1972 National League

1972 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1972 American League 1972 Major Leagues

1972 National League Leaders and Trailers
1972 Postseason
1972 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
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	96.0	59.0	251.0	214.0	36.4
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	95.0	59.0	249.0	213.0	34.9
Chicago Cubs	156.0	85.5	70.5	241.5	226.5	14.5
Houston Astros	153.0	84.0	69.0	237.0	222.0	14.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	155.0	85.0	70.0	240.0	225.0	14.1
New York Mets	156.0	83.0	73.0	239.0	229.0	9.5
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	75.0	81.0	231.0	237.0	-6.7
Atlanta Braves	155.0	70.5	84.5	225.5	239.5	-14.6
Montreal Expos	156.0	70.0	86.0	226.0	242.0	-16.8
San Francisco Giants	155.0	69.0	86.0	224.0	241.0	-18.0
San Diego Padres	153.0	58.0	95.0	211.0	248.0	-37.6
Philadelphia Phillies	156.0	59.0	97.0	215.0	253.0	-39.1

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
Pittsburgh Pirates	241.3	223.7	17.8	43.4
Chicago Cubs	239.4	228.6	11.3	37.2
Cincinnati Reds	236.6	225.4	11.2	37.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	237.6	227.4	10.3	35.9
Houston Astros	234.4	224.6	10.2	35.7
San Francisco Giants	235.3	229.7	5.7	31.4
St. Louis Cardinals	234.7	233.3	1.4	27.1
New York Mets	233.0	235.0	-1.5	24.6
Atlanta Braves	230.9	234.1	-3.3	22.4
Montreal Expos	228.3	239.7	-9.8	16.2
Philadelphia Phillies	228.4	239.6	-11.6	14.4
San Diego Padres	218.9	240.1	-21.9	3.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	109.3	97.8	0.528	11.6
Houston Astros	108.9	100.3	0.521	8.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	113.7	106.0	0.517	7.6
Atlanta Braves	111.4	107.5	0.509	3.8
Chicago Cubs	108.2	104.5	0.509	3.6
San Francisco Giants	107.8	104.6	0.508	3.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	108.9	107.0	0.504	1.9
New York Mets	104.0	108.4	0.490	-4.4
St. Louis Cardinals	105.1	110.4	0.488	-5.3
Philadelphia Phillies	104.4	110.7	0.485	-6.4
San Diego Padres	93.6	100.1	0.483	-6.4
Montreal Expos	99.2	106.3	0.483	-7.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	13.7	10.1	0.575	3.6
Houston Astros	12.5	10.6	0.543	2.0
Cincinnati Reds	11.4	10.4	0.522	1.0
Atlanta Braves	10.3	9.5	0.520	0.8
New York Mets	9.4	9.0	0.512	0.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.4	10.5	0.497	-0.1
Chicago Cubs	10.0	10.2	0.494	-0.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.4	10.9	0.486	-0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	10.6	11.3	0.483	-0.8
Montreal Expos	10.2	11.5	0.469	-1.3
San Diego Padres	8.4	10.1	0.455	-1.7
Philadelphia Phillies	9.3	11.2	0.453	-1.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.5	64.7	0.532	8.8
St. Louis Cardinals	75.3	67.2	0.528	8.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	73.1	66.4	0.524	6.7
Chicago Cubs	76.5	70.6	0.520	5.8
New York Mets	77.7	74.6	0.510	3.1
Houston Astros	70.2	69.2	0.504	1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	71.9	71.4	0.502	0.5
San Francisco Giants	70.6	70.7	0.500	-0.1
Montreal Expos	74.4	75.2	0.497	-0.8
Cincinnati Reds	70.3	75.0	0.484	-4.7
Atlanta Braves	67.5	73.3	0.479	-5.8
San Diego Padres	71.3	83.1	0.462	-11.8


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	46.0	41.8	0.524	4.2
San Diego Padres	46.9	45.5	0.508	1.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.7	43.8	0.505	0.9
Montreal Expos	46.0	45.2	0.504	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	43.2	42.6	0.503	0.6
Chicago Cubs	44.2	43.8	0.502	0.4
New York Mets	42.2	42.7	0.497	-0.5
San Francisco Giants	43.3	44.1	0.495	-0.8
Atlanta Braves	42.2	43.3	0.494	-1.1
Houston Astros	42.7	44.6	0.489	-1.9
St. Louis Cardinals	42.8	45.4	0.485	-2.6
Philadelphia Phillies	42.7	46.4	0.479	-3.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1972 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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