1920 Major League

1920 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1920 American League 1920 National League

1920 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1920 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
Cleveland Indians	145.0	95.0	50.0	240.0	195.0	44.9
New York Yankees	133.0	83.0	50.0	216.0	183.0	32.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	136.0	79.5	56.5	215.5	192.5	22.8
New York Giants	135.0	76.5	58.5	211.5	193.5	17.7
Chicago White Sox	102.0	59.0	43.0	161.0	145.0	15.7
Cincinnati Reds	136.0	70.5	65.5	206.5	201.5	4.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	153.0	78.5	74.5	231.5	227.5	3.4
St. Louis Browns	128.0	62.0	66.0	190.0	194.0	-4.3
St. Louis Cardinals	135.0	64.5	70.5	199.5	205.5	-6.6
Boston Braves	109.0	50.5	58.5	159.5	167.5	-8.3
Chicago Cubs	109.0	50.0	59.0	159.0	168.0	-9.3
Washington Senators I	63.0	26.0	37.0	89.0	100.0	-11.4
Boston Red Sox	84.0	35.5	48.5	119.5	132.5	-13.1
Philadelphia Phillies	115.0	44.0	71.0	159.0	186.0	-27.6
Detroit Tigers	82.0	27.0	55.0	109.0	137.0	-28.5
Philadelphia Athletics	109.0	35.5	73.5	144.5	182.5	-38.1

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
Cleveland Indians	228.0	207.0	21.8	46.1
New York Yankees	207.9	191.1	17.3	39.6
New York Giants	208.8	196.2	12.8	35.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	208.6	199.4	8.9	31.7
Cincinnati Reds	206.6	201.4	5.4	27.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	229.7	229.3	0.5	26.1
Chicago White Sox	156.4	149.6	6.8	23.7
St. Louis Cardinals	201.7	203.3	-1.9	21.1
St. Louis Browns	190.8	193.2	-2.3	19.2
Chicago Cubs	162.3	164.7	-2.7	15.4
Boston Braves	160.7	166.3	-6.0	12.3
Philadelphia Phillies	168.6	176.4	-7.9	11.8
Boston Red Sox	124.2	127.8	-3.3	10.9
Washington Senators I	92.7	96.3	-4.0	6.8
Philadelphia Athletics	155.3	171.7	-16.2	2.3
Detroit Tigers	116.5	129.5	-13.3	0.5


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	96.7	86.4	0.528	10.3
Cleveland Indians	103.9	95.6	0.521	8.3
New York Giants	94.3	87.5	0.519	6.8
St. Louis Cardinals	92.5	87.1	0.515	5.4
Cincinnati Reds	93.8	89.0	0.513	4.8
Chicago White Sox	72.9	70.2	0.509	2.7
Washington Senators I	39.7	39.2	0.503	0.5
St. Louis Browns	86.4	85.9	0.501	0.5
Chicago Cubs	71.7	71.7	0.500	0.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	90.9	91.5	0.499	-0.5
Boston Braves	69.8	70.8	0.496	-1.0
Boston Red Sox	54.6	58.5	0.483	-3.8
Philadelphia Phillies	70.4	74.3	0.486	-3.9
Detroit Tigers	51.9	56.7	0.478	-4.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	96.5	103.3	0.483	-6.9
Philadelphia Athletics	63.9	74.5	0.462	-10.6


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	13.1	11.5	0.532	1.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	14.8	13.3	0.527	1.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	12.8	11.3	0.531	1.5
St. Louis Browns	10.2	9.1	0.528	1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	9.6	8.7	0.523	0.8
New York Yankees	10.7	10.3	0.509	0.4
New York Giants	12.5	12.2	0.504	0.2
Detroit Tigers	5.8	5.7	0.502	0.1
Washington Senators I	4.9	5.1	0.490	-0.2
Cincinnati Reds	14.2	14.4	0.496	-0.2
Boston Red Sox	6.5	7.1	0.476	-0.6
Chicago Cubs	9.5	10.1	0.484	-0.6
Philadelphia Athletics	6.5	7.2	0.472	-0.8
Chicago White Sox	8.7	9.6	0.477	-0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	11.1	12.1	0.478	-1.0
Boston Braves	9.6	10.7	0.472	-1.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	64.4	55.7	0.536	8.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	59.8	51.8	0.536	8.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	64.3	60.0	0.517	4.3
New York Yankees	55.9	53.2	0.512	2.7
Chicago White Sox	40.9	39.1	0.512	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	54.9	53.2	0.508	1.7
New York Giants	53.1	52.7	0.502	0.4
Boston Red Sox	35.4	35.1	0.502	0.3
Chicago Cubs	43.6	44.3	0.496	-0.7
Philadelphia Athletics	47.1	48.4	0.493	-1.3
Washington Senators I	27.8	29.9	0.482	-2.1
Philadelphia Phillies	48.2	50.7	0.487	-2.5
Boston Braves	43.0	45.8	0.484	-2.8
St. Louis Browns	52.9	55.8	0.487	-2.9
Detroit Tigers	33.8	37.7	0.473	-3.8
St. Louis Cardinals	52.7	57.1	0.480	-4.4


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	48.5	44.1	0.524	4.5
Chicago White Sox	33.4	31.1	0.518	2.3
New York Yankees	43.9	41.8	0.512	2.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	54.1	52.6	0.507	1.5
Boston Red Sox	28.0	26.8	0.511	1.2
Boston Braves	38.8	38.4	0.503	0.4
Cleveland Indians	45.4	45.4	0.500	0.0
St. Louis Browns	41.6	42.1	0.497	-0.4
St. Louis Cardinals	45.9	46.5	0.497	-0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	41.2	41.9	0.496	-0.7
Washington Senators I	20.5	21.8	0.484	-1.3
Cincinnati Reds	43.5	45.0	0.492	-1.5
Chicago Cubs	37.2	38.9	0.489	-1.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	44.0	45.8	0.490	-1.8
Philadelphia Athletics	38.7	40.7	0.488	-1.9
Detroit Tigers	25.8	28.6	0.475	-2.8

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1920 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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