1954 Major League

1954 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1954 American League 1954 National League

1954 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1954 Postseason
1954 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	112.0	44.0	268.0	200.0	68.0
New York Yankees	155.0	103.5	51.5	258.5	206.5	52.0
New York Giants	154.0	97.0	57.0	251.0	211.0	39.7
Chicago White Sox	155.0	94.5	60.5	249.5	215.5	34.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	154.0	92.0	62.0	246.0	216.0	29.4
Milwaukee Braves	154.0	89.0	65.0	243.0	219.0	23.7
Philadelphia Phillies	153.0	74.0	79.0	227.0	232.0	-4.4
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	74.0	80.0	228.0	234.0	-6.9
St. Louis Cardinals	153.0	72.0	81.0	225.0	234.0	-9.8
Boston Red Sox	156.0	70.0	86.0	226.0	242.0	-16.3
Detroit Tigers	155.0	68.5	86.5	223.5	241.5	-18.4
Washington Senators I	155.0	66.5	88.5	221.5	243.5	-22.1
Chicago Cubs	154.0	64.0	90.0	218.0	244.0	-26.1
Baltimore Orioles	154.0	54.0	100.0	208.0	254.0	-46.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	53.0	101.0	207.0	255.0	-48.5
Philadelphia Athletics	156.0	52.0	104.0	208.0	260.0	-52.3

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	248.2	219.8	29.8	57.1
New York Yankees	243.0	222.0	21.8	49.2
New York Giants	238.5	223.5	16.4	44.1
Chicago White Sox	240.0	225.0	15.9	43.0
Milwaukee Braves	236.5	225.5	11.8	39.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	235.2	226.8	9.2	36.9
Philadelphia Phillies	231.7	227.3	4.9	31.4
Boston Red Sox	234.7	233.3	1.9	29.4
St. Louis Cardinals	229.8	229.2	0.8	28.1
Chicago Cubs	229.6	232.4	-1.8	25.3
Washington Senators I	231.5	233.5	-1.7	25.2
Cincinnati Reds	228.6	233.4	-5.0	22.7
Detroit Tigers	228.7	236.3	-7.1	20.1
Baltimore Orioles	225.6	236.4	-10.4	16.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	219.7	242.3	-22.9	4.2
Philadelphia Athletics	218.1	249.9	-31.9	-4.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	115.3	101.2	0.533	14.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	111.7	99.7	0.528	11.9
Cleveland Indians	116.5	105.1	0.526	11.4
Boston Red Sox	112.1	105.4	0.516	6.7
New York Giants	109.6	106.3	0.508	3.3
Chicago White Sox	114.2	111.0	0.507	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	108.3	106.0	0.505	2.3
Milwaukee Braves	107.5	105.6	0.505	1.9
Chicago Cubs	106.3	105.8	0.501	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	103.6	103.8	0.500	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	109.6	112.3	0.494	-2.7
Washington Senators I	109.6	112.4	0.494	-2.8
Detroit Tigers	105.5	110.0	0.489	-4.6
Philadelphia Athletics	92.9	102.7	0.475	-9.8
Baltimore Orioles	97.3	109.1	0.471	-11.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	98.1	110.7	0.470	-12.7


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Braves	9.3	8.1	0.536	1.3
Washington Senators I	8.8	7.6	0.538	1.2
St. Louis Cardinals	10.7	9.6	0.527	1.1
New York Yankees	9.5	8.4	0.530	1.1
Chicago White Sox	10.9	9.8	0.526	1.1
Cincinnati Reds	8.8	8.4	0.514	0.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	7.5	7.4	0.505	0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	9.3	9.2	0.501	0.0
Philadelphia Athletics	7.7	7.9	0.494	-0.2
Chicago Cubs	9.0	9.3	0.491	-0.3
Detroit Tigers	9.0	9.3	0.490	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	9.1	9.5	0.488	-0.4
Baltimore Orioles	7.9	8.4	0.485	-0.5
Cleveland Indians	9.0	9.5	0.486	-0.5
New York Giants	7.8	8.4	0.483	-0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.0	9.3	0.461	-1.3


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	78.4	65.6	0.545	12.8
New York Giants	77.4	68.5	0.530	8.9
Milwaukee Braves	75.1	68.6	0.522	6.4
Chicago White Sox	72.1	66.4	0.520	5.6
Philadelphia Phillies	71.1	66.2	0.518	4.9
Baltimore Orioles	74.4	71.9	0.508	2.5
New York Yankees	72.0	69.6	0.508	2.3
Washington Senators I	69.2	68.2	0.504	1.0
Chicago Cubs	72.8	72.5	0.501	0.3
St. Louis Cardinals	69.1	68.9	0.501	0.3
Boston Red Sox	69.1	71.3	0.492	-2.2
Cincinnati Reds	75.2	78.3	0.490	-3.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	68.6	71.8	0.489	-3.2
Detroit Tigers	69.6	73.3	0.487	-3.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	72.8	80.2	0.476	-7.3
Philadelphia Athletics	70.9	84.0	0.458	-13.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	43.8	38.9	0.529	4.9
Chicago White Sox	42.1	38.4	0.523	3.7
New York Giants	43.5	40.6	0.517	2.9
New York Yankees	45.6	43.3	0.513	2.3
Detroit Tigers	45.2	43.0	0.512	2.2
Cleveland Indians	43.0	40.8	0.513	2.1
Philadelphia Phillies	41.2	40.1	0.507	1.1
Milwaukee Braves	44.3	43.6	0.504	0.7
Baltimore Orioles	46.4	46.6	0.499	-0.2
Cincinnati Reds	41.6	42.3	0.496	-0.7
Washington Senators I	43.6	45.4	0.490	-1.8
Boston Red Sox	44.7	46.8	0.489	-2.0
St. Louis Cardinals	42.0	44.4	0.486	-2.4
Chicago Cubs	41.4	44.9	0.480	-3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.6	49.9	0.478	-4.3
Philadelphia Athletics	48.6	53.3	0.477	-4.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1954 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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