1968 National League

1968 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1968 American League 1968 Major Leagues

1968 National League Leaders and Trailers
1968 Postseason
1968 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
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	31.3
San Francisco Giants	163.0	88.5	74.5	251.5	237.5	13.7
Chicago Cubs	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	6.0
Cincinnati Reds	163.0	83.5	79.5	246.5	242.5	2.6
Atlanta Braves	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	163.0	80.5	82.5	243.5	245.5	-2.8
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-9.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.5
New York Mets	163.0	73.5	89.5	236.5	252.5	-16.5
Houston Astros	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.1

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
San Francisco Giants	252.8	236.2	17.3	43.9
St. Louis Cardinals	250.2	235.8	14.0	40.6
Atlanta Braves	246.3	242.7	4.2	31.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	245.9	243.1	3.5	30.4
Cincinnati Reds	245.1	243.9	1.0	28.3
Chicago Cubs	243.4	245.6	-1.1	25.9
New York Mets	243.4	245.6	-1.8	25.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	241.4	244.6	-2.7	24.1
Philadelphia Phillies	239.1	246.9	-6.9	19.9
Houston Astros	238.0	248.0	-9.5	17.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	120.4	111.4	0.519	9.0
Cincinnati Reds	115.5	110.1	0.512	5.4
St. Louis Cardinals	112.1	108.6	0.508	3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.8	109.1	0.504	1.7
Chicago Cubs	112.9	111.7	0.503	1.2
Atlanta Braves	113.9	112.7	0.503	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	107.1	108.6	0.497	-1.4
Houston Astros	107.5	109.3	0.496	-1.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	105.8	109.4	0.492	-3.5
New York Mets	106.5	111.5	0.488	-5.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	12.5	10.5	0.543	2.0
San Francisco Giants	11.3	10.8	0.511	0.5
Chicago Cubs	10.3	9.8	0.512	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.7	12.4	0.506	0.3
Atlanta Braves	12.3	12.1	0.504	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	12.0	12.1	0.499	-0.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.4	10.6	0.495	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	9.4	9.9	0.486	-0.5
New York Mets	10.7	11.4	0.483	-0.7
Houston Astros	10.8	12.3	0.468	-1.5


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	74.9	68.8	0.521	6.2
St. Louis Cardinals	77.3	71.2	0.520	6.1
New York Mets	76.7	75.3	0.505	1.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	74.9	74.2	0.503	0.8
Atlanta Braves	71.8	71.1	0.503	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.4	73.2	0.501	0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	73.6	74.4	0.497	-0.8
Houston Astros	72.3	73.8	0.495	-1.5
Cincinnati Reds	73.2	76.0	0.490	-2.8
Chicago Cubs	75.6	78.7	0.490	-3.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	49.7	47.2	0.513	2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.7	47.8	0.509	1.8
Atlanta Braves	48.4	46.7	0.509	1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	47.5	46.3	0.507	1.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	50.6	50.1	0.502	0.5
San Francisco Giants	45.8	45.6	0.501	0.2
Chicago Cubs	45.1	44.9	0.501	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	44.8	45.3	0.497	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	49.7	53.4	0.482	-3.7
Houston Astros	47.9	52.1	0.479	-4.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1968 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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