1997 National League

1997 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1997 American League 1997 Major Leagues

1997 National League Leaders and Trailers
1997 Postseason
1997 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
Atlanta Braves	162.0	101.0	61.0	263.0	223.0	39.9
Florida Marlins	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	22.5
San Francisco Giants	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	18.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.9
New York Mets	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.3
Houston Astros	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	6.2
Colorado Rockies	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.2
Montreal Expos	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.2
San Diego Padres	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.1
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.6
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-16.5
Chicago Cubs	162.0	68.0	94.0	230.0	256.0	-26.2
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	68.0	94.0	230.0	256.0	-26.6

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
Atlanta Braves	254.4	231.6	23.5	51.0
Houston Astros	248.8	237.2	12.5	40.1
Florida Marlins	247.1	238.9	8.6	36.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	246.7	239.3	7.3	34.9
Montreal Expos	245.3	240.7	5.4	33.1
San Francisco Giants	244.1	241.9	3.0	30.8
New York Mets	244.1	241.9	2.5	30.2
Colorado Rockies	243.9	242.1	1.8	29.4
St. Louis Cardinals	243.5	242.5	1.3	29.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	243.7	242.3	1.0	28.6
San Diego Padres	241.5	244.5	-2.4	25.3
Cincinnati Reds	239.9	246.1	-6.6	21.2
Chicago Cubs	237.2	248.8	-10.6	17.3
Philadelphia Phillies	235.8	250.2	-14.6	13.1


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Colorado Rockies	115.0	105.4	0.522	9.5
Atlanta Braves	117.4	110.7	0.515	6.7
Houston Astros	114.2	108.9	0.512	5.3
San Francisco Giants	112.6	107.4	0.512	5.1
San Diego Padres	113.5	109.0	0.510	4.4
Florida Marlins	114.1	111.5	0.506	2.6
New York Mets	113.3	111.4	0.504	1.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	113.3	111.9	0.503	1.4
Montreal Expos	109.7	110.7	0.498	-1.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.2	111.2	0.493	-2.9
Philadelphia Phillies	109.9	113.5	0.492	-3.6
St. Louis Cardinals	108.3	112.5	0.490	-4.2
Cincinnati Reds	107.5	113.4	0.487	-5.9
Chicago Cubs	104.6	112.7	0.481	-8.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	12.5	10.2	0.552	2.3
Philadelphia Phillies	9.8	9.1	0.519	0.7
Chicago Cubs	9.8	9.2	0.515	0.6
Colorado Rockies	10.7	10.5	0.506	0.2
San Francisco Giants	10.1	10.0	0.502	0.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.2	11.2	0.500	0.0
Montreal Expos	9.2	9.2	0.500	0.0
Cincinnati Reds	11.0	11.0	0.500	-0.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.9	9.9	0.500	-0.0
Florida Marlins	10.4	10.6	0.495	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	9.5	9.7	0.495	-0.2
Atlanta Braves	10.4	10.6	0.495	-0.2
San Diego Padres	9.8	10.0	0.494	-0.2
New York Mets	9.6	11.1	0.464	-1.5


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Atlanta Braves	82.1	69.5	0.541	12.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	80.3	71.5	0.529	8.9
Florida Marlins	78.3	73.9	0.514	4.4
St. Louis Cardinals	79.5	75.9	0.512	3.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	79.4	76.0	0.511	3.4
Montreal Expos	80.9	77.6	0.511	3.3
Houston Astros	77.6	75.8	0.506	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	79.2	79.6	0.499	-0.4
New York Mets	75.3	76.4	0.496	-1.1
San Francisco Giants	76.7	78.9	0.493	-2.2
San Diego Padres	75.5	79.1	0.489	-3.5
Chicago Cubs	78.6	82.4	0.488	-3.8
Colorado Rockies	75.1	79.8	0.485	-4.8
Philadelphia Phillies	74.8	83.5	0.473	-8.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	46.4	42.5	0.522	4.0
Chicago Cubs	45.5	43.2	0.513	2.4
Houston Astros	44.2	42.5	0.510	1.6
Montreal Expos	44.9	43.7	0.507	1.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	42.0	40.9	0.507	1.2
Cincinnati Reds	42.7	41.6	0.507	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	45.7	45.0	0.504	0.7
Atlanta Braves	42.7	42.5	0.501	0.1
San Francisco Giants	45.1	45.1	0.500	0.0
Florida Marlins	43.5	43.8	0.498	-0.3
Philadelphia Phillies	42.4	43.1	0.496	-0.6
Colorado Rockies	43.8	45.7	0.489	-2.0
San Diego Padres	43.2	45.9	0.485	-2.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	44.4	50.5	0.468	-6.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1997 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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