1966 National League

1966 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1966 American League 1966 Major Leagues

1966 National League Leaders and Trailers
1966 Postseason
1966 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
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	27.7
San Francisco Giants	161.0	93.0	68.0	254.0	229.0	24.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.5
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	12.1
Atlanta Braves	163.0	85.5	77.5	248.5	240.5	7.6
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.0
Cincinnati Reds	160.0	76.0	84.0	236.0	244.0	-8.6
Houston Astros	163.0	72.5	90.5	235.5	253.5	-18.8
New York Mets	161.0	66.0	95.0	227.0	256.0	-29.4
Chicago Cubs	162.0	59.0	103.0	221.0	265.0	-44.0

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
Los Angeles Dodgers	251.2	234.8	17.2	43.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	250.0	236.0	14.3	41.2
Atlanta Braves	251.0	238.0	13.5	40.6
San Francisco Giants	246.0	237.0	10.4	37.0
Philadelphia Phillies	246.0	240.0	6.7	33.3
St. Louis Cardinals	243.2	242.8	0.1	26.8
Cincinnati Reds	237.8	242.2	-3.9	22.9
Houston Astros	242.4	246.6	-4.3	22.6
Chicago Cubs	234.8	251.2	-15.9	11.1
New York Mets	231.3	251.7	-20.1	6.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	116.4	105.7	0.524	10.7
Atlanta Braves	115.5	104.9	0.524	10.6
San Francisco Giants	112.5	107.9	0.510	4.6
Philadelphia Phillies	114.7	110.9	0.508	3.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	116.6	115.8	0.502	0.8
Houston Astros	110.4	111.4	0.498	-1.0
Chicago Cubs	104.8	108.4	0.492	-3.6
St. Louis Cardinals	106.8	112.2	0.488	-5.4
Cincinnati Reds	107.6	113.2	0.487	-5.5
New York Mets	102.5	110.5	0.481	-8.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Phillies	11.6	9.8	0.542	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	10.7	10.0	0.517	0.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.3	10.7	0.514	0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	11.8	11.2	0.512	0.6
New York Mets	10.3	9.8	0.513	0.5
Atlanta Braves	11.3	11.2	0.502	0.1
Houston Astros	11.6	11.5	0.501	0.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.6	12.0	0.490	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	10.5	11.3	0.480	-0.9
San Francisco Giants	9.4	10.4	0.474	-1.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.9	64.0	0.546	12.9
San Francisco Giants	78.9	74.1	0.516	4.8
Cincinnati Reds	78.9	74.8	0.513	4.1
St. Louis Cardinals	75.8	74.3	0.505	1.5
Atlanta Braves	75.8	74.6	0.504	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	73.6	72.9	0.503	0.7
Houston Astros	74.5	74.3	0.501	0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.4	73.4	0.500	-0.1
Chicago Cubs	75.0	80.7	0.482	-5.6
New York Mets	70.0	83.0	0.457	-13.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.8	45.0	0.520	3.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	48.4	45.1	0.518	3.3
New York Mets	49.9	47.0	0.515	2.9
Atlanta Braves	48.3	47.4	0.505	0.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	45.4	45.2	0.501	0.2
San Francisco Giants	44.7	45.1	0.498	-0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	45.7	46.7	0.494	-1.0
Cincinnati Reds	41.2	43.7	0.486	-2.4
Houston Astros	46.2	49.0	0.485	-2.8
Chicago Cubs	45.3	49.9	0.476	-4.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1966 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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