1952 American League

1952 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1952 National League 1952 Major Leagues

1952 American League Leaders and Trailers
1952 Postseason
1952 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
New York Yankees	154.0	95.0	59.0	249.0	213.0	36.4
Cleveland Indians	155.0	93.5	61.5	248.5	216.5	32.0
Chicago White Sox	156.0	82.0	74.0	238.0	230.0	7.6
Philadelphia Athletics	155.0	79.5	75.5	234.5	230.5	4.2
Washington Senators I	157.0	79.5	77.5	236.5	234.5	1.6
Boston Red Sox	154.0	76.0	78.0	230.0	232.0	-2.5
St. Louis Browns	155.0	64.5	90.5	219.5	245.5	-26.3
Detroit Tigers	156.0	51.0	105.0	207.0	261.0	-54.2

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
Cleveland Indians	242.0	223.0	19.6	46.3
New York Yankees	239.8	222.2	18.6	45.2
Chicago White Sox	237.5	230.5	7.7	35.1
Philadelphia Athletics	232.8	232.2	0.8	27.6
Boston Red Sox	230.6	231.4	-0.3	26.6
Washington Senators I	233.6	237.4	-2.6	24.5
St. Louis Browns	227.4	237.6	-9.2	18.0
Detroit Tigers	226.9	241.1	-13.6	13.5


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	114.4	103.5	0.525	10.9
New York Yankees	110.7	101.0	0.523	9.8
Boston Red Sox	106.0	103.9	0.505	2.1
Philadelphia Athletics	106.2	104.7	0.504	1.6
St. Louis Browns	104.9	108.1	0.492	-3.2
Chicago White Sox	107.0	111.1	0.491	-4.1
Detroit Tigers	105.9	111.5	0.487	-5.6
Washington Senators I	101.9	109.7	0.481	-7.9


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	10.6	9.0	0.541	1.6
New York Yankees	10.2	8.8	0.538	1.4
Chicago White Sox	11.0	10.1	0.521	0.9
Washington Senators I	10.1	9.3	0.519	0.7
Boston Red Sox	9.5	9.3	0.506	0.2
Philadelphia Athletics	9.7	9.5	0.506	0.2
Detroit Tigers	7.9	8.8	0.473	-0.9
St. Louis Browns	8.7	9.8	0.468	-1.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	76.5	68.7	0.527	7.8
Washington Senators I	76.3	71.5	0.516	4.8
Cleveland Indians	72.5	68.2	0.515	4.3
New York Yankees	72.4	69.7	0.510	2.8
Philadelphia Athletics	70.7	70.8	0.500	-0.1
St. Louis Browns	68.9	71.3	0.491	-2.4
Boston Red Sox	68.7	72.1	0.488	-3.4
Detroit Tigers	70.1	74.2	0.486	-4.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	45.5	43.7	0.510	1.8
Boston Red Sox	46.9	45.7	0.507	1.3
Chicago White Sox	42.3	41.2	0.507	1.1
Cleveland Indians	43.4	43.3	0.500	0.1
Washington Senators I	45.5	46.7	0.494	-1.2
St. Louis Browns	45.9	47.4	0.492	-1.5
Philadelphia Athletics	45.9	47.4	0.492	-1.6
Detroit Tigers	43.9	45.7	0.490	-1.8

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1952 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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