1945 Major League

1945 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1945 American League 1945 National League

1945 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1945 Postseason
1945 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
Chicago Cubs	155.0	98.5	56.5	253.5	211.5	41.6
St. Louis Cardinals	155.0	95.5	59.5	250.5	214.5	35.6
Detroit Tigers	155.0	89.0	66.0	244.0	221.0	23.7
Washington Senators I	156.0	88.0	68.0	244.0	224.0	19.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	87.5	67.5	242.5	222.5	19.3
St. Louis Browns	154.0	82.5	71.5	236.5	225.5	11.4
New York Yankees	152.0	81.0	71.0	233.0	223.0	10.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	82.5	72.5	237.5	227.5	9.4
New York Giants	154.0	79.0	75.0	233.0	229.0	4.1
Cleveland Indians	147.0	74.0	73.0	221.0	220.0	0.7
Chicago White Sox	150.0	71.5	78.5	221.5	228.5	-7.5
Boston Red Sox	157.0	72.5	84.5	229.5	241.5	-12.0
Boston Braves	154.0	68.0	86.0	222.0	240.0	-18.5
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	61.0	93.0	215.0	247.0	-32.7
Philadelphia Athletics	153.0	53.5	99.5	206.5	252.5	-46.5
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	46.0	108.0	200.0	262.0	-62.6

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
Chicago Cubs	244.7	220.3	25.4	51.5
St. Louis Cardinals	239.3	225.7	14.0	40.5
New York Yankees	234.8	221.2	14.0	39.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	238.2	226.8	11.4	37.7
Detroit Tigers	237.5	227.5	11.1	37.2
Washington Senators I	238.9	229.1	9.6	35.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	236.6	228.4	8.7	35.2
St. Louis Browns	233.3	228.7	4.9	30.7
Cleveland Indians	222.4	218.6	4.3	29.2
New York Giants	231.4	230.6	1.8	28.4
Boston Braves	229.5	232.5	-2.1	24.4
Boston Red Sox	232.7	238.3	-5.3	21.0
Chicago White Sox	221.5	228.5	-7.3	17.7
Cincinnati Reds	223.5	238.5	-15.3	10.8
Philadelphia Athletics	221.0	238.0	-16.9	9.1
Philadelphia Phillies	215.8	246.2	-30.0	-3.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	110.0	101.0	0.521	9.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	114.0	106.9	0.516	7.1
Chicago Cubs	112.0	106.8	0.512	5.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.6	105.2	0.508	3.3
New York Giants	107.2	104.0	0.508	3.3
Boston Braves	104.7	101.8	0.507	3.0
Detroit Tigers	105.3	102.3	0.507	2.9
Washington Senators I	109.7	106.8	0.507	2.9
Cleveland Indians	99.0	96.3	0.507	2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	110.2	107.8	0.505	2.4
Boston Red Sox	107.2	105.1	0.505	2.1
St. Louis Browns	107.6	110.6	0.493	-3.0
Chicago White Sox	96.1	99.9	0.490	-3.8
Philadelphia Athletics	97.3	105.9	0.479	-8.7
Cincinnati Reds	100.0	109.3	0.478	-9.3
Philadelphia Phillies	95.2	105.3	0.475	-10.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	11.3	9.8	0.535	1.5
St. Louis Cardinals	10.7	9.2	0.537	1.5
Chicago White Sox	12.3	10.9	0.530	1.4
Cincinnati Reds	9.5	8.2	0.537	1.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	11.8	10.6	0.528	1.3
New York Yankees	11.1	10.5	0.514	0.6
Washington Senators I	13.3	12.8	0.511	0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.5	10.0	0.512	0.5
Boston Red Sox	11.0	11.0	0.500	0.0
Detroit Tigers	11.2	11.2	0.499	-0.0
St. Louis Browns	10.4	10.5	0.498	-0.1
Philadelphia Athletics	10.2	10.6	0.491	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	9.2	9.8	0.484	-0.6
New York Giants	8.0	9.0	0.473	-0.9
Philadelphia Phillies	7.6	8.9	0.461	-1.3
Boston Braves	9.4	10.7	0.467	-1.3


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	70.3	58.2	0.547	12.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	68.4	62.5	0.523	5.9
St. Louis Cardinals	70.1	64.3	0.522	5.8
St. Louis Browns	68.0	62.7	0.521	5.4
Washington Senators I	66.8	61.9	0.519	5.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	67.6	62.9	0.518	4.8
Detroit Tigers	69.3	65.2	0.516	4.2
Cleveland Indians	66.2	64.4	0.507	1.8
New York Yankees	64.5	63.0	0.506	1.5
Chicago White Sox	63.2	64.5	0.495	-1.3
New York Giants	68.1	71.4	0.488	-3.3
Boston Braves	66.4	70.9	0.483	-4.5
Cincinnati Reds	66.2	70.9	0.483	-4.7
Philadelphia Athletics	63.3	68.9	0.479	-5.6
Boston Red Sox	63.4	69.9	0.476	-6.5
Philadelphia Phillies	63.5	73.7	0.463	-10.2


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	48.7	45.7	0.516	3.0
Chicago Cubs	49.8	46.9	0.515	3.0
St. Louis Cardinals	47.8	45.1	0.515	2.7
Boston Braves	49.8	48.2	0.508	1.6
Detroit Tigers	50.7	49.8	0.504	0.8
New York Yankees	48.3	47.6	0.503	0.6
St. Louis Browns	46.2	46.0	0.502	0.3
Philadelphia Athletics	51.4	51.4	0.500	0.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.0	49.9	0.500	0.0
Boston Red Sox	51.7	51.8	0.500	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	48.8	49.1	0.499	-0.3
Washington Senators I	48.2	48.5	0.498	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	47.8	48.3	0.498	-0.4
Chicago White Sox	50.3	52.8	0.488	-2.5
Philadelphia Phillies	51.7	56.0	0.480	-4.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	43.2	48.1	0.473	-4.9

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1945 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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