1942 Major League

1942 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1942 American League 1942 National League

1942 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1942 Postseason
1942 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
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	107.0	49.0	263.0	205.0	58.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	104.5	50.5	259.5	205.5	53.7
New York Yankees	154.0	103.0	51.0	257.0	205.0	52.4
Boston Red Sox	152.0	93.0	59.0	245.0	211.0	33.4
New York Giants	154.0	87.0	67.0	241.0	221.0	19.2
St. Louis Browns	151.0	82.0	69.0	233.0	220.0	12.7
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	77.0	77.0	231.0	231.0	-0.6
Cleveland Indians	156.0	76.0	80.0	232.0	236.0	-4.3
Detroit Tigers	156.0	74.0	82.0	230.0	238.0	-9.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	151.0	68.0	83.0	219.0	234.0	-15.1
Chicago White Sox	148.0	66.0	82.0	214.0	230.0	-16.0
Chicago Cubs	155.0	68.5	86.5	223.5	241.5	-18.3
Washington Senators I	151.0	62.0	89.0	213.0	240.0	-27.8
Boston Braves	150.0	59.0	91.0	209.0	241.0	-32.5
Philadelphia Athletics	154.0	55.0	99.0	209.0	253.0	-44.1
Philadelphia Phillies	151.0	42.0	109.0	193.0	260.0	-67.5

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
St. Louis Cardinals	247.9	220.1	28.4	55.4
New York Yankees	244.3	217.7	27.9	54.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	242.2	222.8	20.3	47.3
Boston Red Sox	237.2	218.8	19.1	45.3
St. Louis Browns	231.9	221.1	11.6	37.5
New York Giants	234.9	227.1	8.0	34.7
Cincinnati Reds	230.9	231.1	0.2	26.6
Detroit Tigers	232.6	235.4	-2.3	24.9
Chicago Cubs	231.1	233.9	-2.7	23.9
Cleveland Indians	231.5	236.5	-4.9	22.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	224.2	228.8	-4.3	21.9
Washington Senators I	222.8	230.2	-7.3	18.7
Boston Braves	219.3	230.7	-11.1	15.2
Chicago White Sox	215.9	228.1	-11.7	13.5
Philadelphia Athletics	219.5	242.5	-22.7	3.9
Philadelphia Phillies	212.9	240.1	-26.9	-0.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	114.9	100.9	0.533	14.1
St. Louis Cardinals	119.2	107.2	0.526	12.0
New York Yankees	115.0	103.1	0.527	12.0
New York Giants	112.8	102.0	0.525	10.8
St. Louis Browns	111.4	102.9	0.520	8.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	111.4	103.5	0.518	7.9
Chicago Cubs	106.1	105.9	0.501	0.2
Washington Senators I	99.2	100.4	0.497	-1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	101.5	103.3	0.496	-1.7
Boston Braves	99.6	102.2	0.493	-2.6
Detroit Tigers	103.9	108.3	0.490	-4.4
Cleveland Indians	104.0	108.5	0.489	-4.5
Cincinnati Reds	101.6	108.3	0.484	-6.7
Chicago White Sox	94.3	103.2	0.478	-8.9
Philadelphia Athletics	95.2	104.3	0.477	-9.1
Philadelphia Phillies	90.8	105.4	0.463	-14.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	12.2	10.1	0.548	2.1
New York Yankees	11.7	10.0	0.539	1.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	12.6	11.0	0.534	1.6
New York Giants	9.5	8.1	0.541	1.4
Washington Senators I	11.0	10.1	0.519	0.8
Cleveland Indians	12.1	11.4	0.515	0.7
St. Louis Browns	9.5	9.1	0.512	0.4
Chicago White Sox	10.9	10.6	0.506	0.3
Cincinnati Reds	8.8	8.7	0.503	0.1
Chicago Cubs	10.7	11.3	0.487	-0.6
Philadelphia Athletics	9.0	9.6	0.483	-0.6
Boston Red Sox	9.9	10.6	0.484	-0.7
Boston Braves	8.7	9.5	0.478	-0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.0	10.0	0.473	-1.0
Detroit Tigers	8.3	9.7	0.460	-1.4
Philadelphia Phillies	8.1	9.8	0.452	-1.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	73.6	64.2	0.534	9.4
St. Louis Cardinals	69.4	60.3	0.535	9.1
New York Yankees	69.0	62.8	0.524	6.3
Cincinnati Reds	70.7	65.3	0.520	5.5
Detroit Tigers	71.9	68.1	0.514	3.9
St. Louis Browns	64.9	62.4	0.510	2.5
Boston Red Sox	65.5	64.3	0.504	1.2
Cleveland Indians	66.2	66.6	0.499	-0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	63.8	64.2	0.498	-0.4
Washington Senators I	65.1	65.6	0.498	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	64.2	65.6	0.495	-1.4
Chicago White Sox	65.3	67.2	0.493	-2.0
New York Giants	65.4	69.9	0.483	-4.5
Philadelphia Phillies	64.3	70.4	0.477	-6.1
Boston Braves	63.6	70.8	0.473	-7.2
Philadelphia Athletics	68.4	76.5	0.472	-8.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	47.2	43.2	0.522	4.0
Boston Red Sox	46.6	43.3	0.518	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	45.7	43.9	0.510	1.8
Boston Braves	48.3	47.2	0.506	1.1
New York Giants	47.5	46.8	0.504	0.8
Cincinnati Reds	49.6	49.0	0.503	0.6
Detroit Tigers	49.0	48.8	0.501	0.2
Cleveland Indians	49.7	49.5	0.501	0.1
Chicago White Sox	46.3	46.3	0.500	-0.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	44.1	44.5	0.498	-0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.3	50.9	0.497	-0.6
St. Louis Browns	46.0	46.8	0.496	-0.8
Chicago Cubs	50.2	51.1	0.495	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	51.2	53.1	0.491	-1.9
Philadelphia Athletics	48.4	50.6	0.489	-2.2
Washington Senators I	48.2	53.4	0.474	-5.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1942 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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