1917 Major League

1917 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1917 American League 1917 National League

1917 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1917 Postseason

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 Giants	81.0	56.0	25.0	137.0	106.0	30.8
Chicago White Sox	105.0	65.5	39.5	170.5	144.5	25.6
Cleveland Indians	127.0	74.5	52.5	201.5	179.5	21.6
Philadelphia Phillies	111.0	63.5	47.5	174.5	158.5	15.8
Boston Red Sox	69.0	39.0	30.0	108.0	99.0	8.7
Boston Braves	71.0	38.0	33.0	109.0	104.0	4.9
St. Louis Cardinals	52.0	27.5	24.5	79.5	76.5	3.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	74.0	38.5	35.5	112.5	109.5	2.9
Chicago Cubs	120.0	61.5	58.5	181.5	178.5	2.8
Detroit Tigers	43.0	20.0	23.0	63.0	66.0	-3.3
Washington Senators I	51.0	23.0	28.0	74.0	79.0	-4.9
Cincinnati Reds	106.0	48.5	57.5	154.5	163.5	-9.0
New York Yankees	61.0	24.5	36.5	85.5	97.5	-12.1
St. Louis Browns	42.0	12.0	30.0	54.0	72.0	-18.2
Philadelphia Athletics	94.0	37.5	56.5	131.5	150.5	-19.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	157.0	52.5	104.5	209.5	261.5	-52.1

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
Philadelphia Phillies	174.4	158.6	16.1	35.4
Cleveland Indians	193.4	187.6	6.7	29.5
New York Giants	128.3	114.7	13.7	28.1
Chicago White Sox	160.8	154.2	6.3	25.2
Chicago Cubs	179.6	180.4	-0.5	20.8
Boston Red Sox	105.0	102.0	3.3	15.5
Boston Braves	107.9	105.1	3.0	15.4
Cincinnati Reds	157.3	160.7	-3.4	15.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	228.0	243.0	-14.8	13.1
New York Yankees	92.6	90.4	1.7	12.4
Philadelphia Athletics	138.0	144.0	-5.4	11.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	109.2	112.8	-3.5	9.5
St. Louis Cardinals	78.0	78.0	-0.1	9.2
Washington Senators I	75.5	77.5	-1.8	7.4
Detroit Tigers	63.9	65.1	-1.3	6.3
St. Louis Browns	59.2	66.8	-7.7	-0.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	57.6	50.4	0.533	7.2
Philadelphia Phillies	78.7	73.4	0.517	5.3
Chicago White Sox	67.9	66.2	0.506	1.7
Philadelphia Athletics	64.6	63.1	0.506	1.5
Detroit Tigers	27.9	27.0	0.509	1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	33.5	32.9	0.504	0.6
Boston Red Sox	44.7	44.3	0.502	0.4
Cleveland Indians	80.1	80.6	0.499	-0.4
Washington Senators I	33.8	34.4	0.496	-0.6
St. Louis Browns	25.7	26.3	0.493	-0.7
Boston Braves	44.4	45.5	0.494	-1.1
New York Yankees	41.8	43.0	0.493	-1.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	47.0	48.3	0.493	-1.4
Chicago Cubs	75.8	77.8	0.494	-2.0
Cincinnati Reds	67.9	70.8	0.490	-2.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	99.4	103.4	0.490	-3.9


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	11.3	9.5	0.542	1.7
New York Giants	10.0	8.4	0.545	1.6
Cleveland Indians	14.2	13.0	0.522	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	10.9	9.9	0.524	1.0
Chicago Cubs	10.9	10.2	0.517	0.7
New York Yankees	5.7	5.5	0.511	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	10.6	10.5	0.504	0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	5.0	5.0	0.503	0.1
Boston Braves	7.4	7.4	0.500	-0.0
Philadelphia Athletics	8.4	8.6	0.495	-0.2
Detroit Tigers	4.8	5.1	0.485	-0.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	15.4	15.8	0.494	-0.4
Washington Senators I	4.8	5.2	0.479	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	5.9	6.5	0.476	-0.6
St. Louis Browns	3.5	4.7	0.423	-1.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	6.2	7.7	0.445	-1.5


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	54.8	48.8	0.529	6.0
Philadelphia Phillies	46.4	42.3	0.523	4.2
Cincinnati Reds	43.6	40.9	0.516	2.8
Boston Braves	30.3	27.7	0.523	2.6
Boston Red Sox	30.3	28.3	0.517	2.0
New York Giants	32.5	30.9	0.513	1.7
Chicago Cubs	49.9	48.8	0.506	1.1
Chicago White Sox	43.6	42.6	0.506	1.0
New York Yankees	23.6	22.7	0.510	0.9
Washington Senators I	20.9	21.3	0.496	-0.3
Detroit Tigers	16.7	17.6	0.487	-0.9
Brooklyn Dodgers	30.6	31.5	0.492	-1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	20.8	22.2	0.484	-1.4
St. Louis Browns	15.7	18.9	0.455	-3.1
Philadelphia Athletics	36.5	39.7	0.479	-3.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	60.9	67.6	0.474	-6.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Phillies	37.3	34.3	0.521	3.0
New York Giants	27.6	25.6	0.518	2.0
Chicago White Sox	37.7	36.2	0.511	1.6
New York Yankees	20.9	19.7	0.514	1.2
Boston Red Sox	24.0	23.1	0.510	0.9
St. Louis Cardinals	18.7	17.9	0.511	0.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	25.7	25.0	0.506	0.6
Boston Braves	25.3	25.0	0.503	0.3
Washington Senators I	16.3	16.4	0.498	-0.1
Chicago Cubs	43.1	43.5	0.498	-0.4
Detroit Tigers	14.6	15.3	0.488	-0.7
St. Louis Browns	15.0	16.2	0.480	-1.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	53.6	54.9	0.494	-1.3
Cleveland Indians	44.1	45.4	0.493	-1.3
Philadelphia Athletics	29.4	31.7	0.481	-2.4
Cincinnati Reds	35.2	38.5	0.478	-3.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1917 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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