1940 National League

1940 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1940 American League 1940 Major Leagues

1940 National League Leaders and Trailers
1940 Postseason
1940 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
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	101.0	54.0	256.0	209.0	46.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	156.0	89.5	66.5	245.5	222.5	22.6
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	85.5	70.5	241.5	226.5	14.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	156.0	79.0	77.0	235.0	233.0	1.4
Chicago Cubs	154.0	75.0	79.0	229.0	233.0	-4.9
New York Giants	152.0	72.0	80.0	224.0	232.0	-8.3
Boston Braves	152.0	65.0	87.0	217.0	239.0	-22.1
Philadelphia Phillies	153.0	50.0	103.0	203.0	256.0	-53.3

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
Cincinnati Reds	240.6	224.4	16.8	42.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	237.9	230.1	9.8	36.6
St. Louis Cardinals	238.3	229.7	9.2	36.0
Chicago Cubs	235.4	226.6	9.4	35.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	235.5	232.5	3.3	30.2
New York Giants	229.3	226.7	3.1	28.9
Boston Braves	220.7	235.3	-14.5	11.4
Philadelphia Phillies	218.6	240.4	-21.1	4.9


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.9	100.7	0.520	8.2
St. Louis Cardinals	109.1	102.5	0.516	6.6
Cincinnati Reds	110.9	107.9	0.507	3.0
Chicago Cubs	109.3	106.6	0.506	2.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	111.0	108.5	0.506	2.6
New York Giants	106.7	104.9	0.504	1.8
Boston Braves	95.3	102.1	0.483	-6.8
Philadelphia Phillies	98.2	109.3	0.473	-11.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	11.0	8.7	0.558	2.3
St. Louis Cardinals	11.0	9.3	0.544	1.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.0	10.2	0.517	0.7
New York Giants	10.2	9.7	0.511	0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	8.7	8.9	0.495	-0.2
Boston Braves	9.0	9.3	0.493	-0.2
Chicago Cubs	9.9	10.6	0.484	-0.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	9.8	11.8	0.452	-2.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	72.3	64.0	0.530	8.2
Chicago Cubs	67.3	61.7	0.522	5.6
Cincinnati Reds	69.8	65.2	0.517	4.6
St. Louis Cardinals	70.9	70.4	0.502	0.6
New York Giants	66.8	67.6	0.497	-0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	65.5	68.9	0.487	-3.4
Boston Braves	65.5	70.8	0.481	-5.3
Philadelphia Phillies	65.4	71.1	0.479	-5.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	47.9	43.5	0.524	4.4
New York Giants	45.8	44.3	0.508	1.5
Chicago Cubs	48.5	48.3	0.501	0.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	45.2	45.5	0.498	-0.4
Boston Braves	51.8	52.2	0.498	-0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	47.0	47.7	0.496	-0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.3	52.4	0.490	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	47.6	49.7	0.489	-2.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1940 National 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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