Leaders & Trailers

Leaders and Trailers
1929 Major Leagues
(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 4

Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Babe Ruth 8.2 3.3
4.9
1 Willis Hudlin 9.5 5.7
3.8
2 Al Simmons 7.6 4.1
3.5
2 Sad Sam Gray 9.0 7.0
2.1
3 Rogers Hornsby 7.4 3.9
3.6
3 Tommy Thomas 8.6 7.2
1.5
4 Chuck Klein 7.3 4.7
2.6
4 Guy Bush 8.5 5.8
2.7
5 Mel Ott 7.3 4.1
3.1
5 Red Lucas 8.4 6.2
2.2
6 Hack Wilson 7.2 3.9
3.3
6 Watty Clark 8.3 6.2
2.1
7 Lefty O'Doul 7.0 4.8
2.2
7 Ted Lyons 8.3 6.1
2.2
8 Jimmie Foxx 6.9 3.4
3.5
8 Claude Willoughby 8.2 5.5
2.7
9 Lou Gehrig 6.6 3.9
2.6
9 Alvin Crowder 8.1 7.0
1.1
10 Jim Bottomley 6.1 4.3
1.8
10 Burleigh Grimes 8.0 5.2
2.8

Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Lloyd Waner 4.0 5.3
-1.3
1 Rube Walberg 7.9 7.5
0.3
2 Johnny Frederick 5.5 5.2
0.3
2 Tommy Thomas 8.6 7.2
1.5
3 Pinky Whitney 3.3 5.1
-1.9
3 Sad Sam Gray 9.0 7.0
2.1
4 Andy High 3.9 5.1
-1.2
4 Alvin Crowder 8.1 7.0
1.1
5 Joe Sewell 4.2 5.1
-0.9
5 Vic Sorrell 6.8 6.3
0.5
6 Sam Rice 3.2 5.1
-1.9
6 Red Lucas 8.4 6.2
2.2
7 George Sisler 3.5 5.0
-1.5
7 Watty Clark 8.3 6.2
2.1
8 Fresco Thompson 2.9 5.0
-2.1
8 Bob Eldridge Smith 7.5 6.1
1.3
9 Paul Waner 5.0 5.0
-0.0
9 Red Ruffing 6.9 6.1
0.7
10 Woody English 2.7 5.0
-2.3
10 Ted Lyons 8.3 6.1
2.2

Net Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Net Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Babe Ruth 8.2 3.3 4.9
1 Willis Hudlin 9.5 5.7 3.8
2 Rogers Hornsby 7.4 3.9 3.6
2 Burleigh Grimes 8.0 5.2 2.8
3 Al Simmons 7.6 4.1 3.5
3 Charley Root 8.0 5.2 2.8
4 Jimmie Foxx 6.9 3.4 3.5
4 Guy Bush 8.5 5.8 2.7
5 Hack Wilson 7.2 3.9 3.3
5 George Earnshaw 7.4 4.7 2.7
6 Mel Ott 7.3 4.1 3.1
6 Eppa Rixey 6.7 4.0 2.7
7 Chuck Klein 7.3 4.7 2.6
7 Claude Willoughby 8.2 5.5 2.7
8 Lou Gehrig 6.6 3.9 2.6
8 Jake Miller (1924) 7.0 4.4 2.6
9 Lefty O'Doul 7.0 4.8 2.2
9 Lefty Grove 7.8 5.4 2.4
10 Jim Bottomley 6.1 4.3 1.8
10 Firpo Marberry 7.2 4.8 2.3

Net Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Net Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Woody English 2.7 5.0 -2.3
1 Jimmy Zinn 3.1 3.8 -0.7
2 Evar Swanson 2.5 4.7 -2.2
2 Fred Fussell 1.3 1.8 -0.5
3 Hughie Critz 1.7 3.8 -2.2
3 Ossie Orwoll 0.9 1.3 -0.4
4 Lance Richbourg 2.5 4.7 -2.1
4 Joe Genewich 2.6 3.0 -0.4
5 Freddie Maguire 2.1 4.2 -2.1
5 Dan Dugan 2.0 2.4 -0.4
6 Fresco Thompson 2.9 5.0 -2.1
6 Bill Bayne 2.4 2.8 -0.4
7 Rabbit Maranville 2.6 4.6 -2.0
7 Ted Blankenship 0.5 0.8 -0.3
8 Sam West 2.3 4.3 -2.0
8 Kent Greenfield 0.6 1.0 -0.3
9 Hod Ford 2.6 4.6 -2.0
9 Alex Ferguson 0.5 0.7 -0.3
10 Sam Rice 3.2 5.1 -1.9
10 George Grant 0.7 1.0 -0.2

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		Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Pitching Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Babe Ruth	8.2	3.3	4.9	1	Willis Hudlin	9.5	5.7	3.8
2	Al Simmons	7.6	4.1	3.5	2	Sad Sam Gray	9.0	7.0	2.1
3	Rogers Hornsby	7.4	3.9	3.6	3	Tommy Thomas	8.6	7.2	1.5
4	Chuck Klein	7.3	4.7	2.6	4	Guy Bush	8.5	5.8	2.7
5	Mel Ott	7.3	4.1	3.1	5	Red Lucas	8.4	6.2	2.2
6	Hack Wilson	7.2	3.9	3.3	6	Watty Clark	8.3	6.2	2.1
7	Lefty O'Doul	7.0	4.8	2.2	7	Ted Lyons	8.3	6.1	2.2
8	Jimmie Foxx	6.9	3.4	3.5	8	Claude Willoughby	8.2	5.5	2.7
9	Lou Gehrig	6.6	3.9	2.6	9	Alvin Crowder	8.1	7.0	1.1
10	Jim Bottomley	6.1	4.3	1.8	10	Burleigh Grimes	8.0	5.2	2.8

		Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Lloyd Waner	4.0	5.3	-1.3	1	Rube Walberg	7.9	7.5	0.3
2	Johnny Frederick	5.5	5.2	0.3	2	Tommy Thomas	8.6	7.2	1.5
3	Pinky Whitney	3.3	5.1	-1.9	3	Sad Sam Gray	9.0	7.0	2.1
4	Andy High	3.9	5.1	-1.2	4	Alvin Crowder	8.1	7.0	1.1
5	Joe Sewell	4.2	5.1	-0.9	5	Vic Sorrell	6.8	6.3	0.5
6	Sam Rice	3.2	5.1	-1.9	6	Red Lucas	8.4	6.2	2.2
7	George Sisler	3.5	5.0	-1.5	7	Watty Clark	8.3	6.2	2.1
8	Fresco Thompson	2.9	5.0	-2.1	8	Bob Eldridge Smith	7.5	6.1	1.3
9	Paul Waner	5.0	5.0	-0.0	9	Red Ruffing	6.9	6.1	0.7
10	Woody English	2.7	5.0	-2.3	10	Ted Lyons	8.3	6.1	2.2

		Net Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Babe Ruth	8.2	3.3	4.9	1	Willis Hudlin	9.5	5.7	3.8
2	Rogers Hornsby	7.4	3.9	3.6	2	Burleigh Grimes	8.0	5.2	2.8
3	Al Simmons	7.6	4.1	3.5	3	Charley Root	8.0	5.2	2.8
4	Jimmie Foxx	6.9	3.4	3.5	4	Guy Bush	8.5	5.8	2.7
5	Hack Wilson	7.2	3.9	3.3	5	George Earnshaw	7.4	4.7	2.7
6	Mel Ott	7.3	4.1	3.1	6	Eppa Rixey	6.7	4.0	2.7
7	Chuck Klein	7.3	4.7	2.6	7	Claude Willoughby	8.2	5.5	2.7
8	Lou Gehrig	6.6	3.9	2.6	8	Jake Miller (1924)	7.0	4.4	2.6
9	Lefty O'Doul	7.0	4.8	2.2	9	Lefty Grove	7.8	5.4	2.4
10	Jim Bottomley	6.1	4.3	1.8	10	Firpo Marberry	7.2	4.8	2.3

		Net Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Woody English	2.7	5.0	-2.3	1	Jimmy Zinn	3.1	3.8	-0.7
2	Evar Swanson	2.5	4.7	-2.2	2	Fred Fussell	1.3	1.8	-0.5
3	Hughie Critz	1.7	3.8	-2.2	3	Ossie Orwoll	0.9	1.3	-0.4
4	Lance Richbourg	2.5	4.7	-2.1	4	Joe Genewich	2.6	3.0	-0.4
5	Freddie Maguire	2.1	4.2	-2.1	5	Dan Dugan	2.0	2.4	-0.4
6	Fresco Thompson	2.9	5.0	-2.1	6	Bill Bayne	2.4	2.8	-0.4
7	Rabbit Maranville	2.6	4.6	-2.0	7	Ted Blankenship	0.5	0.8	-0.3
8	Sam West	2.3	4.3	-2.0	8	Kent Greenfield	0.6	1.0	-0.3
9	Hod Ford	2.6	4.6	-2.0	9	Alex Ferguson	0.5	0.7	-0.3
10	Sam Rice	3.2	5.1	-1.9	10	George Grant	0.7	1.0	-0.2