1972 Major League

1972 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1972 American League 1972 National League

1972 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1972 Postseason
1972 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
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	96.0	59.0	251.0	214.0	36.4
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	95.0	59.0	249.0	213.0	34.9
Oakland Athletics	155.0	93.0	62.0	248.0	217.0	30.4
Chicago White Sox	154.0	87.0	67.0	241.0	221.0	19.5
Detroit Tigers	156.0	86.0	70.0	242.0	226.0	15.0
Chicago Cubs	156.0	85.5	70.5	241.5	226.5	14.5
Boston Red Sox	155.0	85.0	70.0	240.0	225.0	14.5
Houston Astros	153.0	84.0	69.0	237.0	222.0	14.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	155.0	85.0	70.0	240.0	225.0	14.1
New York Mets	156.0	83.0	73.0	239.0	229.0	9.5
Baltimore Orioles	154.0	80.0	74.0	234.0	228.0	5.2
New York Yankees	155.0	79.0	76.0	234.0	231.0	2.3
Minnesota Twins	154.0	77.0	77.0	231.0	231.0	-1.0
Kansas City Royals	154.0	76.0	78.0	230.0	232.0	-2.4
California Angels	155.0	75.0	80.0	230.0	235.0	-5.8
St. Louis Cardinals	156.0	75.0	81.0	231.0	237.0	-6.7
Cleveland Indians	156.0	72.0	84.0	228.0	240.0	-13.2
Atlanta Braves	155.0	70.5	84.5	225.5	239.5	-14.6
Montreal Expos	156.0	70.0	86.0	226.0	242.0	-16.8
San Francisco Giants	155.0	69.0	86.0	224.0	241.0	-18.0
Milwaukee Brewers	156.0	65.0	91.0	221.0	247.0	-26.4
San Diego Padres	153.0	58.0	95.0	211.0	248.0	-37.6
Philadelphia Phillies	156.0	59.0	97.0	215.0	253.0	-39.1
Texas Rangers	154.0	54.0	100.0	208.0	254.0	-47.1

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
Oakland Athletics	242.7	222.3	20.6	46.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	241.3	223.7	17.8	43.4
Baltimore Orioles	237.2	224.8	12.2	37.4
Chicago Cubs	239.4	228.6	11.3	37.2
Cincinnati Reds	236.6	225.4	11.2	37.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	237.6	227.4	10.3	35.9
Houston Astros	234.4	224.6	10.2	35.7
New York Yankees	237.0	228.0	9.5	35.1
Boston Red Sox	235.0	230.0	5.8	31.6
Kansas City Royals	233.9	228.1	6.0	31.5
Chicago White Sox	233.1	228.9	5.6	31.4
San Francisco Giants	235.3	229.7	5.7	31.4
Minnesota Twins	232.2	229.8	2.4	28.0
St. Louis Cardinals	234.7	233.3	1.4	27.1
Detroit Tigers	234.0	234.0	0.5	26.5
New York Mets	233.0	235.0	-1.5	24.6
Atlanta Braves	230.9	234.1	-3.3	22.4
California Angels	230.5	234.5	-3.8	22.0
Milwaukee Brewers	229.9	238.1	-8.4	17.5
Montreal Expos	228.3	239.7	-9.8	16.2
Cleveland Indians	228.9	239.1	-10.3	15.9
Philadelphia Phillies	228.4	239.6	-11.6	14.4
Texas Rangers	220.7	241.3	-21.1	4.9
San Diego Padres	218.9	240.1	-21.9	3.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	109.3	97.8	0.528	11.6
Boston Red Sox	110.7	100.2	0.525	10.4
Oakland Athletics	114.7	104.5	0.523	10.2
Houston Astros	108.9	100.3	0.521	8.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	113.7	106.0	0.517	7.6
New York Yankees	109.7	104.0	0.513	5.7
Chicago White Sox	108.0	103.4	0.511	4.6
Atlanta Braves	111.4	107.5	0.509	3.8
Chicago Cubs	108.2	104.5	0.509	3.6
Kansas City Royals	111.4	107.9	0.508	3.5
San Francisco Giants	107.8	104.6	0.508	3.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	108.9	107.0	0.504	1.9
Detroit Tigers	109.9	108.6	0.503	1.3
Baltimore Orioles	110.7	111.3	0.499	-0.6
Minnesota Twins	105.9	107.2	0.497	-1.3
Milwaukee Brewers	101.0	103.8	0.493	-2.8
California Angels	101.9	104.7	0.493	-2.9
New York Mets	104.0	108.4	0.490	-4.4
St. Louis Cardinals	105.1	110.4	0.488	-5.3
Philadelphia Phillies	104.4	110.7	0.485	-6.4
San Diego Padres	93.6	100.1	0.483	-6.4
Cleveland Indians	99.7	106.6	0.483	-6.9
Montreal Expos	99.2	106.3	0.483	-7.1
Texas Rangers	92.9	103.2	0.474	-10.2


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	13.7	10.1	0.575	3.6
Houston Astros	12.5	10.6	0.543	2.0
Oakland Athletics	11.2	9.3	0.544	1.8
New York Yankees	10.8	9.4	0.535	1.4
Cincinnati Reds	11.4	10.4	0.522	1.0
Kansas City Royals	11.4	10.5	0.520	0.9
California Angels	10.4	9.6	0.521	0.9
Atlanta Braves	10.3	9.5	0.520	0.8
Chicago White Sox	10.8	10.3	0.513	0.5
New York Mets	9.4	9.0	0.512	0.5
Texas Rangers	10.7	10.4	0.509	0.4
Baltimore Orioles	10.7	10.5	0.503	0.1
Minnesota Twins	10.0	10.1	0.498	-0.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.4	10.5	0.497	-0.1
Chicago Cubs	10.0	10.2	0.494	-0.3
Boston Red Sox	9.4	9.8	0.489	-0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.4	10.9	0.486	-0.6
Detroit Tigers	9.6	10.3	0.484	-0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	10.6	11.3	0.483	-0.8
Cleveland Indians	9.0	9.9	0.476	-0.9
Milwaukee Brewers	10.0	11.3	0.470	-1.3
Montreal Expos	10.2	11.5	0.469	-1.3
San Diego Padres	8.4	10.1	0.455	-1.7
Philadelphia Phillies	9.3	11.2	0.453	-1.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	72.8	63.6	0.534	9.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.5	64.7	0.532	8.8
St. Louis Cardinals	75.3	67.2	0.528	8.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	73.1	66.4	0.524	6.7
Chicago Cubs	76.5	70.6	0.520	5.8
Oakland Athletics	72.6	67.3	0.519	5.3
Minnesota Twins	73.5	69.1	0.515	4.4
Chicago White Sox	73.3	70.0	0.512	3.4
New York Mets	77.7	74.6	0.510	3.1
Kansas City Royals	67.8	66.0	0.507	1.8
Houston Astros	70.2	69.2	0.504	1.1
New York Yankees	69.7	68.7	0.504	1.0
Detroit Tigers	73.3	72.5	0.503	0.8
Philadelphia Phillies	71.9	71.4	0.502	0.5
San Francisco Giants	70.6	70.7	0.500	-0.1
Montreal Expos	74.4	75.2	0.497	-0.8
California Angels	75.0	77.1	0.493	-2.1
Cleveland Indians	75.1	77.6	0.492	-2.5
Boston Red Sox	72.0	76.3	0.486	-4.3
Cincinnati Reds	70.3	75.0	0.484	-4.7
Texas Rangers	72.0	77.2	0.482	-5.3
Milwaukee Brewers	72.2	77.6	0.482	-5.3
Atlanta Braves	67.5	73.3	0.479	-5.8
San Diego Padres	71.3	83.1	0.462	-11.8


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	46.0	41.8	0.524	4.2
Milwaukee Brewers	47.3	44.9	0.513	2.4
Baltimore Orioles	42.0	40.3	0.510	1.7
San Diego Padres	46.9	45.5	0.508	1.5
Oakland Athletics	43.3	42.0	0.508	1.3
Cleveland Indians	45.6	44.7	0.505	0.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.7	43.8	0.505	0.9
New York Yankees	46.8	45.9	0.505	0.9
Montreal Expos	46.0	45.2	0.504	0.8
Boston Red Sox	43.7	43.0	0.504	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	43.2	42.6	0.503	0.6
Chicago Cubs	44.2	43.8	0.502	0.4
California Angels	43.3	43.0	0.502	0.3
Detroit Tigers	41.9	42.0	0.500	-0.1
New York Mets	42.2	42.7	0.497	-0.5
Minnesota Twins	42.8	43.4	0.497	-0.6
San Francisco Giants	43.3	44.1	0.495	-0.8
Kansas City Royals	43.1	44.0	0.495	-0.9
Atlanta Braves	42.2	43.3	0.494	-1.1
Houston Astros	42.7	44.6	0.489	-1.9
St. Louis Cardinals	42.8	45.4	0.485	-2.6
Chicago White Sox	41.5	44.6	0.482	-3.1
Texas Rangers	46.2	49.5	0.483	-3.3
Philadelphia Phillies	42.7	46.4	0.479	-3.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1972 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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