2017 American League

2017 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

2017 National League 2017 Major Leagues

2017 American League Leaders and Trailers
2017 Postseason
2017 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
Cleveland Indians	162.0	102.0	60.0	264.0	222.0	41.7
Houston Astros	162.0	101.0	61.0	263.0	223.0	39.8
Boston Red Sox	162.0	93.0	69.0	255.0	231.0	23.6
New York Yankees	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.7
Minnesota Twins	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.7
Tampa Bay Rays	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.5
Anaheim Angels	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.5
Kansas City Royals	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.7
Texas Rangers	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.3
Seattle Mariners	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.6
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.5
Oakland Athletics	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.4
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.6
Chicago White Sox	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.3
Detroit Tigers	162.0	64.0	98.0	226.0	260.0	-34.5

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
Cleveland Indians	257.2	228.8	28.6	57.5
Houston Astros	253.9	232.1	21.4	50.5
New York Yankees	252.7	233.3	19.2	48.1
Boston Red Sox	247.2	238.8	8.1	37.0
Tampa Bay Rays	245.7	240.3	4.8	34.1
Minnesota Twins	244.5	241.5	2.9	32.0
Texas Rangers	243.0	243.0	-0.2	28.9
Seattle Mariners	242.5	243.5	-1.6	27.6
Oakland Athletics	241.8	244.2	-2.9	26.3
Toronto Blue Jays	241.6	244.4	-3.4	26.0
Kansas City Royals	240.3	245.7	-5.3	23.8
Anaheim Angels	240.2	245.8	-5.7	23.6
Baltimore Orioles	237.9	248.1	-10.9	18.3
Detroit Tigers	237.1	248.9	-12.2	16.8
Chicago White Sox	236.9	249.1	-12.4	16.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	120.7	106.7	0.531	14.0
New York Yankees	125.3	115.5	0.520	9.8
Cleveland Indians	121.0	113.8	0.515	7.2
Minnesota Twins	114.4	111.5	0.506	2.8
Oakland Athletics	112.1	110.0	0.505	2.1
Seattle Mariners	115.4	114.0	0.503	1.3
Texas Rangers	108.1	109.0	0.498	-1.0
Tampa Bay Rays	111.8	113.2	0.497	-1.4
Baltimore Orioles	108.5	110.7	0.495	-2.2
Detroit Tigers	111.5	114.4	0.494	-2.8
Kansas City Royals	109.4	112.6	0.493	-3.2
Boston Red Sox	114.5	118.1	0.492	-3.7
Anaheim Angels	112.5	117.1	0.490	-4.6
Toronto Blue Jays	108.7	113.6	0.489	-4.9
Chicago White Sox	107.6	113.8	0.486	-6.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Texas Rangers	10.7	8.7	0.551	2.0
Anaheim Angels	10.5	9.6	0.524	0.9
Cleveland Indians	9.4	8.6	0.522	0.8
Kansas City Royals	8.2	7.5	0.521	0.7
Minnesota Twins	8.8	8.3	0.515	0.5
Boston Red Sox	10.7	10.4	0.508	0.3
Baltimore Orioles	7.4	7.4	0.500	0.0
Seattle Mariners	10.0	10.0	0.500	-0.0
New York Yankees	9.0	9.1	0.497	-0.1
Chicago White Sox	8.0	8.2	0.495	-0.1
Tampa Bay Rays	7.8	8.1	0.493	-0.2
Houston Astros	9.8	10.3	0.488	-0.5
Detroit Tigers	7.9	8.4	0.485	-0.5
Oakland Athletics	7.3	7.8	0.482	-0.6
Toronto Blue Jays	6.7	7.5	0.472	-0.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	87.0	71.4	0.549	15.6
Boston Red Sox	84.1	73.4	0.534	10.7
New York Yankees	81.1	74.2	0.522	6.9
Houston Astros	83.9	77.0	0.521	6.8
Tampa Bay Rays	84.9	78.8	0.519	6.1
Toronto Blue Jays	84.4	79.2	0.516	5.2
Kansas City Royals	83.6	81.8	0.505	1.8
Texas Rangers	81.2	82.0	0.498	-0.7
Minnesota Twins	79.8	81.0	0.496	-1.2
Detroit Tigers	79.8	81.6	0.495	-1.8
Anaheim Angels	78.1	80.9	0.491	-2.8
Oakland Athletics	79.9	82.8	0.491	-2.9
Seattle Mariners	76.9	80.9	0.487	-4.0
Baltimore Orioles	81.7	87.4	0.483	-5.8
Chicago White Sox	80.4	86.5	0.482	-6.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Anaheim Angels	39.9	37.3	0.516	2.5
Seattle Mariners	40.6	38.1	0.516	2.5
Cleveland Indians	38.5	36.3	0.515	2.3
Chicago White Sox	41.8	39.6	0.513	2.2
New York Yankees	36.6	35.3	0.509	1.3
Minnesota Twins	41.7	40.5	0.507	1.2
Tampa Bay Rays	40.8	40.5	0.502	0.3
Texas Rangers	43.2	43.1	0.500	0.0
Boston Red Sox	37.3	37.4	0.500	-0.1
Oakland Athletics	42.8	43.3	0.497	-0.5
Houston Astros	38.5	39.1	0.496	-0.6
Baltimore Orioles	41.0	41.8	0.495	-0.8
Toronto Blue Jays	41.8	44.2	0.486	-2.4
Kansas City Royals	39.9	43.0	0.481	-3.1
Detroit Tigers	38.2	44.0	0.465	-5.8

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 2017 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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