1956 National League

1956 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1956 American League 1956 Major Leagues

1956 National League Leaders and Trailers
1956 Postseason
1956 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
Brooklyn Dodgers	154.0	93.0	61.0	247.0	215.0	31.6
Milwaukee Braves	155.0	92.5	62.5	247.5	217.5	29.7
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	91.5	63.5	246.5	218.5	27.5
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	77.0	79.0	233.0	235.0	-2.1
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	71.0	83.0	225.0	237.0	-12.4
New York Giants	154.0	67.0	87.0	221.0	241.0	-20.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	157.0	67.5	89.5	224.5	246.5	-22.4
Chicago Cubs	157.0	61.5	95.5	218.5	252.5	-34.9

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
Milwaukee Braves	239.8	225.2	16.0	42.6
Cincinnati Reds	240.2	224.8	15.7	42.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	234.1	227.9	7.0	33.7
St. Louis Cardinals	233.7	234.3	0.7	27.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	233.5	237.5	-4.6	22.8
New York Giants	228.4	233.6	-5.2	21.9
Philadelphia Phillies	227.6	234.4	-6.9	19.4
Chicago Cubs	229.8	241.2	-11.5	15.9


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	115.8	106.1	0.522	9.8
Cincinnati Reds	114.3	105.9	0.519	8.4
Milwaukee Braves	108.6	103.0	0.513	5.6
St. Louis Cardinals	109.2	109.0	0.500	0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	106.5	106.9	0.499	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	103.7	109.8	0.486	-6.1
New York Giants	98.0	104.2	0.485	-6.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.6	112.4	0.479	-8.9


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	10.1	9.0	0.529	1.1
Milwaukee Braves	10.4	9.5	0.524	0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.6	8.7	0.524	0.9
New York Giants	8.2	7.5	0.523	0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	9.2	8.6	0.517	0.6
Chicago Cubs	8.8	9.0	0.494	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	9.6	10.0	0.491	-0.3
Brooklyn Dodgers	8.8	9.3	0.487	-0.5


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	74.7	67.3	0.526	7.4
Milwaukee Braves	73.0	67.8	0.518	5.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.6	70.8	0.510	2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	72.7	71.8	0.503	0.8
New York Giants	77.0	76.7	0.501	0.3
Chicago Cubs	75.4	77.9	0.492	-2.5
Philadelphia Phillies	72.5	76.2	0.488	-3.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	71.4	76.0	0.484	-4.6


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	38.7	36.0	0.518	2.8
Milwaukee Braves	47.6	45.2	0.513	2.4
New York Giants	45.6	44.8	0.504	0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.4	45.9	0.503	0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	42.5	43.1	0.497	-0.6
Chicago Cubs	42.6	43.9	0.493	-1.3
Cincinnati Reds	40.9	42.9	0.488	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	39.7	42.4	0.483	-2.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1956 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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