1954 American League Stats

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1954 American League Standings

1954 National League

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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	Cleveland Indians	111-43 (0.721)	-	746	504	104-50 (0.672)	103-51 (0.669)	1,335,472	57.7	26.1	0.6	31.0
2	New York Yankees	103-51 (0.669)	8.0	805	563	101-53 (0.658)	102-52 (0.662)	1,475,171	57.2	29.8	4.7	22.7
3	Chicago White Sox	94-60 (0.610)	17.0	711	521	98-56 (0.639)	96-58 (0.623)	1,231,629	51.0	21.2	2.6	27.2
4	Boston Red Sox	69-85 (0.448)	42.0	700	728	74-80 (0.482)	81-73 (0.526)	931,127	36.0	18.9	3.4	13.7
5	Detroit Tigers	68-86 (0.442)	43.0	584	664	68-86 (0.442)	74-80 (0.481)	1,079,847	29.0	11.4	3.8	13.8
6	Washington Senators	66-88 (0.429)	45.0	632	680	72-82 (0.467)	71-83 (0.461)	503,542	26.0	12.5	2.6	10.9
7	Baltimore Orioles	54-100 (0.351)	57.0	483	668	55-99 (0.356)	56-98 (0.364)	1,060,910	10.6	7.6	-1.5	4.5
8	Philadelphia Athletics	51-103 (0.331)	60.0	542	875	45-109 (0.294)	32-122 (0.208)	304,666	-12.7	-0.1	2.9	-15.5

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	35	9.2	9.0	117	526	133	23	1	29	136	0	0	125.244	0.513	0.635
2	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	22	7.4	6.9	146	651	163	17	12	27	102	5	2	111.127	0.408	0.525
3	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	30	7.4	8.0	153	675	182	29	18	19	77	18	11	116.398	0.411	0.535
4	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	30	6.0	7.0	143	638	189	27	2	15	59	9	7	96.777	0.402	0.477
5	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	30	5.8	5.3	137	566	140	20	2	24	85	6	2	92.246	0.404	0.506
6	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	29	5.4	6.0	151	652	179	28	6	22	56	0	1	94.190	0.367	0.488
7	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	30	5.3	5.7	153	675	157	18	4	32	85	3	1	95.952	0.363	0.483
8	Mickey Vernon	WS1	1B	36	4.9	3.5	151	673	173	33	14	20	61	1	4	94.739	0.357	0.492
9	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	27	4.8	6.3	155	687	138	26	4	11	131	7	3	91.225	0.405	0.380
10	Ray Boone	DET	3B	30	4.7	5.7	148	622	160	19	7	20	71	4	2	88.534	0.376	0.466
11	Al Smith	CLE	LF	26	4.2	3.5	131	583	135	29	6	11	88	2	9	83.358	0.398	0.434
12	Jackie Jensen	BOS	CF	27	4.2	3.9	152	673	160	25	7	25	79	22	7	91.654	0.359	0.472
13	Cal Abrams	BAL	RF	30	3.9	4.5	115	506	124	22	7	6	72	1	4	70.515	0.400	0.421
14	Irv Noren	NYA	LF	29	3.8	4.2	125	480	136	21	6	12	43	4	6	69.557	0.377	0.481
15	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	26	3.5	3.1	155	706	201	24	8	2	51	16	9	82.467	0.372	0.391
16	Jim Rivera	CHA	RF	32	3.0	2.6	145	552	140	16	8	13	49	18	10	68.608	0.356	0.431
17	Roy Sievers	WS1	LF	27	3.0	3.3	145	609	119	26	6	24	80	2	1	71.826	0.331	0.446
18	Andy Carey	NYA	3B	22	3.0	4.9	122	471	124	14	6	8	43	5	5	60.298	0.373	0.423
19	Jim Finigan	PHA	3B	25	2.9	4.1	136	560	147	25	6	7	64	2	8	73.178	0.381	0.421
20	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	31	2.9	3.0	114	423	111	16	5	12	40	4	4	56.189	0.359	0.459
21	Jim Busby	WS1	CF	27	2.9	4.3	155	686	187	22	7	7	43	17	2	72.095	0.342	0.389
22	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	23	2.9	2.4	87	237	73	12	9	7	19	2	1	42.269	0.392	0.577
23	Gil McDougald	NYA	2B	26	2.9	4.3	126	473	102	22	2	12	62	3	4	58.306	0.364	0.416
24	Joe Collins	NYA	1B	31	2.8	2.0	130	398	93	20	2	12	51	2	2	52.953	0.365	0.446
25	Pete Runnels	WS1	SS	26	2.6	2.5	139	570	131	17	15	3	78	2	3	66.422	0.368	0.383
26	Chico Carrasquel	CHA	SS	28	2.3	3.9	155	718	158	28	3	12	85	7	6	75.525	0.348	0.368
27	Cass Michaels	CHA	3B	28	2.3	2.7	101	344	74	13	2	7	56	10	4	45.589	0.392	0.397
28	Ferris Fain	CHA	1B	33	2.1	1.7	65	282	71	10	1	5	40	5	1	38.742	0.399	0.417
29	Harvey Kuenn	DET	SS	23	2.0	2.9	155	696	201	28	6	5	29	9	9	71.083	0.335	0.390
30	Billy Goodman	BOS	2B	28	1.9	2.4	127	552	148	25	4	1	51	3	3	62.687	0.370	0.376
31	Grady Hatton	2 teams	3B	31	1.9	2.8	112	402	90	13	3	5	63	2	1	49.676	0.386	0.373
32	Bill Tuttle	DET	CF	24	1.9	1.9	147	602	141	20	11	7	62	5	8	63.855	0.343	0.385
33	Vic Wertz	2 teams	1B	29	1.8	3.1	123	441	100	15	2	15	45	0	2	48.997	0.329	0.422
34	Sam Mele	2 teams	1B	32	1.6	1.0	114	406	97	15	4	12	30	1	1	44.081	0.318	0.431
35	Phil Cavarretta	CHA	1B	37	1.6	1.3	71	188	50	6	0	3	26	4	0	27.266	0.417	0.411
36	Wally Westlake	CLE	LF	33	1.6	1.4	85	274	63	9	2	11	26	0	1	33.569	0.337	0.454
37	Ed FitzGerald	WS1	C	30	1.5	0.4	115	401	104	13	5	4	33	0	1	43.357	0.349	0.386
38	Jim Piersall	BOS	RF	24	1.5	1.8	133	520	135	24	2	8	36	5	1	55.232	0.338	0.395
39	Fred Hatfield	DET	2B	29	1.4	1.7	81	256	64	12	0	2	28	4	2	31.039	0.385	0.376
40	Bill Wilson	2 teams	CF	25	1.4	2.1	114	414	83	11	1	17	46	1	3	46.351	0.331	0.411
41	Eddie Waitkus	BAL	1B	34	1.4	1.1	95	349	88	17	4	2	28	0	1	35.746	0.341	0.383
42	Gene Woodling	NYA	LF	31	1.2	1.2	97	360	76	12	5	3	53	3	4	37.939	0.358	0.352
43	Red Wilson	2 teams	C	25	1.2	2.1	62	225	52	11	1	3	28	3	1	25.875	0.356	0.389
44	Jim Delsing	DET	LF	28	1.2	1.7	122	426	92	24	2	6	49	4	4	42.852	0.336	0.372
45	Wayne Belardi	DET	1B	23	1.1	1.2	88	294	58	7	1	11	33	1	0	31.291	0.330	0.400
46	Clint Courtney	BAL	C	27	1.1	1.5	122	437	107	18	3	4	30	2	1	39.480	0.323	0.360
47	Johnny Groth	CHA	CF	27	1.1	1.3	125	477	116	20	0	7	42	3	9	48.189	0.341	0.372
48	Vern Stephens	BAL	3B	33	1.0	0.6	101	393	104	17	1	8	17	0	3	37.451	0.311	0.403
49	Gus Zernial	PHA	LF	31	1.0	0.8	97	373	84	8	2	14	30	0	0	38.778	0.316	0.411
50	Sammy White	BOS	C	26	1.0	2.9	137	530	139	25	2	14	21	1	3	52.994	0.306	0.426

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	Steve Gromek	DET	34	8.3	8.0	36	32	252.67	18	16	17	1	85	57	102	65.32	2.74	1.16	3.63
2	Virgil Trucks	CHA	37	7.1	6.3	40	33	264.67	19	12	16	3	87	95	152	66.88	2.79	1.21	5.17
3	Early Wynn	CLE	34	6.8	6.2	40	36	270.67	23	11	20	2	93	83	155	65.14	2.73	1.14	5.15
4	Mike Garcia	CLE	30	6.5	5.6	45	34	258.67	19	8	13	5	85	71	129	62.30	2.64	1.12	4.49
5	Ned Garver	DET	28	6.5	5.8	35	32	246.33	14	11	16	1	93	62	93	50.91	2.81	1.13	3.40
6	Frank Sullivan	BOS	24	6.0	5.1	36	26	206.33	15	12	11	1	81	66	124	47.11	3.14	1.22	5.41
7	Bob Lemon	CLE	33	5.8	5.7	36	33	258.33	23	7	21	0	95	92	110	55.72	2.72	1.24	3.83
8	Whitey Ford	NYA	25	5.3	5.0	34	28	210.67	16	8	11	1	72	101	125	43.66	2.82	1.29	5.34
9	Johnny Schmitz	WS1	33	4.8	4.0	29	23	185.33	11	8	12	1	66	64	56	37.48	2.91	1.29	2.72
10	Jack Harshman	CHA	26	4.4	4.3	35	21	177.00	14	8	9	1	61	96	134	41.17	2.95	1.43	6.81
11	Bob Porterfield	WS1	30	4.3	3.2	32	31	244.00	13	15	21	0	104	77	82	34.04	3.32	1.34	3.02
12	Bob Grim	NYA	24	4.0	3.3	37	20	199.00	20	6	8	0	78	85	108	32.88	3.26	1.31	4.88
13	Bob Keegan	CHA	33	3.8	2.8	31	27	209.67	16	9	14	2	84	82	61	36.16	3.09	1.40	2.62
14	Dean Stone	WS1	23	3.4	2.9	31	23	178.67	12	10	10	0	76	69	87	26.43	3.22	1.29	4.38
15	Sandy Consuegra	CHA	33	3.2	3.0	39	17	154.00	16	3	3	3	52	35	31	30.10	2.69	1.15	1.81
16	Don Mossi	CLE	25	2.7	2.6	40	5	93.00	6	1	2	7	22	39	55	26.29	1.94	1.02	5.32
17	George Zuverink	DET	29	2.7	1.8	35	25	203.00	9	13	9	4	93	62	70	21.00	3.59	1.30	3.10
18	Bob Feller	CLE	35	2.7	2.4	19	19	140.00	13	3	9	0	53	39	59	25.51	3.09	1.19	3.79
19	Allie Reynolds	NYA	37	2.6	2.2	36	18	157.33	13	4	5	7	65	66	100	21.39	3.32	1.26	5.72
20	Art Houtteman	CLE	26	2.6	2.7	32	25	188.00	15	7	11	0	80	59	68	24.55	3.35	1.37	3.26
21	Don Johnson	CHA	27	2.5	1.8	46	16	144.00	8	7	3	7	53	43	68	23.56	3.12	1.19	4.25
22	Duane Pillette	BAL	31	2.5	2.0	25	25	179.00	10	14	11	0	79	67	66	21.33	3.12	1.26	3.32
23	Bob Turley	BAL	23	2.5	1.6	35	35	247.33	14	15	14	0	106	181	185	21.29	3.46	1.45	6.73
24	Billy Pierce	CHA	27	2.5	2.1	36	26	188.67	9	10	12	3	86	86	148	23.08	3.48	1.40	7.06
25	Fritz Dorish	CHA	32	2.4	2.0	37	6	109.00	6	4	2	6	35	29	48	22.64	2.72	1.07	3.96
26	Ray Narleski	CLE	25	2.3	2.0	42	2	89.00	3	3	1	13	25	44	52	22.50	2.22	1.16	5.26
27	Tom Morgan	NYA	24	2.3	1.9	32	17	143.00	11	5	7	1	58	40	34	18.93	3.34	1.32	2.14
28	Harry Byrd	NYA	29	2.3	2.0	25	21	132.33	9	7	5	0	56	43	52	18.56	2.99	1.31	3.54
29	Eddie Lopat	NYA	36	2.1	1.0	26	23	170.00	12	4	7	0	74	33	54	17.15	3.55	1.31	2.86
30	Ellis Kinder	BOS	39	2.0	1.9	48	2	107.00	8	8	0	15	47	36	67	15.76	3.62	1.33	5.64
31	Joe Coleman	BAL	31	2.0	1.7	33	32	221.33	13	17	15	0	102	96	103	17.18	3.50	1.27	4.19
32	Willard Nixon	BOS	26	2.0	2.1	31	30	199.67	11	12	8	0	102	87	102	15.51	4.06	1.35	4.60
33	Mickey McDermott	WS1	25	1.9	1.4	30	26	196.33	7	15	11	1	95	110	95	15.11	3.44	1.44	4.35
34	Arnie Portocarrero	PHA	22	1.8	1.0	34	33	248.00	9	18	16	0	124	114	132	15.91	4.06	1.40	4.79
35	Johnny Sain	NYA	36	1.8	2.0	45	0	77.00	6	6	0	22	27	15	33	14.90	3.16	1.05	3.86
36	Morrie Martin	2 teams	31	1.7	1.5	48	8	122.67	7	8	3	5	50	43	55	16.30	3.52	1.24	4.04
37	Bob Miller	DET	18	1.6	1.4	32	1	69.67	1	1	0	1	25	26	27	12.36	2.45	1.26	3.49
38	Mel Parnell	BOS	32	1.3	0.8	19	15	92.33	3	7	4	0	45	35	38	9.99	3.70	1.51	3.70
39	Leo Kiely	BOS	24	1.3	0.9	28	19	131.00	5	8	4	0	74	58	59	9.91	3.50	1.61	4.05
40	Tommy Byrne	NYA	34	1.2	1.5	5	5	40.00	3	2	4	0	13	19	24	9.76	2.70	1.38	5.40
41	Hal Newhouser	CLE	33	1.1	1.0	26	1	46.67	7	2	0	7	16	18	25	10.62	2.51	1.11	4.82
42	Chuck Stobbs	WS1	24	1.1	0.7	31	24	182.00	11	11	10	0	87	67	67	8.54	4.10	1.41	3.31
43	Jim McDonald	NYA	27	0.9	1.0	16	10	71.00	4	1	3	0	28	45	20	7.65	3.17	1.39	2.54
44	Jim Konstanty	NYA	37	0.9	0.9	9	0	18.33	1	1	0	2	2	6	3	7.63	0.98	0.93	1.47
45	Russ Kemmerer	BOS	23	0.8	0.7	19	9	75.33	5	3	2	0	35	41	37	6.61	3.82	1.49	4.42
46	Al Aber	DET	26	0.8	0.3	32	18	124.67	5	11	4	3	63	40	54	6.51	3.97	1.29	3.90
47	Tom Gorman	NYA	29	0.8	0.7	23	0	36.67	0	0	0	2	14	14	31	6.67	2.21	1.20	7.61
48	Hal Brown	BOS	29	0.8	0.6	40	5	118.00	1	8	1	0	64	41	66	6.35	4.12	1.42	5.03
49	Bob Chakales	2 teams	26	0.8	1.0	41	6	99.67	5	7	0	3	44	55	47	7.37	3.43	1.40	4.24
50	Moe Burtschy	PHA	32	0.8	0.5	46	0	94.67	5	4	0	4	45	53	54	6.82	3.80	1.40	5.13

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Sammy White	BOS	26	1.9	133.0	1114.0	677.0	80.0	16.0	11.0	18.600
	2	Joe Astroth	PHA	31	1.0	71.0	583.0	300.0	39.0	4.0	5.0	8.555
	3	Red Wilson	2 teams	25	1.0	61.0	494.0	289.0	28.0	1.0	8.0	8.908
	4	Frank House	DET	24	0.8	107.0	880.0	434.0	56.0	4.0	7.0	8.102
	5	Matt Batts	2 teams	32	0.8	50.0	391.7	249.0	24.0	3.0	4.0	6.933
	6	Joe Tipton	WS1	32	0.8	52.0	435.3	220.0	30.0	2.0	6.0	7.876
	7	Yogi Berra	NYA	29	0.6	149.0	1271.3	717.0	63.0	8.0	14.0	6.154
	8	Jim Hegan	CLE	33	0.5	137.0	1113.3	661.0	49.0	4.0	9.0	3.653
1B	1	Vic Wertz	CLE	29	1.3	83.0	595.7	557.0	52.0	7.0	57.0	9.827
	2	Al Rosen	CLE	30	1.0	46.0	385.7	391.0	39.0	7.0	34.0	7.697
	3	Bill Glynn	CLE	28	0.7	96.0	431.0	424.0	35.0	6.0	38.0	5.747
	4	Harry Agganis	BOS	25	0.2	119.0	1008.3	1064.0	89.0	12.0	101.0	1.717
	5	Wayne Belardi	DET	23	0.1	79.0	602.7	636.0	51.0	8.0	54.0	0.795
	6	Don Lenhardt	BAL	31	0.1	2.0	17.7	13.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.618
	7	Irv Noren	NYA	29	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.346
	8	Roy Sievers	WS1	27	0.0	8.0	56.0	54.0	5.0	0.0	7.0	0.268
2B	1	Gil McDougald	NYA	26	1.6	92.0	735.3	224.0	233.0	5.0	84.0	15.481
	2	Bobby Avila	CLE	30	1.3	141.0	1224.3	356.0	406.0	19.0	100.0	10.266
	3	Jerry Coleman	NYA	29	0.8	79.0	619.3	183.0	198.0	9.0	62.0	7.949
	4	Billy Goodman	BOS	28	0.7	72.0	621.7	173.0	208.0	8.0	59.0	7.076
	5	Ted Lepcio	BOS	24	0.7	80.0	691.3	233.0	230.0	14.0	58.0	6.902
	6	Wayne Terwilliger	WS1	29	0.6	90.0	764.3	213.0	243.0	13.0	72.0	5.299
	7	Reno Bertoia	DET	19	0.2	15.0	83.3	26.0	36.0	2.0	6.0	2.335
	8	Pete Suder	PHA	38	0.2	35.0	234.0	71.0	75.0	6.0	23.0	1.980
3B	1	Andy Carey	NYA	22	1.9	120.0	1014.0	154.0	283.0	15.0	32.0	18.169
	2	Eddie Yost	WS1	27	1.5	155.0	1296.3	170.0	347.0	17.0	29.0	14.488
	3	Fred Marsh	CHA	30	1.3	36.0	245.7	36.0	83.0	3.0	8.0	10.482
	4	Jim Finigan	PHA	25	1.1	136.0	1158.3	151.0	305.0	25.0	34.0	9.720
	5	Ray Boone	DET	30	1.0	148.0	1272.3	170.0	332.0	19.0	22.0	10.040
	6	Pete Suder	PHA	38	1.0	20.0	165.0	26.0	59.0	2.0	2.0	8.314
	7	Grady Hatton	2 teams	31	0.9	103.0	803.3	89.0	219.0	10.0	21.0	9.009
	8	Cass Michaels	CHA	28	0.4	91.0	710.0	95.0	180.0	12.0	10.0	3.338
SS	1	Chico Carrasquel	CHA	28	1.6	155.0	1376.0	280.0	492.0	20.0	102.0	12.748
	2	Milt Bolling	BOS	23	1.5	107.0	922.7	186.0	370.0	32.0	73.0	14.163
	3	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	36	1.4	126.0	828.0	184.0	294.0	16.0	84.0	13.041
	4	Harvey Kuenn	DET	23	1.0	155.0	1365.0	294.0	496.0	28.0	85.0	9.348
	5	Jerry Snyder	WS1	24	0.6	48.0	393.7	81.0	145.0	5.0	31.0	5.358
	6	Joe DeMaestri	PHA	25	0.2	142.0	1223.0	285.0	406.0	25.0	90.0	2.096
	7	Willy Miranda	NYA	28	0.2	88.0	381.7	89.0	129.0	12.0	36.0	1.935
	8	Mickey Mantle	NYA	22	0.1	4.0	13.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.483
LF	1	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	30	0.7	123.0	1070.7	285.0	13.0	7.0	3.0	5.331
	2	Jim Delsing	DET	28	0.4	90.0	701.0	184.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	3.916
	3	Elmer Valo	PHA	33	0.3	34.0	263.0	80.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.945
	4	Al Smith	CLE	26	0.3	98.0	817.3	209.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	2.420
	5	Roy Sievers	WS1	27	0.3	133.0	1166.3	296.0	10.0	9.0	1.0	2.564
	6	Vic Power	PHA	26	0.2	34.0	263.0	71.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.085
	7	Irv Noren	NYA	29	0.2	55.0	435.7	111.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.876
	8	Bill Wilson	CHA	25	0.2	12.0	61.3	22.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.285
CF	1	Jim Busby	WS1	27	1.5	155.0	1374.3	492.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	13.893
	2	Chuck Diering	BAL	31	0.6	119.0	1013.3	329.0	16.0	6.0	6.0	5.331
	3	Bill Wilson	PHA	25	0.6	91.0	802.0	266.0	7.0	3.0	4.0	4.970
	4	Larry Doby	CLE	30	0.4	153.0	1354.3	411.0	14.0	2.0	6.0	3.091
	5	Vic Power	PHA	26	0.2	56.0	479.7	157.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	1.901
	6	Johnny Groth	CHA	27	0.2	116.0	982.0	297.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	1.685
	7	Cal Abrams	BAL	30	0.1	12.0	100.0	36.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.238
	8	Irv Noren	NYA	29	0.1	23.0	140.0	46.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.786
RF	1	Al Kaline	DET	19	0.4	135.0	1180.7	280.0	16.0	9.0	0.0	4.288
	2	Cal Abrams	BAL	30	0.4	103.0	879.3	213.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	3.584
	3	Jim Piersall	BOS	24	0.3	96.0	795.7	180.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	2.840
	4	Bill Renna	PHA	29	0.3	114.0	968.0	223.0	12.0	7.0	5.0	2.279
	5	Vic Power	PHA	26	0.2	12.0	93.0	28.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.711
	6	Hank Bauer	NYA	31	0.2	104.0	774.0	168.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.592
	7	Tom Wright	WS1	30	0.1	28.0	234.7	56.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.230
	8	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	30	0.1	14.0	112.3	28.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.793