1928 Major League

1928 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1928 American League 1928 National League

1928 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1928 Postseason
1928 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	101.0	53.0	255.0	207.0	48.1
Philadelphia Athletics	153.0	98.0	55.0	251.0	208.0	42.6
St. Louis Cardinals	154.0	95.0	59.0	249.0	213.0	35.7
New York Giants	155.0	93.5	61.5	248.5	216.5	32.1
Chicago Cubs	154.0	91.0	63.0	245.0	217.0	28.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	152.0	85.0	67.0	237.0	219.0	17.9
St. Louis Browns	154.0	82.0	72.0	236.0	226.0	9.9
Cincinnati Reds	153.0	78.5	74.5	231.5	227.5	3.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	78.0	77.0	233.0	232.0	0.7
Washington Senators I	155.0	75.5	79.5	230.5	234.5	-4.6
Chicago White Sox	155.0	72.5	82.5	227.5	237.5	-10.2
Detroit Tigers	154.0	68.0	86.0	222.0	240.0	-18.5
Cleveland Indians	155.0	62.5	92.5	217.5	247.5	-30.3
Boston Red Sox	154.0	57.5	96.5	211.5	250.5	-39.4
Boston Braves	153.0	50.0	103.0	203.0	256.0	-54.3
Philadelphia Phillies	152.0	43.0	109.0	195.0	261.0	-66.3

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	242.2	219.8	23.1	49.2
Philadelphia Athletics	240.7	218.3	22.5	48.5
St. Louis Cardinals	240.2	221.8	19.1	45.3
New York Giants	239.2	225.8	14.7	41.1
Chicago Cubs	237.6	224.4	13.9	40.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	236.1	228.9	8.3	34.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	231.1	224.9	7.1	32.9
Washington Senators I	235.5	229.5	6.5	32.7
St. Louis Browns	231.5	230.5	0.9	27.0
Cincinnati Reds	226.5	232.5	-5.5	20.4
Detroit Tigers	226.8	235.2	-8.0	18.5
Chicago White Sox	228.2	236.8	-8.5	17.7
Boston Red Sox	226.7	235.3	-8.7	17.4
Cleveland Indians	225.8	239.2	-13.5	12.9
Boston Braves	219.2	239.8	-21.5	4.9
Philadelphia Phillies	216.9	239.1	-22.2	4.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	117.9	98.5	0.545	19.4
Philadelphia Athletics	112.9	102.0	0.525	10.9
Chicago Cubs	111.1	102.2	0.521	8.9
New York Giants	114.3	105.6	0.520	8.7
St. Louis Cardinals	112.4	104.9	0.517	7.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	107.0	105.6	0.503	1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.4	102.2	0.503	1.2
St. Louis Browns	107.1	106.4	0.501	0.6
Detroit Tigers	102.0	102.2	0.499	-0.2
Washington Senators I	106.9	108.0	0.497	-1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	96.5	102.3	0.485	-5.8
Cleveland Indians	99.3	105.8	0.484	-6.4
Cincinnati Reds	98.1	105.4	0.482	-7.3
Boston Braves	99.7	108.0	0.480	-8.4
Chicago White Sox	100.0	108.4	0.480	-8.4
Boston Red Sox	97.4	108.7	0.473	-11.3


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.6	9.2	0.536	1.4
Chicago White Sox	11.8	10.4	0.531	1.4
St. Louis Browns	10.0	8.6	0.537	1.4
Chicago Cubs	10.4	9.5	0.522	0.9
Washington Senators I	11.4	10.7	0.514	0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	10.6	10.1	0.511	0.5
Philadelphia Athletics	11.0	10.8	0.506	0.3
Boston Red Sox	10.5	10.3	0.505	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	10.7	10.8	0.499	-0.1
New York Yankees	9.8	9.9	0.498	-0.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.6	10.7	0.497	-0.1
New York Giants	9.4	9.9	0.488	-0.4
Boston Braves	9.8	10.5	0.485	-0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	9.7	10.5	0.479	-0.8
Detroit Tigers	10.7	11.7	0.477	-1.0
Cleveland Indians	9.2	10.8	0.460	-1.6


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	69.6	61.9	0.529	7.7
Philadelphia Athletics	68.9	61.3	0.529	7.6
Washington Senators I	66.7	59.9	0.526	6.7
St. Louis Cardinals	67.6	62.1	0.521	5.5
New York Giants	66.3	62.1	0.516	4.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	67.8	63.8	0.515	3.9
New York Yankees	65.2	63.5	0.507	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	65.2	63.7	0.506	1.5
Boston Red Sox	65.6	64.4	0.505	1.2
Chicago Cubs	64.5	64.4	0.500	0.1
Cleveland Indians	65.5	67.7	0.492	-2.2
St. Louis Browns	66.5	68.7	0.492	-2.2
Chicago White Sox	66.8	69.3	0.491	-2.5
Detroit Tigers	65.3	68.8	0.487	-3.5
Boston Braves	62.0	69.3	0.472	-7.3
Philadelphia Phillies	62.7	73.2	0.461	-10.5


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.7	45.5	0.517	3.3
Chicago Cubs	51.3	48.5	0.514	2.8
Chicago White Sox	49.9	48.3	0.509	1.7
Boston Red Sox	53.3	51.8	0.507	1.5
St. Louis Browns	47.8	46.9	0.505	0.9
Philadelphia Athletics	46.5	45.6	0.505	0.9
New York Giants	48.9	48.4	0.503	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	52.7	52.3	0.502	0.4
New York Yankees	48.4	48.8	0.498	-0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.1	50.0	0.495	-0.9
Washington Senators I	50.2	51.2	0.495	-1.0
Detroit Tigers	49.9	51.5	0.492	-1.6
Boston Braves	49.0	50.7	0.491	-1.7
Cleveland Indians	52.5	54.3	0.492	-1.8
Philadelphia Phillies	49.6	51.6	0.490	-2.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	48.5	51.1	0.487	-2.5

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1928 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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