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The 1994 Season as seen through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

This article takes a look at the 1994 season as measured by Player won-lost records. The 1994 season was something of a clunker of a season whose "highlight" was a player strike that wiped out the last two months of the season and extended into 1995. Still, (some) baseball was played and baseball is great, so let's look at some of the actual highlights of the 1994 season.

The Best of 1994

I calculate Player won-lost records two ways: pWins, which tie to team wins and eWins, which control for context and the ability of one's teammates. For players with more pWins than eWins, their Player wins contributed to more team wins than one might expect; for players with more eWins than pWins, just the opposite is true: their Player wins translated into fewer team wins than expected. Or more briefly: a player with more pWins than eWins was better in context, a player with more eWins than pWins was worse in context.

The top 10 players in pWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.


		pWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						pWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Greg Maddux	14.4	8.0	7.0	8.4	1	Greg Maddux	14.4	8.0	7.0	8.4
2	Jeff Bagwell	17.0	9.8	5.9	7.2	2	Jeff Bagwell	17.0	9.8	5.9	7.2
3	Fred McGriff	17.1	10.2	5.6	7.0	3	Fred McGriff	17.1	10.2	5.6	7.0
4	Barry Bonds	18.7	12.8	5.3	6.8	4	Barry Bonds	18.7	12.8	5.3	6.8
5	Paul O'Neill	15.6	10.0	5.3	6.6	5	Paul O'Neill	15.6	10.0	5.3	6.6
6	David Cone	12.5	7.4	5.1	6.5	6	David Cone	12.5	7.4	5.1	6.5
7	Frank E. Thomas	15.0	9.4	4.8	6.0	7	Frank E. Thomas	15.0	9.4	4.8	6.0
8	Mike Mussina	12.1	7.5	4.6	6.0	8	Mike Mussina	12.1	7.5	4.6	6.0
9	Craig Biggio	17.0	12.8	4.3	5.8	9	Craig Biggio	17.0	12.8	4.3	5.8
10	Albert Belle	16.7	12.2	4.2	5.7	10	Albert Belle	16.7	12.2	4.2	5.7

The top 10 players in eWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.


		eWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						eWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL		Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Greg Maddux	14.4	8.0	7.4	8.8	1	Greg Maddux	14.4	8.0	7.4	8.8
2	Jeff Bagwell	17.2	9.6	6.3	7.6	2	Jeff Bagwell	17.2	9.6	6.3	7.6
3	Barry Bonds	18.9	12.6	5.6	7.2	3	Barry Bonds	18.9	12.6	5.6	7.2
4	Frank E. Thomas	15.2	9.2	5.2	6.4	4	Frank E. Thomas	15.2	9.2	5.2	6.4
5	Albert Belle	17.1	11.8	4.9	6.3	5	Albert Belle	17.1	11.8	4.9	6.3
6	Bret Saberhagen	11.2	7.5	4.5	5.6	6	Matt D. Williams	17.1	12.6	4.4	5.8
7	David Cone	12.1	7.7	4.4	5.8	7	David Cone	12.1	7.7	4.4	5.8
8	Matt D. Williams	17.1	12.6	4.4	5.8	8	Bret Saberhagen	11.2	7.5	4.5	5.6
9	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	11.8	7.8	4.0	5.4	9	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	11.8	7.8	4.0	5.4
10	Ken Griffey Jr.	15.7	11.7	3.8	5.2	10	Ken Griffey Jr.	15.7	11.7	3.8	5.2

I take a look at some of the most interesting players of 1994 at the end of this article.

For those familiar with these articles of mine, there is an obvious omission here. Here is where I would have shown the top players of the 1994 postseason. Alas, due to the players' strike, there was no 1994 postseason.

Best of 1994 by Factor and Position

Next, let's look at the top players in various aspects of the game.

Best by Factor: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, Fielding

There are four basic factors for which players earn Player won-lost records: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, and Fielding. The top players in 1994 in wins over positional average (WOPA) by factor were as follows.


Batting
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLoss	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLoss	pWOPA
1	Jeff Bagwell	13.5	7.4	5.9	1	Fred McGriff	14.6	7.2	7.1
2	Frank E. Thomas	13.0	7.2	5.8	2	Frank E. Thomas	13.1	7.1	6.0
3	Albert Belle	11.5	6.8	4.7	3	Jeff Bagwell	13.5	7.4	5.8
4	Barry Bonds	12.2	7.5	4.5	4	Barry Bonds	12.6	7.1	5.2
5	Fred McGriff	13.0	8.8	3.9	5	Albert Belle	11.4	6.9	4.4
6	Kevin Mitchell	10.0	6.3	3.5	6	Larry Walker	11.3	6.8	4.3
7	Ken Griffey Jr.	11.1	7.7	3.5	7	Paul O'Neill	10.6	6.5	4.1
8	Paul O'Neill	10.1	7.0	3.1	8	Bob Hamelin	9.4	5.9	3.4
9	Tony Gwynn Sr.	11.2	7.9	3.0	9	Jose Canseco	11.1	7.8	3.3
10	Matt D. Williams	12.7	9.5	2.9	10	Moises Alou	10.7	7.3	3.1

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense


Baserunning
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLoss	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLoss	pWOPA
1	Vince Coleman	1.7	0.9	0.8	1	Kenny Lofton	2.1	1.3	0.9
2	Marquis Grissom	1.7	0.9	0.7	2	Marquis Grissom	1.8	0.9	0.9
3	Rickey Henderson	1.6	0.9	0.7	3	Rickey Henderson	1.7	0.8	0.8
4	Kenny Lofton	2.1	1.4	0.7	4	Barry Larkin	1.6	0.8	0.8
5	Barry Larkin	1.6	0.8	0.7	5	Lance Johnson	1.1	0.5	0.6
6	Otis Nixon	1.7	1.1	0.6	6	Vince Coleman	1.6	1.0	0.6
7	Walt Weiss	1.3	0.8	0.6	7	Brady Anderson	1.1	0.5	0.6
8	Delino DeShields Sr.	1.4	0.8	0.5	8	Paul Molitor	1.2	0.7	0.5
9	Stan Javier	1.4	0.9	0.5	9	Stan Javier	1.4	0.9	0.5
10	Tony Phillips	1.4	1.0	0.5	10	Lenny Dykstra	1.2	0.7	0.5

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense


Pitching
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLoss	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLoss	Net pWins
1	Greg Maddux	12.5	6.5	6.0	1	Greg Maddux	13.2	5.7	7.5
2	David Cone	11.4	8.1	3.3	2	David Cone	12.3	7.3	5.0
3	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	11.1	8.0	3.1	3	Mike Mussina	11.7	7.3	4.4
4	Bret Saberhagen	9.7	6.7	3.0	4	Bret Saberhagen	10.0	6.4	3.7
5	Roger Clemens	10.1	7.7	2.4	5	Pat Hentgen	12.3	8.8	3.5
6	Jack McDowell	11.1	8.7	2.4	6	Jimmy Key	10.6	7.4	3.2
7	Mike Mussina	10.7	8.3	2.4	7	Doug Jones	5.5	2.5	3.0
8	Doug Drabek	9.2	7.0	2.2	8	Doug Drabek	9.6	6.7	2.9
9	Kevin Appier	9.0	6.9	2.1	9	Roger Clemens	10.4	7.5	2.9
10	Bobby Ayala	4.5	2.5	2.0	10	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	10.9	8.1	2.8

Fielding by Position


Fielding, P
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Pete Harnisch	0.4	0.1	0.3	1	Robb Nen	0.3	0.0	0.3
2	Bret Saberhagen	0.3	0.1	0.2	2	Alex Fernandez	0.4	0.1	0.3
3	Bobby J. Jones	0.4	0.2	0.2	3	Bret Saberhagen	0.3	0.1	0.3
4	John H. Doherty	0.3	0.1	0.2	4	Butch Henry	0.3	0.0	0.2
5	Cal Eldred	0.3	0.2	0.2	5	Jeff Fassero	0.4	0.1	0.2


Fielding, C
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Terry Steinbach	1.5	1.1	0.4	1	Brian Dorsett	1.0	0.5	0.5
2	Brian Dorsett	0.9	0.6	0.3	2	Terry Steinbach	1.5	1.1	0.4
3	Tom Pagnozzi	1.2	0.8	0.3	3	Chad Kreuter	0.9	0.6	0.3
4	Chad Kreuter	0.9	0.6	0.2	4	Dan A. Wilson	1.3	1.0	0.3
5	Ivan Rodriguez	1.2	1.0	0.2	5	Joe Girardi	1.5	1.3	0.3


Fielding, 1B
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Jeff Bagwell	2.3	1.7	0.6	1	Jeff Bagwell	2.3	1.6	0.8
2	Cecil Fielder	2.0	1.7	0.3	2	Rafael Palmeiro	2.2	1.7	0.6
3	Will Clark	1.8	1.6	0.2	3	Don Mattingly	1.7	1.3	0.3
4	Tom M. Foley	0.2	0.0	0.2	4	Hal Morris	1.7	1.4	0.3
5	B.J. Surhoff	0.3	0.1	0.2	5	Dave Magadan	0.4	0.1	0.2


Fielding, 2B
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Jeff Kent	4.5	3.8	0.8	1	Pat F. Kelly	3.9	3.2	0.7
2	Roberto Alomar	4.0	3.4	0.6	2	Craig Biggio	4.9	4.2	0.7
3	Tim Hulett	1.0	0.5	0.4	3	Robby Thompson	1.7	1.0	0.7
4	Robby Thompson	1.6	1.1	0.4	4	Jeff Kent	4.5	3.8	0.6
5	Bret Barberie	3.9	3.5	0.4	5	Bret Boone	3.7	3.1	0.6


Fielding, 3B
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Matt D. Williams	3.9	2.9	1.0	1	Wade Boggs	4.2	2.8	1.3
2	Edgar Martinez	2.1	1.6	0.5	2	Ken Caminiti	3.8	2.6	1.2
3	Gary Gaetti	2.7	2.2	0.5	3	Terry Pendleton	2.9	1.9	1.0
4	Scott Cooper	3.8	3.3	0.5	4	Gary Gaetti	2.9	2.0	0.9
5	Mike Lansing	1.1	0.6	0.5	5	Leo Gomez	2.5	1.7	0.7


Fielding, SS
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Cal Ripken	4.6	3.5	1.1	1	Jay Bell	5.8	4.7	1.1
2	Greg Gagne	4.8	4.3	0.6	2	Cal Ripken	4.6	3.5	1.0
3	Jose Valentin	3.4	2.9	0.5	3	Mike Gallego	3.6	2.6	1.0
4	Kevin Stocker	3.6	3.2	0.4	4	Kevin Stocker	3.7	3.0	0.6
5	Ozzie Smith	3.9	3.6	0.4	5	Ozzie Guillen	3.7	3.3	0.4


Fielding, LF
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Barry Bonds	5.2	4.6	0.6	1	Jerry Browne	1.0	0.3	0.7
2	Jeff Conine	3.9	3.4	0.6	2	Rickey Henderson	2.9	2.2	0.7
3	Mike Huff	1.9	1.5	0.4	3	Mike Huff	2.0	1.3	0.7
4	Tony Phillips	4.2	3.8	0.4	4	Mike Kingery	0.9	0.4	0.5
5	Rickey Henderson	2.8	2.3	0.4	5	Lee Tinsley	1.3	0.8	0.5


Fielding, CF
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Chad Curtis	4.3	3.6	0.7	1	Marquis Grissom	4.1	3.3	0.8
2	Marquis Grissom	3.9	3.4	0.6	2	Kenny Lofton	4.3	3.7	0.6
3	Devon White	3.5	3.1	0.3	3	Ryan O. Thompson	3.9	3.4	0.5
4	Steve Finley	3.4	3.1	0.3	4	Lenny Dykstra	4.0	3.5	0.5
5	James Mouton	0.8	0.5	0.2	5	Roberto Kelly	4.7	4.3	0.4


Fielding, RF
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins		Player	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins
1	Reggie L. Sanders	4.7	3.4	1.2	1	Reggie L. Sanders	4.6	3.5	1.1
2	Mark Whiten	5.0	4.4	0.6	2	James Mouton	2.5	1.6	0.9
3	Kirby Puckett	4.0	3.7	0.4	3	Paul O'Neill	3.4	2.6	0.9
4	Paul O'Neill	3.2	2.8	0.4	4	Darrin Jackson	2.9	2.3	0.6
5	Raul Mondesi Sr.	5.1	4.7	0.4	5	Moises Alou	1.9	1.3	0.6

Best by Position

Next, we look at 1994 Major-League leaders by position. The figures shown here only include Player decisions earned while playing this particular position.


Catcher
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Mike Piazza	12.0	9.8	2.6	1	Mike Piazza	12.3	9.5	3.1
2	Mike Stanley	7.6	5.8	2.2	2	Darrin Fletcher	8.4	6.2	2.5
3	Darren Daulton	7.9	6.4	1.8	3	Mike Stanley	7.6	5.8	2.2
4	Ivan Rodriguez	9.2	8.3	1.4	4	Chris Hoiles	9.0	7.3	2.1
5	Chris Hoiles	8.4	7.9	1.1	5	Darren Daulton	7.9	6.4	1.8


First Base
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Jeff Bagwell	16.9	9.9	5.7	1	Fred McGriff	17.0	9.9	5.8
2	Frank E. Thomas	13.9	8.3	4.8	2	Jeff Bagwell	16.9	9.9	5.7
3	Fred McGriff	15.5	11.4	2.6	3	Frank E. Thomas	13.9	8.2	4.9
4	Will Clark	11.5	8.8	1.8	4	Larry Walker	6.1	3.1	2.6
5	Mo Vaughn	12.1	9.8	1.4	5	Hal Morris	13.9	10.5	1.9


Second Base
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Craig Biggio	16.2	13.5	2.8	1	Craig Biggio	17.1	12.6	4.6
2	Jeff Kent	14.6	13.0	1.7	2	Carlos Baerga	14.4	11.4	3.3
3	Lou Whitaker	10.5	9.1	1.7	3	Jeff Kent	14.9	12.7	2.3
4	Bret Boone	12.3	11.1	1.3	4	Lou Whitaker	10.8	8.8	2.3
5	Roberto Alomar	13.1	12.4	1.2	5	Bret Boone	12.7	10.7	2.1


Third Base
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Matt D. Williams	17.2	12.9	4.1	1	Wade Boggs	13.8	9.6	4.3
2	Wade Boggs	13.0	10.3	2.8	2	Matt D. Williams	16.9	13.2	3.5
3	Tim Wallach	14.8	12.9	1.8	3	Ken Caminiti	14.2	10.7	3.2
4	Bobby Bonilla	14.2	12.3	1.7	4	Tim Wallach	15.3	12.4	2.6
5	Ken Caminiti	13.4	11.5	1.7	5	Jim Thome	10.8	8.6	2.4


Shortstop
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Cal Ripken	14.5	13.2	2.4	1	Wil Cordero	15.5	11.9	4.2
2	John Valentin	10.4	8.8	2.2	2	Barry Larkin	16.2	13.7	3.1
3	Barry Larkin	15.7	14.2	2.1	3	Cal Ripken	14.9	12.8	3.1
4	Wil Cordero	14.4	13.0	2.0	4	Mike Gallego	8.8	7.1	2.2
5	Kevin Stocker	10.2	9.1	1.5	5	John Valentin	10.3	8.9	2.1


Left Field
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Barry Bonds	18.7	13.0	5.1	1	Barry Bonds	18.5	13.0	4.7
2	Albert Belle	16.6	12.0	4.3	2	Albert Belle	16.4	12.0	3.9
3	Kevin Mitchell	13.3	9.7	3.1	3	Kevin Mitchell	13.0	9.7	2.4
4	Tony Phillips	14.8	12.2	2.3	4	Rickey Henderson	9.3	7.1	2.2
5	Rickey Henderson	9.2	7.1	1.9	5	Tim Raines Sr.	13.1	11.8	1.9


Center Field
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Ken Griffey Jr.	14.8	11.4	3.4	1	Kenny Lofton	16.5	12.7	3.7
2	Kenny Lofton	16.0	13.2	2.7	2	Marquis Grissom	15.6	12.0	3.2
3	Brett Butler	15.7	13.5	1.8	3	Ken Griffey Jr.	14.7	11.5	3.2
4	Marquis Grissom	14.7	12.9	1.3	4	Jacob Brumfield	3.6	1.6	1.9
5	Lenny Dykstra	11.7	10.4	1.1	5	Brett Butler	15.5	13.6	1.5


Right Field
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Paul O'Neill	12.1	9.0	2.7	1	Paul O'Neill	12.5	8.6	3.4
2	Tim Salmon	13.7	11.3	1.8	2	Kirby Puckett	14.9	11.5	2.9
3	Tony Gwynn Sr.	15.8	13.0	1.8	3	Moises Alou	7.3	4.6	2.4
4	David Justice	14.3	11.9	1.5	4	Reggie L. Sanders	14.7	11.9	1.9
5	Larry Walker	10.0	7.9	1.5	5	Manny Ramirez	10.3	8.0	1.9


Starting Pitcher
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Greg Maddux	13.1	7.4	5.7	1	Greg Maddux	13.8	6.8	7.1
2	David Cone	11.7	8.2	3.4	2	David Cone	12.5	7.4	5.2
3	Bret Saberhagen	10.2	6.9	3.3	3	Mike Mussina	12.1	7.4	4.7
4	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	11.4	8.3	3.1	4	Bret Saberhagen	10.5	6.6	4.0
5	Jack McDowell	11.4	8.9	2.5	5	Jimmy Key	11.2	7.6	3.6
6	Mike Mussina	11.0	8.6	2.4	6	Pat Hentgen	12.5	9.1	3.4
7	Doug Drabek	9.5	7.1	2.3	7	Doug Drabek	9.9	6.7	3.2
8	Roger Clemens	10.4	8.2	2.3	8	Ken Hill	9.3	6.3	3.0
9	Kevin Appier	9.2	7.0	2.2	9	Danny Jackson	10.6	7.7	2.9
10	Dennis Martinez	10.0	8.1	1.9	10	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	11.2	8.5	2.8


Relief Pitcher
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Bobby Ayala	4.5	2.7	1.8	1	Doug Jones	5.6	2.8	2.8
2	Mark Eichhorn	4.5	2.9	1.6	2	Mel Rojas	6.4	3.9	2.5
3	John Franco	4.9	3.4	1.5	3	Bobby Ayala	4.8	2.4	2.4
4	John Wetteland	5.6	4.3	1.2	4	Jeff Montgomery	5.1	3.0	2.0
5	Trevor Hoffman	4.4	3.1	1.2	5	Steve Howe	3.0	1.1	1.8
6	Todd Jones	4.0	2.8	1.2	6	Eric Plunk	4.2	2.3	1.8
7	Bob Wickman	4.0	2.8	1.2	7	Trevor Hoffman	4.6	2.8	1.8
8	Steve Howe	2.6	1.5	1.2	8	Rene Arocha	3.1	1.3	1.8
9	Doug Jones	4.8	3.6	1.2	9	Ken Ryan	4.0	2.3	1.7
10	Mike R. Jackson	3.2	2.0	1.2	10	Mike Fetters	3.8	2.2	1.7


Designated Hitter
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1		0.0	0.0	0.0	1		0.0	0.0	0.0
2		0.0	0.0	0.0	2		0.0	0.0	0.0
3		0.0	0.0	0.0	3		0.0	0.0	0.0

Finally, here are the best at three oft-forgotten positions that can nevertheless matter: pitcher offense, pinch hitting, and pinch running.


Pitcher Offense
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Mark Portugal	1.2	1.1	0.7	1	Mark Portugal	1.3	1.0	0.9
2	Doug Drabek	1.1	1.5	0.4	2	Ramon J. Martinez	1.2	1.3	0.5
3	Butch Henry	0.8	0.8	0.4	3	Doug Drabek	1.2	1.5	0.5


Pinch Hitter
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Bo Jackson	1.2	0.6	0.7	1	Don Mattingly	0.7	0.0	0.6
2	Howard Johnson	1.5	0.8	0.7	2	Daryl Boston	1.3	0.7	0.6
3	Dave Clark	1.5	0.9	0.6	3	Paul O'Neill	0.9	0.3	0.6


Pinch Runner
		Context-Neutral					Context-Dependent
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA
1	Scott Hemond	0.3	0.0	0.3	1	Scott Hemond	0.3	0.0	0.3
2	Rob Butler	0.2	0.0	0.2	2	Jacob Brumfield	0.3	0.0	0.2
3	Jacob Brumfield	0.2	0.1	0.1	3	Rob Butler	0.2	0.0	0.2

Noteworthy Players of 1994

Greg Maddux

Greg Maddux had one of the best peaks in major-league history. Unfortunately, he timed his peak exceptionally badly. The two best seasons of Greg Maddux's career were 1994 and 1995 and were therefore interrupted by an eight-month player strike that cost the Atlanta Braves 66 games.

The next table compares Greg Maddux's 1994-95 season, as measured by Player won-lost records, to the best two-year pitcher peak since MLB integration (i.e., since 1947) as measured by pWins over replacement level (pWORL), Sandy Koufax's 1965 and 1966 seasons.

	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Greg Maddux, 1994-95	53	30.9	15.4	0.667	17.0	19.9	30.4	15.9	0.657	16.7	19.5
Sandy Koufax, 1965-66	84	47.9	30.6	0.610	19.5	24.2	44.3	34.3	0.564	13.2	18.0

The comparison between Maddux and Koufax comes down to one of quality (Maddux) vs. quantity (Koufax). Maddux's winning percentage over his two-year stretch was 0.057 better than Koufax, but Koufax pitched in 31 more games than Maddux (246.2 more innings). If the 1994 and 1995 seasons had been full 162-game seasons (as the 1965 and 1966 Dodgers' had been), the quantity gap would have closed considerably - although not completely (Maddux would have had to start almost half of the lost Braves games and thrown 8 innings per start to catch up to Koufax's workload).

Blowing up Maddux's 1994-95 performance to 162-game equivalents, the comparison to Koufax looks like this.

	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Greg Maddux, 1994-95	67	38.7	19.3	0.667	21.3	24.9	38.2	19.9	0.657	20.9	24.5
Sandy Koufax, 1965-66	84	47.9	30.6	0.610	19.5	24.2	44.3	34.3	0.564	13.2	18.0

The career record of Greg Maddux, as measured by Player won-lost records is shown next.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Greg Maddux Basic Player Won-Lost Records
										Value Decomposition
1986	CHN	20	6	1.6	2.3	-0.5	-0.3	1.8	2.2	-0.2	0.0
1987	CHN	21	34	9.9	13.6	-2.9	-1.6	10.2	13.3	-2.3	-0.9
1988	CHN	22	37	17.2	12.5	5.7	7.4	15.8	13.9	3.0	4.7
1989	CHN	23	35	15.9	14.0	3.0	4.8	15.6	14.3	2.6	4.4
1990	CHN	24	35	15.6	14.9	1.7	3.5	16.4	14.1	3.8	5.5
1991	CHN	25	39	15.7	14.0	2.7	4.4	15.5	14.2	2.5	4.1
1992	CHN	26	35	17.5	12.3	6.3	8.0	17.4	12.4	6.4	8.1
1993	ATL	27	36	17.9	13.5	5.4	7.1	17.9	13.6	5.6	7.3
1994	ATL	28	25	14.4	8.0	7.0	8.4	14.4	8.0	7.4	8.8
1995	ATL	29	28	16.5	7.4	10.0	11.4	15.9	7.9	9.2	10.7
1996	ATL	30	35	16.2	11.7	5.6	7.4	17.2	10.7	7.8	9.5
1997	ATL	31	33	14.2	9.2	6.0	7.4	14.4	9.1	6.4	7.8
1998	ATL	32	34	17.0	12.0	6.2	8.0	17.6	11.4	7.4	9.2
1999	ATL	33	33	15.7	12.9	3.7	5.4	15.5	13.1	3.5	5.2
2000	ATL	34	35	17.0	12.2	6.0	7.7	16.6	12.6	5.3	7.1
2001	ATL	35	35	16.0	11.7	5.6	7.3	15.8	11.9	5.2	6.9
2002	ATL	36	35	13.5	10.1	4.3	5.9	13.0	10.6	3.4	4.9
2003	ATL	37	37	13.3	14.0	0.4	2.1	14.0	13.3	1.9	3.6
2004	CHN	38	34	14.6	13.1	2.5	4.2	14.6	13.1	2.7	4.4
2005	CHN	39	35	12.3	14.8	-1.2	0.3	13.4	13.8	0.7	2.3
2006	CHN	40	34	13.3	12.4	2.1	3.6	13.4	12.2	2.4	3.8
2007	SDN	41	35	11.7	11.3	1.4	2.8	11.5	11.5	1.1	2.6
2008	LAN	42	34	10.1	13.8	-2.8	-1.3	11.1	12.8	-0.8	0.7
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			759	327.2	271.7	78.2	114.0	329.0	269.9	85.1	120.9
			------	------	------			------	------
PostSeason (career)			37	12.5	12.5		2.4	13.7	11.3		4.8
			------	------	------		------	------	------		------
COMBINED			796	339.6	284.2		116.4	342.7	281.2		125.7

Jeff Bagwell

Measured by rate stats, the 1994 season was easily the finest season of Jeff Bagwell's excellent career. He had career highs in batting average (.368), on-base percentage (.451), and slugging percentage (.750). He led the National League in both runs scored and runs batted in and had only 8 home runs fewer than his career high in 49 fewer games.

The 1994 season was not the best in Jeff Bagwell's career in terms of Player wins over either positional average or replacement level, however, because of the aforementioned strike that wiped out 47 Astros games.

It is tempting to wonder about what Jeff Bagwell's 1994 season might have looked like were it not for the players' strike. Except that, it turns out we know exactly what Jeff Bagwell's 1994 season would have looked like: it would have looked the exact same. Jeff Bagwell suffered a season-ending wrist injury two days before the players struck. In fact, had it not been for the strike, Bagwell would have almost certainly not led the National League in either runs or RBI and he probably wouldn't have won what ended up being his only MVP award.

The career record of Jeff Bagwell, as measured by Player won-lost records is shown next.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Jeff Bagwell Basic Player Won-Lost Records
										Value Decomposition
1991	HOU	23	156	17.6	16.0	0.2	1.7	18.0	15.5	1.1	2.6
1992	HOU	24	162	23.0	16.7	4.6	6.4	21.9	17.8	2.3	4.1
1993	HOU	25	142	17.1	14.0	1.4	3.0	17.6	13.5	2.6	4.2
1994	HOU	26	110	17.0	9.8	5.9	7.2	17.2	9.6	6.3	7.6
1995	HOU	27	114	15.2	10.7	3.1	4.4	15.1	10.8	2.8	4.0
1996	HOU	28	162	22.9	14.9	6.4	8.2	22.3	15.5	5.0	6.8
1997	HOU	29	162	22.0	14.6	5.1	6.9	22.6	14.0	6.4	8.1
1998	HOU	30	147	19.5	13.1	4.7	6.3	19.0	13.7	3.5	5.1
1999	HOU	31	162	22.6	14.1	6.9	8.7	21.7	15.1	4.8	6.6
2000	HOU	32	159	18.8	15.6	1.0	2.6	19.9	14.5	3.4	5.0
2001	HOU	33	161	22.4	14.0	6.6	8.6	21.1	15.4	3.9	5.8
2002	HOU	34	158	20.0	15.5	2.5	4.3	20.1	15.4	2.6	4.5
2003	HOU	35	160	18.6	16.1	0.9	2.6	18.8	15.9	1.1	2.8
2004	HOU	36	156	16.7	14.2	1.1	2.6	16.7	14.2	1.2	2.7
2005	HOU	37	39	3.0	3.0	-0.1	0.2	3.1	2.9	0.0	0.3
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,150	276.5	202.4	50.2	73.6	275.1	203.8	46.9	70.3
			------	------	------			------	------
PostSeason (career)			33	2.6	3.3		-0.8	2.9	3.0		-0.2
			------	------	------		------	------	------		------
COMBINED			2,183	279.1	205.8		72.8	278.0	206.8		70.1

Paul O'Neill

Perhaps the most surprising name in the top 5 in pWins over either positional average or replement level in the first two tables of this article was New York Yankees rightfielder Paul O'Neill. O'Neill does not, however, appear in either of the above tables when measured using (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) eWins. As I noted above, this means that Paul O'Neill was somewhat more valuable "in context" than out of context.

The career record of Paul O'Neill, as measured by Player won-lost records is shown next.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Paul O'Neill Basic Player Won-Lost Records
										Value Decomposition
1985	CIN	22	5	0.3	0.5	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
1986	CIN	23	3	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
1987	CIN	24	82	5.1	4.6	0.3	0.8	5.0	4.7	0.3	0.8
1988	CIN	25	145	16.7	14.8	0.6	2.2	16.4	15.2	-0.0	1.5
1989	CIN	26	117	16.1	14.1	1.1	2.5	16.4	13.8	1.9	3.3
1990	CIN	27	145	18.6	16.0	1.7	3.3	17.5	17.1	-0.5	1.0
1991	CIN	28	152	18.9	15.9	1.7	3.3	18.7	16.1	1.4	3.0
1992	CIN	29	147	15.8	14.7	0.5	1.9	15.4	15.0	-0.1	1.3
1993	NYA	30	141	17.2	14.0	2.8	4.4	16.8	14.4	2.1	3.7
1994	NYA	31	103	15.6	10.0	5.3	6.6	14.7	10.8	3.4	4.7
1995	NYA	32	127	18.6	14.5	3.2	4.9	17.6	15.5	1.3	3.0
1996	NYA	33	150	20.6	15.2	4.6	6.3	18.4	17.3	0.3	1.9
1997	NYA	34	149	20.8	15.6	4.2	5.9	19.9	16.5	2.3	4.0
1998	NYA	35	152	21.2	15.9	4.3	6.2	20.0	17.1	1.7	3.6
1999	NYA	36	153	20.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	20.1	19.8	-1.0	0.9
2000	NYA	37	142	18.0	18.6	-1.4	0.3	17.7	18.8	-1.9	-0.2
2001	NYA	38	137	16.8	15.6	0.3	2.0	16.5	15.9	-0.4	1.4
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,050	261.1	219.1	29.6	52.8	251.7	228.4	11.1	34.2
			------	------	------			------	------
PostSeason (career)			85	11.8	7.9		4.4	10.5	9.2		1.7
			------	------	------		------	------	------		------
COMBINED			2,135	272.9	226.9		57.2	262.2	237.6		35.9

As the above table shows, the fact that Paul O'Neill looked better in context than out of context in 1994 was typical of his career.

Paul O'Neill played for five World Series winners in his career. In fact, O'Neill played 140 or more games 10 times in his career; in half of those seasons, his team won the World Series.

So, was Paul O'Neill a "winner"? Well, as a factual statement, obviously, he was, insofar as he played on lots of winning teams. But did he bring some sort of intangible "winning" to these teams? Most sabermetric observers would scoff at the notion. But honestly, looking here, I think there might be something to this. In his second full season as a Reds regular, his team led from wire-to-wire and swept the heavily favored Oakland A's in the World Series. When he arrived in New York, the Yankees were finishing up one of the least-productive decades in their history. O'Neill's first Yankee team, in 1993, had their first winning record since 1988. By his second season, the 1994 Yankees were leading the AL East when the strike ended the season.

And as the above table shows, O'Neill turned his game up once his team got to the postseason, so that he was a key reason why they won those five World Series.

By tying pWins to team wins, Player won-lost records are illuminating, I think, and suggest that, in the case of Paul O'Neill, there might be something there: Paul O'Neill was a winner.

The 1994 Postseason That Could Have Been

The 1994 postseason was cancelled because of the Player strike that started on August 12, 1994, and wasn't resolved until April 2, 1995. So, instead of a section looking at the best players of the (non-existent) 1994 postseason, let's look at the team which finished with the best regular-season record in 1994, the Montreal Expos.

1994 Montreal Expos

The first table below presents the performance of the players on the 1994 Montreal Expos, as measured by Player won-lost records, ranked by pWins over replacement level.

Player	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1994 Montreal Expos Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Wil Cordero	110	15.5	11.8	4.2	5.6	14.5	12.8	2.2	3.6
Moises Alou	107	15.9	11.2	4.0	5.3	15.0	12.1	2.1	3.5
Marquis Grissom	110	15.9	12.0	3.6	5.0	14.9	13.0	1.6	3.0
Larry Walker	103	16.0	11.4	3.5	4.9	15.6	11.7	2.7	4.1
Ken Hill	24	10.0	7.7	3.0	4.0	9.4	8.4	1.7	2.8
Mel Rojas	58	6.4	4.0	2.5	3.5	5.6	4.8	0.8	1.8
Darrin Fletcher	93	8.5	6.2	2.6	3.3	7.4	7.4	0.3	1.0
Pedro J. Martinez	24	9.6	8.0	2.2	3.3	9.4	8.1	1.9	3.0
Butch Henry	24	6.9	4.9	2.4	3.1	6.8	5.1	2.1	2.8
Jeff Fassero	21	9.0	8.2	1.4	2.5	9.2	8.0	1.8	2.9
John Wetteland	52	5.7	4.3	1.4	2.3	5.6	4.4	1.3	2.3
Mike Lansing	106	12.2	11.3	1.1	2.2	11.9	11.6	0.4	1.6
Tim Scott	40	2.3	1.4	0.9	1.2	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.7
Lenny Webster	57	4.3	3.6	0.7	1.2	4.2	3.7	0.6	1.0
Gil Heredia	39	4.2	3.9	0.3	1.0	4.3	3.8	0.6	1.3
Sean Berry	103	9.4	9.1	0.1	1.0	9.2	9.3	-0.2	0.8
Lou Frazier	76	4.8	4.1	0.5	1.0	4.3	4.7	-0.6	-0.1
Juan Bell	38	2.8	2.2	0.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	0.2	0.5
Jeff Shaw	46	2.6	2.3	0.4	0.8	2.5	2.5	0.1	0.5
Rondell White	40	3.0	2.4	0.5	0.8	2.9	2.5	0.2	0.5
Kirk Rueter	20	5.1	5.4	0.1	0.7	4.9	5.5	-0.3	0.4
Cliff Floyd	100	9.1	8.4	-0.2	0.7	8.5	9.0	-1.5	-0.6
Randy Milligan	46	2.9	2.4	0.3	0.6	2.6	2.7	-0.3	-0.0
Tim Spehr	52	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.1
Gabe White	7	1.5	1.5	0.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	-0.3	-0.1
Heath Haynes	4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0
Joey Eischen	1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0
Rod Henderson	3	0.4	0.6	-0.1	-0.0	0.4	0.7	-0.3	-0.2
Brian Looney	1	0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Jeff Gardner	18	0.6	0.9	-0.3	-0.2	0.6	0.9	-0.3	-0.2
Denis Boucher	10	0.9	1.4	-0.5	-0.3	0.9	1.4	-0.5	-0.4
Freddie Benavides	47	1.6	2.7	-1.0	-0.8	1.7	2.5	-0.7	-0.5
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
TOTAL (reg. season)	162	188.0	154.0	34.1	54.0	178.7	163.3	15.8	35.8

Like all good teams, the 1994 Expos included some players having the best season of their careers. But the 1994 Expos had a core of extremely talented players who put up extremely impressive careers. The next table presents the career records of the players on the 1994 Montreal Expos, as measured by Player won-lost records, ranked by career pWins over replacement level.

Player	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Career Records of 1994 Montreal Expos Sorted by Career pWORL
Pedro J. Martinez	476	192.4	137.8	62.4	83.9	191.6	138.6	61.3	82.9
Larry Walker	1984	269.3	214.7	39.5	63.1	269.2	214.9	39.4	63.0
Moises Alou	1941	258.8	223.3	20.6	44.2	256.5	225.7	16.4	39.9
Marquis Grissom	2164	265.1	245.2	13.1	37.9	256.3	254.0	-4.6	20.2
John Wetteland	618	71.3	47.8	23.1	34.5	65.4	53.6	11.9	23.3
Kirk Rueter	349	117.4	116.7	9.7	24.0	112.8	121.3	1.6	15.8
Jeff Shaw	633	55.2	44.7	10.0	19.7	51.3	48.6	2.5	12.2
Ken Hill	334	118.7	119.5	4.2	19.2	117.0	121.1	1.6	16.6
Cliff Floyd	1617	181.6	170.0	0.9	18.5	184.0	167.6	6.3	23.9
Jeff Fassero	720	118.5	120.8	1.1	18.5	121.4	117.9	7.4	24.8
Mel Rojas	525	44.0	35.5	8.2	16.0	41.3	38.3	3.2	11.0
Rondell White	1472	169.0	162.8	-1.2	15.5	170.6	161.3	1.9	18.7
Wil Cordero	1247	131.4	128.6	0.4	13.4	128.0	132.0	-6.4	6.6
Darrin Fletcher	1241	94.2	98.6	1.0	10.6	93.4	99.4	-0.4	9.2
Mike Lansing	1110	124.4	128.8	-1.9	10.5	123.7	129.5	-3.1	9.3
Randy Milligan	702	66.9	58.2	4.1	10.1	66.6	58.5	3.6	9.6
Sean Berry	858	76.2	71.9	2.4	9.7	74.6	73.5	-0.5	6.8
Gabe White	472	27.9	24.6	3.2	8.3	26.8	25.8	1.0	6.1
Gil Heredia	267	50.3	52.3	-0.8	6.4	52.5	50.2	3.6	10.8
Butch Henry	148	35.9	37.8	-0.2	4.6	36.5	37.3	1.2	6.0
Lenny Webster	586	35.0	37.4	-0.4	3.2	35.1	37.3	-0.1	3.4
Tim Scott	276	14.0	13.9	0.1	2.8	13.5	14.4	-0.9	1.8
Lou Frazier	308	17.5	16.3	0.7	2.5	16.4	17.5	-1.6	0.1
Tim Spehr	363	12.8	13.6	-0.1	1.2	12.7	13.7	-0.3	1.0
Juan Bell	329	24.5	27.4	-2.1	0.4	24.6	27.3	-1.7	0.8
Joey Eischen	327	10.6	12.7	-2.3	0.2	11.5	11.8	-0.4	2.0
Heath Haynes	4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0
Rod Henderson	5	0.5	0.7	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.7	-0.4	-0.3
Brian Looney	7	0.5	1.1	-0.6	-0.4	0.5	1.1	-0.6	-0.4
Freddie Benavides	219	14.3	17.0	-2.4	-0.8	14.3	17.1	-2.4	-0.9
Denis Boucher	35	7.7	10.3	-2.5	-1.3	7.2	10.7	-3.3	-2.2
Jeff Gardner	185	12.9	17.5	-4.4	-2.9	14.3	16.0	-1.5	0.0

The top player on the list, Pedro Martinez, won three Cy Young awards, with serious consideration in at least three other seasons, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The top position player on the list, Larry Walker, won the 1997 National League MVP award and was elected to Baseball Think Factory's Hall of Merit in its 2011 election (Walker's first year of eligibility). And below those two are several other players who had very good major-league careers: Moises Alou batted .303 in over 7,000 career at-bats; Marquis Grissom made two All-Star teams, won three Gold Gloves, and received MVP votes in four seasons (including 1994); Kirk Reuter earned 130 pitching wins in his career and pitched almost 2,000 innings; John Wetteland is 15th all-time in career saves with 330.

Not only did the Montreal Expos have the best record in baseball in 1994, but, according to Baseball-Reference, they had the youngest average age for both batters and pitchers of any team in 1994.

The final table of this section, then, shows the career records of the members of the 1994 Montreal Expos, after 1994, again, ranked by pWins over replacement level.

Player	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Post-1994 Career Records of 1994 Montreal Expos
Pedro J. Martinez	385	175.3	123.9	58.5	77.7	174.8	124.5	58.0	77.3
Larry Walker	1312	177.5	143.5	23.3	39.3	179.4	141.5	27.5	43.4
Moises Alou	1568	213.4	185.3	15.6	35.0	211.3	187.5	11.6	31.0
John Wetteland	370	40.7	23.1	17.0	23.5	36.1	27.7	7.9	14.4
Jeff Shaw	489	44.4	29.9	13.9	21.5	39.9	34.4	5.1	12.8
Kirk Rueter	315	106.1	107.0	7.5	20.4	102.5	110.7	1.0	13.9
Marquis Grissom	1467	172.7	167.7	1.2	18.0	166.7	173.6	-10.7	6.1
Cliff Floyd	1507	171.8	161.0	1.1	17.8	175.0	157.8	8.1	24.8
Rondell White	1410	163.4	158.3	-2.0	14.2	165.3	156.3	2.0	18.2
Jeff Fassero	522	92.6	97.8	-2.7	11.1	94.7	95.7	1.6	15.3
Gabe White	465	26.5	23.1	3.1	8.0	25.5	24.1	1.3	6.2
Ken Hill	164	58.1	59.1	-0.1	7.7	57.5	59.7	-1.1	6.7
Mel Rojas	273	22.2	19.7	2.4	6.6	21.5	20.4	1.1	5.3
Mike Lansing	863	96.2	102.1	-3.4	6.2	95.8	102.4	-4.0	5.7
Sean Berry	570	52.1	49.4	1.0	6.1	51.2	50.3	-0.5	4.5
Darrin Fletcher	871	67.1	72.7	-1.0	6.0	68.3	71.5	1.4	8.4
Gil Heredia	181	39.3	40.6	-0.6	5.0	41.1	38.8	3.2	8.7
Wil Cordero	954	96.1	98.4	-5.9	3.9	94.9	99.5	-8.2	1.6
Butch Henry	66	14.4	13.2	1.7	3.6	14.4	13.1	1.8	3.8
Tim Scott	144	7.7	7.7	-0.0	1.5	7.3	8.0	-0.6	0.9
Lenny Webster	393	24.2	27.1	-1.4	1.1	24.4	26.8	-0.9	1.6
Lou Frazier	121	6.5	6.8	-0.5	0.2	6.3	7.1	-0.9	-0.3
Joey Eischen	326	10.6	12.7	-2.3	0.2	11.5	11.8	-0.4	2.0
Juan Bell	17	0.8	0.9	-0.1	-0.0	0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.2
Tim Spehr	221	7.6	8.9	-0.9	-0.1	7.8	8.7	-0.4	0.4
Rod Henderson	2	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
Brian Looney	3	0.3	0.8	-0.6	-0.5	0.3	0.8	-0.5	-0.4

It's been said before and it will be said again, but it's a damn shame what happened to the Montreal Expos.

Notable Debuts

No players who debuted in 1994 have made the Hall of Fame yet, in part because the player with the best statistical career who debuted in 1994 has not appeared on a Hall-of-Fame ballot yet. There is no question that Alex Rodriguez has the statistical record to merit his Hall-of-Fame induction. There are, however, other reasons why his eventual election is not guaranteed.

Alex Rodriguez's career record, as measured by Player won-lost records, is presented below.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Alex Rodriguez Basic Player Won-Lost Records
										Value Decomposition
1994	SEA	18	17	0.9	2.0	-1.0	-0.9	1.1	1.8	-0.6	-0.4
1995	SEA	19	48	3.8	4.2	-0.1	0.3	3.7	4.3	-0.3	0.1
1996	SEA	20	146	22.5	16.9	6.6	8.5	23.2	16.2	8.1	9.9
1997	SEA	21	141	20.0	17.2	4.0	5.7	19.5	17.6	3.2	5.0
1998	SEA	22	161	23.7	20.4	4.6	6.8	24.2	20.0	5.4	7.6
1999	SEA	23	129	18.3	16.4	2.7	4.4	18.9	15.8	3.9	5.5
2000	SEA	24	148	23.5	15.1	9.3	11.1	22.6	15.9	7.6	9.4
2001	TEX	25	162	22.8	17.6	6.1	8.2	23.9	16.5	8.2	10.3
2002	TEX	26	162	21.8	18.4	4.2	6.3	22.9	17.3	6.2	8.3
2003	TEX	27	161	21.2	18.3	3.6	5.6	22.2	17.3	5.6	7.5
2004	NYA	28	155	21.1	15.4	5.3	7.2	20.1	16.5	3.2	5.0
2005	NYA	29	162	25.5	17.2	8.2	10.1	24.6	18.1	6.4	8.3
2006	NYA	30	154	20.5	17.0	3.1	4.8	20.3	17.2	2.7	4.4
2007	NYA	31	158	25.3	16.3	8.8	10.6	24.4	17.1	7.1	8.9
2008	NYA	32	138	18.2	15.9	2.1	3.7	19.1	15.0	3.8	5.3
2009	NYA	33	124	17.7	13.0	4.7	6.2	17.1	13.6	3.6	5.0
2010	NYA	34	137	18.8	14.4	4.4	6.0	17.8	15.3	2.6	4.2
2011	NYA	35	99	12.1	9.9	2.4	3.5	11.8	10.2	1.8	2.9
2012	NYA	36	122	13.0	12.1	0.6	2.0	13.1	12.0	0.9	2.2
2013	NYA	37	44	4.5	4.3	0.2	0.7	4.4	4.3	0.0	0.5
2015	NYA	39	151	14.4	11.5	2.3	4.1	14.2	11.7	1.9	3.7
2016	NYA	40	65	4.4	5.4	-1.2	-0.5	4.3	5.5	-1.4	-0.8
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CAREER (reg. season)			2,784	373.8	298.7	80.8	114.1	373.3	299.2	79.8	113.1
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PostSeason (career)			76	9.0	8.3		1.6	9.1	8.2		1.8
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COMBINED			2,860	382.8	307.0		115.7	382.4	307.4		114.9

Farewell Seasons

Finally, the 1994 season was the final season for two Hall-of-Famers: Goose Gossage, and Jack Morris. The next table compares their careers, as measured by Player won-lost records.

Season	Games	pWins	pLoss	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLoss	pWOPA	pWORL
	Rich Gossage					Jack Morris
1972	36	4.4	4.2	0.4	1.2
1973	21	1.8	3.9	-2.1	-1.6
1974	39	3.7	5.2	-1.5	-0.8
1975	62	12.0	6.9	5.1	7.1
1976	31	12.8	13.9	-1.0	0.6
1977	72	11.1	7.3	3.6	5.3	7	1.7	2.1	-0.4	-0.1
1978	63	10.2	8.4	1.9	3.6	28	3.9	4.6	-0.8	-0.1
1979	36	4.2	2.9	1.2	1.9	28	11.2	9.0	2.3	3.6
1980	64	9.0	4.5	4.3	5.6	44	14.5	12.5	2.3	3.9
1981	32	4.7	2.4	2.3	2.9	25	11.3	9.4	2.0	3.4
1982	56	8.7	4.8	3.4	4.7	37	16.2	16.8	-0.2	1.8
1983	57	8.8	6.2	2.3	3.7	44	15.7	14.9	1.1	3.0
1984	62	9.4	5.9	3.4	4.8	35	15.4	13.4	2.2	3.9
1985	50	7.2	3.2	3.9	5.0	36	16.6	11.9	4.9	6.7
1986	45	6.7	6.6	0.1	1.3	35	16.9	13.2	3.9	5.7
1987	40	4.0	3.3	0.5	1.2	36	16.7	13.9	3.1	5.0
1988	46	3.0	3.7	-0.7	-0.1	34	14.4	14.1	0.4	2.2
1989	42	1.5	2.0	-0.6	-0.3	24	8.8	12.1	-3.1	-1.8
1990						36	13.2	16.3	-2.9	-1.1
1991	44	2.0	2.6	-0.7	-0.3	35	15.2	14.6	0.8	2.7
1992	30	1.5	1.6	-0.1	0.2	34	14.5	10.9	3.7	5.4
1993	39	2.2	2.1	0.0	0.4	27	8.5	11.4	-2.8	-1.6
1994	36	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.9	23	7.9	8.1	-0.1	1.0
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CAREER RECORDS	1,003	130.4	102.2	26.3	47.4	568	222.8	209.0	16.4	43.6

Article last updated: December 1, 2019

Wins over positional average and replacement level are calculated using data only for the 1994 season. Positional averages for starting pitching and relief pitching are calculated using single-year data for all starting pitchers and all relief pitchers.

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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