1987 Major League

1987 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1987 American League 1987 National League

1987 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1987 Postseason
1987 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
Detroit Tigers	162.0	98.0	64.0	260.0	226.0	34.2
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	96.0	66.0	258.0	228.0	29.9
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	95.0	67.0	257.0	229.0	27.1
New York Mets	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.7
Montreal Expos	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.5
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.4
San Francisco Giants	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	17.6
New York Yankees	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.1
Minnesota Twins	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.3
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	84.0	78.0	246.0	240.0	5.2
Kansas City Royals	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.5
Oakland Athletics	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.2
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.3
Seattle Mariners	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.0
Boston Red Sox	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.6
Chicago White Sox	162.0	77.0	85.0	239.0	247.0	-8.3
Chicago Cubs	161.0	76.0	85.0	237.0	246.0	-8.9
Houston Astros	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.2
Texas Rangers	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.5
California Angels	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-15.6
Atlanta Braves	161.0	69.0	92.0	230.0	253.0	-23.1
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.3
San Diego Padres	162.0	65.0	97.0	227.0	259.0	-32.6
Cleveland Indians	162.0	61.0	101.0	223.0	263.0	-40.7

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
Toronto Blue Jays	252.8	233.2	18.9	46.3
Detroit Tigers	250.7	235.3	15.8	43.0
New York Mets	250.5	235.5	15.9	42.4
San Francisco Giants	248.4	237.6	12.0	38.6
Milwaukee Brewers	246.2	239.8	5.9	33.3
St. Louis Cardinals	246.2	239.8	6.1	32.6
Kansas City Royals	245.6	240.4	5.2	32.1
New York Yankees	245.8	240.2	4.6	32.1
Oakland Athletics	245.1	240.9	3.8	31.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	244.3	241.7	3.1	29.4
Houston Astros	244.2	241.8	3.1	29.3
Montreal Expos	243.8	242.2	2.4	28.9
Boston Red Sox	243.7	242.3	0.9	27.9
Chicago White Sox	243.0	243.0	-0.0	27.4
Cincinnati Reds	243.5	242.5	0.7	27.1
California Angels	241.4	244.6	-2.5	25.0
Chicago Cubs	240.3	242.7	-1.7	24.5
Seattle Mariners	241.6	244.4	-2.6	24.5
Minnesota Twins	240.7	245.3	-4.8	22.7
Philadelphia Phillies	240.9	245.1	-4.0	22.5
Atlanta Braves	239.6	243.4	-3.7	22.5
Texas Rangers	240.5	245.5	-5.4	22.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	240.0	246.0	-5.3	20.9
Cleveland Indians	236.6	249.4	-13.1	14.3
San Diego Padres	236.5	249.5	-12.5	14.0
Baltimore Orioles	235.8	250.2	-14.7	12.6


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	116.9	106.3	0.524	10.6
Detroit Tigers	116.2	106.3	0.522	10.0
San Francisco Giants	113.3	106.2	0.516	7.1
Toronto Blue Jays	119.2	113.9	0.512	5.4
Chicago Cubs	110.9	105.9	0.511	5.0
Oakland Athletics	113.6	108.7	0.511	4.9
Boston Red Sox	117.0	112.6	0.510	4.4
St. Louis Cardinals	114.1	111.5	0.506	2.6
Milwaukee Brewers	112.3	109.8	0.506	2.5
Cincinnati Reds	113.7	111.7	0.504	2.0
Minnesota Twins	108.0	106.9	0.503	1.1
Texas Rangers	110.2	109.1	0.502	1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	109.2	108.4	0.502	0.8
New York Yankees	109.6	109.5	0.500	0.2
Atlanta Braves	108.2	109.0	0.498	-0.8
Seattle Mariners	109.3	110.3	0.498	-0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	110.8	111.8	0.498	-0.9
Montreal Expos	108.9	111.8	0.493	-2.9
Kansas City Royals	111.3	114.4	0.493	-3.1
Cleveland Indians	105.3	108.5	0.492	-3.2
California Angels	110.9	114.2	0.493	-3.4
San Diego Padres	109.6	113.0	0.492	-3.4
Houston Astros	109.8	113.8	0.491	-4.0
Baltimore Orioles	110.9	115.9	0.489	-4.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	104.0	111.3	0.483	-7.3
Chicago White Sox	105.3	115.4	0.477	-10.1


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	13.0	11.1	0.539	1.9
Toronto Blue Jays	11.1	9.5	0.541	1.7
Cleveland Indians	11.3	9.8	0.537	1.6
Detroit Tigers	11.6	10.2	0.533	1.4
Kansas City Royals	10.4	9.1	0.533	1.3
New York Mets	10.7	9.6	0.527	1.1
Houston Astros	13.4	12.4	0.518	1.0
Chicago White Sox	10.2	9.3	0.522	0.9
New York Yankees	10.5	9.8	0.518	0.7
Oakland Athletics	11.0	10.3	0.516	0.7
Cincinnati Reds	11.0	10.5	0.511	0.5
Texas Rangers	10.4	10.0	0.511	0.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.4	10.1	0.509	0.4
Montreal Expos	11.3	11.1	0.505	0.2
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.9	10.8	0.503	0.1
Atlanta Braves	10.6	10.6	0.499	-0.0
California Angels	10.5	10.6	0.496	-0.2
Chicago Cubs	9.5	9.7	0.493	-0.3
Baltimore Orioles	8.9	9.2	0.491	-0.3
Minnesota Twins	10.2	10.6	0.490	-0.4
Milwaukee Brewers	10.9	11.5	0.486	-0.6
Philadelphia Phillies	8.9	9.7	0.478	-0.8
Boston Red Sox	9.4	10.3	0.477	-0.9
San Francisco Giants	11.1	12.0	0.480	-0.9
Seattle Mariners	9.5	11.6	0.450	-2.1
San Diego Padres	11.1	13.5	0.452	-2.4


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Kansas City Royals	79.9	72.6	0.524	7.3
Toronto Blue Jays	78.5	71.4	0.524	7.1
Milwaukee Brewers	81.3	74.4	0.522	6.9
Montreal Expos	80.6	74.1	0.521	6.6
Houston Astros	78.2	72.3	0.520	5.9
Chicago White Sox	82.0	77.4	0.514	4.6
New York Yankees	81.5	77.4	0.513	4.1
San Francisco Giants	79.3	75.4	0.513	3.9
Detroit Tigers	80.8	76.9	0.512	3.9
New York Mets	79.2	75.8	0.511	3.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	78.3	75.8	0.508	2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	76.8	75.4	0.505	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	75.5	75.1	0.501	0.4
St. Louis Cardinals	74.6	74.5	0.500	0.1
Oakland Athletics	79.3	79.3	0.500	0.0
Seattle Mariners	78.5	78.7	0.499	-0.2
California Angels	78.3	79.1	0.498	-0.8
Boston Red Sox	75.8	77.1	0.496	-1.3
Atlanta Braves	75.3	77.4	0.493	-2.1
Texas Rangers	80.4	84.8	0.487	-4.4
Chicago Cubs	75.6	80.3	0.485	-4.7
Minnesota Twins	80.9	85.8	0.486	-4.8
Philadelphia Phillies	76.0	81.7	0.482	-5.7
San Diego Padres	73.5	79.5	0.480	-6.0
Cleveland Indians	77.4	83.6	0.481	-6.2
Baltimore Orioles	74.5	80.7	0.480	-6.2


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago White Sox	45.2	41.2	0.523	4.0
Philadelphia Phillies	47.6	44.5	0.517	3.1
California Angels	42.6	39.7	0.518	2.9
Toronto Blue Jays	42.4	40.0	0.515	2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	44.4	42.7	0.510	1.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	46.1	44.6	0.508	1.4
San Francisco Giants	45.0	43.8	0.507	1.2
San Diego Padres	43.4	42.3	0.507	1.1
Minnesota Twins	42.2	41.4	0.505	0.8
Seattle Mariners	44.4	43.7	0.504	0.7
Atlanta Braves	45.8	46.0	0.499	-0.2
Houston Astros	42.9	43.3	0.497	-0.4
New York Yankees	43.6	44.1	0.497	-0.5
New York Mets	43.5	44.0	0.497	-0.5
Texas Rangers	40.2	40.9	0.496	-0.7
Cincinnati Reds	43.8	44.6	0.495	-0.8
Baltimore Orioles	42.4	43.6	0.493	-1.2
Boston Red Sox	41.2	42.5	0.492	-1.3
Chicago Cubs	44.9	46.2	0.492	-1.4
Oakland Athletics	41.2	42.7	0.491	-1.5
Detroit Tigers	41.2	42.8	0.490	-1.7
Kansas City Royals	43.3	45.0	0.490	-1.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	46.7	48.4	0.491	-1.7
Montreal Expos	43.3	45.0	0.490	-1.8
Cleveland Indians	43.5	46.6	0.483	-3.1
Milwaukee Brewers	41.2	44.6	0.481	-3.3

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1987 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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