1988 Major League

1988 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1988 American League 1988 National League

1988 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1988 Postseason
1988 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
Oakland Athletics	162.0	104.0	58.0	266.0	220.0	45.3
New York Mets	160.0	100.0	60.0	260.0	220.0	40.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	94.5	67.5	256.5	229.5	26.9
Minnesota Twins	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.5
Boston Red Sox	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.1
Detroit Tigers	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	14.1
Cincinnati Reds	161.0	87.0	74.0	248.0	235.0	12.5
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.9
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	160.0	85.0	75.0	245.0	235.0	9.8
New York Yankees	161.0	85.0	76.0	246.0	237.0	7.9
Kansas City Royals	161.0	84.0	77.0	245.0	238.0	6.3
San Diego Padres	161.0	83.0	78.0	244.0	239.0	5.1
San Francisco Giants	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	4.1
Houston Astros	162.0	82.0	80.0	244.0	242.0	2.1
Montreal Expos	163.0	81.5	81.5	244.5	244.5	-0.1
Cleveland Indians	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.7
Chicago Cubs	163.0	77.5	85.5	240.5	248.5	-7.3
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.6
California Angels	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.6
Chicago White Sox	161.0	71.0	90.0	232.0	251.0	-19.6
Texas Rangers	161.0	70.0	91.0	231.0	252.0	-21.3
Seattle Mariners	161.0	68.0	93.0	229.0	254.0	-25.7
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	65.5	96.5	227.5	258.5	-31.4
Atlanta Braves	160.0	54.0	106.0	214.0	266.0	-52.5
Baltimore Orioles	161.0	54.0	107.0	215.0	268.0	-53.5

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
New York Mets	251.2	228.8	23.1	49.1
Boston Red Sox	250.1	235.9	13.7	41.2
Oakland Athletics	249.3	236.7	12.3	40.0
Minnesota Twins	248.5	237.5	10.9	38.7
San Francisco Giants	247.2	238.8	9.3	35.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	246.8	239.2	8.5	35.4
Milwaukee Brewers	247.2	238.8	7.7	35.1
Toronto Blue Jays	246.3	239.7	6.6	34.3
Kansas City Royals	245.0	238.0	6.9	34.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	241.9	238.1	4.5	31.0
Cincinnati Reds	243.4	239.6	4.3	31.0
Detroit Tigers	244.4	241.6	2.9	30.4
New York Yankees	242.8	240.2	2.1	30.0
Montreal Expos	245.6	243.4	2.9	29.8
San Diego Padres	242.6	240.4	3.2	29.7
St. Louis Cardinals	243.4	242.6	1.6	28.3
Cleveland Indians	242.8	243.2	-0.9	26.7
Houston Astros	241.7	244.3	-1.5	25.2
Chicago Cubs	243.1	245.9	-1.8	25.0
Seattle Mariners	240.3	242.7	-2.9	24.6
California Angels	240.6	245.4	-5.4	22.3
Texas Rangers	237.9	245.1	-7.5	19.8
Chicago White Sox	236.7	246.3	-10.4	17.3
Philadelphia Phillies	235.2	250.8	-15.6	11.3
Atlanta Braves	232.4	247.6	-15.3	11.2
Baltimore Orioles	231.1	251.9	-20.8	6.7


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Mets	121.6	105.7	0.535	15.9
Boston Red Sox	121.4	112.7	0.518	8.7
Minnesota Twins	115.7	108.0	0.517	7.8
Oakland Athletics	116.4	109.4	0.515	7.0
San Francisco Giants	113.1	106.9	0.514	6.2
Toronto Blue Jays	114.1	108.8	0.512	5.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	111.3	106.3	0.512	5.0
New York Yankees	111.2	106.4	0.511	4.9
Chicago Cubs	110.0	108.5	0.503	1.5
California Angels	111.8	110.7	0.503	1.1
Detroit Tigers	112.5	111.9	0.501	0.5
Kansas City Royals	110.5	110.8	0.499	-0.3
Cincinnati Reds	108.8	109.2	0.499	-0.3
Houston Astros	108.4	108.8	0.499	-0.4
Cleveland Indians	106.1	106.7	0.499	-0.5
Montreal Expos	112.5	113.7	0.497	-1.2
San Diego Padres	109.4	111.2	0.496	-1.7
Philadelphia Phillies	106.9	109.6	0.494	-2.7
St. Louis Cardinals	108.0	110.7	0.494	-2.7
Texas Rangers	108.2	111.6	0.492	-3.4
Seattle Mariners	108.9	112.4	0.492	-3.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	106.8	110.6	0.491	-3.8
Milwaukee Brewers	110.3	115.1	0.489	-4.8
Chicago White Sox	103.1	110.6	0.482	-7.5
Baltimore Orioles	103.5	111.3	0.482	-7.8
Atlanta Braves	100.5	110.3	0.477	-9.8


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
New York Yankees	12.5	10.2	0.552	2.3
St. Louis Cardinals	13.3	11.1	0.546	2.2
Houston Astros	13.1	11.3	0.537	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	12.4	11.0	0.531	1.5
Detroit Tigers	10.6	9.2	0.536	1.4
Milwaukee Brewers	11.8	10.4	0.532	1.4
Oakland Athletics	11.5	10.1	0.532	1.4
Montreal Expos	13.2	11.9	0.526	1.3
Chicago White Sox	10.0	8.9	0.528	1.1
Toronto Blue Jays	11.5	10.6	0.520	0.9
New York Mets	11.9	11.4	0.510	0.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	11.5	11.1	0.510	0.4
California Angels	9.9	9.7	0.507	0.3
Minnesota Twins	11.1	10.9	0.503	0.1
San Francisco Giants	12.9	12.8	0.502	0.1
Boston Red Sox	11.2	11.2	0.501	0.0
Kansas City Royals	10.3	10.3	0.501	0.0
Chicago Cubs	11.9	12.0	0.498	-0.1
Philadelphia Phillies	10.5	10.6	0.497	-0.1
San Diego Padres	9.9	11.0	0.475	-1.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	10.3	11.4	0.475	-1.1
Texas Rangers	10.2	11.5	0.472	-1.2
Seattle Mariners	9.1	10.9	0.454	-1.8
Atlanta Braves	10.0	11.8	0.456	-1.9
Baltimore Orioles	8.0	10.0	0.445	-2.0
Cleveland Indians	9.4	11.8	0.445	-2.4


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Los Angeles Dodgers	82.4	70.3	0.540	12.1
Milwaukee Brewers	79.1	69.9	0.531	9.2
Kansas City Royals	80.0	72.6	0.524	7.4
San Diego Padres	79.4	73.1	0.521	6.3
Boston Red Sox	76.9	72.1	0.516	4.7
Seattle Mariners	80.6	76.3	0.514	4.3
Cleveland Indians	78.5	75.5	0.510	3.0
New York Mets	72.8	69.9	0.510	2.9
Montreal Expos	75.2	72.5	0.509	2.7
Cincinnati Reds	76.9	74.8	0.507	2.1
San Francisco Giants	74.2	72.5	0.506	1.7
Oakland Athletics	77.9	76.4	0.505	1.5
Minnesota Twins	78.5	77.8	0.502	0.6
Detroit Tigers	77.4	78.2	0.497	-0.8
Toronto Blue Jays	75.4	76.4	0.497	-1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	73.7	74.9	0.496	-1.2
Houston Astros	76.9	78.5	0.495	-1.5
New York Yankees	77.2	78.9	0.494	-1.7
Atlanta Braves	73.9	75.7	0.494	-1.8
Texas Rangers	76.4	78.5	0.493	-2.1
Chicago White Sox	76.4	78.9	0.492	-2.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	72.4	75.0	0.491	-2.6
Chicago Cubs	73.7	76.4	0.491	-2.7
California Angels	73.9	78.9	0.484	-5.0
Baltimore Orioles	74.1	80.1	0.480	-6.1
Philadelphia Phillies	74.1	81.2	0.477	-7.1


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
St. Louis Cardinals	48.7	45.6	0.516	3.1
Pittsburgh Pirates	48.2	45.1	0.516	3.1
Oakland Athletics	43.5	40.8	0.516	2.7
Minnesota Twins	43.0	41.1	0.512	1.9
Detroit Tigers	43.9	42.3	0.509	1.6
Cincinnati Reds	45.6	44.2	0.508	1.4
New York Mets	44.0	42.7	0.508	1.3
Toronto Blue Jays	45.3	44.0	0.507	1.3
Milwaukee Brewers	45.2	44.2	0.506	1.1
California Angels	45.7	45.4	0.502	0.4
Texas Rangers	43.4	43.1	0.502	0.3
San Francisco Giants	46.9	46.8	0.501	0.1
Chicago White Sox	47.5	47.6	0.500	-0.1
Montreal Expos	44.9	45.1	0.499	-0.2
Boston Red Sox	39.9	40.5	0.497	-0.6
Atlanta Braves	48.6	49.2	0.497	-0.6
Houston Astros	44.0	44.9	0.495	-0.9
Cleveland Indians	48.5	49.5	0.495	-0.9
Chicago Cubs	47.7	48.8	0.495	-1.0
San Diego Padres	43.7	45.3	0.491	-1.5
Kansas City Royals	43.4	45.0	0.491	-1.6
Seattle Mariners	41.6	43.3	0.490	-1.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	45.7	47.6	0.490	-1.9
New York Yankees	42.4	44.4	0.488	-2.0
Baltimore Orioles	46.7	49.3	0.486	-2.6
Philadelphia Phillies	45.0	48.1	0.483	-3.1

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1988 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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