1980 Major League

1980 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1980 American League 1980 National League

1980 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1980 Postseason
1980 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	162.0	103.0	59.0	265.0	221.0	43.5
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	100.0	62.0	262.0	224.0	38.0
Kansas City Royals	162.0	97.0	65.0	259.0	227.0	31.5
Houston Astros	163.0	93.0	70.0	256.0	233.0	22.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	163.0	92.0	71.0	255.0	234.0	20.9
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.3
Montreal Expos	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.5
Cincinnati Reds	163.0	89.5	73.5	252.5	236.5	15.7
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.8
Detroit Tigers	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	5.9
Boston Red Sox	160.0	83.0	77.0	243.0	237.0	5.8
Oakland Athletics	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.6
Atlanta Braves	161.0	81.0	80.0	242.0	241.0	0.3
Cleveland Indians	160.0	79.0	81.0	239.0	241.0	-2.5
Minnesota Twins	161.0	77.0	84.0	238.0	245.0	-6.9
Texas Rangers	163.0	77.0	86.0	240.0	249.0	-9.4
San Francisco Giants	161.0	75.0	86.0	236.0	247.0	-11.5
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.2
San Diego Padres	163.0	73.5	89.5	236.5	252.5	-16.4
Chicago White Sox	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.6
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-27.9
New York Mets	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-29.2
California Angels	160.0	65.0	95.0	225.0	255.0	-30.8
Chicago Cubs	162.0	64.0	98.0	226.0	260.0	-35.1
Seattle Mariners	163.0	59.5	103.5	222.5	266.5	-44.7

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
New York Yankees	252.7	233.3	20.6	47.8
Baltimore Orioles	248.5	237.5	13.0	40.3
Milwaukee Brewers	248.5	237.5	12.1	39.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	249.9	239.1	12.1	38.7
Houston Astros	250.3	238.7	12.0	38.3
Montreal Expos	248.4	237.6	11.7	38.1
Detroit Tigers	249.9	239.1	10.7	38.1
Kansas City Royals	247.7	238.3	9.6	36.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	247.2	238.8	8.7	35.1
Oakland Athletics	246.7	239.3	7.2	34.1
Philadelphia Phillies	245.9	240.1	6.5	32.6
Boston Red Sox	242.2	237.8	4.0	30.9
St. Louis Cardinals	245.1	240.9	4.9	30.9
Cincinnati Reds	246.0	243.0	3.5	30.0
Texas Rangers	243.5	245.5	-1.9	25.6
Minnesota Twins	240.2	242.8	-2.1	24.9
Cleveland Indians	238.8	241.2	-2.8	24.2
San Diego Padres	242.9	246.1	-2.5	24.1
Atlanta Braves	239.0	244.0	-4.4	21.8
San Francisco Giants	237.6	245.4	-7.3	19.0
California Angels	235.7	244.3	-9.7	17.4
Toronto Blue Jays	237.0	249.0	-11.9	15.5
Chicago White Sox	236.7	249.3	-13.3	14.2
Chicago Cubs	236.7	249.3	-13.3	13.3
New York Mets	235.5	250.5	-15.6	11.0
Seattle Mariners	234.6	254.4	-20.9	6.4


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Milwaukee Brewers	119.7	107.2	0.528	12.5
New York Yankees	119.7	109.7	0.522	10.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	115.8	106.2	0.522	9.7
Detroit Tigers	118.9	112.4	0.514	6.6
Baltimore Orioles	116.4	109.9	0.514	6.5
Boston Red Sox	112.9	107.1	0.513	5.8
Montreal Expos	110.2	104.5	0.513	5.8
Cincinnati Reds	114.3	109.5	0.511	4.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.3	104.3	0.509	4.0
Kansas City Royals	112.3	108.5	0.509	3.8
Philadelphia Phillies	112.4	110.1	0.505	2.3
Houston Astros	111.0	109.2	0.504	1.8
Atlanta Braves	110.6	109.0	0.504	1.6
St. Louis Cardinals	113.6	112.1	0.503	1.5
Texas Rangers	114.0	112.9	0.502	1.1
Cleveland Indians	107.5	107.1	0.501	0.3
Oakland Athletics	107.0	107.8	0.498	-0.8
San Diego Padres	110.6	112.4	0.496	-1.8
California Angels	109.0	112.0	0.493	-3.0
New York Mets	107.1	112.1	0.489	-5.0
San Francisco Giants	103.8	110.0	0.486	-6.2
Chicago Cubs	104.2	110.9	0.485	-6.7
Toronto Blue Jays	102.4	109.8	0.483	-7.4
Minnesota Twins	104.2	113.6	0.478	-9.4
Chicago White Sox	102.4	112.0	0.478	-9.6
Seattle Mariners	103.9	117.3	0.470	-13.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Montreal Expos	15.3	11.3	0.575	4.0
Kansas City Royals	13.5	10.1	0.572	3.4
Houston Astros	13.7	12.4	0.524	1.3
San Diego Padres	13.9	12.6	0.524	1.3
Minnesota Twins	10.3	9.2	0.528	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	12.2	11.2	0.522	1.0
Oakland Athletics	13.2	12.2	0.519	1.0
Cleveland Indians	12.4	11.5	0.519	0.9
Detroit Tigers	12.3	11.4	0.518	0.9
Cincinnati Reds	11.3	10.6	0.517	0.8
New York Yankees	10.7	10.0	0.516	0.7
Milwaukee Brewers	10.6	10.0	0.516	0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.9	12.8	0.502	0.1
Chicago White Sox	9.8	9.7	0.501	0.0
New York Mets	13.1	13.3	0.496	-0.2
Baltimore Orioles	10.8	11.1	0.493	-0.3
Seattle Mariners	10.4	10.7	0.492	-0.4
Texas Rangers	10.0	10.5	0.489	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	9.0	9.6	0.486	-0.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.0	11.6	0.485	-0.7
San Francisco Giants	10.6	11.3	0.484	-0.7
Chicago Cubs	10.3	11.2	0.479	-0.9
Atlanta Braves	9.3	10.2	0.477	-0.9
California Angels	9.8	10.7	0.477	-1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	11.5	13.1	0.468	-1.6
Toronto Blue Jays	8.5	10.2	0.455	-1.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	77.5	67.6	0.534	9.8
Houston Astros	76.2	70.3	0.520	6.0
Philadelphia Phillies	73.9	69.1	0.517	4.8
Minnesota Twins	77.0	72.6	0.515	4.4
Baltimore Orioles	77.2	73.5	0.512	3.7
Oakland Athletics	79.6	76.0	0.512	3.6
San Francisco Giants	76.0	73.7	0.508	2.3
Montreal Expos	74.8	73.2	0.505	1.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	75.2	73.6	0.505	1.6
Detroit Tigers	73.8	72.8	0.504	1.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	75.5	74.7	0.503	0.8
Cincinnati Reds	75.1	74.8	0.501	0.3
Texas Rangers	74.2	74.2	0.500	-0.0
St. Louis Cardinals	70.6	70.9	0.499	-0.2
Chicago White Sox	76.8	77.1	0.499	-0.3
Boston Red Sox	73.0	73.3	0.499	-0.3
Kansas City Royals	73.4	73.8	0.499	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	76.6	77.5	0.497	-1.0
Milwaukee Brewers	72.4	73.8	0.495	-1.4
San Diego Padres	71.5	73.4	0.493	-1.9
California Angels	71.9	73.9	0.493	-2.0
Toronto Blue Jays	76.3	78.6	0.493	-2.3
Chicago Cubs	73.4	76.0	0.491	-2.6
Seattle Mariners	73.4	76.6	0.489	-3.2
Atlanta Braves	72.1	75.6	0.488	-3.4
New York Mets	71.5	78.3	0.477	-6.8


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Pittsburgh Pirates	50.5	48.3	0.511	2.2
Oakland Athletics	46.1	44.0	0.512	2.1
Baltimore Orioles	44.6	42.6	0.512	2.0
Kansas City Royals	48.2	46.2	0.511	2.0
Minnesota Twins	48.7	47.2	0.508	1.5
Houston Astros	48.8	47.5	0.507	1.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	47.8	46.4	0.507	1.4
St. Louis Cardinals	48.4	47.1	0.507	1.3
Detroit Tigers	44.3	43.1	0.507	1.1
San Diego Padres	47.7	47.0	0.504	0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	48.1	47.8	0.502	0.3
Atlanta Braves	48.2	47.9	0.502	0.3
Toronto Blue Jays	50.2	49.9	0.501	0.3
Montreal Expos	48.3	48.4	0.500	-0.1
Milwaukee Brewers	45.9	46.3	0.498	-0.3
New York Mets	45.0	45.5	0.497	-0.5
Boston Red Sox	47.0	48.2	0.494	-1.1
Chicago Cubs	49.4	50.7	0.494	-1.3
Seattle Mariners	47.6	49.2	0.492	-1.6
San Francisco Giants	47.9	49.7	0.491	-1.8
New York Yankees	44.4	46.3	0.490	-1.8
Cincinnati Reds	45.8	47.6	0.490	-1.9
California Angels	45.4	47.3	0.490	-1.9
Texas Rangers	45.5	47.6	0.489	-2.1
Chicago White Sox	47.9	50.2	0.489	-2.2
Cleveland Indians	42.5	44.9	0.487	-2.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1980 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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