1955 National League

1955 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1955 American League 1955 Major Leagues

1955 National League Leaders and Trailers
1955 Postseason
1955 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	98.5	55.5	252.5	209.5	42.9
Milwaukee Braves	154.0	85.0	69.0	239.0	223.0	15.7
New York Giants	154.0	80.0	74.0	234.0	228.0	5.1
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	77.0	77.0	231.0	231.0	-0.6
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	75.0	79.0	229.0	233.0	-4.7
Chicago Cubs	154.0	72.5	81.5	226.5	235.5	-9.1
St. Louis Cardinals	154.0	68.0	86.0	222.0	240.0	-18.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	60.0	94.0	214.0	248.0	-34.3

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
Brooklyn Dodgers	240.1	221.9	18.9	45.3
Cincinnati Reds	236.0	226.0	9.8	36.2
Milwaukee Braves	234.9	227.1	8.5	34.8
New York Giants	233.3	228.7	4.5	31.1
Philadelphia Phillies	232.2	229.8	2.3	28.4
Chicago Cubs	228.5	233.5	-4.6	21.9
St. Louis Cardinals	227.5	234.5	-7.1	19.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	221.5	240.5	-17.8	8.5


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	115.7	102.6	0.530	13.1
Milwaukee Braves	107.5	101.6	0.514	5.8
Cincinnati Reds	112.7	110.2	0.506	2.6
New York Giants	109.7	107.7	0.505	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	109.1	109.6	0.499	-0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	102.5	105.9	0.492	-3.4
Chicago Cubs	101.2	105.6	0.489	-4.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	96.9	108.1	0.473	-11.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	10.3	8.7	0.542	1.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	10.1	8.7	0.537	1.4
Cincinnati Reds	9.8	8.4	0.538	1.4
Philadelphia Phillies	8.7	8.6	0.503	0.1
St. Louis Cardinals	9.1	9.4	0.492	-0.3
Chicago Cubs	7.5	7.9	0.487	-0.4
Milwaukee Braves	8.6	9.2	0.483	-0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	7.7	8.5	0.474	-0.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	71.9	66.1	0.521	5.8
Chicago Cubs	78.1	76.1	0.506	2.0
Milwaukee Braves	73.4	71.9	0.505	1.5
Philadelphia Phillies	73.7	72.2	0.505	1.5
New York Giants	71.4	70.8	0.502	0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	72.2	72.9	0.498	-0.7
Brooklyn Dodgers	72.6	74.2	0.494	-1.6
St. Louis Cardinals	73.8	76.4	0.492	-2.5


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Brooklyn Dodgers	41.4	36.8	0.530	4.7
Milwaukee Braves	45.3	44.4	0.505	1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	40.3	39.7	0.504	0.6
New York Giants	42.0	41.5	0.503	0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	42.4	42.5	0.499	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	40.9	41.9	0.494	-1.0
Chicago Cubs	41.7	43.8	0.488	-2.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.1	49.6	0.482	-3.5

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1955 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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