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The 1941 Season as seen through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

As I write this in the spring of 2018, the earliest season for which Retrosheet has released complete play-by-play for all games is 1941. The last major-league season before the United States entered World War II is probably most famous for Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and Ted Williams batting .406.

The Best of 1941

I calculate Player won-lost records two ways: pWins, which tie to team wins and eWins, which control for context and the ability of one's teammates. For players with more pWins than eWins, their Player wins contributed to more team wins than one might expect; for players with more eWins than pWins, just the opposite is true: their Player wins translated into fewer team wins than expected. Or more briefly: a player with more pWins than eWins was better in context, a player with more eWins than pWins was worse in context.

The top 10 players in pWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		pWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						pWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Whit Wyatt	20.5	12.3	4.8	6.1	1	Whit Wyatt	20.5	12.3	4.8	6.1
2	Charlie Keller	25.9	16.4	4.0	5.9	2	Charlie Keller	25.9	16.4	4.0	5.9
3	Joe DiMaggio	25.0	15.5	4.0	5.7	3	Joe DiMaggio	25.0	15.5	4.0	5.7
4	Bob Feller	23.9	17.4	3.9	5.7	4	Bob Feller	23.9	17.4	3.9	5.7
5	Elmer Riddle	14.9	8.6	3.6	4.7	5	Pete Reiser	23.6	15.2	3.4	5.1
6	Pete Reiser	23.6	15.2	3.4	5.1	6	Ted Williams	24.4	16.4	3.3	5.1
7	Ted Williams	24.4	16.4	3.3	5.1	7	Tommy Henrich	22.8	15.0	3.1	4.7
8	Thornton Lee	20.3	15.2	3.2	4.7	8	Thornton Lee	20.3	15.2	3.2	4.7
9	Tommy Henrich	22.8	15.0	3.1	4.7	9	Elmer Riddle	14.9	8.6	3.6	4.7
10	Joe Gordon	21.2	16.3	2.5	4.1	10	Joe Gordon	21.2	16.3	2.5	4.1

The top 10 players in eWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		eWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						eWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL		Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Ted Williams	25.4	15.4	4.3	6.1	1	Ted Williams	25.4	15.4	4.3	6.1
2	Whit Wyatt	19.9	12.8	4.2	5.6	2	Whit Wyatt	19.9	12.8	4.2	5.6
3	Joe DiMaggio	24.8	15.7	3.7	5.4	3	Joe DiMaggio	24.8	15.7	3.7	5.4
4	Charlie Keller	24.6	17.7	2.8	4.6	4	Charlie Keller	24.6	17.7	2.8	4.6
5	Pete Reiser	22.9	15.9	2.7	4.4	5	Pete Reiser	22.9	15.9	2.7	4.4
6	Tommy Henrich	22.0	15.8	2.3	3.9	6	Tommy Henrich	22.0	15.8	2.3	3.9
7	Thornton Lee	19.4	16.1	2.3	3.8	7	Cecil Travis	23.1	19.3	2.1	3.9
8	Mel Ott	22.6	16.5	2.2	3.9	8	Mel Ott	22.6	16.5	2.2	3.9
9	Dolph Camilli	19.7	13.1	2.2	3.6	9	Thornton Lee	19.4	16.1	2.3	3.8
10	Cecil Travis	23.1	19.3	2.1	3.9	10	Bob Feller	21.9	19.3	1.9	3.7

Whit Wyatt

The top player in major-league baseball as measured by pWins over either positional average or replacement level was Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Whitt Wyatt. The 1941 season was by far the best of Wyatt's career. He led the National League in wins (22), shutouts (7), FIP (2.77), WHIP (1.058), and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.146). He was second in the NL in ERA (2.34), complete games (23), and strikeouts (176) and third in innings pitched (288.1).

The next table shows the career record of Whit Wyatt as measured by Player won-lost records. Numbers in italics include extrapolated data for games which Retrosheet is missing.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
Basic Player Won-Lost Records
1929	DET	21	4	1.5	1.8	-0.1	0.0
1930	DET	22	22	6.9	6.5	0.4	1.1
1931	DET	23	4	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.1
1932	DET	24	43	10.7	12.3	-0.5	0.7
+– 1933		25	36	4.6	5.7	-0.4	0.2
	CHA		26	3.9	4.9	-0.4	0.1
	DET		10	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
1934	CHA	26	23	4.3	6.2	-0.8	-0.3
1935	CHA	27	30	3.2	3.4	-0.0	0.4
1936	CHA	28	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
1937	CLE	29	29	3.2	3.8	-0.2	0.2
1939	BRO	31	16	6.6	4.7	1.1	1.6
1940	BRO	32	37	15.7	13.7	1.4	2.7
1941	BRO	33	40	20.5	12.3	4.8	6.1
1942	BRO	34	31	16.4	11.3	3.0	4.1
1943	BRO	35	27	12.0	7.0	2.7	3.6
1944	BRO	36	11	1.9	3.2	-0.6	-0.4
1945	PHI	37	10	2.5	3.7	-0.5	-0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			366	110.4	96.2	10.2	19.8
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			2	1.2	1.0	0.1	0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			368	111.6	97.2	10.3	20.0

Joe DiMaggio vs. Ted Williams

The top two players in MLB in 1941, as measured by eWins over replacement level, are Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. DiMaggio and Williams finished 1-2 in AL MVP voting. Most modern statistics (e.g., WAR) suggest that the MVP voters got this one wrong, finding Williams to have had a better season than DiMaggio. This is also true here, for eWORL (and eWOPA).

In his book, Ahead of the Curve (which is an excellent read), Brian Kenny devoted a chapter to DiMaggio's and Williams's 1941 seasons. Using Win Probability, Kenny argues that DiMaggio was actually more valuable than Williams because DiMaggio's performance was particularly "clutch" in context while Williams's performance was not. Win probability is the core of calculating pWins - although pWins differ importantly from Win Probability Advancements (WPA). So, it is perhaps not too surprising to find that I agree with Brian Kenny - and the MVP voters of 1941 - at least as measured by pWins over positional average or replacement level, where DiMaggio beats out Williams at least somewhat decisively.

The next table compares the career records of DiMaggio and Williams in context. Williams, of course, beats DiMaggio decisively in career pWOPA and pWORL. But this is primarily because Williams played for four more full seasons. Over the seasons in which both of them played (1939 - 1942, 1946 - 1951), they were fairly close.

Season	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
	Joe DiMaggio						Ted Williams
1936	138	22.2	15.6	2.8	4.5
1937	151	28.8	17.6	5.2	7.2
1938	145	23.7	17.1	3.0	4.7
1939	120	22.0	12.6	4.3	5.7	149	24.8	17.3	3.0	4.7
1940	132	22.0	15.1	2.9	4.4	144	22.9	17.3	2.0	3.6
1941	139	25.0	15.5	4.0	5.7	143	24.4	16.4	3.3	5.1
1942	154	25.4	17.0	3.9	5.6	150	28.3	16.5	4.8	6.6
1943
1944
1945
1946	132	19.1	16.6	1.0	2.4	150	28.4	15.5	5.5	7.2
1947	141	21.6	14.6	3.1	4.5	156	27.0	18.0	3.4	5.2
1948	153	25.7	18.0	3.1	4.9	137	25.6	15.6	4.1	5.7
1949	76	12.5	8.2	1.9	2.7	155	26.7	17.3	3.6	5.3
1950	139	20.9	15.2	2.4	3.8	89	14.1	11.1	1.1	2.1
1951	116	16.2	13.4	1.1	2.3	148	24.1	19.0	1.6	3.3
1952						6	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.4
1953						37	5.8	3.0	1.3	1.7
1954						117	18.8	13.0	2.4	3.7
1955						98	16.2	10.4	2.5	3.6
1956						136	17.9	12.8	1.9	3.2
1957						132	20.9	13.9	2.4	3.9
1958						129	17.8	15.0	0.5	1.8
1959						103	10.3	9.4	0.2	1.0
1960						112	14.0	11.5	0.7	1.7
------	------	------	------	------		------	------	------	------
CAREER RECORDS	1,736	285.2	196.6	38.7	58.3	2,291	368.9	253.1	44.4	69.7
COMMON SEASONS	1,302	210.4	146.2	27.6	42.0	1,421	246.4	164.0	32.2	48.8

Charlie Keller

In the analysis of Joe DiMaggio vs. Ted Williams, Player won-lost records offer a twist. As measured by pWins over either positional average or replacement level, it turns out that neither DiMaggio nor Williams were the most valuable player in the American League in 1941. Instead, the AL leader in pWOPA and pWORL in 1941 was DiMaggio's teammate Charlie "King Kong" Keller .

For the season, in 1941, Keller batted .298/.416/.580 with 33 home runs, 102 runs scored, and 122 RBI. DiMaggio beat Keller in all of these numbers except for home runs. But, while DiMaggio's performance was more clutch than that of Ted Williams, Keller's performance was even more "clutch" than DiMaggio's.

The next table shows the career record of Charlie Keller as measured by Player won-lost records. Numbers in italics include extrapolated data for games which Retrosheet is missing.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
Basic Player Won-Lost Records
1939	NYA	22	111	16.1	11.2	2.0	3.2
1940	NYA	23	138	21.7	16.7	1.7	3.3
1941	NYA	24	140	25.9	16.4	4.0	5.9
1942	NYA	25	152	24.6	16.2	3.2	4.9
1943	NYA	26	141	25.1	16.0	3.8	5.4
1945	NYA	28	44	7.7	5.3	1.0	1.5
1946	NYA	29	150	24.0	17.0	2.6	4.2
1947	NYA	30	45	8.0	5.5	1.0	1.5
1948	NYA	31	83	9.0	7.6	0.3	1.0
1949	NYA	32	60	4.8	3.9	0.3	0.7
1950	DET	33	50	2.1	1.5	0.4	0.6
1951	DET	34	53	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.3
1952	NYA	35	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			1,169	171.4	119.8	20.4	32.3
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			19	3.8	2.0	0.8	1.0
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			1,188	175.2	121.8	21.2	33.4

Bob Feller

Finally, the top pitcher in the American League in 1941 was Bob Feller, who finished the season with a traditional won-lost record of 25 - 13 with a 3.15 ERA. Feller led the American League in wins, games (44), games started (40), shutouts (6), innings pitched (343.0), and strikeouts (260).

The next table shows the career record of Bob Feller as measured by Player won-lost records. Numbers in italics include extrapolated data for games which Retrosheet is missing.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
Basic Player Won-Lost Records
1936	CLE	17	14	4.8	3.1	0.9	1.3
1937	CLE	18	26	10.0	9.9	0.3	1.2
1938	CLE	19	39	19.7	16.6	2.0	3.5
1939	CLE	20	39	20.4	15.2	3.1	4.8
1940	CLE	21	43	25.0	16.6	4.9	6.7
1941	CLE	22	44	23.9	17.4	3.9	5.7
1945	CLE	26	9	4.7	4.5	0.2	0.7
1946	CLE	27	48	27.3	20.0	4.3	6.6
1947	CLE	28	42	20.6	17.1	2.3	3.9
1948	CLE	29	44	18.9	18.3	0.7	2.4
1949	CLE	30	36	12.5	14.2	-0.5	0.6
1950	CLE	31	35	16.2	14.0	1.5	2.9
1951	CLE	32	33	17.3	13.2	2.4	3.7
1952	CLE	33	30	10.5	12.9	-0.9	0.2
1953	CLE	34	25	10.4	9.6	0.7	1.5
1954	CLE	35	19	10.1	7.5	1.6	2.4
1955	CLE	36	25	3.5	4.6	-0.5	-0.1
1956	CLE	37	19	1.5	3.2	-0.8	-0.5
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			570	257.4	217.8	26.2	47.3
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			2	0.6	1.4	-0.4	-0.3
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			572	258.0	219.2	25.8	47.0

1941 Postseason

The 1941 World Series pitted the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers for the first of what would eventually be seven matchups before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles (with four more matchups between the Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers). The Yankees won the 1941 World Series in five games.

The top performances of the 1941 World Series, as measured by Player won-lost records, are presented in the next table.

	1941 World Series: Top Player Performances
		pWins	pLosses	pWORL
Marius Russo	NYA	0.8	0.3	0.3
Joe Gordon	NYA	0.9	0.4	0.3
Charlie Keller	NYA	1.1	0.6	0.3
Tiny Bonham	NYA	0.8	0.4	0.3
Red Ruffing	NYA	0.8	0.4	0.3
Joe DiMaggio	NYA	0.9	0.5	0.2
Whit Wyatt	BRO	1.2	1.0	0.2

Best of 1941 by Factor and Position

Next, let's look at the top players in (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) eWins over Positional Average in various aspects of the game. The numbers in this section have all been normalized to extrapolate player games for which I am missing play-by-play data. As above, this adjustment is based on individual player games for which I have play-by-play data.

Best by Factor: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, Fielding

There are four basic factors for which players earn Player won-lost records: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, and Fielding. The top players in 1941 in eWOPA by factor were as follows.

	Batting
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Ted Williams	17.0	7.4	4.5

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

	Baserunning
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Stan Hack	1.9	1.2	0.3

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

	Pitching
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Whit Wyatt	13.9	9.4	4.4

	Fielding, P
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Johnny Lanning	0.6	0.3	0.3
Denny Galehouse	0.5	0.2	0.3
Joe Sullivan (1935)	0.4	0.1	0.3

	Fielding, C
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Mike Tresh	1.9	1.4	0.5

	Fielding, 1B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Joe Kuhel	2.9	2.3	0.6
Johnny Mize	2.5	1.9	0.6

	Fielding, 2B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Lou Stringer	6.2	5.3	0.9

	Fielding, 3B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Ken Keltner	6.0	4.9	1.1

	Fielding, SS
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Phil Rizzuto	6.3	5.1	1.2

	Fielding, LF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
George Case	7.2	5.9	1.3

	Fielding, CF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Joe DiMaggio	6.4	5.3	1.1

	Fielding, RF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Tommy Henrich	5.8	4.3	1.5

Best by Position

Next, we look at 1941 Major-League leaders in eWOPA by position. The figures shown here only include Player decisions earned while playing this particular position, and include no contextual adjustments (expected or actual).

	Catcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Frankie Hayes	11.3	10.9	0.7

	First Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Dolph Camilli	18.4	12.5	1.9
Johnny Mize	17.4	11.7	1.9

	Second Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Lonny Frey	20.0	18.0	1.3

	Third Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Stan Hack	20.5	17.2	1.6

	Shortstop
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Cecil Travis	20.7	17.5	1.8

	Left Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Ted Williams	24.0	15.1	3.8

	Center Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe DiMaggio	24.6	16.1	3.4

	Right Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Tommy Henrich	19.5	13.9	2.1

	Starting Pitcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Whit Wyatt	13.7	9.4	2.2

	Relief Pitcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Hugh Casey	3.2	2.2	0.5

For relief pitchers, context-neutral records may not be the best measure of how good they are, as context can matter a great deal, depending on how a pitcher is used. Here are the top relief pitchers of 1941 in context, in terms of pWins and pWOPA.

Player	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Top Relief Pitchers of 1941, based on pWORL
Johnny Murphy	5.7	3.5	0.619	1.2	1.8
Howie Krist	6.2	4.5	0.578	1.0	1.6
Mike Ryba	6.8	5.6	0.549	0.8	1.5
Bob Klinger	6.3	5.7	0.525	0.4	1.1
Dutch Dietz	5.0	4.1	0.550	0.5	1.0

Finally, here are the best at three oft-forgotten positions that can nevertheless matter: pitcher offense, pinch hitting, and pinch running.

	Pitcher Offense
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Whit Wyatt	2.3	2.2	0.6

	Pinch Hitter
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Lew Riggs	0.9	0.5	0.2
Maurice Van Robays	0.5	0.2	0.2
Max E. West	0.4	0.1	0.2
Gabby Hartnett	0.7	0.5	0.2
Debs Garms	0.9	0.7	0.2
Fred 'Dixie' Walker	0.4	0.2	0.2

	Pinch Runner
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Bud Stewart	0.1	0.0	0.0
Pete Coscarart	0.1	0.0	0.0

Notable Debuts

Three players debuted in 1941 who would go on to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Stan Musial, Bob Lemon, and Phil Rizzuto.

This article concludes with the career records of these three players, as measured by Player won-lost records.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Stan Musial Basic Player Won-Lost Records
												Value Decomposition
1941	SLN	20	12	1.8	1.1	0.625	0.3	0.4	1.7	1.1	0.618	0.3	0.4
1942	SLN	21	140	20.6	13.1	0.612	3.0	4.4	19.4	14.3	0.576	1.8	3.2
1943	SLN	22	157	27.8	17.6	0.612	4.2	5.9	26.2	19.1	0.578	2.7	4.4
1944	SLN	23	146	25.2	15.6	0.617	4.0	5.6	24.8	16.0	0.607	3.5	5.2
1946	SLN	25	156	22.7	16.2	0.584	2.2	3.7	22.6	16.3	0.580	2.0	3.6
1947	SLN	26	149	19.9	13.8	0.590	2.1	3.5	18.8	14.9	0.559	1.1	2.4
1948	SLN	27	155	27.9	18.4	0.602	3.8	5.6	27.8	18.5	0.600	3.7	5.5
1949	SLN	28	157	25.0	16.8	0.598	3.5	5.2	24.3	17.5	0.581	2.8	4.5
1950	SLN	29	146	20.5	16.0	0.562	1.5	3.0	20.1	16.4	0.551	1.1	2.6
1951	SLN	30	152	23.3	16.4	0.587	2.7	4.3	23.3	16.4	0.587	2.7	4.3
1952	SLN	31	154	22.7	16.8	0.575	2.4	4.0	22.5	16.9	0.570	2.2	3.8
1953	SLN	32	157	25.9	18.4	0.585	2.9	4.7	25.6	18.7	0.578	2.5	4.4
1954	SLN	33	153	23.3	19.2	0.547	1.7	3.4	24.0	18.5	0.565	2.4	4.1
1955	SLN	34	153	20.4	15.3	0.571	1.8	3.3	20.3	15.3	0.570	1.8	3.2
1956	SLN	35	156	18.4	17.3	0.515	-0.2	1.2	19.3	16.3	0.542	0.7	2.2
1957	SLN	36	134	17.8	11.6	0.604	2.4	3.6	16.9	12.6	0.573	1.5	2.7
1958	SLN	37	135	13.3	11.1	0.545	0.6	1.5	13.3	11.0	0.548	0.7	1.6
1959	SLN	38	115	9.1	9.7	0.483	-0.7	0.1	9.7	9.1	0.518	-0.0	0.7
1960	SLN	39	116	12.5	9.6	0.567	1.0	1.9	12.0	10.1	0.543	0.5	1.4
1961	SLN	40	123	14.2	12.9	0.523	0.3	1.5	14.3	12.8	0.528	0.4	1.6
1962	SLN	41	135	16.6	14.5	0.534	0.3	1.5	17.2	13.9	0.552	0.9	2.1
1963	SLN	42	124	12.0	10.1	0.542	0.5	1.3	11.4	10.7	0.516	-0.1	0.8
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			3,025	420.8	311.5	0.575	40.1	69.6	415.7	316.6	0.568	35.1	64.6
			------	------	------				------	------
PostSeason (career)			23	2.9	2.2	0.570		0.4	2.6	2.5	0.517		0.2
			------	------	------	------		------	------	------	------		------
COMBINED			3,048	423.7	313.7	0.575		70.1	418.4	319.0	0.568		64.8

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Bob Lemon Basic Player Won-Lost Records
												Value Decomposition
1941	CLE	20	5	0.0	0.1	0.208	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.378	-0.0	-0.0
1942	CLE	21	5	0.0	0.1	0.062	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.156	-0.0	-0.0
1946	CLE	25	54	5.1	6.2	0.453	-0.4	0.3	5.4	5.9	0.475	-0.2	0.5
1947	CLE	26	47	10.4	8.0	0.565	1.5	2.3	9.2	9.1	0.503	0.4	1.2
1948	CLE	27	52	19.8	15.7	0.558	2.7	4.2	20.0	15.6	0.562	2.9	4.3
1949	CLE	28	46	21.4	14.6	0.594	4.1	5.4	20.0	15.9	0.557	2.7	4.1
1950	CLE	29	72	23.0	18.9	0.550	2.8	4.7	21.3	20.6	0.509	1.1	3.0
1951	CLE	30	56	18.7	15.9	0.541	1.9	3.4	17.7	16.8	0.513	0.9	2.4
1952	CLE	31	54	20.3	15.9	0.561	2.9	4.5	19.8	16.4	0.547	2.4	4.0
1953	CLE	32	50	19.9	18.4	0.520	1.4	3.0	19.3	18.9	0.504	0.8	2.5
1954	CLE	33	40	17.7	12.7	0.582	3.1	4.4	16.5	13.8	0.545	1.9	3.3
1955	CLE	34	49	14.7	12.9	0.532	1.3	2.3	13.7	13.9	0.497	0.3	1.4
1956	CLE	35	43	19.1	15.7	0.549	2.3	3.9	18.3	16.5	0.527	1.5	3.1
1957	CLE	36	25	7.2	9.3	0.437	-0.8	-0.1	7.2	9.2	0.440	-0.8	-0.1
1958	CLE	37	15	1.0	1.3	0.446	-0.1	0.1	0.9	1.4	0.385	-0.2	-0.1
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CAREER (reg. season)			613	198.3	165.4	0.545	22.3	38.3	189.5	174.2	0.521	13.5	29.5
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PostSeason (career)			5	2.0	1.9	0.507		0.3	1.9	2.0	0.496		0.2
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COMBINED			618	200.3	167.4	0.545		38.6	191.4	176.2	0.521		29.8

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Phil Rizzuto Basic Player Won-Lost Records
												Value Decomposition
1941	NYA	23	133	16.9	15.2	0.526	1.0	2.4	16.3	15.8	0.507	0.4	1.8
1942	NYA	24	144	21.1	16.1	0.567	2.7	4.2	19.3	17.8	0.521	1.0	2.5
1946	NYA	28	126	15.7	15.4	0.504	0.3	1.6	15.2	15.8	0.491	-0.1	1.2
1947	NYA	29	153	20.4	17.6	0.537	1.4	2.9	19.5	18.5	0.513	0.4	1.9
1948	NYA	30	128	15.2	15.4	0.497	0.1	1.3	15.1	15.5	0.494	-0.0	1.2
1949	NYA	31	153	20.8	17.8	0.540	1.8	3.3	19.7	18.9	0.509	0.6	2.1
1950	NYA	32	155	22.3	17.6	0.558	2.7	4.2	21.8	18.0	0.547	2.2	3.8
1951	NYA	33	144	19.9	16.9	0.541	1.9	3.4	18.3	18.6	0.496	0.3	1.7
1952	NYA	34	152	20.1	18.0	0.528	1.2	2.7	18.9	19.2	0.497	0.0	1.6
1953	NYA	35	134	15.1	12.8	0.542	1.4	2.6	14.4	13.6	0.514	0.7	1.8
1954	NYA	36	127	10.5	10.0	0.511	0.4	1.3	9.6	10.9	0.468	-0.5	0.4
1955	NYA	37	81	4.9	4.9	0.500	0.1	0.5	4.9	5.0	0.497	0.1	0.5
1956	NYA	38	31	1.9	1.8	0.504	0.1	0.2	1.7	2.0	0.451	-0.1	0.0
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CAREER (reg. season)			1,661	204.8	179.6	0.533	15.1	30.6	194.7	189.7	0.507	5.0	20.5
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PostSeason (career)			52	6.1	5.7	0.517		0.7	6.0	5.8	0.508		0.6
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COMBINED			1,713	210.9	185.3	0.533		31.3	200.7	195.4	0.507		21.1

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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