1978 Major League

1978 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1978 American League 1978 National League

1978 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1978 Postseason
1978 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	163.0	100.0	63.0	263.0	226.0	36.4
Boston Red Sox	163.0	99.0	64.0	262.0	227.0	35.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	28.0
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	93.0	69.0	255.0	231.0	23.6
Cincinnati Reds	161.0	92.0	69.0	253.0	230.0	22.6
Kansas City Royals	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.6
Baltimore Orioles	161.0	90.0	71.0	251.0	232.0	18.6
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.6
San Francisco Giants	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	161.0	88.0	73.0	249.0	234.0	15.1
Texas Rangers	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.4
California Angels	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.2
Detroit Tigers	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.4
San Diego Padres	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.8
Chicago Cubs	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.9
Montreal Expos	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.2
Houston Astros	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.2
Minnesota Twins	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-16.1
Chicago White Sox	161.0	71.0	90.0	232.0	251.0	-19.4
Cleveland Indians	159.0	69.0	90.0	228.0	249.0	-21.8
Atlanta Braves	162.0	69.0	93.0	231.0	255.0	-24.1
Oakland Athletics	162.0	69.0	93.0	231.0	255.0	-24.5
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	69.0	93.0	231.0	255.0	-24.8
New York Mets	162.0	66.0	96.0	228.0	258.0	-30.8
Toronto Blue Jays	161.0	59.0	102.0	220.0	263.0	-43.7
Seattle Mariners	160.0	56.0	104.0	216.0	264.0	-48.7

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
Milwaukee Brewers	253.6	232.4	20.9	47.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	251.6	234.4	18.2	44.2
Baltimore Orioles	248.3	234.7	14.3	41.3
Philadelphia Phillies	250.3	235.7	15.2	41.2
New York Yankees	251.0	238.0	12.9	40.4
Boston Red Sox	250.1	238.9	11.6	38.9
Texas Rangers	248.7	237.3	11.3	38.3
Kansas City Royals	247.8	238.2	9.5	36.7
San Francisco Giants	247.8	238.2	10.5	36.7
Detroit Tigers	247.5	238.5	8.7	35.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	243.9	239.1	6.1	32.3
San Diego Padres	244.9	241.1	4.6	30.9
Cincinnati Reds	243.4	239.6	4.1	30.4
Montreal Expos	243.7	242.3	1.8	28.0
California Angels	243.7	242.3	0.7	28.0
Minnesota Twins	243.2	242.8	0.3	27.3
Houston Astros	241.0	245.0	-3.5	22.6
New York Mets	241.1	244.9	-4.1	22.4
Cleveland Indians	235.9	241.1	-5.6	21.2
Chicago Cubs	238.5	247.5	-9.1	17.5
Chicago White Sox	236.6	246.4	-10.6	16.6
Atlanta Braves	237.3	248.7	-10.3	16.1
Oakland Athletics	236.6	249.4	-13.5	14.1
St. Louis Cardinals	235.7	250.3	-14.7	11.6
Toronto Blue Jays	231.4	251.6	-20.2	6.9
Seattle Mariners	227.9	252.1	-24.6	2.5


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	118.8	106.7	0.527	12.1
Milwaukee Brewers	117.4	105.6	0.527	11.8
Boston Red Sox	114.6	106.7	0.518	7.9
Baltimore Orioles	116.3	109.0	0.516	7.3
Cincinnati Reds	114.7	107.7	0.516	6.9
Philadelphia Phillies	116.0	110.7	0.512	5.3
Texas Rangers	112.4	108.3	0.509	4.1
San Francisco Giants	113.0	109.2	0.509	3.8
New York Yankees	116.1	112.8	0.507	3.2
Kansas City Royals	112.7	110.4	0.505	2.3
Detroit Tigers	114.5	112.6	0.504	1.9
San Diego Padres	105.2	104.1	0.503	1.1
Minnesota Twins	113.6	113.0	0.501	0.6
Montreal Expos	108.5	108.9	0.499	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	110.3	111.3	0.498	-1.0
California Angels	111.2	112.2	0.498	-1.1
Chicago Cubs	110.1	111.6	0.497	-1.5
Houston Astros	109.3	111.6	0.495	-2.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	103.2	105.7	0.494	-2.5
New York Mets	106.8	110.5	0.492	-3.6
Chicago White Sox	104.0	108.3	0.490	-4.3
Atlanta Braves	104.7	109.0	0.490	-4.3
St. Louis Cardinals	105.8	113.2	0.483	-7.5
Toronto Blue Jays	102.3	110.7	0.480	-8.4
Seattle Mariners	103.6	112.4	0.480	-8.9
Oakland Athletics	102.0	111.1	0.479	-9.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	13.9	11.5	0.546	2.4
Detroit Tigers	12.2	10.1	0.548	2.1
Milwaukee Brewers	10.7	8.6	0.553	2.1
Kansas City Royals	11.9	10.4	0.535	1.6
New York Yankees	11.5	10.3	0.528	1.2
Philadelphia Phillies	13.0	11.8	0.524	1.2
Montreal Expos	11.6	10.5	0.526	1.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	13.6	12.6	0.518	1.0
Seattle Mariners	11.1	10.1	0.523	1.0
Texas Rangers	12.7	11.8	0.518	0.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	12.1	11.5	0.512	0.6
Minnesota Twins	10.5	10.1	0.511	0.5
Boston Red Sox	10.7	10.4	0.506	0.2
Baltimore Orioles	10.0	10.1	0.495	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	10.5	10.9	0.490	-0.4
Chicago White Sox	10.5	11.0	0.488	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	11.1	11.8	0.485	-0.7
San Diego Padres	12.6	13.4	0.486	-0.7
Cincinnati Reds	12.5	13.2	0.486	-0.7
California Angels	10.0	10.7	0.482	-0.8
Cleveland Indians	9.9	10.8	0.479	-0.9
New York Mets	11.4	12.3	0.480	-0.9
San Francisco Giants	11.6	12.7	0.477	-1.1
Atlanta Braves	10.5	11.6	0.474	-1.1
Toronto Blue Jays	8.1	9.4	0.461	-1.4
Oakland Athletics	10.8	13.1	0.453	-2.3


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	80.2	71.4	0.529	8.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	79.2	70.8	0.528	8.4
Texas Rangers	76.1	68.8	0.525	7.3
San Francisco Giants	74.7	67.9	0.524	6.8
Baltimore Orioles	77.0	71.0	0.520	6.0
Milwaukee Brewers	75.4	70.8	0.515	4.5
San Diego Padres	74.7	70.4	0.515	4.3
Philadelphia Phillies	73.9	69.7	0.515	4.2
California Angels	79.2	75.6	0.512	3.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	72.6	69.9	0.510	2.7
Boston Red Sox	76.1	74.8	0.504	1.3
Kansas City Royals	75.2	73.9	0.504	1.2
Oakland Athletics	77.1	75.9	0.504	1.2
Detroit Tigers	75.0	73.8	0.504	1.1
Houston Astros	72.9	73.5	0.498	-0.5
New York Mets	74.3	74.9	0.498	-0.6
Cincinnati Reds	71.7	72.7	0.496	-1.1
Cleveland Indians	71.9	73.0	0.496	-1.1
Atlanta Braves	76.3	78.1	0.494	-1.8
Chicago White Sox	76.9	79.7	0.491	-2.8
Minnesota Twins	71.2	74.5	0.489	-3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	73.1	76.7	0.488	-3.6
Montreal Expos	72.2	77.1	0.483	-5.0
Chicago Cubs	71.2	76.8	0.481	-5.6
Toronto Blue Jays	73.8	81.6	0.475	-7.8
Seattle Mariners	70.0	79.8	0.467	-9.8


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Montreal Expos	51.5	45.7	0.530	5.8
Kansas City Royals	47.7	43.8	0.521	3.9
Detroit Tigers	45.5	42.3	0.518	3.1
Philadelphia Phillies	47.1	44.0	0.517	3.1
Minnesota Twins	48.0	45.2	0.515	2.8
New York Mets	48.9	46.9	0.511	2.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	48.0	46.4	0.509	1.6
Boston Red Sox	48.4	47.3	0.506	1.2
Milwaukee Brewers	48.9	48.6	0.502	0.4
Toronto Blue Jays	48.7	48.4	0.502	0.3
Chicago Cubs	46.7	46.6	0.500	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	44.6	44.9	0.499	-0.3
San Francisco Giants	48.3	48.7	0.498	-0.3
San Diego Padres	52.5	53.1	0.497	-0.5
California Angels	43.2	43.8	0.496	-0.7
Cincinnati Reds	44.8	45.7	0.495	-0.9
Cleveland Indians	44.3	45.5	0.493	-1.3
New York Yankees	42.6	44.0	0.492	-1.4
St. Louis Cardinals	47.1	48.5	0.493	-1.4
Chicago White Sox	45.5	47.1	0.491	-1.6
Texas Rangers	46.9	48.9	0.489	-2.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.7	50.0	0.488	-2.3
Oakland Athletics	46.8	49.2	0.487	-2.4
Atlanta Braves	46.5	49.5	0.484	-3.0
Houston Astros	45.2	48.2	0.484	-3.0
Seattle Mariners	44.7	48.3	0.480	-3.7

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1978 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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