Leaders & Trailers

Leaders and Trailers
1927 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 5

Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players           Fielding Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Earle Combs 6.5 4.5
2.0
1 Ted Lyons 2.8 2.3
0.5
1 Joe Sewell 6.1 6.3
-0.2
2 Joe Sewell 5.3 5.5
-0.2
2 Tommy Thomas 2.7 1.8
0.8
2 Tony Lazzeri 5.1 4.3
0.8
3 Lou Gehrig 5.1 3.2
2.0
3 Willis Hudlin 2.4 2.2
0.2
3 Mark Koenig 4.8 4.6
0.1
4 Tioga George Burns 4.9 4.7
0.2
4 Milt Gaston 2.3 2.1
0.2
4 Bibb Falk 4.6 3.2
1.4
5 George Sisler 4.9 4.7
0.2
5 Ted Blankenship 2.2 2.1
0.1
5 Wally Gerber 4.4 4.3
0.1
6 Charlie Jamieson 4.8 4.3
0.5
6 Joe Shaute 2.2 2.3
-0.1
6 Frank O'Rourke 3.9 3.5
0.4
7 Homer Summa 4.8 5.0
-0.2
7 Waite Hoyt 2.1 1.9
0.2
7 Alex Metzler 3.8 3.2
0.7
8 Ty Cobb 4.6 4.4
0.2
8 Lefty Grove 2.0 2.0
0.0
8 Charlie Jamieson 3.7 3.2
0.6
9 Tony Lazzeri 4.5 3.6
0.9
9 Rube Walberg 1.9 2.0
-0.0
9 Aaron Ward 3.6 4.0
-0.4
10 Bob Meusel 4.5 3.7
0.8
10 Garland Buckeye 1.9 2.0
-0.1
10 Babe Ruth 3.5 3.2
0.3

Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players           Fielding Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Joe Sewell 5.3 5.5
-0.2
1 Ted Lyons 2.8 2.3
0.5
1 Joe Sewell 6.1 6.3
-0.2
2 Willie Kamm 4.0 5.1
-1.1
2 Joe Shaute 2.2 2.3
-0.1
2 Mark Koenig 4.8 4.6
0.1
3 Homer Summa 4.8 5.0
-0.2
3 Willis Hudlin 2.4 2.2
0.2
3 Tony Lazzeri 5.1 4.3
0.8
4 Tioga George Burns 4.9 4.7
0.2
4 Ted Blankenship 2.2 2.1
0.1
4 Wally Gerber 4.4 4.3
0.1
5 Mark Koenig 3.9 4.7
-0.8
5 Milt Gaston 2.3 2.1
0.2
5 Aaron Ward 3.6 4.0
-0.4
6 George Sisler 4.9 4.7
0.2
6 Garland Buckeye 1.9 2.0
-0.1
6 Buddy Myer 3.1 3.7
-0.6
7 Whispering Bill Barrett 4.1 4.6
-0.6
7 Rube Walberg 1.9 2.0
-0.0
7 Willie Kamm 3.5 3.6
-0.1
8 Earle Combs 6.5 4.5
2.0
8 Lefty Grove 2.0 2.0
0.0
8 Joe Boley 3.3 3.5
-0.2
9 Ty Cobb 4.6 4.4
0.2
9 Waite Hoyt 2.1 1.9
0.2
9 Frank O'Rourke 3.9 3.5
0.4
10 Frank O'Rourke 3.9 4.4
-0.4
10 Tommy Thomas 2.7 1.8
0.8
10 Homer Summa 3.5 3.5
-0.0

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

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Earle Combs 6.5 4.5 2.0
1 Tommy Thomas 2.7 1.8 0.8
1 Bibb Falk 4.6 3.2 1.4
2 Lou Gehrig 5.1 3.2 2.0
2 Ted Lyons 2.8 2.3 0.5
2 Tony Lazzeri 5.1 4.3 0.8
3 Al Simmons 3.9 2.7 1.2
3 Bump Hadley 1.4 1.1 0.3
3 Alex Metzler 3.8 3.2 0.7
4 Harry Heilmann 3.8 2.6 1.2
4 Jake Miller (1924) 1.8 1.6 0.2
4 Charlie Jamieson 3.7 3.2 0.6
5 Tony Lazzeri 4.5 3.6 0.9
5 Waite Hoyt 2.1 1.9 0.2
5 Billy Rogell 1.5 0.9 0.6
6 Charlie Gehringer 3.4 2.6 0.9
6 Milt Gaston 2.3 2.1 0.2
6 Ossie Bluege 3.4 2.8 0.5
7 Bob Meusel 4.5 3.7 0.8
7 Bobby Burke 0.7 0.5 0.2
7 Earle Combs 3.4 2.9 0.5
8 Jimmie Dykes 3.8 3.1 0.8
8 Herb Pennock 1.9 1.7 0.2
8 Walter French 2.2 1.7 0.5
9 Jack Rothrock 2.7 1.9 0.7
9 Wilcy Moore 1.7 1.5 0.2
9 Max Bishop 3.0 2.5 0.4
10 Johnny Neun 1.6 1.0 0.7
10 Dutch Ruether 1.7 1.5 0.2
10 Ted Lyons 0.6 0.2 0.4

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

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Willie Kamm 4.0 5.1 -1.1
1 Hal Wiltse 1.4 1.7 -0.4
1 Joe Dugan 2.5 3.3 -0.8
2 Wally Gerber 2.8 3.9 -1.1
2 Tony Welzer 0.9 1.2 -0.3
2 Wally Shaner 1.5 2.1 -0.6
3 Steve O'Neill 1.1 2.0 -0.9
3 Ernie Wingard 1.3 1.6 -0.2
3 Buddy Myer 3.1 3.7 -0.6
4 Mark Koenig 3.9 4.7 -0.8
4 Elmer Jacobs 0.7 0.8 -0.2
4 George Sisler 1.6 2.1 -0.5
5 Earl Sheely 0.6 1.4 -0.8
5 Charlie Barnabe 0.5 0.6 -0.2
5 Lefty Grove 0.3 0.8 -0.5
6 Ski Melillo 2.2 3.0 -0.8
6 Firpo Marberry 0.9 1.1 -0.2
6 Rube Lutzke 2.9 3.4 -0.5
7 Ike Eichrodt 1.9 2.5 -0.6
7 George Uhle 1.4 1.6 -0.2
7 Al Simmons 2.0 2.4 -0.4
8 Jack R. Warner 3.1 3.7 -0.6
8 Ted Wingfield 0.4 0.6 -0.2
8 Freddy Spurgeon 1.5 1.9 -0.4
9 Freddy Spurgeon 1.4 2.0 -0.6
9 Red Faber 0.8 0.9 -0.1
9 Ike Eichrodt 1.6 2.0 -0.4
10 Whispering Bill Barrett 4.1 4.6 -0.6
10 Joe Giard 0.2 0.3 -0.1
10 Aaron Ward 3.6 4.0 -0.4

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		Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Pitching Wins Top 10 Players					Fielding Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Earle Combs	6.5	4.5	2.0	1	Ted Lyons	2.8	2.3	0.5	1	Joe Sewell	6.1	6.3	-0.2
2	Joe Sewell	5.3	5.5	-0.2	2	Tommy Thomas	2.7	1.8	0.8	2	Tony Lazzeri	5.1	4.3	0.8
3	Lou Gehrig	5.1	3.2	2.0	3	Willis Hudlin	2.4	2.2	0.2	3	Mark Koenig	4.8	4.6	0.1
4	Tioga George Burns	4.9	4.7	0.2	4	Milt Gaston	2.3	2.1	0.2	4	Bibb Falk	4.6	3.2	1.4
5	George Sisler	4.9	4.7	0.2	5	Ted Blankenship	2.2	2.1	0.1	5	Wally Gerber	4.4	4.3	0.1
6	Charlie Jamieson	4.8	4.3	0.5	6	Joe Shaute	2.2	2.3	-0.1	6	Frank O'Rourke	3.9	3.5	0.4
7	Homer Summa	4.8	5.0	-0.2	7	Waite Hoyt	2.1	1.9	0.2	7	Alex Metzler	3.8	3.2	0.7
8	Ty Cobb	4.6	4.4	0.2	8	Lefty Grove	2.0	2.0	0.0	8	Charlie Jamieson	3.7	3.2	0.6
9	Tony Lazzeri	4.5	3.6	0.9	9	Rube Walberg	1.9	2.0	-0.0	9	Aaron Ward	3.6	4.0	-0.4
10	Bob Meusel	4.5	3.7	0.8	10	Garland Buckeye	1.9	2.0	-0.1	10	Babe Ruth	3.5	3.2	0.3

		Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Pitching Losses Top 10 Players					Fielding Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Joe Sewell	5.3	5.5	-0.2	1	Ted Lyons	2.8	2.3	0.5	1	Joe Sewell	6.1	6.3	-0.2
2	Willie Kamm	4.0	5.1	-1.1	2	Joe Shaute	2.2	2.3	-0.1	2	Mark Koenig	4.8	4.6	0.1
3	Homer Summa	4.8	5.0	-0.2	3	Willis Hudlin	2.4	2.2	0.2	3	Tony Lazzeri	5.1	4.3	0.8
4	Tioga George Burns	4.9	4.7	0.2	4	Ted Blankenship	2.2	2.1	0.1	4	Wally Gerber	4.4	4.3	0.1
5	Mark Koenig	3.9	4.7	-0.8	5	Milt Gaston	2.3	2.1	0.2	5	Aaron Ward	3.6	4.0	-0.4
6	George Sisler	4.9	4.7	0.2	6	Garland Buckeye	1.9	2.0	-0.1	6	Buddy Myer	3.1	3.7	-0.6
7	Whispering Bill Barrett	4.1	4.6	-0.6	7	Rube Walberg	1.9	2.0	-0.0	7	Willie Kamm	3.5	3.6	-0.1
8	Earle Combs	6.5	4.5	2.0	8	Lefty Grove	2.0	2.0	0.0	8	Joe Boley	3.3	3.5	-0.2
9	Ty Cobb	4.6	4.4	0.2	9	Waite Hoyt	2.1	1.9	0.2	9	Frank O'Rourke	3.9	3.5	0.4
10	Frank O'Rourke	3.9	4.4	-0.4	10	Tommy Thomas	2.7	1.8	0.8	10	Homer Summa	3.5	3.5	-0.0

		Net Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Wins Top 10 Players					Net Fielding Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Earle Combs	6.5	4.5	2.0	1	Tommy Thomas	2.7	1.8	0.8	1	Bibb Falk	4.6	3.2	1.4
2	Lou Gehrig	5.1	3.2	2.0	2	Ted Lyons	2.8	2.3	0.5	2	Tony Lazzeri	5.1	4.3	0.8
3	Al Simmons	3.9	2.7	1.2	3	Bump Hadley	1.4	1.1	0.3	3	Alex Metzler	3.8	3.2	0.7
4	Harry Heilmann	3.8	2.6	1.2	4	Jake Miller (1924)	1.8	1.6	0.2	4	Charlie Jamieson	3.7	3.2	0.6
5	Tony Lazzeri	4.5	3.6	0.9	5	Waite Hoyt	2.1	1.9	0.2	5	Billy Rogell	1.5	0.9	0.6
6	Charlie Gehringer	3.4	2.6	0.9	6	Milt Gaston	2.3	2.1	0.2	6	Ossie Bluege	3.4	2.8	0.5
7	Bob Meusel	4.5	3.7	0.8	7	Bobby Burke	0.7	0.5	0.2	7	Earle Combs	3.4	2.9	0.5
8	Jimmie Dykes	3.8	3.1	0.8	8	Herb Pennock	1.9	1.7	0.2	8	Walter French	2.2	1.7	0.5
9	Jack Rothrock	2.7	1.9	0.7	9	Wilcy Moore	1.7	1.5	0.2	9	Max Bishop	3.0	2.5	0.4
10	Johnny Neun	1.6	1.0	0.7	10	Dutch Ruether	1.7	1.5	0.2	10	Ted Lyons	0.6	0.2	0.4

		Net Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Losses Top 10 Players					Net Fielding Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Willie Kamm	4.0	5.1	-1.1	1	Hal Wiltse	1.4	1.7	-0.4	1	Joe Dugan	2.5	3.3	-0.8
2	Wally Gerber	2.8	3.9	-1.1	2	Tony Welzer	0.9	1.2	-0.3	2	Wally Shaner	1.5	2.1	-0.6
3	Steve O'Neill	1.1	2.0	-0.9	3	Ernie Wingard	1.3	1.6	-0.2	3	Buddy Myer	3.1	3.7	-0.6
4	Mark Koenig	3.9	4.7	-0.8	4	Elmer Jacobs	0.7	0.8	-0.2	4	George Sisler	1.6	2.1	-0.5
5	Earl Sheely	0.6	1.4	-0.8	5	Charlie Barnabe	0.5	0.6	-0.2	5	Lefty Grove	0.3	0.8	-0.5
6	Ski Melillo	2.2	3.0	-0.8	6	Firpo Marberry	0.9	1.1	-0.2	6	Rube Lutzke	2.9	3.4	-0.5
7	Ike Eichrodt	1.9	2.5	-0.6	7	George Uhle	1.4	1.6	-0.2	7	Al Simmons	2.0	2.4	-0.4
8	Jack R. Warner	3.1	3.7	-0.6	8	Ted Wingfield	0.4	0.6	-0.2	8	Freddy Spurgeon	1.5	1.9	-0.4
9	Freddy Spurgeon	1.4	2.0	-0.6	9	Red Faber	0.8	0.9	-0.1	9	Ike Eichrodt	1.6	2.0	-0.4
10	Whispering Bill Barrett	4.1	4.6	-0.6	10	Joe Giard	0.2	0.3	-0.1	10	Aaron Ward	3.6	4.0	-0.4