1989 Major League

1989 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1989 American League 1989 National League

1989 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1989 Postseason
1989 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	99.0	63.0	261.0	225.0	35.3
Chicago Cubs	162.0	93.0	69.0	255.0	231.0	23.4
San Francisco Giants	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.9
Kansas City Royals	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	21.2
California Angels	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.4
San Diego Padres	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.8
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	89.0	73.0	251.0	235.0	15.7
New York Mets	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	12.1
Baltimore Orioles	162.0	87.0	75.0	249.0	237.0	11.7
Houston Astros	162.0	86.0	76.0	248.0	238.0	9.7
St. Louis Cardinals	164.0	87.0	77.0	251.0	241.0	9.5
Texas Rangers	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.8
Boston Red Sox	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	3.3
Montreal Expos	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	0.2
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.7
Minnesota Twins	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.4
Los Angeles Dodgers	160.0	77.0	83.0	237.0	243.0	-5.9
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	75.0	87.0	237.0	249.0	-12.4
New York Yankees	161.0	74.0	87.0	235.0	248.0	-13.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	164.0	75.0	89.0	239.0	253.0	-14.2
Cleveland Indians	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-16.7
Seattle Mariners	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-16.9
Chicago White Sox	161.0	69.0	92.0	230.0	253.0	-23.4
Philadelphia Phillies	163.0	67.5	95.5	230.5	258.5	-28.6
Atlanta Braves	161.0	63.5	97.5	224.5	258.5	-34.7
Detroit Tigers	162.0	59.0	103.0	221.0	265.0	-43.8

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
San Francisco Giants	249.5	236.5	14.4	41.1
Oakland Athletics	248.7	237.3	11.0	38.5
Toronto Blue Jays	248.2	237.8	10.5	37.9
Kansas City Royals	247.9	238.1	9.4	36.8
Boston Red Sox	247.3	238.7	8.2	35.6
New York Mets	247.0	239.0	8.8	35.2
San Diego Padres	246.6	239.4	8.4	34.7
California Angels	245.9	240.1	5.4	32.8
Chicago Cubs	245.5	240.5	5.7	32.4
Texas Rangers	245.3	240.7	4.7	32.2
St. Louis Cardinals	247.8	244.2	3.6	30.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	240.9	239.1	3.2	29.2
Milwaukee Brewers	244.2	241.8	1.6	28.9
Seattle Mariners	243.7	242.3	1.0	28.6
Montreal Expos	243.3	242.7	1.5	27.9
Minnesota Twins	242.5	243.5	-1.1	26.2
Baltimore Orioles	242.0	244.0	-1.8	25.7
Cincinnati Reds	241.3	244.7	-3.1	23.6
Cleveland Indians	241.3	244.7	-3.9	23.5
Houston Astros	241.1	244.9	-3.4	23.2
Atlanta Braves	239.6	243.4	-3.6	22.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	242.9	249.1	-6.0	21.0
New York Yankees	237.4	245.6	-8.0	19.2
Philadelphia Phillies	238.9	250.1	-10.8	16.0
Chicago White Sox	235.9	247.1	-11.4	16.0
Detroit Tigers	233.1	252.9	-19.2	8.3


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	118.6	108.5	0.522	10.1
Boston Red Sox	120.9	114.6	0.513	6.2
New York Mets	113.7	108.4	0.512	5.3
Chicago Cubs	108.8	106.0	0.507	2.8
Oakland Athletics	110.8	108.0	0.506	2.8
Minnesota Twins	115.2	112.6	0.506	2.6
Toronto Blue Jays	113.4	110.8	0.506	2.6
San Diego Padres	110.7	109.0	0.504	1.7
Chicago White Sox	110.8	109.8	0.502	1.0
Texas Rangers	111.2	110.4	0.502	0.8
Milwaukee Brewers	109.7	109.0	0.502	0.7
New York Yankees	109.3	108.8	0.501	0.5
Kansas City Royals	112.0	111.6	0.501	0.4
Philadelphia Phillies	111.6	111.4	0.500	0.2
Seattle Mariners	110.7	110.8	0.500	-0.1
Baltimore Orioles	110.1	110.3	0.500	-0.2
Cincinnati Reds	109.3	109.5	0.500	-0.2
St. Louis Cardinals	113.3	114.2	0.498	-0.9
California Angels	110.7	112.0	0.497	-1.3
Houston Astros	108.3	109.7	0.497	-1.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	107.6	109.7	0.495	-2.0
Atlanta Braves	105.5	107.5	0.495	-2.1
Montreal Expos	110.2	112.4	0.495	-2.2
Detroit Tigers	109.5	113.5	0.491	-4.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	108.6	113.5	0.489	-4.9
Cleveland Indians	106.7	113.7	0.484	-7.0


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Oakland Athletics	11.3	9.4	0.548	2.0
New York Mets	12.4	10.6	0.540	1.8
Milwaukee Brewers	11.6	10.0	0.536	1.6
California Angels	9.5	8.5	0.526	0.9
Kansas City Royals	11.2	10.3	0.522	0.9
Toronto Blue Jays	11.6	10.8	0.517	0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	12.4	11.6	0.515	0.7
Pittsburgh Pirates	12.3	11.7	0.512	0.6
San Francisco Giants	11.1	10.5	0.513	0.5
Minnesota Twins	9.8	9.4	0.511	0.4
Detroit Tigers	9.5	9.3	0.504	0.2
Montreal Expos	12.7	12.5	0.503	0.2
San Diego Padres	11.7	11.6	0.501	0.0
Baltimore Orioles	10.5	10.5	0.500	0.0
Houston Astros	11.6	11.7	0.496	-0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	10.7	11.0	0.494	-0.3
Texas Rangers	10.1	10.4	0.493	-0.3
Atlanta Braves	9.3	9.7	0.489	-0.4
Cincinnati Reds	10.5	11.0	0.489	-0.5
New York Yankees	10.5	11.0	0.489	-0.5
Boston Red Sox	9.7	10.3	0.487	-0.5
Chicago Cubs	11.7	12.3	0.488	-0.6
Seattle Mariners	9.4	10.4	0.476	-0.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	10.7	11.8	0.475	-1.1
Chicago White Sox	8.9	10.4	0.462	-1.5
Cleveland Indians	8.0	9.8	0.450	-1.8


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Kansas City Royals	79.4	70.3	0.530	9.1
San Diego Padres	78.7	72.2	0.522	6.5
Cleveland Indians	79.4	72.9	0.521	6.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	76.9	70.6	0.521	6.3
Toronto Blue Jays	76.2	71.7	0.515	4.5
Montreal Expos	76.7	73.0	0.512	3.7
Seattle Mariners	78.1	74.7	0.511	3.4
Oakland Athletics	80.4	77.2	0.510	3.3
Texas Rangers	79.4	76.4	0.510	3.0
Boston Red Sox	75.0	72.3	0.509	2.7
Chicago Cubs	77.8	75.3	0.508	2.6
California Angels	78.6	76.1	0.508	2.5
Atlanta Braves	77.8	76.7	0.504	1.1
St. Louis Cardinals	73.6	72.8	0.503	0.8
Milwaukee Brewers	77.2	76.5	0.502	0.7
Houston Astros	77.0	76.7	0.501	0.2
New York Mets	77.5	77.6	0.500	-0.1
Cincinnati Reds	77.0	77.3	0.499	-0.2
Baltimore Orioles	76.5	76.9	0.499	-0.4
San Francisco Giants	74.9	76.4	0.495	-1.5
Minnesota Twins	74.3	77.1	0.491	-2.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	75.8	78.7	0.490	-3.0
Philadelphia Phillies	71.9	78.4	0.478	-6.5
New York Yankees	71.5	78.2	0.478	-6.7
Chicago White Sox	71.2	79.3	0.473	-8.0
Detroit Tigers	72.3	84.1	0.462	-11.8


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
San Francisco Giants	45.1	40.9	0.524	4.1
California Angels	47.1	43.6	0.519	3.5
Oakland Athletics	46.1	42.9	0.518	3.2
St. Louis Cardinals	48.7	45.6	0.516	3.1
Toronto Blue Jays	46.8	44.8	0.511	1.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	44.9	43.0	0.511	1.9
New York Mets	43.5	42.4	0.506	1.0
Texas Rangers	44.4	43.6	0.504	0.8
New York Yankees	47.1	46.7	0.502	0.4
Chicago Cubs	47.2	46.8	0.502	0.4
Boston Red Sox	41.4	41.8	0.497	-0.4
Baltimore Orioles	45.3	45.8	0.497	-0.5
Minnesota Twins	43.4	44.1	0.496	-0.6
Milwaukee Brewers	45.7	46.4	0.496	-0.7
Montreal Expos	43.8	44.7	0.495	-0.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	47.5	48.6	0.495	-1.0
Seattle Mariners	45.5	46.6	0.494	-1.1
Chicago White Sox	45.7	46.8	0.494	-1.1
Cleveland Indians	47.1	48.3	0.494	-1.2
Detroit Tigers	43.2	44.5	0.493	-1.3
Houston Astros	44.8	46.1	0.493	-1.3
San Diego Padres	45.4	46.7	0.493	-1.4
Cincinnati Reds	44.8	46.5	0.490	-1.8
Atlanta Braves	47.3	49.2	0.490	-1.8
Kansas City Royals	44.6	46.6	0.489	-1.9
Philadelphia Phillies	46.0	48.0	0.490	-1.9

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1989 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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