1961 American League

1961 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1961 National League 1961 Major Leagues

1961 American League Leaders and Trailers
1961 Postseason
1961 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	163.0	109.5	53.5	272.5	216.5	56.1
Detroit Tigers	163.0	101.5	61.5	264.5	224.5	40.2
Baltimore Orioles	163.0	95.5	67.5	258.5	230.5	28.3
Chicago White Sox	163.0	86.5	76.5	249.5	239.5	9.6
Cleveland Indians	161.0	78.0	83.0	239.0	244.0	-5.7
Boston Red Sox	163.0	76.5	86.5	239.5	249.5	-10.6
Minnesota Twins	161.0	70.5	90.5	231.5	251.5	-19.7
Los Angeles Angels	162.0	70.5	91.5	232.5	253.5	-21.6
Kansas City Athletics	162.0	61.5	100.5	223.5	262.5	-38.9
Washington Senators II	161.0	61.0	100.0	222.0	261.0	-39.2

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
New York Yankees	256.3	232.7	25.6	53.7
Detroit Tigers	255.3	233.7	23.2	51.2
Baltimore Orioles	249.6	239.4	12.2	40.3
Chicago White Sox	245.0	244.0	2.8	31.1
Minnesota Twins	241.3	241.7	0.6	28.3
Cleveland Indians	240.8	242.2	-1.4	26.4
Los Angeles Angels	240.7	245.3	-4.7	23.9
Boston Red Sox	239.3	249.7	-10.9	17.2
Washington Senators II	235.9	247.1	-10.7	17.0
Kansas City Athletics	234.4	251.6	-16.4	11.4


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	123.8	110.1	0.529	13.7
Detroit Tigers	121.9	109.3	0.527	12.7
Chicago White Sox	114.6	113.4	0.503	1.1
Los Angeles Angels	111.1	111.1	0.500	-0.1
Cleveland Indians	113.0	113.6	0.499	-0.6
Baltimore Orioles	112.4	113.3	0.498	-0.8
Minnesota Twins	111.3	113.1	0.496	-1.8
Boston Red Sox	110.9	113.8	0.494	-2.8
Washington Senators II	104.3	111.4	0.484	-7.1
Kansas City Athletics	106.7	114.9	0.481	-8.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	9.6	7.3	0.568	2.3
New York Yankees	8.7	7.4	0.541	1.3
Los Angeles Angels	8.8	8.1	0.519	0.7
Kansas City Athletics	9.3	8.7	0.518	0.6
Detroit Tigers	10.0	9.6	0.511	0.4
Chicago White Sox	10.9	10.5	0.508	0.4
Minnesota Twins	8.4	8.7	0.492	-0.3
Boston Red Sox	8.0	8.7	0.478	-0.7
Baltimore Orioles	8.8	9.6	0.480	-0.7
Washington Senators II	8.3	9.5	0.467	-1.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	83.8	74.7	0.529	9.1
New York Yankees	79.2	74.9	0.514	4.4
Minnesota Twins	79.6	75.8	0.512	3.8
Detroit Tigers	79.3	76.0	0.511	3.3
Chicago White Sox	76.9	75.6	0.504	1.3
Washington Senators II	76.5	77.1	0.498	-0.6
Los Angeles Angels	79.9	81.7	0.495	-1.8
Cleveland Indians	76.9	80.1	0.490	-3.2
Kansas City Athletics	74.1	78.0	0.487	-3.9
Boston Red Sox	75.7	81.3	0.482	-5.5


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	44.3	40.6	0.522	3.7
Detroit Tigers	43.3	39.6	0.522	3.7
Baltimore Orioles	44.5	41.9	0.515	2.6
Cleveland Indians	41.8	40.6	0.507	1.1
Boston Red Sox	45.2	45.4	0.499	-0.2
Chicago White Sox	43.3	43.7	0.498	-0.4
Washington Senators II	47.1	48.9	0.491	-1.8
Los Angeles Angels	41.5	43.8	0.486	-2.3
Minnesota Twins	41.5	44.6	0.482	-3.1
Kansas City Athletics	45.3	49.0	0.481	-3.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1961 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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