1929 National League

1929 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1929 American League 1929 Major Leagues

1929 National League Leaders and Trailers
1929 Postseason
1929 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
Chicago Cubs	156.0	100.0	56.0	256.0	212.0	43.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	154.0	88.5	65.5	242.5	219.5	23.2
New York Giants	152.0	84.5	67.5	236.5	219.5	16.4
St. Louis Cardinals	154.0	79.0	75.0	233.0	229.0	3.5
Philadelphia Phillies	154.0	71.5	82.5	225.5	236.5	-11.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	153.0	70.0	83.0	223.0	236.0	-13.3
Cincinnati Reds	155.0	66.5	88.5	221.5	243.5	-22.4
Boston Braves	154.0	56.0	98.0	210.0	252.0	-42.4

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
Chicago Cubs	244.2	223.8	21.3	47.2
New York Giants	233.3	222.7	11.5	37.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	234.3	227.7	7.4	33.0
St. Louis Cardinals	230.8	231.2	0.8	26.4
Philadelphia Phillies	230.3	231.7	-1.0	25.2
Cincinnati Reds	230.7	234.3	-4.3	21.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	226.8	232.2	-4.9	21.1
Boston Braves	221.4	240.6	-19.5	6.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	114.7	104.0	0.524	10.7
Philadelphia Phillies	107.4	98.5	0.521	8.8
New York Giants	111.4	105.5	0.513	5.8
St. Louis Cardinals	105.1	103.7	0.503	1.4
Brooklyn Dodgers	102.7	102.1	0.501	0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.2	108.4	0.500	-0.2
Boston Braves	99.0	109.4	0.475	-10.3
Cincinnati Reds	102.0	113.7	0.473	-11.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	10.4	8.5	0.549	1.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.5	9.0	0.539	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	11.2	10.5	0.515	0.7
Boston Braves	9.4	9.5	0.499	-0.0
New York Giants	9.2	9.4	0.495	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	9.0	9.2	0.494	-0.2
Brooklyn Dodgers	8.6	9.1	0.487	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	8.9	9.8	0.474	-1.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	68.3	62.0	0.524	6.4
Chicago Cubs	68.8	63.7	0.520	5.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	68.8	64.2	0.518	4.7
New York Giants	64.1	62.6	0.506	1.6
Brooklyn Dodgers	70.2	70.2	0.500	-0.0
St. Louis Cardinals	68.6	69.3	0.497	-0.7
Boston Braves	65.3	70.6	0.480	-5.3
Philadelphia Phillies	66.0	72.6	0.476	-6.6


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Giants	48.9	45.0	0.521	4.0
Chicago Cubs	49.5	48.3	0.507	1.3
St. Louis Cardinals	48.9	48.1	0.504	0.7
Cincinnati Reds	48.9	48.4	0.503	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.4	46.4	0.500	0.0
Philadelphia Phillies	48.8	50.1	0.494	-1.2
Boston Braves	48.5	50.3	0.491	-1.8
Brooklyn Dodgers	45.8	50.4	0.476	-4.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1929 National 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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