1983 Major League

1983 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1983 American League 1983 National League

1983 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1983 Postseason
1983 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
Chicago White Sox	162.0	99.0	63.0	261.0	225.0	35.7
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	33.5
Detroit Tigers	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	22.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	163.0	91.5	71.5	254.5	234.5	20.5
New York Yankees	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.4
Philadelphia Phillies	163.0	90.5	72.5	253.5	235.5	17.5
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.7
Atlanta Braves	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	13.7
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.6
Houston Astros	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.8
Montreal Expos	163.0	82.5	80.5	245.5	243.5	2.4
San Diego Padres	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-1.1
San Francisco Giants	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.2
Kansas City Royals	163.0	79.5	83.5	242.5	246.5	-4.3
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	79.0	83.0	241.0	245.0	-4.4
Boston Red Sox	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.5
Texas Rangers	163.0	77.5	85.5	240.5	248.5	-8.5
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-13.9
Oakland Athletics	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.7
Chicago Cubs	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-21.0
Cleveland Indians	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-22.5
California Angels	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-22.6
Minnesota Twins	162.0	70.0	92.0	232.0	254.0	-22.9
New York Mets	162.0	68.0	94.0	230.0	256.0	-26.6
Seattle Mariners	162.0	60.0	102.0	222.0	264.0	-42.2

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
Chicago White Sox	251.0	235.0	16.0	43.1
Detroit Tigers	248.8	237.2	11.7	38.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	250.2	238.8	12.3	38.6
Baltimore Orioles	248.4	237.6	11.2	38.3
New York Yankees	248.2	237.8	10.1	37.1
Toronto Blue Jays	247.5	238.5	9.1	36.3
Atlanta Braves	246.5	239.5	8.1	34.4
Philadelphia Phillies	247.5	241.5	6.6	32.9
Texas Rangers	247.3	241.7	5.4	32.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	245.1	240.9	5.0	31.2
Montreal Expos	246.5	242.5	4.7	30.9
San Francisco Giants	244.9	241.1	4.4	30.7
Houston Astros	244.3	241.7	3.5	29.7
Milwaukee Brewers	244.4	241.6	2.3	29.3
St. Louis Cardinals	242.9	243.1	-0.1	25.9
Chicago Cubs	242.2	243.8	-1.4	24.8
Oakland Athletics	241.6	244.4	-3.3	24.1
Kansas City Royals	242.3	246.7	-4.2	23.0
Boston Red Sox	240.5	245.5	-5.2	21.8
Cincinnati Reds	240.1	245.9	-4.5	21.6
Cleveland Indians	240.5	245.5	-5.5	21.4
San Diego Padres	241.6	247.4	-5.5	21.1
California Angels	240.5	245.5	-5.9	21.1
Minnesota Twins	236.8	249.2	-12.9	14.2
New York Mets	234.9	251.1	-16.3	9.8
Seattle Mariners	233.9	252.1	-18.0	9.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	119.8	109.4	0.523	10.4
Baltimore Orioles	118.1	110.8	0.516	7.3
New York Yankees	116.7	110.0	0.515	6.7
Atlanta Braves	113.4	107.0	0.514	6.3
Toronto Blue Jays	114.5	108.6	0.513	5.9
Milwaukee Brewers	115.1	109.7	0.512	5.4
San Francisco Giants	111.4	106.1	0.512	5.3
Chicago Cubs	115.2	110.4	0.511	4.8
Chicago White Sox	112.8	108.4	0.510	4.5
Houston Astros	108.7	105.4	0.508	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	112.6	109.6	0.507	3.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.5	107.7	0.506	2.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	108.9	106.3	0.506	2.6
Boston Red Sox	112.6	110.7	0.504	2.0
Philadelphia Phillies	115.9	114.1	0.504	1.7
California Angels	109.7	109.5	0.500	0.2
Montreal Expos	111.5	111.3	0.500	0.2
Minnesota Twins	106.5	108.2	0.496	-1.7
Oakland Athletics	105.2	108.5	0.492	-3.3
Cleveland Indians	109.8	114.3	0.490	-4.5
San Diego Padres	106.6	111.8	0.488	-5.2
Cincinnati Reds	102.6	107.8	0.487	-5.3
Kansas City Royals	106.2	112.0	0.487	-5.8
Texas Rangers	110.2	118.4	0.482	-8.2
New York Mets	103.1	113.1	0.477	-10.0
Seattle Mariners	101.4	112.8	0.473	-11.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Diego Padres	14.4	12.0	0.545	2.4
Chicago White Sox	12.7	10.7	0.543	2.0
Kansas City Royals	11.7	10.0	0.539	1.7
Oakland Athletics	12.8	11.2	0.535	1.7
Texas Rangers	11.9	10.6	0.529	1.3
St. Louis Cardinals	14.3	13.1	0.522	1.2
Cincinnati Reds	12.3	11.2	0.524	1.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	12.2	11.3	0.518	0.8
Chicago Cubs	9.8	9.4	0.510	0.4
Montreal Expos	12.2	11.8	0.508	0.4
Detroit Tigers	10.8	10.6	0.506	0.3
New York Mets	11.5	11.3	0.505	0.2
Atlanta Braves	13.3	13.2	0.502	0.1
Milwaukee Brewers	9.7	9.8	0.498	-0.1
Toronto Blue Jays	11.4	11.6	0.496	-0.2
New York Yankees	10.2	10.4	0.495	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.1	12.5	0.491	-0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	11.4	11.9	0.490	-0.5
Baltimore Orioles	9.1	9.6	0.487	-0.5
Minnesota Twins	8.7	9.3	0.484	-0.6
Cleveland Indians	11.8	12.5	0.486	-0.7
Seattle Mariners	10.2	11.2	0.477	-1.0
California Angels	8.6	9.8	0.467	-1.2
Boston Red Sox	8.6	10.0	0.464	-1.3
San Francisco Giants	11.2	13.0	0.463	-1.8
Houston Astros	11.8	13.7	0.464	-1.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Texas Rangers	79.0	68.9	0.534	10.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	81.4	73.3	0.526	8.0
Chicago White Sox	80.0	72.0	0.526	7.9
Philadelphia Phillies	76.3	70.7	0.519	5.6
New York Yankees	77.2	72.7	0.515	4.5
Baltimore Orioles	75.5	71.9	0.512	3.6
Toronto Blue Jays	77.2	75.2	0.507	2.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	76.5	74.6	0.506	1.9
Cleveland Indians	74.1	72.2	0.506	1.9
San Francisco Giants	76.7	74.9	0.506	1.7
Atlanta Braves	75.6	74.4	0.504	1.2
Montreal Expos	75.1	74.5	0.502	0.6
Houston Astros	76.7	76.3	0.501	0.4
Kansas City Royals	75.7	75.4	0.501	0.3
Oakland Athletics	77.9	78.1	0.499	-0.2
California Angels	73.5	74.8	0.495	-1.3
Cincinnati Reds	79.5	81.3	0.494	-1.8
San Diego Padres	75.1	77.6	0.492	-2.4
Milwaukee Brewers	73.1	75.5	0.492	-2.4
Chicago Cubs	70.9	73.5	0.491	-2.6
Seattle Mariners	76.7	79.7	0.490	-3.1
Detroit Tigers	74.1	77.5	0.489	-3.4
St. Louis Cardinals	70.0	73.6	0.487	-3.7
Boston Red Sox	72.6	76.4	0.487	-3.8
New York Mets	72.4	76.4	0.487	-3.9
Minnesota Twins	72.3	82.4	0.468	-10.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Detroit Tigers	43.7	40.1	0.522	3.7
Minnesota Twins	50.7	48.0	0.514	2.8
Montreal Expos	47.3	45.2	0.512	2.1
San Diego Padres	46.7	44.8	0.510	1.9
Houston Astros	47.5	45.8	0.509	1.7
Cincinnati Reds	46.2	45.1	0.506	1.0
Kansas City Royals	49.3	48.7	0.503	0.6
Texas Rangers	45.4	44.8	0.503	0.6
Toronto Blue Jays	44.0	43.7	0.502	0.3
New York Mets	49.2	49.1	0.500	0.1
St. Louis Cardinals	46.4	46.4	0.500	0.0
Milwaukee Brewers	46.6	46.6	0.500	-0.0
Baltimore Orioles	45.4	45.5	0.499	-0.2
Atlanta Braves	44.4	44.7	0.499	-0.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.9	46.2	0.498	-0.4
Chicago White Sox	44.5	44.9	0.498	-0.4
Boston Red Sox	47.4	47.8	0.498	-0.4
Oakland Athletics	45.9	46.6	0.496	-0.7
Seattle Mariners	46.6	47.5	0.495	-0.9
Philadelphia Phillies	43.6	45.1	0.491	-1.5
Cleveland Indians	44.8	46.4	0.491	-1.6
San Francisco Giants	45.6	47.2	0.491	-1.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	46.9	48.6	0.491	-1.7
New York Yankees	43.5	45.3	0.490	-1.8
California Angels	49.0	51.2	0.489	-2.3
Chicago Cubs	47.2	49.5	0.488	-2.4

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1983 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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