1969 Major League

1969 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1969 American League 1969 National League

1969 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1969 Postseason
1969 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	109.0	53.0	271.0	215.0	55.0
New York Mets	162.0	100.0	62.0	262.0	224.0	37.1
Minnesota Twins	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	31.0
Atlanta Braves	162.0	93.0	69.0	255.0	231.0	22.7
Chicago Cubs	163.0	92.5	70.5	255.5	233.5	21.8
San Francisco Giants	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.9
Detroit Tigers	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.2
Cincinnati Reds	163.0	89.5	73.5	252.5	236.5	14.2
Oakland Athletics	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	12.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	12.7
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.3
Boston Red Sox	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.2
Washington Senators II	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	8.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.0
Houston Astros	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.9
New York Yankees	162.0	80.5	81.5	242.5	243.5	-2.1
California Angels	163.0	71.5	91.5	234.5	254.5	-21.6
Kansas City Royals	163.0	69.5	93.5	232.5	256.5	-25.1
Chicago White Sox	162.0	68.0	94.0	230.0	256.0	-26.7
Seattle Pilots	163.0	64.5	98.5	227.5	261.5	-36.0
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	63.0	99.0	225.0	261.0	-37.4
Cleveland Indians	161.0	62.0	99.0	223.0	260.0	-38.7
San Diego Padres	162.0	52.0	110.0	214.0	272.0	-59.3
Montreal Expos	162.0	52.0	110.0	214.0	272.0	-59.6

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
Baltimore Orioles	259.6	226.4	33.7	61.0
Minnesota Twins	251.8	234.2	17.7	45.3
San Francisco Giants	250.6	235.4	15.9	43.1
Detroit Tigers	249.4	236.6	13.3	40.8
Chicago Cubs	250.9	238.1	13.2	40.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	249.4	236.6	13.2	40.6
Oakland Athletics	247.2	238.8	7.9	35.3
Atlanta Braves	247.1	238.9	7.3	34.7
St. Louis Cardinals	246.4	239.6	6.7	33.8
Houston Astros	246.0	240.0	5.8	33.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	246.1	239.9	6.0	33.1
New York Mets	244.9	241.1	3.6	31.2
Boston Red Sox	244.5	241.5	2.2	30.2
Washington Senators II	242.6	243.4	-0.5	27.6
Cincinnati Reds	244.4	244.6	-1.1	27.0
New York Yankees	242.8	243.2	-0.9	26.4
California Angels	240.9	248.1	-7.4	20.8
Chicago White Sox	238.3	247.7	-7.9	19.8
Kansas City Royals	240.2	248.8	-8.6	19.2
Philadelphia Phillies	238.2	247.8	-9.7	17.7
Cleveland Indians	236.7	246.3	-10.6	17.0
Montreal Expos	232.9	253.1	-20.9	7.0
Seattle Pilots	234.3	254.7	-21.5	6.5
San Diego Padres	230.5	255.5	-25.2	2.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	124.0	110.3	0.529	13.7
Minnesota Twins	119.0	108.8	0.522	10.2
Oakland Athletics	118.1	108.0	0.522	10.1
Cincinnati Reds	114.5	104.7	0.522	9.8
Boston Red Sox	112.3	103.3	0.521	9.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	118.3	109.5	0.519	8.8
San Francisco Giants	115.2	108.6	0.515	6.6
Chicago Cubs	118.2	113.0	0.511	5.1
Detroit Tigers	113.0	108.0	0.511	4.9
Washington Senators II	114.9	111.4	0.508	3.4
Houston Astros	110.2	107.9	0.505	2.3
Atlanta Braves	113.6	111.8	0.504	1.8
Chicago White Sox	109.4	111.4	0.495	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	106.7	109.1	0.494	-2.4
New York Mets	111.2	113.7	0.494	-2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	108.5	111.2	0.494	-2.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	112.8	116.3	0.492	-3.5
Seattle Pilots	105.6	109.2	0.492	-3.6
Montreal Expos	104.7	108.3	0.491	-3.6
Cleveland Indians	105.0	111.8	0.484	-6.8
Kansas City Royals	106.5	113.8	0.483	-7.3
New York Yankees	108.3	116.3	0.482	-8.0
California Angels	101.1	114.1	0.470	-13.0
San Diego Padres	99.2	112.4	0.469	-13.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Oakland Athletics	12.2	10.6	0.534	1.5
Kansas City Royals	11.8	10.6	0.528	1.3
Detroit Tigers	9.6	8.4	0.533	1.2
Baltimore Orioles	12.2	11.0	0.526	1.2
Houston Astros	11.9	11.1	0.518	0.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	12.0	11.2	0.517	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.6	11.9	0.514	0.7
Cleveland Indians	11.6	11.0	0.514	0.6
New York Yankees	11.0	10.5	0.512	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	10.8	10.5	0.507	0.3
Atlanta Braves	10.9	10.6	0.506	0.3
San Francisco Giants	11.2	11.0	0.503	0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	10.1	10.0	0.503	0.1
Chicago White Sox	10.0	10.2	0.496	-0.2
Chicago Cubs	8.9	9.1	0.494	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	11.2	11.7	0.490	-0.4
New York Mets	10.1	10.7	0.487	-0.5
California Angels	9.9	10.5	0.486	-0.6
Minnesota Twins	11.0	11.6	0.487	-0.6
Washington Senators II	9.3	9.9	0.484	-0.6
Seattle Pilots	11.6	12.3	0.487	-0.6
Montreal Expos	10.2	11.1	0.480	-0.9
Boston Red Sox	8.7	9.7	0.474	-1.0
San Diego Padres	9.7	10.7	0.475	-1.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	79.4	67.0	0.542	12.4
Chicago Cubs	79.6	72.0	0.525	7.6
California Angels	84.6	77.0	0.523	7.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	75.8	69.5	0.522	6.3
St. Louis Cardinals	80.7	74.7	0.519	6.0
San Francisco Giants	77.8	71.8	0.520	6.0
Minnesota Twins	76.9	71.1	0.520	5.8
New York Yankees	77.0	72.5	0.515	4.6
New York Mets	79.1	75.1	0.513	3.9
Detroit Tigers	82.0	78.2	0.512	3.8
Houston Astros	79.6	76.0	0.512	3.6
Atlanta Braves	78.0	74.8	0.510	3.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.3	70.7	0.509	2.6
Washington Senators II	76.5	76.7	0.500	-0.1
Kansas City Royals	76.4	77.4	0.497	-0.9
Cleveland Indians	76.8	77.8	0.497	-0.9
Chicago White Sox	75.0	78.6	0.488	-3.6
Boston Red Sox	78.7	82.8	0.487	-4.1
San Diego Padres	75.1	79.3	0.486	-4.2
Philadelphia Phillies	75.3	79.7	0.486	-4.4
Oakland Athletics	73.4	79.7	0.479	-6.3
Seattle Pilots	73.7	82.2	0.473	-8.5
Cincinnati Reds	74.4	83.1	0.472	-8.8
Montreal Expos	74.2	85.5	0.465	-11.3


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	42.6	39.3	0.520	3.3
New York Mets	44.2	41.8	0.514	2.5
Oakland Athletics	43.2	40.8	0.515	2.4
St. Louis Cardinals	45.0	43.0	0.512	2.1
New York Yankees	46.2	44.1	0.511	2.1
Atlanta Braves	44.1	42.2	0.511	1.9
Detroit Tigers	44.3	42.4	0.511	1.9
Minnesota Twins	44.3	43.2	0.506	1.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.8	43.7	0.506	1.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.2	44.3	0.505	0.9
San Francisco Giants	45.4	44.9	0.503	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	45.5	45.5	0.500	0.0
California Angels	45.8	46.0	0.499	-0.2
Kansas City Royals	46.0	46.5	0.497	-0.6
Chicago White Sox	45.4	46.0	0.496	-0.7
Boston Red Sox	44.6	45.9	0.493	-1.3
Montreal Expos	45.2	46.7	0.492	-1.4
Philadelphia Phillies	46.8	48.3	0.492	-1.4
Chicago Cubs	43.3	44.8	0.491	-1.5
Cleveland Indians	43.7	45.3	0.491	-1.6
Washington Senators II	42.7	44.6	0.489	-1.9
Houston Astros	43.5	45.9	0.486	-2.4
San Diego Padres	48.1	51.5	0.483	-3.5
Seattle Pilots	45.1	49.3	0.478	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1969 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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