1959 American League
Baseball Player Won-Loss Records
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1959 American League*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1959 National League  1959 Major Leagues  

1959 American League Leaders and Trailers
1959 Postseason
1959 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
156.095.0
61.0
251.0217.033.8
154.089.0
65.0
243.0219.023.3
155.079.5
75.5
234.5230.53.8
154.076.0
78.0
230.0232.0-2.4
154.075.0
79.0
229.0233.0-4.8
155.074.5
80.5
229.5235.5-6.1
154.066.0
88.0
220.0242.0-22.6
154.063.0
91.0
217.0245.0-28.5
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
238.6229.410.436.4
234.5230.54.330.3
233.2228.84.630.3
232.8229.23.228.8
232.1229.92.428.1
230.8234.2-2.823.0
229.2232.8-3.422.4
229.4232.6-3.821.7


Batting Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
110.2104.70.5135.5
111.6106.90.5114.7
109.7105.20.5114.5
109.3108.30.5020.9
104.2104.40.500-0.2
106.2106.80.498-0.6
103.9106.70.493-2.8
103.8111.90.481-8.1


Baserunning Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
10.27.80.5662.4
11.09.80.5301.2
9.58.30.5351.2
8.78.10.5190.6
9.09.00.5010.0
7.78.30.483-0.5
8.38.90.482-0.6
7.18.50.455-1.4


Pitching Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
75.369.70.5195.6
77.271.80.5185.4
72.670.70.5071.9
72.972.10.5030.8
73.573.50.500-0.1
70.973.30.492-2.5
73.075.50.492-2.5
69.672.40.490-2.8


Fielding Records by Team
(Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team eWins eLosses eWin Pct. Net eWins
43.841.40.5142.4
43.041.30.5101.7
41.639.90.5111.7
44.344.30.500-0.0
41.342.30.494-1.0
45.646.90.493-1.3
40.242.10.489-1.8
44.647.40.485-2.8


Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1959 American 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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