1931 Major League

1931 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1931 American League 1931 National League

1931 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1931 Postseason
1931 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
Philadelphia Athletics	153.0	107.5	45.5	260.5	198.5	61.7
St. Louis Cardinals	154.0	101.0	53.0	255.0	207.0	47.4
New York Yankees	155.0	95.0	60.0	250.0	215.0	35.1
Washington Senators I	156.0	93.0	63.0	249.0	219.0	29.7
New York Giants	153.0	87.5	65.5	240.5	218.5	21.1
Chicago Cubs	156.0	85.0	71.0	241.0	227.0	13.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	153.0	79.5	73.5	232.5	226.5	5.6
Cleveland Indians	155.0	78.5	76.5	233.5	231.5	2.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	75.5	79.5	230.5	234.5	-4.7
Philadelphia Phillies	155.0	66.5	88.5	221.5	243.5	-22.2
Boston Braves	156.0	65.0	91.0	221.0	247.0	-26.8
St. Louis Browns	154.0	63.0	91.0	217.0	245.0	-28.3
Boston Red Sox	153.0	62.5	90.5	215.5	243.5	-28.7
Detroit Tigers	154.0	61.0	93.0	215.0	247.0	-32.3
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	58.0	96.0	212.0	250.0	-38.3
Chicago White Sox	156.0	57.5	98.5	213.5	254.5	-41.8

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	247.9	217.1	32.2	58.3
Philadelphia Athletics	240.5	218.5	22.5	48.2
Chicago Cubs	242.1	225.9	16.4	42.7
New York Giants	236.7	222.3	14.7	40.2
St. Louis Cardinals	237.3	224.7	13.6	39.9
Washington Senators I	239.8	228.2	12.2	38.8
Cleveland Indians	235.3	229.7	5.7	31.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	230.6	228.4	2.5	28.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	232.1	232.9	-0.7	25.3
St. Louis Browns	228.3	233.7	-4.7	21.4
Philadelphia Phillies	228.1	236.9	-8.0	18.3
Boston Red Sox	223.9	235.1	-11.2	14.8
Cincinnati Reds	225.0	237.0	-11.6	14.2
Detroit Tigers	224.7	237.3	-12.6	13.2
Boston Braves	227.0	241.0	-14.6	11.5
Chicago White Sox	221.8	246.2	-24.2	2.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	127.0	101.7	0.555	25.3
Chicago Cubs	116.5	102.5	0.532	14.1
New York Giants	114.2	102.7	0.526	11.5
Philadelphia Athletics	110.8	101.7	0.521	9.1
Cleveland Indians	112.4	105.3	0.516	7.1
St. Louis Cardinals	106.0	101.1	0.512	4.9
Washington Senators I	110.3	109.0	0.503	1.3
Philadelphia Phillies	101.9	102.3	0.499	-0.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	104.2	104.8	0.499	-0.6
St. Louis Browns	101.0	103.5	0.494	-2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	104.2	107.8	0.492	-3.6
Cincinnati Reds	103.5	110.7	0.483	-7.2
Detroit Tigers	97.7	106.6	0.478	-8.9
Chicago White Sox	98.9	109.4	0.475	-10.5
Boston Red Sox	93.7	106.7	0.468	-13.0
Boston Braves	99.2	113.4	0.467	-14.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	11.8	9.7	0.550	2.1
Washington Senators I	11.8	9.8	0.546	2.0
Philadelphia Athletics	9.1	7.7	0.542	1.4
Cleveland Indians	10.9	10.2	0.518	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.2	9.5	0.517	0.7
Chicago Cubs	9.8	9.2	0.515	0.6
Boston Red Sox	9.3	8.8	0.513	0.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	9.3	9.0	0.507	0.3
New York Yankees	11.1	10.9	0.505	0.2
New York Giants	10.7	10.9	0.496	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	9.7	10.1	0.490	-0.4
Cincinnati Reds	8.8	9.3	0.487	-0.5
Chicago White Sox	9.1	9.9	0.480	-0.8
St. Louis Browns	9.0	10.0	0.476	-0.9
Detroit Tigers	10.0	11.0	0.476	-1.0
Boston Braves	9.9	10.9	0.475	-1.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Athletics	71.0	65.4	0.521	5.6
Washington Senators I	69.7	64.7	0.519	5.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	66.8	62.1	0.518	4.7
St. Louis Cardinals	69.4	65.1	0.516	4.2
New York Yankees	64.9	62.0	0.512	2.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	67.0	64.3	0.510	2.7
Boston Red Sox	67.2	65.2	0.507	1.9
New York Giants	64.1	62.9	0.505	1.2
Boston Braves	67.1	66.2	0.503	0.9
St. Louis Browns	66.6	67.1	0.498	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	65.2	65.9	0.497	-0.7
Cincinnati Reds	61.8	63.0	0.495	-1.2
Detroit Tigers	67.0	68.3	0.495	-1.3
Cleveland Indians	62.8	64.4	0.494	-1.6
Philadelphia Phillies	67.7	70.9	0.488	-3.3
Chicago White Sox	64.7	72.1	0.473	-7.4


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Athletics	48.5	44.9	0.519	3.6
Washington Senators I	47.5	45.3	0.512	2.2
St. Louis Cardinals	50.2	48.7	0.508	1.6
Boston Braves	51.1	50.2	0.504	0.9
New York Giants	47.1	46.3	0.505	0.9
Boston Red Sox	54.5	53.7	0.503	0.8
Chicago Cubs	49.8	49.1	0.504	0.7
Detroit Tigers	50.8	50.6	0.501	0.2
New York Yankees	43.7	43.6	0.501	0.1
St. Louis Browns	52.3	52.6	0.499	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.7	51.2	0.497	-0.6
Cleveland Indians	48.8	50.2	0.493	-1.4
Cincinnati Reds	51.7	53.2	0.493	-1.5
Chicago White Sox	50.9	53.0	0.490	-2.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	50.2	52.6	0.489	-2.3
Philadelphia Phillies	49.7	52.8	0.485	-3.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1931 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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