1916 Major League

1916 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1916 American League 1916 National League

1916 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1916 Postseason

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
Brooklyn Dodgers	145.0	87.0	58.0	232.0	203.0	29.3
New York Giants	142.0	82.5	59.5	224.5	201.5	22.7
Philadelphia Phillies	126.0	74.5	51.5	200.5	177.5	22.7
Boston Red Sox	74.0	46.5	27.5	120.5	101.5	18.9
Boston Braves	109.0	62.5	46.5	171.5	155.5	16.1
New York Yankees	127.0	69.5	57.5	196.5	184.5	12.0
Chicago White Sox	123.0	67.5	55.5	190.5	178.5	11.9
Detroit Tigers	56.0	30.0	26.0	86.0	82.0	3.8
St. Louis Browns	32.0	17.0	15.0	49.0	47.0	1.7
Cleveland Indians	44.0	21.0	23.0	65.0	67.0	-2.1
Washington Senators I	55.0	20.5	34.5	75.5	89.5	-14.6
Chicago Cubs	133.0	56.5	76.5	189.5	209.5	-20.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	156.0	66.5	89.5	222.5	245.5	-23.4
St. Louis Cardinals	86.0	31.0	55.0	117.0	141.0	-23.8
Cincinnati Reds	121.0	48.5	72.5	169.5	193.5	-24.4
Philadelphia Athletics	71.0	19.0	52.0	90.0	123.0	-33.2

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 Giants	218.7	207.3	11.2	36.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	222.6	212.4	10.6	36.1
Chicago White Sox	188.0	181.0	7.2	29.2
Philadelphia Phillies	192.2	185.8	6.6	28.8
Boston Braves	166.8	160.2	7.1	26.3
New York Yankees	192.1	188.9	3.3	25.7
Chicago Cubs	199.3	199.7	-0.7	23.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	231.3	236.7	-5.5	22.2
Boston Red Sox	113.8	108.2	5.7	18.9
Cincinnati Reds	178.0	185.0	-6.9	14.7
Detroit Tigers	83.5	84.5	-1.1	8.9
St. Louis Browns	49.5	46.5	3.1	8.8
Washington Senators I	82.3	82.7	-1.1	8.6
Cleveland Indians	65.6	66.4	-0.7	7.3
St. Louis Cardinals	121.2	136.8	-15.8	-0.3
Philadelphia Athletics	99.7	113.3	-14.0	-1.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	95.2	87.9	0.520	7.2
Philadelphia Phillies	81.5	77.9	0.511	3.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	96.6	94.2	0.506	2.4
Detroit Tigers	36.9	34.7	0.515	2.1
St. Louis Browns	22.1	20.2	0.522	1.8
New York Yankees	84.8	83.3	0.505	1.6
Cleveland Indians	26.5	25.9	0.506	0.6
Washington Senators I	36.2	35.8	0.502	0.3
Boston Braves	72.8	72.6	0.501	0.2
Chicago White Sox	80.5	80.5	0.500	-0.1
Boston Red Sox	46.3	47.2	0.495	-0.9
Chicago Cubs	87.6	89.1	0.496	-1.4
Cincinnati Reds	74.0	76.9	0.490	-2.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	99.2	102.9	0.491	-3.7
Philadelphia Athletics	41.2	45.3	0.476	-4.1
St. Louis Cardinals	49.7	55.0	0.475	-5.3


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	12.9	11.5	0.529	1.4
New York Giants	17.1	15.9	0.518	1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	16.8	15.7	0.516	1.0
Cleveland Indians	4.9	4.1	0.540	0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	14.2	13.7	0.510	0.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	15.0	14.7	0.505	0.3
St. Louis Browns	3.6	3.4	0.517	0.2
Chicago Cubs	13.1	12.8	0.504	0.2
Boston Red Sox	8.6	8.6	0.500	-0.0
Detroit Tigers	6.2	6.3	0.496	-0.1
New York Yankees	14.3	14.4	0.498	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	12.4	12.6	0.494	-0.3
Boston Braves	10.4	10.8	0.491	-0.4
St. Louis Cardinals	9.0	9.6	0.484	-0.6
Washington Senators I	5.6	6.8	0.451	-1.2
Philadelphia Athletics	6.2	8.1	0.434	-1.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Braves	46.0	41.2	0.528	4.8
Boston Red Sox	32.2	27.5	0.539	4.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	59.8	55.5	0.519	4.3
Philadelphia Phillies	52.0	49.5	0.513	2.5
Chicago White Sox	50.2	47.8	0.512	2.4
New York Yankees	50.1	48.0	0.511	2.1
St. Louis Browns	12.6	11.8	0.515	0.7
Chicago Cubs	53.6	53.2	0.502	0.4
Washington Senators I	21.4	21.2	0.502	0.2
New York Giants	56.3	56.3	0.500	-0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	62.7	64.2	0.494	-1.4
Cleveland Indians	18.3	19.8	0.480	-1.6
Detroit Tigers	21.9	23.7	0.480	-1.8
Cincinnati Reds	49.1	51.6	0.488	-2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	32.0	36.9	0.465	-4.8
Philadelphia Athletics	27.9	32.8	0.459	-4.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	44.0	41.5	0.514	2.5
New York Giants	49.9	47.5	0.513	2.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	50.4	48.6	0.509	1.8
Boston Braves	37.0	36.2	0.505	0.8
Boston Red Sox	26.2	25.4	0.507	0.8
St. Louis Browns	11.3	11.1	0.505	0.2
Chicago Cubs	44.8	44.8	0.500	-0.0
Washington Senators I	19.0	19.0	0.499	-0.1
Cleveland Indians	16.2	16.3	0.498	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	43.1	43.4	0.498	-0.4
New York Yankees	42.7	43.2	0.497	-0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	52.9	53.6	0.497	-0.7
Detroit Tigers	18.7	19.7	0.487	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	44.0	45.2	0.493	-1.2
Philadelphia Athletics	25.0	26.4	0.487	-1.4
St. Louis Cardinals	31.2	34.5	0.475	-3.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1916 Major 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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