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 4

Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Hank Greenberg 7.8 3.7
4.1
1 Emil 'Dutch' Leonard 9.4 7.7
1.8
2 Jimmie Foxx 6.9 3.6
3.3
2 Elden Auker 8.7 6.4
2.3
3 Rudy York 6.8 3.9
2.8
3 Johnny Rigney 8.7 6.4
2.4
4 Joe DiMaggio 6.7 3.6
3.1
4 Bob Feller 8.7 5.8
2.9
5 Joe Gordon 6.4 4.6
1.8
5 Sid Hudson 8.1 7.2
1.0
6 Indian Bob Johnson 5.9 3.9
2.0
6 Ken Chase 7.9 5.9
1.9
7 Joe Kuhel 5.8 5.0
0.8
7 Al Milnar 7.8 5.8
2.0
8 Hal Trosky Sr. 5.8 4.1
1.7
8 Bobo Newsom 7.5 6.0
1.5
9 Ted Williams 5.7 4.1
1.6
9 Johnny Babich 7.3 5.4
1.9
10 Joe Cronin 5.6 4.1
1.5
10 Thornton Lee 7.2 5.5
1.7

Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Doc Cramer 3.2 5.6
-2.4
1 Emil 'Dutch' Leonard 9.4 7.7
1.8
2 George Case 3.5 5.5
-2.1
2 Sid Hudson 8.1 7.2
1.0
3 Red Rolfe 3.5 5.2
-1.7
3 Red Ruffing 7.1 6.5
0.6
4 Lou Boudreau 4.1 5.2
-1.1
4 Elden Auker 8.7 6.4
2.3
5 Mike Kreevich 3.2 5.0
-1.8
5 Johnny Rigney 8.7 6.4
2.4
6 Roy Weatherly 4.3 5.0
-0.7
6 Bobo Newsom 7.5 6.0
1.5
7 Bob Kennedy 2.8 5.0
-2.2
7 Ken Chase 7.9 5.9
1.9
8 Dick Siebert 3.2 5.0
-1.8
8 Vern Kennedy 7.1 5.9
1.3
9 Joe Kuhel 5.8 5.0
0.8
9 Al Milnar 7.8 5.8
2.0
10 Buddy Lewis 3.8 4.9
-1.1
10 Bob Feller 8.7 5.8
2.9

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 7.8 3.7 4.1
1 Bob Feller 8.7 5.8 2.9
2 Jimmie Foxx 6.9 3.6 3.3
2 Johnny Rigney 8.7 6.4 2.4
3 Joe DiMaggio 6.7 3.6 3.1
3 Elden Auker 8.7 6.4 2.3
4 Rudy York 6.8 3.9 2.8
4 Al Milnar 7.8 5.8 2.0
5 Indian Bob Johnson 5.9 3.9 2.0
5 Johnny Babich 7.3 5.4 1.9
6 Joe Gordon 6.4 4.6 1.8
6 Ken Chase 7.9 5.9 1.9
7 Hal Trosky Sr. 5.8 4.1 1.7
7 Emil 'Dutch' Leonard 9.4 7.7 1.8
8 Ted Williams 5.7 4.1 1.6
8 Thornton Lee 7.2 5.5 1.7
9 Joe Cronin 5.6 4.1 1.5
9 Johnny Allen 4.1 2.5 1.7
10 Wally Judnich 5.2 3.7 1.4
10 Eddie Smith 6.4 4.9 1.5

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

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Doc Cramer 3.2 5.6 -2.4
1 Willis Hudlin 2.4 3.0 -0.7
2 Frankie Crosetti 2.2 4.6 -2.4
2 Lynn Nelson 0.4 0.9 -0.5
3 Bob Kennedy 2.8 5.0 -2.2
3 Emerson Dickman 3.3 3.7 -0.4
4 Don Heffner 2.0 4.2 -2.2
4 Herman Besse 1.7 2.1 -0.4
5 George Case 3.5 5.5 -2.1
5 Chubby Dean 5.3 5.7 -0.4
6 Mike Kreevich 3.2 5.0 -1.8
6 Ed Weiland 0.5 0.8 -0.4
7 Dick Siebert 3.2 5.0 -1.8
7 Bill Cox 0.5 0.8 -0.3
8 Al Brancato 0.9 2.7 -1.8
8 Charlie Wagner 0.9 1.2 -0.3
9 Jimmy Pofahl 1.7 3.4 -1.8
9 Johnny Humphries 1.0 1.2 -0.3
10 Mike Tresh 2.1 3.9 -1.7
10 Charlie Gelbert 0.1 0.3 -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	Hank Greenberg	7.8	3.7	4.1	1	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	9.4	7.7	1.8
2	Jimmie Foxx	6.9	3.6	3.3	2	Elden Auker	8.7	6.4	2.3
3	Rudy York	6.8	3.9	2.8	3	Johnny Rigney	8.7	6.4	2.4
4	Joe DiMaggio	6.7	3.6	3.1	4	Bob Feller	8.7	5.8	2.9
5	Joe Gordon	6.4	4.6	1.8	5	Sid Hudson	8.1	7.2	1.0
6	Indian Bob Johnson	5.9	3.9	2.0	6	Ken Chase	7.9	5.9	1.9
7	Joe Kuhel	5.8	5.0	0.8	7	Al Milnar	7.8	5.8	2.0
8	Hal Trosky Sr.	5.8	4.1	1.7	8	Bobo Newsom	7.5	6.0	1.5
9	Ted Williams	5.7	4.1	1.6	9	Johnny Babich	7.3	5.4	1.9
10	Joe Cronin	5.6	4.1	1.5	10	Thornton Lee	7.2	5.5	1.7

		Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Doc Cramer	3.2	5.6	-2.4	1	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	9.4	7.7	1.8
2	George Case	3.5	5.5	-2.1	2	Sid Hudson	8.1	7.2	1.0
3	Red Rolfe	3.5	5.2	-1.7	3	Red Ruffing	7.1	6.5	0.6
4	Lou Boudreau	4.1	5.2	-1.1	4	Elden Auker	8.7	6.4	2.3
5	Mike Kreevich	3.2	5.0	-1.8	5	Johnny Rigney	8.7	6.4	2.4
6	Roy Weatherly	4.3	5.0	-0.7	6	Bobo Newsom	7.5	6.0	1.5
7	Bob Kennedy	2.8	5.0	-2.2	7	Ken Chase	7.9	5.9	1.9
8	Dick Siebert	3.2	5.0	-1.8	8	Vern Kennedy	7.1	5.9	1.3
9	Joe Kuhel	5.8	5.0	0.8	9	Al Milnar	7.8	5.8	2.0
10	Buddy Lewis	3.8	4.9	-1.1	10	Bob Feller	8.7	5.8	2.9

		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	7.8	3.7	4.1	1	Bob Feller	8.7	5.8	2.9
2	Jimmie Foxx	6.9	3.6	3.3	2	Johnny Rigney	8.7	6.4	2.4
3	Joe DiMaggio	6.7	3.6	3.1	3	Elden Auker	8.7	6.4	2.3
4	Rudy York	6.8	3.9	2.8	4	Al Milnar	7.8	5.8	2.0
5	Indian Bob Johnson	5.9	3.9	2.0	5	Johnny Babich	7.3	5.4	1.9
6	Joe Gordon	6.4	4.6	1.8	6	Ken Chase	7.9	5.9	1.9
7	Hal Trosky Sr.	5.8	4.1	1.7	7	Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	9.4	7.7	1.8
8	Ted Williams	5.7	4.1	1.6	8	Thornton Lee	7.2	5.5	1.7
9	Joe Cronin	5.6	4.1	1.5	9	Johnny Allen	4.1	2.5	1.7
10	Wally Judnich	5.2	3.7	1.4	10	Eddie Smith	6.4	4.9	1.5

		Net Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Doc Cramer	3.2	5.6	-2.4	1	Willis Hudlin	2.4	3.0	-0.7
2	Frankie Crosetti	2.2	4.6	-2.4	2	Lynn Nelson	0.4	0.9	-0.5
3	Bob Kennedy	2.8	5.0	-2.2	3	Emerson Dickman	3.3	3.7	-0.4
4	Don Heffner	2.0	4.2	-2.2	4	Herman Besse	1.7	2.1	-0.4
5	George Case	3.5	5.5	-2.1	5	Chubby Dean	5.3	5.7	-0.4
6	Mike Kreevich	3.2	5.0	-1.8	6	Ed Weiland	0.5	0.8	-0.4
7	Dick Siebert	3.2	5.0	-1.8	7	Bill Cox	0.5	0.8	-0.3
8	Al Brancato	0.9	2.7	-1.8	8	Charlie Wagner	0.9	1.2	-0.3
9	Jimmy Pofahl	1.7	3.4	-1.8	9	Johnny Humphries	1.0	1.2	-0.3
10	Mike Tresh	2.1	3.9	-1.7	10	Charlie Gelbert	0.1	0.3	-0.2