1985 National League

1985 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1985 American League 1985 Major Leagues

1985 National League Leaders and Trailers
1985 Postseason
1985 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	101.0	61.0	263.0	223.0	39.5
New York Mets	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	34.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	28.6
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	89.5	72.5	251.5	234.5	16.5
Montreal Expos	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	6.5
Houston Astros	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	4.4
San Diego Padres	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.5
Chicago Cubs	162.0	77.5	84.5	239.5	246.5	-7.4
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.4
Atlanta Braves	162.0	66.0	96.0	228.0	258.0	-30.1
San Francisco Giants	162.0	62.0	100.0	224.0	262.0	-39.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	161.0	57.0	104.0	218.0	265.0	-47.5

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
St. Louis Cardinals	252.2	233.8	19.0	45.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	251.1	234.9	17.4	43.8
New York Mets	248.8	237.2	12.6	39.2
Cincinnati Reds	245.1	240.9	4.6	31.3
San Diego Padres	244.9	241.1	4.6	31.0
Montreal Expos	243.6	239.4	4.4	30.9
Chicago Cubs	243.1	242.9	1.3	28.1
Philadelphia Phillies	243.5	242.5	1.4	28.0
Houston Astros	242.4	243.6	0.1	26.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	235.8	247.2	-11.7	14.8
San Francisco Giants	236.2	249.8	-14.4	12.4
Atlanta Braves	235.4	250.6	-15.2	11.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	112.9	106.1	0.516	6.8
Houston Astros	109.2	102.6	0.515	6.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	113.1	107.1	0.514	6.0
St. Louis Cardinals	113.7	108.7	0.511	5.0
Philadelphia Phillies	111.1	107.5	0.508	3.6
Cincinnati Reds	109.9	109.3	0.501	0.6
Chicago Cubs	108.7	108.2	0.501	0.5
San Diego Padres	111.3	111.5	0.499	-0.3
Montreal Expos	105.2	105.6	0.499	-0.4
San Francisco Giants	105.6	109.8	0.490	-4.2
Atlanta Braves	105.8	111.3	0.487	-5.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	102.1	114.6	0.471	-12.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	19.1	15.9	0.545	3.2
Montreal Expos	13.6	11.8	0.535	1.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	14.8	13.4	0.525	1.4
Chicago Cubs	12.2	11.6	0.514	0.7
Cincinnati Reds	13.2	12.6	0.512	0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	11.2	10.8	0.510	0.5
New York Mets	12.5	12.7	0.496	-0.2
San Diego Padres	12.0	12.2	0.495	-0.2
San Francisco Giants	10.5	11.4	0.480	-0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.0	12.6	0.467	-1.6
Atlanta Braves	10.3	12.2	0.459	-1.9
Houston Astros	11.0	13.7	0.446	-2.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	74.0	66.2	0.528	7.8
St. Louis Cardinals	68.1	62.4	0.522	5.7
New York Mets	76.7	72.0	0.516	4.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.7	70.7	0.511	3.1
Cincinnati Reds	74.9	72.0	0.510	2.9
Montreal Expos	73.7	71.3	0.508	2.4
San Diego Padres	72.1	70.3	0.506	1.8
Chicago Cubs	75.1	73.7	0.505	1.5
Philadelphia Phillies	72.1	74.7	0.491	-2.6
Houston Astros	72.2	75.4	0.489	-3.1
Atlanta Braves	70.0	75.7	0.481	-5.6
San Francisco Giants	70.6	77.5	0.477	-6.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Diego Padres	50.0	46.6	0.517	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	50.7	47.5	0.517	3.3
Cincinnati Reds	47.3	46.9	0.502	0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	49.5	49.1	0.502	0.3
Montreal Expos	51.0	50.9	0.501	0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.2	49.1	0.501	0.1
San Francisco Giants	50.4	50.3	0.500	0.1
Houston Astros	50.5	51.3	0.496	-0.8
New York Mets	46.1	47.0	0.495	-0.9
Atlanta Braves	49.8	50.9	0.495	-1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	48.2	49.3	0.495	-1.1
Chicago Cubs	47.5	49.1	0.492	-1.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1985 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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