1974 American League

1974 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1974 National League 1974 Major Leagues

1974 American League Leaders and Trailers
1974 Postseason
1974 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
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.0
Oakland Athletics	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.3
New York Yankees	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	14.9
Texas Rangers	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	6.6
Boston Red Sox	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.3
Minnesota Twins	163.0	82.5	80.5	245.5	243.5	1.2
Chicago White Sox	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-1.1
Cleveland Indians	162.0	77.5	84.5	239.5	246.5	-8.0
Kansas City Royals	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.5
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.5
Detroit Tigers	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.9
California Angels	163.0	68.5	94.5	231.5	257.5	-26.2

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
Oakland Athletics	250.5	235.5	15.6	42.6
Texas Rangers	244.2	238.8	5.0	31.9
Baltimore Orioles	245.8	240.2	4.6	31.7
Boston Red Sox	245.2	240.8	4.0	30.8
Minnesota Twins	246.6	242.4	3.5	30.8
New York Yankees	244.7	241.3	2.3	29.3
Chicago White Sox	244.9	244.1	0.8	28.4
Kansas City Royals	243.7	242.3	0.8	28.0
Milwaukee Brewers	241.3	244.7	-3.8	23.5
Cleveland Indians	241.0	245.0	-4.9	22.4
California Angels	241.8	247.2	-5.6	21.6
Detroit Tigers	237.4	248.6	-12.3	15.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Oakland Athletics	114.3	109.3	0.511	5.0
Texas Rangers	110.4	106.2	0.510	4.2
Chicago White Sox	110.5	107.1	0.508	3.4
Boston Red Sox	114.8	112.2	0.506	2.6
Minnesota Twins	117.4	115.0	0.505	2.4
Baltimore Orioles	109.9	109.2	0.502	0.7
New York Yankees	110.3	111.0	0.498	-0.7
California Angels	108.1	109.5	0.497	-1.5
Cleveland Indians	106.8	108.2	0.497	-1.5
Milwaukee Brewers	109.5	111.4	0.496	-1.9
Kansas City Royals	107.6	110.0	0.495	-2.4
Detroit Tigers	107.5	112.1	0.489	-4.6


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	13.4	11.6	0.536	1.8
Oakland Athletics	14.1	12.8	0.524	1.3
Detroit Tigers	9.8	8.5	0.534	1.2
Milwaukee Brewers	11.2	10.6	0.515	0.7
Minnesota Twins	10.5	10.0	0.514	0.6
Texas Rangers	11.6	11.1	0.510	0.4
California Angels	12.3	12.2	0.502	0.1
New York Yankees	10.2	10.1	0.501	0.0
Boston Red Sox	11.5	11.5	0.500	0.0
Kansas City Royals	11.6	11.8	0.496	-0.2
Cleveland Indians	11.1	12.0	0.482	-0.8
Chicago White Sox	10.0	11.0	0.476	-1.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Oakland Athletics	74.3	68.1	0.522	6.2
Kansas City Royals	75.0	71.3	0.513	3.7
Texas Rangers	76.9	73.5	0.511	3.4
New York Yankees	75.4	72.6	0.510	2.8
Boston Red Sox	74.3	71.9	0.508	2.4
Chicago White Sox	78.5	76.8	0.506	1.8
Baltimore Orioles	75.2	74.2	0.504	1.1
Minnesota Twins	72.7	72.4	0.501	0.3
California Angels	76.6	77.6	0.497	-1.0
Cleveland Indians	74.0	75.5	0.495	-1.6
Milwaukee Brewers	72.2	75.6	0.488	-3.4
Detroit Tigers	75.8	81.8	0.481	-6.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Brewers	48.9	46.6	0.512	2.3
Oakland Athletics	47.5	45.8	0.509	1.7
Baltimore Orioles	47.1	45.4	0.509	1.6
New York Yankees	48.6	47.8	0.504	0.8
Minnesota Twins	45.6	45.3	0.502	0.3
Detroit Tigers	45.1	45.4	0.499	-0.3
Cleveland Indians	49.1	49.4	0.499	-0.3
Kansas City Royals	49.1	49.5	0.498	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	44.2	45.6	0.493	-1.3
Chicago White Sox	46.1	49.0	0.485	-2.8
California Angels	44.8	47.9	0.483	-3.1
Texas Rangers	44.9	48.4	0.481	-3.5

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1974 American 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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