1985 Major League

1985 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1985 American League 1985 National League

1985 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1985 Postseason
1985 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
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	101.0	61.0	263.0	223.0	39.5
Toronto Blue Jays	161.0	99.0	62.0	260.0	223.0	36.8
New York Mets	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	34.1
New York Yankees	161.0	97.0	64.0	258.0	225.0	32.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	28.6
Kansas City Royals	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.4
California Angels	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.3
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	89.5	72.5	251.5	234.5	16.5
Chicago White Sox	163.0	85.5	77.5	248.5	240.5	7.8
Detroit Tigers	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	7.3
Montreal Expos	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	6.5
Baltimore Orioles	161.0	83.0	78.0	244.0	239.0	5.0
Houston Astros	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	4.4
San Diego Padres	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.5
Boston Red Sox	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-1.0
Chicago Cubs	162.0	77.5	84.5	239.5	246.5	-7.4
Oakland Athletics	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.5
Minnesota Twins	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.8
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.4
Seattle Mariners	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.9
Milwaukee Brewers	161.0	71.0	90.0	232.0	251.0	-19.8
Atlanta Braves	162.0	66.0	96.0	228.0	258.0	-30.1
Texas Rangers	161.0	62.0	99.0	223.0	260.0	-37.8
San Francisco Giants	162.0	62.0	100.0	224.0	262.0	-39.0
Cleveland Indians	162.0	60.0	102.0	222.0	264.0	-42.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	161.0	57.0	104.0	218.0	265.0	-47.5

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
St. Louis Cardinals	252.2	233.8	19.0	45.1
New York Yankees	250.0	233.0	16.7	44.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	251.1	234.9	17.4	43.8
Toronto Blue Jays	249.2	233.8	16.0	43.6
Detroit Tigers	248.2	234.8	13.8	41.2
Boston Red Sox	250.8	238.2	12.0	39.5
New York Mets	248.8	237.2	12.6	39.2
Baltimore Orioles	244.9	238.1	6.8	34.3
Kansas City Royals	245.8	240.2	6.0	33.7
Cincinnati Reds	245.1	240.9	4.6	31.3
San Diego Padres	244.9	241.1	4.6	31.0
Montreal Expos	243.6	239.4	4.4	30.9
Chicago Cubs	243.1	242.9	1.3	28.1
Philadelphia Phillies	243.5	242.5	1.4	28.0
California Angels	243.2	242.8	-0.1	27.5
Houston Astros	242.4	243.6	0.1	26.6
Minnesota Twins	242.0	244.0	-1.2	26.3
Oakland Athletics	240.8	245.2	-4.7	23.1
Chicago White Sox	241.4	247.6	-6.2	21.7
Seattle Mariners	240.4	245.6	-5.8	21.7
Texas Rangers	235.7	247.3	-12.0	15.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	235.8	247.2	-11.7	14.8
Milwaukee Brewers	234.8	248.2	-13.8	13.5
Cleveland Indians	235.5	250.5	-15.1	12.6
San Francisco Giants	236.2	249.8	-14.4	12.4
Atlanta Braves	235.4	250.6	-15.2	11.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	116.4	105.2	0.525	11.2
Baltimore Orioles	116.2	107.2	0.520	9.0
Boston Red Sox	120.1	113.0	0.515	7.2
New York Mets	112.9	106.1	0.516	6.8
Houston Astros	109.2	102.6	0.515	6.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	113.1	107.1	0.514	6.0
St. Louis Cardinals	113.7	108.7	0.511	5.0
Toronto Blue Jays	111.3	106.7	0.511	4.6
Philadelphia Phillies	111.1	107.5	0.508	3.6
Seattle Mariners	112.7	110.1	0.506	2.5
Detroit Tigers	112.3	110.1	0.505	2.2
Oakland Athletics	110.2	109.0	0.503	1.1
California Angels	112.2	111.6	0.501	0.6
Cincinnati Reds	109.9	109.3	0.501	0.6
Chicago Cubs	108.7	108.2	0.501	0.5
San Diego Padres	111.3	111.5	0.499	-0.3
Montreal Expos	105.2	105.6	0.499	-0.4
Minnesota Twins	109.6	112.5	0.494	-2.9
Cleveland Indians	107.1	110.8	0.491	-3.7
San Francisco Giants	105.6	109.8	0.490	-4.2
Kansas City Royals	103.5	108.1	0.489	-4.6
Atlanta Braves	105.8	111.3	0.487	-5.5
Chicago White Sox	107.4	114.0	0.485	-6.6
Texas Rangers	106.0	113.9	0.482	-7.9
Milwaukee Brewers	106.3	114.5	0.482	-8.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	102.1	114.6	0.471	-12.5


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	19.1	15.9	0.545	3.2
New York Yankees	13.0	10.4	0.557	2.7
Chicago White Sox	11.9	10.0	0.544	1.9
Montreal Expos	13.6	11.8	0.535	1.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	14.8	13.4	0.525	1.4
Seattle Mariners	10.2	9.2	0.527	1.0
Boston Red Sox	10.9	9.9	0.525	1.0
Minnesota Twins	10.4	9.7	0.517	0.7
Chicago Cubs	12.2	11.6	0.514	0.7
Cincinnati Reds	13.2	12.6	0.512	0.6
Detroit Tigers	9.9	9.4	0.512	0.5
Philadelphia Phillies	11.2	10.8	0.510	0.5
Milwaukee Brewers	10.6	10.2	0.510	0.4
California Angels	10.5	10.1	0.508	0.3
Baltimore Orioles	10.0	9.6	0.508	0.3
Cleveland Indians	11.8	11.6	0.504	0.2
New York Mets	12.5	12.7	0.496	-0.2
San Diego Padres	12.0	12.2	0.495	-0.2
Toronto Blue Jays	11.1	11.4	0.494	-0.3
Oakland Athletics	10.7	11.4	0.485	-0.7
Texas Rangers	11.3	12.1	0.483	-0.8
San Francisco Giants	10.5	11.4	0.480	-0.9
Kansas City Royals	9.5	11.0	0.464	-1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	11.0	12.6	0.467	-1.6
Atlanta Braves	10.3	12.2	0.459	-1.9
Houston Astros	11.0	13.7	0.446	-2.7


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Kansas City Royals	82.4	71.4	0.536	11.0
Detroit Tigers	80.5	71.1	0.531	9.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	74.0	66.2	0.528	7.8
Toronto Blue Jays	79.4	73.0	0.521	6.4
St. Louis Cardinals	68.1	62.4	0.522	5.7
New York Mets	76.7	72.0	0.516	4.6
Boston Red Sox	75.2	70.9	0.515	4.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	73.7	70.7	0.511	3.1
Cincinnati Reds	74.9	72.0	0.510	2.9
Montreal Expos	73.7	71.3	0.508	2.4
San Diego Padres	72.1	70.3	0.506	1.8
Minnesota Twins	76.7	74.9	0.506	1.7
Chicago Cubs	75.1	73.7	0.505	1.5
New York Yankees	75.3	74.2	0.504	1.1
Texas Rangers	74.9	75.6	0.498	-0.7
Chicago White Sox	78.1	79.7	0.495	-1.6
Milwaukee Brewers	73.8	76.0	0.493	-2.2
California Angels	73.5	76.0	0.492	-2.4
Baltimore Orioles	73.2	75.7	0.492	-2.5
Philadelphia Phillies	72.1	74.7	0.491	-2.6
Houston Astros	72.2	75.4	0.489	-3.1
Oakland Athletics	74.1	77.3	0.489	-3.2
Atlanta Braves	70.0	75.7	0.481	-5.6
Seattle Mariners	72.3	78.2	0.480	-5.9
Cleveland Indians	71.3	78.0	0.478	-6.7
San Francisco Giants	70.6	77.5	0.477	-6.9


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Toronto Blue Jays	47.0	43.2	0.521	3.8
San Diego Padres	50.0	46.6	0.517	3.3
St. Louis Cardinals	50.7	47.5	0.517	3.3
California Angels	47.4	44.7	0.515	2.7
New York Yankees	45.2	43.3	0.511	1.9
Chicago White Sox	44.6	43.3	0.507	1.2
Cincinnati Reds	47.3	46.9	0.502	0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	49.5	49.1	0.502	0.3
Montreal Expos	51.0	50.9	0.501	0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	49.2	49.1	0.501	0.1
San Francisco Giants	50.4	50.3	0.500	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	45.4	45.5	0.499	-0.1
Kansas City Royals	49.8	50.2	0.498	-0.4
Minnesota Twins	45.9	46.3	0.498	-0.4
Oakland Athletics	46.3	47.0	0.496	-0.7
Detroit Tigers	44.4	45.1	0.496	-0.7
Houston Astros	50.5	51.3	0.496	-0.8
New York Mets	46.1	47.0	0.495	-0.9
Boston Red Sox	44.1	45.0	0.495	-0.9
Atlanta Braves	49.8	50.9	0.495	-1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	48.2	49.3	0.495	-1.1
Texas Rangers	44.1	45.2	0.494	-1.1
Seattle Mariners	45.9	47.4	0.492	-1.6
Chicago Cubs	47.5	49.1	0.492	-1.6
Milwaukee Brewers	44.7	46.9	0.488	-2.1
Cleveland Indians	46.0	49.4	0.482	-3.4

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1985 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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