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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	97-57 (0.630)	-	794	568	100-54 (0.649)	93-61 (0.604)	2,178,937	47.6	31.5	0.1	16.0
2	Detroit Tigers	85-69 (0.552)	12.0	714	642	84-70 (0.548)	84-70 (0.545)	1,398,093	38.6	23.0	0.5	15.1
3	Boston Red Sox	83-71 (0.539)	14.0	720	669	82-72 (0.534)	85-69 (0.552)	1,427,315	39.8	19.7	3.8	16.3
4	Cleveland Indians	80-74 (0.519)	17.0	687	588	88-66 (0.571)	88-66 (0.571)	1,521,978	42.6	21.8	4.7	16.1
5	Philadelphia Athletics	78-76 (0.506)	19.0	633	614	79-75 (0.514)	83-71 (0.539)	911,566	38.1	13.2	6.5	18.3
6	Chicago White Sox	70-84 (0.455)	27.0	553	661	65-89 (0.419)	70-84 (0.455)	876,948	25.2	9.9	4.1	11.2
7	Washington Senators	64-90 (0.416)	33.0	496	675	56-98 (0.363)	56-98 (0.364)	850,758	11.1	2.2	1.2	7.6
8	St. Louis Browns	59-95 (0.383)	38.0	564	744	58-96 (0.376)	57-97 (0.370)	320,474	11.8	6.0	1.3	4.5

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	28	11.7	11.7	156	693	181	40	9	32	162	0	1	166.151	0.499	0.634
2	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	CF	32	6.5	5.9	141	601	168	31	10	20	64	3	0	104.129	0.391	0.522
3	Tommy Henrich	NYA	RF	34	5.4	5.7	142	629	158	35	13	16	71	3	2	96.955	0.372	0.485
4	Joe Gordon	CLE	2B	32	5.1	6.1	155	626	153	27	6	29	62	7	3	93.372	0.346	0.496
5	George McQuinn	NYA	1B	37	5.0	7.5	144	609	157	24	3	13	78	0	2	90.435	0.395	0.437
6	Lou Boudreau	CLE	SS	29	4.9	8.1	150	623	165	45	3	4	67	1	0	88.164	0.388	0.424
7	Roy Cullenbine	DET	1B	33	4.7	6.1	142	607	104	18	1	24	137	3	2	92.109	0.401	0.422
8	Ferris Fain	PHA	1B	26	4.4	6.3	136	567	134	28	6	7	95	4	5	87.029	0.414	0.423
9	Jeff Heath	SLA	LF	32	4.2	4.8	141	582	123	20	7	27	88	2	1	89.276	0.365	0.485
10	Stan Spence	WS1	CF	32	4.2	5.0	147	588	141	22	6	16	81	2	2	86.038	0.378	0.441
11	George Kell	DET	3B	24	3.9	6.5	152	662	188	29	5	5	61	9	11	91.710	0.387	0.412
12	Luke Appling	CHA	SS	40	3.8	4.1	139	572	154	29	0	8	64	8	6	80.148	0.386	0.411
13	Barney McCosky	PHA	LF	30	3.7	4.1	137	616	179	22	7	1	57	1	4	85.284	0.395	0.399
14	Johnny Pesky	BOS	SS	28	3.7	3.7	155	719	207	27	8	0	72	12	9	97.511	0.393	0.392
15	Elmer Valo	PHA	RF	26	3.5	3.5	112	450	111	12	6	5	64	11	3	64.457	0.406	0.405
16	Dick Wakefield	DET	LF	26	3.3	3.0	112	453	104	15	5	8	80	1	4	69.037	0.412	0.416
17	Hoot Evers	DET	CF	26	3.2	3.9	126	525	136	24	5	10	45	8	7	71.352	0.366	0.435
18	Billy Johnson	NYA	3B	28	3.0	1.4	132	547	141	19	8	10	44	1	2	69.987	0.351	0.417
19	Taffy Wright	CHA	RF	35	2.9	2.8	124	455	130	13	0	4	48	8	6	62.476	0.398	0.387
20	Pat Mullin	DET	RF	29	2.9	3.5	116	467	102	28	6	15	63	3	8	67.893	0.359	0.470
21	Vern Stephens	SLA	SS	26	2.9	5.0	150	634	157	18	4	15	70	8	4	81.783	0.359	0.406
22	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	CF	30	2.8	3.8	136	599	145	21	5	8	74	10	6	77.864	0.376	0.390
23	Hank Majeski	PHA	3B	30	2.8	4.3	141	545	134	26	5	8	53	1	0	68.858	0.357	0.405
24	Sam Mele	BOS	RF	25	2.6	2.7	123	497	137	14	8	12	37	0	3	68.287	0.356	0.448
25	Vic Wertz	DET	RF	22	2.6	2.4	102	382	96	22	4	6	47	2	0	54.306	0.376	0.432
26	Snuffy Stirnweiss	NYA	2B	28	2.6	2.9	148	673	146	18	8	5	89	5	3	74.189	0.358	0.342
27	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	SS	29	2.5	4.2	153	623	150	26	9	2	57	11	6	69.835	0.350	0.364
28	Bob Dillinger	SLA	3B	28	2.5	3.1	137	635	168	23	6	3	56	34	13	75.513	0.361	0.371
29	Ken Keltner	CLE	3B	30	2.4	2.6	151	613	139	29	3	11	59	5	4	67.177	0.331	0.383
30	Charlie Keller	NYA	LF	30	2.3	2.1	45	193	36	6	1	13	41	0	0	35.807	0.404	0.550
31	Bobby Doerr	BOS	2B	29	2.2	4.6	146	624	145	23	10	17	59	3	3	76.055	0.329	0.426
32	Dale Mitchell	CLE	LF	25	2.2	2.0	123	518	156	16	10	1	23	2	5	61.251	0.347	0.396
33	Wally Judnich	SLA	1B	31	2.2	-0.4	144	564	129	24	3	18	60	2	5	70.969	0.338	0.426
34	Hal Peck	CLE	RF	30	2.1	2.0	114	422	115	18	2	8	27	3	3	51.815	0.342	0.411
35	Johnny Lindell	NYA	LF	30	2.0	2.7	127	513	131	18	7	11	32	1	2	58.698	0.322	0.412
36	Eddie Joost	PHA	SS	31	1.9	2.0	151	682	111	22	3	13	114	6	6	71.012	0.348	0.330
37	Aaron Robinson	NYA	C	32	1.8	2.5	82	292	68	11	5	5	40	0	1	39.522	0.370	0.413
38	Sam Chapman	PHA	CF	31	1.8	2.4	149	624	139	18	5	14	65	3	4	68.474	0.331	0.379
39	Hank Edwards	CLE	RF	28	1.7	1.9	108	427	102	12	3	15	31	1	3	49.286	0.315	0.420
40	Eddie Mayo	DET	2B	37	1.6	1.2	142	595	149	28	4	6	48	3	7	65.608	0.338	0.379
41	Cass Michaels	CHA	2B	21	1.6	2.3	110	404	97	15	4	3	39	10	5	45.133	0.350	0.363
42	Eddie Robinson	CLE	1B	26	1.6	2.2	95	355	78	10	1	14	30	1	0	40.258	0.314	0.415
43	Rudy York	2 teams	1B	33	1.5	1.2	150	643	136	25	4	21	58	1	0	67.286	0.302	0.397
44	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	22	1.5	1.4	83	306	82	15	3	11	13	0	1	38.579	0.310	0.464
45	Les Fleming	CLE	1B	31	1.5	2.5	103	337	68	14	2	4	53	0	0	39.008	0.362	0.349
46	Mickey Vernon	WS1	1B	29	1.5	-0.2	154	652	159	29	12	7	49	12	12	69.872	0.321	0.388
47	Floyd Baker	CHA	3B	30	1.4	4.1	105	439	98	12	3	0	66	9	7	48.840	0.375	0.313
48	Eddie Lake	DET	SS	31	1.3	-0.5	158	732	127	19	6	12	120	11	10	74.606	0.343	0.322
49	Hal Wagner	2 teams	C	31	1.3	0.6	92	297	70	13	0	5	37	0	1	37.335	0.364	0.383
50	Jake Jones	2 teams	1B	26	1.1	1.0	154	636	136	21	4	19	54	6	4	65.513	0.305	0.386

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Bob Feller	CLE	28	7.9	7.5	42	37	299.00	20	11	20	3	97	127	196	68.97	2.68	1.19	5.90
2	Eddie Lopat	CHA	29	6.6	6.0	31	31	252.67	16	13	22	0	88	73	109	57.68	2.81	1.24	3.88
3	Hal Newhouser	DET	26	6.1	5.8	40	36	285.00	17	17	24	2	105	110	176	65.39	2.87	1.33	5.56
4	Joe Dobson	BOS	30	6.1	5.7	33	31	228.67	18	8	15	1	84	73	110	53.32	2.95	1.21	4.33
5	Dick Fowler	PHA	26	5.8	5.0	36	31	227.33	12	11	16	0	77	85	75	51.10	2.81	1.30	2.97
6	Phil Marchildon	PHA	33	5.2	4.5	35	35	276.67	19	9	21	0	110	141	128	45.22	3.22	1.33	4.16
7	Joe Haynes	CHA	29	4.8	4.6	29	22	182.00	14	6	7	0	65	61	50	42.18	2.42	1.29	2.47
8	Walt Masterson	WS1	27	4.8	3.9	35	31	253.00	12	16	14	1	98	97	135	46.16	3.13	1.23	4.80
9	Fred Hutchinson	DET	27	4.6	5.3	33	25	219.67	18	10	18	2	84	61	113	49.37	3.03	1.24	4.63
10	Tex Hughson	BOS	31	3.6	2.4	29	26	189.33	12	11	13	0	86	71	119	31.48	3.33	1.29	5.66
11	Allie Reynolds	NYA	30	3.5	2.7	34	30	241.67	19	8	17	2	94	123	129	37.15	3.20	1.37	4.80
12	Joe Page	NYA	29	3.3	3.1	56	2	141.33	14	8	0	17	41	72	116	34.72	2.48	1.25	7.39
13	Spud Chandler	NYA	39	3.2	3.3	17	16	128.00	9	5	13	0	41	41	68	34.14	2.46	1.10	4.78
14	Spec Shea	NYA	26	3.0	3.0	27	23	178.67	14	5	13	1	63	89	89	32.51	3.07	1.21	4.48
15	Frank Papish	CHA	29	3.0	2.1	38	26	199.00	12	12	6	3	82	98	79	26.25	3.26	1.42	3.57
16	Al Gettel	CLE	29	2.8	3.0	31	21	149.00	11	10	9	0	54	62	64	24.79	3.20	1.23	3.87
17	Sam Zoldak	SLA	28	2.6	2.1	35	19	171.00	9	10	6	1	76	76	36	23.03	3.47	1.39	1.89
18	Bobo Newsom	2 teams	39	2.6	1.8	31	28	199.33	11	11	7	0	82	67	82	27.54	3.34	1.38	3.70
19	Earl Johnson	BOS	28	2.5	2.4	45	17	142.33	12	11	6	8	63	62	65	22.13	2.97	1.34	4.11
20	Red Embree	CLE	29	2.5	2.1	27	21	162.67	8	10	6	0	65	67	56	21.78	3.15	1.25	3.10
21	Bill McCahan	PHA	26	2.5	2.0	29	19	165.33	10	5	10	0	73	62	47	21.69	3.32	1.34	2.56
22	Early Wynn	WS1	27	2.5	2.5	33	31	247.00	17	15	22	0	114	90	73	23.86	3.64	1.38	2.66
23	Denny Galehouse	2 teams	35	2.4	1.5	30	25	181.33	12	10	11	1	86	50	49	21.43	3.82	1.33	2.43
24	Fred Sanford	SLA	27	2.3	2.0	34	23	186.67	7	16	9	4	89	76	62	20.42	3.71	1.40	2.99
25	Dizzy Trout	DET	32	2.1	2.0	32	26	186.33	10	11	9	2	85	65	74	22.12	3.48	1.35	3.57
26	Dave Ferriss	BOS	25	2.0	2.2	33	28	218.33	12	11	14	0	106	92	64	17.59	4.04	1.53	2.64
27	Mickey Haefner	WS1	34	2.0	1.5	31	28	193.00	10	14	14	1	86	85	77	19.23	3.64	1.45	3.59
28	Ray Scarborough	WS1	29	1.9	1.2	33	18	161.00	6	13	8	0	74	67	63	18.34	3.41	1.44	3.52
29	Russ Christopher	PHA	29	1.8	1.7	44	0	80.67	10	7	0	12	30	33	33	15.84	2.90	1.28	3.68
30	Cliff Fannin	SLA	23	1.8	1.5	26	18	145.67	6	8	6	1	70	77	77	15.69	3.58	1.45	4.76
31	Jesse Flores	PHA	32	1.8	1.6	28	20	151.33	4	13	4	0	72	59	41	15.62	3.39	1.31	2.44
32	Johnny Rigney	CHA	32	1.7	1.4	11	7	50.67	2	3	2	0	15	15	19	14.70	1.95	1.12	3.38
33	Ed Klieman	CLE	29	1.6	1.4	58	0	92.00	5	4	0	17	32	39	21	14.27	3.03	1.27	2.05
34	Bob Lemon	CLE	26	1.5	2.3	37	15	167.33	11	5	6	3	68	97	65	12.99	3.44	1.48	3.50
35	Stubby Overmire	DET	28	1.4	1.0	28	17	140.67	11	5	7	0	62	44	33	15.17	3.77	1.32	2.11
36	Mickey Harris	BOS	30	1.2	1.5	15	6	51.67	5	4	1	0	20	23	35	10.90	2.44	1.26	6.10
37	Johnny Murphy	BOS	38	1.2	1.2	32	0	54.67	0	0	0	3	17	28	9	10.35	2.80	1.26	1.48
38	Bob Savage	PHA	25	1.1	0.4	44	8	146.00	8	10	2	2	71	55	56	9.61	3.76	1.30	3.45
39	Art Houtteman	DET	19	1.0	1.0	23	9	110.67	7	2	7	0	51	36	58	11.16	3.42	1.28	4.72
40	Bill Dietrich	PHA	37	1.0	0.8	11	9	60.67	5	2	2	0	24	40	18	8.89	3.12	1.45	2.67
41	Nels Potter	SLA	35	1.0	1.1	32	10	122.67	4	10	3	2	61	44	65	8.64	4.04	1.42	4.77
42	Tom Ferrick	WS1	32	0.9	0.8	31	0	60.00	1	7	0	9	24	20	23	9.10	3.15	1.28	3.45
43	Charles Wensloff	NYA	31	0.8	0.8	11	5	51.67	3	1	1	0	17	22	18	9.04	2.61	1.22	3.14
44	Bill Bevens	NYA	30	0.8	0.1	28	23	165.00	7	13	11	0	79	77	77	8.36	3.82	1.48	4.20
45	Gordon Maltzberger	CHA	34	0.8	0.8	33	0	63.67	1	4	0	5	26	25	22	6.79	3.39	1.35	3.11
46	Vic Raschi	NYA	28	0.7	0.6	15	14	104.67	7	2	6	0	47	38	51	7.47	3.87	1.21	4.39
47	Ellis Kinder	SLA	32	0.7	-0.2	34	26	194.33	8	15	10	1	105	82	110	5.98	4.49	1.46	5.09
48	Don Black	CLE	30	0.7	0.2	30	28	190.67	10	12	8	0	90	85	72	5.93	3.92	1.37	3.40
49	Earl Caldwell	CHA	42	0.5	0.3	40	0	54.33	1	4	0	8	23	30	22	4.38	3.64	1.53	3.64
50	Earl Harrist	CHA	28	0.5	0.3	33	4	93.67	3	8	0	5	48	49	55	4.26	3.56	1.43	5.28

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Buddy Rosar	PHA	32	2.5	102.0	844.7	406.0	70.0	2.0	12.0	26.416
	2	Birdie Tebbetts	2 teams	34	1.7	109.0	819.4	427.0	65.0	10.0	10.0	15.960
	3	Jim Hegan	CLE	26	1.5	133.0	905.4	566.0	54.0	7.0	14.0	16.341
	4	Al Evans	WS1	30	0.9	94.0	771.3	389.0	48.0	5.0	14.0	8.691
	5	Aaron Robinson	NYA	32	0.7	74.0	571.4	346.0	38.0	1.0	3.0	6.446
	6	Bob Swift	DET	32	0.7	97.0	710.3	401.0	45.0	5.0	6.0	5.700
	7	Rick Ferrell	WS1	41	0.4	37.0	303.6	134.0	22.0	1.0	5.0	4.254
	8	Jake Early	SLA	32	0.3	85.0	641.0	301.0	43.0	4.0	5.0	3.420
1B	1	George McQuinn	NYA	37	2.6	142.0	1235.2	1198.0	93.0	8.0	120.0	22.429
	2	Ferris Fain	PHA	26	1.9	132.0	1080.3	1141.0	101.0	19.0	118.0	19.925
	3	Roy Cullenbine	DET	33	1.4	138.0	1184.1	1184.0	139.0	15.0	111.0	12.126
	4	Les Fleming	CLE	31	0.9	77.0	650.5	662.0	63.0	8.0	78.0	9.903
	5	Eddie Robinson	CLE	26	0.6	87.0	735.0	800.0	55.0	5.0	79.0	6.123
	6	Dick Adams	PHA	27	0.4	24.0	196.4	170.0	17.0	1.0	19.0	3.898
	7	George Binks	PHA	32	0.1	13.0	106.4	82.0	7.0	1.0	4.0	1.079
	8	George Metkovich	CLE	26	0.0	1.0	8.4	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.235
2B	1	Bobby Doerr	BOS	29	2.4	146.0	1223.7	376.0	466.0	16.0	118.0	25.944
	2	Joe Gordon	CLE	32	1.0	155.0	1293.8	341.0	466.0	18.0	110.0	10.775
	3	Don Kolloway	CHA	28	0.7	99.0	860.7	274.0	306.0	23.0	76.0	7.006
	4	Cass Michaels	CHA	21	0.5	60.0	521.6	160.0	175.0	6.0	52.0	5.850
	5	Ed Lyons	WS1	24	0.3	7.0	59.2	19.0	28.0	0.0	7.0	3.305
	6	Snuffy Stirnweiss	NYA	28	0.3	148.0	1255.6	337.0	402.0	13.0	107.0	2.729
	7	Jerry Priddy	WS1	27	0.3	146.0	1235.1	382.0	405.0	16.0	89.0	2.475
	8	Billy Hitchcock	SLA	30	0.2	46.0	382.9	127.0	127.0	6.0	31.0	2.392
3B	1	Floyd Baker	CHA	30	2.7	101.0	872.6	84.0	253.0	7.0	28.0	28.444
	2	George Kell	DET	24	2.6	152.0	1320.5	167.0	333.0	20.0	25.0	23.135
	3	Hank Majeski	PHA	30	1.3	134.0	1158.0	160.0	263.0	5.0	28.0	14.248
	4	Bob Dillinger	SLA	28	0.6	137.0	1214.3	169.0	265.0	19.0	21.0	6.605
	5	Merl Combs	BOS	27	0.5	17.0	141.6	17.0	42.0	0.0	6.0	5.869
	6	Billy Hitchcock	SLA	30	0.4	17.0	150.7	25.0	42.0	5.0	5.0	4.121
	7	Cass Michaels	CHA	21	0.2	44.0	380.1	48.0	89.0	9.0	9.0	2.662
	8	Ken Keltner	CLE	30	0.2	150.0	1274.8	156.0	266.0	12.0	29.0	1.823
SS	1	Lou Boudreau	CLE	29	3.2	148.0	1192.8	305.0	475.0	14.0	120.0	34.028
	2	Vern Stephens	SLA	26	2.2	149.0	1279.2	283.0	494.0	24.0	113.0	23.192
	3	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	29	1.7	151.0	1273.2	340.0	450.0	25.0	111.0	14.774
	4	John Sullivan	WS1	26	0.5	40.0	338.4	83.0	128.0	8.0	27.0	4.782
	5	Jack Wallaesa	CHA	27	0.5	27.0	236.2	55.0	94.0	5.0	22.0	4.971
	6	Luke Appling	CHA	40	0.4	129.0	1128.5	232.0	422.0	35.0	86.0	4.357
	7	Hank Majeski	PHA	30	0.3	4.0	35.0	10.0	20.0	0.0	4.0	3.278
	8	Eddie Joost	PHA	31	0.1	151.0	1321.3	370.0	452.0	38.0	100.0	1.455
LF	1	Johnny Lindell	NYA	30	0.6	92.1	788.3	240.4	4.7	5.5	0.8	5.207
	2	Jeff Heath	SLA	32	0.6	140.0	1031.1	297.0	7.0	4.0	4.0	6.231
	3	Barney McCosky	PHA	30	0.5	114.2	993.8	290.4	6.7	5.0	1.7	4.955
	4	Jack Wallaesa	CHA	27	0.4	22.0	193.6	74.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.351
	5	Dave Philley	CHA	27	0.3	40.4	355.5	107.8	2.7	1.5	0.6	3.021
	6	Joe Grace	WS1	33	0.3	56.0	461.6	135.4	3.3	3.3	0.0	2.450
	7	Ralph Hodgin	CHA	32	0.1	40.0	352.0	96.6	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.462
	8	Sam Chapman	PHA	31	0.1	12.0	104.5	35.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.311
CF	1	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	30	1.0	134.0	1155.2	413.0	19.0	10.0	4.0	10.422
	2	Stan Spence	WS1	32	0.8	142.0	1194.2	408.0	12.0	7.0	3.0	8.002
	3	George Metkovich	CLE	26	0.7	117.0	984.9	343.2	2.0	3.9	2.0	7.946
	4	Hoot Evers	DET	26	0.7	121.0	1045.4	348.3	9.8	7.9	2.0	5.718
	5	Sam Chapman	PHA	31	0.5	134.0	1181.2	392.8	14.7	5.5	1.8	5.775
	6	Paul Lehner	SLA	26	0.3	125.0	1055.7	338.6	1.0	6.9	0.0	3.123
	7	Dave Philley	CHA	27	0.1	92.6	812.2	247.2	6.3	3.5	1.4	1.348
	8	Wally Judnich	SLA	31	0.0	14.0	118.2	35.5	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.277
RF	1	Pat Mullin	DET	29	0.6	106.0	922.8	229.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	4.932
	2	Tommy Henrich	NYA	34	0.4	123.1	1076.3	259.2	12.1	4.7	1.9	3.078
	3	Sam Mele	BOS	25	0.3	89.7	753.1	180.1	7.7	1.5	0.8	2.908
	4	Hank Edwards	CLE	28	0.2	55.7	445.7	110.8	1.7	1.1	0.0	2.117
	5	Johnny Lindell	NYA	30	0.1	10.6	92.3	27.5	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.988
	6	George Binks	PHA	32	0.1	50.3	418.5	105.4	5.4	4.0	0.7	1.125
	7	Willard Brown	SLA	32	0.1	17.0	148.7	38.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.103
	8	Elmer Valo	PHA	26	0.1	104.0	864.8	205.0	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.939