1988 National League

1988 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1988 American League 1988 Major Leagues

1988 National League Leaders and Trailers
1988 Postseason
1988 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
New York Mets	160.0	100.0	60.0	260.0	220.0	40.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	94.5	67.5	256.5	229.5	26.9
Cincinnati Reds	161.0	87.0	74.0	248.0	235.0	12.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	160.0	85.0	75.0	245.0	235.0	9.8
San Diego Padres	161.0	83.0	78.0	244.0	239.0	5.1
San Francisco Giants	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	4.1
Houston Astros	162.0	82.0	80.0	244.0	242.0	2.1
Montreal Expos	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-0.1
Chicago Cubs	163.0	77.5	85.5	240.5	248.5	-7.3
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.6
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	65.5	96.5	227.5	258.5	-31.4
Atlanta Braves	160.0	54.0	106.0	214.0	266.0	-52.5

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
New York Mets	251.2	228.8	23.1	49.1
San Francisco Giants	247.2	238.8	9.3	35.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	246.8	239.2	8.5	35.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	241.9	238.1	4.5	31.0
Cincinnati Reds	243.4	239.6	4.3	31.0
Montreal Expos	245.6	243.4	2.9	29.8
San Diego Padres	242.6	240.4	3.2	29.7
St. Louis Cardinals	243.4	242.6	1.6	28.3
Houston Astros	241.7	244.3	-1.5	25.2
Chicago Cubs	243.1	245.9	-1.8	25.0
Philadelphia Phillies	235.2	250.8	-15.6	11.3
Atlanta Braves	232.4	247.6	-15.3	11.2


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	121.6	105.7	0.535	15.9
San Francisco Giants	113.1	106.9	0.514	6.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	111.3	106.3	0.512	5.0
Chicago Cubs	110.0	108.5	0.503	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	108.8	109.2	0.499	-0.3
Houston Astros	108.4	108.8	0.499	-0.4
Montreal Expos	112.5	113.7	0.497	-1.2
San Diego Padres	109.4	111.2	0.496	-1.7
Philadelphia Phillies	106.9	109.6	0.494	-2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	108.0	110.7	0.494	-2.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	106.8	110.6	0.491	-3.8
Atlanta Braves	100.5	110.3	0.477	-9.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	13.3	11.1	0.546	2.2
Houston Astros	13.1	11.3	0.537	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	12.4	11.0	0.531	1.5
Montreal Expos	13.2	11.9	0.526	1.3
New York Mets	11.9	11.4	0.510	0.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.5	11.1	0.510	0.4
San Francisco Giants	12.9	12.8	0.502	0.1
Chicago Cubs	11.9	12.0	0.498	-0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	10.5	10.6	0.497	-0.1
San Diego Padres	9.9	11.0	0.475	-1.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.3	11.4	0.475	-1.1
Atlanta Braves	10.0	11.8	0.456	-1.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	82.4	70.3	0.540	12.1
San Diego Padres	79.4	73.1	0.521	6.3
New York Mets	72.8	69.9	0.510	2.9
Montreal Expos	75.2	72.5	0.509	2.7
Cincinnati Reds	76.9	74.8	0.507	2.1
San Francisco Giants	74.2	72.5	0.506	1.7
St. Louis Cardinals	73.7	74.9	0.496	-1.2
Houston Astros	76.9	78.5	0.495	-1.5
Atlanta Braves	73.9	75.7	0.494	-1.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	72.4	75.0	0.491	-2.6
Chicago Cubs	73.7	76.4	0.491	-2.7
Philadelphia Phillies	74.1	81.2	0.477	-7.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.7	45.6	0.516	3.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	48.2	45.1	0.516	3.1
Cincinnati Reds	45.6	44.2	0.508	1.4
New York Mets	44.0	42.7	0.508	1.3
San Francisco Giants	46.9	46.8	0.501	0.1
Montreal Expos	44.9	45.1	0.499	-0.2
Atlanta Braves	48.6	49.2	0.497	-0.6
Houston Astros	44.0	44.9	0.495	-0.9
Chicago Cubs	47.7	48.8	0.495	-1.0
San Diego Padres	43.7	45.3	0.491	-1.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	45.7	47.6	0.490	-1.9
Philadelphia Phillies	45.0	48.1	0.483	-3.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1988 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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