1953 Major League

1953 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1953 American League 1953 National League

1953 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1953 Postseason
1953 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	105.5	49.5	260.5	204.5	55.8
New York Yankees	151.0	99.0	52.0	250.0	203.0	46.7
Cleveland Indians	155.0	92.5	62.5	247.5	217.5	29.8
Milwaukee Braves	157.0	93.5	63.5	250.5	220.5	29.6
Chicago White Sox	156.0	90.0	66.0	246.0	222.0	23.6
Boston Red Sox	153.0	84.0	69.0	237.0	222.0	14.9
St. Louis Cardinals	157.0	84.5	72.5	241.5	229.5	12.0
Philadelphia Phillies	156.0	84.0	72.0	240.0	228.0	11.9
Washington Senators I	152.0	76.0	76.0	228.0	228.0	-0.7
New York Giants	155.0	70.5	84.5	225.5	239.5	-14.7
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	68.5	86.5	223.5	241.5	-18.6
Chicago Cubs	155.0	65.5	89.5	220.5	244.5	-23.9
Detroit Tigers	158.0	62.0	96.0	220.0	254.0	-34.2
Philadelphia Athletics	157.0	60.5	96.5	217.5	253.5	-36.4
St. Louis Browns	154.0	54.0	100.0	208.0	254.0	-46.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	50.0	104.0	204.0	258.0	-54.7

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
Brooklyn Dodgers	243.8	221.2	23.4	51.1
New York Yankees	237.8	215.2	22.8	49.2
Cleveland Indians	243.2	221.8	22.1	48.8
Milwaukee Braves	242.5	228.5	14.8	42.1
St. Louis Cardinals	239.8	231.2	8.9	36.6
Philadelphia Phillies	237.3	230.7	7.4	34.3
Boston Red Sox	232.8	226.2	7.1	33.9
Chicago White Sox	236.3	231.7	5.3	32.6
Washington Senators I	230.0	226.0	4.2	30.4
New York Giants	232.6	232.4	0.7	28.1
Cincinnati Reds	229.4	235.6	-6.2	20.8
Chicago Cubs	228.6	236.4	-7.6	19.8
Detroit Tigers	230.1	243.9	-13.8	14.0
Philadelphia Athletics	228.2	242.8	-14.5	12.8
St. Louis Browns	223.0	239.0	-15.3	11.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	219.7	242.3	-22.5	4.5


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	118.0	101.4	0.538	16.6
New York Yankees	115.1	99.2	0.537	15.9
Cleveland Indians	115.7	101.1	0.534	14.6
St. Louis Cardinals	110.7	105.3	0.512	5.4
New York Giants	109.1	104.4	0.511	4.7
Milwaukee Braves	111.8	107.6	0.509	4.1
Boston Red Sox	102.9	104.1	0.497	-1.1
Detroit Tigers	105.0	106.8	0.496	-1.8
Washington Senators I	106.8	108.7	0.496	-1.9
Philadelphia Phillies	107.7	110.9	0.493	-3.2
Cincinnati Reds	107.2	110.7	0.492	-3.5
Chicago White Sox	107.6	111.3	0.492	-3.7
Chicago Cubs	101.7	108.0	0.485	-6.4
Philadelphia Athletics	104.2	112.4	0.481	-8.3
St. Louis Browns	99.1	108.1	0.478	-9.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	98.2	110.5	0.471	-12.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.2	8.6	0.541	1.6
Chicago Cubs	8.8	7.6	0.536	1.2
Cleveland Indians	9.1	8.0	0.532	1.1
Milwaukee Braves	9.9	8.9	0.528	1.1
Washington Senators I	9.9	8.9	0.527	1.0
Detroit Tigers	8.8	8.5	0.508	0.3
Chicago White Sox	10.8	10.6	0.505	0.2
Boston Red Sox	9.5	9.4	0.503	0.1
Philadelphia Athletics	8.4	8.4	0.501	0.0
Philadelphia Phillies	9.3	9.3	0.500	0.0
Cincinnati Reds	8.4	8.5	0.495	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	9.6	9.8	0.495	-0.2
New York Yankees	9.2	9.8	0.483	-0.6
St. Louis Browns	7.7	8.7	0.471	-1.0
New York Giants	7.5	8.6	0.465	-1.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.2	9.4	0.467	-1.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Phillies	75.0	67.2	0.527	7.7
Milwaukee Braves	75.7	69.0	0.523	6.8
Chicago White Sox	74.9	69.0	0.520	5.8
Boston Red Sox	72.7	68.0	0.517	4.7
St. Louis Cardinals	75.7	72.1	0.512	3.6
Cleveland Indians	72.3	69.2	0.511	3.1
Washington Senators I	70.6	67.8	0.510	2.8
New York Yankees	68.3	66.1	0.508	2.2
Chicago Cubs	73.9	72.9	0.504	1.1
St. Louis Browns	72.3	73.2	0.497	-1.0
New York Giants	73.8	75.1	0.496	-1.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	73.8	76.1	0.492	-2.3
Cincinnati Reds	69.1	71.8	0.490	-2.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	69.2	73.0	0.487	-3.8
Philadelphia Athletics	70.8	75.1	0.485	-4.4
Detroit Tigers	73.4	79.7	0.479	-6.3


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	41.6	35.2	0.542	6.4
New York Yankees	44.1	41.2	0.517	2.9
Boston Red Sox	47.1	45.2	0.510	1.9
Chicago White Sox	42.8	41.0	0.511	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	45.2	44.0	0.507	1.2
Washington Senators I	42.1	41.0	0.507	1.1
Milwaukee Braves	44.3	43.7	0.503	0.6
Cleveland Indians	45.0	44.6	0.502	0.3
Philadelphia Phillies	44.3	44.2	0.500	0.0
Philadelphia Athletics	45.7	46.0	0.498	-0.3
New York Giants	42.7	43.8	0.493	-1.2
St. Louis Cardinals	43.2	44.5	0.493	-1.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.6	47.9	0.487	-2.4
St. Louis Browns	44.9	48.0	0.483	-3.1
Chicago Cubs	44.3	47.8	0.481	-3.5
Detroit Tigers	43.8	48.1	0.477	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1953 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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