1984 American League

1984 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1984 National League 1984 Major Leagues

1984 American League Leaders and Trailers
1984 Postseason
1984 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
Detroit Tigers	162.0	104.0	58.0	266.0	220.0	46.1
Toronto Blue Jays	163.0	89.5	73.5	252.5	236.5	15.9
New York Yankees	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.2
Boston Red Sox	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.2
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	8.0
Kansas City Royals	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.3
Minnesota Twins	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.7
California Angels	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-1.0
Oakland Athletics	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.9
Cleveland Indians	163.0	75.5	87.5	238.5	250.5	-12.3
Chicago White Sox	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.4
Seattle Mariners	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.7
Texas Rangers	161.0	69.0	92.0	230.0	253.0	-23.5
Milwaukee Brewers	161.0	67.0	94.0	228.0	255.0	-27.6

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
Detroit Tigers	252.9	233.1	20.5	47.6
Toronto Blue Jays	249.9	239.1	11.3	38.9
Baltimore Orioles	246.0	240.0	6.1	33.3
New York Yankees	245.6	240.4	4.9	32.2
Boston Red Sox	245.4	240.6	4.3	31.5
California Angels	243.6	242.4	0.9	28.1
Kansas City Royals	243.4	242.6	0.6	27.6
Cleveland Indians	243.3	245.7	-2.3	25.2
Chicago White Sox	242.1	243.9	-2.0	25.1
Minnesota Twins	240.9	245.1	-4.4	22.9
Oakland Athletics	241.3	244.7	-4.5	22.8
Seattle Mariners	240.8	245.2	-4.7	22.6
Texas Rangers	237.9	245.1	-7.4	19.6
Milwaukee Brewers	235.3	247.7	-13.0	14.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	122.3	107.5	0.532	14.8
Oakland Athletics	112.3	106.0	0.515	6.3
Boston Red Sox	113.4	107.8	0.513	5.6
Toronto Blue Jays	112.3	106.7	0.513	5.6
New York Yankees	116.2	111.9	0.509	4.3
Baltimore Orioles	112.4	109.2	0.507	3.2
Chicago White Sox	111.5	111.7	0.500	-0.1
California Angels	109.0	109.4	0.499	-0.4
Seattle Mariners	107.2	109.1	0.496	-1.8
Cleveland Indians	109.5	112.5	0.493	-3.1
Kansas City Royals	110.3	114.2	0.491	-3.9
Minnesota Twins	106.8	113.0	0.486	-6.2
Texas Rangers	105.9	113.8	0.482	-7.9
Milwaukee Brewers	103.1	111.4	0.481	-8.3


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Texas Rangers	11.3	9.7	0.537	1.6
Toronto Blue Jays	13.0	11.5	0.530	1.5
Cleveland Indians	12.7	11.6	0.521	1.0
Boston Red Sox	10.2	9.7	0.514	0.6
Kansas City Royals	10.9	10.8	0.503	0.1
New York Yankees	10.9	10.8	0.502	0.1
Chicago White Sox	11.1	11.0	0.501	0.1
Oakland Athletics	11.9	12.0	0.497	-0.1
Seattle Mariners	11.3	11.4	0.496	-0.2
Minnesota Twins	9.6	9.9	0.494	-0.2
Baltimore Orioles	8.7	9.0	0.491	-0.3
California Angels	10.1	10.9	0.482	-0.8
Milwaukee Brewers	10.1	11.1	0.476	-1.0
Detroit Tigers	11.2	12.7	0.470	-1.5


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	75.7	70.0	0.519	5.7
Kansas City Royals	75.1	71.1	0.514	4.0
New York Yankees	74.3	71.1	0.511	3.2
Cleveland Indians	76.0	73.4	0.509	2.7
Boston Red Sox	76.8	74.2	0.509	2.6
Toronto Blue Jays	78.7	77.2	0.505	1.5
California Angels	76.0	74.5	0.505	1.5
Minnesota Twins	77.2	77.1	0.500	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	75.7	75.6	0.500	0.1
Texas Rangers	75.7	76.1	0.499	-0.4
Seattle Mariners	75.7	77.3	0.495	-1.6
Milwaukee Brewers	74.7	76.3	0.495	-1.6
Chicago White Sox	75.0	76.8	0.494	-1.8
Oakland Athletics	70.3	79.1	0.470	-8.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Minnesota Twins	47.4	44.9	0.513	2.5
Baltimore Orioles	48.7	46.5	0.512	2.2
Toronto Blue Jays	45.6	43.9	0.510	1.8
California Angels	48.6	47.4	0.506	1.2
Kansas City Royals	47.1	46.5	0.503	0.6
Chicago White Sox	44.7	44.1	0.503	0.6
Texas Rangers	45.4	45.0	0.502	0.4
Detroit Tigers	43.3	43.3	0.500	0.1
Oakland Athletics	47.2	47.2	0.500	-0.0
Seattle Mariners	46.9	47.2	0.499	-0.3
Milwaukee Brewers	47.6	48.5	0.496	-0.8
New York Yankees	44.3	46.5	0.488	-2.2
Cleveland Indians	45.4	47.9	0.487	-2.5
Boston Red Sox	44.9	48.9	0.479	-4.0

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1984 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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