1979 National League

1979 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1979 American League 1979 Major Leagues

1979 National League Leaders and Trailers
1979 Postseason
1979 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
Pittsburgh Pirates	163.0	98.5	64.5	261.5	227.5	33.8
Montreal Expos	160.0	95.0	65.0	255.0	225.0	29.5
Cincinnati Reds	161.0	90.0	71.0	251.0	232.0	18.6
Houston Astros	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.7
St. Louis Cardinals	163.0	86.5	76.5	249.5	239.5	10.2
Philadelphia Phillies	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	5.9
Chicago Cubs	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.3
San Francisco Giants	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.8
San Diego Padres	161.0	68.0	93.0	229.0	254.0	-25.3
Atlanta Braves	160.0	66.0	94.0	226.0	254.0	-28.0
New York Mets	163.0	63.5	99.5	226.5	262.5	-36.9

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
Pittsburgh Pirates	250.8	238.2	13.7	40.7
Cincinnati Reds	248.1	234.9	13.7	40.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	248.3	237.7	11.5	37.9
Montreal Expos	244.2	235.8	9.0	35.1
Houston Astros	245.6	240.4	5.9	32.4
St. Louis Cardinals	246.5	242.5	5.1	31.7
Philadelphia Phillies	245.3	243.7	2.5	28.9
Chicago Cubs	242.8	243.2	-0.5	26.1
San Diego Padres	237.8	245.2	-6.1	20.4
Atlanta Braves	235.9	244.1	-7.6	18.6
San Francisco Giants	237.0	249.0	-12.4	14.4
New York Mets	237.5	251.5	-13.9	13.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	115.5	107.0	0.519	8.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	116.8	109.2	0.517	7.6
San Francisco Giants	109.7	104.0	0.513	5.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	115.2	110.4	0.511	4.8
Philadelphia Phillies	115.6	113.3	0.505	2.3
Montreal Expos	110.6	108.9	0.504	1.7
Chicago Cubs	112.3	111.5	0.502	0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	111.8	111.4	0.501	0.4
Atlanta Braves	107.4	109.4	0.495	-2.0
San Diego Padres	104.4	108.3	0.491	-4.0
Houston Astros	101.8	108.7	0.484	-6.9
New York Mets	104.5	112.4	0.482	-7.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	15.1	13.9	0.521	1.2
Atlanta Braves	11.3	10.1	0.528	1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.3	11.3	0.521	1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.2	9.3	0.521	0.8
Cincinnati Reds	11.4	10.6	0.518	0.8
Montreal Expos	11.9	11.2	0.516	0.8
Chicago Cubs	10.8	10.6	0.504	0.2
San Francisco Giants	10.8	10.8	0.499	-0.0
San Diego Padres	10.4	10.9	0.487	-0.5
New York Mets	11.9	12.6	0.486	-0.7
St. Louis Cardinals	10.9	11.8	0.481	-0.9
Philadelphia Phillies	10.4	12.2	0.459	-1.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	80.8	72.7	0.526	8.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	77.2	71.8	0.518	5.4
Montreal Expos	75.1	71.3	0.513	3.8
St. Louis Cardinals	75.8	72.1	0.513	3.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	75.1	73.0	0.507	2.0
Cincinnati Reds	73.6	71.6	0.507	2.0
Chicago Cubs	73.4	72.3	0.504	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	73.1	73.0	0.500	0.1
San Diego Padres	73.9	75.1	0.496	-1.3
Atlanta Braves	73.3	74.8	0.495	-1.5
New York Mets	74.3	78.6	0.486	-4.3
San Francisco Giants	72.0	85.4	0.457	-13.4


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Montreal Expos	46.8	44.3	0.514	2.5
Houston Astros	47.5	45.5	0.511	2.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.1	44.8	0.507	1.3
Philadelphia Phillies	46.3	45.0	0.507	1.2
St. Louis Cardinals	48.1	47.0	0.506	1.1
Cincinnati Reds	47.2	46.1	0.506	1.1
New York Mets	47.9	46.9	0.505	1.0
San Diego Padres	50.0	50.0	0.500	0.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	45.9	46.5	0.496	-0.7
San Francisco Giants	46.0	47.4	0.493	-1.4
Chicago Cubs	46.5	48.6	0.489	-2.1
Atlanta Braves	44.4	49.2	0.474	-4.8

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1979 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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