1951 National League

1951 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1951 American League 1951 Major Leagues

1951 National League Leaders and Trailers
1951 Postseason
1951 Season as Seen Through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run) "

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): 0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)


Basic Player Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by pWOPA)
Team	Games	Wins	Losses	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
New York Giants	157.0	98.0	59.0	255.0	216.0	39.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	158.0	97.5	60.5	255.5	218.5	36.8
St. Louis Cardinals	155.0	81.5	73.5	236.5	228.5	7.8
Boston Braves	155.0	76.5	78.5	231.5	233.5	-2.4
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	73.0	81.0	227.0	235.0	-8.8
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	68.5	86.5	223.5	241.5	-18.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	64.5	90.5	219.5	245.5	-26.6
Chicago Cubs	155.0	62.5	92.5	217.5	247.5	-30.1

Ties count as 0.5 win and 0.5 loss. Teams in bold made the postseason. pWins equal team wins plus team games; pLosses equal team losses plus team games.


Expected Won-Lost Records by Team (Sorted by eWORL)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
New York Giants	244.4	226.6	18.7	45.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	245.9	228.1	17.7	45.0
Boston Braves	235.6	229.4	6.6	32.9
St. Louis Cardinals	233.8	231.2	3.1	29.7
Philadelphia Phillies	230.1	231.9	-2.3	23.9
Cincinnati Reds	228.4	236.6	-8.1	18.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	227.9	237.1	-9.3	17.6
Chicago Cubs	226.2	238.8	-12.3	14.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	123.7	105.0	0.541	18.7
New York Giants	113.0	103.5	0.522	9.5
Boston Braves	106.7	105.1	0.504	1.7
St. Louis Cardinals	104.2	105.4	0.497	-1.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	104.0	105.5	0.496	-1.5
Philadelphia Phillies	104.6	107.7	0.493	-3.2
Chicago Cubs	102.9	110.3	0.483	-7.4
Cincinnati Reds	96.9	110.4	0.467	-13.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	9.5	8.6	0.523	0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	10.5	9.8	0.517	0.7
New York Giants	10.5	10.0	0.512	0.5
Boston Braves	10.3	10.2	0.503	0.1
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.8	10.7	0.501	0.0
Philadelphia Phillies	10.2	10.2	0.499	-0.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.6	8.8	0.494	-0.2
Cincinnati Reds	8.7	9.7	0.474	-0.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	76.7	70.2	0.522	6.4
New York Giants	74.7	68.3	0.522	6.4
Boston Braves	72.8	67.7	0.518	5.1
St. Louis Cardinals	71.6	69.0	0.509	2.7
Philadelphia Phillies	71.0	68.9	0.508	2.1
Chicago Cubs	69.3	71.5	0.492	-2.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	71.0	75.0	0.486	-4.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	67.5	75.9	0.471	-8.3


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	43.5	36.9	0.541	6.5
St. Louis Cardinals	47.5	46.9	0.503	0.6
Cincinnati Reds	46.4	46.0	0.502	0.3
New York Giants	45.5	45.6	0.499	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	44.1	45.3	0.494	-1.1
Boston Braves	45.2	46.9	0.491	-1.7
Chicago Cubs	45.4	47.4	0.489	-2.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.0	47.2	0.488	-2.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1951 National League

Ballpark Factors
Net Win Values
Positional Averages
Replacement Levels
Division of Shared Credit
Event Probabilities

^*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.

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