1980 American League

1980 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1980 National League 1980 Major Leagues

1980 American League Leaders and Trailers
1980 Postseason
1980 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 Yankees	162.0	103.0	59.0	265.0	221.0	43.5
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	100.0	62.0	262.0	224.0	38.0
Kansas City Royals	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	31.5
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.8
Detroit Tigers	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	5.9
Boston Red Sox	160.0	83.0	77.0	243.0	237.0	5.8
Oakland Athletics	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.6
Cleveland Indians	160.0	79.0	81.0	239.0	241.0	-2.5
Minnesota Twins	161.0	77.0	84.0	238.0	245.0	-6.9
Texas Rangers	163.0	77.0	86.0	240.0	249.0	-9.4
Chicago White Sox	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.6
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-27.9
California Angels	160.0	65.0	95.0	225.0	255.0	-30.8
Seattle Mariners	163.0	59.5	103.5	222.5	266.5	-44.7

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
New York Yankees	252.7	233.3	20.6	47.8
Baltimore Orioles	248.5	237.5	13.0	40.3
Milwaukee Brewers	248.5	237.5	12.1	39.1
Detroit Tigers	249.9	239.1	10.7	38.1
Kansas City Royals	247.7	238.3	9.6	36.7
Oakland Athletics	246.7	239.3	7.2	34.1
Boston Red Sox	242.2	237.8	4.0	30.9
Texas Rangers	243.5	245.5	-1.9	25.6
Minnesota Twins	240.2	242.8	-2.1	24.9
Cleveland Indians	238.8	241.2	-2.8	24.2
California Angels	235.7	244.3	-9.7	17.4
Toronto Blue Jays	237.0	249.0	-11.9	15.5
Chicago White Sox	236.7	249.3	-13.3	14.2
Seattle Mariners	234.6	254.4	-20.9	6.4


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Brewers	119.7	107.2	0.528	12.5
New York Yankees	119.7	109.7	0.522	10.0
Detroit Tigers	118.9	112.4	0.514	6.6
Baltimore Orioles	116.4	109.9	0.514	6.5
Boston Red Sox	112.9	107.1	0.513	5.8
Kansas City Royals	112.3	108.5	0.509	3.8
Texas Rangers	114.0	112.9	0.502	1.1
Cleveland Indians	107.5	107.1	0.501	0.3
Oakland Athletics	107.0	107.8	0.498	-0.8
California Angels	109.0	112.0	0.493	-3.0
Toronto Blue Jays	102.4	109.8	0.483	-7.4
Minnesota Twins	104.2	113.6	0.478	-9.4
Chicago White Sox	102.4	112.0	0.478	-9.6
Seattle Mariners	103.9	117.3	0.470	-13.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Kansas City Royals	13.5	10.1	0.572	3.4
Minnesota Twins	10.3	9.2	0.528	1.1
Oakland Athletics	13.2	12.2	0.519	1.0
Cleveland Indians	12.4	11.5	0.519	0.9
Detroit Tigers	12.3	11.4	0.518	0.9
New York Yankees	10.7	10.0	0.516	0.7
Milwaukee Brewers	10.6	10.0	0.516	0.7
Chicago White Sox	9.8	9.7	0.501	0.0
Baltimore Orioles	10.8	11.1	0.493	-0.3
Seattle Mariners	10.4	10.7	0.492	-0.4
Texas Rangers	10.0	10.5	0.489	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	9.0	9.6	0.486	-0.5
California Angels	9.8	10.7	0.477	-1.0
Toronto Blue Jays	8.5	10.2	0.455	-1.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	77.5	67.6	0.534	9.8
Minnesota Twins	77.0	72.6	0.515	4.4
Baltimore Orioles	77.2	73.5	0.512	3.7
Oakland Athletics	79.6	76.0	0.512	3.6
Detroit Tigers	73.8	72.8	0.504	1.1
Texas Rangers	74.2	74.2	0.500	-0.0
Chicago White Sox	76.8	77.1	0.499	-0.3
Boston Red Sox	73.0	73.3	0.499	-0.3
Kansas City Royals	73.4	73.8	0.499	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	76.6	77.5	0.497	-1.0
Milwaukee Brewers	72.4	73.8	0.495	-1.4
California Angels	71.9	73.9	0.493	-2.0
Toronto Blue Jays	76.3	78.6	0.493	-2.3
Seattle Mariners	73.4	76.6	0.489	-3.2


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Oakland Athletics	46.1	44.0	0.512	2.1
Baltimore Orioles	44.6	42.6	0.512	2.0
Kansas City Royals	48.2	46.2	0.511	2.0
Minnesota Twins	48.7	47.2	0.508	1.5
Detroit Tigers	44.3	43.1	0.507	1.1
Toronto Blue Jays	50.2	49.9	0.501	0.3
Milwaukee Brewers	45.9	46.3	0.498	-0.3
Boston Red Sox	47.0	48.2	0.494	-1.1
Seattle Mariners	47.6	49.2	0.492	-1.6
New York Yankees	44.4	46.3	0.490	-1.8
California Angels	45.4	47.3	0.490	-1.9
Texas Rangers	45.5	47.6	0.489	-2.1
Chicago White Sox	47.9	50.2	0.489	-2.2
Cleveland Indians	42.5	44.9	0.487	-2.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1980 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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