1998 American League

1998 American League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1998 National League 1998 Major Leagues

1998 American League Leaders and Trailers
1998 Postseason
1998 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	114.0	48.0	276.0	210.0	65.6
Boston Red Sox	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.3
Cleveland Indians	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.4
Texas Rangers	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.3
Toronto Blue Jays	163.0	88.5	74.5	251.5	237.5	13.0
Anaheim Angels	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	6.9
Chicago White Sox	163.0	80.5	82.5	243.5	245.5	-2.8
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-5.0
Seattle Mariners	161.0	76.0	85.0	237.0	246.0	-9.3
Oakland Athletics	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-15.1
Kansas City Royals	161.0	72.0	89.0	233.0	250.0	-18.2
Minnesota Twins	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-23.3
Detroit Tigers	162.0	65.0	97.0	227.0	259.0	-32.9
Tampa Bay Rays	162.0	63.0	99.0	225.0	261.0	-36.6

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 Yankees	257.5	228.5	29.1	57.8
Boston Red Sox	249.5	236.5	13.0	42.3
Toronto Blue Jays	249.2	239.8	8.7	38.0
Cleveland Indians	247.4	238.6	8.3	37.4
Texas Rangers	247.1	238.9	7.9	36.8
Seattle Mariners	245.2	237.8	7.2	36.2
Baltimore Orioles	246.9	239.1	7.0	36.0
Anaheim Angels	241.9	244.1	-3.3	25.9
Chicago White Sox	242.0	247.0	-5.8	23.5
Oakland Athletics	240.7	245.3	-5.8	23.3
Minnesota Twins	238.7	247.3	-9.5	19.7
Detroit Tigers	238.8	247.2	-9.4	19.5
Kansas City Royals	234.9	248.1	-14.0	15.0
Tampa Bay Rays	234.6	251.4	-17.8	11.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	124.1	109.7	0.531	14.4
Seattle Mariners	114.6	105.4	0.521	9.2
Texas Rangers	116.2	109.2	0.516	7.0
Baltimore Orioles	119.7	113.6	0.513	6.2
Toronto Blue Jays	112.1	106.4	0.513	5.8
Boston Red Sox	120.3	115.1	0.511	5.2
Cleveland Indians	112.0	109.3	0.506	2.6
Chicago White Sox	110.5	109.5	0.502	1.0
Anaheim Angels	110.2	111.1	0.498	-0.9
Oakland Athletics	108.8	110.3	0.496	-1.6
Detroit Tigers	110.9	116.3	0.488	-5.4
Kansas City Royals	104.2	112.5	0.481	-8.3
Minnesota Twins	107.0	117.4	0.477	-10.4
Tampa Bay Rays	105.8	119.3	0.470	-13.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	10.7	9.7	0.523	0.9
Chicago White Sox	9.9	9.0	0.524	0.9
Oakland Athletics	9.7	8.9	0.523	0.8
Kansas City Royals	9.6	8.8	0.522	0.8
Seattle Mariners	8.3	7.8	0.515	0.5
Boston Red Sox	8.7	8.2	0.513	0.4
Cleveland Indians	9.6	9.1	0.512	0.4
Anaheim Angels	9.0	8.8	0.506	0.2
Toronto Blue Jays	10.1	10.0	0.503	0.1
Minnesota Twins	10.1	10.0	0.502	0.1
Texas Rangers	9.3	9.3	0.499	-0.0
Baltimore Orioles	8.3	8.8	0.485	-0.5
Detroit Tigers	9.0	10.8	0.454	-1.8
Tampa Bay Rays	8.6	10.8	0.444	-2.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	80.8	72.3	0.528	8.4
Minnesota Twins	80.3	75.2	0.517	5.1
Boston Red Sox	80.0	74.9	0.517	5.1
Cleveland Indians	81.7	77.4	0.513	4.3
Toronto Blue Jays	84.7	80.8	0.512	3.9
Texas Rangers	79.8	76.9	0.509	2.9
Anaheim Angels	80.5	80.2	0.501	0.3
Seattle Mariners	82.1	82.0	0.500	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	77.1	77.1	0.500	-0.0
Oakland Athletics	78.3	80.1	0.494	-1.9
Kansas City Royals	81.0	83.6	0.492	-2.6
Detroit Tigers	75.1	77.9	0.491	-2.8
Tampa Bay Rays	78.4	82.5	0.487	-4.1
Chicago White Sox	78.5	84.3	0.482	-5.8


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Tampa Bay Rays	42.3	38.2	0.526	4.1
New York Yankees	40.7	37.9	0.518	2.9
Detroit Tigers	44.0	42.0	0.512	2.1
Boston Red Sox	40.2	38.5	0.511	1.7
Baltimore Orioles	41.5	40.0	0.509	1.5
Cleveland Indians	43.8	43.1	0.504	0.7
Chicago White Sox	43.6	43.6	0.500	0.1
Toronto Blue Jays	42.0	42.9	0.494	-1.0
Oakland Athletics	44.2	45.7	0.492	-1.5
Kansas City Royals	40.8	42.4	0.490	-1.6
Anaheim Angels	42.3	43.9	0.491	-1.6
Texas Rangers	41.6	43.6	0.489	-2.0
Minnesota Twins	41.5	44.4	0.483	-2.9
Seattle Mariners	39.8	43.0	0.481	-3.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1998 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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