1968 Major League

1968 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1968 American League 1968 National League

1968 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1968 Postseason
1968 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	164.0	104.0	60.0	268.0	224.0	43.7
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	31.3
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.4
San Francisco Giants	163.0	88.5	74.5	251.5	237.5	13.7
Cleveland Indians	162.0	86.5	75.5	248.5	237.5	11.0
Boston Red Sox	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.6
Chicago Cubs	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	6.0
New York Yankees	164.0	84.0	80.0	248.0	244.0	3.4
Cincinnati Reds	163.0	83.5	79.5	246.5	242.5	2.6
Oakland Athletics	163.0	82.5	80.5	245.5	243.5	1.4
Atlanta Braves	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	163.0	80.5	82.5	243.5	245.5	-2.8
Minnesota Twins	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.6
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-9.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.5
New York Mets	163.0	73.5	89.5	236.5	252.5	-16.5
Houston Astros	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.1
California Angels	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.7
Chicago White Sox	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-29.2
Washington Senators II	161.0	65.0	96.0	226.0	257.0	-31.9

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	255.2	236.8	19.4	46.6
San Francisco Giants	252.8	236.2	17.3	43.9
Baltimore Orioles	250.7	235.3	15.6	42.4
St. Louis Cardinals	250.2	235.8	14.0	40.6
Cleveland Indians	247.7	238.3	10.2	37.1
Minnesota Twins	246.8	239.2	7.6	34.4
Boston Red Sox	245.0	241.0	4.7	31.4
Atlanta Braves	246.3	242.7	4.2	31.0
Oakland Athletics	246.0	243.0	3.9	30.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	245.9	243.1	3.5	30.4
Cincinnati Reds	245.1	243.9	1.0	28.3
Chicago Cubs	243.4	245.6	-1.1	25.9
New York Mets	243.4	245.6	-1.8	25.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	241.4	244.6	-2.7	24.1
New York Yankees	244.0	248.0	-3.2	24.1
Philadelphia Phillies	239.1	246.9	-6.9	19.9
Chicago White Sox	238.1	247.9	-10.1	17.2
Houston Astros	238.0	248.0	-9.5	17.0
California Angels	236.1	249.9	-13.8	13.4
Washington Senators II	233.4	249.6	-16.3	10.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	123.0	107.8	0.533	15.2
San Francisco Giants	120.4	111.4	0.519	9.0
Boston Red Sox	110.7	103.1	0.518	7.7
Cincinnati Reds	115.5	110.1	0.512	5.4
Baltimore Orioles	116.5	111.4	0.511	5.1
St. Louis Cardinals	112.1	108.6	0.508	3.5
Minnesota Twins	114.4	112.2	0.505	2.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.8	109.1	0.504	1.7
Oakland Athletics	111.2	109.7	0.503	1.5
Chicago Cubs	112.9	111.7	0.503	1.2
Atlanta Braves	113.9	112.7	0.503	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	107.1	108.6	0.497	-1.4
Houston Astros	107.5	109.3	0.496	-1.8
Washington Senators II	104.5	106.8	0.494	-2.3
California Angels	109.2	112.4	0.493	-3.2
Cleveland Indians	107.8	111.3	0.492	-3.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	105.8	109.4	0.492	-3.5
New York Yankees	108.4	112.8	0.490	-4.4
New York Mets	106.5	111.5	0.488	-5.0
Chicago White Sox	102.5	113.8	0.474	-11.3


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	12.5	10.5	0.543	2.0
Cleveland Indians	13.6	11.8	0.534	1.7
Baltimore Orioles	12.2	10.7	0.534	1.6
Boston Red Sox	12.1	10.9	0.528	1.3
Oakland Athletics	14.5	13.3	0.521	1.2
Washington Senators II	9.1	8.6	0.514	0.5
San Francisco Giants	11.3	10.8	0.511	0.5
Chicago Cubs	10.3	9.8	0.512	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.7	12.4	0.506	0.3
Atlanta Braves	12.3	12.1	0.504	0.2
Minnesota Twins	11.7	11.5	0.504	0.2
New York Yankees	10.2	10.2	0.501	0.0
Cincinnati Reds	12.0	12.1	0.499	-0.0
Detroit Tigers	10.6	10.8	0.496	-0.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.4	10.6	0.495	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	9.4	9.9	0.486	-0.5
Chicago White Sox	10.9	11.5	0.486	-0.6
New York Mets	10.7	11.4	0.483	-0.7
Houston Astros	10.8	12.3	0.468	-1.5
California Angels	10.0	12.1	0.453	-2.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cleveland Indians	83.5	74.0	0.530	9.6
San Francisco Giants	74.9	68.8	0.521	6.2
St. Louis Cardinals	77.3	71.2	0.520	6.1
Baltimore Orioles	78.1	72.7	0.518	5.3
Minnesota Twins	74.5	70.3	0.514	4.2
Chicago White Sox	75.7	72.1	0.512	3.6
New York Mets	76.7	75.3	0.505	1.4
New York Yankees	75.1	74.2	0.503	1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	74.9	74.2	0.503	0.8
Atlanta Braves	71.8	71.1	0.503	0.8
Oakland Athletics	75.3	74.8	0.502	0.5
Detroit Tigers	78.2	77.7	0.502	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.4	73.2	0.501	0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	73.6	74.4	0.497	-0.8
Houston Astros	72.3	73.8	0.495	-1.5
Cincinnati Reds	73.2	76.0	0.490	-2.8
Chicago Cubs	75.6	78.7	0.490	-3.1
Boston Red Sox	75.5	78.7	0.490	-3.2
California Angels	72.9	79.2	0.479	-6.2
Washington Senators II	73.1	82.1	0.471	-9.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	49.7	47.2	0.513	2.5
Detroit Tigers	43.1	40.8	0.514	2.3
Baltimore Orioles	43.3	41.1	0.513	2.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.7	47.8	0.509	1.8
Atlanta Braves	48.4	46.7	0.509	1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	47.5	46.3	0.507	1.2
New York Yankees	51.0	50.0	0.505	1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	50.6	50.1	0.502	0.5
Minnesota Twins	45.9	45.5	0.502	0.4
San Francisco Giants	45.8	45.6	0.501	0.2
Chicago Cubs	45.1	44.9	0.501	0.2
Oakland Athletics	45.1	45.0	0.501	0.1
Cleveland Indians	42.0	42.1	0.499	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	44.8	45.3	0.497	-0.5
California Angels	44.8	45.4	0.496	-0.6
Chicago White Sox	49.3	50.1	0.496	-0.9
Boston Red Sox	46.8	48.3	0.492	-1.5
Washington Senators II	47.9	50.9	0.485	-3.0
Philadelphia Phillies	49.7	53.4	0.482	-3.7
Houston Astros	47.9	52.1	0.479	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1968 Major 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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