Leaders & Trailers

Leaders and Trailers
1917 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 Tris Speaker 4.6 3.4
1.2
1 Jim Bagby Sr. 2.3 1.9
0.5
1 Ray Chapman 5.3 4.4
0.9
2 Ray Chapman 4.4 3.7
0.7
2 Stan Coveleski 2.2 1.5
0.7
2 Whitey Witt 3.3 3.0
0.3
3 Eddie Collins Sr. 4.1 3.6
0.5
3 Red Faber 1.9 1.6
0.2
3 Joe Evans 3.2 3.1
0.1
4 Braggo Roth 4.1 2.8
1.3
4 Eddie Cicotte 1.8 1.4
0.4
4 Swede Risberg 3.0 3.7
-0.6
5 Joe Jackson 3.7 3.3
0.4
5 Ed Klepfer 1.3 1.5
-0.1
5 Bill Wambsganss 2.9 3.2
-0.3
6 Stuffy McInnis 3.5 3.1
0.4
6 Rube Schauer 1.2 1.2
-0.0
6 Eddie Collins Sr. 2.6 2.7
-0.1
7 Jack Graney 3.3 3.8
-0.6
7 Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard 1.2 1.1
0.1
7 Happy Felsch 2.5 2.0
0.5
8 Chick Gandil 3.2 3.6
-0.3
8 Joe Bush 1.1 1.3
-0.2
8 Joe Jackson 2.5 2.4
0.1
9 Happy Felsch 3.2 3.3
-0.1
9 Claude 'Lefty' Williams 1.1 1.3
-0.2
9 Everett Scott 2.5 2.3
0.1
10 Bill Wambsganss 3.2 3.5
-0.3
10 Babe Ruth 1.1 0.9
0.2
10 Buck Weaver 2.5 2.5
0.0

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 Jack Graney 3.3 3.8
-0.6
1 Jim Bagby Sr. 2.3 1.9
0.5
1 Ray Chapman 5.3 4.4
0.9
2 Ray Chapman 4.4 3.7
0.7
2 Red Faber 1.9 1.6
0.2
2 Swede Risberg 3.0 3.7
-0.6
3 Eddie Collins Sr. 4.1 3.6
0.5
3 Stan Coveleski 2.2 1.5
0.7
3 Bill Wambsganss 2.9 3.2
-0.3
4 Chick Gandil 3.2 3.6
-0.3
4 Ed Klepfer 1.3 1.5
-0.1
4 Joe Evans 3.2 3.1
0.1
5 Bill Wambsganss 3.2 3.5
-0.3
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.8 1.4
0.4
5 Whitey Witt 3.3 3.0
0.3
6 Tris Speaker 4.6 3.4
1.2
6 Joe Bush 1.1 1.3
-0.2
6 Jack Graney 2.3 2.8
-0.4
7 Joe Jackson 3.7 3.3
0.4
7 Claude 'Lefty' Williams 1.1 1.3
-0.2
7 Eddie Collins Sr. 2.6 2.7
-0.1
8 Happy Felsch 3.2 3.3
-0.1
8 Rube Schauer 1.2 1.2
-0.0
8 Tris Speaker 2.3 2.6
-0.3
9 Stuffy McInnis 3.5 3.1
0.4
9 Elmer Myers 0.7 1.1
-0.4
9 Braggo Roth 1.8 2.5
-0.7
10 Swede Risberg 2.2 3.1
-0.9
10 Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard 1.2 1.1
0.1
10 Buck Weaver 2.5 2.5
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 Braggo Roth 4.1 2.8 1.3
1 Stan Coveleski 2.2 1.5 0.7
1 Ray Chapman 5.3 4.4 0.9
2 Tris Speaker 4.6 3.4 1.2
2 Jim Bagby Sr. 2.3 1.9 0.5
2 Happy Felsch 2.5 2.0 0.5
3 Duffy Lewis 3.0 1.9 1.2
3 Eddie Cicotte 1.8 1.4 0.4
3 Shano Collins 1.2 0.9 0.4
4 George Sisler 1.8 1.0 0.8
4 Red Faber 1.9 1.6 0.2
4 Roy Grover 2.4 2.1 0.3
5 Ty Cobb 1.9 1.1 0.8
5 Babe Ruth 1.1 0.9 0.2
5 Whitey Witt 3.3 3.0 0.3
6 Donie Bush 1.9 1.2 0.7
6 Howard Ehmke 0.6 0.4 0.2
6 Amos Strunk 1.9 1.6 0.3
7 Whitey Witt 3.1 2.4 0.7
7 Walter Johnson 0.9 0.7 0.2
7 Bobby Veach 1.3 1.1 0.3
8 Ray Chapman 4.4 3.7 0.7
8 Carroll 'Deacon' Jones 0.3 0.2 0.1
8 Fritz Maisel 1.0 0.8 0.2
9 Joe 'Moon' Harris 3.2 2.6 0.7
9 Reb Russell 1.0 0.9 0.1
9 Jimmy Austin 1.3 1.1 0.2
10 Amos Strunk 3.1 2.5 0.6
10 Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard 1.2 1.1 0.1
10 Steve O'Neill 0.5 0.3 0.2

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 Swede Risberg 2.2 3.1 -0.9
1 Elmer Myers 0.7 1.1 -0.4
1 Braggo Roth 1.8 2.5 -0.7
2 Ray Schalk 1.9 2.7 -0.8
2 Claude 'Lefty' Williams 1.1 1.3 -0.2
2 Swede Risberg 3.0 3.7 -0.6
3 Steve O'Neill 2.2 2.9 -0.7
3 Joe Bush 1.1 1.3 -0.2
3 Joe Leonard 0.8 1.2 -0.5
4 Ray Bates 2.0 2.6 -0.6
4 Ernie Shore 0.8 1.0 -0.2
4 Charlie Jamieson 0.8 1.3 -0.5
5 Eddie Foster 1.1 1.7 -0.6
5 George Dumont 0.5 0.6 -0.1
5 Jack Graney 2.3 2.8 -0.4
6 Jack Graney 3.3 3.8 -0.6
6 Al Gould 0.6 0.7 -0.1
6 Bill Wambsganss 2.9 3.2 -0.3
7 Joe Evans 2.2 2.8 -0.6
7 Ed Klepfer 1.3 1.5 -0.1
7 Tris Speaker 2.3 2.6 -0.3
8 Fred McMullin 1.1 1.6 -0.5
8 Herb Pennock 0.3 0.4 -0.1
8 Elmer Miller (1912) 0.7 0.9 -0.2
9 Lou Guisto 0.7 1.2 -0.5
9 Red Torkelson 0.1 0.2 -0.1
9 Ed Klepfer 0.3 0.5 -0.2
10 Hugh High 0.7 1.1 -0.5
10 George Cunningham 0.3 0.3 -0.1
10 Donie Bush 1.4 1.6 -0.2

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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	Tris Speaker	4.6	3.4	1.2	1	Jim Bagby Sr.	2.3	1.9	0.5	1	Ray Chapman	5.3	4.4	0.9
2	Ray Chapman	4.4	3.7	0.7	2	Stan Coveleski	2.2	1.5	0.7	2	Whitey Witt	3.3	3.0	0.3
3	Eddie Collins Sr.	4.1	3.6	0.5	3	Red Faber	1.9	1.6	0.2	3	Joe Evans	3.2	3.1	0.1
4	Braggo Roth	4.1	2.8	1.3	4	Eddie Cicotte	1.8	1.4	0.4	4	Swede Risberg	3.0	3.7	-0.6
5	Joe Jackson	3.7	3.3	0.4	5	Ed Klepfer	1.3	1.5	-0.1	5	Bill Wambsganss	2.9	3.2	-0.3
6	Stuffy McInnis	3.5	3.1	0.4	6	Rube Schauer	1.2	1.2	-0.0	6	Eddie Collins Sr.	2.6	2.7	-0.1
7	Jack Graney	3.3	3.8	-0.6	7	Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard	1.2	1.1	0.1	7	Happy Felsch	2.5	2.0	0.5
8	Chick Gandil	3.2	3.6	-0.3	8	Joe Bush	1.1	1.3	-0.2	8	Joe Jackson	2.5	2.4	0.1
9	Happy Felsch	3.2	3.3	-0.1	9	Claude 'Lefty' Williams	1.1	1.3	-0.2	9	Everett Scott	2.5	2.3	0.1
10	Bill Wambsganss	3.2	3.5	-0.3	10	Babe Ruth	1.1	0.9	0.2	10	Buck Weaver	2.5	2.5	0.0

		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	Jack Graney	3.3	3.8	-0.6	1	Jim Bagby Sr.	2.3	1.9	0.5	1	Ray Chapman	5.3	4.4	0.9
2	Ray Chapman	4.4	3.7	0.7	2	Red Faber	1.9	1.6	0.2	2	Swede Risberg	3.0	3.7	-0.6
3	Eddie Collins Sr.	4.1	3.6	0.5	3	Stan Coveleski	2.2	1.5	0.7	3	Bill Wambsganss	2.9	3.2	-0.3
4	Chick Gandil	3.2	3.6	-0.3	4	Ed Klepfer	1.3	1.5	-0.1	4	Joe Evans	3.2	3.1	0.1
5	Bill Wambsganss	3.2	3.5	-0.3	5	Eddie Cicotte	1.8	1.4	0.4	5	Whitey Witt	3.3	3.0	0.3
6	Tris Speaker	4.6	3.4	1.2	6	Joe Bush	1.1	1.3	-0.2	6	Jack Graney	2.3	2.8	-0.4
7	Joe Jackson	3.7	3.3	0.4	7	Claude 'Lefty' Williams	1.1	1.3	-0.2	7	Eddie Collins Sr.	2.6	2.7	-0.1
8	Happy Felsch	3.2	3.3	-0.1	8	Rube Schauer	1.2	1.2	-0.0	8	Tris Speaker	2.3	2.6	-0.3
9	Stuffy McInnis	3.5	3.1	0.4	9	Elmer Myers	0.7	1.1	-0.4	9	Braggo Roth	1.8	2.5	-0.7
10	Swede Risberg	2.2	3.1	-0.9	10	Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard	1.2	1.1	0.1	10	Buck Weaver	2.5	2.5	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	Braggo Roth	4.1	2.8	1.3	1	Stan Coveleski	2.2	1.5	0.7	1	Ray Chapman	5.3	4.4	0.9
2	Tris Speaker	4.6	3.4	1.2	2	Jim Bagby Sr.	2.3	1.9	0.5	2	Happy Felsch	2.5	2.0	0.5
3	Duffy Lewis	3.0	1.9	1.2	3	Eddie Cicotte	1.8	1.4	0.4	3	Shano Collins	1.2	0.9	0.4
4	George Sisler	1.8	1.0	0.8	4	Red Faber	1.9	1.6	0.2	4	Roy Grover	2.4	2.1	0.3
5	Ty Cobb	1.9	1.1	0.8	5	Babe Ruth	1.1	0.9	0.2	5	Whitey Witt	3.3	3.0	0.3
6	Donie Bush	1.9	1.2	0.7	6	Howard Ehmke	0.6	0.4	0.2	6	Amos Strunk	1.9	1.6	0.3
7	Whitey Witt	3.1	2.4	0.7	7	Walter Johnson	0.9	0.7	0.2	7	Bobby Veach	1.3	1.1	0.3
8	Ray Chapman	4.4	3.7	0.7	8	Carroll 'Deacon' Jones	0.3	0.2	0.1	8	Fritz Maisel	1.0	0.8	0.2
9	Joe 'Moon' Harris	3.2	2.6	0.7	9	Reb Russell	1.0	0.9	0.1	9	Jimmy Austin	1.3	1.1	0.2
10	Amos Strunk	3.1	2.5	0.6	10	Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard	1.2	1.1	0.1	10	Steve O'Neill	0.5	0.3	0.2

		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	Swede Risberg	2.2	3.1	-0.9	1	Elmer Myers	0.7	1.1	-0.4	1	Braggo Roth	1.8	2.5	-0.7
2	Ray Schalk	1.9	2.7	-0.8	2	Claude 'Lefty' Williams	1.1	1.3	-0.2	2	Swede Risberg	3.0	3.7	-0.6
3	Steve O'Neill	2.2	2.9	-0.7	3	Joe Bush	1.1	1.3	-0.2	3	Joe Leonard	0.8	1.2	-0.5
4	Ray Bates	2.0	2.6	-0.6	4	Ernie Shore	0.8	1.0	-0.2	4	Charlie Jamieson	0.8	1.3	-0.5
5	Eddie Foster	1.1	1.7	-0.6	5	George Dumont	0.5	0.6	-0.1	5	Jack Graney	2.3	2.8	-0.4
6	Jack Graney	3.3	3.8	-0.6	6	Al Gould	0.6	0.7	-0.1	6	Bill Wambsganss	2.9	3.2	-0.3
7	Joe Evans	2.2	2.8	-0.6	7	Ed Klepfer	1.3	1.5	-0.1	7	Tris Speaker	2.3	2.6	-0.3
8	Fred McMullin	1.1	1.6	-0.5	8	Herb Pennock	0.3	0.4	-0.1	8	Elmer Miller (1912)	0.7	0.9	-0.2
9	Lou Guisto	0.7	1.2	-0.5	9	Red Torkelson	0.1	0.2	-0.1	9	Ed Klepfer	0.3	0.5	-0.2
10	Hugh High	0.7	1.1	-0.5	10	George Cunningham	0.3	0.3	-0.1	10	Donie Bush	1.4	1.6	-0.2