1981 National League

1981 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1981 American League 1981 Major Leagues

1981 National League Leaders and Trailers
1981 Postseason
1981 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
Cincinnati Reds	108.0	66.0	42.0	174.0	150.0	23.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	110.0	63.0	47.0	173.0	157.0	16.3
St. Louis Cardinals	103.0	59.5	43.5	162.5	146.5	15.8
Montreal Expos	108.0	60.0	48.0	168.0	156.0	11.9
Houston Astros	110.0	61.0	49.0	171.0	159.0	11.7
Philadelphia Phillies	107.0	59.0	48.0	166.0	155.0	10.8
San Francisco Giants	111.0	56.0	55.0	167.0	166.0	0.7
Atlanta Braves	107.0	50.5	56.5	157.5	163.5	-6.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.0	46.5	56.5	149.5	159.5	-9.9
New York Mets	105.0	42.0	63.0	147.0	168.0	-21.9
Chicago Cubs	106.0	39.5	66.5	145.5	172.5	-28.0
San Diego Padres	110.0	41.0	69.0	151.0	179.0	-28.3

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
Los Angeles Dodgers	169.9	160.1	10.8	29.3
Houston Astros	169.5	160.5	9.4	27.8
Montreal Expos	166.5	157.5	9.2	27.2
Cincinnati Reds	165.8	158.2	8.2	26.4
St. Louis Cardinals	157.1	151.9	5.9	23.3
Philadelphia Phillies	161.6	159.4	2.8	20.6
San Francisco Giants	166.3	166.7	-0.2	18.7
Atlanta Braves	159.6	161.4	-1.5	16.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	153.2	155.8	-2.4	15.2
New York Mets	153.8	161.2	-8.1	9.9
San Diego Padres	159.8	170.2	-10.8	8.0
Chicago Cubs	152.4	165.6	-13.3	5.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Phillies	78.3	73.7	0.515	4.6
Cincinnati Reds	75.2	70.9	0.515	4.3
St. Louis Cardinals	72.3	68.5	0.513	3.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.3	72.9	0.511	3.4
Houston Astros	76.8	75.5	0.504	1.3
San Francisco Giants	73.0	72.6	0.501	0.4
Montreal Expos	73.6	73.5	0.500	0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	67.4	67.6	0.499	-0.3
Atlanta Braves	70.1	72.4	0.492	-2.4
New York Mets	69.0	71.5	0.491	-2.5
San Diego Padres	69.9	73.6	0.487	-3.7
Chicago Cubs	66.6	70.3	0.486	-3.7


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Montreal Expos	10.0	8.8	0.533	1.2
Cincinnati Reds	8.8	7.7	0.534	1.1
Atlanta Braves	8.6	7.8	0.524	0.8
New York Mets	8.7	8.0	0.521	0.7
San Francisco Giants	9.7	9.2	0.514	0.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	8.9	8.4	0.513	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	7.8	7.4	0.514	0.4
Houston Astros	8.7	8.4	0.509	0.3
St. Louis Cardinals	8.2	8.3	0.498	-0.1
Chicago Cubs	6.0	6.5	0.478	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	8.1	9.2	0.467	-1.2
San Diego Padres	7.9	9.7	0.448	-1.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	51.5	45.0	0.534	6.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	52.6	47.3	0.526	5.2
Montreal Expos	49.2	45.3	0.521	4.0
Cincinnati Reds	51.4	48.5	0.515	2.9
St. Louis Cardinals	45.2	44.4	0.504	0.8
San Francisco Giants	51.7	51.2	0.502	0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	46.6	46.6	0.500	-0.0
Atlanta Braves	48.2	48.3	0.499	-0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.3	48.4	0.489	-2.1
New York Mets	45.9	49.3	0.482	-3.4
San Diego Padres	47.9	52.5	0.477	-4.6
Chicago Cubs	48.4	54.8	0.469	-6.4


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Montreal Expos	32.9	30.7	0.517	2.2
St. Louis Cardinals	31.7	30.5	0.509	1.1
San Diego Padres	34.6	33.8	0.506	0.9
Atlanta Braves	33.2	32.5	0.505	0.7
Houston Astros	31.9	32.1	0.498	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	31.8	32.2	0.497	-0.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	31.6	32.1	0.496	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	32.2	33.1	0.494	-0.8
Philadelphia Phillies	28.8	29.7	0.493	-0.9
New York Mets	30.9	31.8	0.493	-0.9
Cincinnati Reds	30.1	31.3	0.491	-1.1
San Francisco Giants	32.1	33.5	0.489	-1.4

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1981 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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