1996 American League

1996 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1996 National League 1996 Major Leagues

1996 American League Leaders and Trailers
1996 Postseason
1996 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
Cleveland Indians	161.0	99.0	62.0	260.0	223.0	36.4
New York Yankees	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	20.8
Texas Rangers	163.0	90.5	72.5	253.5	235.5	17.4
Baltimore Orioles	163.0	88.5	74.5	251.5	237.5	13.2
Seattle Mariners	161.0	85.0	76.0	246.0	237.0	8.8
Boston Red Sox	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.4
Chicago White Sox	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.2
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.8
Minnesota Twins	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.6
Oakland Athletics	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.6
Kansas City Royals	161.0	75.0	86.0	236.0	247.0	-11.2
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.6
California Angels	161.0	70.0	91.0	231.0	252.0	-21.8
Detroit Tigers	162.0	53.0	109.0	215.0	271.0	-57.0

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
Cleveland Indians	251.9	231.1	20.8	49.0
Seattle Mariners	247.5	235.5	12.0	40.6
Baltimore Orioles	249.6	239.4	9.6	38.2
Texas Rangers	249.2	239.8	9.3	37.9
Chicago White Sox	247.1	238.9	8.1	36.7
New York Yankees	247.1	238.9	7.0	35.6
Boston Red Sox	243.7	242.3	1.0	29.6
Toronto Blue Jays	243.0	243.0	-0.5	28.0
Oakland Athletics	241.7	244.3	-3.1	25.5
Kansas City Royals	240.0	243.0	-2.9	25.4
Milwaukee Brewers	241.6	244.4	-3.4	25.3
Minnesota Twins	240.7	245.3	-5.2	23.5
California Angels	236.1	246.9	-11.3	17.2
Detroit Tigers	229.0	257.0	-28.9	-0.1


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Seattle Mariners	121.9	109.6	0.526	12.2
Cleveland Indians	120.5	112.0	0.518	8.5
Baltimore Orioles	118.6	112.3	0.514	6.3
Texas Rangers	115.4	110.4	0.511	4.9
Chicago White Sox	115.8	112.9	0.506	2.9
Oakland Athletics	114.3	113.0	0.503	1.3
Boston Red Sox	113.1	111.8	0.503	1.3
New York Yankees	114.2	115.1	0.498	-1.0
Milwaukee Brewers	110.6	111.7	0.498	-1.1
Minnesota Twins	110.5	114.0	0.492	-3.5
California Angels	107.2	111.5	0.490	-4.2
Detroit Tigers	102.3	108.8	0.485	-6.5
Toronto Blue Jays	109.9	116.7	0.485	-6.8
Kansas City Royals	105.2	113.7	0.481	-8.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Seattle Mariners	8.9	7.8	0.533	1.1
Toronto Blue Jays	9.0	8.1	0.527	0.9
Milwaukee Brewers	10.0	9.6	0.512	0.5
Chicago White Sox	9.6	9.2	0.511	0.4
Cleveland Indians	9.7	9.3	0.510	0.4
Texas Rangers	8.5	8.4	0.502	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	8.0	8.1	0.499	-0.0
Minnesota Twins	9.7	9.7	0.499	-0.1
New York Yankees	8.7	8.8	0.497	-0.1
Detroit Tigers	8.2	8.4	0.493	-0.2
Boston Red Sox	7.9	8.2	0.492	-0.2
Oakland Athletics	7.1	7.4	0.488	-0.4
California Angels	8.1	8.5	0.487	-0.4
Kansas City Royals	10.1	11.1	0.477	-1.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	83.6	72.1	0.537	11.6
Cleveland Indians	78.7	68.7	0.534	10.0
Chicago White Sox	80.5	74.7	0.518	5.7
Toronto Blue Jays	82.8	77.4	0.517	5.3
Kansas City Royals	81.4	76.5	0.516	4.9
Texas Rangers	80.9	77.6	0.510	3.2
Boston Red Sox	81.3	79.0	0.507	2.3
Baltimore Orioles	80.1	78.3	0.506	1.8
Minnesota Twins	80.1	81.3	0.496	-1.2
Seattle Mariners	75.7	79.2	0.489	-3.5
Milwaukee Brewers	78.3	81.9	0.489	-3.6
Oakland Athletics	76.8	80.6	0.488	-3.8
California Angels	79.3	84.0	0.485	-4.8
Detroit Tigers	76.8	91.8	0.455	-15.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Brewers	43.1	40.9	0.513	2.1
Seattle Mariners	40.8	39.0	0.512	1.8
Texas Rangers	44.5	43.3	0.506	1.1
Baltimore Orioles	42.3	41.3	0.506	1.0
Kansas City Royals	43.0	42.0	0.506	1.0
Oakland Athletics	43.8	42.9	0.505	0.9
California Angels	42.5	42.0	0.503	0.5
Minnesota Twins	40.5	40.2	0.502	0.3
Cleveland Indians	42.0	41.9	0.500	0.1
Toronto Blue Jays	41.1	41.1	0.500	-0.0
Chicago White Sox	40.9	42.4	0.491	-1.5
Boston Red Sox	41.2	43.5	0.486	-2.3
Detroit Tigers	43.3	46.3	0.484	-2.9
New York Yankees	40.0	43.5	0.479	-3.5

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1996 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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