2008 National League

2008 National League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

2008 American League 2008 Major Leagues

2008 National League Leaders and Trailers
2008 Postseason
2008 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	161.0	97.0	64.0	258.0	225.0	33.2
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.9
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	18.3
New York Mets	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	16.0
Houston Astros	161.0	86.0	75.0	247.0	236.0	10.6
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	10.1
Florida Marlins	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	6.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.5
Arizona Diamondbacks	162.0	82.0	80.0	244.0	242.0	2.5
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-13.6
Colorado Rockies	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-13.9
San Francisco Giants	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.0
Atlanta Braves	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.2
San Diego Padres	162.0	63.0	99.0	225.0	261.0	-36.6
Washington Nationals	161.0	59.0	102.0	220.0	263.0	-43.6

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
Chicago Cubs	251.6	231.4	20.9	48.2
Philadelphia Phillies	248.1	237.9	10.8	38.3
Arizona Diamondbacks	247.2	238.8	9.3	36.7
New York Mets	247.2	238.8	8.5	36.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	247.2	238.8	8.8	36.1
Milwaukee Brewers	246.9	239.1	8.5	36.0
Florida Marlins	243.3	239.7	3.9	31.5
St. Louis Cardinals	244.4	241.6	3.2	30.9
Atlanta Braves	243.6	242.4	1.5	29.0
Colorado Rockies	242.3	243.7	-0.7	26.8
Houston Astros	240.8	242.2	-0.9	26.4
San Diego Padres	237.9	248.1	-10.8	16.8
San Francisco Giants	237.2	248.8	-10.9	16.8
Cincinnati Reds	236.8	249.2	-11.9	15.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	234.6	251.4	-16.1	11.4
Washington Nationals	231.2	251.8	-20.8	6.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	122.8	113.3	0.520	9.5
St. Louis Cardinals	113.8	107.7	0.514	6.1
Florida Marlins	113.9	107.9	0.514	6.0
Philadelphia Phillies	116.5	110.7	0.513	5.8
Milwaukee Brewers	113.0	109.4	0.508	3.7
New York Mets	112.7	110.0	0.506	2.7
Colorado Rockies	111.8	111.1	0.502	0.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	115.6	115.3	0.501	0.3
San Diego Padres	113.6	113.5	0.500	0.1
Cincinnati Reds	110.5	111.3	0.498	-0.8
Atlanta Braves	113.7	116.0	0.495	-2.3
Arizona Diamondbacks	110.9	113.3	0.494	-2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	109.3	112.3	0.493	-3.0
Houston Astros	110.4	115.5	0.489	-5.1
Washington Nationals	106.3	114.7	0.481	-8.4
San Francisco Giants	103.2	115.2	0.473	-12.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Phillies	11.6	8.2	0.584	3.3
New York Mets	9.7	8.3	0.537	1.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	8.7	8.2	0.516	0.5
Milwaukee Brewers	9.1	8.6	0.515	0.5
Houston Astros	9.5	9.3	0.505	0.2
Chicago Cubs	9.4	9.2	0.504	0.1
Florida Marlins	7.9	7.9	0.499	-0.0
St. Louis Cardinals	8.3	8.5	0.494	-0.2
Atlanta Braves	8.9	9.2	0.494	-0.2
Arizona Diamondbacks	7.7	8.1	0.486	-0.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.3	10.7	0.488	-0.5
Colorado Rockies	8.9	9.6	0.479	-0.8
San Francisco Giants	9.4	10.2	0.479	-0.8
Washington Nationals	7.9	9.0	0.467	-1.1
Cincinnati Reds	7.4	8.6	0.463	-1.2
San Diego Padres	6.7	8.6	0.440	-1.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Arizona Diamondbacks	84.4	74.8	0.530	9.6
Chicago Cubs	81.5	72.7	0.528	8.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	77.7	69.5	0.528	8.2
Atlanta Braves	77.9	72.9	0.517	5.1
Houston Astros	80.0	75.2	0.515	4.7
New York Mets	80.9	78.5	0.508	2.5
Milwaukee Brewers	80.7	78.7	0.506	2.0
San Francisco Giants	81.6	80.0	0.505	1.7
Colorado Rockies	78.1	77.2	0.503	0.9
Philadelphia Phillies	77.4	77.6	0.499	-0.3
Florida Marlins	78.4	79.6	0.496	-1.2
St. Louis Cardinals	77.0	81.1	0.487	-4.1
Cincinnati Reds	77.7	84.4	0.479	-6.7
Washington Nationals	74.7	82.6	0.475	-7.8
San Diego Padres	75.3	83.1	0.475	-7.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.8	83.4	0.469	-9.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Philadelphia Phillies	42.9	41.2	0.510	1.7
St. Louis Cardinals	45.4	44.2	0.507	1.3
Milwaukee Brewers	43.8	42.7	0.506	1.0
New York Mets	43.5	42.4	0.506	1.0
San Diego Padres	42.9	42.3	0.503	0.5
San Francisco Giants	43.4	43.1	0.502	0.4
Chicago Cubs	37.0	37.1	0.499	-0.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	43.3	43.5	0.499	-0.2
Washington Nationals	43.7	44.1	0.497	-0.5
Arizona Diamondbacks	43.1	43.6	0.497	-0.5
Houston Astros	41.3	41.9	0.497	-0.6
Florida Marlins	43.2	44.2	0.494	-1.0
Atlanta Braves	43.1	44.4	0.493	-1.3
Colorado Rockies	44.0	45.4	0.492	-1.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	44.3	46.0	0.491	-1.7
Cincinnati Reds	42.2	43.9	0.490	-1.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 2008 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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