League Leaders Daily Quiz

1950 MLB Wins by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in wins in 1950, with 98, 3 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.9.

Led all of MLB in 1950 New York Yankees 155 games
98 Wins 3 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G W
1 New York Yankees AL 155 98
2 Detroit Tigers AL 157 95
3 Boston Red Sox AL 154 94
4 Cleveland Indians AL 155 92
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 157 91
6 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 89
7 New York Giants NL 154 86
8 Boston Braves NL 156 83
9 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 78
MLB average 76.9
10 Washington Senators AL 155 67
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 66
12 Chicago Cubs NL 154 64
13 Chicago White Sox AL 156 60
14 St. Louis Browns AL 154 58
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 57
16 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 52

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.