Leaders & Trailers

Leaders and Trailers
1937 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 4

Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Joe DiMaggio 8.2 4.6
3.6
1 Wes Ferrell 9.0 8.0
1.0
2 Hank Greenberg 7.5 3.7
3.8
2 Jimmie DeShong 8.6 6.1
2.5
3 Lou Gehrig 7.0 4.2
2.8
3 Elden Auker 8.3 5.2
3.2
4 Jimmie Foxx 6.7 4.1
2.7
4 Bobo Newsom 8.3 6.4
1.9
5 Hal Trosky Sr. 6.5 4.7
1.8
5 Lefty Grove 8.1 5.2
2.9
6 Wally Moses 6.3 5.2
1.0
6 Lefty Gomez 7.9 4.2
3.7
7 Harlond Clift 6.1 4.0
2.1
7 Red Ruffing 7.7 5.4
2.3
8 Bill Dickey 5.9 4.0
1.9
8 Tommy Bridges 7.3 5.4
1.9
9 Rudy York 5.6 2.8
2.8
9 Mel Harder 7.3 5.0
2.2
10 Indian Bob Johnson 5.5 3.3
2.2
10 George Caster 7.2 6.3
1.0

Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Buddy Lewis 4.0 5.6
-1.5
1 Wes Ferrell 9.0 8.0
1.0
2 Red Rolfe 2.7 5.3
-2.6
2 Bobo Newsom 8.3 6.4
1.9
3 Minter 'Jackie' Hayes 2.4 5.3
-2.9
3 George Caster 7.2 6.3
1.0
4 Wally Moses 6.3 5.2
1.0
4 Harry Kelley 6.6 6.1
0.5
5 Fred 'Dixie' Walker 3.7 5.2
-1.5
5 Jimmie DeShong 8.6 6.1
2.5
6 Pete Fox 4.2 4.9
-0.6
6 Johnny Marcum 6.1 5.9
0.2
7 Doc Cramer 2.6 4.8
-2.2
7 Jack Knott 5.9 5.9
-0.0
8 Mike Kreevich 4.0 4.8
-0.8
8 Roxie Lawson 7.1 5.6
1.5
9 Lyn Lary 3.9 4.8
-0.9
9 Monte Weaver 6.5 5.5
0.9
10 Odell Hale 3.0 4.8
-1.8
10 Vern Kennedy 6.9 5.5
1.4

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

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Hank Greenberg 7.5 3.7 3.8
1 Lefty Gomez 7.9 4.2 3.7
2 Joe DiMaggio 8.2 4.6 3.6
2 Elden Auker 8.3 5.2 3.2
3 Lou Gehrig 7.0 4.2 2.8
3 Lefty Grove 8.1 5.2 2.9
4 Rudy York 5.6 2.8 2.8
4 Jimmie DeShong 8.6 6.1 2.5
5 Jimmie Foxx 6.7 4.1 2.7
5 Monty Stratton 5.2 2.9 2.3
6 Indian Bob Johnson 5.5 3.3 2.2
6 Johnny Allen 5.1 2.8 2.3
7 Harlond Clift 6.1 4.0 2.1
7 Red Ruffing 7.7 5.4 2.3
8 Bill Dickey 5.9 4.0 1.9
8 Mel Harder 7.3 5.0 2.2
9 Hal Trosky Sr. 6.5 4.7 1.8
9 Black Jack Wilson 6.7 4.5 2.2
10 George Selkirk 3.3 1.9 1.4
10 Bobo Newsom 8.3 6.4 1.9

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

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Minter 'Jackie' Hayes 2.4 5.3 -2.9
1 Lynn Nelson 3.5 4.1 -0.7
2 Red Rolfe 2.7 5.3 -2.6
2 Schoolboy Rowe 1.1 1.4 -0.3
3 Tom 'Scoops' Carey 1.8 4.1 -2.3
3 Ed Baecht 0.2 0.5 -0.3
4 Doc Cramer 2.6 4.8 -2.2
4 Vic Sorrell 0.5 0.8 -0.3
5 Skeeter Newsome 2.0 4.0 -2.0
5 George Hennessey 0.2 0.4 -0.3
6 Bill Knickerbocker 2.3 4.2 -1.9
6 Johnny Rigney 2.8 3.0 -0.2
7 Harry 'Stinky' Davis 2.0 3.8 -1.8
7 Italo Chelini 0.2 0.5 -0.2
8 Lou Finney 1.7 3.5 -1.8
8 Joe Heving 2.2 2.4 -0.2
9 Mel Almada 2.9 4.7 -1.8
9 Nig Lipscomb 0.3 0.5 -0.2
10 Odell Hale 3.0 4.8 -1.8
10 Ed Linke 3.8 3.9 -0.1

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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	Joe DiMaggio	8.2	4.6	3.6	1	Wes Ferrell	9.0	8.0	1.0
2	Hank Greenberg	7.5	3.7	3.8	2	Jimmie DeShong	8.6	6.1	2.5
3	Lou Gehrig	7.0	4.2	2.8	3	Elden Auker	8.3	5.2	3.2
4	Jimmie Foxx	6.7	4.1	2.7	4	Bobo Newsom	8.3	6.4	1.9
5	Hal Trosky Sr.	6.5	4.7	1.8	5	Lefty Grove	8.1	5.2	2.9
6	Wally Moses	6.3	5.2	1.0	6	Lefty Gomez	7.9	4.2	3.7
7	Harlond Clift	6.1	4.0	2.1	7	Red Ruffing	7.7	5.4	2.3
8	Bill Dickey	5.9	4.0	1.9	8	Tommy Bridges	7.3	5.4	1.9
9	Rudy York	5.6	2.8	2.8	9	Mel Harder	7.3	5.0	2.2
10	Indian Bob Johnson	5.5	3.3	2.2	10	George Caster	7.2	6.3	1.0

		Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Buddy Lewis	4.0	5.6	-1.5	1	Wes Ferrell	9.0	8.0	1.0
2	Red Rolfe	2.7	5.3	-2.6	2	Bobo Newsom	8.3	6.4	1.9
3	Minter 'Jackie' Hayes	2.4	5.3	-2.9	3	George Caster	7.2	6.3	1.0
4	Wally Moses	6.3	5.2	1.0	4	Harry Kelley	6.6	6.1	0.5
5	Fred 'Dixie' Walker	3.7	5.2	-1.5	5	Jimmie DeShong	8.6	6.1	2.5
6	Pete Fox	4.2	4.9	-0.6	6	Johnny Marcum	6.1	5.9	0.2
7	Doc Cramer	2.6	4.8	-2.2	7	Jack Knott	5.9	5.9	-0.0
8	Mike Kreevich	4.0	4.8	-0.8	8	Roxie Lawson	7.1	5.6	1.5
9	Lyn Lary	3.9	4.8	-0.9	9	Monte Weaver	6.5	5.5	0.9
10	Odell Hale	3.0	4.8	-1.8	10	Vern Kennedy	6.9	5.5	1.4

		Net Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Hank Greenberg	7.5	3.7	3.8	1	Lefty Gomez	7.9	4.2	3.7
2	Joe DiMaggio	8.2	4.6	3.6	2	Elden Auker	8.3	5.2	3.2
3	Lou Gehrig	7.0	4.2	2.8	3	Lefty Grove	8.1	5.2	2.9
4	Rudy York	5.6	2.8	2.8	4	Jimmie DeShong	8.6	6.1	2.5
5	Jimmie Foxx	6.7	4.1	2.7	5	Monty Stratton	5.2	2.9	2.3
6	Indian Bob Johnson	5.5	3.3	2.2	6	Johnny Allen	5.1	2.8	2.3
7	Harlond Clift	6.1	4.0	2.1	7	Red Ruffing	7.7	5.4	2.3
8	Bill Dickey	5.9	4.0	1.9	8	Mel Harder	7.3	5.0	2.2
9	Hal Trosky Sr.	6.5	4.7	1.8	9	Black Jack Wilson	6.7	4.5	2.2
10	George Selkirk	3.3	1.9	1.4	10	Bobo Newsom	8.3	6.4	1.9

		Net Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Minter 'Jackie' Hayes	2.4	5.3	-2.9	1	Lynn Nelson	3.5	4.1	-0.7
2	Red Rolfe	2.7	5.3	-2.6	2	Schoolboy Rowe	1.1	1.4	-0.3
3	Tom 'Scoops' Carey	1.8	4.1	-2.3	3	Ed Baecht	0.2	0.5	-0.3
4	Doc Cramer	2.6	4.8	-2.2	4	Vic Sorrell	0.5	0.8	-0.3
5	Skeeter Newsome	2.0	4.0	-2.0	5	George Hennessey	0.2	0.4	-0.3
6	Bill Knickerbocker	2.3	4.2	-1.9	6	Johnny Rigney	2.8	3.0	-0.2
7	Harry 'Stinky' Davis	2.0	3.8	-1.8	7	Italo Chelini	0.2	0.5	-0.2
8	Lou Finney	1.7	3.5	-1.8	8	Joe Heving	2.2	2.4	-0.2
9	Mel Almada	2.9	4.7	-1.8	9	Nig Lipscomb	0.3	0.5	-0.2
10	Odell Hale	3.0	4.8	-1.8	10	Ed Linke	3.8	3.9	-0.1