1970 Major League

1970 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1970 American League 1970 National League

1970 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1970 Postseason
1970 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	108.0	54.0	270.0	216.0	53.3
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	102.0	60.0	264.0	222.0	40.7
Minnesota Twins	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	32.9
New York Yankees	163.0	93.5	69.5	256.5	232.5	23.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	14.6
Oakland Athletics	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	14.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	161.0	87.0	74.0	248.0	235.0	12.1
Boston Red Sox	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.3
San Francisco Giants	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.7
California Angels	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.2
Chicago Cubs	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.7
New York Mets	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.3
Detroit Tigers	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.8
Houston Astros	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-5.5
Atlanta Braves	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.7
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.9
Cleveland Indians	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-11.1
Philadelphia Phillies	161.0	73.0	88.0	234.0	249.0	-15.7
Montreal Expos	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-17.1
Washington Senators II	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-23.5
Milwaukee Brewers	163.0	65.5	97.5	228.5	260.5	-32.6
Kansas City Royals	162.0	65.0	97.0	227.0	259.0	-33.8
San Diego Padres	162.0	63.0	99.0	225.0	261.0	-37.2
Chicago White Sox	162.0	56.0	106.0	218.0	268.0	-51.6

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	254.5	231.5	24.9	51.8
Cincinnati Reds	252.6	233.4	18.9	45.9
Oakland Athletics	250.2	235.8	13.7	41.0
Chicago Cubs	249.7	236.3	14.3	41.0
Minnesota Twins	249.5	236.5	13.5	40.7
Boston Red Sox	248.0	238.0	10.4	37.5
New York Yankees	249.0	240.0	8.8	36.0
San Francisco Giants	246.8	239.2	8.6	35.7
New York Mets	247.3	238.7	8.4	35.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	246.9	239.1	7.8	34.9
St. Louis Cardinals	243.3	242.7	1.0	27.9
Houston Astros	243.4	242.6	0.5	27.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	241.9	241.1	0.2	26.9
California Angels	242.1	243.9	-2.0	25.4
Washington Senators II	241.3	244.7	-2.5	24.9
Atlanta Braves	241.6	244.4	-2.3	24.5
Detroit Tigers	239.8	246.2	-5.6	21.8
Cleveland Indians	240.4	245.6	-5.7	21.8
Montreal Expos	238.1	247.9	-9.4	17.9
Milwaukee Brewers	239.4	249.6	-10.4	16.9
San Diego Padres	237.6	248.4	-10.8	16.4
Philadelphia Phillies	235.7	247.3	-11.2	15.9
Kansas City Royals	235.3	250.7	-15.9	11.3
Chicago White Sox	235.2	250.8	-16.3	10.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	119.7	106.6	0.529	13.1
San Francisco Giants	118.8	106.7	0.527	12.1
Cincinnati Reds	117.7	105.8	0.527	12.0
Boston Red Sox	114.7	104.6	0.523	10.0
Oakland Athletics	115.8	108.7	0.516	7.0
Minnesota Twins	116.5	110.5	0.513	6.0
Houston Astros	111.6	107.0	0.511	4.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	114.2	110.2	0.509	4.1
Atlanta Braves	115.3	112.3	0.507	3.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	112.0	110.7	0.503	1.3
New York Yankees	115.0	114.2	0.502	0.8
Detroit Tigers	108.1	107.7	0.501	0.4
San Diego Padres	106.4	106.2	0.500	0.1
Chicago Cubs	113.8	114.1	0.499	-0.3
Cleveland Indians	110.1	110.7	0.499	-0.6
Montreal Expos	106.5	107.7	0.497	-1.2
Washington Senators II	110.6	113.1	0.494	-2.5
Milwaukee Brewers	109.1	113.0	0.491	-3.9
St. Louis Cardinals	107.8	112.6	0.489	-4.8
California Angels	110.0	114.9	0.489	-5.0
New York Mets	110.7	115.8	0.489	-5.1
Chicago White Sox	105.8	112.1	0.486	-6.2
Kansas City Royals	103.7	115.1	0.474	-11.4
Philadelphia Phillies	103.3	115.5	0.472	-12.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	12.9	10.2	0.560	2.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.2	9.6	0.539	1.6
Oakland Athletics	12.7	11.4	0.527	1.3
California Angels	10.8	9.6	0.531	1.3
San Francisco Giants	10.4	9.3	0.528	1.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.9	11.2	0.515	0.7
Chicago Cubs	9.5	8.9	0.516	0.6
Houston Astros	10.4	9.8	0.515	0.6
Chicago White Sox	9.7	9.2	0.514	0.5
Boston Red Sox	9.6	9.1	0.513	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	11.4	10.9	0.510	0.5
Montreal Expos	10.2	9.8	0.509	0.4
Kansas City Royals	10.9	10.6	0.508	0.3
Milwaukee Brewers	11.7	11.6	0.502	0.1
St. Louis Cardinals	11.1	11.0	0.502	0.1
Washington Senators II	9.8	9.7	0.501	0.0
Baltimore Orioles	11.1	11.1	0.500	0.0
Detroit Tigers	8.3	8.3	0.499	-0.0
Atlanta Braves	10.1	10.7	0.486	-0.6
Minnesota Twins	10.3	10.9	0.485	-0.6
San Diego Padres	10.0	10.7	0.483	-0.7
New York Mets	10.9	11.9	0.478	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	9.2	10.5	0.465	-1.4
Cleveland Indians	9.0	10.6	0.458	-1.6


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	80.9	68.9	0.540	12.0
New York Mets	82.9	71.7	0.536	11.3
St. Louis Cardinals	79.5	73.0	0.521	6.5
Baltimore Orioles	79.1	72.7	0.521	6.5
Minnesota Twins	77.3	71.4	0.520	5.9
Cincinnati Reds	77.2	72.1	0.517	5.1
Philadelphia Phillies	77.9	73.6	0.514	4.3
New York Yankees	74.8	70.7	0.514	4.1
Oakland Athletics	78.3	74.5	0.512	3.8
California Angels	79.8	77.6	0.507	2.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	76.5	74.4	0.507	2.2
Washington Senators II	76.6	75.3	0.504	1.3
Kansas City Royals	77.4	79.5	0.493	-2.1
Cleveland Indians	80.1	82.6	0.492	-2.5
Boston Red Sox	79.0	81.7	0.492	-2.6
Milwaukee Brewers	75.5	78.2	0.491	-2.7
Atlanta Braves	75.4	78.3	0.491	-2.9
San Francisco Giants	75.6	79.2	0.488	-3.6
Detroit Tigers	79.5	83.3	0.488	-3.8
Houston Astros	74.0	78.3	0.486	-4.3
San Diego Padres	75.4	79.9	0.486	-4.5
Chicago White Sox	73.4	78.4	0.484	-5.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	72.1	77.8	0.481	-5.8
Montreal Expos	77.4	84.1	0.479	-6.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	44.5	41.2	0.519	3.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.4	44.3	0.517	3.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.3	41.4	0.517	2.9
New York Mets	41.8	40.2	0.510	1.6
Boston Red Sox	44.4	42.9	0.509	1.5
Oakland Athletics	43.1	41.6	0.509	1.5
Minnesota Twins	45.3	43.9	0.508	1.4
New York Yankees	46.1	45.1	0.505	1.0
Houston Astros	48.0	47.1	0.505	0.9
Montreal Expos	45.3	45.0	0.502	0.3
Cleveland Indians	41.6	41.4	0.501	0.2
Washington Senators II	45.5	45.4	0.501	0.2
California Angels	41.7	41.6	0.501	0.1
Cincinnati Reds	45.5	45.4	0.501	0.1
Kansas City Royals	44.4	44.5	0.499	-0.1
Detroit Tigers	45.1	45.6	0.497	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	45.9	47.0	0.494	-1.1
San Francisco Giants	42.4	43.8	0.492	-1.4
Atlanta Braves	41.0	42.8	0.489	-1.8
Chicago Cubs	44.0	45.9	0.490	-1.9
Milwaukee Brewers	43.8	45.9	0.488	-2.1
St. Louis Cardinals	44.3	46.7	0.487	-2.4
Chicago White Sox	47.1	50.4	0.483	-3.3
San Diego Padres	46.9	50.6	0.481	-3.8

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1970 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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