1949 American League Stats

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1949 American League Standings

1949 National League <<1948 American League 1950 American League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Yankees97-57 (0.630)-82963795-59 (0.618)89-65 (0.578)2,283,67644.125.80.617.7
2Boston Red Sox96-58 (0.623)1.089666797-57 (0.632)103-51 (0.669)1,596,65058.127.84.525.8
3Cleveland Indians89-65 (0.578)8.067557488-66 (0.574)93-61 (0.604)2,233,77148.017.05.126.0
4Detroit Tigers87-67 (0.565)10.075165587-67 (0.562)86-68 (0.558)1,821,20441.016.6-1.425.8
5Philadelphia Athletics81-73 (0.526)16.072672577-77 (0.501)79-75 (0.513)816,51433.916.63.114.2
6Chicago White Sox63-91 (0.409)34.064873768-86 (0.441)71-83 (0.461)937,15126.310.35.410.6
7St. Louis Browns53-101 (0.344)44.066791355-99 (0.360)47-107 (0.305)270,9362.37.0-1.5-3.1
8Washington Senators50-104 (0.325)47.058486850-104 (0.326)46-108 (0.299)770,7451.26.40.0-5.2

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 30 11.3 11.1 155 730 194 39 3 43 162 1 1 179.791 0.490 0.650
2 Vern Stephens BOS SS 28 5.8 6.8 155 711 177 31 2 39 101 2 2 126.416 0.391 0.539
3 Eddie Joost PHA SS 33 5.7 7.4 144 682 138 25 3 23 149 2 1 117.165 0.429 0.453
4 Tommy Henrich NYA RF 36 5.1 4.8 115 502 118 20 3 24 86 2 2 92.823 0.416 0.525
5 George Kell DET 3B 26 5.1 5.8 134 612 179 38 9 3 71 7 5 102.711 0.424 0.467
6 Larry Doby CLE CF 25 4.8 4.7 147 650 153 25 3 24 91 10 9 102.152 0.389 0.468
7 Cass Michaels CHA 2B 23 4.6 5.5 154 672 173 27 9 6 101 5 7 104.601 0.416 0.421
8 Joe DiMaggio NYA CF 34 4.6 5.0 76 329 94 14 6 14 55 0 1 72.581 0.459 0.596
9 Vic Wertz DET RF 24 4.4 4.4 155 695 185 26 6 20 80 2 3 106.745 0.385 0.466
10 Bobby Doerr BOS 2B 31 4.4 6.3 139 623 167 30 9 18 75 2 2 102.733 0.393 0.497
11 Luke Appling CHA SS 42 4.3 6.5 142 619 148 21 5 5 121 7 12 99.058 0.439 0.394
12 Elmer Valo PHA LF 28 4.0 4.8 150 680 155 27 12 5 119 14 11 101.514 0.413 0.404
13 Eddie Robinson WS1 1B 28 3.7 3.6 143 603 155 27 3 18 67 3 4 91.434 0.381 0.459
14 Dom DiMaggio BOS CF 32 3.7 4.5 145 706 186 34 5 8 96 9 7 106.449 0.404 0.420
15 Mickey Vernon CLE 1B 31 3.5 6.6 153 659 170 27 4 18 58 9 7 88.085 0.357 0.444
16 Sam Chapman PHA CF 33 3.5 4.3 154 674 164 24 4 24 80 3 4 97.012 0.367 0.455
17 Dale Mitchell CLE LF 27 3.5 3.6 149 685 203 16 23 3 43 10 3 90.063 0.360 0.428
18 Roy Sievers SLA CF 22 3.4 3.7 140 545 144 28 1 16 70 1 5 88.321 0.398 0.471
19 Ferris Fain PHA 1B 28 3.4 1.7 150 672 138 21 5 3 136 8 1 91.102 0.414 0.339
20 Johnny Pesky BOS 3B 30 3.3 5.5 148 713 185 27 7 2 100 8 4 101.969 0.408 0.384
21 Hoot Evers DET LF 28 2.9 3.8 132 508 131 21 6 7 70 6 7 77.150 0.403 0.428
22 Johnny Groth DET CF 22 2.9 2.8 103 418 102 19 5 11 65 3 7 69.119 0.407 0.471
23 Jerry Priddy SLA 2B 29 2.8 3.1 145 634 158 26 4 11 80 5 3 87.648 0.382 0.414
24 Joe Gordon CLE 2B 34 2.6 2.7 148 632 136 18 3 20 83 5 6 79.842 0.355 0.407
25 Aaron Robinson DET C 34 2.5 3.0 110 411 89 12 0 13 73 0 2 62.026 0.403 0.423
26 Lou Boudreau CLE SS 31 2.5 3.8 134 561 135 20 3 4 70 0 1 69.527 0.381 0.364
27 Bob Dillinger SLA 3B 30 2.4 1.6 137 605 176 22 13 1 51 20 14 84.057 0.385 0.417
28 Eddie Yost WS1 3B 22 2.4 2.9 124 531 110 19 7 9 91 3 3 71.525 0.383 0.391
29 Dick Kokos SLA RF 21 2.2 2.7 143 572 131 28 1 23 66 3 5 79.228 0.351 0.459
30 Phil Rizzuto NYA SS 31 2.1 2.2 153 712 169 22 7 5 72 18 6 76.383 0.352 0.358
31 Bud Stewart WS1 LF 33 2.1 2.1 118 447 110 23 4 8 49 6 4 60.217 0.368 0.425
32 Yogi Berra NYA C 24 2.1 5.6 116 443 115 20 2 20 22 2 1 58.548 0.323 0.479
33 Gene Woodling NYA LF 26 1.9 1.6 112 356 80 13 7 5 52 2 2 48.611 0.381 0.412
34 Les Moss SLA C 24 1.9 2.6 97 330 81 11 0 10 49 0 1 50.920 0.399 0.439
35 Floyd Baker CHA 3B 32 1.8 3.6 125 474 101 15 4 1 84 3 1 58.363 0.392 0.327
36 Cliff Mapes NYA CF 27 1.7 1.9 111 369 75 13 3 7 58 6 0 45.818 0.369 0.378
37 Jerry Coleman NYA 2B 24 1.7 2.7 128 523 123 21 5 2 63 8 6 60.642 0.367 0.358
38 Pat Mullin DET LF 31 1.6 1.5 104 357 83 8 6 12 42 1 2 48.775 0.357 0.448
39 Hank Bauer NYA RF 26 1.6 1.2 103 344 82 6 6 10 37 2 2 44.823 0.354 0.432
40 Bob Kennedy CLE RF 28 1.6 2.0 121 469 117 23 5 9 37 5 5 54.754 0.334 0.417
41 Billy Goodman BOS 1B 23 1.5 1.3 122 509 132 23 3 0 58 2 0 63.390 0.382 0.363
42 Bobby Brown NYA 3B 24 1.5 1.7 104 384 97 14 4 6 38 4 3 48.290 0.359 0.399
43 Al Zarilla 2 teams LF 30 1.5 1.3 139 593 147 33 4 10 56 5 5 74.314 0.351 0.411
44 Gus Zernial CHA LF 26 1.4 1.2 73 213 63 17 2 5 15 0 1 33.219 0.366 0.500
45 Stan Spence 2 teams CF 34 1.4 1.6 111 402 80 14 3 13 58 1 1 51.178 0.348 0.416
46 Jack Graham SLA 1B 32 1.3 -0.0 137 573 119 22 1 24 61 0 1 67.909 0.326 0.430
47 Wally Moses PHA RF 38 1.2 1.4 110 370 85 19 3 1 51 1 3 45.822 0.381 0.367
48 Dave Philley CHA RF 29 1.2 1.3 146 660 171 20 8 0 54 13 4 68.384 0.347 0.346
49 Billy Johnson NYA 3B 30 1.2 0.5 113 383 82 11 3 8 48 1 0 43.587 0.348 0.374
50 Hank Majeski PHA 3B 32 1.1 1.7 114 487 124 26 5 9 29 0 1 55.479 0.326 0.417

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 Mel Parnell BOS 27 10.6 10.1 39 33 295.33 25 7 27 2 102 134 122 105.21 2.77 1.33 3.72
2 Virgil Trucks DET 32 9.0 7.5 41 32 275.00 19 11 17 4 95 124 153 90.57 2.81 1.21 5.01
3 Bob Lemon CLE 28 8.0 8.9 37 33 279.67 22 10 22 1 101 137 138 77.29 2.99 1.24 4.44
4 Hal Newhouser DET 28 7.4 7.0 38 35 292.00 18 11 22 1 118 111 144 74.17 3.36 1.33 4.44
5 Ellis Kinder BOS 34 7.3 6.0 43 30 252.00 23 6 19 4 103 99 138 71.94 3.36 1.39 4.93
6 Fred Hutchinson DET 29 5.9 5.9 33 21 188.67 15 7 9 1 70 52 54 58.84 2.96 1.16 2.58
7 Bill Wight CHA 27 5.6 4.9 35 33 245.00 15 13 14 1 106 96 78 51.33 3.31 1.43 2.87
8 Mike Garcia CLE 25 5.2 5.3 41 20 175.67 14 5 8 2 51 60 94 50.72 2.36 1.22 4.82
9 Vic Raschi NYA 30 4.9 4.5 38 37 274.67 21 10 21 0 120 138 124 54.52 3.34 1.40 4.06
10 Al Benton CLE 38 4.7 4.2 40 11 135.67 9 6 4 10 33 51 41 45.43 2.12 1.23 2.72
11 Alex Kellner PHA 24 4.6 4.0 38 27 245.00 20 12 19 1 120 129 94 43.31 3.75 1.52 3.45
12 Joe Dobson BOS 32 4.2 3.5 33 27 212.67 14 12 12 2 103 97 87 41.23 3.85 1.49 3.68
13 Eddie Lopat NYA 31 4.1 4.4 31 30 215.33 15 10 14 1 93 69 70 46.05 3.26 1.35 2.93
14 Randy Gumpert CHA 31 4.1 3.3 34 32 234.00 13 16 18 1 111 83 78 36.96 3.81 1.31 3.00
15 Ted Gray DET 24 4.0 3.3 34 27 195.00 10 10 8 1 83 103 96 40.63 3.51 1.36 4.43
16 Joe Coleman PHA 26 3.9 3.4 33 30 240.33 13 14 18 1 119 127 109 37.33 3.86 1.56 4.08
17 Art Houtteman DET 21 3.8 3.4 34 25 203.67 15 10 13 0 101 59 85 38.33 3.71 1.40 3.76
18 Joe Page NYA 31 3.8 3.3 60 0 135.33 13 8 0 27 44 75 99 42.07 2.59 1.32 6.58
19 Lou Brissie PHA 25 3.2 3.0 34 29 229.33 16 11 18 3 113 118 118 30.83 4.28 1.47 4.63
20 Dick Fowler PHA 28 3.2 2.8 31 28 213.67 15 11 15 1 108 115 43 30.18 3.75 1.52 1.81
21 Bob Feller CLE 30 3.1 3.1 36 28 211.00 15 14 15 0 104 84 108 30.15 3.75 1.34 4.61
22 Chuck Stobbs BOS 19 2.8 2.5 26 19 152.00 11 6 10 0 72 75 70 28.24 4.03 1.45 4.14
23 Bobby Shantz PHA 23 2.6 2.4 33 7 127.00 6 8 4 2 50 74 58 24.22 3.40 1.37 4.11
24 Ned Garver SLA 23 2.5 2.2 41 32 223.67 12 17 16 3 126 102 70 28.25 3.98 1.55 2.82
25 Tommy Byrne NYA 29 2.5 2.0 32 30 196.00 15 7 12 0 84 179 129 28.08 3.72 1.55 5.92
26 Allie Reynolds NYA 32 2.2 2.2 35 31 213.67 17 6 4 1 102 123 105 24.39 4.00 1.51 4.42
27 Bob Kuzava CHA 26 2.1 1.0 29 18 156.67 10 6 9 0 76 91 83 19.51 4.02 1.47 4.77
28 Satchel Paige CLE 42 2.0 1.8 31 5 83.00 4 7 1 5 29 33 54 19.65 3.04 1.24 5.86
29 Billy Pierce CHA 22 2.0 1.6 32 26 171.67 7 15 8 0 89 112 95 17.93 3.88 1.50 4.98
30 Walt Masterson 2 teams 29 1.6 1.1 28 12 108.00 6 6 4 4 52 56 36 16.95 3.75 1.44 3.00
31 Early Wynn CLE 29 1.5 0.8 26 23 164.67 11 7 6 0 84 57 62 14.79 4.15 1.48 3.39
32 Mickey McDermott BOS 20 1.4 1.3 12 12 80.00 5 4 6 0 37 52 50 14.19 4.05 1.44 5.62
33 Sid Hudson WS1 34 1.4 1.2 40 27 209.00 8 17 11 1 117 91 54 15.62 4.22 1.55 2.33
34 Tom Ferrick SLA 34 1.4 1.1 50 0 104.33 6 4 0 6 51 41 34 15.33 3.88 1.37 2.93
35 Steve Gromek CLE 29 1.3 1.2 27 12 92.00 4 6 3 0 41 40 22 12.83 3.33 1.37 2.15
36 Mickey Haefner 2 teams 36 1.1 1.1 33 24 172.00 9 11 8 1 91 94 40 10.34 4.40 1.53 2.09
37 Frank Papish CLE 31 1.0 1.0 25 3 62.00 1 0 1 1 24 39 23 9.84 3.19 1.50 3.34
38 Ray Scarborough WS1 31 0.8 0.4 34 27 199.67 13 11 11 0 115 88 81 9.45 4.60 1.46 3.65
39 Hal White DET 30 0.7 0.7 9 0 12.00 1 0 0 2 0 4 4 7.46 0.00 0.75 3.00
40 Bob Porterfield NYA 25 0.7 0.4 12 8 57.67 2 5 3 0 26 29 25 7.94 4.06 1.42 3.90
41 Dick Starr SLA 28 0.6 0.3 30 8 83.33 1 7 1 0 46 48 44 7.13 4.32 1.73 4.75
42 Fred Sanford NYA 29 0.5 0.0 29 11 95.33 7 3 3 0 53 57 51 6.08 3.87 1.65 4.81
43 Frank Quinn BOS 21 0.5 0.5 8 0 22.00 0 0 0 0 7 9 4 5.34 2.86 1.23 1.64
44 Bill Kennedy SLA 28 0.5 0.0 48 16 153.67 4 11 2 1 97 73 69 5.63 4.69 1.59 4.04
45 Bill McCahan PHA 28 0.5 0.4 7 4 20.67 1 1 0 0 9 9 3 4.68 2.61 1.55 1.31
46 Lloyd Hittle WS1 25 0.5 0.1 36 9 109.00 5 7 3 0 62 57 32 5.29 4.21 1.65 2.64
47 Joe Ostrowski SLA 32 0.4 0.4 40 13 141.00 8 8 4 2 94 27 34 4.16 4.79 1.50 2.17
48 Bob Cain CHA 24 0.3 0.3 6 0 11.00 0 0 0 1 3 5 5 3.15 2.45 1.09 4.09
49 Dizzy Trout DET 34 0.3 0.2 33 0 59.33 3 6 0 3 35 21 19 3.45 4.40 1.50 2.88
50 Bob Malloy SLA 31 0.2 0.2 5 0 9.67 1 1 0 0 3 7 2 2.69 2.79 1.34 1.86

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Yogi Berra NYA 24 3.5 109.0 766.5 544.0 60.0 7.0 18.0 32.376
2 Jim Hegan CLE 28 2.3 152.0 1106.9 651.0 73.0 7.0 16.0 25.130
3 Les Moss SLA 24 0.7 83.0 632.6 283.0 41.0 10.0 9.0 7.165
4 Joe Tipton CHA 27 0.7 53.0 430.1 203.0 32.0 2.0 4.0 7.777
5 Don Wheeler CHA 26 0.7 58.0 470.7 210.0 36.0 6.0 4.0 7.360
6 Aaron Robinson DET 34 0.5 108.0 800.6 458.0 44.0 7.0 9.0 4.662
7 Joe Astroth PHA 26 0.4 44.0 353.3 163.0 24.0 4.0 4.0 4.935
8 Mike Guerra PHA 36 0.2 95.0 762.8 328.0 48.0 7.0 3.0 2.001
1B 1 Mickey Vernon CLE 31 3.1 153.0 1323.1 1438.0 155.0 14.0 168.0 34.160
2 Chuck Kress CHA 27 0.6 95.0 794.6 907.0 66.0 6.0 103.0 6.619
3 Bud Souchock CHA 30 0.2 30.0 250.9 250.0 20.0 1.0 30.0 2.091
4 Gordon Goldsberry CHA 21 0.1 38.0 317.8 359.0 24.0 4.0 37.0 1.111
5 Don Kolloway DET 30 0.1 57.0 431.7 472.0 35.0 5.0 49.0 0.890
6 Fenton Mole NYA 24 0.1 8.0 60.6 59.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 0.498
7 Lou Boudreau CLE 31 0.0 6.0 51.9 41.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.328
8 Mark Christman WS1 35 0.0 6.0 50.5 42.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 0.172
2B 1 Bobby Doerr BOS 31 1.9 139.0 1226.9 395.0 439.0 17.0 134.0 20.664
2 Pete Suder PHA 33 1.0 89.0 727.5 203.0 259.0 12.0 85.0 11.355
3 Jerry Coleman NYA 24 0.9 122.0 961.5 298.0 315.0 12.0 102.0 8.629
4 Cass Michaels CHA 23 0.9 154.0 1354.5 392.0 484.0 22.0 135.0 10.296
5 Jerry Priddy SLA 29 0.3 145.0 1208.0 407.0 415.0 27.0 96.0 3.383
6 Nellie Fox PHA 21 0.3 77.0 629.4 191.0 196.0 7.0 68.0 3.465
7 Joe Gordon CLE 34 0.1 145.0 1261.8 297.0 430.0 15.0 123.0 1.331
8 Owen Friend SLA 22 0.1 2.0 16.7 4.0 8.0 0.0 1.0 0.524
3B 1 Johnny Pesky BOS 30 2.2 148.0 1298.1 184.0 333.0 16.0 48.0 23.499
2 Floyd Baker CHA 32 1.9 122.0 978.4 106.0 269.0 9.0 31.0 20.801
3 George Kell DET 26 0.8 134.0 1174.5 154.0 271.0 11.0 23.0 7.943
4 Hank Majeski PHA 32 0.6 113.0 934.8 117.0 219.0 15.0 37.0 6.986
5 Eddie Yost WS1 22 0.5 122.0 1001.0 158.0 232.0 19.0 23.0 5.081
6 Ken Keltner CLE 32 0.5 69.0 585.7 51.0 145.0 4.0 11.0 5.339
7 Bobby Rhawn CHA 30 0.4 19.0 152.4 28.0 43.0 3.0 4.0 3.940
8 Rocky Krsnich CHA 21 0.3 16.0 128.3 18.0 40.0 4.0 4.0 3.859
SS 1 Luke Appling CHA 42 2.2 141.0 1062.0 253.0 450.0 26.0 95.0 24.658
2 Eddie Pellagrini SLA 31 1.8 76.0 528.2 164.0 227.0 16.0 52.0 18.177
3 Eddie Joost PHA 33 1.7 144.0 1228.5 352.0 442.0 25.0 126.0 18.883
4 Lou Boudreau CLE 31 1.2 88.0 729.1 176.0 272.0 8.0 78.0 12.988
5 Vern Stephens BOS 28 1.0 155.0 1368.2 257.0 508.0 27.0 128.0 10.900
6 Johnny Lipon DET 26 0.4 120.0 1032.3 240.0 364.0 22.0 92.0 4.180
7 Jerry Coleman NYA 24 0.1 4.0 35.2 6.0 16.0 1.0 4.0 1.319
8 Floyd Baker CHA 32 0.1 3.0 22.6 5.0 11.0 0.0 1.0 0.922
LF 1 Elmer Valo PHA 28 0.7 143.0 1244.4 376.7 7.6 7.6 0.0 8.017
2 Hoot Evers DET 28 0.7 78.7 657.4 204.2 7.7 1.3 1.3 6.544
3 Roy Sievers SLA 22 0.3 49.2 383.9 123.6 5.5 3.5 0.4 3.107
4 Gil Coan WS1 27 0.3 67.4 521.9 156.3 5.6 4.2 2.1 2.816
5 Whitey Platt SLA 28 0.2 58.0 452.5 132.8 3.0 2.0 0.0 2.163
6 Stan Spence SLA 34 0.2 32.3 251.6 76.0 3.7 0.4 0.7 1.981
7 Clyde Vollmer WS1 27 0.2 15.9 122.8 45.1 0.4 0.8 0.1 1.964
8 Dale Mitchell CLE 27 0.2 149.0 1311.3 337.0 10.0 2.0 2.0 1.784
CF 1 Sam Chapman PHA 33 0.8 154.0 1356.3 450.0 11.0 10.0 3.0 8.935
2 Dom DiMaggio BOS 32 0.8 144.0 1271.3 420.0 13.0 10.0 1.0 8.581
3 Clyde Vollmer WS1 27 0.7 98.1 793.0 278.9 2.6 5.2 0.9 7.503
4 Joe DiMaggio NYA 34 0.4 76.0 595.3 195.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 3.890
5 Hoot Evers DET 28 0.1 42.3 365.6 109.7 4.1 0.7 0.7 1.493
6 Paul Lehner SLA 28 0.1 34.4 290.3 93.9 0.6 1.2 0.0 1.456
7 Thurman Tucker CLE 31 0.1 38.8 356.1 109.8 1.8 1.8 0.0 1.391
8 Stan Spence 2 teams 34 0.0 49.9 422.1 118.5 5.9 0.6 1.1 0.159
RF 1 Dick Kokos SLA 21 0.4 138.0 1141.4 290.0 16.0 6.0 5.0 4.370
2 Bob Kennedy CLE 28 0.3 97.0 766.3 188.1 11.9 2.0 4.0 3.583
3 Larry Doby CLE 25 0.3 38.1 301.3 92.1 1.8 2.3 0.5 3.532
4 Buddy Lewis WS1 32 0.3 67.0 510.2 136.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 2.885
5 Cliff Mapes NYA 27 0.3 46.3 364.7 97.7 6.0 2.6 1.7 2.385
6 Wally Moses PHA 38 0.2 90.0 674.8 165.4 6.8 2.9 2.9 2.131
7 Paul Lehner SLA 28 0.1 9.8 81.3 26.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 1.234
8 Don White PHA 30 0.1 42.1 315.7 78.1 3.5 0.9 0.0 1.322