1946 Major League

1946 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1946 American League 1946 National League

1946 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1946 Postseason
1946 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
Boston Red Sox	156.0	105.0	51.0	261.0	207.0	53.9
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	98.0	58.0	254.0	214.0	39.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	157.0	96.5	60.5	253.5	217.5	35.4
Detroit Tigers	155.0	92.5	62.5	247.5	217.5	30.2
New York Yankees	154.0	87.0	67.0	241.0	221.0	20.1
Chicago Cubs	155.0	83.0	72.0	238.0	227.0	10.5
Boston Braves	154.0	81.5	72.5	235.5	226.5	9.2
Washington Senators I	155.0	76.5	78.5	231.5	233.5	-2.3
Chicago White Sox	155.0	74.5	80.5	229.5	235.5	-6.9
Philadelphia Phillies	155.0	69.5	85.5	224.5	240.5	-16.2
Cleveland Indians	156.0	69.0	87.0	225.0	243.0	-17.9
Cincinnati Reds	156.0	68.0	88.0	224.0	244.0	-20.8
St. Louis Browns	156.0	67.0	89.0	223.0	245.0	-22.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	63.5	91.5	218.5	246.5	-28.7
New York Giants	154.0	61.0	93.0	215.0	247.0	-32.2
Philadelphia Athletics	155.0	49.5	105.5	204.5	260.5	-56.3

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
Boston Red Sox	245.6	222.4	24.3	51.2
New York Yankees	241.0	221.0	21.1	47.7
St. Louis Cardinals	241.9	226.1	16.8	44.0
Detroit Tigers	239.7	225.3	16.2	42.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	240.6	230.4	10.3	38.1
Boston Braves	234.5	227.5	7.8	34.2
Chicago Cubs	233.5	231.5	3.2	30.1
Cincinnati Reds	233.7	234.3	-0.6	26.3
St. Louis Browns	232.5	235.5	-3.4	23.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	230.4	234.6	-4.2	22.6
Cleveland Indians	230.1	237.9	-6.6	20.7
New York Giants	227.7	234.3	-6.5	20.7
Chicago White Sox	229.5	235.5	-6.1	20.5
Washington Senators I	227.6	237.4	-8.8	17.9
Philadelphia Phillies	227.2	237.8	-11.0	15.9
Philadelphia Athletics	224.7	240.3	-15.8	11.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	117.5	105.5	0.527	12.0
New York Yankees	114.2	104.1	0.523	10.1
Detroit Tigers	112.4	105.1	0.517	7.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	111.8	104.6	0.517	7.2
St. Louis Cardinals	107.3	103.3	0.510	4.0
New York Giants	106.5	103.0	0.508	3.5
Chicago Cubs	108.6	106.6	0.504	1.9
Boston Braves	107.3	106.3	0.502	1.0
Washington Senators I	101.1	102.8	0.496	-1.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	105.6	107.4	0.496	-1.8
St. Louis Browns	104.6	106.7	0.495	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	101.4	104.1	0.493	-2.8
Cleveland Indians	98.8	103.1	0.490	-4.2
Chicago White Sox	104.0	109.7	0.487	-5.7
Cincinnati Reds	102.2	109.8	0.482	-7.6
Philadelphia Athletics	102.4	110.1	0.482	-7.7


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	11.2	8.8	0.560	2.4
New York Yankees	10.7	9.0	0.541	1.6
Boston Red Sox	11.2	9.6	0.536	1.5
St. Louis Browns	9.2	8.0	0.536	1.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	12.5	11.3	0.525	1.2
Philadelphia Athletics	10.0	9.0	0.524	0.9
Boston Braves	10.8	10.5	0.508	0.3
New York Giants	9.4	9.4	0.500	-0.0
Cleveland Indians	9.3	9.5	0.497	-0.1
Detroit Tigers	10.1	10.4	0.494	-0.3
Cincinnati Reds	10.0	10.4	0.491	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	11.1	11.5	0.489	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	9.6	10.1	0.485	-0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.0	10.6	0.486	-0.6
Washington Senators I	10.4	11.7	0.470	-1.3
Chicago White Sox	10.8	12.1	0.471	-1.3


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	73.5	67.1	0.523	6.4
Cincinnati Reds	70.7	64.6	0.522	6.0
New York Yankees	70.0	64.2	0.522	5.8
St. Louis Cardinals	72.3	67.1	0.519	5.3
Boston Red Sox	70.3	65.5	0.518	4.8
Boston Braves	68.5	64.9	0.513	3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	66.2	63.8	0.509	2.4
Chicago Cubs	65.8	63.6	0.508	2.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	67.8	66.9	0.503	0.8
Chicago White Sox	66.7	66.4	0.501	0.3
Cleveland Indians	75.5	76.0	0.499	-0.4
St. Louis Browns	67.7	69.2	0.495	-1.5
Washington Senators I	67.8	69.5	0.494	-1.7
Philadelphia Phillies	66.0	70.9	0.482	-4.9
Philadelphia Athletics	65.6	71.7	0.478	-6.1
New York Giants	65.1	74.3	0.467	-9.2


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	45.8	42.5	0.518	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	50.6	47.4	0.516	3.2
Chicago White Sox	48.4	46.8	0.508	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	50.7	49.6	0.505	1.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	48.4	47.6	0.504	0.8
New York Yankees	45.3	44.5	0.504	0.8
Boston Braves	47.0	46.6	0.502	0.4
New York Giants	47.2	47.0	0.501	0.2
St. Louis Browns	51.2	51.5	0.499	-0.3
Detroit Tigers	43.1	43.4	0.498	-0.3
Philadelphia Athletics	47.8	48.5	0.496	-0.7
Chicago Cubs	48.4	49.4	0.495	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	50.9	52.1	0.494	-1.2
Cleveland Indians	46.9	49.0	0.489	-2.1
Washington Senators I	49.1	52.6	0.483	-3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.0	52.6	0.482	-3.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1946 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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