1921 Major League

1921 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1921 American League 1921 National League

1921 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1921 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
New York Yankees	133.0	85.0	48.0	218.0	181.0	37.1
New York Giants	140.0	87.0	53.0	227.0	193.0	33.4
Cleveland Indians	153.0	93.0	60.0	246.0	213.0	33.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	90.5	63.5	244.5	217.5	26.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	143.0	76.0	67.0	219.0	210.0	9.3
St. Louis Browns	98.0	51.0	47.0	149.0	145.0	3.6
St. Louis Cardinals	104.0	53.5	50.5	157.5	154.5	2.5
Washington Senators I	79.0	40.5	38.5	119.5	117.5	1.6
Boston Braves	119.0	57.0	62.0	176.0	181.0	-5.3
Cincinnati Reds	135.0	64.0	71.0	199.0	206.0	-7.3
Detroit Tigers	77.0	34.5	42.5	111.5	119.5	-8.0
Boston Red Sox	94.0	41.0	53.0	135.0	147.0	-12.2
Chicago Cubs	131.0	57.0	74.0	188.0	205.0	-17.4
Chicago White Sox	120.0	51.0	69.0	171.0	189.0	-18.3
Philadelphia Athletics	118.0	40.0	78.0	158.0	196.0	-38.1
Philadelphia Phillies	138.0	47.0	91.0	185.0	229.0	-44.0

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	238.9	220.1	19.6	45.1
New York Yankees	209.3	189.7	20.1	42.3
New York Giants	218.9	201.1	18.2	41.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	236.8	225.2	11.8	37.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	215.9	213.1	3.1	27.0
Cincinnati Reds	203.6	201.4	2.5	25.0
St. Louis Cardinals	156.7	155.3	1.4	19.2
Boston Braves	177.0	180.0	-3.2	16.8
Chicago Cubs	193.1	199.9	-6.9	15.3
St. Louis Browns	145.5	148.5	-3.1	13.5
Detroit Tigers	115.3	115.7	-0.3	12.7
Washington Senators I	118.2	118.8	-0.7	12.5
Chicago White Sox	176.0	184.0	-8.2	12.0
Boston Red Sox	137.1	144.9	-7.7	8.2
Philadelphia Athletics	170.7	183.3	-12.3	7.6
Philadelphia Phillies	198.4	215.6	-17.1	6.1


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	99.1	84.7	0.539	14.4
New York Giants	103.5	91.8	0.530	11.7
Cleveland Indians	112.3	103.8	0.520	8.6
St. Louis Cardinals	70.8	65.0	0.521	5.8
Detroit Tigers	55.0	51.9	0.514	3.1
Boston Braves	82.2	80.2	0.506	2.0
St. Louis Browns	65.5	65.2	0.501	0.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.0	104.0	0.497	-1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	88.2	90.7	0.493	-2.5
Washington Senators I	52.3	54.9	0.488	-2.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	92.9	96.7	0.490	-3.8
Chicago Cubs	86.4	90.7	0.488	-4.3
Cincinnati Reds	85.7	90.0	0.488	-4.4
Chicago White Sox	76.5	81.0	0.486	-4.5
Philadelphia Athletics	74.0	82.3	0.474	-8.3
Boston Red Sox	57.3	66.1	0.464	-8.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	13.2	10.8	0.550	2.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	13.6	11.3	0.546	2.3
Cleveland Indians	11.2	10.3	0.520	0.9
Washington Senators I	6.8	5.9	0.532	0.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	12.2	11.4	0.517	0.8
St. Louis Browns	6.9	6.5	0.514	0.4
Boston Red Sox	6.2	5.9	0.514	0.3
St. Louis Cardinals	8.4	8.3	0.503	0.1
New York Yankees	10.2	10.1	0.502	0.1
Boston Braves	10.0	10.0	0.500	0.0
Detroit Tigers	5.7	5.9	0.491	-0.2
Cincinnati Reds	11.9	12.5	0.488	-0.6
Philadelphia Athletics	7.7	8.4	0.480	-0.6
Chicago Cubs	9.7	11.1	0.466	-1.4
Chicago White Sox	8.2	10.2	0.445	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	8.8	10.8	0.447	-2.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	60.2	52.1	0.536	8.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	61.4	55.5	0.526	6.0
Cleveland Indians	65.7	60.3	0.521	5.3
New York Yankees	58.1	54.2	0.517	3.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	64.6	61.0	0.514	3.6
Boston Red Sox	42.9	42.1	0.505	0.8
Washington Senators I	33.8	33.1	0.506	0.7
New York Giants	56.4	56.1	0.501	0.3
Chicago White Sox	51.8	51.8	0.500	0.0
Philadelphia Athletics	50.4	51.3	0.495	-1.0
Chicago Cubs	53.8	54.9	0.495	-1.1
Boston Braves	46.2	49.2	0.484	-3.0
Detroit Tigers	31.0	34.1	0.476	-3.2
St. Louis Browns	41.7	44.9	0.481	-3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	42.0	46.7	0.474	-4.7
Philadelphia Phillies	54.3	60.5	0.473	-6.2


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	54.9	49.7	0.525	5.2
New York Giants	45.4	42.6	0.516	2.8
Cleveland Indians	48.7	46.7	0.510	2.0
St. Louis Cardinals	35.9	34.8	0.508	1.1
Chicago Cubs	43.6	42.8	0.504	0.8
Washington Senators I	25.4	24.8	0.506	0.6
Detroit Tigers	23.9	23.5	0.505	0.5
Boston Red Sox	31.0	30.5	0.503	0.4
St. Louis Browns	31.6	31.7	0.499	-0.2
Boston Braves	39.0	40.3	0.492	-1.3
New York Yankees	40.6	41.9	0.492	-1.3
Chicago White Sox	39.6	41.0	0.491	-1.4
Philadelphia Athletics	39.2	40.7	0.491	-1.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	48.7	50.3	0.492	-1.6
Cincinnati Reds	45.2	47.4	0.488	-2.3
Philadelphia Phillies	48.6	52.1	0.482	-3.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1921 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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