1986 National League

1986 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1986 American League 1986 Major Leagues

1986 National League Leaders and Trailers
1986 Postseason
1986 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
New York Mets	162.0	108.0	54.0	270.0	216.0	54.3
Houston Astros	162.0	96.0	66.0	258.0	228.0	29.5
Philadelphia Phillies	161.0	86.0	75.0	247.0	236.0	10.3
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	10.0
San Francisco Giants	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.4
St. Louis Cardinals	161.0	79.0	82.0	240.0	243.0	-3.3
Montreal Expos	161.0	78.0	83.0	239.0	244.0	-6.2
San Diego Padres	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-15.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-15.7
Atlanta Braves	161.0	72.0	89.0	233.0	250.0	-16.9
Chicago Cubs	160.0	70.0	90.0	230.0	250.0	-20.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	64.0	98.0	226.0	260.0	-34.6

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
New York Mets	254.1	231.9	23.4	49.6
Houston Astros	248.7	237.3	13.0	39.6
Cincinnati Reds	245.8	240.2	6.3	32.8
San Francisco Giants	245.3	240.7	4.3	30.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	244.7	241.3	4.0	30.4
Philadelphia Phillies	242.3	240.7	2.2	28.6
Montreal Expos	241.1	241.9	-0.7	25.7
Atlanta Braves	239.1	243.9	-3.7	22.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	240.6	245.4	-5.1	21.3
Chicago Cubs	237.0	243.0	-5.3	21.0
St. Louis Cardinals	238.9	244.1	-5.1	21.0
San Diego Padres	237.6	248.4	-10.3	16.5


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	117.5	106.7	0.524	10.8
Philadelphia Phillies	110.1	103.9	0.515	6.2
Cincinnati Reds	112.8	108.7	0.509	4.1
San Francisco Giants	114.4	111.9	0.505	2.5
San Diego Padres	111.3	109.4	0.504	1.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	105.4	104.5	0.502	0.9
Atlanta Braves	109.2	108.6	0.501	0.6
Houston Astros	111.9	111.8	0.500	0.1
Chicago Cubs	105.4	106.1	0.498	-0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.3	112.1	0.496	-1.8
Montreal Expos	105.4	108.0	0.494	-2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	100.9	112.7	0.472	-11.9


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	12.7	9.9	0.560	2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	14.0	12.5	0.529	1.6
Houston Astros	12.9	12.2	0.513	0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	10.7	10.1	0.515	0.6
Chicago Cubs	11.2	11.0	0.505	0.2
New York Mets	12.0	11.9	0.501	0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.8	12.7	0.501	0.1
San Diego Padres	11.0	11.5	0.487	-0.6
Montreal Expos	12.8	13.5	0.487	-0.7
San Francisco Giants	13.0	13.7	0.487	-0.7
Atlanta Braves	10.4	11.2	0.482	-0.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.5	12.9	0.472	-1.4


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	81.3	70.6	0.535	10.7
New York Mets	78.2	70.1	0.528	8.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	78.6	72.6	0.520	6.0
Montreal Expos	77.0	73.3	0.512	3.7
St. Louis Cardinals	75.1	74.1	0.503	1.0
Cincinnati Reds	75.5	75.6	0.500	-0.1
San Francisco Giants	73.6	73.9	0.499	-0.4
Atlanta Braves	72.5	75.0	0.492	-2.4
Philadelphia Phillies	75.0	77.5	0.492	-2.6
Chicago Cubs	74.4	77.4	0.490	-3.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	72.0	76.5	0.485	-4.5
San Diego Padres	72.7	81.8	0.470	-9.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.9	44.8	0.522	4.1
San Francisco Giants	44.3	41.3	0.518	3.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.5	44.0	0.509	1.6
New York Mets	45.4	44.1	0.507	1.3
San Diego Padres	44.3	44.0	0.501	0.2
Houston Astros	42.3	43.0	0.496	-0.6
Cincinnati Reds	45.1	45.7	0.496	-0.7
Chicago Cubs	46.9	47.6	0.496	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	47.4	48.3	0.496	-0.8
Atlanta Braves	47.6	48.5	0.495	-0.9
Montreal Expos	46.0	47.0	0.495	-1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	48.2	52.3	0.479	-4.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1986 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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