1963 Major League

1963 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1963 American League 1963 National League

1963 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1963 Postseason
1963 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 Yankees	161.0	104.0	57.0	265.0	218.0	47.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	163.0	99.5	63.5	262.5	226.5	35.6
Chicago White Sox	162.0	94.0	68.0	256.0	230.0	25.6
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	93.0	69.0	255.0	231.0	23.4
Minnesota Twins	161.0	91.0	70.0	252.0	231.0	21.1
San Francisco Giants	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.9
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.7
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	10.1
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.5
Milwaukee Braves	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	5.2
Chicago Cubs	162.0	82.0	80.0	244.0	242.0	1.5
Detroit Tigers	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.3
Cleveland Indians	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.5
Boston Red Sox	161.0	76.0	85.0	237.0	246.0	-9.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.7
Kansas City Athletics	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-16.5
Los Angeles Angels	161.0	70.0	91.0	231.0	252.0	-21.6
Houston Astros	162.0	66.0	96.0	228.0	258.0	-30.9
Washington Senators II	162.0	56.0	106.0	218.0	268.0	-50.7
New York Mets	162.0	51.0	111.0	213.0	273.0	-60.6

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
Minnesota Twins	249.8	233.2	16.9	43.7
San Francisco Giants	250.6	235.4	16.0	43.3
New York Yankees	248.7	234.3	16.3	43.0
Chicago White Sox	250.3	235.7	15.4	42.6
St. Louis Cardinals	249.8	236.2	14.3	41.3
Philadelphia Phillies	247.4	238.6	9.5	36.9
Milwaukee Braves	249.0	240.0	8.8	36.2
Cincinnati Reds	246.0	240.0	7.1	34.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	246.5	242.5	5.1	32.5
Chicago Cubs	244.1	241.9	3.1	30.4
Baltimore Orioles	244.0	242.0	2.5	29.7
Boston Red Sox	242.6	240.4	2.4	29.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	243.5	242.5	1.2	28.5
Detroit Tigers	243.0	243.0	0.7	27.9
Cleveland Indians	242.2	243.8	-1.3	26.2
Los Angeles Angels	238.4	244.6	-5.9	21.3
Kansas City Athletics	236.3	249.7	-11.6	15.8
Houston Astros	236.5	249.5	-13.1	14.1
Washington Senators II	233.5	252.5	-19.4	8.3
New York Mets	225.8	260.2	-34.5	-7.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	118.4	102.9	0.535	15.5
Minnesota Twins	121.4	108.7	0.528	12.7
St. Louis Cardinals	115.9	109.9	0.513	6.0
Milwaukee Braves	118.1	112.6	0.512	5.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	111.7	107.4	0.510	4.4
New York Yankees	117.5	114.2	0.507	3.3
Detroit Tigers	113.2	110.0	0.507	3.3
Boston Red Sox	114.5	111.6	0.506	2.9
Philadelphia Phillies	114.0	111.2	0.506	2.8
Cincinnati Reds	112.3	109.4	0.506	2.8
Cleveland Indians	110.5	108.6	0.504	1.9
Baltimore Orioles	113.2	112.4	0.502	0.9
Chicago White Sox	113.1	113.3	0.500	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	111.1	111.4	0.499	-0.3
Chicago Cubs	107.6	111.0	0.492	-3.4
Los Angeles Angels	107.4	111.9	0.490	-4.5
Kansas City Athletics	106.7	112.3	0.487	-5.6
Washington Senators II	102.7	109.8	0.483	-7.1
New York Mets	97.4	109.0	0.472	-11.7
Houston Astros	102.6	116.7	0.468	-14.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	12.6	10.7	0.539	1.8
Milwaukee Braves	12.2	10.5	0.539	1.8
Detroit Tigers	11.1	9.8	0.532	1.3
New York Yankees	9.5	8.4	0.530	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	12.7	11.7	0.520	1.0
Washington Senators II	8.2	7.5	0.522	0.7
Boston Red Sox	9.3	8.6	0.518	0.7
Cleveland Indians	9.9	9.3	0.515	0.6
Baltimore Orioles	10.4	9.9	0.514	0.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	12.2	11.9	0.506	0.3
Minnesota Twins	8.4	8.1	0.509	0.3
Houston Astros	10.4	10.1	0.507	0.3
Philadelphia Phillies	10.1	10.1	0.502	0.1
San Francisco Giants	10.8	11.3	0.488	-0.5
Cincinnati Reds	10.7	11.3	0.486	-0.6
Los Angeles Angels	10.1	10.8	0.483	-0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.8	11.7	0.479	-1.0
Chicago White Sox	10.0	11.0	0.474	-1.1
New York Mets	9.6	10.9	0.468	-1.3
Kansas City Athletics	9.3	11.5	0.447	-2.2


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	81.5	68.4	0.544	13.2
New York Yankees	77.2	69.5	0.526	7.7
St. Louis Cardinals	77.1	69.6	0.526	7.6
Cincinnati Reds	78.9	74.5	0.514	4.4
Houston Astros	77.2	72.9	0.514	4.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	74.8	70.7	0.514	4.1
Philadelphia Phillies	76.8	73.4	0.511	3.4
Los Angeles Angels	77.4	75.5	0.506	2.0
Chicago Cubs	76.7	74.9	0.506	1.9
Minnesota Twins	77.2	75.8	0.505	1.4
San Francisco Giants	77.5	76.7	0.503	0.8
Baltimore Orioles	75.9	75.2	0.502	0.7
Boston Red Sox	75.6	76.2	0.498	-0.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	75.8	78.0	0.493	-2.2
Milwaukee Braves	72.6	75.0	0.492	-2.4
Cleveland Indians	78.8	81.5	0.492	-2.7
Kansas City Athletics	77.0	80.0	0.490	-3.0
Detroit Tigers	75.5	80.9	0.483	-5.4
Washington Senators II	76.9	83.2	0.481	-6.2
New York Mets	72.2	88.9	0.448	-16.7


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Braves	45.7	42.3	0.520	3.4
Philadelphia Phillies	46.4	43.9	0.514	2.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	47.2	44.8	0.513	2.4
Chicago Cubs	47.2	45.3	0.511	2.0
Detroit Tigers	43.7	41.8	0.511	1.9
New York Yankees	44.3	42.6	0.510	1.7
Chicago White Sox	44.8	43.9	0.505	0.9
Minnesota Twins	42.0	41.3	0.504	0.7
Baltimore Orioles	44.9	44.2	0.504	0.7
Kansas City Athletics	44.7	44.4	0.502	0.3
Boston Red Sox	43.6	43.7	0.499	-0.1
New York Mets	48.7	49.4	0.496	-0.7
Cleveland Indians	43.4	44.1	0.496	-0.7
Cincinnati Reds	44.0	44.9	0.494	-1.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.1	48.5	0.493	-1.4
San Francisco Giants	43.2	45.2	0.489	-2.0
St. Louis Cardinals	43.4	45.6	0.488	-2.1
Los Angeles Angels	43.9	46.0	0.488	-2.2
Houston Astros	46.9	49.3	0.487	-2.5
Washington Senators II	46.7	51.0	0.478	-4.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1963 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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