1954 National League Stats

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1954 National League Standings

1954 American League <<1953 National League 1955 National League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Giants97-57 (0.630)-73255097-57 (0.628)93-61 (0.604)1,155,06748.018.61.328.0
2Brooklyn Dodgers92-62 (0.597)5.077874081-73 (0.523)86-68 (0.558)1,020,53141.025.02.713.4
3Milwaukee Braves89-65 (0.578)8.067055690-64 (0.585)92-62 (0.597)2,131,38847.119.23.324.6
4Philadelphia Phillies75-79 (0.487)22.065961482-72 (0.532)85-69 (0.552)738,99139.616.7-0.823.7
5Cincinnati Redlegs74-80 (0.481)23.072976374-80 (0.479)69-85 (0.448)704,16724.012.93.18.1
6St. Louis Cardinals72-82 (0.468)25.079979078-76 (0.505)78-76 (0.506)1,039,69832.722.33.07.4
7Chicago Cubs64-90 (0.416)33.070076671-83 (0.459)67-87 (0.435)748,18321.911.92.77.2
8Pittsburgh Pirates53-101 (0.344)44.055784549-105 (0.318)46-108 (0.299)475,4940.50.82.0-2.3

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 Duke Snider BRO CF 27 9.3 8.8 149 679 199 39 10 40 84 6 6 141.880 0.423 0.647
2 Willie Mays NY1 CF 23 9.1 10.2 151 640 195 33 13 41 66 8 5 134.240 0.411 0.667
3 Stan Musial SLN RF 33 8.9 8.9 153 705 195 41 9 35 103 1 7 140.958 0.428 0.607
4 Ted Kluszewski CIN 1B 29 8.4 6.3 149 659 187 28 3 49 78 0 2 133.080 0.407 0.642
5 Eddie Mathews ML1 3B 22 8.3 8.5 138 601 138 21 4 40 113 10 3 116.848 0.423 0.603
6 Gil Hodges BRO 1B 30 6.1 8.8 154 678 176 23 5 42 74 3 3 112.060 0.373 0.579
7 Hank Sauer CHN RF 37 5.5 5.7 142 605 150 18 1 41 70 2 1 100.376 0.375 0.564
8 Richie Ashburn PHI CF 27 5.2 6.6 153 703 175 16 8 1 125 11 8 101.851 0.441 0.376
9 Pee Wee Reese BRO SS 35 4.7 4.4 141 661 171 35 8 10 90 8 5 97.739 0.404 0.455
10 Joe Adcock ML1 1B 26 4.7 4.1 133 562 154 27 5 23 44 1 4 83.008 0.365 0.520
11 Hank Thompson NY1 3B 28 4.5 4.9 136 557 118 18 1 26 90 3 0 82.879 0.389 0.482
12 Ralph Kiner CHN LF 31 4.3 4.3 147 643 159 36 5 22 76 2 0 92.240 0.371 0.486
13 Jackie Robinson BRO LF 35 4.3 4.6 124 465 120 22 4 15 63 7 3 76.986 0.413 0.505
14 Frank Thomas PIT CF 25 4.0 5.0 153 653 172 32 7 23 51 3 2 91.138 0.359 0.497
15 Smoky Burgess PHI C 27 3.9 2.9 108 392 127 27 5 4 42 1 5 68.809 0.432 0.510
16 Wally Moon SLN CF 24 3.6 3.6 151 716 193 29 9 12 71 18 10 92.150 0.371 0.435
17 Granny Hamner PHI 2B 27 3.4 2.6 152 660 178 39 11 13 53 1 2 84.168 0.351 0.466
18 Don Mueller NY1 RF 27 3.2 2.9 153 658 212 35 8 4 22 2 3 82.281 0.362 0.444
19 Red Schoendienst SLN 2B 31 3.2 5.5 148 679 192 38 8 5 54 4 2 83.641 0.366 0.428
20 Gus Bell CIN CF 25 3.1 3.3 153 684 185 38 7 17 48 5 3 86.547 0.349 0.465
21 Sid Gordon PIT RF 36 3.0 3.0 131 447 111 12 0 12 67 0 0 63.754 0.406 0.438
22 Dusty Rhodes NY1 LF 27 2.9 2.8 82 186 56 7 3 15 18 1 0 40.236 0.410 0.695
23 Solly Hemus SLN SS 31 2.7 2.9 124 276 65 15 3 2 55 5 1 45.953 0.453 0.430
24 Carl Furillo BRO RF 32 2.6 3.1 150 607 161 23 1 19 49 2 4 76.338 0.356 0.444
25 Monte Irvin NY1 LF 35 2.6 3.1 135 512 113 13 3 19 70 7 4 65.119 0.363 0.438
26 Jim Gilliam BRO 2B 25 2.6 2.0 146 695 171 28 8 13 76 8 7 83.398 0.361 0.418
27 Jim Greengrass CIN LF 26 2.6 2.8 139 590 152 27 4 27 41 0 3 75.068 0.329 0.494
28 Stan Lopata PHI C 28 2.5 2.4 86 297 75 14 5 14 33 1 3 46.853 0.369 0.544
29 Bobby Morgan PHI SS 28 2.5 1.7 135 537 119 25 2 14 70 3 1 63.378 0.357 0.418
30 Andy Pafko ML1 RF 33 2.4 2.1 138 570 146 22 4 14 37 1 2 61.886 0.335 0.427
31 Al Dark NY1 SS 32 2.4 3.0 154 693 189 26 6 20 27 5 3 76.055 0.325 0.446
32 Ray Jablonski SLN 3B 27 2.2 1.8 152 674 181 33 3 12 49 9 4 75.474 0.345 0.419
33 Johnny Temple CIN 2B 26 2.2 2.7 146 576 155 14 8 0 62 21 7 66.892 0.384 0.366
34 Rip Repulski SLN LF 25 2.2 1.9 152 678 175 39 5 19 43 8 10 78.015 0.329 0.454
35 Earl Torgeson PHI 1B 30 2.1 2.3 135 582 133 22 6 5 75 7 1 62.713 0.364 0.371
36 Hank Aaron ML1 LF 20 2.1 1.7 122 509 131 27 6 13 28 2 2 55.675 0.322 0.447
37 Joe Cunningham SLN 1B 22 2.1 0.9 85 356 88 11 3 11 43 1 1 48.192 0.375 0.445
38 Randy Jackson CHN 3B 28 2.0 2.5 126 543 132 17 6 19 44 2 1 62.675 0.333 0.450
39 Willie Jones PHI 3B 28 2.0 2.5 142 610 145 28 3 12 61 4 1 64.856 0.342 0.402
40 Johnny Logan ML1 SS 28 2.0 3.4 154 638 154 17 7 8 51 2 0 61.087 0.339 0.373
41 Del Ennis PHI LF 29 1.9 1.9 145 620 145 23 2 25 50 2 1 66.843 0.318 0.444
42 Bill Bruton ML1 CF 28 1.7 1.6 142 619 161 20 7 4 40 34 13 57.746 0.336 0.365
43 Walker Cooper 2 teams C 39 1.7 2.5 71 198 52 12 2 7 23 0 0 31.771 0.389 0.514
44 Gene Baker CHN 2B 29 1.6 1.6 135 603 149 32 5 13 47 4 5 65.419 0.333 0.425
45 Sandy Amoros BRO LF 24 1.6 1.7 79 298 72 18 6 9 31 1 4 40.537 0.352 0.490
46 Del Crandall ML1 C 24 1.4 3.5 138 514 112 18 2 21 40 0 3 50.264 0.305 0.425
47 Bill Sarni SLN C 26 1.3 1.2 123 415 114 18 4 9 25 3 3 46.835 0.337 0.440
48 Toby Atwell PIT C 30 1.2 1.6 96 340 83 8 4 3 43 2 3 40.445 0.384 0.376
49 Ernie Banks CHN SS 23 1.2 1.4 154 649 163 19 7 19 40 6 10 69.297 0.326 0.427
50 Dee Fondy CHN 1B 29 1.2 2.3 141 610 162 30 4 9 35 20 5 60.163 0.326 0.400

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 27 10.8 9.1 45 38 336.67 23 15 29 4 116 56 185 101.70 2.97 1.02 4.95
2 Johnny Antonelli NY1 24 8.4 7.4 39 37 258.67 21 7 18 2 78 94 152 87.33 2.30 1.17 5.29
3 Curt Simmons PHI 25 6.7 5.7 34 33 253.00 14 15 21 1 101 98 125 62.87 2.81 1.28 4.45
4 Warren Spahn ML1 33 6.3 6.0 39 34 283.33 21 12 23 3 107 86 136 62.65 3.14 1.23 4.32
5 Harvey Haddix SLN 28 5.9 5.3 43 35 259.67 18 13 13 4 114 77 184 50.70 3.57 1.25 6.38
6 Lew Burdette ML1 27 5.9 4.5 38 32 238.00 15 14 13 0 87 62 79 58.30 2.76 1.20 2.99
7 Ruben Gomez NY1 26 5.1 4.2 37 32 221.67 17 9 10 0 85 109 106 52.80 2.88 1.40 4.30
8 Bob Rush CHN 28 4.8 4.9 33 32 236.33 13 15 11 0 102 103 124 41.34 3.77 1.34 4.72
9 Sal Maglie NY1 37 4.5 3.8 34 32 218.33 14 6 9 2 83 70 117 47.34 3.26 1.34 4.82
10 Gene Conley ML1 23 4.3 3.3 28 27 194.33 14 9 12 0 73 79 113 42.95 2.96 1.29 5.23
11 Carl Erskine BRO 27 3.7 2.7 38 37 260.33 18 15 12 1 128 92 166 33.49 4.15 1.27 5.74
12 Marv Grissom NY1 36 3.6 3.2 56 3 122.33 10 7 1 19 37 50 64 37.56 2.35 1.23 4.71
13 Art Fowler CIN 31 3.6 2.9 40 29 227.67 12 10 8 0 112 85 93 30.52 3.83 1.50 3.68
14 Gordon Jones SLN 24 3.5 3.2 11 10 81.00 4 4 4 0 25 19 48 29.52 2.00 1.20 5.33
15 Paul Minner CHN 30 3.4 2.9 32 29 218.00 11 11 12 1 107 50 79 28.99 3.96 1.31 3.26
16 Hoyt Wilhelm NY1 31 3.3 2.8 57 0 111.33 12 4 0 7 32 52 64 34.36 2.10 1.16 5.17
17 Murry Dickson PHI 37 3.1 2.4 40 31 226.33 10 20 12 3 107 73 64 29.23 3.78 1.45 2.54
18 Tom Poholsky SLN 24 3.1 2.7 25 13 106.00 5 7 4 0 43 20 55 26.38 3.06 1.14 4.67
19 Brooks Lawrence SLN 29 3.1 2.6 35 18 158.67 15 6 8 1 71 72 72 26.30 3.74 1.34 4.08
20 Frank Smith CIN 26 2.8 2.9 50 0 81.00 5 8 0 20 29 29 51 24.32 2.67 1.10 5.67
21 Dave Jolly ML1 29 2.8 2.9 47 1 111.33 11 6 0 10 36 64 62 27.55 2.43 1.36 5.01
22 Don Liddle NY1 29 2.6 2.5 28 19 126.67 9 4 4 0 48 55 44 27.51 3.06 1.22 3.13
23 Joe Nuxhall CIN 25 2.5 2.3 35 14 166.67 12 5 5 0 77 59 85 21.04 3.89 1.48 4.59
24 Howie Pollet CHN 33 2.4 2.3 20 20 128.33 8 10 4 0 60 54 58 20.94 3.58 1.44 4.07
25 Russ Meyer BRO 30 2.4 1.6 36 28 180.33 11 6 6 0 89 49 70 21.53 3.99 1.34 3.49
26 Jim Davis CHN 29 2.3 1.8 46 12 127.67 11 7 2 4 57 51 58 19.32 3.52 1.29 4.09
27 Corky Valentine CIN 25 2.1 1.3 36 28 194.33 12 11 7 1 98 60 73 18.34 4.45 1.39 3.38
28 Jim Hughes BRO 31 2.1 1.9 60 0 86.67 8 4 0 24 36 44 58 19.09 3.22 1.38 6.02
29 Dick Littlefield PIT 28 2.1 1.6 23 21 155.00 10 11 7 0 78 85 92 21.99 3.60 1.45 5.34
30 Ernie Johnson ML1 30 2.0 2.0 40 4 99.33 5 2 1 2 34 34 68 20.29 2.81 1.12 6.16
31 Billy Loes BRO 24 2.0 1.2 28 21 147.67 13 5 6 0 73 60 97 18.00 4.14 1.45 5.91
32 Johnny Podres BRO 21 1.8 1.8 29 21 151.67 11 7 6 0 77 53 79 15.73 4.27 1.32 4.69
33 Jim Wilson ML1 32 1.7 1.3 27 19 127.67 8 2 6 0 55 36 52 16.71 3.52 1.29 3.67
34 Karl Spooner BRO 23 1.5 1.5 2 2 18.00 2 0 2 0 0 6 27 13.33 0.00 0.72 13.50
35 Ray Crone ML1 22 1.4 1.3 19 2 49.00 1 0 1 1 11 19 33 14.28 2.02 1.29 6.06
36 Warren Hacker CHN 29 1.3 0.9 39 18 158.67 6 13 4 2 89 37 80 10.90 4.25 1.22 4.54
37 Jake Thies PIT 28 1.2 0.6 33 18 130.33 3 9 3 0 70 49 57 12.86 3.87 1.30 3.94
38 Herm Wehmeier 2 teams 27 1.2 0.3 37 20 171.67 10 11 10 2 90 72 62 12.20 4.40 1.31 3.25
39 Howie Judson CIN 29 1.0 0.5 37 8 93.33 5 7 0 3 47 42 27 8.54 3.95 1.37 2.60
40 Windy McCall NY1 28 1.0 0.7 33 4 61.00 2 5 0 2 26 29 38 9.96 3.25 1.30 5.61
41 Don Newcombe BRO 28 0.9 1.0 29 25 144.33 9 8 6 0 81 49 82 7.99 4.55 1.43 5.11
42 Jim Pearce CIN 29 0.9 0.8 2 1 11.00 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 7.49 0.00 1.09 2.45
43 Jackie Collum CIN 27 0.8 0.9 36 2 79.00 7 3 1 0 43 32 28 6.81 3.76 1.49 3.19
44 Bob Milliken BRO 27 0.7 0.5 24 3 62.67 5 2 0 2 31 18 25 6.51 4.02 1.21 3.59
45 Max Surkont PIT 32 0.7 0.2 33 29 208.33 9 18 11 0 124 78 78 6.97 4.41 1.41 3.37
46 Clem Labine BRO 27 0.6 -0.0 47 2 108.33 7 6 0 5 60 56 43 5.47 4.15 1.45 3.57
47 Jim Hearn NY1 33 0.6 0.0 29 18 130.00 8 8 3 1 71 66 45 5.76 4.15 1.56 3.12
48 Bob Greenwood PHI 26 0.5 0.4 11 4 36.67 1 2 0 0 16 18 9 4.89 3.19 1.25 2.21
49 Al Brazle SLN 40 0.5 0.1 58 0 84.33 5 4 0 8 48 24 30 4.33 4.16 1.39 3.20
50 Pete Wojey BRO 34 0.5 0.4 14 1 27.67 1 1 0 1 13 14 21 4.19 3.25 1.37 6.83

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Del Crandall ML1 24 2.2 136.0 1167.3 665.0 79.0 8.0 11.0 18.537
2 Jack Shepard PIT 23 1.5 67.0 539.3 257.0 46.0 7.0 5.0 14.234
3 Andy Seminick CIN 33 1.4 82.0 651.7 327.0 44.0 4.0 11.0 14.601
4 Wes Westrum NY1 31 1.1 98.0 726.7 419.0 45.0 7.0 8.0 9.476
5 Roy Campanella BRO 32 0.8 111.0 971.7 600.0 58.0 7.0 7.0 8.725
6 Walker Cooper 2 teams 39 0.8 50.0 379.0 196.0 31.0 5.0 4.0 8.268
7 El Tappe CHN 27 0.5 46.0 331.0 185.0 22.0 3.0 2.0 5.356
8 Toby Atwell PIT 30 0.4 88.0 719.3 360.0 39.0 4.0 4.0 3.372
1B 1 Gil Hodges BRO 30 2.7 154.0 1391.7 1381.0 132.0 7.0 129.0 28.159
2 Dee Fondy CHN 29 1.1 138.0 1198.7 1228.0 119.0 9.0 129.0 11.593
3 Steve Bilko 2 teams 25 0.7 28.0 210.0 203.0 35.0 0.0 20.0 7.455
4 George Metkovich ML1 33 0.3 18.0 135.0 143.0 15.0 0.0 15.0 2.579
5 Preston Ward PIT 26 0.2 48.0 339.7 338.0 41.0 6.0 31.0 2.237
6 Earl Torgeson PHI 30 0.1 133.0 1164.3 1146.0 74.0 12.0 103.0 1.107
7 Danny O'Connell ML1 25 0.0 8.0 65.0 63.0 5.0 0.0 7.0 0.357
8 Stan Lopata PHI 28 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.383
2B 1 Red Schoendienst SLN 31 2.3 144.0 1305.3 394.0 477.0 18.0 137.0 24.397
2 Danny O'Connell ML1 25 0.8 103.0 905.7 244.0 314.0 12.0 83.0 7.104
3 Johnny Temple CIN 26 0.5 144.0 1239.7 428.0 374.0 22.0 117.0 5.277
4 Curtis Roberts PIT 24 0.5 131.0 1129.0 357.0 394.0 24.0 82.0 4.341
5 Davey Williams NY1 26 0.3 142.0 1252.0 353.0 396.0 14.0 112.0 2.295
6 Eddie Miksis CHN 27 0.1 21.0 175.7 62.0 61.0 5.0 16.0 1.561
7 Bobby Hofman NY1 28 0.1 10.0 61.0 23.0 22.0 1.0 5.0 0.961
8 Roy Smalley ML1 28 0.1 7.0 44.0 13.0 15.0 0.0 5.0 0.903
3B 1 Bobby Adams CIN 32 0.6 93.0 795.7 127.0 186.0 16.0 24.0 6.487
2 Willie Jones PHI 28 0.6 141.0 1244.0 184.0 277.0 15.0 23.0 5.281
3 Danny O'Connell ML1 25 0.5 35.0 277.3 44.0 67.0 0.0 7.0 4.369
4 Billy Gardner NY1 26 0.5 30.0 204.7 18.0 56.0 1.0 2.0 4.163
5 Dick Cole PIT 28 0.5 55.0 434.0 48.0 112.0 10.0 7.0 4.316
6 Randy Jackson CHN 28 0.4 124.0 1114.7 118.0 266.0 18.0 21.0 4.669
7 Hank Thompson NY1 28 0.4 130.0 1130.0 125.0 267.0 23.0 27.0 3.753
8 Chuck Harmon CIN 30 0.4 67.0 549.3 70.0 129.0 8.0 19.0 4.545
SS 1 Alex Grammas SLN 28 2.3 142.0 1092.0 252.0 432.0 24.0 100.0 23.706
2 Roy McMillan CIN 24 1.5 154.0 1331.7 341.0 464.0 34.0 129.0 15.988
3 Johnny Logan ML1 28 1.4 154.0 1354.0 324.0 489.0 26.0 104.0 12.317
4 Al Dark NY1 32 0.6 154.0 1366.0 289.0 487.0 36.0 105.0 4.802
5 Rocky Bridges CIN 26 0.1 20.0 35.0 11.0 15.0 0.0 2.0 1.388
6 Ernie Banks CHN 23 0.1 154.0 1373.3 312.0 475.0 34.0 105.0 1.334
7 Don Zimmer BRO 23 0.1 13.0 82.0 14.0 32.0 3.0 6.0 0.600
8 Chris Kitsos CHN 26 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.499
LF 1 Monte Irvin NY1 35 0.5 127.0 1060.3 275.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 4.681
2 Frank Thomas PIT 25 0.4 45.0 361.3 105.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 4.182
3 Jim Greengrass CIN 26 0.2 137.0 1205.3 300.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 2.247
4 Sandy Amoros BRO 24 0.2 69.0 595.3 148.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 2.240
5 Hal Rice 2 teams 30 0.2 26.0 183.3 52.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.916
6 Danny Schell PHI 26 0.1 60.0 512.7 132.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 1.283
7 Sid Gordon PIT 36 0.1 7.0 49.0 18.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.204
8 Jerry Lynch PIT 23 0.1 49.0 384.0 96.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 0.852
CF 1 Richie Ashburn PHI 27 1.4 153.0 1342.3 488.0 12.0 8.0 2.0 13.069
2 Willie Mays NY1 23 1.1 151.0 1346.3 449.0 13.0 7.0 9.0 9.502
3 Frank Thomas PIT 25 0.5 112.0 966.7 311.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 4.609
4 Dick Hall PIT 23 0.2 46.0 370.3 130.0 1.0 5.0 0.0 2.247
5 Gus Bell CIN 25 0.2 153.0 1344.7 404.0 12.0 5.0 2.0 1.866
6 Luis Márquez 2 teams 28 0.1 11.0 43.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.761
7 Frank Baumholtz CHN 35 0.1 62.0 472.0 139.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.576
8 Rip Repulski SLN 25 0.0 14.0 118.0 38.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.514
RF 1 Carl Furillo BRO 32 0.5 146.0 1268.3 300.0 9.0 9.0 3.0 5.296
2 Lloyd Merriman CIN 29 0.2 16.0 130.0 40.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.353
3 Wally Post CIN 24 0.2 115.0 991.3 229.0 15.0 11.0 2.0 2.241
4 Hank Sauer CHN 37 0.2 135.0 1181.0 265.0 6.0 10.0 2.0 2.071
5 Del Ennis PHI 29 0.2 71.0 623.7 145.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 1.482
6 Mel Clark PHI 29 0.1 42.0 304.7 73.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.333
7 Stan Musial SLN 33 0.1 146.0 1284.3 257.0 13.0 3.0 5.0 1.310
8 Johnny Wyrostek PHI 34 0.1 49.0 384.0 85.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.089