1961 Major League

1961 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1961 American League 1961 National League

1961 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1961 Postseason
1961 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
New York Yankees	163.0	109.5	53.5	272.5	216.5	56.1
Detroit Tigers	163.0	101.5	61.5	264.5	224.5	40.2
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	93.0	61.0	247.0	215.0	32.2
Baltimore Orioles	163.0	95.5	67.5	258.5	230.5	28.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	154.0	89.0	65.0	243.0	219.0	23.6
San Francisco Giants	155.0	85.5	69.5	240.5	224.5	15.2
Milwaukee Braves	155.0	83.5	71.5	238.5	226.5	11.7
Chicago White Sox	163.0	86.5	76.5	249.5	239.5	9.6
St. Louis Cardinals	155.0	80.5	74.5	235.5	229.5	6.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	75.0	79.0	229.0	233.0	-4.9
Cleveland Indians	161.0	78.0	83.0	239.0	244.0	-5.7
Boston Red Sox	163.0	76.5	86.5	239.5	249.5	-10.6
Minnesota Twins	161.0	70.5	90.5	231.5	251.5	-19.7
Los Angeles Angels	162.0	70.5	91.5	232.5	253.5	-21.6
Chicago Cubs	156.0	65.0	91.0	221.0	247.0	-26.2
Kansas City Athletics	162.0	61.5	100.5	223.5	262.5	-38.9
Washington Senators II	161.0	61.0	100.0	222.0	261.0	-39.2
Philadelphia Phillies	155.0	47.5	107.5	202.5	262.5	-60.4

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
New York Yankees	256.3	232.7	25.6	53.7
Detroit Tigers	255.3	233.7	23.2	51.2
San Francisco Giants	239.6	225.4	14.3	41.4
Baltimore Orioles	249.6	239.4	12.2	40.3
Milwaukee Braves	236.7	228.3	10.1	36.6
Cincinnati Reds	235.2	226.8	10.1	36.6
Chicago White Sox	245.0	244.0	2.8	31.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	232.4	229.6	3.0	29.5
St. Louis Cardinals	233.9	231.1	2.9	29.3
Minnesota Twins	241.3	241.7	0.6	28.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	231.4	230.6	1.5	28.3
Cleveland Indians	240.8	242.2	-1.4	26.4
Los Angeles Angels	240.7	245.3	-4.7	23.9
Chicago Cubs	231.7	236.3	-4.3	22.8
Boston Red Sox	239.3	249.7	-10.9	17.2
Washington Senators II	235.9	247.1	-10.7	17.0
Kansas City Athletics	234.4	251.6	-16.4	11.4
Philadelphia Phillies	222.6	242.4	-20.1	6.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	123.8	110.1	0.529	13.7
Detroit Tigers	121.9	109.3	0.527	12.7
Milwaukee Braves	110.0	102.3	0.518	7.7
San Francisco Giants	108.0	102.4	0.513	5.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	108.8	104.3	0.511	4.5
Chicago Cubs	106.7	104.4	0.505	2.2
Cincinnati Reds	106.3	104.7	0.504	1.6
Chicago White Sox	114.6	113.4	0.503	1.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	106.2	106.2	0.500	0.0
Los Angeles Angels	111.1	111.1	0.500	-0.1
Cleveland Indians	113.0	113.6	0.499	-0.6
Baltimore Orioles	112.4	113.3	0.498	-0.8
Minnesota Twins	111.3	113.1	0.496	-1.8
Boston Red Sox	110.9	113.8	0.494	-2.8
St. Louis Cardinals	106.6	111.6	0.489	-5.0
Washington Senators II	104.3	111.4	0.484	-7.1
Kansas City Athletics	106.7	114.9	0.481	-8.2
Philadelphia Phillies	101.6	113.3	0.473	-11.7


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	9.6	7.3	0.568	2.3
St. Louis Cardinals	10.8	8.7	0.552	2.0
Cincinnati Reds	10.7	9.0	0.543	1.7
New York Yankees	8.7	7.4	0.541	1.3
San Francisco Giants	10.6	9.9	0.516	0.7
Los Angeles Angels	8.8	8.1	0.519	0.7
Kansas City Athletics	9.3	8.7	0.518	0.6
Detroit Tigers	10.0	9.6	0.511	0.4
Milwaukee Braves	10.6	10.3	0.509	0.4
Chicago White Sox	10.9	10.5	0.508	0.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.2	10.0	0.505	0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	9.2	9.4	0.494	-0.2
Minnesota Twins	8.4	8.7	0.492	-0.3
Chicago Cubs	7.6	8.1	0.485	-0.5
Boston Red Sox	8.0	8.7	0.478	-0.7
Baltimore Orioles	8.8	9.6	0.480	-0.7
Washington Senators II	8.3	9.5	0.467	-1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.2	10.2	0.446	-2.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	83.8	74.7	0.529	9.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	72.9	66.1	0.525	6.9
San Francisco Giants	78.5	72.7	0.519	5.8
Cincinnati Reds	75.3	70.2	0.518	5.1
New York Yankees	79.2	74.9	0.514	4.4
Minnesota Twins	79.6	75.8	0.512	3.8
St. Louis Cardinals	72.9	69.3	0.513	3.6
Detroit Tigers	79.3	76.0	0.511	3.3
Chicago White Sox	76.9	75.6	0.504	1.3
Washington Senators II	76.5	77.1	0.498	-0.6
Milwaukee Braves	72.5	74.3	0.494	-1.8
Los Angeles Angels	79.9	81.7	0.495	-1.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	73.7	76.3	0.491	-2.6
Chicago Cubs	73.3	75.9	0.491	-2.6
Cleveland Indians	76.9	80.1	0.490	-3.2
Kansas City Athletics	74.1	78.0	0.487	-3.9
Boston Red Sox	75.7	81.3	0.482	-5.5
Philadelphia Phillies	68.5	75.1	0.477	-6.6


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	44.3	40.6	0.522	3.7
Detroit Tigers	43.3	39.6	0.522	3.7
Milwaukee Braves	43.8	41.1	0.516	2.7
Baltimore Orioles	44.5	41.9	0.515	2.6
San Francisco Giants	42.3	40.6	0.510	1.6
Cleveland Indians	41.8	40.6	0.507	1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	44.3	43.6	0.504	0.7
Cincinnati Reds	43.0	42.7	0.502	0.3
St. Louis Cardinals	42.7	42.4	0.502	0.3
Boston Red Sox	45.2	45.4	0.499	-0.2
Chicago White Sox	43.3	43.7	0.498	-0.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	39.1	39.6	0.497	-0.5
Washington Senators II	47.1	48.9	0.491	-1.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.1	47.1	0.489	-2.0
Los Angeles Angels	41.5	43.8	0.486	-2.3
Chicago Cubs	44.5	47.5	0.484	-3.0
Minnesota Twins	41.5	44.6	0.482	-3.1
Kansas City Athletics	45.3	49.0	0.481	-3.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1961 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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