1977 Major League

1977 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1977 American League 1977 National League

1977 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1977 Postseason
1977 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
Kansas City Royals	162.0	102.0	60.0	264.0	222.0	41.6
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	101.0	61.0	263.0	223.0	39.7
New York Yankees	162.0	100.0	62.0	262.0	224.0	37.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	34.4
Baltimore Orioles	161.0	97.0	64.0	258.0	225.0	32.8
Boston Red Sox	161.0	97.0	64.0	258.0	225.0	32.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	96.0	66.0	258.0	228.0	29.9
Texas Rangers	162.0	94.0	68.0	256.0	230.0	25.9
Chicago White Sox	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.6
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.4
Minnesota Twins	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	7.0
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.1
Houston Astros	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-1.0
Montreal Expos	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.2
San Francisco Giants	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-13.0
California Angels	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.4
Detroit Tigers	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.9
Cleveland Indians	161.0	71.0	90.0	232.0	251.0	-19.5
San Diego Padres	162.0	69.0	93.0	231.0	255.0	-25.1
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.3
New York Mets	162.0	64.0	98.0	226.0	260.0	-34.4
Seattle Mariners	162.0	64.0	98.0	226.0	260.0	-34.8
Oakland Athletics	161.0	63.0	98.0	224.0	259.0	-35.4
Atlanta Braves	162.0	61.0	101.0	223.0	263.0	-40.2
Toronto Blue Jays	161.0	54.0	107.0	215.0	268.0	-53.3

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
Los Angeles Dodgers	253.6	232.4	23.5	50.6
Philadelphia Phillies	252.5	233.5	20.2	47.3
Boston Red Sox	250.2	232.8	17.3	45.2
New York Yankees	251.9	234.1	17.3	45.0
Kansas City Royals	251.4	234.6	16.4	44.5
Texas Rangers	250.4	235.6	14.9	42.7
Cincinnati Reds	249.0	237.0	12.9	40.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	247.5	238.5	10.3	37.4
Baltimore Orioles	245.3	237.7	8.1	35.8
Chicago White Sox	246.3	239.7	5.9	34.0
Minnesota Twins	244.4	238.6	5.8	33.6
Houston Astros	245.9	240.1	6.2	33.2
San Francisco Giants	243.3	242.7	0.5	27.7
California Angels	242.5	243.5	-0.3	27.7
Montreal Expos	242.9	243.1	-0.1	27.1
Chicago Cubs	242.0	244.0	-1.7	25.5
Detroit Tigers	241.3	244.7	-4.3	23.9
New York Mets	239.9	246.1	-5.7	21.3
St. Louis Cardinals	239.9	246.1	-6.2	21.1
Cleveland Indians	238.1	244.9	-7.0	20.8
Milwaukee Brewers	237.4	248.6	-11.4	16.4
Oakland Athletics	235.5	247.5	-12.5	15.5
San Diego Padres	236.6	249.4	-12.1	15.5
Toronto Blue Jays	231.0	252.0	-21.2	6.5
Atlanta Braves	232.4	253.6	-21.2	6.2
Seattle Mariners	232.1	253.9	-22.6	6.0


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	115.0	102.5	0.529	12.5
Philadelphia Phillies	117.6	105.2	0.528	12.4
New York Yankees	121.2	110.5	0.523	10.7
Chicago White Sox	115.1	104.8	0.523	10.3
Boston Red Sox	116.8	108.2	0.519	8.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	114.5	105.9	0.519	8.5
Kansas City Royals	115.4	109.8	0.512	5.6
Minnesota Twins	116.0	110.7	0.512	5.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	111.1	108.1	0.507	3.0
Houston Astros	110.9	108.5	0.505	2.4
Baltimore Orioles	112.2	110.2	0.504	2.0
San Diego Padres	107.4	105.6	0.504	1.8
Texas Rangers	111.0	109.7	0.503	1.3
California Angels	110.6	110.5	0.500	0.1
St. Louis Cardinals	108.9	110.3	0.497	-1.4
Montreal Expos	105.9	107.9	0.495	-2.0
San Francisco Giants	109.3	111.9	0.494	-2.6
Detroit Tigers	107.2	109.8	0.494	-2.6
Cleveland Indians	108.5	112.7	0.491	-4.2
Seattle Mariners	102.6	107.8	0.488	-5.2
Chicago Cubs	112.4	117.8	0.488	-5.3
Milwaukee Brewers	106.5	113.6	0.484	-7.1
New York Mets	110.2	118.2	0.482	-8.0
Atlanta Braves	102.5	111.6	0.479	-9.1
Oakland Athletics	101.2	110.4	0.478	-9.1
Toronto Blue Jays	102.0	111.7	0.477	-9.6


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Minnesota Twins	13.0	10.7	0.548	2.3
Cincinnati Reds	12.4	10.5	0.541	1.9
Oakland Athletics	12.8	11.2	0.534	1.6
Philadelphia Phillies	12.1	10.6	0.534	1.5
Houston Astros	12.7	11.5	0.526	1.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.7	10.6	0.524	1.1
Texas Rangers	13.1	12.2	0.518	0.9
Boston Red Sox	10.3	9.6	0.517	0.7
Kansas City Royals	12.3	11.9	0.508	0.4
Detroit Tigers	9.8	9.5	0.509	0.4
San Diego Padres	11.8	11.5	0.507	0.3
Milwaukee Brewers	10.5	10.2	0.506	0.3
San Francisco Giants	11.4	11.2	0.503	0.1
New York Mets	12.1	12.0	0.501	0.1
Montreal Expos	10.4	10.5	0.497	-0.1
Baltimore Orioles	10.7	10.9	0.496	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	14.1	14.3	0.497	-0.2
Atlanta Braves	9.7	10.0	0.493	-0.3
Chicago White Sox	9.1	9.5	0.489	-0.4
St. Louis Cardinals	12.7	13.3	0.490	-0.5
Seattle Mariners	9.0	9.6	0.483	-0.6
New York Yankees	10.9	11.6	0.485	-0.7
Toronto Blue Jays	9.9	10.7	0.479	-0.9
California Angels	11.5	12.4	0.480	-1.0
Chicago Cubs	9.1	10.5	0.463	-1.5
Cleveland Indians	10.4	12.8	0.449	-2.4


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Texas Rangers	79.5	70.4	0.530	9.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	80.1	73.3	0.522	6.8
Boston Red Sox	77.2	71.3	0.520	5.9
New York Yankees	76.4	70.6	0.520	5.8
San Francisco Giants	77.0	71.5	0.518	5.5
Kansas City Royals	76.3	71.0	0.518	5.3
Baltimore Orioles	77.1	72.2	0.516	4.9
Chicago Cubs	76.2	71.8	0.515	4.4
New York Mets	76.1	72.4	0.512	3.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	75.9	73.2	0.509	2.8
Houston Astros	76.1	73.6	0.508	2.5
California Angels	77.8	75.4	0.508	2.4
Philadelphia Phillies	75.7	73.4	0.508	2.4
Cleveland Indians	75.3	73.9	0.505	1.4
Montreal Expos	78.4	77.3	0.503	1.1
Detroit Tigers	77.7	77.3	0.501	0.4
Chicago White Sox	76.8	77.7	0.497	-0.9
Milwaukee Brewers	74.6	75.7	0.496	-1.1
Atlanta Braves	78.7	80.0	0.496	-1.3
St. Louis Cardinals	72.4	76.1	0.488	-3.6
Cincinnati Reds	76.7	80.5	0.488	-3.8
Minnesota Twins	69.1	73.3	0.485	-4.2
Oakland Athletics	74.1	78.6	0.485	-4.5
Toronto Blue Jays	74.2	80.3	0.480	-6.1
San Diego Padres	71.3	82.9	0.462	-11.6
Seattle Mariners	76.3	89.3	0.461	-13.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.5	42.8	0.521	3.7
Kansas City Royals	46.5	42.8	0.521	3.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	46.5	43.4	0.517	3.1
Philadelphia Phillies	46.9	44.5	0.513	2.3
Minnesota Twins	46.1	44.2	0.511	1.9
Cincinnati Reds	45.2	43.2	0.511	1.9
St. Louis Cardinals	46.8	45.4	0.508	1.4
Chicago Cubs	44.7	43.4	0.507	1.3
Texas Rangers	45.6	44.5	0.506	1.1
Oakland Athletics	47.9	46.8	0.506	1.1
Montreal Expos	48.1	47.5	0.503	0.6
San Diego Padres	48.1	47.5	0.503	0.6
Boston Red Sox	44.9	44.5	0.502	0.4
New York Yankees	42.6	42.2	0.502	0.4
Baltimore Orioles	45.0	44.7	0.501	0.2
Seattle Mariners	45.8	45.6	0.501	0.2
Houston Astros	46.2	46.5	0.498	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	44.1	45.2	0.493	-1.2
New York Mets	41.8	43.0	0.493	-1.2
Detroit Tigers	46.6	48.1	0.492	-1.5
Milwaukee Brewers	46.5	48.5	0.489	-2.0
San Francisco Giants	45.8	47.9	0.489	-2.1
Toronto Blue Jays	46.0	48.2	0.488	-2.2
California Angels	42.8	45.0	0.488	-2.2
Chicago White Sox	45.0	48.1	0.483	-3.2
Atlanta Braves	42.2	51.4	0.451	-9.2

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1977 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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