1949 National League Stats

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1949 National League Standings

1949 American League <<1948 National League 1950 National League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Brooklyn Dodgers97-57 (0.630)-87965198-56 (0.634)95-59 (0.617)1,633,74750.027.7-0.322.7
2St. Louis Cardinals96-58 (0.623)1.076661692-62 (0.598)93-61 (0.604)1,430,67648.120.71.326.1
3Philadelphia Phillies81-73 (0.526)16.066266876-78 (0.496)75-79 (0.487)819,69830.214.60.115.5
4Boston Braves75-79 (0.487)22.070671976-78 (0.492)78-76 (0.506)1,081,79532.520.01.810.7
5New York Giants73-81 (0.474)24.073669381-73 (0.528)82-72 (0.532)1,218,44636.619.2-0.918.3
6Pittsburgh Pirates71-83 (0.461)26.068176069-85 (0.450)70-84 (0.455)1,449,43524.410.94.98.7
7Cincinnati Reds62-92 (0.403)35.062777063-91 (0.407)64-90 (0.416)707,78218.56.42.99.1
8Chicago Cubs61-93 (0.396)36.059377359-95 (0.381)60-94 (0.390)1,143,13914.47.92.44.1

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Stan Musial SLN RF 28 9.2 9.7 157 721 207 41 13 36 107 3 0 159.457 0.438 0.624
2 Ralph Kiner PIT LF 26 8.7 8.4 152 667 170 19 5 54 117 6 0 151.378 0.432 0.658
3 Jackie Robinson BRO 2B 30 8.0 8.4 156 704 203 38 12 16 86 37 0 132.989 0.432 0.528
4 Enos Slaughter SLN LF 33 5.9 6.5 151 654 191 34 13 13 79 3 0 118.454 0.418 0.511
5 Del Ennis PHI LF 24 5.3 5.2 154 674 184 39 11 25 59 2 0 111.712 0.367 0.525
6 Sid Gordon NY1 3B 31 5.0 4.2 141 588 139 26 2 26 95 1 0 103.542 0.404 0.505
7 Bobby Thomson NY1 CF 25 4.9 6.1 156 689 198 35 9 27 44 10 0 109.608 0.355 0.518
8 Pee Wee Reese BRO SS 30 4.8 5.0 155 743 172 27 3 16 116 26 0 109.466 0.396 0.410
9 Bob Elliott BSN 3B 32 4.4 6.8 139 578 135 29 5 17 90 0 0 93.305 0.396 0.467
10 Carl Furillo BRO RF 27 4.2 4.3 142 596 177 27 10 18 37 4 0 95.153 0.368 0.506
11 Duke Snider BRO CF 22 4.1 4.3 146 615 161 28 7 23 56 12 0 94.860 0.361 0.493
12 Roy Campanella BRO C 27 3.8 4.2 130 507 125 22 2 22 67 3 0 84.431 0.385 0.498
13 Eddie Stanky BSN 2B 33 3.8 4.7 138 628 144 24 5 1 113 3 0 89.533 0.417 0.358
14 Willard Marshall NY1 RF 28 3.8 3.9 141 581 153 19 3 12 78 4 0 89.517 0.401 0.429
15 Gil Hodges BRO 1B 25 3.8 3.4 156 676 170 23 4 23 66 10 0 95.928 0.360 0.453
16 Whitey Lockman NY1 LF 22 3.6 3.9 151 685 186 32 7 11 62 12 0 95.474 0.368 0.429
17 Hank Sauer 2 teams LF 32 3.6 3.9 138 568 140 23 1 31 55 0 0 87.665 0.349 0.507
18 Andy Pafko CHN CF 28 3.4 3.4 144 592 146 29 2 18 63 4 0 86.802 0.369 0.449
19 Elbie Fletcher BSN 1B 33 3.3 2.2 122 518 108 19 3 11 84 1 0 74.285 0.396 0.402
20 Andy Seminick PHI C 28 3.2 4.2 109 411 81 11 2 24 69 0 0 67.860 0.380 0.503
21 Wally Westlake PIT RF 28 3.0 3.4 147 577 148 24 8 23 45 6 0 85.036 0.345 0.489
22 Gene Hermanski BRO LF 29 2.8 2.9 87 282 67 12 3 8 47 12 0 50.485 0.431 0.487
23 Phil Cavarretta CHN 1B 32 2.4 2.2 105 414 106 22 4 8 45 2 0 59.695 0.374 0.444
24 Danny Litwhiler CIN RF 32 2.2 2.0 102 336 85 18 1 11 44 0 0 53.501 0.384 0.473
25 Willie Jones PHI 3B 23 2.1 2.9 149 604 130 35 1 19 65 3 0 72.742 0.328 0.421
26 Grady Hatton CIN 3B 26 2.1 3.2 137 605 141 38 5 11 62 4 0 75.294 0.342 0.413
27 Johnny Mize NY1 1B 36 2.0 3.1 106 442 102 15 0 18 50 1 0 60.672 0.351 0.441
28 Hank Thompson NY1 2B 23 1.9 2.1 75 320 77 10 4 9 42 5 0 47.250 0.377 0.444
29 Harry Walker 2 teams CF 30 1.8 1.7 128 525 142 21 5 2 45 6 0 63.383 0.356 0.378
30 Johnny Hopp 2 teams 1B 32 1.8 1.8 113 425 118 14 5 5 37 9 0 56.257 0.365 0.408
31 Eddie Waitkus PHI 1B 29 1.7 1.2 54 246 64 16 3 1 33 3 0 37.469 0.403 0.426
32 Bill Rigney NY1 SS 31 1.7 1.7 122 441 108 19 6 6 47 3 0 55.654 0.355 0.404
33 Red Schoendienst SLN 2B 26 1.6 5.1 151 702 190 25 2 3 51 8 0 77.472 0.351 0.356
34 Eddie Kazak SLN 3B 28 1.6 1.9 92 364 99 15 3 6 29 0 0 48.328 0.362 0.423
35 Pete Reiser BSN CF 30 1.6 1.6 84 258 60 8 3 8 33 3 0 36.965 0.369 0.443
36 Richie Ashburn PHI CF 22 1.6 3.5 154 728 188 18 11 1 58 9 0 76.466 0.343 0.349
37 Tommy Holmes BSN RF 32 1.5 2.0 117 425 101 20 4 8 39 1 0 50.457 0.337 0.403
38 Tommy Glaviano SLN 3B 25 1.5 2.7 87 308 69 16 1 6 41 0 0 43.046 0.380 0.407
39 Marv Rickert BSN LF 28 1.5 1.5 100 301 81 18 3 6 23 1 0 40.409 0.347 0.444
40 Dick Sisler PHI 1B 28 1.5 -0.9 121 446 119 19 6 7 25 0 0 52.790 0.333 0.415
41 Ted Kluszewski CIN 1B 24 1.5 1.9 136 550 164 26 2 8 19 3 0 65.230 0.333 0.410
42 Jeff Heath BSN LF 34 1.4 1.5 36 126 34 7 0 9 15 0 0 25.171 0.389 0.613
43 Bill Salkeld BSN C 32 1.4 0.9 66 209 41 5 0 5 44 1 0 31.240 0.417 0.379
44 Dino Restelli PIT CF 24 1.4 1.7 72 274 58 11 0 12 35 3 0 39.019 0.358 0.453
45 Hank Edwards CHN RF 30 1.3 1.1 58 196 51 8 4 7 19 0 0 30.335 0.359 0.500
46 Nippy Jones SLN 1B 24 1.2 -1.2 110 402 114 20 2 8 16 1 0 48.577 0.330 0.426
47 Walker Cooper 2 teams C 34 1.2 2.3 124 488 117 13 4 20 28 0 0 57.011 0.307 0.436
48 Bill Nicholson PHI RF 34 1.2 1.8 98 350 70 8 3 11 45 1 0 42.416 0.344 0.391
49 Peanuts Lowrey 2 teams LF 31 1.2 1.6 127 476 115 21 2 4 46 4 0 52.644 0.340 0.362
50 Jim Russell BSN CF 30 1.1 1.2 130 486 96 22 1 8 64 3 0 51.136 0.337 0.347

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Dave Koslo NY1 29 8.1 7.7 38 23 212.00 11 14 15 4 72 43 64 71.65 2.50 1.11 2.72
2 Howie Pollet SLN 28 7.5 7.0 39 28 230.67 20 9 17 1 80 59 108 72.98 2.77 1.24 4.21
3 Warren Spahn BSN 28 7.4 6.6 38 38 302.33 21 14 25 0 125 86 151 65.90 3.07 1.22 4.50
4 Preacher Roe BRO 33 7.4 6.6 30 27 212.67 15 6 13 1 69 44 109 65.29 2.79 1.15 4.61
5 Don Newcombe BRO 23 7.3 6.9 38 31 244.33 17 8 19 1 89 73 149 64.46 3.17 1.21 5.49
6 Ken Raffensberger CIN 31 6.8 6.3 41 38 284.00 18 17 20 0 129 80 103 54.40 3.39 1.30 3.26
7 Ken Heintzelman PHI 33 5.7 5.0 33 32 250.00 17 10 15 0 96 93 65 55.82 3.02 1.33 2.34
8 Murry Dickson PIT 32 4.9 4.3 44 20 224.33 12 14 11 0 97 80 89 39.19 3.29 1.32 3.57
9 Russ Meyer PHI 25 4.9 4.2 37 28 213.00 17 8 14 1 84 70 78 47.80 3.08 1.26 3.30
10 Al Brazle SLN 35 4.7 3.6 39 25 206.33 14 8 9 0 85 61 75 46.31 3.18 1.30 3.27
11 Sheldon Jones NY1 27 4.3 3.5 42 27 207.33 15 12 11 0 93 88 79 38.25 3.34 1.38 3.43
12 Harry Brecheen SLN 34 4.2 4.2 32 31 214.67 14 11 14 1 96 65 88 41.07 3.35 1.27 3.69
13 Monty Kennedy NY1 27 4.0 3.2 38 32 223.33 12 14 14 1 105 100 95 35.06 3.43 1.38 3.83
14 Gerry Staley SLN 28 3.9 3.6 45 17 171.33 10 10 5 6 65 41 55 38.57 2.73 1.14 2.89
15 Larry Jansen NY1 28 3.9 3.1 37 35 259.67 15 16 17 0 130 62 113 34.57 3.85 1.28 3.92
16 Robin Roberts PHI 22 3.6 2.7 43 31 226.67 15 15 11 4 101 75 95 34.80 3.69 1.34 3.77
17 Cliff Chambers PIT 27 3.4 3.3 34 21 177.33 13 7 10 0 89 58 93 26.87 3.96 1.38 4.72
18 Bill Werle PIT 28 3.3 2.3 35 29 221.00 12 13 10 0 117 51 106 26.45 4.24 1.33 4.32
19 Jack Banta BRO 24 2.9 2.3 48 12 152.33 10 6 2 3 63 68 97 25.84 3.37 1.27 5.73
20 Red Munger SLN 30 2.7 2.7 35 28 188.33 15 8 12 2 86 87 82 26.39 3.87 1.41 3.92
21 Bob Rush CHN 23 2.2 1.0 35 27 201.00 10 18 9 4 104 79 80 17.59 4.07 1.37 3.58
22 Dutch Leonard CHN 40 2.1 1.7 33 28 180.00 7 16 10 0 94 43 83 16.74 4.15 1.34 4.15
23 Howie Fox CIN 28 1.9 1.7 38 30 215.00 6 19 9 0 120 77 60 15.62 3.98 1.39 2.51
24 Jim Konstanty PHI 32 1.9 1.7 53 0 97.00 9 5 0 7 38 29 43 18.11 3.25 1.31 3.99
25 Ted Wilks SLN 33 1.8 1.3 59 0 118.33 10 3 0 9 52 38 71 18.07 3.73 1.21 5.40
26 Eddie Erautt CIN 24 1.8 1.7 39 9 112.67 4 11 1 1 53 61 43 14.46 3.35 1.42 3.43
27 Fred Martin SLN 34 1.8 1.7 21 5 70.00 6 0 3 0 24 20 30 17.18 2.44 1.21 3.86
28 Erv Palica BRO 21 1.6 1.5 49 1 97.00 8 9 0 6 43 49 44 13.88 3.62 1.46 4.08
29 Monk Dubiel CHN 31 1.5 1.6 32 20 147.67 6 9 3 4 75 54 52 11.86 4.14 1.33 3.17
30 Tiny Bonham PIT 35 1.4 1.1 18 14 89.00 7 4 5 0 43 23 25 11.46 4.25 1.17 2.53
31 Joe Hatten BRO 32 1.4 0.8 37 29 187.33 12 8 11 2 102 69 58 12.32 4.18 1.40 2.79
32 Ralph Branca BRO 23 1.3 0.6 34 27 186.67 13 5 9 1 100 91 109 11.42 4.39 1.46 5.26
33 Max Lanier SLN 33 1.3 0.9 15 15 92.00 5 4 4 0 42 35 37 12.66 3.82 1.38 3.62
34 Buddy Lively CIN 24 1.3 1.1 31 10 103.33 4 6 3 1 47 53 30 10.31 3.92 1.39 2.61
35 Hank Borowy PHI 33 1.2 1.1 28 28 193.33 12 12 12 0 99 63 43 12.15 4.19 1.30 2.00
36 Bobby Hogue BSN 28 1.2 1.2 33 0 72.00 2 2 0 3 30 25 23 10.71 3.12 1.43 2.88
37 Bill Voiselle BSN 30 1.2 0.5 30 22 169.33 7 8 5 1 84 78 63 10.50 4.04 1.46 3.35
38 Rip Sewell PIT 42 1.2 1.0 28 6 76.00 6 1 2 1 35 32 26 9.33 3.91 1.50 3.08
39 Ewell Blackwell CIN 26 1.0 0.8 30 4 76.67 5 5 0 1 36 34 55 7.91 4.23 1.49 6.46
40 Johnny Antonelli BSN 19 0.9 0.6 22 10 96.00 3 7 3 0 49 42 48 7.64 3.56 1.47 4.50
41 Rex Barney BRO 24 0.8 0.5 38 20 140.67 9 8 6 1 75 89 80 6.75 4.41 1.40 5.12
42 Vic Lombardi PIT 26 0.8 1.0 34 12 134.00 5 5 4 1 74 68 64 6.11 4.57 1.62 4.30
43 Nels Potter BSN 37 0.7 0.5 41 3 96.67 6 11 1 7 49 30 57 6.59 4.19 1.33 5.31
44 Emil Kush CHN 32 0.7 0.8 26 0 47.67 3 3 0 2 21 24 22 5.71 3.78 1.57 4.15
45 Johnny Schmitz CHN 28 0.7 0.1 36 31 207.00 11 13 9 3 117 92 75 5.60 4.35 1.54 3.26
46 Ken Burkhart CIN 32 0.7 0.6 11 0 28.33 0 0 0 1 10 10 8 5.29 3.18 1.38 2.54
47 Vern Bickford BSN 28 0.7 0.1 37 36 230.67 16 11 15 0 125 106 101 5.76 4.25 1.53 3.94
48 Warren Hacker CHN 24 0.6 0.2 30 12 125.67 5 8 3 0 68 53 40 5.04 4.23 1.54 2.86
49 Paul Minner BRO 25 0.6 0.5 27 1 47.33 3 1 0 2 22 18 17 5.48 3.80 1.42 3.23
50 Bob Chipman CHN 30 0.5 0.2 38 11 113.33 7 8 3 1 65 63 46 3.64 3.97 1.53 3.65

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Del Crandall BSN 19 2.0 63.0 476.8 287.0 39.0 6.0 5.0 17.198
2 Clyde McCullough PIT 32 1.2 90.0 642.3 363.0 39.0 6.0 8.0 11.809
3 Walker Cooper 2 teams 34 1.1 117.0 915.2 464.0 61.0 11.0 5.0 10.386
4 Andy Seminick PHI 28 1.0 98.0 863.2 411.0 54.0 12.0 6.0 7.923
5 Dixie Howell CIN 29 0.7 56.0 443.5 191.0 35.0 3.0 2.0 7.087
6 Mickey Owen CHN 33 0.6 59.0 471.2 219.0 35.0 8.0 5.0 5.867
7 Phil Masi 2 teams 33 0.6 81.0 594.0 291.0 34.0 2.0 8.0 5.616
8 Roy Campanella BRO 27 0.4 127.0 1064.9 684.0 55.0 11.0 5.0 4.153
1B 1 Ed Stevens PIT 24 1.1 58.0 485.5 533.0 58.0 3.0 65.0 11.135
2 Johnny Mize NY1 36 1.1 101.0 771.2 906.0 65.0 6.0 77.0 10.385
3 Ted Kluszewski CIN 24 0.4 134.0 1073.3 1140.0 65.0 14.0 109.0 4.285
4 Jimmy Bloodworth CIN 31 0.4 23.0 184.2 208.0 18.0 1.0 19.0 3.942
5 Ray Sanders BSN 32 0.2 7.0 57.6 52.0 9.0 1.0 2.0 1.281
6 Phil Masi PIT 33 0.1 2.0 16.7 17.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.816
7 Johnny Hopp 2 teams 32 0.1 79.0 662.2 643.0 45.0 7.0 69.0 0.629
8 Monte Irvin NY1 30 0.1 5.0 38.2 40.0 3.0 0.0 5.0 0.527
2B 1 Red Schoendienst SLN 26 3.9 138.0 1110.0 399.0 424.0 11.0 105.0 31.187
2 Eddie Stanky BSN 33 0.9 135.0 1098.8 357.0 354.0 15.0 92.0 7.774
3 Danny Murtaugh PIT 31 0.8 74.0 566.9 202.0 182.0 10.0 58.0 7.972
4 Mike Goliat PHI 27 0.5 50.0 411.7 140.0 143.0 9.0 31.0 3.995
5 Emil Verban CHN 33 0.5 88.0 715.4 218.0 249.0 17.0 60.0 4.405
6 Jimmy Bloodworth CIN 31 0.4 92.0 716.4 229.0 234.0 9.0 56.0 4.264
7 Jackie Robinson BRO 30 0.4 156.0 1382.1 395.0 421.0 16.0 119.0 3.620
8 Frankie Gustine CHN 29 0.3 16.0 130.1 52.0 47.0 4.0 15.0 3.064
3B 1 Bob Elliott BSN 32 2.3 130.0 1109.8 141.0 300.0 17.0 27.0 19.901
2 Tommy Glaviano SLN 25 1.6 73.0 611.7 67.0 181.0 19.0 15.0 12.458
3 Pete Castiglione PIT 28 1.5 98.0 772.6 100.0 213.0 14.0 26.0 14.627
4 Billy Cox BRO 29 1.2 100.0 833.5 104.0 213.0 12.0 28.0 11.768
5 Grady Hatton CIN 26 1.1 136.0 1176.7 143.0 290.0 11.0 29.0 10.976
6 Willie Jones PHI 23 0.8 145.0 1285.3 181.0 308.0 27.0 19.0 6.198
7 Eddie Kazak SLN 28 0.6 80.0 670.3 64.0 175.0 19.0 20.0 4.496
8 Eddie Miksis BRO 22 0.3 29.0 241.7 26.0 62.0 2.0 4.0 3.280
SS 1 Marty Marion SLN 32 2.4 134.0 1116.1 242.0 441.0 17.0 74.0 19.527
2 Granny Hamner PHI 22 1.9 154.0 1356.4 280.0 506.0 32.0 101.0 14.844
3 Roy Smalley CHN 23 1.7 132.0 1099.5 265.0 438.0 39.0 91.0 16.777
4 Stan Rojek PIT 30 1.4 144.0 1212.8 240.0 461.0 25.0 92.0 14.191
5 Virgil Stallcup CIN 27 0.6 141.0 1220.0 256.0 437.0 27.0 87.0 5.386
6 Al Dark BSN 27 0.5 125.0 1087.0 232.0 387.0 25.0 76.0 4.452
7 Pee Wee Reese BRO 30 0.2 155.0 1373.2 316.0 454.0 18.0 93.0 1.698
8 Bill Rigney NY1 31 0.1 81.0 559.4 120.0 215.0 26.0 33.0 1.218
LF 1 Peanuts Lowrey 2 teams 31 0.6 105.1 886.7 251.0 7.9 2.8 2.0 5.454
2 Enos Slaughter SLN 33 0.5 150.0 1246.0 330.0 10.0 6.0 1.0 4.287
3 Hank Sauer 2 teams 32 0.3 134.0 1121.2 298.4 15.8 8.9 2.0 3.411
4 Whitey Lockman NY1 22 0.3 151.0 1305.2 353.0 10.0 10.0 1.0 2.675
5 Marv Rickert BSN 28 0.3 50.3 354.5 100.0 6.0 2.0 1.3 2.160
6 Jim Russell BSN 30 0.2 28.1 197.7 62.9 0.7 1.6 0.7 1.965
7 Pete Reiser BSN 30 0.2 27.0 190.2 59.6 2.1 1.3 0.9 1.953
8 Clint Conatser BSN 27 0.1 14.7 103.3 31.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.556
CF 1 Richie Ashburn PHI 22 1.9 154.0 1374.2 514.0 13.0 11.0 3.0 15.296
2 Bobby Thomson NY1 25 1.2 156.0 1374.3 488.0 10.0 9.0 4.0 11.590
3 Chuck Diering SLN 26 0.6 124.0 932.8 300.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 5.135
4 Duke Snider BRO 22 0.2 145.0 1168.5 355.0 12.0 6.0 2.0 2.302
5 Wally Judnich PIT 33 0.1 8.0 66.8 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.261
6 Dino Restelli PIT 24 0.1 44.0 367.7 120.5 2.9 5.0 1.4 0.970
7 Hal Jeffcoat CHN 24 0.0 69.0 569.5 170.8 8.2 6.8 1.4 0.281
8 Lloyd Merriman CIN 24 0.0 85.0 689.8 211.5 6.9 6.9 1.0 0.001
RF 1 Bill Nicholson PHI 34 0.6 91.0 673.5 185.0 10.0 1.0 1.0 5.027
2 Wally Westlake PIT 28 0.6 91.7 715.9 204.6 7.7 3.8 2.6 5.969
3 Stan Musial SLN 28 0.5 94.1 759.1 196.6 6.0 1.8 3.0 4.073
4 Tommy Holmes BSN 32 0.5 103.0 802.2 210.0 10.0 3.0 4.0 4.180
5 Johnny Wyrostek CIN 29 0.4 67.9 541.2 154.2 5.3 4.7 0.5 3.428
6 Hal Jeffcoat CHN 24 0.3 31.0 242.8 76.7 3.7 3.1 0.6 2.995
7 Dino Restelli PIT 24 0.2 17.0 132.7 46.5 1.1 2.0 0.6 2.044
8 Willard Marshall NY1 28 0.2 136.0 1146.7 287.8 12.8 7.9 3.0 1.827