1940 Major League

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

1940 American League 1940 National League

1940 Major 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
Detroit Tigers	155.0	90.5	64.5	245.5	219.5	25.8
Cleveland Indians	155.0	89.5	65.5	244.5	220.5	23.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	156.0	89.5	66.5	245.5	222.5	22.6
New York Yankees	155.0	88.0	67.0	243.0	222.0	21.4
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	85.5	70.5	241.5	226.5	14.9
Chicago White Sox	155.0	83.0	72.0	238.0	227.0	10.8
Boston Red Sox	154.0	82.0	72.0	236.0	226.0	9.6
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
St. Louis Browns	156.0	68.0	88.0	224.0	244.0	-20.6
Boston Braves	152.0	65.0	87.0	217.0	239.0	-22.1
Washington Senators I	154.0	64.0	90.0	218.0	244.0	-27.2
Philadelphia Athletics	154.0	54.0	100.0	208.0	254.0	-46.2
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
Detroit Tigers	241.3	223.7	18.3	44.8
Cincinnati Reds	240.6	224.4	16.8	42.7
New York Yankees	239.8	225.2	16.1	42.3
Cleveland Indians	239.1	225.9	13.5	39.8
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
Chicago White Sox	234.9	230.1	5.2	31.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	235.5	232.5	3.3	30.2
Boston Red Sox	232.2	229.8	2.9	29.4
New York Giants	229.3	226.7	3.1	28.9
St. Louis Browns	230.5	237.5	-7.3	19.5
Philadelphia Athletics	223.6	238.4	-14.3	11.9
Washington Senators I	223.9	238.1	-14.1	11.9
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
Detroit Tigers	116.2	103.6	0.529	12.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.9	100.7	0.520	8.2
New York Yankees	112.1	104.2	0.518	8.0
Boston Red Sox	110.4	102.5	0.518	7.9
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
Cleveland Indians	105.4	108.1	0.494	-2.7
St. Louis Browns	103.3	106.8	0.492	-3.6
Philadelphia Athletics	100.9	105.4	0.489	-4.5
Chicago White Sox	105.8	111.0	0.488	-5.2
Washington Senators I	100.3	106.8	0.484	-6.5
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
New York Yankees	10.4	8.7	0.544	1.7
Cleveland Indians	9.8	8.7	0.528	1.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.0	10.2	0.517	0.7
St. Louis Browns	9.2	8.7	0.513	0.5
New York Giants	10.2	9.7	0.511	0.4
Philadelphia Athletics	9.0	9.0	0.501	0.0
Detroit Tigers	10.2	10.2	0.500	0.0
Boston Red Sox	9.1	9.3	0.496	-0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	8.7	8.9	0.495	-0.2
Boston Braves	9.0	9.3	0.493	-0.2
Washington Senators I	10.1	10.5	0.491	-0.4
Chicago White Sox	10.4	10.9	0.487	-0.5
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
Cleveland Indians	76.0	67.6	0.529	8.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	72.3	64.0	0.530	8.2
Chicago White Sox	71.7	65.3	0.523	6.4
Chicago Cubs	67.3	61.7	0.522	5.6
Detroit Tigers	71.2	66.4	0.518	4.9
Cincinnati Reds	69.8	65.2	0.517	4.6
New York Yankees	71.3	69.6	0.506	1.6
St. Louis Cardinals	70.9	70.4	0.502	0.6
New York Giants	66.8	67.6	0.497	-0.7
Washington Senators I	67.7	70.1	0.491	-2.4
St. Louis Browns	69.3	71.9	0.491	-2.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	65.5	68.9	0.487	-3.4
Boston Red Sox	66.8	70.5	0.486	-3.7
Philadelphia Athletics	68.9	72.9	0.486	-4.0
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
Cleveland Indians	46.8	42.6	0.523	4.2
New York Yankees	45.8	43.0	0.515	2.7
Chicago White Sox	46.1	43.8	0.513	2.3
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
St. Louis Browns	49.2	49.6	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
Boston Red Sox	46.3	47.0	0.496	-0.7
Detroit Tigers	42.7	44.6	0.489	-1.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.3	52.4	0.490	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	47.6	49.7	0.489	-2.1
Washington Senators I	47.0	49.5	0.487	-2.5
Philadelphia Athletics	45.8	50.0	0.478	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1940 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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