1950 National League Stats

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1950 National League Standings

1950 American League <<1949 National League 1951 National League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Philadelphia Phillies91-63 (0.591)-72262487-67 (0.566)87-67 (0.565)1,217,03541.616.4-0.425.7
2Brooklyn Dodgers89-65 (0.578)2.084772488-66 (0.571)88-66 (0.571)1,185,89643.226.72.114.3
3New York Giants86-68 (0.558)5.073564386-68 (0.561)87-67 (0.565)1,008,87841.416.23.321.8
4Boston Braves83-71 (0.539)8.078573682-72 (0.529)80-74 (0.519)944,39134.822.71.310.9
5St. Louis Cardinals78-75 (0.510)12.569367079-75 (0.515)82-72 (0.532)1,093,41136.713.04.019.7
6Cincinnati Reds66-87 (0.431)24.565473469-85 (0.447)63-91 (0.409)538,79418.28.3-2.612.5
7Chicago Cubs64-89 (0.418)26.564377264-90 (0.417)66-88 (0.429)1,165,94421.010.81.98.3
8Pittsburgh Pirates57-96 (0.373)33.568185761-93 (0.396)63-91 (0.409)1,166,26717.813.33.01.5

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 1B 29 7.6 7.0 146 645 192 41 7 28 87 5 0 137.962 0.437 0.596
2 Ralph Kiner PIT LF 27 6.5 6.0 150 672 149 21 6 47 122 2 0 133.643 0.408 0.591
3 Earl Torgeson BSN 1B 26 6.1 8.4 156 704 167 30 3 23 119 15 0 118.959 0.412 0.472
4 Andy Pafko CHN CF 29 6.1 6.5 146 595 156 24 8 36 69 4 0 116.527 0.397 0.591
5 Duke Snider BRO CF 23 6.0 6.3 152 684 199 31 10 31 58 16 0 120.954 0.379 0.553
6 Eddie Stanky NY1 2B 34 5.9 8.5 152 691 158 25 5 8 144 9 0 121.177 0.460 0.412
7 Sid Gordon BSN LF 32 5.6 6.6 134 562 146 33 4 27 78 2 0 106.001 0.403 0.557
8 Jackie Robinson BRO 2B 31 5.6 8.0 144 613 170 39 4 14 80 12 0 109.969 0.423 0.500
9 Del Ennis PHI RF 25 5.5 5.5 153 654 185 34 8 31 56 2 0 114.257 0.372 0.551
10 Bob Elliott BSN 3B 33 4.9 4.6 142 602 162 28 5 24 68 2 0 102.178 0.386 0.512
11 Gil Hodges BRO 1B 26 4.4 1.8 153 646 159 26 2 32 73 6 0 102.234 0.367 0.508
12 Hank Thompson NY1 3B 24 4.1 6.0 148 604 148 17 6 20 83 8 0 95.200 0.391 0.463
13 Andy Seminick PHI C 29 4.1 4.9 130 467 113 15 3 24 68 0 0 83.859 0.400 0.524
14 Tommy Glaviano SLN 3B 26 3.8 5.2 115 510 117 29 2 11 90 6 0 85.184 0.421 0.446
15 Hank Sauer CHN LF 33 3.8 3.5 145 603 148 32 2 32 60 1 0 94.461 0.350 0.518
16 Roy Campanella BRO C 28 3.7 4.3 126 494 123 19 3 31 55 1 0 84.856 0.364 0.551
17 Sam Jethroe BSN CF 33 3.5 3.9 141 642 159 28 8 18 52 35 0 82.858 0.338 0.442
18 Ted Kluszewski CIN 1B 25 3.4 3.0 134 572 165 37 0 25 33 3 0 88.642 0.348 0.515
19 Dick Sisler PHI LF 29 3.2 3.7 141 593 155 29 4 13 64 1 0 85.120 0.373 0.442
20 Monte Irvin NY1 1B 31 3.2 3.2 110 432 112 19 5 15 52 3 0 72.666 0.392 0.497
21 Johnny Hopp PIT 1B 33 3.2 2.6 106 362 108 24 5 8 43 7 0 67.543 0.420 0.522
22 Carl Furillo BRO RF 28 3.2 2.6 153 669 189 30 6 18 41 8 0 93.907 0.353 0.460
23 Richie Ashburn PHI CF 23 3.2 4.0 151 670 180 25 14 2 63 14 0 87.486 0.372 0.402
24 Willie Jones PHI 3B 24 3.0 3.4 157 678 163 28 6 25 61 5 0 89.869 0.337 0.456
25 Walker Cooper 2 teams C 35 2.9 4.0 117 420 120 22 3 14 30 1 0 65.525 0.364 0.495
26 Wally Westlake PIT CF 29 2.8 3.6 139 534 136 15 6 24 48 1 0 81.618 0.359 0.493
27 Wes Westrum NY1 C 27 2.7 6.1 140 532 103 13 3 23 92 2 0 76.761 0.371 0.437
28 Enos Slaughter SLN RF 34 2.6 2.7 148 632 161 26 7 10 66 3 0 84.310 0.367 0.415
29 Pee Wee Reese BRO SS 31 2.5 4.0 141 633 138 21 5 11 91 17 0 79.735 0.369 0.380
30 Al Dark NY1 SS 28 2.3 2.7 154 643 164 36 5 16 39 9 0 79.485 0.331 0.440
31 Bill Howerton SLN CF 28 2.3 2.3 110 364 88 20 8 10 47 0 0 57.217 0.375 0.492
32 Tommy Holmes BSN RF 33 2.1 2.4 105 363 96 20 1 9 33 0 0 52.631 0.370 0.450
33 Johnny Wyrostek CIN RF 30 2.1 2.3 131 569 145 34 5 8 52 1 0 74.430 0.357 0.418
34 Bobby Thomson NY1 CF 26 2.1 2.7 149 625 142 22 7 25 55 3 0 78.661 0.324 0.449
35 Gene Hermanski BRO LF 30 1.9 2.5 94 332 86 17 3 7 36 2 0 49.498 0.381 0.450
36 Grady Hatton CIN 3B 27 1.8 1.5 130 514 114 17 1 11 70 6 0 64.626 0.366 0.379
37 Whitey Lockman NY1 LF 23 1.7 2.4 129 582 157 28 5 6 42 1 0 70.463 0.349 0.400
38 Bill Serena CHN 3B 25 1.7 2.3 127 503 104 20 4 17 65 1 0 62.861 0.339 0.421
39 Phil Cavarretta CHN 1B 33 1.6 1.1 82 300 70 11 1 10 40 1 0 43.849 0.376 0.441
40 Bobby Adams CIN 2B 28 1.6 0.5 115 394 98 21 8 3 43 7 0 51.336 0.361 0.414
41 Danny Murtaugh PIT 2B 32 1.4 2.4 118 416 108 20 5 2 47 2 0 55.038 0.376 0.392
42 Eddie Waitkus PHI 1B 30 1.3 1.5 154 702 182 32 5 2 55 3 0 74.903 0.342 0.359
43 Gus Bell PIT RF 21 1.3 1.6 111 456 119 22 11 8 28 4 0 57.595 0.333 0.443
44 Ron Northey 2 teams RF 30 1.2 0.8 80 217 52 14 0 9 25 0 0 32.537 0.355 0.487
45 Hank Edwards CHN RF 31 1.1 1.0 41 120 40 11 1 2 10 0 0 22.740 0.417 0.536
46 Danny O'Connell PIT SS 21 1.1 4.2 79 344 92 16 1 8 24 7 0 42.950 0.342 0.425
47 Connie Ryan 2 teams 2B 30 1.1 2.1 126 513 109 20 5 6 64 4 0 56.752 0.343 0.358
48 Red Schoendienst SLN 2B 27 1.0 2.2 153 693 177 43 9 7 33 3 0 72.320 0.313 0.403
49 Johnny Pramesa CIN C 24 1.0 1.2 74 251 70 10 1 5 19 0 0 33.697 0.363 0.425
50 Joe Adcock CIN LF 22 1.0 1.3 102 399 109 16 1 8 24 2 0 46.803 0.336 0.406

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 Robin Roberts PHI 23 8.6 7.4 40 39 304.33 20 11 21 1 112 77 146 81.65 3.02 1.18 4.32
2 Larry Jansen NY1 29 8.0 7.2 40 35 275.00 19 13 21 3 106 55 161 79.82 3.01 1.07 5.27
3 Ewell Blackwell CIN 27 7.8 6.9 40 32 261.00 17 15 18 4 105 112 188 73.79 2.97 1.21 6.48
4 Preacher Roe BRO 34 6.7 5.8 36 32 250.67 19 11 16 1 96 66 125 67.17 3.30 1.24 4.49
5 Warren Spahn BSN 29 6.7 6.3 41 39 293.00 21 17 25 1 123 111 191 67.06 3.16 1.23 5.87
6 Howie Pollet SLN 29 5.9 5.0 37 30 232.33 14 13 14 2 103 68 117 52.81 3.29 1.27 4.53
7 Vern Bickford BSN 29 5.6 4.2 40 39 311.67 19 14 27 0 135 122 126 55.48 3.47 1.33 3.64
8 Don Newcombe BRO 24 5.3 5.3 40 35 267.33 19 11 20 3 120 75 130 52.47 3.70 1.25 4.38
9 Max Lanier SLN 34 5.1 4.5 27 27 181.33 11 9 10 0 70 68 89 45.65 3.13 1.33 4.42
10 Sal Maglie NY1 33 5.0 4.3 47 16 206.00 18 4 12 1 71 86 96 49.94 2.71 1.24 4.19
11 Jim Hearn 2 teams 29 4.7 4.4 22 16 134.00 11 4 11 0 44 44 58 47.32 2.49 0.96 3.90
12 Curt Simmons PHI 21 4.7 4.0 31 27 214.67 17 8 11 1 93 88 146 44.26 3.40 1.24 6.12
13 Bob Rush CHN 24 4.5 3.7 39 34 254.67 13 20 19 1 124 93 93 38.91 3.71 1.39 3.29
14 Jim Konstanty PHI 33 4.5 3.9 74 0 152.00 16 7 0 22 51 50 56 42.32 2.66 1.04 3.32
15 Bubba Church PHI 25 4.2 3.9 31 18 142.00 8 6 8 1 50 56 50 39.66 2.73 1.19 3.17
16 Murry Dickson PIT 33 3.9 3.5 51 22 225.00 10 15 8 3 104 83 76 33.23 3.80 1.38 3.04
17 Harry Brecheen SLN 35 3.2 3.1 27 23 163.33 8 11 12 1 77 45 80 28.54 3.80 1.20 4.41
18 Erv Palica BRO 22 3.2 2.9 43 19 201.33 13 8 10 1 89 98 131 31.37 3.58 1.36 5.86
19 Johnny Sain BSN 32 3.1 2.7 37 37 278.33 20 13 25 0 139 70 96 31.10 3.94 1.31 3.10
20 Bob Miller PHI 24 3.0 2.4 35 22 174.00 11 6 7 1 78 57 44 27.97 3.57 1.42 2.28
21 Ken Raffensberger CIN 32 3.0 2.1 38 35 239.00 14 19 18 0 127 40 87 27.94 4.26 1.30 3.28
22 Dave Koslo NY1 30 3.0 2.3 40 22 186.67 13 15 7 3 89 68 56 29.32 3.91 1.38 2.70
23 Cliff Chambers PIT 28 2.9 3.0 37 33 249.33 12 15 11 0 138 92 93 24.94 4.30 1.42 3.36
24 Frank Hiller CHN 29 2.8 2.2 38 17 153.00 12 5 9 1 68 32 55 24.01 3.53 1.21 3.24
25 Willie Ramsdell 2 teams 34 2.7 2.4 32 22 163.67 8 14 8 1 80 77 85 25.77 3.68 1.44 4.67
26 Red Munger SLN 31 2.4 1.8 32 20 154.67 7 8 5 0 73 70 61 21.76 3.90 1.47 3.55
27 Cloyd Boyer SLN 22 2.3 2.1 36 14 120.33 7 7 6 1 52 49 82 20.71 3.52 1.28 6.13
28 Paul Minner CHN 26 1.9 1.7 39 24 190.33 8 13 9 4 105 72 99 16.66 4.11 1.52 4.68
29 Howie Fox CIN 29 1.7 1.2 34 22 187.00 11 8 10 1 97 85 64 16.21 4.33 1.50 3.08
30 Al Brazle SLN 36 1.7 1.2 46 12 164.67 11 9 3 6 81 80 47 15.16 4.10 1.63 2.57
31 Bill Werle PIT 29 1.4 1.0 48 22 215.33 8 16 6 8 127 65 78 11.92 4.60 1.46 3.26
32 Frank Smith CIN 22 1.2 0.9 38 4 90.67 2 7 0 3 43 39 55 11.77 3.87 1.24 5.46
33 Bill Macdonald PIT 21 1.2 0.6 32 20 153.00 8 10 6 1 88 88 60 10.61 4.29 1.48 3.53
34 Ken Heintzelman PHI 34 0.9 0.2 23 17 125.33 3 9 4 0 66 54 39 8.66 4.09 1.40 2.80
35 Jack Kramer NY1 32 0.9 0.8 35 9 86.67 3 6 1 1 46 39 27 8.69 3.53 1.50 2.80
36 Monk Dubiel CHN 32 0.8 0.5 39 12 142.67 6 10 4 2 79 67 51 7.21 4.16 1.53 3.22
37 Max Surkont BSN 28 0.8 1.2 9 6 55.67 5 2 2 0 29 20 21 8.22 3.23 1.49 3.40
38 Sheldon Jones NY1 28 0.8 0.1 40 28 199.00 13 16 11 2 114 90 97 7.80 4.61 1.40 4.39
39 Ralph Branca BRO 24 0.8 0.6 43 15 142.00 7 9 5 7 80 55 100 7.63 4.69 1.46 6.34
40 Dutch Leonard CHN 41 0.7 0.4 35 1 74.00 5 1 0 6 41 27 28 6.22 3.77 1.31 3.41
41 Carl Erskine BRO 23 0.7 0.6 22 13 103.00 7 6 3 1 56 35 50 6.99 4.72 1.40 4.37
42 George Spencer NY1 23 0.7 0.6 10 1 25.33 1 0 1 0 7 7 5 6.81 2.49 0.75 1.78
43 Milo Candini PHI 32 0.6 0.6 18 0 30.00 1 0 0 0 11 15 10 5.98 2.70 1.57 3.00
44 Bud Byerly CIN 30 0.4 0.4 4 1 14.67 0 1 0 0 4 4 5 4.18 2.45 1.09 3.07
45 Ken Johnson 2 teams 27 0.4 0.2 16 8 62.67 4 1 3 0 33 46 33 4.07 3.88 1.72 4.74
46 Erv Dusak SLN 29 0.4 0.3 14 2 36.33 0 2 0 1 17 27 16 3.85 3.72 1.49 3.96
47 Dave Cole BSN 19 0.3 0.3 4 0 8.00 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 3.02 1.12 1.25 9.00
48 Tom Poholsky SLN 20 0.2 0.2 5 1 14.67 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 2.18 3.68 1.30 1.23
49 Monty Kennedy NY1 28 0.2 -0.5 36 17 114.33 5 4 5 2 65 53 41 2.02 4.72 1.51 3.23
50 Paul Stuffel PHI 23 0.2 0.2 3 0 5.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1.65 1.80 1.00 5.40

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Wes Westrum NY1 27 3.4 139.0 1033.1 608.0 71.0 1.0 21.0 28.997
2 Del Rice SLN 27 1.2 130.0 995.9 572.0 63.0 10.0 12.0 12.870
3 Walker Cooper 2 teams 35 1.1 101.0 797.6 448.0 54.0 14.0 9.0 9.719
4 Rube Walker CHN 24 0.8 62.0 462.1 240.0 34.0 7.0 6.0 8.611
5 Clyde McCullough PIT 33 0.8 100.0 677.6 362.0 45.0 6.0 3.0 8.406
6 Andy Seminick PHI 29 0.8 124.0 947.5 551.0 54.0 15.0 9.0 7.335
7 Del Crandall BSN 20 0.7 75.0 597.1 311.0 41.0 12.0 7.0 5.944
8 Roy Campanella BRO 28 0.5 123.0 1029.7 683.0 54.0 11.0 14.0 4.529
1B 1 Earl Torgeson BSN 26 2.3 156.0 1367.8 1365.0 110.0 21.0 126.0 19.531
2 Preston Ward CHN 22 0.3 76.0 639.4 734.0 73.0 4.0 78.0 3.561
3 Eddie Waitkus PHI 30 0.2 154.0 1344.9 1387.0 99.0 10.0 142.0 1.933
4 Rocky Nelson SLN 25 0.1 70.0 571.8 596.0 51.0 5.0 66.0 1.026
5 Jack Maguire NY1 25 0.1 2.0 15.0 17.0 3.0 0.0 2.0 0.560
6 Dale Coogan PIT 19 0.1 32.0 256.1 263.0 27.0 6.0 28.0 0.667
7 Ed Mickelson SLN 23 0.1 4.0 32.7 36.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.588
8 Steve Bilko SLN 21 0.0 9.0 73.5 81.0 7.0 1.0 8.0 0.184
2B 1 Eddie Stanky NY1 34 2.6 151.0 1186.4 407.0 418.0 20.0 128.0 22.409
2 Jackie Robinson BRO 31 2.4 144.0 1163.4 359.0 390.0 11.0 133.0 20.834
3 Danny Murtaugh PIT 32 1.0 108.0 835.1 273.0 292.0 14.0 84.0 10.969
4 Connie Ryan 2 teams 30 1.0 123.0 1031.1 361.0 342.0 16.0 93.0 9.081
5 Red Schoendienst SLN 27 0.8 143.0 1251.0 393.0 403.0 12.0 124.0 8.871
6 Johnny Berardino PIT 33 0.4 36.0 278.4 84.0 106.0 7.0 28.0 4.369
7 Wayne Terwilliger CHN 25 0.3 126.0 1047.2 314.0 380.0 24.0 80.0 2.930
8 Mike Goliat PHI 28 0.2 145.0 1151.8 345.0 393.0 21.0 89.0 1.592
3B 1 Hank Thompson NY1 24 1.9 138.0 1109.6 136.0 303.0 26.0 43.0 16.233
2 Billy Cox BRO 30 1.8 107.0 854.6 102.0 233.0 15.0 35.0 15.309
3 Tommy Glaviano SLN 26 1.4 106.0 871.1 103.0 255.0 25.0 16.0 15.075
4 Bobby Morgan BRO 24 1.1 52.0 415.3 33.0 121.0 5.0 15.0 9.873
5 Bob Dillinger PIT 31 0.8 51.0 413.0 60.0 116.0 8.0 13.0 8.294
6 Danny O'Connell PIT 21 0.6 12.0 97.2 15.0 39.0 2.0 2.0 6.584
7 Bill Serena CHN 25 0.6 125.0 1045.2 122.0 274.0 23.0 24.0 6.490
8 Willie Jones PHI 24 0.4 157.0 1354.2 190.0 323.0 25.0 30.0 3.611
SS 1 Buddy Kerr BSN 27 3.0 155.0 1173.4 310.0 471.0 28.0 97.0 25.484
2 Danny O'Connell PIT 21 2.4 65.0 480.9 147.0 228.0 9.0 47.0 25.644
3 Roy Smalley CHN 24 2.0 154.0 1319.9 332.0 541.0 51.0 115.0 20.817
4 Pee Wee Reese BRO 31 1.3 134.0 1108.4 282.0 398.0 26.0 94.0 11.016
5 Marty Marion SLN 33 1.0 101.0 840.2 180.0 313.0 11.0 73.0 10.114
6 Eddie Miller SLN 33 0.6 51.0 424.3 72.0 173.0 5.0 29.0 6.618
7 Virgil Stallcup CIN 28 0.4 136.0 1112.3 253.0 389.0 18.0 79.0 4.004
8 Al Dark NY1 28 0.4 154.0 1307.1 288.0 465.0 30.0 101.0 3.487
LF 1 Sid Gordon BSN 32 0.8 123.0 985.3 278.0 8.0 3.0 1.0 6.574
2 Whitey Lockman NY1 23 0.7 121.1 1049.2 288.6 10.4 6.6 2.8 5.876
3 Jim Russell BRO 31 0.6 52.1 403.9 124.0 2.8 0.9 0.0 4.979
4 Gene Hermanski BRO 30 0.6 75.0 582.3 165.5 4.8 1.9 0.0 4.888
5 Dick Sisler PHI 29 0.5 137.0 1101.6 293.0 9.0 4.0 0.0 4.645
6 Joe Adcock CIN 22 0.3 74.0 614.2 174.7 5.9 5.9 3.0 3.172
7 George Shuba BRO 25 0.1 27.0 209.5 56.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.259
8 Peanuts Lowrey 2 teams 32 0.1 67.2 556.2 140.2 3.6 2.5 0.9 0.878
CF 1 Richie Ashburn PHI 23 0.7 147.0 1293.0 405.0 8.0 5.0 2.0 7.049
2 Bobby Thomson NY1 26 0.7 149.0 1290.1 394.0 15.0 9.0 5.0 5.667
3 Wally Westlake PIT 29 0.4 93.0 801.6 248.6 3.0 2.3 2.3 4.300
4 Tom Saffell PIT 28 0.4 41.0 353.6 122.0 4.8 1.0 0.0 4.156
5 Sam Jethroe BSN 33 0.4 141.0 1147.2 355.0 17.0 12.0 6.0 3.362
6 Duke Snider BRO 23 0.4 151.0 1320.2 378.0 15.0 7.0 1.0 3.034
7 Chuck Diering SLN 27 0.3 81.0 579.8 178.0 8.0 2.0 2.0 3.570
8 Andy Pafko CHN 29 0.2 125.0 1039.8 296.9 10.4 6.9 0.9 1.801
RF 1 Wally Westlake PIT 29 0.4 25.4 213.1 67.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 3.763
2 Johnny Wyrostek CIN 30 0.4 108.0 846.7 199.2 6.7 4.2 0.0 3.309
3 Monte Irvin NY1 31 0.3 29.4 238.5 65.4 1.2 0.6 0.0 2.722
4 Gus Bell PIT 21 0.3 104.0 874.1 203.0 10.0 5.0 3.0 3.160
5 Tommy Holmes BSN 33 0.3 88.0 674.3 151.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 2.471
6 Bob Borkowski CHN 24 0.2 27.0 219.9 62.3 1.2 1.7 0.4 2.584
7 Andy Pafko CHN 29 0.2 19.0 154.8 45.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 2.123
8 Ted Beard PIT 29 0.2 25.0 210.1 57.1 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.120