1996 Major League

1996 Major League^*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)

1996 American League 1996 National League

1996 Major League Leaders and Trailers
1996 Postseason
1996 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
Cleveland Indians	161.0	99.0	62.0	260.0	223.0	36.4
Atlanta Braves	162.0	96.0	66.0	258.0	228.0	29.7
New York Yankees	162.0	92.0	70.0	254.0	232.0	20.8
San Diego Padres	162.0	91.0	71.0	253.0	233.0	19.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	162.0	90.0	72.0	252.0	234.0	18.2
Texas Rangers	163.0	90.5	72.5	253.5	235.5	17.4
Montreal Expos	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	14.1
St. Louis Cardinals	162.0	88.0	74.0	250.0	236.0	14.1
Baltimore Orioles	163.0	88.5	74.5	251.5	237.5	13.2
Seattle Mariners	161.0	85.0	76.0	246.0	237.0	8.8
Boston Red Sox	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.4
Chicago White Sox	162.0	85.0	77.0	247.0	239.0	7.2
Colorado Rockies	162.0	83.0	79.0	245.0	241.0	4.0
Houston Astros	162.0	82.0	80.0	244.0	242.0	1.7
Cincinnati Reds	162.0	81.0	81.0	243.0	243.0	-0.2
Florida Marlins	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.8
Milwaukee Brewers	162.0	80.0	82.0	242.0	244.0	-2.8
Minnesota Twins	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.6
Oakland Athletics	162.0	78.0	84.0	240.0	246.0	-6.6
Chicago Cubs	162.0	76.0	86.0	238.0	248.0	-10.3
Kansas City Royals	161.0	75.0	86.0	236.0	247.0	-11.2
Toronto Blue Jays	162.0	74.0	88.0	236.0	250.0	-14.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	162.0	73.0	89.0	235.0	251.0	-15.7
New York Mets	162.0	71.0	91.0	233.0	253.0	-20.5
California Angels	161.0	70.0	91.0	231.0	252.0	-21.8
San Francisco Giants	162.0	68.0	94.0	230.0	256.0	-25.7
Philadelphia Phillies	162.0	67.0	95.0	229.0	257.0	-28.5
Detroit Tigers	162.0	53.0	109.0	215.0	271.0	-57.0

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
Cleveland Indians	251.9	231.1	20.8	49.0
Atlanta Braves	252.8	233.2	20.5	47.7
Seattle Mariners	247.5	235.5	12.0	40.6
Baltimore Orioles	249.6	239.4	9.6	38.2
Texas Rangers	249.2	239.8	9.3	37.9
San Diego Padres	247.5	238.5	9.5	37.1
Chicago White Sox	247.1	238.9	8.1	36.7
New York Yankees	247.1	238.9	7.0	35.6
Florida Marlins	246.1	239.9	7.3	34.7
Montreal Expos	246.1	239.9	6.4	34.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	245.7	240.3	6.1	33.7
Cincinnati Reds	244.7	241.3	3.3	31.1
Boston Red Sox	243.7	242.3	1.0	29.6
St. Louis Cardinals	243.8	242.2	2.1	29.6
Toronto Blue Jays	243.0	243.0	-0.5	28.0
Houston Astros	243.1	242.9	0.3	27.8
Colorado Rockies	242.8	243.2	-0.3	27.4
Pittsburgh Pirates	242.1	243.9	-1.4	26.3
Oakland Athletics	241.7	244.3	-3.1	25.5
Kansas City Royals	240.0	243.0	-2.9	25.4
Milwaukee Brewers	241.6	244.4	-3.4	25.3
New York Mets	240.9	245.1	-3.6	23.8
Minnesota Twins	240.7	245.3	-5.2	23.5
Chicago Cubs	240.6	245.4	-4.4	23.1
San Francisco Giants	239.1	246.9	-7.3	20.2
Philadelphia Phillies	238.1	247.9	-9.8	17.8
California Angels	236.1	246.9	-11.3	17.2
Detroit Tigers	229.0	257.0	-28.9	-0.1


Batting Records by Team (Sorted by Net Batting Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Seattle Mariners	121.9	109.6	0.526	12.2
Cleveland Indians	120.5	112.0	0.518	8.5
Baltimore Orioles	118.6	112.3	0.514	6.3
Texas Rangers	115.4	110.4	0.511	4.9
Cincinnati Reds	111.6	106.7	0.511	4.9
New York Mets	113.8	109.1	0.511	4.7
Colorado Rockies	110.4	106.8	0.508	3.7
Houston Astros	110.2	106.6	0.508	3.6
Atlanta Braves	117.8	114.7	0.507	3.1
Chicago White Sox	115.8	112.9	0.506	2.9
San Francisco Giants	112.1	110.8	0.503	1.4
Oakland Athletics	114.3	113.0	0.503	1.3
Boston Red Sox	113.1	111.8	0.503	1.3
Chicago Cubs	112.5	111.6	0.502	0.9
St. Louis Cardinals	110.3	109.6	0.502	0.8
San Diego Padres	113.9	113.8	0.500	0.1
Florida Marlins	111.5	111.7	0.500	-0.2
New York Yankees	114.2	115.1	0.498	-1.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	110.4	111.5	0.498	-1.0
Milwaukee Brewers	110.6	111.7	0.498	-1.1
Philadelphia Phillies	109.5	111.7	0.495	-2.2
Pittsburgh Pirates	108.8	111.1	0.495	-2.3
Minnesota Twins	110.5	114.0	0.492	-3.5
Montreal Expos	116.1	119.6	0.493	-3.5
California Angels	107.2	111.5	0.490	-4.2
Detroit Tigers	102.3	108.8	0.485	-6.5
Toronto Blue Jays	109.9	116.7	0.485	-6.8
Kansas City Royals	105.2	113.7	0.481	-8.4


Baserunning Records by Team (Sorted by Net Baserunning Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Seattle Mariners	8.9	7.8	0.533	1.1
Toronto Blue Jays	9.0	8.1	0.527	0.9
Houston Astros	11.3	10.6	0.517	0.8
St. Louis Cardinals	11.5	10.9	0.514	0.6
Colorado Rockies	10.5	9.9	0.515	0.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	9.5	8.9	0.516	0.6
Milwaukee Brewers	10.0	9.6	0.512	0.5
Chicago White Sox	9.6	9.2	0.511	0.4
Chicago Cubs	10.0	9.6	0.510	0.4
Cleveland Indians	9.7	9.3	0.510	0.4
Montreal Expos	10.3	9.9	0.508	0.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	9.4	9.2	0.505	0.2
Cincinnati Reds	9.9	9.8	0.504	0.2
San Francisco Giants	9.3	9.1	0.504	0.2
Philadelphia Phillies	9.4	9.3	0.503	0.1
Texas Rangers	8.5	8.4	0.502	0.1
Baltimore Orioles	8.0	8.1	0.499	-0.0
Minnesota Twins	9.7	9.7	0.499	-0.1
New York Yankees	8.7	8.8	0.497	-0.1
Detroit Tigers	8.2	8.4	0.493	-0.2
Boston Red Sox	7.9	8.2	0.492	-0.2
Florida Marlins	9.9	10.2	0.493	-0.3
Oakland Athletics	7.1	7.4	0.488	-0.4
California Angels	8.1	8.5	0.487	-0.4
New York Mets	10.3	10.9	0.487	-0.5
Atlanta Braves	9.0	9.6	0.486	-0.5
San Diego Padres	9.7	10.4	0.483	-0.7
Kansas City Royals	10.1	11.1	0.477	-1.0


Pitching Records by Team (Sorted by Net Pitching Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Atlanta Braves	81.5	66.9	0.549	14.5
New York Yankees	83.6	72.1	0.537	11.6
Cleveland Indians	78.7	68.7	0.534	10.0
San Diego Padres	80.6	72.2	0.528	8.4
Montreal Expos	79.1	71.2	0.526	7.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	82.4	75.3	0.523	7.1
Florida Marlins	79.7	73.4	0.521	6.3
Chicago White Sox	80.5	74.7	0.518	5.7
Toronto Blue Jays	82.8	77.4	0.517	5.3
Kansas City Royals	81.4	76.5	0.516	4.9
Texas Rangers	80.9	77.6	0.510	3.2
Boston Red Sox	81.3	79.0	0.507	2.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	78.0	76.1	0.506	1.9
Baltimore Orioles	80.1	78.3	0.506	1.8
Cincinnati Reds	78.5	78.7	0.499	-0.2
Minnesota Twins	80.1	81.3	0.496	-1.2
Colorado Rockies	78.9	80.6	0.494	-1.8
St. Louis Cardinals	77.9	80.1	0.493	-2.2
Houston Astros	76.2	78.7	0.492	-2.6
Seattle Mariners	75.7	79.2	0.489	-3.5
Milwaukee Brewers	78.3	81.9	0.489	-3.6
Oakland Athletics	76.8	80.6	0.488	-3.8
Philadelphia Phillies	76.3	80.4	0.487	-4.1
California Angels	79.3	84.0	0.485	-4.8
Chicago Cubs	74.5	82.5	0.475	-8.0
New York Mets	72.1	80.1	0.474	-8.0
San Francisco Giants	74.2	83.4	0.471	-9.2
Detroit Tigers	76.8	91.8	0.455	-15.0


Fielding Records by Team (Sorted by Net Fielding Wins)
Team	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	Net eWins
Chicago Cubs	44.4	40.9	0.521	3.5
St. Louis Cardinals	44.3	41.2	0.518	3.1
Milwaukee Brewers	43.1	40.9	0.513	2.1
New York Mets	45.8	44.0	0.510	1.8
Seattle Mariners	40.8	39.0	0.512	1.8
San Francisco Giants	44.4	42.7	0.509	1.6
Texas Rangers	44.5	43.3	0.506	1.1
Baltimore Orioles	42.3	41.3	0.506	1.0
Kansas City Royals	43.0	42.0	0.506	1.0
Oakland Athletics	43.8	42.9	0.505	0.9
San Diego Padres	43.1	42.3	0.505	0.8
Montreal Expos	40.2	39.7	0.503	0.5
California Angels	42.5	42.0	0.503	0.5
Minnesota Twins	40.5	40.2	0.502	0.3
Florida Marlins	44.9	44.7	0.501	0.1
Cleveland Indians	42.0	41.9	0.500	0.1
Toronto Blue Jays	41.1	41.1	0.500	-0.0
Atlanta Braves	42.8	43.8	0.494	-1.0
Chicago White Sox	40.9	42.4	0.491	-1.5
Houston Astros	45.4	47.0	0.491	-1.6
Los Angeles Dodgers	43.1	44.7	0.491	-1.6
Philadelphia Phillies	43.9	45.6	0.491	-1.7
Cincinnati Reds	44.4	46.3	0.490	-1.9
Boston Red Sox	41.2	43.5	0.486	-2.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	45.8	48.1	0.488	-2.3
Colorado Rockies	43.2	45.7	0.486	-2.6
Detroit Tigers	43.3	46.3	0.484	-2.9
New York Yankees	40.0	43.5	0.479	-3.5

Player Won-Lost Records (all players)

Underlying Calculations related to 1996 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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