1952 Major League

1952 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1952 American League 1952 National League

1952 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1952 Postseason
1952 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
Brooklyn Dodgers	155.0	97.0	58.0	252.0	213.0	38.3
New York Yankees	154.0	95.0	59.0	249.0	213.0	36.4
Cleveland Indians	155.0	93.5	61.5	248.5	216.5	32.0
New York Giants	154.0	92.0	62.0	246.0	216.0	29.3
St. Louis Cardinals	154.0	88.0	66.0	242.0	220.0	21.2
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	87.0	67.0	241.0	221.0	20.2
Chicago White Sox	156.0	82.0	74.0	238.0	230.0	7.6
Philadelphia Athletics	155.0	79.5	75.5	234.5	230.5	4.2
Washington Senators I	157.0	79.5	77.5	236.5	234.5	1.6
Chicago Cubs	155.0	77.5	77.5	232.5	232.5	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	154.0	76.0	78.0	230.0	232.0	-2.5
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	69.0	85.0	223.0	239.0	-16.7
Boston Braves	155.0	65.0	90.0	220.0	245.0	-24.9
St. Louis Browns	155.0	64.5	90.5	219.5	245.5	-26.3
Detroit Tigers	156.0	51.0	105.0	207.0	261.0	-54.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	42.5	112.5	197.5	267.5	-69.9

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	242.0	223.0	19.6	46.3
New York Yankees	239.8	222.2	18.6	45.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	240.8	224.2	16.3	43.9
Philadelphia Phillies	236.9	225.1	13.1	39.5
New York Giants	235.5	226.5	9.3	36.7
Chicago White Sox	237.5	230.5	7.7	35.1
St. Louis Cardinals	234.8	227.2	7.9	35.0
Chicago Cubs	234.7	230.3	4.8	31.7
Philadelphia Athletics	232.8	232.2	0.8	27.6
Boston Red Sox	230.6	231.4	-0.3	26.6
Washington Senators I	233.6	237.4	-2.6	24.5
Cincinnati Reds	228.8	233.2	-4.1	22.8
St. Louis Browns	227.4	237.6	-9.2	18.0
Boston Braves	227.5	237.5	-9.5	17.4
Detroit Tigers	226.9	241.1	-13.6	13.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	220.2	244.8	-25.0	2.1


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	118.4	103.9	0.533	14.5
Cleveland Indians	114.4	103.5	0.525	10.9
New York Yankees	110.7	101.0	0.523	9.8
New York Giants	108.9	101.8	0.517	7.1
St. Louis Cardinals	109.5	105.4	0.509	4.1
Boston Red Sox	106.0	103.9	0.505	2.1
Philadelphia Athletics	106.2	104.7	0.504	1.6
Philadelphia Phillies	108.7	107.7	0.502	1.0
Cincinnati Reds	105.1	106.2	0.497	-1.1
Chicago Cubs	106.8	108.8	0.495	-2.0
St. Louis Browns	104.9	108.1	0.492	-3.2
Chicago White Sox	107.0	111.1	0.491	-4.1
Detroit Tigers	105.9	111.5	0.487	-5.6
Washington Senators I	101.9	109.7	0.481	-7.9
Boston Braves	99.7	107.8	0.480	-8.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	96.3	107.8	0.472	-11.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.5	8.8	0.542	1.6
Cleveland Indians	10.6	9.0	0.541	1.6
New York Yankees	10.2	8.8	0.538	1.4
Boston Braves	9.5	8.5	0.527	1.0
Chicago White Sox	11.0	10.1	0.521	0.9
Philadelphia Phillies	11.0	10.2	0.521	0.9
Washington Senators I	10.1	9.3	0.519	0.7
St. Louis Cardinals	9.9	9.5	0.511	0.4
Boston Red Sox	9.5	9.3	0.506	0.2
Philadelphia Athletics	9.7	9.5	0.506	0.2
New York Giants	8.0	8.1	0.497	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	9.9	10.3	0.488	-0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.5	9.3	0.476	-0.9
Detroit Tigers	7.9	8.8	0.473	-0.9
St. Louis Browns	8.7	9.8	0.468	-1.2
Chicago Cubs	8.5	10.6	0.445	-2.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	76.5	68.7	0.527	7.8
Philadelphia Phillies	71.5	63.9	0.528	7.6
Chicago Cubs	72.5	66.3	0.522	6.2
Washington Senators I	76.3	71.5	0.516	4.8
Cleveland Indians	72.5	68.2	0.515	4.3
St. Louis Cardinals	71.6	68.5	0.511	3.1
New York Yankees	72.4	69.7	0.510	2.8
New York Giants	73.5	71.6	0.507	1.9
Boston Braves	73.2	72.2	0.504	1.0
Philadelphia Athletics	70.7	70.8	0.500	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	70.5	70.9	0.499	-0.4
St. Louis Browns	68.9	71.3	0.491	-2.4
Boston Red Sox	68.7	72.1	0.488	-3.4
Detroit Tigers	70.1	74.2	0.486	-4.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	70.6	76.3	0.481	-5.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	68.3	76.0	0.473	-7.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	43.5	35.6	0.550	8.0
New York Yankees	45.5	43.7	0.510	1.8
Boston Red Sox	46.9	45.7	0.507	1.3
Philadelphia Phillies	45.1	43.9	0.507	1.2
Chicago Cubs	46.3	45.1	0.506	1.2
Chicago White Sox	42.3	41.2	0.507	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	43.8	43.7	0.501	0.2
Cleveland Indians	43.4	43.3	0.500	0.1
New York Giants	45.0	45.1	0.500	-0.1
Washington Senators I	45.5	46.7	0.494	-1.2
Cincinnati Reds	43.9	45.3	0.492	-1.4
St. Louis Browns	45.9	47.4	0.492	-1.5
Philadelphia Athletics	45.9	47.4	0.492	-1.6
Detroit Tigers	43.9	45.7	0.490	-1.8
Boston Braves	45.4	48.6	0.483	-3.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.5	50.7	0.473	-5.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1952 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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