1955 National League Stats

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1955 National League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	98-55 (0.641)	-	857	650	96-58 (0.624)	101-53 (0.656)	1,033,589	55.5	28.0	4.1	23.3
2	Milwaukee Braves	85-69 (0.552)	13.5	743	668	84-70 (0.549)	83-71 (0.539)	2,005,836	38.1	25.3	1.9	10.8
3	New York Giants	80-74 (0.519)	18.5	702	673	80-74 (0.519)	77-77 (0.500)	824,112	32.1	14.9	1.1	16.2
4	Philadelphia Phillies	77-77 (0.500)	21.5	675	666	78-76 (0.506)	81-73 (0.526)	922,886	36.0	18.7	2.2	15.1
5	Cincinnati Redlegs	75-79 (0.487)	23.5	761	684	84-70 (0.549)	87-67 (0.565)	693,662	41.7	20.1	3.3	18.3
6	Chicago Cubs	72-81 (0.471)	26.0	626	713	68-86 (0.441)	67-87 (0.435)	875,800	21.8	6.9	2.2	12.7
7	St. Louis Cardinals	68-86 (0.442)	30.5	654	757	67-87 (0.433)	65-89 (0.422)	849,130	20.1	10.9	1.6	7.7
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	60-94 (0.390)	38.5	560	767	55-99 (0.360)	55-99 (0.357)	469,397	9.5	2.6	2.1	4.8

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	Willie Mays	NY1	CF	24	9.3	10.0	152	670	185	18	13	51	79	24	4	138.895	0.400	0.659
2	Duke Snider	BRO	CF	28	8.0	7.9	148	653	166	34	6	42	104	9	7	133.351	0.418	0.628
3	Eddie Mathews	ML1	3B	23	7.9	8.2	141	616	144	23	5	41	109	3	4	120.634	0.413	0.601
4	Stan Musial	SLN	1B	34	7.1	8.5	154	656	179	30	5	33	80	5	4	122.233	0.408	0.566
5	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	1B	30	6.8	5.2	153	686	192	25	0	47	66	1	1	124.882	0.382	0.585
6	Hank Aaron	ML1	RF	21	6.3	7.1	153	665	189	37	9	27	49	3	1	106.616	0.366	0.540
7	Wally Post	CIN	RF	25	6.1	6.3	154	668	186	33	3	40	60	7	4	116.477	0.372	0.574
8	Richie Ashburn	PHI	CF	28	6.1	6.9	140	644	180	32	9	3	105	12	10	111.245	0.449	0.448
9	Ernie Banks	CHN	SS	24	5.9	7.1	154	646	176	29	9	44	45	9	3	109.485	0.345	0.596
10	Roy Campanella	BRO	C	33	5.3	5.8	123	522	142	20	1	32	56	2	3	95.308	0.395	0.583
11	Gil Hodges	BRO	1B	31	4.5	7.1	150	642	158	24	5	27	80	2	1	98.654	0.377	0.500
12	Gus Bell	CIN	CF	26	4.4	4.1	154	672	188	30	6	27	54	4	4	101.249	0.361	0.510
13	Del Ennis	PHI	LF	30	4.3	4.5	146	623	167	24	7	29	46	4	2	90.737	0.346	0.518
14	Johnny Logan	ML1	SS	29	4.2	6.0	154	680	177	37	5	13	58	3	3	87.278	0.360	0.442
15	Carl Furillo	BRO	RF	33	4.2	4.0	140	578	164	24	3	26	43	4	5	91.746	0.371	0.520
16	Stan Lopata	PHI	C	29	3.5	5.4	99	366	82	9	3	22	58	4	1	62.272	0.388	0.538
17	Dale Long	PIT	1B	29	3.5	2.6	131	478	122	19	13	16	48	0	1	71.563	0.362	0.513
18	Smoky Burgess	2 teams	C	28	3.3	2.0	123	501	133	17	3	21	50	1	1	74.935	0.367	0.495
19	George Crowe	ML1	1B	34	3.1	1.8	104	354	85	12	4	15	45	1	0	53.767	0.374	0.495
20	Wally Moon	SLN	1B	25	3.0	2.8	152	645	175	24	8	19	47	11	11	85.390	0.349	0.459
21	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	SS	36	2.6	1.8	145	652	156	29	4	10	78	8	7	81.036	0.371	0.403
22	Willie Jones	PHI	3B	29	2.5	1.0	146	611	133	20	3	16	77	6	2	71.225	0.352	0.401
23	Bill Bruton	ML1	CF	29	2.4	3.2	149	685	175	30	12	9	43	25	11	72.168	0.325	0.403
24	Rip Repulski	SLN	LF	26	2.4	2.2	147	576	138	28	2	23	49	5	7	72.668	0.333	0.467
25	Hank Thompson	NY1	3B	29	2.3	3.5	135	533	106	13	1	17	84	2	2	65.945	0.367	0.398
26	Randy Jackson	CHN	3B	29	2.3	1.3	138	565	132	13	7	21	58	0	2	69.898	0.340	0.445
27	Frank Thomas	PIT	LF	26	2.0	2.3	142	581	125	16	2	25	60	2	0	65.742	0.324	0.431
28	Del Crandall	ML1	C	25	2.0	2.8	133	494	104	15	2	26	40	2	1	53.542	0.299	0.457
29	Joe Adcock	ML1	1B	27	1.9	-0.2	84	324	76	14	0	15	31	0	2	42.343	0.339	0.469
30	Bill Virdon	SLN	CF	24	1.6	1.7	144	586	150	18	6	17	36	2	4	64.679	0.322	0.433
31	Jackie Robinson	BRO	3B	36	1.6	2.5	105	390	81	6	2	8	61	12	3	46.459	0.378	0.363
32	Don Newcombe	BRO	P	29	1.6		57	125	42	9	1	7	6	1	0	25.185	0.395	0.632
33	Gene Freese	PIT	3B	21	1.5	2.1	134	510	115	21	8	14	34	5	1	52.420	0.310	0.426
34	Johnny Temple	CIN	2B	27	1.5	2.3	150	684	165	20	3	0	80	19	4	69.436	0.365	0.325
35	Dusty Rhodes	NY1	LF	28	1.4	1.3	94	217	57	5	2	6	27	1	1	31.679	0.389	0.449
36	Sandy Amoros	BRO	LF	25	1.4	1.3	119	455	96	16	7	10	55	10	5	52.580	0.347	0.402
37	Jim Greengrass	2 teams	LF	27	1.4	1.4	107	409	92	22	2	12	42	0	2	46.991	0.330	0.425
38	Bobby Thomson	ML1	LF	31	1.3	1.5	101	383	88	12	3	12	34	2	1	40.479	0.319	0.414
39	Gene Baker	CHN	2B	30	1.3	1.6	154	681	163	29	7	11	49	9	7	67.496	0.323	0.392
40	Don Mueller	NY1	RF	28	1.2	0.6	147	639	185	21	4	8	19	1	2	64.571	0.327	0.393
41	Jerry Lynch	PIT	LF	24	1.1	0.8	88	308	80	18	6	5	22	2	2	36.324	0.331	0.443
42	Red Schoendienst	SLN	2B	32	1.0	0.4	145	615	148	21	3	11	54	7	7	63.526	0.335	0.376
43	Whitey Lockman	NY1	LF	28	1.0	0.3	147	627	157	19	0	15	39	3	3	61.293	0.321	0.384
44	Bobby Hofman	NY1	1B	29	1.0	0.7	96	232	55	7	2	10	22	0	2	29.682	0.336	0.464
45	Roy McMillan	CIN	SS	25	1.0	4.4	151	556	126	21	2	1	66	4	4	57.178	0.364	0.328
46	Al Dark	NY1	SS	33	1.0	0.5	115	508	134	20	3	9	22	2	1	50.649	0.319	0.394
47	Dee Fondy	CHN	1B	30	1.0	0.5	150	618	152	23	8	17	35	8	9	63.238	0.307	0.422
48	Andy Seminick	2 teams	C	34	1.0	1.9	99	345	73	12	1	12	32	1	2	37.120	0.322	0.405
49	Ken Boyer	SLN	3B	24	0.9	1.6	147	574	140	27	2	18	37	22	17	60.342	0.311	0.424
50	Robin Roberts	PHI	P	28	0.8		51	130	27	9	4	2	18	0	0	17.366	0.360	0.467

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	28	6.6	7.4	41	38	305.00	23	14	26	3	137	53	160	62.07	3.28	1.13	4.72
2	Don Newcombe	BRO	29	6.1	7.6	34	31	233.67	20	5	17	0	103	38	143	54.69	3.20	1.11	5.51
3	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	26	6.0	5.8	50	33	257.00	17	12	14	3	108	78	98	54.00	3.47	1.24	3.43
4	Bob Rush	CHN	29	5.2	4.2	33	33	234.00	13	11	14	0	95	73	130	47.03	3.50	1.18	5.00
5	Warren Spahn	ML1	34	5.1	5.1	39	32	245.67	17	14	16	1	99	65	110	46.09	3.26	1.28	4.03
6	Bob Friend	PIT	24	5.0	4.4	44	20	200.33	14	9	9	2	80	52	98	40.58	2.83	1.15	4.40
7	Willard Schmidt	SLN	27	4.7	4.1	20	15	129.67	7	6	8	0	40	57	86	40.64	2.78	1.13	5.97
8	Johnny Antonelli	NY1	25	4.5	4.3	38	34	235.33	14	16	14	1	105	82	143	45.28	3.33	1.22	5.47
9	Art Fowler	CIN	32	3.5	3.1	46	28	207.67	11	10	8	2	96	63	94	31.84	3.90	1.26	4.07
10	Murry Dickson	PHI	38	3.5	3.0	36	28	216.00	12	11	12	0	98	82	92	32.72	3.50	1.26	3.83
11	Bob Buhl	ML1	26	3.5	2.7	38	27	201.67	13	11	11	1	85	109	117	31.54	3.21	1.37	5.22
12	Carl Erskine	BRO	28	3.3	2.7	31	29	194.67	11	8	7	1	89	64	84	30.09	3.79	1.28	3.88
13	Jim Hearn	NY1	34	3.2	2.8	39	33	226.67	14	16	11	0	107	66	86	32.40	3.73	1.28	3.41
14	Paul Minner	CHN	31	3.2	3.1	22	22	157.67	9	9	7	0	67	47	53	29.25	3.48	1.40	3.03
15	Vern Law	PIT	25	3.1	3.1	43	24	200.67	10	10	8	1	98	61	82	25.14	3.81	1.41	3.68
16	Hersh Freeman	CIN	26	3.0	2.9	52	0	91.67	7	4	0	11	31	30	37	27.33	2.16	1.35	3.63
17	Clem Labine	BRO	28	3.0	2.9	60	8	144.33	13	5	1	11	61	55	67	26.98	3.24	1.22	4.18
18	Tom Poholsky	SLN	25	2.6	2.3	30	24	151.00	9	11	8	0	71	35	66	22.48	3.81	1.18	3.93
19	Bob Miller	PHI	29	2.5	2.5	40	0	89.67	8	4	0	1	26	28	28	24.07	2.41	1.20	2.81
20	Billy Loes	BRO	25	2.5	1.9	22	19	128.00	10	4	6	0	59	46	85	22.87	3.59	1.27	5.98
21	Sam Jones	CHN	29	2.5	1.8	36	34	241.67	14	20	12	0	118	185	198	22.96	4.10	1.49	7.37
22	Jackie Collum	CIN	28	2.5	2.6	32	17	134.00	9	8	5	1	65	37	49	22.41	3.63	1.23	3.29
23	Johnny Podres	BRO	22	2.4	1.9	27	24	159.33	9	10	5	0	80	57	114	21.93	3.95	1.36	6.44
24	Paul LaPalme	SLN	31	2.2	2.1	56	0	91.67	4	3	0	3	36	34	39	18.55	2.75	1.20	3.83
25	Johnny Klippstein	CIN	27	2.2	1.7	39	14	138.00	9	10	3	0	66	60	68	19.48	3.39	1.30	4.43
26	Roy Face	PIT	27	2.1	1.8	42	10	125.67	5	7	4	5	58	40	84	17.32	3.58	1.34	6.02
27	Warren Hacker	CHN	30	2.1	1.8	35	30	213.00	11	15	13	3	112	43	80	18.79	4.27	1.15	3.38
28	Roger Craig	BRO	25	2.0	1.5	21	10	90.67	5	3	3	2	37	43	48	18.24	2.78	1.37	4.76
29	Harvey Haddix	SLN	29	2.0	1.5	37	30	208.00	12	16	9	1	111	62	150	17.28	4.46	1.34	6.49
30	Don Bessent	BRO	24	1.9	1.6	24	2	63.33	8	1	1	3	19	21	29	17.58	2.70	1.14	4.12
31	Saul Rogovin	PHI	33	1.9	2.1	12	11	73.00	5	3	5	0	25	17	27	18.24	3.08	1.05	3.33
32	Marv Grissom	NY1	37	1.8	1.6	55	0	89.33	5	4	0	8	35	41	49	18.07	2.92	1.31	4.94
33	Hal Jeffcoat	CHN	30	1.8	1.7	50	1	100.67	8	6	0	6	46	53	32	15.91	2.95	1.59	2.86
34	Jack Meyer	PHI	23	1.7	1.6	50	5	110.33	6	11	0	16	50	66	97	16.39	3.43	1.28	7.91
35	Ray Crone	ML1	23	1.7	1.3	33	15	140.33	10	9	6	0	63	42	76	15.65	3.46	1.13	4.87
36	Dick Hall	PIT	24	1.7	1.6	15	13	94.33	6	6	4	1	43	28	46	13.80	3.91	1.27	4.39
37	Luis Arroyo	SLN	28	1.7	1.3	35	24	159.00	11	8	9	0	80	63	68	14.14	4.19	1.42	3.85
38	Larry Jackson	SLN	24	1.5	0.4	37	25	177.33	9	14	4	2	93	72	88	12.88	4.31	1.47	4.47
39	Karl Spooner	BRO	24	1.4	1.6	29	14	98.67	8	6	2	2	50	41	78	12.88	3.65	1.22	7.11
40	Sal Maglie	NY1	38	1.4	1.0	23	21	129.67	9	5	6	0	67	48	71	14.04	3.75	1.47	4.93
41	Ron Negray	PHI	25	1.2	0.7	19	10	71.67	4	3	2	0	31	21	30	11.53	3.52	1.28	3.77
42	Lew Burdette	ML1	28	1.2	0.9	42	33	230.00	13	8	11	0	114	73	70	10.83	4.03	1.42	2.74
43	Joe Black	2 teams	31	1.2	0.7	38	11	117.67	6	2	1	3	63	30	63	10.70	4.05	1.28	4.82
44	Ernie Johnson	ML1	31	1.1	0.9	40	2	92.00	5	7	0	4	38	55	43	10.24	3.42	1.48	4.21
45	Windy McCall	NY1	29	1.1	0.9	42	6	95.00	6	5	4	3	45	37	50	11.04	3.69	1.29	4.74
46	Paul Giel	NY1	22	1.1	0.7	34	2	82.33	4	4	0	0	36	50	47	10.87	3.39	1.46	5.14
47	Nelson King	PIT	27	1.1	0.8	17	4	54.33	1	3	0	0	24	14	21	8.88	2.98	1.36	3.48
48	Herm Wehmeier	PHI	28	1.0	0.9	31	29	193.67	10	12	10	0	101	67	85	9.70	4.41	1.25	3.95
49	Don Gross	CIN	24	1.0	0.8	17	11	67.33	4	5	2	0	33	16	33	8.89	4.14	1.41	4.41
50	Sandy Koufax	BRO	19	0.9	0.6	12	5	41.67	2	2	2	0	15	28	30	8.48	3.02	1.46	6.48

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Harry Chiti	CHN	22	1.4	113.0	904.7	495.0	69.0	9.0	10.0	12.219
	2	Stan Lopata	PHI	29	1.3	66.0	550.0	332.0	37.0	2.0	9.0	10.684
	3	Andy Seminick	2 teams	34	1.0	93.0	766.7	461.0	45.0	3.0	6.0	7.893
	4	Del Crandall	ML1	25	0.8	131.0	1123.0	611.0	67.0	10.0	8.0	6.793
	5	Hardy Peterson	PIT	25	0.8	31.0	214.3	117.0	21.0	5.0	4.0	8.164
	6	Wes Westrum	NY1	32	0.7	68.0	439.3	280.0	27.0	4.0	5.0	5.621
	7	Hobie Landrith	CIN	25	0.5	27.0	183.3	86.0	14.0	0.0	3.0	4.448
	8	Roy Campanella	BRO	33	0.5	121.0	1042.0	672.0	54.0	6.0	8.0	4.389
1B	1	Gil Hodges	BRO	31	2.8	139.0	1211.0	1274.0	105.0	12.0	126.0	24.085
	2	Marv Blaylock	PHI	25	1.9	77.0	539.3	528.0	44.0	5.0	35.0	15.240
	3	Stan Musial	SLN	34	1.4	110.0	946.7	925.0	92.0	8.0	93.0	13.564
	4	Earl Torgeson	PHI	31	1.1	43.0	374.7	349.0	26.0	2.0	27.0	9.247
	5	Eddie Waitkus	PHI	35	0.9	31.0	256.7	250.0	21.0	1.0	31.0	7.754
	6	Stan Lopata	PHI	29	0.6	24.0	174.0	148.0	13.0	1.0	7.0	4.644
	7	Frank Kellert	BRO	30	0.2	22.0	158.0	159.0	12.0	3.0	9.0	1.971
	8	Wally Moon	SLN	25	0.2	51.0	417.3	445.0	34.0	7.0	40.0	2.152
2B	1	Wayne Terwilliger	NY1	30	2.1	78.0	646.0	212.0	240.0	7.0	70.0	17.329
	2	Danny O'Connell	ML1	26	1.6	114.0	981.0	309.0	357.0	13.0	76.0	12.750
	3	Johnny Temple	CIN	27	0.9	149.0	1287.0	408.0	410.0	24.0	119.0	7.606
	4	Gene Freese	PIT	21	0.6	57.0	456.0	128.0	173.0	11.0	41.0	6.411
	5	Hank Aaron	ML1	21	0.5	27.0	236.3	86.0	84.0	6.0	23.0	3.886
	6	Don Zimmer	BRO	24	0.3	62.0	534.3	154.0	166.0	8.0	54.0	2.891
	7	Gene Baker	CHN	30	0.3	154.0	1378.3	432.0	444.0	30.0	114.0	2.291
	8	Dick Cole	PIT	29	0.1	24.0	189.3	60.0	67.0	4.0	13.0	0.955
3B	1	Don Hoak	BRO	27	1.9	78.0	646.0	82.0	183.0	11.0	15.0	16.465
	2	Hank Thompson	NY1	29	1.3	124.0	1034.7	104.0	262.0	22.0	23.0	10.604
	3	Jackie Robinson	BRO	36	1.1	84.0	712.0	74.0	180.0	9.0	18.0	9.412
	4	Bobby Adams	CIN	33	0.9	42.0	318.7	35.0	88.0	4.0	11.0	7.783
	5	Sid Gordon	2 teams	37	0.7	39.0	309.3	35.0	79.0	0.0	10.0	6.258
	6	Eddie Miksis	CHN	28	0.7	18.0	148.7	23.0	46.0	3.0	5.0	5.707
	7	Ken Boyer	SLN	24	0.6	139.0	1072.7	124.0	253.0	19.0	24.0	6.478
	8	Rocky Bridges	CIN	27	0.6	59.0	354.3	48.0	88.0	5.0	7.0	4.774
SS	1	Roy McMillan	CIN	25	3.4	150.0	1275.0	290.0	495.0	25.0	111.0	29.227
	2	Johnny Logan	ML1	29	1.7	154.0	1371.0	268.0	511.0	30.0	100.0	14.308
	3	Dick Groat	PIT	24	1.2	149.0	1287.7	330.0	450.0	32.0	107.0	11.892
	4	Ernie Banks	CHN	24	1.1	154.0	1376.3	290.0	482.0	22.0	102.0	9.720
	5	Alex Grammas	SLN	29	0.7	126.0	989.0	235.0	340.0	19.0	76.0	6.832
	6	Dick Cole	PIT	29	0.4	12.0	58.3	18.0	30.0	0.0	5.0	4.386
	7	Billy Gardner	NY1	27	0.3	38.0	333.0	65.0	122.0	12.0	28.0	2.129
	8	Joey Amalfitano	NY1	21	0.1	5.0	35.7	8.0	14.0	1.0	2.0	0.463
LF	1	Stan Palys	2 teams	25	0.4	59.0	462.7	123.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.562
	2	Chuck Harmon	CIN	31	0.4	32.0	216.7	66.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.265
	3	Whitey Lockman	NY1	28	0.2	78.0	665.0	157.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.882
	4	Jim Greengrass	2 teams	27	0.2	16.0	137.0	39.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.650
	5	Frank Baumholtz	CHN	36	0.2	39.0	339.7	83.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.594
	6	Jim Gilliam	BRO	26	0.2	40.0	303.7	80.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.537
	7	Del Ennis	PHI	30	0.2	143.0	1236.0	286.0	9.0	4.0	2.0	1.420
	8	Bobby Thomson	ML1	31	0.2	88.0	753.7	175.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.414
CF	1	Richie Ashburn	PHI	28	0.8	140.0	1216.7	394.0	10.0	7.0	3.0	6.208
	2	Willie Mays	NY1	24	0.8	152.0	1361.3	411.0	22.0	8.0	8.0	6.171
	3	Bill Bruton	ML1	29	0.7	149.0	1309.0	411.0	16.0	14.0	6.0	6.109
	4	Eddie O'Brien	PIT	24	0.3	56.0	451.7	136.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.645
	5	Jim Bolger	CHN	23	0.2	49.0	379.3	123.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	1.944
	6	Tom Saffell	PIT	33	0.2	38.0	197.7	65.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.693
	7	Frank Thomas	PIT	26	0.2	57.0	480.0	140.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.576
	8	Pete Whisenant	SLN	25	0.1	11.0	68.0	26.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.353
RF	1	Roberto Clemente	PIT	20	0.7	112.0	896.7	230.0	18.0	6.0	4.0	6.917
	2	Jim King	CHN	22	0.6	76.0	644.0	168.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	5.293
	3	Glen Gorbous	PHI	24	0.4	53.0	408.3	108.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	3.319
	4	Hank Aaron	ML1	21	0.3	104.0	899.7	212.0	8.0	8.0	2.0	2.611
	5	Wally Post	CIN	25	0.2	154.0	1356.7	299.0	14.0	7.0	1.0	1.442
	6	Jim Greengrass	PHI	27	0.1	79.0	676.0	151.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.050
	7	Monte Irvin	NY1	36	0.1	7.0	49.0	15.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.971
	8	Frank Baumholtz	CHN	36	0.1	24.0	206.7	48.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.981