1948 Major League

1948 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1948 American League 1948 National League

1948 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1948 Postseason
1948 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
Cleveland Indians	156.0	97.5	58.5	253.5	214.5	38.5
Boston Red Sox	155.0	96.0	59.0	251.0	214.0	37.0
New York Yankees	154.0	94.0	60.0	248.0	214.0	33.6
Boston Braves	154.0	91.5	62.5	245.5	216.5	29.4
St. Louis Cardinals	155.0	85.5	69.5	240.5	224.5	15.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	84.5	70.5	239.5	225.5	13.7
Philadelphia Athletics	154.0	84.0	70.0	238.0	224.0	13.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	156.0	84.0	72.0	240.0	228.0	12.0
Detroit Tigers	154.0	78.0	76.0	232.0	230.0	1.8
New York Giants	155.0	78.5	76.5	233.5	231.5	1.5
Philadelphia Phillies	155.0	66.5	88.5	221.5	243.5	-22.6
Cincinnati Reds	153.0	64.0	89.0	217.0	242.0	-25.3
Chicago Cubs	155.0	64.5	90.5	219.5	245.5	-26.4
St. Louis Browns	155.0	60.0	95.0	215.0	250.0	-35.9
Washington Senators I	154.0	56.5	97.5	210.5	251.5	-41.7
Chicago White Sox	154.0	52.0	102.0	206.0	256.0	-51.1

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
Cleveland Indians	246.5	221.5	25.7	52.4
Boston Red Sox	243.4	221.6	22.6	48.9
New York Yankees	240.5	221.5	19.1	45.4
Boston Braves	239.9	222.1	18.6	44.7
St. Louis Cardinals	238.0	227.0	11.8	38.2
New York Giants	237.0	228.0	9.6	36.4
Detroit Tigers	232.7	229.3	4.5	30.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	234.5	233.5	1.7	28.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	231.8	233.2	-1.0	26.1
Philadelphia Athletics	228.7	233.3	-3.9	22.2
Chicago Cubs	229.9	235.1	-4.7	22.1
Philadelphia Phillies	228.3	236.7	-8.5	17.9
St. Louis Browns	226.5	238.5	-12.7	14.0
Cincinnati Reds	222.6	236.4	-12.8	13.7
Washington Senators I	221.2	240.8	-19.8	6.9
Chicago White Sox	220.6	241.4	-22.0	4.4


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	116.3	103.4	0.529	12.9
New York Yankees	116.5	104.5	0.527	12.0
Cleveland Indians	117.1	106.6	0.524	10.5
Boston Braves	113.7	107.0	0.515	6.7
New York Giants	108.3	101.8	0.516	6.6
St. Louis Cardinals	113.7	109.0	0.510	4.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	107.6	104.7	0.507	2.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.3	108.1	0.505	2.1
Detroit Tigers	109.5	108.2	0.503	1.3
Philadelphia Athletics	103.3	103.7	0.499	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	104.8	106.1	0.497	-1.3
St. Louis Browns	102.0	107.0	0.488	-5.0
Philadelphia Phillies	102.8	109.0	0.486	-6.1
Cincinnati Reds	96.1	103.3	0.482	-7.2
Chicago White Sox	99.9	111.3	0.473	-11.4
Washington Senators I	92.5	109.3	0.459	-16.7


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	10.3	7.3	0.587	3.1
New York Giants	10.2	9.3	0.525	1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	9.4	8.8	0.515	0.6
New York Yankees	9.0	8.5	0.515	0.5
Cleveland Indians	9.2	8.7	0.514	0.5
Washington Senators I	9.4	8.9	0.513	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.1	9.7	0.511	0.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.1	9.7	0.510	0.4
Chicago Cubs	8.6	8.2	0.510	0.3
Boston Braves	10.0	9.9	0.503	0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	10.2	10.2	0.499	-0.0
St. Louis Browns	9.1	9.5	0.490	-0.4
Philadelphia Athletics	8.2	8.8	0.484	-0.5
Chicago White Sox	8.8	9.4	0.485	-0.6
Cincinnati Reds	7.8	8.5	0.481	-0.6
Detroit Tigers	8.4	9.5	0.470	-1.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Braves	72.1	62.5	0.536	9.7
Cleveland Indians	75.0	67.9	0.525	7.1
St. Louis Cardinals	69.2	64.5	0.517	4.6
Detroit Tigers	71.6	67.6	0.515	4.0
Boston Red Sox	70.3	67.2	0.511	3.1
New York Yankees	71.7	69.7	0.507	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	68.8	67.9	0.503	0.9
Cincinnati Reds	73.4	72.9	0.502	0.5
New York Giants	69.9	69.5	0.501	0.4
Washington Senators I	74.6	74.4	0.501	0.2
Chicago Cubs	69.7	70.7	0.496	-1.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	69.5	70.6	0.496	-1.1
Philadelphia Athletics	70.4	72.9	0.491	-2.5
St. Louis Browns	70.5	73.2	0.491	-2.7
Chicago White Sox	65.5	71.2	0.479	-5.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	70.3	79.4	0.469	-9.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	44.5	38.8	0.534	5.7
Cleveland Indians	44.2	39.3	0.529	4.8
New York Yankees	42.3	39.8	0.515	2.5
New York Giants	48.6	47.4	0.506	1.2
Boston Red Sox	45.6	44.6	0.506	1.1
Philadelphia Athletics	47.6	47.0	0.503	0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	45.4	45.0	0.502	0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	44.9	44.9	0.500	-0.0
Boston Braves	43.0	43.9	0.495	-0.9
Detroit Tigers	43.0	44.1	0.494	-1.1
Chicago White Sox	47.3	48.5	0.494	-1.2
Chicago Cubs	47.5	49.4	0.490	-1.9
Washington Senators I	45.3	47.6	0.488	-2.3
Philadelphia Phillies	46.8	49.3	0.487	-2.5
St. Louis Browns	45.3	48.5	0.483	-3.2
Cincinnati Reds	46.4	50.6	0.478	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1948 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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