1949 Major League

1949 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1949 American League 1949 National League

1949 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1949 Postseason
1949 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	40.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	156.0	98.0	58.0	254.0	214.0	39.5
Boston Red Sox	155.0	96.5	58.5	251.5	213.5	38.0
St. Louis Cardinals	157.0	97.5	59.5	254.5	216.5	37.7
Cleveland Indians	154.0	89.0	65.0	243.0	219.0	23.4
Detroit Tigers	155.0	87.5	67.5	242.5	222.5	20.0
Philadelphia Athletics	154.0	81.0	73.0	235.0	227.0	7.7
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	81.0	73.0	235.0	227.0	7.3
Boston Braves	157.0	76.5	80.5	233.5	237.5	-3.9
New York Giants	156.0	74.0	82.0	230.0	238.0	-8.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	71.0	83.0	225.0	237.0	-12.4
Chicago White Sox	154.0	63.0	91.0	217.0	245.0	-28.5
Cincinnati Reds	156.0	63.0	93.0	219.0	249.0	-31.2
Chicago Cubs	154.0	61.0	93.0	215.0	247.0	-32.7
St. Louis Browns	155.0	53.5	101.5	208.5	256.5	-48.3
Washington Senators I	154.0	50.0	104.0	204.0	258.0	-54.6

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
Boston Red Sox	244.0	221.0	23.5	50.2
St. Louis Cardinals	244.0	227.0	17.8	44.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	241.6	226.4	15.1	42.6
New York Yankees	238.7	226.3	13.8	41.0
Detroit Tigers	238.7	226.3	13.3	40.0
Cleveland Indians	236.3	225.7	10.3	36.9
New York Giants	237.8	230.2	7.8	34.9
Boston Braves	236.1	234.9	2.2	29.4
Philadelphia Phillies	231.6	230.4	1.4	28.1
Philadelphia Athletics	230.9	231.1	-0.1	26.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	227.9	234.1	-6.0	21.0
Chicago White Sox	226.6	235.4	-8.4	18.4
Cincinnati Reds	228.4	239.6	-11.6	15.7
Chicago Cubs	224.6	237.4	-12.8	14.1
Washington Senators I	222.6	239.4	-17.0	9.8
St. Louis Browns	222.5	242.5	-20.0	7.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	116.2	102.9	0.530	13.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	118.8	106.3	0.528	12.5
New York Yankees	110.0	100.9	0.521	9.1
New York Giants	113.6	107.1	0.515	6.5
Boston Braves	110.7	107.0	0.509	3.7
St. Louis Cardinals	112.6	110.4	0.505	2.2
Detroit Tigers	111.0	108.9	0.505	2.1
Philadelphia Athletics	106.1	105.4	0.502	0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.7	104.0	0.499	-0.3
Cleveland Indians	109.5	110.0	0.499	-0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	104.7	107.9	0.492	-3.3
St. Louis Browns	99.0	105.4	0.484	-6.4
Chicago Cubs	96.1	103.3	0.482	-7.2
Cincinnati Reds	101.5	109.3	0.482	-7.8
Chicago White Sox	102.4	110.2	0.482	-7.8
Washington Senators I	101.0	109.3	0.480	-8.3


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	10.4	8.5	0.551	1.9
New York Yankees	9.9	8.8	0.529	1.1
Philadelphia Athletics	9.1	8.0	0.531	1.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	11.0	10.0	0.524	1.0
Cleveland Indians	9.3	8.6	0.520	0.7
Washington Senators I	8.8	8.3	0.513	0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	8.8	8.5	0.509	0.3
New York Giants	9.9	9.6	0.506	0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	8.9	9.0	0.499	-0.0
Chicago White Sox	9.8	10.0	0.495	-0.2
Detroit Tigers	9.8	10.2	0.489	-0.4
Cincinnati Reds	9.0	9.5	0.488	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	8.9	9.4	0.487	-0.5
Boston Braves	8.5	9.0	0.485	-0.5
St. Louis Browns	7.9	8.5	0.481	-0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.2	9.9	0.480	-0.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	74.7	63.0	0.543	11.7
Detroit Tigers	74.1	66.3	0.528	7.8
Cleveland Indians	73.3	65.8	0.527	7.5
Philadelphia Phillies	71.9	67.6	0.515	4.3
Boston Red Sox	71.5	67.9	0.513	3.7
Boston Braves	71.3	69.6	0.506	1.7
New York Yankees	75.3	74.7	0.502	0.6
New York Giants	71.2	71.0	0.501	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	72.6	72.9	0.499	-0.4
Chicago White Sox	70.5	71.1	0.498	-0.7
Chicago Cubs	70.1	71.7	0.494	-1.6
Washington Senators I	67.7	71.5	0.486	-3.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	71.1	75.0	0.487	-3.9
Philadelphia Athletics	69.8	74.0	0.486	-4.1
St. Louis Browns	68.9	74.1	0.482	-5.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	68.9	74.7	0.480	-5.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	42.6	35.7	0.544	6.9
Philadelphia Athletics	46.2	43.4	0.516	2.8
New York Yankees	43.4	42.0	0.508	1.4
Boston Red Sox	44.4	43.3	0.506	1.1
Cleveland Indians	43.1	42.3	0.505	0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	46.6	45.8	0.504	0.8
Chicago White Sox	44.3	43.6	0.504	0.7
Detroit Tigers	42.6	42.0	0.503	0.6
New York Giants	43.1	42.6	0.503	0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	46.2	46.2	0.500	-0.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	44.4	44.7	0.498	-0.3
Cincinnati Reds	45.9	47.4	0.492	-1.5
Chicago Cubs	50.0	52.5	0.488	-2.5
Washington Senators I	45.9	49.5	0.482	-3.5
Boston Braves	45.6	49.2	0.481	-3.6
St. Louis Browns	47.8	53.4	0.472	-5.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1949 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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