The Tools of Ignorance: Stats for the year 1942

1942

Overall Batting Pitching Fielding Playoffs Managers HoF

Year	Team	Lg	Div	Rank	W	L	Pct.	G	G@H	R	RA	+/-	WC?	Div?	Lg?	WS?	Park	Attendance	BPF	PPF
1942	New York Yankees	AL		1	103	51	.669	154	77	801	507	294			Y	N	Yankee Stadium I	922,011	98	94
1942	Boston Red Sox	AL		2	93	59	.612	152	77	761	594	167			N	N	Fenway Park II	730,340	104	102
1942	St. Louis Browns	AL		3	82	69	.543	151	77	730	637	93			N	N	Sportsman's Park IV	255,617	102	102
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL		4	75	79	.481	156	80	590	659	-69			N	N	League Park II/Cleveland Stadium	459,447	94	94
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL		5	73	81	.468	156	77	589	587	2			N	N	Briggs Stadium	580,087	108	108
1942	Chicago White Sox	AL		6	66	82	.446	148	70	538	609	-71			N	N	Comiskey Park	425,734	97	98
1942	Washington Senators	AL		7	62	89	.411	151	77	653	817	-164			N	N	Griffith Stadium I	403,493	99	100
1942	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		8	55	99	.357	154	76	549	801	-252			N	N	Shibe Park	423,487	100	104
1942	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL		2	42	22	.646	65		209	258	-49					Crosley Field	0
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		1	36	14	.720	50		268	170	98			Y	Y	Ruppert Stadium	0
1942	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		3	34	27	.548	62		155	153	2					Martin Park	0
1942	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		4	25	23	.521	48		166	137	29					Rickwood Field	0
1942	Chicago American Giants	NAL		5	8	36	.182	44		157	288	-131					Comiskey Park I	0
1942	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL		6	7	30	.189	37		41	86	-45					Red Cap Stadium	0
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		1	106	48	.679	156	78	755	482	273			Y	Y	Sportsman's Park IV	553,552	108	104
1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		2	104	50	.671	155	79	742	510	232			N	N	Ebbets Field	1,037,765	103	99
1942	New York Giants	NL		3	85	67	.552	154	79	675	600	75			N	N	Polo Grounds IV	779,621	101	102
1942	Cincinnati Reds	NL		4	76	76	.494	154	77	527	545	-18			N	N	Crosley Field	427,031	100	99
1942	Chicago Cubs	NL		6	68	86	.439	155	78	591	665	-74			N	N	Wrigley Field	590,972	96	96
1942	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		5	66	81	.437	151	77	585	631	-46			N	N	Forbes Field	448,897	103	102
1942	Boston Braves	NL		7	59	89	.393	150	71	515	645	-130			N	N	Braves Field	285,332	97	100
1942	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		8	42	109	.278	151	74	394	706	-312			N	N	Shibe Park	230,183	94	99
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		2	24	14	.632	38		277	253	24					Bugle Field	0
1942	Homestead Grays	NN2		1	23	10	.676	34		419	281	138			Y		Griffith Stadium	0
1942	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		3	19	22	.463	41		313	298	15					Parkside Athletic Field	0
1942	Newark Eagles	NN2		4	16	18	.457	35		301	234	67					Ruppert Stadium	0
1942	New York Black Yankees	NN2		6	8	20	.286	28		135	206	-71					Yankee Stadium I	0
1942	New York Cubans	NN2		5	8	14	.364	22		109	185	-76					Yankee Stadium I	0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1942	Boston Red Sox	AL		152	5248	761	1451	244	55	103	68	61	591	508			.276	.350	.403	.753
1942	Chicago White Sox	AL		148	4949	538	1215	214	36	25	114	70	497	427			.246	.314	.318	.633
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL		156	5317	590	1344	223	58	50	69	74	500	544			.253	.317	.345	.662
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL		156	5327	589	1313	217	37	76	39	40	509	476			.246	.312	.344	.656
1942	New York Yankees	AL		154	5305	801	1429	223	57	108	69	33	591	556			.269	.343	.394	.737
1942	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		154	5285	549	1315	213	46	33	44	45	440	490			.249	.307	.325	.632
1942	St. Louis Browns	AL		151	5229	730	1354	239	62	98	37	38	609	607			.259	.336	.385	.721
1942	Washington Senators	AL		151	5295	653	1364	224	49	40	98	29	581	536			.258	.331	.341	.672
1942	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		48	1170	166	305	41	8	7	41	0	89	6	11	0	.261	.319	.327	.646
1942	Chicago American Giants	NAL		44	1472	157	348	40	19	5	23	0	113	11	7	1	.236	.294	.300	.593
1942	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL		65	1495	209	380	72	22	9	38		102	5	19		.254	.310	.350	.660
1942	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL		37	473	41	96	9	6	2	7		34		6		.203	.265	.260	.525
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		50	1669	268	477	86	21	27	33	6	135	12	7	0	.286	.342	.411	.753
1942	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		62	1050	155	286	40	16	5	31		73	2	8		.272	.324	.355	.680
1942	Boston Braves	NL		150	5077	515	1216	210	19	68	49		474	507			.240	.304	.329	.633
1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		155	5285	742	1398	263	34	62	81		572	484			.265	.336	.362	.699
1942	Chicago Cubs	NL		155	5352	591	1360	224	41	75	63		509	607			.254	.319	.353	.672
1942	Cincinnati Reds	NL		154	5260	527	1216	198	39	66	42		483	549			.231	.296	.321	.617
1942	New York Giants	NL		154	5210	675	1323	162	35	109	39		558	511			.254	.326	.361	.687
1942	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		151	5060	394	1174	168	37	44	37		392	488			.232	.287	.306	.593
1942	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		151	5104	585	1250	173	49	54	41		537	536			.245	.317	.330	.647
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		156	5421	755	1454	282	69	60	71		551	507			.268	.336	.379	.715
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		38	1994	277	506	78	30	18	32	4	176	82	13	3	.254	.318	.350	.668
1942	Homestead Grays	NN2		34	2398	419	637	88	27	34	60	4	296	25	23	3	.266	.351	.367	.719
1942	New York Black Yankees	NN2		28	1171	135	273	39	8	8	28	1	115	16	3	1	.233	.303	.301	.604
1942	New York Cubans	NN2		22	1021	109	226	40	9	1	6	1	83	23	6	3	.221	.283	.281	.564
1942	Newark Eagles	NN2		35	1816	301	481	83	20	34	18	0	184	10	12	0	.265	.336	.389	.725
1942	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		41	1973	313	509	83	21	24	14	3	223	24	4	1	.258	.334	.358	.692

Year	Team	Lg	Div	W	L	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	R
1942	Boston Red Sox	AL		93	59	152	84	11	17	1358	1451	519	103	591	508	3.44	761
1942	Chicago White Sox	AL		66	82	148	86	8	8	1314	1215	523	25	497	427	3.58	538
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL		75	79	156	61	12	11	1402	1344	559	50	500	544	3.59	590
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL		73	81	156	65	12	14	1399	1313	487	76	509	476	3.13	589
1942	New York Yankees	AL		103	51	154	88	18	17	1375	1429	445	108	591	556	2.91	801
1942	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		55	99	154	67	5	9	1374	1315	679	33	440	490	4.45	549
1942	St. Louis Browns	AL		82	69	151	68	12	13	1363	1354	544	98	609	607	3.59	730
1942	Washington Senators	AL		62	89	151	68	12	11	1346	1364	685	40	581	536	4.58	653
1942	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		25	23	48	16	2	3	296.1	305	106	7	89	6	3.22	166
1942	Chicago American Giants	NAL		8	36	44	14	0	1	364.1	348	218	5	113	11	5.39	157
1942	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL		42	22	65	25	1	2	392	380	193	9	102	5	4.43	209
1942	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL		7	30	37	8	0	0	114	96	67	2	34		5.29	41
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		36	14	50	21	1	9	415.1	477	128	27	135	12	2.77	268
1942	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		34	27	62	21	1	1	260.1	286	118	5	73	2	4.08	155
1942	Boston Braves	NL		59	89	150	68	9	8	1334	1216	557	68	474	507	3.76	515
1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		104	50	155	67	16	24	1398	1398	441	62	572	484	2.84	742
1942	Chicago Cubs	NL		68	86	155	71	10	14	1400	1360	560	75	509	607	3.60	591
1942	Cincinnati Reds	NL		76	76	154	80	12	8	1411	1216	442	66	483	549	2.82	527
1942	New York Giants	NL		85	67	154	70	12	13	1370	1323	504	109	558	511	3.31	675
1942	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		42	109	151	51	2	6	1341	1174	614	44	392	488	4.12	394
1942	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		66	81	151	64	13	11	1351	1250	537	54	537	536	3.58	585
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		106	48	156	70	18	15	1410	1454	399	60	551	507	2.55	755
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		24	14	38	26	4	4	502.2	506	202	18	176	82	3.62	277
1942	Homestead Grays	NN2		23	10	34	45	2	4	614.1	637	237	34	296	25	3.47	419
1942	New York Black Yankees	NN2		8	20	28	18	2	1	300	273	157	8	115	16	4.71	135
1942	New York Cubans	NN2		8	14	22	15	0	2	254.2	226	148	1	83	23	5.23	109
1942	Newark Eagles	NN2		16	18	35	34	3	2	456.2	481	188	34	184	10	3.71	301
1942	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		19	22	41	40	2	3	519	509	222	24	223	24	3.85	313

Year	Team	Lg	Div	E	DP	FP
1942	Boston Red Sox	AL		157	156	0.974
1942	Chicago White Sox	AL		173	144	0.970
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL		163	175	0.974
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL		193	142	0.969
1942	New York Yankees	AL		142	190	0.976
1942	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		188	124	0.969
1942	St. Louis Browns	AL		167	143	0.972
1942	Washington Senators	AL		222	133	0.962
1942	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		57		0.957
1942	Chicago American Giants	NAL		92		0.945
1942	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL		85		0.953
1942	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL		35		0.934
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		73		0.961
1942	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		50		0.958
1942	Boston Braves	NL		139	138	0.977
1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		138	150	0.977
1942	Chicago Cubs	NL		169	169	0.973
1942	Cincinnati Reds	NL		175	158	0.972
1942	New York Giants	NL		137	128	0.977
1942	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		193	147	0.968
1942	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		182	129	0.969
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		169	137	0.972
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		89		0.961
1942	Homestead Grays	NN2		92		0.967
1942	New York Black Yankees	NN2		84		0.939
1942	New York Cubans	NN2		63		0.945
1942	Newark Eagles	NN2		73		0.963
1942	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		97		0.958

Year	Round	Lg	Winner	Lg	Loser	Results
1942	WS	NL	SLN	AL	NYA	4-1-0
1942	NWS	NAL	KCM	NN2	HG	4-0-0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	#	Manager	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Player?
1942	Boston Red Sox	AL		1	Joe Cronin	152	93	59	0.612	2	Y
1942	Chicago White Sox	AL		1	Jimmy Dykes	148	66	82	0.446	6	N
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL		1	Lou Boudreau	156	75	79	0.481	4	Y
1942	Detroit Tigers	AL		1	Del Baker	156	73	81	0.468	5	N
1942	New York Yankees	AL		1	Joe McCarthy	154	103	51	0.669	1	N
1942	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		1	Connie Mack	154	55	99	0.357	8	N
1942	St. Louis Browns	AL		1	Luke Sewell	151	82	69	0.543	3	Y
1942	Washington Senators	AL		1	Bucky Harris	151	62	89	0.411	7	N
1942	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		1	Winfield Welch	94	48	45	0.511	4	N
1942	Chicago American Giants	NAL		1	Candy Jim Taylor	74	19	55	0.257	5	Y
1942	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL		1	Walter Burch	33	19	12	0.576	2	Y
1942	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL		2	Parnell Woods	81	38	43	0.469	2	Y
1942	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL		1	Alonzo Mitchell	49	8	40	0.163	6	N
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		1	Dizzy Dismukes	24	17	7	0.708	1	N
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		2	Frank Duncan	62	42	20	0.677	1	Y
1942	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		1	Larry Brown	86	47	37	0.547	3	Y
1942	Boston Braves	NL		1	Casey Stengel	150	59	89	0.393	7	N
1942	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		1	Leo Durocher	155	104	50	0.671	2	N
1942	Chicago Cubs	NL		1	Jimmie Wilson	155	68	86	0.439	6	N
1942	Cincinnati Reds	NL		1	Bill McKechnie	154	76	76	0.494	4	N
1942	New York Giants	NL		1	Mel Ott	154	85	67	0.552	3	Y
1942	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		1	Hans Lobert	151	42	109	0.278	8	N
1942	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		1	Frankie Frisch	151	66	81	0.437	5	N
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		1	Billy Southworth	156	106	48	0.679	1	N
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		1	Felton Snow	82	45	36	0.549	2	Y
1942	Homestead Grays	NN2		1	Vic Harris	118	86	29	0.729	1	Y
1942	New York Black Yankees	NN2		1	Tex Burnett	52	19	31	0.365	6	N
1942	New York Cubans	NN2		1	José María Fernández	69	21	47	0.304	5	Y
1942	Newark Eagles	NN2		1	Willie Wells	84	40	40	0.476	4	Y
1942	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		1	Goose Curry	78	38	38	0.487	3	Y

Year	Player	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Ind.	Category
1942	Rogers Hornsby	BBWAA	233	175	182.0	0.78112	Y	Player
1942	Frank Chance	BBWAA	233	175	136.0	0.58369	N	Player
1942	Rube Waddell	BBWAA	233	175	136.0	0.58369	N	Player
1942	Ed Walsh	BBWAA	233	175	113.0	0.48498	N	Player
1942	Miller Huggins	BBWAA	233	175	111.0	0.47639	N	Manager
1942	Ed Delahanty	BBWAA	233	175	104.0	0.44635	N	Player
1942	Johnny Evers	BBWAA	233	175	91.0	0.39056	N	Player
1942	Wilbert Robinson	BBWAA	233	175	89.0	0.38197	N	Manager
1942	Mickey Cochrane	BBWAA	233	175	88.0	0.37768	N	Player
1942	Frankie Frisch	BBWAA	233	175	84.0	0.36052	N	Player
1942	Hugh Duffy	BBWAA	233	175	77.0	0.33047	N	Player
1942	Herb Pennock	BBWAA	233	175	72.0	0.30901	N	Player
1942	Clark Griffith	BBWAA	233	175	71.0	0.30472	N	Pioneer/Executive
1942	Jimmy Collins	BBWAA	233	175	68.0	0.29185	N	Player
1942	Rabbit Maranville	BBWAA	233	175	66.0	0.28326	N	Player
1942	Hughie Jennings	BBWAA	233	175	64.0	0.27468	N	Player
1942	Mordecai Brown	BBWAA	233	175	63.0	0.27039	N	Player
1942	Eddie Plank	BBWAA	233	175	63.0	0.27039	N	Player
1942	Joe McGinnity	BBWAA	233	175	59.0	0.25322	N	Player
1942	Fred Clarke	BBWAA	233	175	58.0	0.24893	N	Player
1942	Roger Bresnahan	BBWAA	233	175	57.0	0.24464	N	Player
1942	Charles Bender	BBWAA	233	175	55.0	0.23605	N	Player
1942	Ray Schalk	BBWAA	233	175	53.0	0.22747	N	Player
1942	Pie Traynor	BBWAA	233	175	45.0	0.19313	N	Player
1942	Ross Youngs	BBWAA	233	175	44.0	0.18884	N	Player
1942	Home Run Baker	BBWAA	233	175	39.0	0.16738	N	Player
1942	Dazzy Vance	BBWAA	233	175	37.0	0.15880	N	Player
1942	Bill Terry	BBWAA	233	175	36.0	0.15451	N	Player
1942	Joe Tinker	BBWAA	233	175	36.0	0.15451	N	Player
1942	Addie Joss	BBWAA	233	175	33.0	0.14163	N	Player
1942	Johnny Kling	BBWAA	233	175	15.0	0.06438	N	Player
1942	Nap Rucker	BBWAA	233	175	15.0	0.06438	N	Player
1942	Babe Adams	BBWAA	233	175	11.0	0.04721	N	Player
1942	Hank Gowdy	BBWAA	233	175	8.0	0.03433	N	Player
1942	Kid Nichols	BBWAA	233	175	5.0	0.02146	N	Player
1942	Jesse Burkett	BBWAA	233	175	4.0	0.01717	N	Player
1942	Harry Heilmann	BBWAA	233	175	4.0	0.01717	N	Player
1942	Eddie Grant	BBWAA	233	175	3.0	0.01288	N	Player
1942	Branch Rickey	BBWAA	233	175	3.0	0.01288	N	Pioneer/Executive
1942	Zack Wheat	BBWAA	233	175	3.0	0.01288	N	Player
1942	Donie Bush	BBWAA	233	175	2.0	0.00858	N	Player
1942	Sam Crawford	BBWAA	233	175	2.0	0.00858	N	Player
1942	Pepper Martin	BBWAA	233	175	2.0	0.00858	N	Player
1942	Roger Peckinpaugh	BBWAA	233	175	2.0	0.00858	N	Player
1942	Bobby Wallace	BBWAA	233	175	2.0	0.00858	N	Player
1942	Ginger Beaumont	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Jake Beckley	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Joe Boley	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Bill Bradley	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Lave Cross	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Bill Dinneen	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Jack Dunn	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Kid Elberfeld	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Red Faber	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Billy Hamilton	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Babe Herman	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Waite Hoyt	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Joe Kelley	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Dickey Kerr	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Arlie Latham	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Bobby Lowe	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Sherry Magee	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Deacon Phillippe	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Edd Roush	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Amos Rusie	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Germany Schaefer	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Everett Scott	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Harry Steinfeldt	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Fred Tenney	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Bill Wambsganss	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Hack Wilson	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player
1942	Smoky Joe Wood	BBWAA	233	175	1.0	0.00429	N	Player