1959 Major League

1959 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1959 American League 1959 National League

1959 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1959 Postseason
1959 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 White Sox	156.0	95.0	61.0	251.0	217.0	33.8
Cleveland Indians	154.0	89.0	65.0	243.0	219.0	23.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	156.0	88.0	68.0	244.0	224.0	19.6
Milwaukee Braves	157.0	86.5	70.5	243.5	227.5	16.0
San Francisco Giants	154.0	83.0	71.0	237.0	225.0	11.7
New York Yankees	155.0	79.5	75.5	234.5	230.5	3.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	155.0	78.5	76.5	233.5	231.5	1.8
Detroit Tigers	154.0	76.0	78.0	230.0	232.0	-2.4
Boston Red Sox	154.0	75.0	79.0	229.0	233.0	-4.8
Chicago Cubs	155.0	74.5	80.5	229.5	235.5	-6.1
Baltimore Orioles	155.0	74.5	80.5	229.5	235.5	-6.1
Cincinnati Reds	154.0	74.0	80.0	228.0	234.0	-6.6
St. Louis Cardinals	154.0	71.0	83.0	225.0	237.0	-12.3
Kansas City Athletics	154.0	66.0	88.0	220.0	242.0	-22.6
Philadelphia Phillies	155.0	64.5	90.5	219.5	245.5	-26.6
Washington Senators I	154.0	63.0	91.0	217.0	245.0	-28.5

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
San Francisco Giants	237.8	224.2	15.1	40.8
Milwaukee Braves	240.6	230.4	10.8	36.6
Chicago White Sox	238.6	229.4	10.4	36.4
New York Yankees	234.5	230.5	4.3	30.3
Detroit Tigers	233.2	228.8	4.6	30.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	235.3	232.7	2.9	29.5
Cleveland Indians	232.8	229.2	3.2	28.8
Boston Red Sox	232.1	229.9	2.4	28.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	232.6	232.4	0.9	26.6
Cincinnati Reds	231.1	230.9	0.6	26.2
St. Louis Cardinals	231.0	231.0	0.3	26.1
Chicago Cubs	232.0	233.0	-0.3	25.7
Baltimore Orioles	230.8	234.2	-2.8	23.0
Kansas City Athletics	229.2	232.8	-3.4	22.4
Washington Senators I	229.4	232.6	-3.8	21.7
Philadelphia Phillies	224.6	240.4	-15.8	10.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Braves	113.8	106.1	0.518	7.7
San Francisco Giants	109.2	102.7	0.515	6.5
Cleveland Indians	110.2	104.7	0.513	5.5
Boston Red Sox	111.6	106.9	0.511	4.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	107.9	103.3	0.511	4.6
Detroit Tigers	109.7	105.2	0.511	4.5
Chicago Cubs	110.4	108.5	0.504	1.9
New York Yankees	109.3	108.3	0.502	0.9
Cincinnati Reds	107.8	107.0	0.502	0.9
Kansas City Athletics	104.2	104.4	0.500	-0.2
Chicago White Sox	106.2	106.8	0.498	-0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	105.0	105.7	0.498	-0.7
Washington Senators I	103.9	106.7	0.493	-2.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	105.8	110.7	0.489	-4.9
Baltimore Orioles	103.8	111.9	0.481	-8.1
Philadelphia Phillies	101.1	111.0	0.477	-9.9


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Boston Red Sox	10.2	7.8	0.566	2.4
Chicago White Sox	11.0	9.8	0.530	1.2
Detroit Tigers	9.5	8.3	0.535	1.2
Cincinnati Reds	9.4	8.5	0.527	1.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.4	8.5	0.525	0.9
San Francisco Giants	10.0	9.3	0.520	0.8
Milwaukee Braves	9.1	8.4	0.520	0.7
Kansas City Athletics	8.7	8.1	0.519	0.6
Chicago Cubs	8.3	8.2	0.504	0.1
New York Yankees	9.0	9.0	0.501	0.0
Washington Senators I	7.7	8.3	0.483	-0.5
Cleveland Indians	8.3	8.9	0.482	-0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	8.9	9.6	0.481	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	8.2	9.0	0.476	-0.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	9.1	10.0	0.477	-0.9
Baltimore Orioles	7.1	8.5	0.455	-1.4


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Baltimore Orioles	75.3	69.7	0.519	5.6
Chicago White Sox	77.2	71.8	0.518	5.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.9	68.8	0.518	5.0
San Francisco Giants	75.9	70.9	0.517	5.0
Milwaukee Braves	73.4	71.0	0.508	2.4
Washington Senators I	72.6	70.7	0.507	1.9
St. Louis Cardinals	73.0	72.2	0.503	0.8
New York Yankees	72.9	72.1	0.503	0.8
Detroit Tigers	73.5	73.5	0.500	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	71.7	72.1	0.499	-0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	72.5	73.1	0.498	-0.7
Kansas City Athletics	70.9	73.3	0.492	-2.5
Cleveland Indians	73.0	75.5	0.492	-2.5
Boston Red Sox	69.6	72.4	0.490	-2.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.9	80.3	0.489	-3.4
Chicago Cubs	70.1	73.6	0.488	-3.5


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	41.5	38.9	0.516	2.6
Chicago White Sox	43.8	41.4	0.514	2.4
New York Yankees	43.0	41.3	0.510	1.7
Chicago Cubs	43.8	42.1	0.510	1.7
Cleveland Indians	41.6	39.9	0.511	1.7
San Francisco Giants	42.4	41.6	0.505	0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	44.2	43.4	0.505	0.8
Baltimore Orioles	44.3	44.3	0.500	-0.0
Cincinnati Reds	42.4	43.2	0.495	-0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	43.4	44.4	0.495	-0.9
Boston Red Sox	41.3	42.3	0.494	-1.0
Kansas City Athletics	45.6	46.9	0.493	-1.3
Milwaukee Braves	43.7	45.5	0.490	-1.7
Detroit Tigers	40.2	42.1	0.489	-1.8
Washington Senators I	44.6	47.4	0.485	-2.8
Philadelphia Phillies	43.4	46.8	0.481	-3.4

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1959 Major 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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