1943 Major League

1943 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1943 American League 1943 National League

1943 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1943 Postseason
1943 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	157.0	106.5	50.5	263.5	207.5	56.3
New York Yankees	155.0	98.5	56.5	253.5	211.5	41.8
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	87.5	67.5	242.5	222.5	19.7
Washington Senators I	153.0	84.0	69.0	237.0	222.0	14.3
Cleveland Indians	153.0	82.0	71.0	235.0	224.0	10.6
Chicago White Sox	155.0	82.5	72.5	237.5	227.5	9.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	153.0	81.0	72.0	234.0	225.0	8.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	157.0	81.5	75.5	238.5	232.5	5.8
Detroit Tigers	155.0	78.5	76.5	233.5	231.5	1.7
Chicago Cubs	154.0	74.5	79.5	228.5	233.5	-5.4
St. Louis Browns	153.0	72.5	80.5	225.5	233.5	-8.2
Boston Red Sox	155.0	69.5	85.5	224.5	240.5	-16.4
Boston Braves	153.0	68.0	85.0	221.0	238.0	-17.3
Philadelphia Phillies	157.0	65.5	91.5	222.5	248.5	-26.4
New York Giants	156.0	56.5	99.5	212.5	255.5	-43.5
Philadelphia Athletics	155.0	49.5	105.5	204.5	260.5	-56.5

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	247.1	223.9	24.4	50.5
New York Yankees	242.4	222.6	20.4	46.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	241.6	229.4	12.0	38.4
Washington Senators I	235.4	223.6	12.1	37.9
Chicago Cubs	236.7	225.3	11.4	37.4
Detroit Tigers	237.6	227.4	10.4	36.4
Cleveland Indians	233.0	226.0	7.1	33.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	229.2	229.8	1.4	27.6
Cincinnati Reds	232.7	232.3	0.8	26.8
Chicago White Sox	232.2	232.8	-1.0	25.2
St. Louis Browns	227.9	231.1	-2.8	23.2
Philadelphia Phillies	232.4	238.6	-6.0	20.3
Boston Red Sox	227.8	237.2	-9.5	16.8
Boston Braves	224.4	234.6	-10.2	15.5
New York Giants	224.7	243.3	-18.6	8.2
Philadelphia Athletics	219.1	245.9	-26.9	-0.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	114.9	102.8	0.528	12.1
St. Louis Cardinals	115.2	107.9	0.516	7.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	109.3	103.7	0.513	5.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	111.4	106.0	0.512	5.4
Washington Senators I	106.1	101.8	0.510	4.3
Chicago Cubs	106.8	103.2	0.509	3.6
St. Louis Browns	105.9	102.3	0.509	3.6
Cleveland Indians	106.8	104.7	0.505	2.2
Detroit Tigers	110.1	108.3	0.504	1.8
Philadelphia Phillies	106.4	106.7	0.499	-0.3
New York Giants	102.2	103.8	0.496	-1.6
Chicago White Sox	100.0	102.1	0.495	-2.1
Cincinnati Reds	103.7	106.1	0.494	-2.5
Boston Red Sox	102.7	106.9	0.490	-4.1
Boston Braves	93.4	106.0	0.468	-12.6
Philadelphia Athletics	93.0	106.8	0.465	-13.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Washington Senators I	13.4	10.6	0.558	2.8
Cincinnati Reds	12.0	9.5	0.560	2.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.8	10.5	0.530	1.3
New York Yankees	10.8	10.1	0.518	0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	10.8	10.1	0.516	0.7
Chicago White Sox	13.6	13.0	0.510	0.6
Chicago Cubs	11.9	11.4	0.509	0.4
Detroit Tigers	11.0	10.8	0.505	0.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	11.1	11.1	0.499	-0.0
Boston Braves	9.2	9.3	0.499	-0.0
Boston Red Sox	11.0	11.0	0.499	-0.1
New York Giants	9.2	9.6	0.490	-0.4
Philadelphia Athletics	9.3	9.8	0.486	-0.6
Cleveland Indians	10.7	11.3	0.486	-0.6
St. Louis Browns	9.3	10.0	0.481	-0.7
St. Louis Cardinals	11.1	12.3	0.474	-1.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	69.1	58.8	0.540	10.2
Detroit Tigers	69.6	62.9	0.525	6.6
Chicago Cubs	66.3	61.0	0.521	5.3
New York Yankees	69.5	65.5	0.515	4.0
Washington Senators I	66.7	63.3	0.513	3.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	65.2	62.4	0.511	2.8
Boston Braves	67.5	65.7	0.507	1.8
Cleveland Indians	67.0	65.9	0.504	1.1
Cincinnati Reds	67.2	67.5	0.499	-0.3
Chicago White Sox	67.5	67.8	0.499	-0.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	65.7	67.0	0.495	-1.4
St. Louis Browns	66.3	68.8	0.491	-2.5
Boston Red Sox	66.1	69.1	0.489	-3.0
Philadelphia Phillies	63.8	67.6	0.486	-3.8
Philadelphia Athletics	67.9	73.8	0.479	-5.9
New York Giants	65.9	76.4	0.463	-10.6


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	48.0	44.7	0.518	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	49.8	46.7	0.516	3.1
Chicago White Sox	51.2	49.7	0.507	1.4
Cincinnati Reds	50.1	48.9	0.506	1.3
Boston Braves	54.4	53.5	0.504	1.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	52.3	51.4	0.505	0.9
Washington Senators I	48.6	48.3	0.502	0.4
New York Yankees	45.8	45.6	0.501	0.2
Chicago Cubs	50.8	50.7	0.500	0.1
Boston Red Sox	48.9	49.3	0.498	-0.4
Detroit Tigers	45.8	46.5	0.496	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	52.3	53.4	0.495	-1.2
St. Louis Browns	47.2	49.1	0.490	-1.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	44.3	46.8	0.487	-2.4
New York Giants	49.0	51.8	0.486	-2.8
Philadelphia Athletics	50.8	53.6	0.487	-2.8

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1943 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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