1947 Major League

1947 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1947 American League 1947 National League

1947 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1947 Postseason
1947 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
New York Yankees	155.0	97.5	57.5	252.5	212.5	40.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	94.5	60.5	249.5	215.5	33.5
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	90.0	66.0	246.0	222.0	24.0
Boston Braves	154.0	86.0	68.0	240.0	222.0	17.6
Detroit Tigers	158.0	87.0	71.0	245.0	229.0	16.0
Boston Red Sox	157.0	84.5	72.5	241.5	229.5	11.5
New York Giants	155.0	81.5	73.5	236.5	228.5	7.8
Cleveland Indians	157.0	81.5	75.5	238.5	232.5	5.3
Philadelphia Athletics	156.0	79.0	77.0	235.0	233.0	1.3
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	73.0	81.0	227.0	235.0	-7.9
Chicago White Sox	155.0	70.5	84.5	225.5	239.5	-14.8
Chicago Cubs	155.0	69.5	85.5	224.5	240.5	-16.5
Washington Senators I	154.0	64.0	90.0	218.0	244.0	-26.2
Philadelphia Phillies	155.0	62.5	92.5	217.5	247.5	-30.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	156.0	63.0	93.0	219.0	249.0	-30.8
St. Louis Browns	154.0	59.0	95.0	213.0	249.0	-36.6

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
New York Yankees	240.7	224.3	17.8	43.6
Detroit Tigers	244.8	229.2	15.8	41.7
New York Giants	239.0	226.0	14.2	40.4
St. Louis Cardinals	240.2	227.8	13.1	39.1
Boston Red Sox	241.1	229.9	11.8	37.9
Boston Braves	236.6	225.4	11.9	37.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	236.0	229.0	7.3	33.6
Cleveland Indians	236.9	234.1	3.3	29.8
Philadelphia Athletics	235.1	232.9	2.2	28.1
Cincinnati Reds	230.5	231.5	-0.9	24.9
Philadelphia Phillies	228.9	236.1	-7.3	18.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	229.2	238.8	-8.9	17.4
St. Louis Browns	226.2	235.8	-9.6	15.9
Chicago White Sox	227.3	237.7	-10.5	15.6
Chicago Cubs	226.2	238.8	-12.1	14.3
Washington Senators I	223.7	238.3	-14.3	11.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	112.6	99.5	0.531	13.0
New York Yankees	119.3	106.5	0.528	12.8
Detroit Tigers	114.9	105.0	0.522	9.8
Boston Red Sox	112.9	106.3	0.515	6.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	110.2	106.7	0.508	3.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	107.0	104.3	0.506	2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	111.9	109.5	0.506	2.5
Cincinnati Reds	106.7	104.6	0.505	2.1
Cleveland Indians	109.3	108.1	0.503	1.3
Boston Braves	107.6	106.7	0.502	0.8
Philadelphia Athletics	107.5	109.5	0.495	-2.0
St. Louis Browns	103.4	107.8	0.489	-4.5
Chicago White Sox	99.2	105.4	0.485	-6.3
Chicago Cubs	98.1	106.6	0.479	-8.6
Philadelphia Phillies	104.2	113.9	0.478	-9.7
Washington Senators I	94.8	106.8	0.470	-12.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Athletics	10.2	8.3	0.551	1.9
Boston Braves	10.9	9.5	0.535	1.4
New York Giants	9.0	8.1	0.526	0.9
St. Louis Browns	9.6	8.7	0.524	0.9
Boston Red Sox	10.0	9.3	0.519	0.7
Cincinnati Reds	9.4	8.7	0.519	0.7
New York Yankees	9.6	9.1	0.512	0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	10.2	9.9	0.508	0.3
Washington Senators I	9.0	9.1	0.498	-0.1
Detroit Tigers	10.1	10.3	0.494	-0.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.3	10.8	0.488	-0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	9.0	9.6	0.485	-0.5
Cleveland Indians	9.2	9.8	0.486	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	7.7	8.2	0.481	-0.6
Chicago White Sox	9.3	10.5	0.470	-1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.4	10.1	0.454	-1.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Braves	72.3	64.4	0.529	7.9
St. Louis Cardinals	72.3	64.4	0.529	7.9
Detroit Tigers	72.4	68.8	0.513	3.6
Washington Senators I	73.7	70.2	0.512	3.4
Boston Red Sox	70.9	68.7	0.508	2.2
New York Yankees	70.9	68.9	0.507	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	67.6	66.3	0.505	1.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	70.9	70.6	0.501	0.3
Philadelphia Athletics	69.7	69.5	0.501	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	69.7	69.8	0.500	-0.1
Chicago White Sox	70.1	71.1	0.496	-1.0
Cleveland Indians	73.3	74.5	0.496	-1.2
New York Giants	71.3	72.6	0.495	-1.3
Chicago Cubs	71.8	73.9	0.493	-2.1
St. Louis Browns	68.9	71.7	0.490	-2.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	69.9	76.1	0.478	-6.3


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	45.3	41.6	0.521	3.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	44.4	41.0	0.520	3.4
Philadelphia Athletics	47.9	45.2	0.514	2.6
Philadelphia Phillies	46.9	46.0	0.505	0.9
St. Louis Cardinals	46.1	45.3	0.505	0.8
New York Yankees	40.8	40.0	0.505	0.7
Boston Red Sox	46.8	46.2	0.503	0.6
New York Giants	46.2	45.7	0.503	0.5
Chicago Cubs	49.5	49.2	0.502	0.4
Detroit Tigers	46.2	46.4	0.499	-0.2
Chicago White Sox	49.4	49.9	0.497	-0.5
Boston Braves	44.9	45.6	0.496	-0.7
St. Louis Browns	45.2	46.7	0.491	-1.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.2	47.0	0.490	-1.9
Cincinnati Reds	44.6	48.5	0.479	-3.9
Washington Senators I	46.6	51.6	0.474	-5.0

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1947 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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