1962 Major League

1962 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1962 American League 1962 National League

1962 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1962 Postseason
1962 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
San Francisco Giants	165.0	103.0	62.0	268.0	227.0	40.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	165.0	102.0	63.0	267.0	228.0	39.0
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	33.8
New York Yankees	162.0	96.0	66.0	258.0	228.0	30.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	161.0	93.0	68.0	254.0	229.0	24.2
Minnesota Twins	163.0	91.5	71.5	254.5	234.5	19.5
Milwaukee Braves	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.8
Los Angeles Angels	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.3
Detroit Tigers	161.0	85.0	76.0	246.0	237.0	8.8
Chicago White Sox	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.7
St. Louis Cardinals	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	5.2
Philadelphia Phillies	161.0	81.0	80.0	242.0	241.0	0.7
Cleveland Indians	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.4
Boston Red Sox	160.0	76.0	84.0	236.0	244.0	-8.1
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.6
Kansas City Athletics	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.0
Houston Astros	162.0	65.0	97.0	227.0	259.0	-32.6
Washington Senators II	162.0	60.5	101.5	222.5	263.5	-41.5
Chicago Cubs	162.0	59.0	103.0	221.0	265.0	-44.7
New York Mets	161.0	40.5	120.5	201.5	281.5	-79.9

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	258.7	236.3	23.6	51.5
New York Yankees	250.6	235.4	15.9	43.3
Minnesota Twins	251.1	237.9	13.7	41.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	252.6	242.4	12.1	40.2
Cincinnati Reds	248.4	237.6	11.9	39.5
Detroit Tigers	246.4	236.6	10.5	37.9
Chicago White Sox	247.3	238.7	8.9	36.3
Milwaukee Braves	247.3	238.7	9.0	36.2
St. Louis Cardinals	247.9	241.1	7.9	35.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	244.2	238.8	5.6	32.9
Los Angeles Angels	243.0	243.0	0.8	28.8
Baltimore Orioles	241.5	244.5	-1.9	25.6
Philadelphia Phillies	239.4	243.6	-3.8	23.6
Cleveland Indians	240.7	245.3	-4.4	23.1
Boston Red Sox	237.3	242.7	-4.8	22.4
Houston Astros	239.0	247.0	-8.1	19.3
Kansas City Athletics	237.5	248.5	-10.6	17.2
Washington Senators II	237.1	248.9	-10.7	17.1
Chicago Cubs	237.0	249.0	-12.2	15.5
New York Mets	229.6	253.4	-23.4	4.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	122.4	107.4	0.533	15.0
New York Yankees	123.3	114.1	0.519	9.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	118.2	109.7	0.518	8.4
Minnesota Twins	121.9	113.6	0.517	8.2
Milwaukee Braves	117.4	110.7	0.515	6.7
Cincinnati Reds	112.4	107.5	0.511	4.9
Detroit Tigers	114.0	109.6	0.510	4.4
Chicago White Sox	114.8	114.6	0.501	0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	107.5	107.4	0.500	0.1
Kansas City Athletics	108.2	108.3	0.500	-0.1
Cleveland Indians	112.6	112.8	0.500	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	113.2	113.7	0.499	-0.4
Baltimore Orioles	115.0	115.4	0.499	-0.4
Los Angeles Angels	105.6	107.8	0.495	-2.2
Boston Red Sox	107.3	109.9	0.494	-2.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	106.5	110.5	0.491	-4.0
Chicago Cubs	105.5	110.6	0.488	-5.1
New York Mets	104.0	110.9	0.484	-7.0
Houston Astros	110.4	117.7	0.484	-7.3
Washington Senators II	104.1	113.5	0.478	-9.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	13.0	10.8	0.545	2.1
Los Angeles Angels	9.8	8.3	0.542	1.5
Minnesota Twins	9.5	8.1	0.538	1.3
San Francisco Giants	13.2	12.3	0.518	0.9
Chicago White Sox	10.8	10.0	0.519	0.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.4	9.6	0.519	0.8
Detroit Tigers	9.0	8.4	0.517	0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	11.4	10.8	0.513	0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	10.2	9.7	0.513	0.5
Cincinnati Reds	10.8	10.4	0.509	0.4
New York Yankees	8.7	8.4	0.510	0.3
Cleveland Indians	8.6	8.3	0.509	0.3
Milwaukee Braves	10.0	9.7	0.506	0.2
Kansas City Athletics	10.1	9.9	0.506	0.2
Washington Senators II	8.9	9.0	0.498	-0.1
Boston Red Sox	8.4	8.7	0.492	-0.3
Houston Astros	9.7	10.2	0.487	-0.5
Baltimore Orioles	8.3	9.5	0.467	-1.2
New York Mets	9.9	11.5	0.462	-1.6
Chicago Cubs	8.5	10.3	0.450	-1.9


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	79.7	71.0	0.529	8.8
Chicago White Sox	76.4	71.6	0.516	4.8
San Francisco Giants	80.6	76.1	0.515	4.6
St. Louis Cardinals	78.5	74.0	0.515	4.5
New York Yankees	74.2	69.7	0.515	4.4
Los Angeles Angels	81.7	77.7	0.513	4.0
Detroit Tigers	80.1	76.2	0.512	3.9
Cincinnati Reds	80.2	76.9	0.511	3.3
Houston Astros	74.8	72.1	0.509	2.6
Minnesota Twins	76.9	75.0	0.506	1.9
Milwaukee Braves	74.9	73.6	0.505	1.4
Washington Senators II	80.9	79.9	0.503	0.9
Boston Red Sox	77.6	77.9	0.499	-0.3
Baltimore Orioles	76.2	77.0	0.497	-0.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.9	78.3	0.495	-1.4
Chicago Cubs	77.0	79.6	0.492	-2.6
Cleveland Indians	76.3	79.6	0.490	-3.3
Philadelphia Phillies	75.3	80.0	0.485	-4.7
Kansas City Athletics	75.2	83.9	0.473	-8.7
New York Mets	72.9	82.1	0.470	-9.3


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	44.9	42.5	0.514	2.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	45.1	43.0	0.512	2.1
Chicago White Sox	44.7	42.9	0.510	1.8
Baltimore Orioles	43.1	41.5	0.509	1.6
Cincinnati Reds	44.5	43.2	0.507	1.3
Philadelphia Phillies	47.0	46.0	0.505	1.0
San Francisco Giants	41.9	41.1	0.505	0.8
Minnesota Twins	42.2	41.8	0.502	0.4
Detroit Tigers	43.0	42.6	0.502	0.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.6	47.7	0.499	-0.2
New York Yankees	43.7	43.9	0.499	-0.2
Milwaukee Braves	44.6	45.1	0.497	-0.5
Kansas City Athletics	45.0	45.4	0.497	-0.5
Cleveland Indians	43.7	44.3	0.496	-0.6
Chicago Cubs	46.9	47.6	0.497	-0.7
Boston Red Sox	44.6	45.6	0.494	-1.1
Washington Senators II	44.2	45.4	0.493	-1.2
Los Angeles Angels	46.5	48.7	0.489	-2.2
Houston Astros	44.4	46.7	0.487	-2.3
New York Mets	44.3	47.5	0.482	-3.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1962 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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