1966 Major League

1966 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1966 American League 1966 National League

1966 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1966 Postseason
1966 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
Baltimore Orioles	160.0	97.0	63.0	257.0	223.0	33.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	27.7
San Francisco Giants	161.0	93.0	68.0	254.0	229.0	24.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.5
Minnesota Twins	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.9
Detroit Tigers	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.7
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	12.1
Atlanta Braves	163.0	85.5	77.5	248.5	240.5	7.6
Chicago White Sox	163.0	83.5	79.5	246.5	242.5	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.0
Cleveland Indians	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.7
California Angels	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.9
Cincinnati Reds	160.0	76.0	84.0	236.0	244.0	-8.6
Kansas City Athletics	160.0	74.0	86.0	234.0	246.0	-12.4
Washington Senators II	159.0	71.0	88.0	230.0	247.0	-17.6
Houston Astros	163.0	72.5	90.5	235.5	253.5	-18.8
Boston Red Sox	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-19.3
New York Yankees	160.0	70.5	89.5	230.5	249.5	-19.9
New York Mets	161.0	66.0	95.0	227.0	256.0	-29.4
Chicago Cubs	162.0	59.0	103.0	221.0	265.0	-44.0

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
Baltimore Orioles	248.3	231.7	17.4	44.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	251.2	234.8	17.2	43.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	250.0	236.0	14.3	41.2
Atlanta Braves	251.0	238.0	13.5	40.6
Minnesota Twins	248.7	237.3	12.2	38.6
San Francisco Giants	246.0	237.0	10.4	37.0
Philadelphia Phillies	246.0	240.0	6.7	33.3
Chicago White Sox	247.2	241.8	5.5	32.4
Detroit Tigers	244.5	241.5	3.3	30.1
Cleveland Indians	244.3	241.7	3.1	29.9
St. Louis Cardinals	243.2	242.8	0.1	26.8
New York Yankees	239.3	240.7	-1.1	25.2
Cincinnati Reds	237.8	242.2	-3.9	22.9
Houston Astros	242.4	246.6	-4.3	22.6
Boston Red Sox	240.7	245.3	-5.0	22.2
California Angels	239.8	246.2	-6.7	20.4
Washington Senators II	234.1	242.9	-8.2	18.4
Kansas City Athletics	234.8	245.2	-9.0	17.7
Chicago Cubs	234.8	251.2	-15.9	11.1
New York Mets	231.3	251.7	-20.1	6.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	119.3	107.3	0.526	12.0
Baltimore Orioles	117.4	105.6	0.527	11.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	116.4	105.7	0.524	10.7
Atlanta Braves	115.5	104.9	0.524	10.6
San Francisco Giants	112.5	107.9	0.510	4.6
Philadelphia Phillies	114.7	110.9	0.508	3.8
Minnesota Twins	118.1	114.4	0.508	3.7
New York Yankees	114.5	112.5	0.504	2.0
Boston Red Sox	109.9	108.1	0.504	1.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	116.6	115.8	0.502	0.8
Houston Astros	110.4	111.4	0.498	-1.0
California Angels	108.4	110.2	0.496	-1.8
Cleveland Indians	110.9	112.9	0.496	-1.9
Washington Senators II	109.6	111.5	0.496	-1.9
Chicago Cubs	104.8	108.4	0.492	-3.6
St. Louis Cardinals	106.8	112.2	0.488	-5.4
Cincinnati Reds	107.6	113.2	0.487	-5.5
Chicago White Sox	108.7	114.4	0.487	-5.7
New York Mets	102.5	110.5	0.481	-8.0
Kansas City Athletics	95.3	105.1	0.475	-9.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Kansas City Athletics	13.4	11.4	0.541	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	11.6	9.8	0.542	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	10.7	10.0	0.517	0.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.3	10.7	0.514	0.6
Boston Red Sox	9.7	9.1	0.516	0.6
St. Louis Cardinals	11.8	11.2	0.512	0.6
New York Mets	10.3	9.8	0.513	0.5
Chicago White Sox	13.0	12.6	0.508	0.4
Baltimore Orioles	10.5	10.2	0.508	0.4
Atlanta Braves	11.3	11.2	0.502	0.1
Houston Astros	11.6	11.5	0.501	0.0
Detroit Tigers	9.6	9.6	0.499	-0.0
Minnesota Twins	10.0	10.1	0.498	-0.1
Washington Senators II	9.1	9.3	0.495	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.6	12.0	0.490	-0.5
California Angels	9.7	10.2	0.487	-0.5
New York Yankees	7.5	8.1	0.482	-0.6
Chicago Cubs	10.5	11.3	0.480	-0.9
San Francisco Giants	9.4	10.4	0.474	-1.0
Cleveland Indians	9.5	11.6	0.450	-2.1


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.9	64.0	0.546	12.9
Chicago White Sox	78.5	69.3	0.531	9.2
Cleveland Indians	81.9	74.9	0.522	7.0
Baltimore Orioles	79.0	74.1	0.516	4.9
San Francisco Giants	78.9	74.1	0.516	4.8
Cincinnati Reds	78.9	74.8	0.513	4.1
Minnesota Twins	76.0	72.0	0.514	4.0
St. Louis Cardinals	75.8	74.3	0.505	1.5
Atlanta Braves	75.8	74.6	0.504	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	73.6	72.9	0.503	0.7
Houston Astros	74.5	74.3	0.501	0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.4	73.4	0.500	-0.1
Kansas City Athletics	79.0	79.0	0.500	-0.1
Washington Senators II	75.5	77.5	0.493	-2.0
New York Yankees	71.1	73.7	0.491	-2.6
California Angels	74.8	78.5	0.488	-3.7
Boston Red Sox	77.1	81.7	0.485	-4.6
Chicago Cubs	75.0	80.7	0.482	-5.6
Detroit Tigers	74.0	83.5	0.470	-9.5
New York Mets	70.0	83.0	0.457	-13.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.8	45.0	0.520	3.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	48.4	45.1	0.518	3.3
New York Mets	49.9	47.0	0.515	2.9
Minnesota Twins	44.0	41.4	0.515	2.5
Detroit Tigers	41.9	40.6	0.508	1.3
California Angels	47.8	46.6	0.506	1.2
New York Yankees	46.9	45.8	0.506	1.1
Atlanta Braves	48.3	47.4	0.505	0.9
Chicago White Sox	46.6	45.9	0.504	0.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	45.4	45.2	0.501	0.2
San Francisco Giants	44.7	45.1	0.498	-0.4
Baltimore Orioles	41.4	41.9	0.497	-0.5
Kansas City Athletics	48.1	48.8	0.496	-0.7
Cleveland Indians	41.8	42.5	0.496	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	45.7	46.7	0.494	-1.0
Boston Red Sox	44.7	45.8	0.494	-1.1
Cincinnati Reds	41.2	43.7	0.486	-2.4
Washington Senators II	40.9	43.5	0.485	-2.6
Houston Astros	46.2	49.0	0.485	-2.8
Chicago Cubs	45.3	49.9	0.476	-4.6

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1966 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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