1918 Major League

1918 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1918 American League 1918 National League

1918 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1918 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
Chicago Cubs	93.0	61.5	31.5	154.5	124.5	29.5
New York Giants	99.0	58.0	41.0	157.0	140.0	16.8
Cleveland Indians	113.0	63.0	50.0	176.0	163.0	12.8
Boston Red Sox	68.0	40.0	28.0	108.0	96.0	11.9
Washington Senators I	47.0	27.0	20.0	74.0	67.0	6.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	124.0	64.5	59.5	188.5	183.5	4.8
New York Yankees	92.0	48.0	44.0	140.0	136.0	3.6
St. Louis Browns	39.0	19.0	20.0	58.0	59.0	-1.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	80.0	37.0	43.0	117.0	123.0	-6.0
Philadelphia Phillies	90.0	41.5	48.5	131.5	138.5	-7.0
Detroit Tigers	44.0	17.5	26.5	61.5	70.5	-9.0
St. Louis Cardinals	51.0	20.5	30.5	71.5	81.5	-10.2
Cincinnati Reds	63.0	26.0	37.0	89.0	100.0	-11.4
Philadelphia Athletics	100.0	43.5	56.5	143.5	156.5	-13.3
Chicago White Sox	91.0	39.0	52.0	130.0	143.0	-13.8
Boston Braves	72.0	27.0	45.0	99.0	117.0	-18.0

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
Chicago Cubs	146.2	132.8	13.3	29.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	189.9	182.1	7.8	29.0
Cleveland Indians	173.9	165.1	9.0	28.3
New York Giants	152.7	144.3	8.9	25.9
Chicago White Sox	138.3	134.7	3.3	19.0
New York Yankees	137.0	139.0	-1.7	14.3
Boston Red Sox	103.0	101.0	2.2	13.8
Philadelphia Athletics	146.6	153.4	-6.4	10.9
Washington Senators I	71.8	69.2	2.3	10.3
Philadelphia Phillies	131.8	138.2	-6.2	9.3
Boston Braves	106.1	109.9	-3.4	8.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	116.9	123.1	-6.2	7.5
Cincinnati Reds	92.7	96.3	-3.9	6.9
St. Louis Cardinals	75.0	78.0	-3.3	5.4
St. Louis Browns	57.8	59.2	-1.4	5.3
Detroit Tigers	64.0	68.0	-3.8	3.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	64.2	59.8	0.518	4.5
New York Yankees	60.2	57.8	0.510	2.5
Cleveland Indians	75.7	73.3	0.508	2.4
Cincinnati Reds	41.0	38.7	0.514	2.3
New York Giants	65.6	63.4	0.509	2.2
Chicago White Sox	62.4	60.9	0.506	1.5
St. Louis Browns	26.4	24.9	0.514	1.5
Detroit Tigers	29.3	28.0	0.511	1.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	81.7	80.7	0.503	1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	32.9	33.1	0.498	-0.2
Boston Red Sox	42.9	43.7	0.495	-0.8
Washington Senators I	31.4	32.6	0.490	-1.2
Boston Braves	46.9	48.4	0.492	-1.5
Philadelphia Athletics	61.0	63.9	0.488	-3.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	49.8	53.1	0.484	-3.3
Philadelphia Phillies	56.5	60.0	0.485	-3.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	11.9	10.3	0.536	1.6
Chicago Cubs	10.8	9.3	0.539	1.6
New York Giants	10.0	9.2	0.521	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.7	12.0	0.515	0.7
New York Yankees	9.4	9.1	0.509	0.3
Philadelphia Athletics	8.9	8.6	0.509	0.3
Detroit Tigers	4.5	4.4	0.507	0.1
Boston Red Sox	6.0	5.9	0.502	0.1
Boston Braves	6.7	6.7	0.500	-0.0
Washington Senators I	4.8	5.0	0.493	-0.1
Chicago White Sox	9.5	9.7	0.494	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	7.7	7.9	0.491	-0.3
Cincinnati Reds	6.0	6.5	0.477	-0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	5.0	5.7	0.466	-0.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	7.4	8.5	0.468	-1.0
St. Louis Browns	3.6	4.8	0.430	-1.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	39.5	34.6	0.533	4.9
Cleveland Indians	45.5	42.0	0.520	3.5
Washington Senators I	20.0	17.1	0.539	2.9
Chicago White Sox	35.8	32.9	0.521	2.9
New York Giants	41.8	39.1	0.517	2.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	51.0	49.4	0.508	1.6
Boston Red Sox	30.0	29.5	0.504	0.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	33.9	34.4	0.497	-0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	37.4	38.0	0.496	-0.6
Boston Braves	28.6	29.5	0.492	-0.9
St. Louis Browns	14.7	15.8	0.482	-1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	19.8	21.1	0.484	-1.3
Detroit Tigers	16.8	19.0	0.469	-2.2
Philadelphia Athletics	40.6	43.0	0.486	-2.4
Cincinnati Reds	24.6	27.5	0.472	-2.9
New York Yankees	37.1	40.8	0.476	-3.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	43.9	40.6	0.519	3.2
New York Giants	34.9	33.0	0.514	1.9
Boston Red Sox	23.9	22.1	0.519	1.8
Washington Senators I	15.3	14.8	0.508	0.5
New York Yankees	30.8	30.8	0.500	-0.0
Chicago Cubs	30.4	30.4	0.499	-0.1
St. Louis Browns	13.4	13.5	0.499	-0.1
Philadelphia Athletics	36.9	37.0	0.499	-0.2
Cleveland Indians	40.0	40.2	0.498	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	17.5	17.8	0.495	-0.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	26.2	26.8	0.495	-0.6
Boston Braves	24.3	25.0	0.493	-0.7
Chicago White Sox	30.5	31.3	0.493	-0.9
Philadelphia Phillies	30.7	31.7	0.492	-1.0
Cincinnati Reds	21.5	23.0	0.483	-1.5
Detroit Tigers	13.9	16.1	0.463	-2.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1918 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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