1986 Major League

1986 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1986 American League 1986 National League

1986 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1986 Postseason
1986 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 Mets	162.0	108.0	54.0	270.0	216.0	54.3
Houston Astros	162.0	96.0	66.0	258.0	228.0	29.5
Boston Red Sox	161.0	95.0	66.0	256.0	227.0	28.3
California Angels	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.4
New York Yankees	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.1
Detroit Tigers	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	12.1
Texas Rangers	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.3
Philadelphia Phillies	161.0	86.0	75.0	247.0	236.0	10.3
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	10.0
Toronto Blue Jays	163.0	86.5	76.5	249.5	239.5	9.7
Cleveland Indians	163.0	84.5	78.5	247.5	241.5	5.6
San Francisco Giants	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.4
St. Louis Cardinals	161.0	79.0	82.0	240.0	243.0	-3.3
Montreal Expos	161.0	78.0	83.0	239.0	244.0	-6.2
Milwaukee Brewers	161.0	77.0	84.0	238.0	245.0	-7.6
Oakland Athletics	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.6
Kansas City Royals	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.9
San Diego Padres	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-15.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-15.7
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-16.5
Atlanta Braves	161.0	72.0	89.0	233.0	250.0	-16.9
Chicago White Sox	162.0	72.0	90.0	234.0	252.0	-18.3
Chicago Cubs	160.0	70.0	90.0	230.0	250.0	-20.6
Minnesota Twins	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.7
Seattle Mariners	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	64.0	98.0	226.0	260.0	-34.6

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 Mets	254.1	231.9	23.4	49.6
California Angels	250.5	235.5	14.6	41.7
Houston Astros	248.7	237.3	13.0	39.6
New York Yankees	247.5	238.5	9.2	36.7
Toronto Blue Jays	249.2	239.8	9.0	36.5
Detroit Tigers	245.9	240.1	6.3	33.6
Cincinnati Reds	245.8	240.2	6.3	32.8
Boston Red Sox	244.3	238.7	5.5	32.4
Kansas City Royals	245.3	240.7	3.7	31.0
San Francisco Giants	245.3	240.7	4.3	30.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	244.7	241.3	4.0	30.4
Texas Rangers	243.6	242.4	1.1	28.6
Philadelphia Phillies	242.3	240.7	2.2	28.6
Milwaukee Brewers	241.5	241.5	-0.7	26.3
Cleveland Indians	244.0	245.0	-1.3	26.3
Montreal Expos	241.1	241.9	-0.7	25.7
Baltimore Orioles	241.3	244.7	-4.0	23.3
Atlanta Braves	239.1	243.9	-3.7	22.5
Oakland Athletics	240.8	245.2	-5.2	22.3
Minnesota Twins	240.3	245.7	-5.7	21.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	240.6	245.4	-5.1	21.3
Chicago Cubs	237.0	243.0	-5.3	21.0
St. Louis Cardinals	238.9	244.1	-5.1	21.0
San Diego Padres	237.6	248.4	-10.3	16.5
Chicago White Sox	236.9	249.1	-12.2	15.3
Seattle Mariners	236.7	249.3	-12.6	14.8


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	117.5	106.7	0.524	10.8
Detroit Tigers	116.8	107.0	0.522	9.8
New York Yankees	114.0	107.5	0.515	6.5
Philadelphia Phillies	110.1	103.9	0.515	6.2
Cleveland Indians	110.6	106.1	0.510	4.5
Cincinnati Reds	112.8	108.7	0.509	4.1
Boston Red Sox	116.1	112.1	0.509	4.0
California Angels	117.7	113.8	0.508	3.9
Texas Rangers	108.7	104.8	0.509	3.8
Toronto Blue Jays	116.6	113.6	0.507	3.0
San Francisco Giants	114.4	111.9	0.505	2.5
San Diego Padres	111.3	109.4	0.504	1.9
Minnesota Twins	109.2	107.7	0.503	1.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	105.4	104.5	0.502	0.9
Atlanta Braves	109.2	108.6	0.501	0.6
Houston Astros	111.9	111.8	0.500	0.1
Chicago Cubs	105.4	106.1	0.498	-0.8
Oakland Athletics	108.6	110.4	0.496	-1.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.3	112.1	0.496	-1.8
Baltimore Orioles	114.8	117.4	0.495	-2.5
Montreal Expos	105.4	108.0	0.494	-2.5
Seattle Mariners	104.1	108.7	0.489	-4.7
Milwaukee Brewers	107.6	113.1	0.488	-5.5
Kansas City Royals	109.9	116.0	0.486	-6.1
St. Louis Cardinals	100.9	112.7	0.472	-11.9
Chicago White Sox	103.9	117.6	0.469	-13.7


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Cincinnati Reds	12.7	9.9	0.560	2.7
California Angels	11.6	9.7	0.546	1.9
St. Louis Cardinals	14.0	12.5	0.529	1.6
Cleveland Indians	11.3	10.0	0.533	1.4
Milwaukee Brewers	10.4	9.2	0.530	1.2
Oakland Athletics	11.4	10.5	0.520	0.9
Houston Astros	12.9	12.2	0.513	0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	10.7	10.1	0.515	0.6
New York Yankees	10.8	10.2	0.514	0.6
Minnesota Twins	9.4	9.1	0.507	0.3
Chicago Cubs	11.2	11.0	0.505	0.2
Texas Rangers	11.3	11.2	0.502	0.1
New York Mets	12.0	11.9	0.501	0.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.8	12.7	0.501	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	9.8	9.8	0.501	0.0
Boston Red Sox	10.7	10.7	0.500	-0.0
Toronto Blue Jays	10.4	10.6	0.494	-0.2
Seattle Mariners	8.5	8.9	0.489	-0.4
Detroit Tigers	10.3	10.7	0.489	-0.5
San Diego Padres	11.0	11.5	0.487	-0.6
Montreal Expos	12.8	13.5	0.487	-0.7
San Francisco Giants	13.0	13.7	0.487	-0.7
Chicago White Sox	10.6	11.3	0.484	-0.7
Atlanta Braves	10.4	11.2	0.482	-0.8
Kansas City Royals	9.0	10.3	0.466	-1.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.5	12.9	0.472	-1.4


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Houston Astros	81.3	70.6	0.535	10.7
Kansas City Royals	80.3	71.5	0.529	8.8
New York Mets	78.2	70.1	0.528	8.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	78.6	72.6	0.520	6.0
Milwaukee Brewers	79.5	73.8	0.519	5.8
California Angels	77.0	72.8	0.514	4.2
Toronto Blue Jays	78.5	74.3	0.514	4.1
Montreal Expos	77.0	73.3	0.512	3.7
Boston Red Sox	76.8	74.2	0.509	2.6
New York Yankees	79.0	76.5	0.508	2.5
Chicago White Sox	78.4	76.6	0.506	1.9
St. Louis Cardinals	75.1	74.1	0.503	1.0
Cincinnati Reds	75.5	75.6	0.500	-0.1
San Francisco Giants	73.6	73.9	0.499	-0.4
Baltimore Orioles	74.6	76.0	0.495	-1.4
Atlanta Braves	72.5	75.0	0.492	-2.4
Minnesota Twins	80.9	83.3	0.492	-2.5
Texas Rangers	79.9	82.4	0.492	-2.5
Philadelphia Phillies	75.0	77.5	0.492	-2.6
Chicago Cubs	74.4	77.4	0.490	-3.0
Detroit Tigers	77.9	81.1	0.490	-3.2
Seattle Mariners	77.6	81.2	0.489	-3.6
Oakland Athletics	78.1	82.5	0.486	-4.4
Cleveland Indians	76.6	80.9	0.486	-4.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	72.0	76.5	0.485	-4.5
San Diego Padres	72.7	81.8	0.470	-9.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.9	44.8	0.522	4.1
San Francisco Giants	44.3	41.3	0.518	3.0
California Angels	43.2	40.3	0.517	2.9
Kansas City Royals	45.4	43.7	0.509	1.7
Chicago White Sox	44.7	43.0	0.509	1.6
Oakland Athletics	43.0	41.5	0.509	1.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.5	44.0	0.509	1.6
Toronto Blue Jays	43.1	41.8	0.508	1.4
New York Mets	45.4	44.1	0.507	1.3
Texas Rangers	44.4	43.5	0.505	0.9
Baltimore Orioles	42.2	41.4	0.504	0.7
San Diego Padres	44.3	44.0	0.501	0.2
Detroit Tigers	41.1	41.0	0.501	0.1
New York Yankees	43.8	44.2	0.498	-0.4
Houston Astros	42.3	43.0	0.496	-0.6
Cincinnati Reds	45.1	45.7	0.496	-0.7
Chicago Cubs	46.9	47.6	0.496	-0.7
Philadelphia Phillies	47.4	48.3	0.496	-0.8
Atlanta Braves	47.6	48.5	0.495	-0.9
Montreal Expos	46.0	47.0	0.495	-1.0
Boston Red Sox	40.4	42.0	0.491	-1.6
Seattle Mariners	47.5	49.5	0.490	-2.0
Cleveland Indians	45.7	47.8	0.489	-2.1
Milwaukee Brewers	43.5	45.8	0.487	-2.3
Minnesota Twins	41.2	45.1	0.477	-3.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	48.2	52.3	0.479	-4.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1986 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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