1944 Major League

1944 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1944 American League 1944 National League

1944 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1944 Postseason
1944 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	55.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	158.0	92.5	65.5	250.5	223.5	26.5
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	89.5	65.5	244.5	220.5	23.8
St. Louis Browns	154.0	89.0	65.0	243.0	219.0	23.7
Detroit Tigers	156.0	89.0	67.0	245.0	223.0	22.1
New York Yankees	154.0	83.0	71.0	237.0	225.0	11.9
Boston Red Sox	156.0	78.0	78.0	234.0	234.0	-0.3
Chicago Cubs	157.0	76.5	80.5	233.5	237.5	-4.4
Philadelphia Athletics	155.0	72.5	82.5	227.5	237.5	-10.3
Cleveland Indians	155.0	72.5	82.5	227.5	237.5	-10.6
Chicago White Sox	154.0	71.0	83.0	225.0	237.0	-12.1
New York Giants	155.0	67.5	87.5	222.5	242.5	-20.4
Boston Braves	155.0	65.5	89.5	220.5	244.5	-24.7
Washington Senators I	154.0	64.0	90.0	218.0	244.0	-26.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	63.5	91.5	218.5	246.5	-28.8
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	61.5	92.5	215.5	246.5	-32.0

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	250.7	220.3	31.6	57.9
Detroit Tigers	240.2	227.8	13.7	39.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	242.7	231.3	11.8	38.2
Cincinnati Reds	236.0	229.0	6.7	32.3
St. Louis Browns	233.8	228.2	6.4	32.3
Cleveland Indians	235.0	230.0	5.7	32.1
Boston Red Sox	236.4	231.6	5.5	31.8
Chicago Cubs	237.6	233.4	4.7	31.1
New York Yankees	232.6	229.4	4.5	30.2
Washington Senators I	229.6	232.4	-3.5	22.1
Philadelphia Athletics	230.1	234.9	-4.8	21.0
Boston Braves	229.1	235.9	-6.1	20.1
Philadelphia Phillies	226.1	235.9	-8.9	16.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	227.3	237.7	-10.6	15.7
Chicago White Sox	225.7	236.3	-10.3	15.3
New York Giants	226.7	238.3	-11.6	14.9


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	118.4	105.8	0.528	12.6
Boston Red Sox	111.3	102.4	0.521	9.0
New York Yankees	109.0	101.6	0.518	7.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	114.9	109.4	0.512	5.4
Cleveland Indians	104.8	101.0	0.509	3.8
Chicago Cubs	111.4	108.1	0.507	3.3
St. Louis Browns	107.7	104.4	0.508	3.3
New York Giants	105.0	101.9	0.508	3.1
Detroit Tigers	107.0	103.8	0.507	3.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	105.1	103.7	0.503	1.4
Washington Senators I	101.3	104.4	0.492	-3.1
Boston Braves	100.3	104.1	0.491	-3.8
Cincinnati Reds	105.1	110.6	0.487	-5.5
Philadelphia Phillies	100.1	108.7	0.479	-8.6
Chicago White Sox	100.3	109.8	0.477	-9.5
Philadelphia Athletics	102.3	112.3	0.477	-10.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.7	9.8	0.544	1.9
Washington Senators I	13.2	11.4	0.536	1.8
St. Louis Browns	10.7	9.4	0.533	1.3
Boston Red Sox	12.3	11.4	0.519	0.9
Cleveland Indians	10.1	9.3	0.520	0.8
Chicago Cubs	10.9	10.2	0.516	0.7
St. Louis Cardinals	11.0	10.3	0.516	0.7
New York Giants	9.0	8.5	0.516	0.6
Philadelphia Athletics	10.1	9.9	0.506	0.2
Chicago White Sox	10.8	10.7	0.502	0.1
Detroit Tigers	11.0	11.1	0.497	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	10.4	10.6	0.496	-0.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	9.1	9.3	0.495	-0.2
Boston Braves	8.2	8.8	0.484	-0.5
New York Yankees	10.8	11.6	0.484	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	8.7	10.2	0.460	-1.5


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	72.0	62.3	0.536	9.6
Detroit Tigers	71.1	62.0	0.534	9.1
Cincinnati Reds	67.6	63.0	0.518	4.6
Philadelphia Athletics	67.6	63.0	0.518	4.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	66.4	62.6	0.515	3.8
Philadelphia Phillies	68.4	64.6	0.514	3.7
St. Louis Browns	67.8	65.5	0.509	2.3
Chicago Cubs	66.4	65.9	0.502	0.5
Chicago White Sox	65.1	65.6	0.498	-0.5
Washington Senators I	64.0	64.5	0.498	-0.6
Boston Braves	68.7	69.4	0.497	-0.8
Cleveland Indians	67.9	69.3	0.495	-1.3
New York Yankees	67.7	69.6	0.493	-1.9
Boston Red Sox	65.2	69.2	0.485	-3.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	66.2	71.1	0.482	-4.9
New York Giants	66.0	76.9	0.462	-10.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	52.0	45.7	0.532	6.3
St. Louis Cardinals	48.0	43.2	0.526	4.8
Cleveland Indians	52.6	50.0	0.513	2.6
Chicago White Sox	50.2	49.5	0.503	0.6
Philadelphia Athletics	50.1	49.7	0.502	0.5
Boston Braves	52.6	52.8	0.499	-0.2
Chicago Cubs	48.9	49.2	0.499	-0.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.4	49.8	0.498	-0.4
New York Yankees	45.6	46.0	0.498	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	47.8	48.4	0.497	-0.6
Washington Senators I	51.1	52.2	0.494	-1.2
Detroit Tigers	50.2	51.8	0.492	-1.6
St. Louis Browns	47.4	49.1	0.492	-1.6
Philadelphia Phillies	49.9	51.5	0.492	-1.6
New York Giants	47.6	50.2	0.487	-2.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	47.5	53.0	0.473	-5.5

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1944 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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