1978 National League

1978 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1978 American League 1978 Major Leagues

1978 National League Leaders and Trailers
1978 Postseason
1978 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	28.0
Cincinnati Reds	161.0	92.0	69.0	253.0	230.0	22.6
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.6
San Francisco Giants	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	161.0	88.0	73.0	249.0	234.0	15.1
San Diego Padres	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.8
Chicago Cubs	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.9
Montreal Expos	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.2
Houston Astros	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.2
Atlanta Braves	162.0	69.0	93.0	231.0	255.0	-24.1
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	69.0	93.0	231.0	255.0	-24.8
New York Mets	162.0	66.0	96.0	228.0	258.0	-30.8

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	251.6	234.4	18.2	44.2
Philadelphia Phillies	250.3	235.7	15.2	41.2
San Francisco Giants	247.8	238.2	10.5	36.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	243.9	239.1	6.1	32.3
San Diego Padres	244.9	241.1	4.6	30.9
Cincinnati Reds	243.4	239.6	4.1	30.4
Montreal Expos	243.7	242.3	1.8	28.0
Houston Astros	241.0	245.0	-3.5	22.6
New York Mets	241.1	244.9	-4.1	22.4
Chicago Cubs	238.5	247.5	-9.1	17.5
Atlanta Braves	237.3	248.7	-10.3	16.1
St. Louis Cardinals	235.7	250.3	-14.7	11.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	118.8	106.7	0.527	12.1
Cincinnati Reds	114.7	107.7	0.516	6.9
Philadelphia Phillies	116.0	110.7	0.512	5.3
San Francisco Giants	113.0	109.2	0.509	3.8
San Diego Padres	105.2	104.1	0.503	1.1
Montreal Expos	108.5	108.9	0.499	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	110.1	111.6	0.497	-1.5
Houston Astros	109.3	111.6	0.495	-2.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.2	105.7	0.494	-2.5
New York Mets	106.8	110.5	0.492	-3.6
Atlanta Braves	104.7	109.0	0.490	-4.3
St. Louis Cardinals	105.8	113.2	0.483	-7.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	13.9	11.5	0.546	2.4
Philadelphia Phillies	13.0	11.8	0.524	1.2
Montreal Expos	11.6	10.5	0.526	1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	13.6	12.6	0.518	1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	12.1	11.5	0.512	0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	10.5	10.9	0.490	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	11.1	11.8	0.485	-0.7
San Diego Padres	12.6	13.4	0.486	-0.7
Cincinnati Reds	12.5	13.2	0.486	-0.7
New York Mets	11.4	12.3	0.480	-0.9
San Francisco Giants	11.6	12.7	0.477	-1.1
Atlanta Braves	10.5	11.6	0.474	-1.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	79.2	70.8	0.528	8.4
San Francisco Giants	74.7	67.9	0.524	6.8
San Diego Padres	74.7	70.4	0.515	4.3
Philadelphia Phillies	73.9	69.7	0.515	4.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	72.6	69.9	0.510	2.7
Houston Astros	72.9	73.5	0.498	-0.5
New York Mets	74.3	74.9	0.498	-0.6
Cincinnati Reds	71.7	72.7	0.496	-1.1
Atlanta Braves	76.3	78.1	0.494	-1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	73.1	76.7	0.488	-3.6
Montreal Expos	72.2	77.1	0.483	-5.0
Chicago Cubs	71.2	76.8	0.481	-5.6


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Montreal Expos	51.5	45.7	0.530	5.8
Philadelphia Phillies	47.1	44.0	0.517	3.1
New York Mets	48.9	46.9	0.511	2.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	48.0	46.4	0.509	1.6
Chicago Cubs	46.7	46.6	0.500	0.1
San Francisco Giants	48.3	48.7	0.498	-0.3
San Diego Padres	52.5	53.1	0.497	-0.5
Cincinnati Reds	44.8	45.7	0.495	-0.9
St. Louis Cardinals	47.1	48.5	0.493	-1.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.7	50.0	0.488	-2.3
Atlanta Braves	46.5	49.5	0.484	-3.0
Houston Astros	45.2	48.2	0.484	-3.0

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1978 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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