores even for games without play-by-play data.

Overall, I have data for 297 of Ival Goodman's 648 plate appearances in 1938, 45.8%. But I have play-by-play data for 95 of Goodman's 166 hits, 57.2%. For the games from which I calculated Player won-lost records, Ival Goodman really did hit like the best player in the National League. Unfortunately for him (and the Reds), he played in 0 additional games in 1938.

Oh, well. It was still kind of fun to learn a little something about a player that I hadn't heard of before.

Big Bill Lee

While Ival Goodman's appearance in the above tables is something of a data anomaly, the appearance of Big Bill Lee is probably much more legitimate. First, I have play-by-play data for more of Lee's 1938 season: 38 of 44 games.

But second, and more importantly, Big Bill Lee, while a fairly mediocre pitcher for much of his career, was legitimately great in 1938. As the ace of the NL pennant-winning Chicago Cubs, Lee led the National League in pitcher wins (22), games started (37), shutouts (9), and ERA (2.66).

Unfortunately for Lee, he never had another season anywhere close to that good. After one more season as an above-average starter in 1939 (at age 29), Lee spent the next eight years as a mostly below-average starting pitcher for bad baseball teams.

But in 1938, Big Bill Lee was a legitimately great pitcher.

1938 Postseason

The 1938 World Series was one of the more lopsided World Series, fairly representative of the relative histories of the two participants, with the New York Yankees sweeping the Chicago Cubs in four straight games.

The star of the World Series, as measured by Player won-lost records, was Red Ruffing, with two complete-game victories in which he allowed a combined 3 runs.

	1938 World Series: Top Player Performances
		pWins	pLosses	pWORL
Red Ruffing	NYA	1.8	0.6	0.7
Frankie Crosetti	NYA	1.4	0.4	0.6

Best of 1938 by Factor and Position

Next, let's look at the top players in (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) eWins over Positional Average in various aspects of the game. The numbers in this section have all been normalized to 154-game seasons. As above, this adjustment is based on team games for which I have play-by-play data, not individual player games.

Best by Factor: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, Fielding

There are four basic factors for which players earn Player won-lost records: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, and Fielding. The top players in 1938 in eWOPA by factor were as follows.

	Batting
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Jimmie Foxx	17.9	9.2	4.1

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

See my earlier discussion about why this probably over-rates Ival Goodman's batting in 1938. Jimmie Foxx, on the other hand, was, of course, a legitimately great hitter who had a legitimately great 1938 season.

	Baserunning
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Billy Herman	1.5	0.7	0.4
Harlond Clift	1.5	0.7	0.4
Pete Fox	1.3	0.6	0.4

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

	Pitching
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Thornton Lee	16.7	12.7	4.0
Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	14.4	10.7	3.7

	Fielding, P
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Claude Passeau	0.9	0.5	0.4

	Fielding, C
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Al Todd	1.6	1.1	0.6

	Fielding, 1B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Hank Greenberg	2.6	2.1	0.5

	Fielding, 2B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Buddy Myer	5.5	4.2	1.2

	Fielding, 3B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Stan Hack	5.5	4.6	0.9

	Fielding, SS
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Lynn Myers	3.2	2.4	0.8

	Fielding, LF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Jo-Jo Moore	5.5	4.3	1.2

	Fielding, CF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Joe DiMaggio	6.9	5.4	1.4

	Fielding, RF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Ben Chapman	6.9	5.6	1.3

Best by Position

Next, we look at 1938 Major-League leaders in eWOPA by position. The figures shown here only include Player decisions earned while playing this particular position, and include no contextual adjustments (expected or actual).

	Catcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Rudy York	13.4	9.9	1.7

	First Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Jimmie Foxx	20.4	12.0	3.0

	Second Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Buddy Myer	18.2	14.2	2.1

	Third Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Harlond Clift	23.1	16.0	3.2

	Shortstop
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe Cronin	21.7	16.6	2.6

	Left Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe Medwick	21.0	18.7	0.9

	Center Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe DiMaggio	22.0	16.6	2.3

	Right Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Ival Goodman	22.3	17.7	1.9

	Starting Pitcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	14.9	11.2	2.0
Thornton Lee	16.5	13.3	1.8

	Relief Pitcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Bill V. Swift	6.2	4.5	0.6
Pete Appleton	5.2	3.5	0.6
Dick Coffman	4.2	2.8	0.6

For relief pitchers, context-neutral records may not be the best measure of how good they are, as context can matter a great deal, depending on how a pitcher is used. Here are the top relief pitchers of 1938 in context, in terms of pWins and pWOPA.

Player	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Top Relief Pitchers of 1938, based on pWORL
Charley Root	7.8	6.2	0.559	0.9	1.7
Pete Appleton	7.6	6.0	0.556	0.9	1.7
Bill V. Swift	9.1	8.7	0.511	0.3	1.4
Johnny Murphy	6.2	5.0	0.550	0.5	1.3
Dick Coffman	4.1	2.8	0.595	0.6	1.1

Finally, here are the best at three oft-forgotten positions that can nevertheless matter: pitcher offense, pinch hitting, and pinch running.

	Pitcher Offense
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Hal Schumacher	1.7	1.4	0.5
Monte Weaver	1.3	0.8	0.5
Red Ruffing	2.0	1.9	0.5

	Pinch Hitter
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Buddy Myer	0.6	0.1	0.3

	Pinch Runner
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Gibby Brack	0.1	0.0	0.0
Woody Jensen	0.1	0.0	0.0
Mel Mazzera	0.0	0.0	0.0
Claude Passeau	0.0	0.0	0.0
Phil Cavarretta	0.0	0.0	0.0
Art Rebel	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Glenn	0.0	0.0	0.0
Goose Goslin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Asbell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Babe Dahlgren	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chuck Klein	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Peacock	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don Lang	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ace Parker	0.1	0.1	0.0
Max Macon	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Knickerbocker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jo-Jo White	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rollie Hemsley	0.0	0.0	0.0
Goody Rosen	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tuck Stainback	0.0	0.0	0.0
Smokey Joe Martin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry Rosenthal	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy Weatherly	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lloyd Russell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Stein	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mickey Haslin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mark Christman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hal Schumacher	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jake Powell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Billy Jurges	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Scharein	0.1	0.1	0.0
Slick Castleman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bucky Walters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lou Chiozza	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buddy Hassett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Stoviak	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Garbark	0.0	0.0	0.0
Les Tietje	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Case	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lee Handley	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Gumbert	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bump Hadley	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Kelley	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hersh Martin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Tobin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Billy Sullivan Jr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Preacher Roe	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sam Nahem	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Kane	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gene M. Ford	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Demaree	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spud Davis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Odell Hale	0.0	0.0	0.0
Woody Davis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wayne Ambler	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hal Wagner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Berres	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sam Harshany	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hal Epps	0.0	0.0	0.0
Emerson Dickman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Winsett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Milt Shoffner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Rigney	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bobby Mattick	0.0	0.0	0.0
Billy Myers	0.0	0.0	0.0
Billy Rogell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Danning	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lefty Gomez	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill V. Swift	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lefty Mills	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mickey Owen	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ted Olson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buck Marrow	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy C. Johnson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Dietrich	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ripper Collins	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kiddo Davis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Denny Galehouse	0.0	0.0	0.0
Slick Coffman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmy Ripple	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Vance	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stan Sperry	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Grace	0.0	0.0	0.0
Curt Davis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Cronin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leo Durocher	0.0	0.0	0.0
Woody W. Williams	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Reis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rip Radcliff	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Logan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank McCormick	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Milnar	0.0	0.0	0.0
Boots Poffenberger	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Cissell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lou Gehrig	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mule Haas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Syl Johnson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rip Sewell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Glenn McQuillen	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terry Moore	0.0	0.0	0.0
Monte Weaver	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Midkiff	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cookie Lavagetto	0.0	0.0	0.0
Merv Connors	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tex Carleton	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dusty Cooke	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bruce Campbell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Bridges	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mel Ott	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lee Stine	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dave M. Smith	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pinky Whitney	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harlond Clift	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mort Cooper	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmie DeShong	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ben Chapman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vito Tamulis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Niggeling	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Meyer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tony Lazzeri	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chet Morgan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Atley Donald	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lou Finney	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Hallahan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red Lucas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Medwick	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cecil Travis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Archie McKain	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ernie Koy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Gabler	0.0	0.0	0.0
Clint Brown	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nino Bongiovanni	0.0	0.0	0.0
Earl Averill Sr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elden Auker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jo-Jo Moore	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red Ruffing	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buck Ross	0.0	0.0	0.0
Emil Bildilli	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Baker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gilly Campbell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy Spencer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hiker Moran	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ted Lyons	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alex Kampouris	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ken Keltner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roxie Lawson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Dickey	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Easterling	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ed Linke	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stu Martin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Simmons	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Lefebvre	0.0	0.0	0.0
Waite Hoyt	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lou Fette	0.0	0.0	0.0
Boze Berger	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gee Walker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Benge	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick West	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Zuber	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Bartell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny McCarthy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nels Potter	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pete Sivess	0.0	0.0	0.0
Herb Bremer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Butcher	0.0	0.0	0.0
Merv Shea	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ralph McLeod	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jesse Landrum	0.0	0.0	0.0
Billy Herman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Hollingsworth	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Irwin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vern Kennedy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frankie Crosetti	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sam Chapman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red Kress	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buddy Myer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pinky Higgins	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Hayworth	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gil English	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max E. West	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Tresh	0.0	0.0	0.0
Coaker Triplett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Earl Whitehill	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rudy York	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Lohrman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Murphy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pep Young	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sam West	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Weiland	0.0	0.0	0.0
Black Jack Wilson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Packy Rogers	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harl Maggert Jr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Kreevich	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stan Hack	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lee Grissom	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willis Hudlin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hank Greenberg	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Beggs	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ralph Buxton	0.0	0.0	0.0
Earl Browne	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fred Johnson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Howie Krist	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mickey Livingston	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill M. Harris	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luke Hamlin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Art Doll	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rabbit Warstler	0.0	0.0	0.0
Monty Stratton	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charley Root	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fred 'Dixie' Walker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hank Leiber	0.0	0.0	0.0
Art Jorgens	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lynn Nelson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lloyd Waner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Russ Van Atta	0.0	0.0	0.0
Enos Slaughter	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Vosmik	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dykes Potter	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Lopez	0.0	0.0	0.0
Minter 'Jackie' Hayes	0.0	0.0	0.0
Augie Galan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hank Helf	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charlie Gehringer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnnie Wittig	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charlie Berry Jr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Morrie Arnovich	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ed Brandt	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oral Hildebrand	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy Henshaw	0.0	0.0	0.0
Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fabian Gaffke	0.0	0.0	0.0
Greek George	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tony Cuccinello	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Turner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luke Sewell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vance Page	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lew Riggs	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charley Suche	0.0	0.0	0.0
Birdie Tebbetts	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Henrich	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dario Lodigiani	0.0	0.0	0.0
Emmett 'Heinie' Mueller	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Todd	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Ryba	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lee Rogers	0.0	0.0	0.0
Babe Phelps	0.0	0.0	0.0
Art Kenney	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Gerlach	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Epperly	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Derringer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Eisenstat	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Seeds	0.0	0.0	0.0
Babe Barna	0.0	0.0	0.0
Billy Werber	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cy Blanton	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Heath	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don Gutteridge	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Kohlman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bobby Doerr	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fred Frankhouse	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Balas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Stripp	0.0	0.0	0.0
Steve Mesner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Clay Smith	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don Ross	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oscar Georgy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Gordon	0.0	0.0	0.0
Indian Bob Johnson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Lanning	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Thevenow	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don Padgett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fritz Ostermueller	0.0	0.0	0.0
Van Mungo	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmie Dykes	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dizzy Dean	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peaches Davis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oscar Grimes	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy Cullenbine	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blondy Ryan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kemp Wicker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luther 'Bud' Thomas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Russ Bauers	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sig Gryska	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Dean	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gene Desautels	0.0	0.0	0.0
Woody English	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Winford	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Riddle	0.0	0.0	0.0
Whitey Moore	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frankie Pytlak	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Rogalski	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Coffman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gene Hasson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hal Kelleher	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gus Suhr	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buster Mills	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lynn Myers	0.0	0.0	0.0
Taffy Wright	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red Nonnenkamp	0.0	0.0	0.0
Heinie Manush	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ira Hutchinson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Cox	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Craft	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Feller	0.0	0.0	0.0
Les Powers	0.0	0.0	0.0
Steve Sundra	0.0	0.0	0.0
Eddie Smith	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmie Wilson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ed Cole	0.0	0.0	0.0
Creepy Crespi	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rick Ferrell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Doc Cramer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kiki Cuyler	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Thomas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bobby Reis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marv Owen	0.0	0.0	0.0
Big Bill Lee	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ernie Lombardi	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Mack	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tony Piet	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wes Ferrell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Randy Gumpert	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ed Heusser	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Rizzo	0.0	0.0	0.0
George McQuinn	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Mize	0.0	0.0	0.0
Eric McNair	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wayne LaMaster	0.0	0.0	0.0
Debs Garms	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sugar Cain	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Cascarella	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lou Boudreau	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Benton	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Myatt	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Siebert	0.0	0.0	0.0
Phil Weintraub	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julio Bonetti	0.0	0.0	0.0
Guy Bush	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ken Chase	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moe Berg	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Chervinko	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Mueller	0.0	0.0	0.0
Newt Kimball	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ted Kleinhans	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Kroner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Benny McCoy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe DiMaggio	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nick Etten	0.0	0.0	0.0
Howie Gorman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Klinger	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Lucadello	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill McGee	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Stone	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Marcum	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elbie Fletcher	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Boyles	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Whitehead	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wally Berger	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Allen	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Archie	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jumbo Brown	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cliff Melton	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red Rolfe	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Reninger	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al J. Smith	0.0	0.0	0.0
Beau Bell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmy Brown	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Bonura	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Bagby Jr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dolph Camilli	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fred Sington	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gene Moore Jr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thornton Lee	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kirby Higbe	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buck Jordan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ken Jungels	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chet Laabs	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chubby Dean	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gene Corbett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ken Heintzelman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Glenn Liebhardt Jr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pepper Martin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Phebus	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Humphrey	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oris Hockett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Errickson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luke Appling	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Uhl	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red Barrett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Big Jim Weaver	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chuck Workman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom C. Baker	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gus Mancuso	0.0	0.0	0.0
Monte Pearson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rusty Peters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ethan Allen	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frenchy Bordagaray	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pete Appleton	0.0	0.0	0.0
Eddie Mayo	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Kuhel	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabby Hartnett	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Humphries	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Harris	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spud Chandler	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Caster	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elmer Burkart	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harry Kimberlin	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Lanier	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rene Monteagudo	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Heving	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Earley	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy Weir	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rupert Thompson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack Russell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Skeeter Webb	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sam Leslie	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alex Pitko	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Waner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim E. Walkup	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lon Warneke	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charlie Wagner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tot Pressnell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Danny MacFayden	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack Knott	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ival Goodman	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Gill	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ivy Andrews	0.0	0.0	0.0
Earle Brucker Sr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mace Brown	0.0	0.0	0.0
Roy Hughes	0.0	0.0	0.0
Si Johnson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buddy Lewis	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lefty Grove	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bert Haas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vince DiMaggio	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe P. Walsh	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hank Steinbacher	0.0	0.0	0.0
Carl Reynolds	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gene Schott	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hal Trosky Sr.	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jake Wade	0.0	0.0	0.0
Carl Hubbell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Myril Hoag	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wally Moses	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hugh Mulcahy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Arky Vaughan	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Trotter	0.0	0.0	0.0
Clyde Shoun	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Tabor	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Posedel	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Lanning	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Gick	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry French	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lonny Frey	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Heath	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pete Fox	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hy Vandenberg	0.0	0.0	0.0
Irv Bartling	0.0	0.0	0.0
Al Williams	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Bowman	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don Heffner	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Harrell	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Krakauskas	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmie Foxx	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Gaddy	0.0	0.0	0.0
Butch Sutcliffe	0.0	0.0	0.0
Norm Schlueter	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nolen Richardson	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moose Solters	0.0	0.0	0.0
Schoolboy Rowe	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mel Harder	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Frankie Hayes	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Johnny Vander Meer	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Mel Almada	0.0	0.0	-0.0
George Selkirk	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Jim Hitchcock	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Johnny Cooney	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Bill Atwood	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Ken O'Dea	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Skeeter Newsome	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Jim Bucher	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Eddie Feinberg	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Chief Hogsett	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Bill Brubaker	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Cap Clark	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Bob Kahle	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Bobo Newsom	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Pete Coscarart	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Lee Gamble	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Tony Rensa	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Willard Hershberger	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Tony Giuliani	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Jimmy Outlaw	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Johnny Hudson	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Lyn Lary	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Del Young Jr.	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Jimmy Wasdell	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Joe Marty	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Ossie Bluege	0.0	0.1	-0.0
Clay Bryant	0.0	0.1	-0.0

Noteworthy Players of 1938

I conclude this look at the 1938 season by looking at three all-time great players who were regulars in 1938.

Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig played in every New York Yankees' game from June 2, 1925 through April 30, 1939. I have play-by-play data for 1843 of the 2,130 games of this remarkable streak.

The snapshot we get of Lou Gehrig's career from these three seasons is fairly representative of Gehrig's overall career. For the 1927, 1931, and 1938 seasons, Lou Gehrig had a combined batting line of .337/.443/.651 with averages of 40 home runs, 156 RBI, and 140 runs scored per 154 games. For the rest of his career, Gehrig batted .341/.448/.627 with 154-game averages of 34 HRs, 138 RBI, and 133 runs scored.

Based on the data I have, a typical season in Lou Gehrig's career looked something like this in Player won-lost records.

Player	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Lou Gehrig	154	22.7	13.7	3.4	4.9	21.1	13.4	2.9	4.3

Just for some perspective, here are the best seasons in the careers of some of the best first baseman of the past 60 years, adjusted to 154 games.

Player	Season	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Harmon Killebrew	1967	154	21.6	13.5	3.0	4.5	20.3	12.4	2.9	4.3
Willie McCovey	1969	154	22.9	12.5	4.0	5.5	20.7	12.6	2.9	4.3
Jeff Bagwell	1994	154	23.9	13.9	3.8	5.3	23.4	13.0	4.0	5.6
Frank Thomas	1994	154	20.7	12.7	3.2	4.7	21.0	12.7	3.4	4.9
Mark McGwire	1998	154	21.3	12.7	3.2	4.5	23.2	13.4	3.7	5.1
Albert Pujols	2006	154	25.0	13.6	4.7	6.0	21.5	13.6	3.1	4.3

Charlie Gehringer

Detroit Tigers' second baseman Charlie Gehringer was nicknamed "The Mechanical Man" because his performance was so consistent. Over 14 seasons from 1927 through 1940, Gehringer batted over .300 every season. He batted over .320 9 times in those 14 seasons; he collected 175 or more hits 9 times; he slugged over .500 7 times. I have calculated Player won-lost records for 4 of the 14 seasons of Gehringer's prime. And somehow, I missed every season he batted over .320, every season he had 175 or more hits, and every season he slugged over .500. Gehringer's top totals for those three things in the seasons for which I have Player won-lost records were .317 (1927), 174 hits (1938), and a .486 slugging percentage (1938). I also have 3 of his 4 lowest home run totals in that 14-season stretch (although I also have his peak home run season: 20 in 1938). I have only 1 of his 7 100-RBI seasons.

Gehringer played 144 or more games every season from 1928 - the year after the first year of Gehringer's for which I have play-by-play data - through 1938 (which I do have), except for one - 1931, the only year between 1928 and 1937 for which I have play-by-play data so far.

Even with all of that, the numbers that I do have for Gehringer stand up reasonably well to other Hall-of-Fame second basemen, on a per-game basis. Career averages per 154 games for Hall-of-Fame second basemen who started their career in 1947 or later are compared to Charlie Gehringer's 1927, 1931, & 1938 154-game average in the next table.

		Hall of Fame Second Basemen (per 154 games)
Player	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Charlie Gehringer	154	18.7	17.5	0.7	2.2	19.4	17.4	1.1	2.7
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Rogers Hornsby	154	23.1	16.9	3.1	4.7	23.8	17.1	3.3	5.0
Jackie Robinson	154	21.9	15.6	2.9	4.4	21.3	16.6	2.1	3.6
Joe L. Morgan	154	21.8	17.0	2.7	4.2	21.4	17.2	2.4	3.9
Bobby Doerr	154	22.1	17.9	2.3	3.9	20.6	18.1	1.4	3.0
Joe Gordon	154	21.4	17.0	2.3	3.9	20.4	17.4	1.7	3.2
Frankie Frisch	154	22.3	18.6	1.9	3.6	21.5	19.2	1.2	2.9
Tony Lazzeri	154	20.4	17.2	1.8	3.4	19.3	17.4	1.2	2.7
Billy Herman	154	21.8	18.8	1.7	3.3	21.0	19.5	1.0	2.6
Charlie Gehringer	154	20.2	17.5	1.5	3.1	21.0	17.7	1.8	3.5
Roberto Alomar	154	20.4	18.2	1.4	2.9	19.7	18.1	1.1	2.6
Ryne Sandberg	154	20.5	18.2	1.2	2.6	20.8	18.1	1.3	2.8
Nellie Fox	154	19.2	18.0	1.0	2.5	18.5	18.9	0.2	1.7
Rod Carew	154	18.4	16.2	1.1	2.4	18.7	16.4	1.1	2.5
Craig Biggio	154	19.4	17.6	0.9	2.4	19.2	17.7	0.8	2.3
Eddie Collins Sr.	154	18.7	17.4	0.6	2.0	19.5	17.8	0.8	2.2
Red Schoendienst	154	18.2	17.5	0.6	2.0	17.9	17.8	0.2	1.7
Bill Mazeroski	154	17.5	17.7	0.3	1.8	17.2	17.8	0.1	1.5

Bob Feller

When I had only calculated Player won-lost records going back to 1947, I wrote an article that looked at Player won-lost records for Hall-of-Fame players. Bob Feller showed up on the table of Hall-of-Famers, but he was toward the bottom of the list (which was sorted by career pWORL) with players who are either widely regarded as statistical mistakes or players for whom the bulk of their Hall-of-Fame case was prior to 1947. Bob Feller fell into this latter category.

With the addition of 1938 and the first seven years of the 1940s, we have a bit more of the Hall-of-Fame case for Bob Feller. Bob Feller's career Player won-lost records are shown in the next table. These results are not adjusted for missing games.

Season	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Bob Feller Basic Player Won-Lost Records
1936	17	13	4.4	2.9	0.601	0.8	1.2	3.2	3.1	0.512	0.1	0.5
1937	18	25	9.9	9.8	0.500	0.2	1.1	9.2	9.0	0.505	0.3	1.1
1938	19	32	15.3	14.1	0.520	1.1	2.5	14.5	15.5	0.483	-0.0	1.4
1939	20	39	20.4	15.2	0.574	3.2	4.9	20.1	15.4	0.566	2.9	4.6
1940	21	43	25.0	16.6	0.602	4.9	6.7	20.7	15.3	0.574	3.2	4.8
1941	22	44	23.9	17.4	0.578	4.0	5.8	22.0	19.3	0.532	2.1	3.9
1942	23
1943	24
1944	25
1945	26	9	4.7	4.5	0.511	0.2	0.7	4.3	3.7	0.533	0.4	0.8
1946	27	48	27.3	20.0	0.577	4.4	6.7	23.9	19.4	0.552	2.9	5.0
1947	28	42	20.6	17.1	0.547	2.4	4.0	18.7	16.7	0.529	1.6	3.1
1948	29	44	18.9	18.3	0.508	0.9	2.5	16.7	16.5	0.503	0.6	2.1
1949	30	36	12.5	14.2	0.468	-0.5	0.6	13.5	13.0	0.510	0.6	1.7
1950	31	35	16.3	14.0	0.537	1.7	3.1	15.2	14.3	0.515	1.0	2.4
1951	32	33	17.3	13.2	0.567	2.5	3.8	15.0	15.3	0.495	0.3	1.6
1952	33	30	10.5	12.9	0.449	-0.8	0.2	12.0	13.3	0.475	-0.2	0.9
1953	34	25	10.4	9.6	0.520	0.8	1.7	10.2	10.6	0.490	0.2	1.1
1954	35	19	10.1	7.5	0.573	1.7	2.5	8.7	8.3	0.513	0.6	1.4
1955	36	25	3.5	4.6	0.432	-0.5	-0.1	4.6	4.8	0.493	0.0	0.5
1956	37	19	1.5	3.2	0.323	-0.8	-0.5	2.7	3.2	0.461	-0.2	0.1
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CAREER (reg. season)		561	252.5	215.2	0.540	26.1	47.3	235.4	216.9	0.520	16.5	36.9

As I said, we have more of Feller's career, but we're still missing quite a bit: 210.2 IP with 226 K's at ages 17-18 in 1936 and 1937, his breakthrough age-20 season in 1939 when he led the American League in pitcher wins, complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts, and H/9 (and walks), and -70 of the 183 games which Feller pitched in 1938 and 1940-46 (the majority from Feller's finest season, 1946, when he struck out 348 in a mind-boggling 371.1 innings while posting a 2.18 ERA). And, of course, Bob Feller's career is missing his age 23-25 seasons (and most of his age 26 season), not because of missing Player won-lost records, but because of World War II.

Still, at least there's a definite sense now of just how special a pitcher Bob Feller was.

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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