1926 Major League

1926 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1926 American League 1926 National League

1926 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1926 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	130.0	77.0	53.0	207.0	183.0	24.1
Cleveland Indians	153.0	87.0	66.0	240.0	219.0	20.9
Cincinnati Reds	157.0	88.5	68.5	245.5	225.5	19.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	157.0	86.0	71.0	243.0	228.0	15.2
St. Louis Cardinals	127.0	71.0	56.0	198.0	183.0	14.7
Philadelphia Athletics	140.0	77.0	63.0	217.0	203.0	13.5
Chicago Cubs	145.0	78.5	66.5	223.5	211.5	11.2
Chicago White Sox	139.0	71.5	67.5	210.5	206.5	4.0
Detroit Tigers	89.0	45.5	43.5	134.5	132.5	1.8
Washington Senators I	91.0	45.0	46.0	136.0	137.0	-1.0
New York Giants	136.0	67.0	69.0	203.0	205.0	-2.7
Boston Braves	119.0	55.5	63.5	174.5	182.5	-8.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	143.0	64.0	79.0	207.0	222.0	-15.1
St. Louis Browns	91.0	33.0	58.0	124.0	149.0	-25.4
Philadelphia Phillies	114.0	38.5	75.5	152.5	189.5	-37.1
Boston Red Sox	103.0	32.0	71.0	135.0	174.0	-39.5

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
Cincinnati Reds	241.6	229.4	13.0	38.4
New York Yankees	202.8	187.2	16.0	37.4
Cleveland Indians	234.1	224.9	9.8	34.8
Philadelphia Athletics	213.8	206.2	8.0	31.4
St. Louis Cardinals	195.3	185.7	10.2	31.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	237.5	233.5	4.7	30.5
Chicago Cubs	220.6	214.4	5.9	29.8
Chicago White Sox	210.5	206.5	4.4	27.2
New York Giants	202.5	205.5	-2.7	20.0
Detroit Tigers	134.7	132.3	2.8	17.7
Boston Braves	176.9	180.1	-2.9	16.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	210.8	218.2	-6.8	16.5
Washington Senators I	135.3	137.7	-1.7	13.3
Philadelphia Phillies	166.2	175.8	-9.5	9.2
St. Louis Browns	130.1	142.9	-13.3	1.7
Boston Red Sox	146.0	163.0	-17.1	0.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	96.6	83.6	0.536	13.1
St. Louis Cardinals	89.9	82.8	0.521	7.1
Cincinnati Reds	111.6	105.8	0.513	5.8
Chicago Cubs	103.0	100.7	0.506	2.3
Chicago White Sox	94.3	92.8	0.504	1.5
Detroit Tigers	59.3	57.9	0.506	1.4
Cleveland Indians	105.1	104.7	0.501	0.3
Washington Senators I	61.8	61.8	0.500	-0.1
Boston Braves	78.5	79.2	0.498	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	75.5	76.5	0.497	-1.0
St. Louis Browns	59.9	61.5	0.494	-1.6
New York Giants	89.3	91.5	0.494	-2.2
Philadelphia Athletics	97.5	100.1	0.494	-2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.2	106.3	0.493	-3.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	94.8	98.4	0.491	-3.6
Boston Red Sox	61.5	70.8	0.465	-9.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	11.9	9.7	0.550	2.1
Chicago White Sox	11.7	10.3	0.531	1.4
St. Louis Cardinals	9.3	8.5	0.521	0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	7.5	7.0	0.519	0.5
Washington Senators I	7.0	6.5	0.520	0.5
New York Giants	9.9	9.7	0.507	0.3
Chicago Cubs	10.7	10.5	0.504	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	11.9	11.8	0.502	0.1
Detroit Tigers	6.8	6.7	0.503	0.1
Philadelphia Athletics	9.6	9.6	0.500	0.0
New York Yankees	10.0	10.1	0.498	-0.1
Boston Red Sox	6.2	6.4	0.490	-0.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.4	11.8	0.492	-0.4
Boston Braves	9.3	9.9	0.484	-0.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.0	10.9	0.479	-0.9
St. Louis Browns	5.6	6.7	0.453	-1.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Athletics	62.0	53.9	0.535	8.1
Cincinnati Reds	65.1	60.4	0.519	4.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	69.0	65.1	0.515	3.9
New York Yankees	54.6	51.0	0.517	3.6
Chicago Cubs	60.1	58.6	0.506	1.5
Cleveland Indians	64.2	63.0	0.505	1.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	60.8	59.6	0.505	1.2
Detroit Tigers	39.6	39.0	0.504	0.6
New York Giants	58.1	57.9	0.501	0.2
Chicago White Sox	57.8	57.9	0.500	-0.1
St. Louis Cardinals	53.3	53.4	0.499	-0.1
Washington Senators I	37.7	38.2	0.497	-0.5
Boston Braves	48.7	50.0	0.493	-1.3
Boston Red Sox	43.4	46.2	0.485	-2.8
Philadelphia Phillies	45.6	50.1	0.476	-4.5
St. Louis Browns	35.3	42.6	0.453	-7.4


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	52.5	47.9	0.523	4.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	53.5	50.7	0.513	2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	42.9	40.8	0.513	2.1
Chicago Cubs	46.6	44.9	0.509	1.6
Chicago White Sox	46.8	45.5	0.507	1.3
Philadelphia Athletics	44.3	43.0	0.507	1.3
Cincinnati Reds	52.5	51.9	0.503	0.7
Boston Braves	40.8	40.5	0.502	0.3
Detroit Tigers	28.9	28.7	0.502	0.2
New York Giants	45.8	45.8	0.500	-0.1
St. Louis Browns	30.2	31.3	0.491	-1.1
Washington Senators I	29.2	30.8	0.487	-1.6
New York Yankees	40.9	43.2	0.486	-2.3
Boston Red Sox	35.9	38.6	0.481	-2.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	45.6	49.0	0.482	-3.4
Philadelphia Phillies	37.9	41.9	0.475	-4.0

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1926 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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