Leaders & Trailers

Leaders and Trailers
1940 American League
(only includes games for which Retrosheet has released play-by-play data)

Leaders and Trailers for a Specific League/Season (1916 to 2019)

Multiple Seasons (Players):
Leaders and Trailers over Full Retrosheet Era (1916 to 2019)

Players: Single-Season, Career; Teams: Single-Season

Statistics to Show for Leaders and Trailers

Regular Season Only
Total Wins (Wins, Losses, WOPA, WORL):    pWins    eWins
Batting    Baserunning    Offense    Pitching    Fielding (all positions)    Defense
By Position:    P    C    1B    2B    3B    SS    LF    CF    RF    DH    PH    PR    P Off.    SP    RP
By Component :    1    2    3    4    3&4    5    6    7    8    9    8&9
Fielding, by Position:    P    C    1B    2B    3B    SS    LF    CF    RF

Postseason (Players only):    Total, All Series    World Series    League Championship Series    Division Series    Wild Card Round
Total Wins (Regular Season plus Postseason):    pWins    eWins

Missing games extrapolated

Component 1

Baserunning Wins
Top 10 Players           Pitcher Wins
Top 10 Players           Catcher Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 George Case 1.0 0.9
0.1
1 Bobo Newsom 0.7 0.3
0.4
1 Birdie Tebbetts 1.1 0.9
0.2
2 Joe Gordon 0.8 0.4
0.4
2 Bob Feller 0.5 0.2
0.2
2 Mike Tresh 1.0 0.9
0.1
3 Gee Walker 0.8 0.4
0.4
3 Emil 'Dutch' Leonard 0.4 0.3
0.0
3 Rick Ferrell 0.9 0.6
0.3
4 Buddy Lewis 0.5 0.6
-0.1
4 Nels Potter 0.3 0.2
0.1
4 Rollie Hemsley 0.7 0.8
-0.0
5 Frankie Crosetti 0.5 0.3
0.1
5 Dizzy Trout 0.3 0.1
0.1
5 Bob Swift 0.7 0.8
-0.1
6 Roy Weatherly 0.5 0.3
0.2
6 Red Ruffing 0.3 0.1
0.1
6 Frankie Hayes 0.7 1.0
-0.3
7 Barney McCosky 0.4 0.6
-0.2
7 Al J. Smith 0.2 0.1
0.1
7 Bill Dickey 0.6 0.6
-0.0
8 Dom DiMaggio 0.4 0.2
0.2
8 Al Milnar 0.2 0.2
0.0
8 Buddy Rosar 0.5 0.4
0.1
9 Wally Moses 0.4 0.3
0.1
9 Tommy Bridges 0.2 0.3
-0.1
9 Frankie Pytlak 0.5 0.3
0.2
10 Mike Kreevich 0.4 0.3
0.0
10 George Caster 0.2 0.2
0.1
10 Jake Early 0.5 0.4
0.1

Baserunning Losses
Top 10 Players           Pitcher Losses
Top 10 Players           Catcher Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 George Case 1.0 0.9
0.1
1 Johnny Rigney 0.2 0.4
-0.1
1 Frankie Hayes 0.7 1.0
-0.3
2 Buddy Lewis 0.5 0.6
-0.1
2 Hal Newhouser 0.2 0.3
-0.1
2 Birdie Tebbetts 1.1 0.9
0.2
3 Barney McCosky 0.4 0.6
-0.2
3 Emil 'Dutch' Leonard 0.4 0.3
0.0
3 Mike Tresh 1.0 0.9
0.1
4 Johnny Welaj 0.2 0.6
-0.3
4 Ken Chase 0.1 0.3
-0.1
4 Bob Swift 0.7 0.8
-0.1
5 Mike Tresh 0.2 0.5
-0.3
5 Tommy Bridges 0.2 0.3
-0.1
5 Rollie Hemsley 0.7 0.8
-0.0
6 Taffy Wright 0.3 0.5
-0.2
6 Bobo Newsom 0.7 0.3
0.4
6 Rick Ferrell 0.9 0.6
0.3
7 Joe Gordon 0.8 0.4
0.4
7 Vern Kennedy 0.1 0.3
-0.2
7 Bill Dickey 0.6 0.6
-0.0
8 Skeeter Webb 0.1 0.4
-0.3
8 Nels Potter 0.3 0.2
0.1
8 Jimmie Foxx 0.3 0.5
-0.2
9 Harlond Clift 0.2 0.4
-0.2
9 Joe Heving 0.0 0.2
-0.2
9 Jake Early 0.5 0.4
0.1
10 Sam Chapman 0.2 0.4
-0.2
10 Johnny Babich 0.1 0.2
-0.2
10 Billy Sullivan Jr. 0.4 0.4
-0.0

Net Baserunning Wins
Top 10 Players           Net Pitcher Wins
Top 10 Players           Net Catcher Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Gee Walker 0.8 0.4 0.4
1 Bobo Newsom 0.7 0.3 0.4
1 Rick Ferrell 0.9 0.6 0.3
2 Joe Gordon 0.8 0.4 0.4
2 Bob Feller 0.5 0.2 0.2
2 Birdie Tebbetts 1.1 0.9 0.2
3 Lou Boudreau 0.4 0.1 0.3
3 Jack Knott 0.2 0.1 0.1
3 Frankie Pytlak 0.5 0.3 0.2
4 Charlie Gehringer 0.3 0.0 0.2
4 Al J. Smith 0.2 0.1 0.1
4 Buddy Rosar 0.5 0.4 0.1
5 Dom DiMaggio 0.4 0.2 0.2
5 Red Ruffing 0.3 0.1 0.1
5 Mike Tresh 1.0 0.9 0.1
6 Roy Weatherly 0.5 0.3 0.2
6 Archie McKain 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Johnny Peacock 0.2 0.2 0.1
7 Jimmy Bloodworth 0.2 0.1 0.1
7 Dizzy Trout 0.3 0.1 0.1
7 Earle Brucker Sr. 0.2 0.1 0.1
8 Joe Kuhel 0.4 0.2 0.1
8 Marius Russo 0.2 0.1 0.1
8 Jake Early 0.5 0.4 0.1
9 Wally Moses 0.4 0.3 0.1
9 George Caster 0.2 0.2 0.1
9 Joe Grace 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Frankie Crosetti 0.5 0.3 0.1
10 Jim Bagby Jr. 0.2 0.1 0.1
10 Hank Helf 0.0 0.0 0.0

Net Baserunning Losses
Top 10 Players           Net Pitcher Losses
Top 10 Players           Net Catcher Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Johnny Welaj 0.2 0.6 -0.3
1 Joe Heving 0.0 0.2 -0.2
1 Frankie Hayes 0.7 1.0 -0.3
2 Eric McNair 0.1 0.4 -0.3
2 Vern Kennedy 0.1 0.3 -0.2
2 Jimmie Foxx 0.3 0.5 -0.2
3 Mike Tresh 0.2 0.5 -0.3
3 Johnny Babich 0.1 0.2 -0.2
3 Tom R. Turner 0.1 0.3 -0.2
4 Skeeter Webb 0.1 0.4 -0.3
4 Ken Chase 0.1 0.3 -0.1
4 Hal Wagner 0.1 0.3 -0.2
5 Sam Chapman 0.2 0.4 -0.2
5 Johnny Rigney 0.2 0.4 -0.1
5 George Susce Sr. 0.2 0.3 -0.1
6 Barney McCosky 0.4 0.6 -0.2
6 Johnny Niggeling 0.1 0.2 -0.1
6 Bob Swift 0.7 0.8 -0.1
7 Bruce Campbell 0.1 0.3 -0.2
7 Hal Newhouser 0.2 0.3 -0.1
7 Al Evans 0.0 0.0 -0.0
8 Jimmie Foxx 0.2 0.3 -0.2
8 John Whitehead 0.0 0.1 -0.1
8 Rollie Hemsley 0.7 0.8 -0.0
9 George Selkirk 0.2 0.4 -0.2
9 Porter Vaughan 0.0 0.1 -0.1
9 Joe Glenn 0.1 0.1 -0.0
10 Harlond Clift 0.2 0.4 -0.2
10 Clint Brown 0.0 0.1 -0.1
10 Gene Desautels 0.3 0.3 -0.0

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		Baserunning Wins Top 10 Players					Pitcher Wins Top 10 Players					Catcher Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	George Case	1.0	0.9	0.1	1	Bobo Newsom	0.7	0.3	0.4	1	Birdie Tebbetts	1.1	0.9	0.2
2	Joe Gordon	0.8	0.4	0.4	2	Bob Feller	0.5	0.2	0.2	2	Mike Tresh	1.0	0.9	0.1
3	Gee Walker	0.8	0.4	0.4	3	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	0.4	0.3	0.0	3	Rick Ferrell	0.9	0.6	0.3
4	Buddy Lewis	0.5	0.6	-0.1	4	Nels Potter	0.3	0.2	0.1	4	Rollie Hemsley	0.7	0.8	-0.0
5	Frankie Crosetti	0.5	0.3	0.1	5	Dizzy Trout	0.3	0.1	0.1	5	Bob Swift	0.7	0.8	-0.1
6	Roy Weatherly	0.5	0.3	0.2	6	Red Ruffing	0.3	0.1	0.1	6	Frankie Hayes	0.7	1.0	-0.3
7	Barney McCosky	0.4	0.6	-0.2	7	Al J. Smith	0.2	0.1	0.1	7	Bill Dickey	0.6	0.6	-0.0
8	Dom DiMaggio	0.4	0.2	0.2	8	Al Milnar	0.2	0.2	0.0	8	Buddy Rosar	0.5	0.4	0.1
9	Wally Moses	0.4	0.3	0.1	9	Tommy Bridges	0.2	0.3	-0.1	9	Frankie Pytlak	0.5	0.3	0.2
10	Mike Kreevich	0.4	0.3	0.0	10	George Caster	0.2	0.2	0.1	10	Jake Early	0.5	0.4	0.1

		Baserunning Losses Top 10 Players					Pitcher Losses Top 10 Players					Catcher Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	George Case	1.0	0.9	0.1	1	Johnny Rigney	0.2	0.4	-0.1	1	Frankie Hayes	0.7	1.0	-0.3
2	Buddy Lewis	0.5	0.6	-0.1	2	Hal Newhouser	0.2	0.3	-0.1	2	Birdie Tebbetts	1.1	0.9	0.2
3	Barney McCosky	0.4	0.6	-0.2	3	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	0.4	0.3	0.0	3	Mike Tresh	1.0	0.9	0.1
4	Johnny Welaj	0.2	0.6	-0.3	4	Ken Chase	0.1	0.3	-0.1	4	Bob Swift	0.7	0.8	-0.1
5	Mike Tresh	0.2	0.5	-0.3	5	Tommy Bridges	0.2	0.3	-0.1	5	Rollie Hemsley	0.7	0.8	-0.0
6	Taffy Wright	0.3	0.5	-0.2	6	Bobo Newsom	0.7	0.3	0.4	6	Rick Ferrell	0.9	0.6	0.3
7	Joe Gordon	0.8	0.4	0.4	7	Vern Kennedy	0.1	0.3	-0.2	7	Bill Dickey	0.6	0.6	-0.0
8	Skeeter Webb	0.1	0.4	-0.3	8	Nels Potter	0.3	0.2	0.1	8	Jimmie Foxx	0.3	0.5	-0.2
9	Harlond Clift	0.2	0.4	-0.2	9	Joe Heving	0.0	0.2	-0.2	9	Jake Early	0.5	0.4	0.1
10	Sam Chapman	0.2	0.4	-0.2	10	Johnny Babich	0.1	0.2	-0.2	10	Billy Sullivan Jr.	0.4	0.4	-0.0

		Net Baserunning Wins Top 10 Players					Net Pitcher Wins Top 10 Players					Net Catcher Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Gee Walker	0.8	0.4	0.4	1	Bobo Newsom	0.7	0.3	0.4	1	Rick Ferrell	0.9	0.6	0.3
2	Joe Gordon	0.8	0.4	0.4	2	Bob Feller	0.5	0.2	0.2	2	Birdie Tebbetts	1.1	0.9	0.2
3	Lou Boudreau	0.4	0.1	0.3	3	Jack Knott	0.2	0.1	0.1	3	Frankie Pytlak	0.5	0.3	0.2
4	Charlie Gehringer	0.3	0.0	0.2	4	Al J. Smith	0.2	0.1	0.1	4	Buddy Rosar	0.5	0.4	0.1
5	Dom DiMaggio	0.4	0.2	0.2	5	Red Ruffing	0.3	0.1	0.1	5	Mike Tresh	1.0	0.9	0.1
6	Roy Weatherly	0.5	0.3	0.2	6	Archie McKain	0.1	0.0	0.1	6	Johnny Peacock	0.2	0.2	0.1
7	Jimmy Bloodworth	0.2	0.1	0.1	7	Dizzy Trout	0.3	0.1	0.1	7	Earle Brucker Sr.	0.2	0.1	0.1
8	Joe Kuhel	0.4	0.2	0.1	8	Marius Russo	0.2	0.1	0.1	8	Jake Early	0.5	0.4	0.1
9	Wally Moses	0.4	0.3	0.1	9	George Caster	0.2	0.2	0.1	9	Joe Grace	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Frankie Crosetti	0.5	0.3	0.1	10	Jim Bagby Jr.	0.2	0.1	0.1	10	Hank Helf	0.0	0.0	0.0

		Net Baserunning Losses Top 10 Players					Net Pitcher Losses Top 10 Players					Net Catcher Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Johnny Welaj	0.2	0.6	-0.3	1	Joe Heving	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1	Frankie Hayes	0.7	1.0	-0.3
2	Eric McNair	0.1	0.4	-0.3	2	Vern Kennedy	0.1	0.3	-0.2	2	Jimmie Foxx	0.3	0.5	-0.2
3	Mike Tresh	0.2	0.5	-0.3	3	Johnny Babich	0.1	0.2	-0.2	3	Tom R. Turner	0.1	0.3	-0.2
4	Skeeter Webb	0.1	0.4	-0.3	4	Ken Chase	0.1	0.3	-0.1	4	Hal Wagner	0.1	0.3	-0.2
5	Sam Chapman	0.2	0.4	-0.2	5	Johnny Rigney	0.2	0.4	-0.1	5	George Susce Sr.	0.2	0.3	-0.1
6	Barney McCosky	0.4	0.6	-0.2	6	Johnny Niggeling	0.1	0.2	-0.1	6	Bob Swift	0.7	0.8	-0.1
7	Bruce Campbell	0.1	0.3	-0.2	7	Hal Newhouser	0.2	0.3	-0.1	7	Al Evans	0.0	0.0	-0.0
8	Jimmie Foxx	0.2	0.3	-0.2	8	John Whitehead	0.0	0.1	-0.1	8	Rollie Hemsley	0.7	0.8	-0.0
9	George Selkirk	0.2	0.4	-0.2	9	Porter Vaughan	0.0	0.1	-0.1	9	Joe Glenn	0.1	0.1	-0.0
10	Harlond Clift	0.2	0.4	-0.2	10	Clint Brown	0.0	0.1	-0.1	10	Gene Desautels	0.3	0.3	-0.0