1973 Major League

1973 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1973 American League 1973 National League

1973 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1973 Postseason
1973 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
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	99.0	63.0	261.0	225.0	35.2
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	30.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	95.5	66.5	257.5	228.5	28.9
Oakland Athletics	162.0	94.0	68.0	256.0	230.0	25.7
Boston Red Sox	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.6
San Francisco Giants	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.5
Kansas City Royals	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.5
Detroit Tigers	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.4
New York Mets	161.0	82.0	79.0	243.0	240.0	2.2
Houston Astros	162.0	82.0	80.0	244.0	242.0	1.2
Minnesota Twins	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.5
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-1.1
New York Yankees	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-3.2
California Angels	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.4
Montreal Expos	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-5.0
Chicago Cubs	161.0	77.0	84.0	238.0	245.0	-8.0
Chicago White Sox	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.9
Atlanta Braves	162.0	76.5	85.5	238.5	247.5	-9.5
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.8
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.9
Cleveland Indians	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.9
San Diego Padres	162.0	60.0	102.0	222.0	264.0	-42.9
Texas Rangers	162.0	57.0	105.0	219.0	267.0	-48.6

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	253.5	232.5	20.0	47.5
Oakland Athletics	249.4	236.6	12.7	40.6
Cincinnati Reds	249.0	237.0	12.7	39.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	247.5	238.5	10.2	37.0
San Francisco Giants	247.7	238.3	9.8	36.5
Atlanta Braves	247.5	238.5	9.4	36.3
Minnesota Twins	246.7	239.3	7.3	35.1
Boston Red Sox	245.7	240.3	6.3	34.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	245.2	240.8	4.0	31.0
Kansas City Royals	244.3	241.7	2.4	30.4
New York Yankees	244.2	241.8	2.3	30.0
St. Louis Cardinals	244.1	241.9	3.1	29.9
Houston Astros	244.1	241.9	2.6	29.5
Milwaukee Brewers	243.7	242.3	0.4	28.6
California Angels	242.8	243.2	-0.8	27.0
New York Mets	241.2	241.8	-0.2	26.6
Detroit Tigers	242.5	243.5	-1.5	26.5
Montreal Expos	242.5	243.5	-1.1	26.1
Chicago Cubs	240.1	242.9	-2.8	24.2
Chicago White Sox	240.0	246.0	-5.7	22.3
Philadelphia Phillies	239.8	246.2	-6.1	20.8
Cleveland Indians	235.3	250.7	-15.8	12.1
Texas Rangers	234.4	251.6	-18.1	10.0
San Diego Padres	233.8	252.2	-19.2	7.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	118.9	107.4	0.525	11.5
San Francisco Giants	115.1	107.2	0.518	7.9
Atlanta Braves	115.5	107.7	0.517	7.8
Oakland Athletics	114.0	107.5	0.515	6.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	113.6	107.3	0.514	6.3
Baltimore Orioles	119.3	115.4	0.508	3.9
Boston Red Sox	114.7	111.0	0.508	3.7
Minnesota Twins	117.4	114.0	0.507	3.4
Milwaukee Brewers	107.4	105.1	0.505	2.2
Houston Astros	108.0	105.9	0.505	2.1
Kansas City Royals	108.9	107.1	0.504	1.8
Montreal Expos	110.0	108.8	0.503	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	113.4	112.8	0.501	0.6
Detroit Tigers	109.6	109.8	0.500	-0.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	111.9	113.5	0.496	-1.6
Cleveland Indians	106.1	107.9	0.496	-1.7
Chicago White Sox	105.8	107.8	0.495	-2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	108.6	111.9	0.492	-3.3
New York Yankees	112.1	116.0	0.491	-4.0
Chicago Cubs	107.8	112.1	0.490	-4.3
California Angels	108.5	114.2	0.487	-5.6
Texas Rangers	103.6	109.3	0.487	-5.6
New York Mets	105.6	112.4	0.484	-6.9
San Diego Padres	105.8	113.6	0.482	-7.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	14.5	11.6	0.555	2.9
Oakland Athletics	13.3	10.9	0.550	2.4
Cincinnati Reds	12.9	10.8	0.545	2.1
Minnesota Twins	12.1	10.9	0.525	1.1
Kansas City Royals	11.2	10.2	0.524	1.0
Houston Astros	12.1	11.1	0.520	0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.7	8.8	0.524	0.9
San Francisco Giants	12.0	11.2	0.517	0.8
Milwaukee Brewers	11.7	11.1	0.512	0.6
Texas Rangers	11.3	11.1	0.505	0.2
Atlanta Braves	10.7	10.4	0.505	0.2
San Diego Padres	10.8	10.6	0.505	0.2
California Angels	10.0	10.0	0.500	0.0
Boston Red Sox	10.3	10.4	0.498	-0.1
St. Louis Cardinals	11.2	11.4	0.497	-0.1
Detroit Tigers	10.0	10.3	0.494	-0.2
New York Yankees	9.5	9.8	0.491	-0.4
Chicago Cubs	9.1	9.5	0.490	-0.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.9	12.4	0.490	-0.5
New York Mets	9.2	9.9	0.482	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	10.1	10.9	0.483	-0.7
Montreal Expos	10.6	11.3	0.484	-0.7
Chicago White Sox	9.8	11.2	0.467	-1.4
Cleveland Indians	10.3	11.9	0.464	-1.6


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	80.6	71.5	0.530	9.1
Baltimore Orioles	73.4	66.0	0.526	7.3
New York Yankees	76.6	70.2	0.522	6.4
California Angels	80.1	74.8	0.517	5.3
New York Mets	82.1	77.3	0.515	4.8
Atlanta Braves	75.9	73.1	0.510	2.8
Minnesota Twins	74.5	71.8	0.509	2.8
Chicago Cubs	78.2	75.6	0.508	2.6
St. Louis Cardinals	75.3	73.8	0.505	1.5
Kansas City Royals	76.5	75.6	0.503	0.9
San Francisco Giants	75.2	74.6	0.502	0.7
Chicago White Sox	77.9	77.3	0.502	0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	77.5	77.0	0.501	0.5
Boston Red Sox	76.7	76.4	0.501	0.3
Detroit Tigers	78.1	77.9	0.501	0.3
Houston Astros	76.6	76.8	0.499	-0.2
Montreal Expos	75.7	77.0	0.496	-1.3
Oakland Athletics	75.2	76.8	0.495	-1.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	74.7	76.4	0.495	-1.7
Milwaukee Brewers	76.8	79.1	0.493	-2.3
Cincinnati Reds	71.6	74.5	0.490	-2.8
Texas Rangers	74.5	80.8	0.479	-6.4
Cleveland Indians	74.3	81.5	0.477	-7.3
San Diego Padres	71.7	80.3	0.472	-8.6


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Oakland Athletics	46.5	41.8	0.527	4.7
Baltimore Orioles	45.2	40.6	0.527	4.6
Boston Red Sox	44.4	42.2	0.513	2.2
Cincinnati Reds	46.0	43.9	0.511	2.1
New York Mets	44.0	42.5	0.508	1.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	42.6	41.6	0.506	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	44.4	43.7	0.504	0.8
Montreal Expos	46.6	46.1	0.503	0.5
New York Yankees	46.2	45.7	0.503	0.5
Milwaukee Brewers	47.6	47.1	0.502	0.4
Chicago Cubs	45.4	45.4	0.500	-0.0
San Diego Padres	46.6	46.6	0.500	-0.1
Houston Astros	47.7	47.9	0.499	-0.2
Detroit Tigers	45.0	45.3	0.498	-0.3
San Francisco Giants	45.0	45.7	0.496	-0.7
Minnesota Twins	42.2	43.1	0.495	-0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.3	48.4	0.494	-1.1
Kansas City Royals	47.6	48.9	0.493	-1.3
California Angels	43.4	45.0	0.491	-1.6
Philadelphia Phillies	44.1	45.8	0.491	-1.7
Chicago White Sox	47.2	49.1	0.490	-2.0
Cleveland Indians	45.7	48.3	0.486	-2.7
Atlanta Braves	44.9	47.8	0.484	-2.9
Texas Rangers	45.6	49.8	0.478	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1973 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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