1989 National League

1989 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1989 American League 1989 Major Leagues

1989 National League Leaders and Trailers
1989 Postseason
1989 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
Chicago Cubs	162.0	93.0	69.0	255.0	231.0	23.4
San Francisco Giants	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.9
San Diego Padres	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.8
New York Mets	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	12.1
Houston Astros	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.7
St. Louis Cardinals	164.0	87.0	77.0	251.0	241.0	9.5
Montreal Expos	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	0.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	160.0	77.0	83.0	237.0	243.0	-5.9
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	164.0	75.0	89.0	239.0	253.0	-14.2
Philadelphia Phillies	163.0	67.5	95.5	230.5	258.5	-28.6
Atlanta Braves	161.0	63.5	97.5	224.5	258.5	-34.7

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
San Francisco Giants	249.5	236.5	14.4	41.1
New York Mets	247.0	239.0	8.8	35.2
San Diego Padres	246.6	239.4	8.4	34.7
Chicago Cubs	245.5	240.5	5.7	32.4
St. Louis Cardinals	247.8	244.2	3.6	30.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	240.9	239.1	3.2	29.2
Montreal Expos	243.3	242.7	1.5	27.9
Cincinnati Reds	241.3	244.7	-3.1	23.6
Houston Astros	241.1	244.9	-3.4	23.2
Atlanta Braves	239.6	243.4	-3.6	22.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	242.9	249.1	-6.0	21.0
Philadelphia Phillies	238.9	250.1	-10.8	16.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	118.6	108.5	0.522	10.1
New York Mets	113.7	108.4	0.512	5.3
Chicago Cubs	108.8	106.0	0.507	2.8
San Diego Padres	110.7	109.0	0.504	1.7
Philadelphia Phillies	111.6	111.4	0.500	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	109.3	109.5	0.500	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	113.3	114.2	0.498	-0.9
Houston Astros	108.3	109.7	0.497	-1.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	107.6	109.7	0.495	-2.0
Atlanta Braves	105.5	107.5	0.495	-2.1
Montreal Expos	110.2	112.4	0.495	-2.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	108.6	113.5	0.489	-4.9


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	12.4	10.6	0.540	1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	12.4	11.6	0.515	0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.3	11.7	0.512	0.6
San Francisco Giants	11.1	10.5	0.513	0.5
Montreal Expos	12.7	12.5	0.503	0.2
San Diego Padres	11.7	11.6	0.501	0.0
Houston Astros	11.6	11.7	0.496	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	10.7	11.0	0.494	-0.3
Atlanta Braves	9.3	9.7	0.489	-0.4
Cincinnati Reds	10.5	11.0	0.489	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	11.7	12.3	0.488	-0.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.7	11.8	0.475	-1.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Diego Padres	78.7	72.2	0.522	6.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.9	70.6	0.521	6.3
Montreal Expos	76.7	73.0	0.512	3.7
Chicago Cubs	77.8	75.3	0.508	2.6
Atlanta Braves	77.8	76.7	0.504	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	73.6	72.8	0.503	0.8
Houston Astros	77.0	76.7	0.501	0.2
New York Mets	77.5	77.6	0.500	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	77.0	77.3	0.499	-0.2
San Francisco Giants	74.9	76.4	0.495	-1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	75.8	78.7	0.490	-3.0
Philadelphia Phillies	71.9	78.4	0.478	-6.5


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	45.1	40.9	0.524	4.1
St. Louis Cardinals	48.7	45.6	0.516	3.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.9	43.0	0.511	1.9
New York Mets	43.5	42.4	0.506	1.0
Chicago Cubs	47.2	46.8	0.502	0.4
Montreal Expos	43.8	44.7	0.495	-0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.5	48.6	0.495	-1.0
Houston Astros	44.8	46.1	0.493	-1.3
San Diego Padres	45.4	46.7	0.493	-1.4
Cincinnati Reds	44.8	46.5	0.490	-1.8
Atlanta Braves	47.3	49.2	0.490	-1.8
Philadelphia Phillies	46.0	48.0	0.490	-1.9

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1989 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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