1961 American League
Baseball Player Won-Loss Records
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1961 American League*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1961 National League  1961 Major Leagues  

1961 American League Leaders and Trailers
1961 Postseason
1961 Season as Seen Through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run) "

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): 0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)


Basic Player Won-Lost Records by Team
(Sorted by pWOPA)
Team Games Wins Losses pWins pLosses pWOPA
163.0109.5
53.5
272.5216.556.1
163.0101.5
61.5
264.5224.540.2
163.095.5
67.5
258.5230.528.3
163.086.5
76.5
249.5239.59.6
161.078.0
83.0
239.0244.0-5.7
163.076.5
86.5
239.5249.5-10.6
161.070.5
90.5
231.5251.5-19.7
162.070.5
91.5
232.5253.5-21.6
162.061.5
100.5
223.5262.5-38.9
161.061.0
100.0
222.0261.0-39.2
Ties count as 0.5 win and 0.5 loss. Teams in bold made the postseason. pWins equal team wins plus team games; pLosses equal team losses plus team games.

Expected Won-Lost Records by Team
(Sorted by eWORL)
Team eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
256.3232.725.653.7
255.3233.723.251.2
249.6239.412.240.3
245.0244.02.831.1
241.3241.70.628.3
240.8242.2-1.426.4
240.7245.3-4.723.9
239.3249.7-10.917.2
235.9247.1-10.717.0
234.4251.6-16.411.4


Batting Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
123.8110.10.52913.7
121.9109.30.52712.7
114.6113.40.5031.1
111.1111.10.500-0.1
113.0113.60.499-0.6
112.4113.30.498-0.8
111.3113.10.496-1.8
110.9113.80.494-2.8
104.3111.40.484-7.1
106.7114.90.481-8.2


Baserunning Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
9.67.30.5682.3
8.77.40.5411.3
8.88.10.5190.7
9.38.70.5180.6
10.09.60.5110.4
10.910.50.5080.4
8.48.70.492-0.3
8.08.70.478-0.7
8.89.60.480-0.7
8.39.50.467-1.2


Pitching Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
83.874.70.5299.1
79.274.90.5144.4
79.675.80.5123.8
79.376.00.5113.3
76.975.60.5041.3
76.577.10.498-0.6
79.981.70.495-1.8
76.980.10.490-3.2
74.178.00.487-3.9
75.781.30.482-5.5


Fielding Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
44.340.60.5223.7
43.339.60.5223.7
44.541.90.5152.6
41.840.60.5071.1
45.245.40.499-0.2
43.343.70.498-0.4
47.148.90.491-1.8
41.543.80.486-2.3
41.544.60.482-3.1
45.349.00.481-3.7


Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1961 American League

Ballpark Factors
Net Win Values
Positional Averages
Replacement Levels
Division of Shared Credit
Event Probabilities
*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.



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