1958 American League Stats

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1958 American 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	New York Yankees	92-62 (0.597)	-	759	577	96-58 (0.623)	101-53 (0.656)	1,428,438	56.2	31.3	4.7	20.2
2	Chicago White Sox	82-72 (0.532)	10.0	634	615	79-75 (0.514)	84-70 (0.545)	797,451	39.2	17.8	4.6	16.8
3	Boston Red Sox	79-75 (0.513)	13.0	697	691	78-76 (0.504)	83-71 (0.539)	1,077,047	38.1	21.2	4.2	12.7
4	Cleveland Indians	77-76 (0.503)	14.5	694	635	83-71 (0.541)	78-76 (0.506)	663,805	32.4	21.6	0.6	10.3
5	Detroit Tigers	77-77 (0.500)	15.0	659	606	83-71 (0.538)	79-75 (0.513)	1,098,924	34.2	15.6	1.4	17.2
6	Baltimore Orioles	74-79 (0.484)	17.5	521	575	70-84 (0.455)	74-80 (0.481)	829,991	28.4	8.8	2.3	17.3
7	Kansas City Athletics	73-81 (0.474)	19.0	642	713	70-84 (0.452)	64-90 (0.416)	925,090	18.7	7.6	3.4	7.7
8	Washington Senators	61-93 (0.396)	31.0	553	747	56-98 (0.366)	53-101 (0.344)	475,288	7.5	3.4	3.4	0.7

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	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	26	11.1	10.5	150	654	158	21	1	42	129	18	3	133.173	0.443	0.592
2	Rocky Colavito	CLE	RF	24	8.6	8.4	143	578	148	26	3	41	84	0	2	114.027	0.405	0.620
3	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	39	7.9	7.1	129	517	135	23	2	26	98	1	0	107.159	0.458	0.584
4	Jackie Jensen	BOS	RF	31	7.2	7.3	154	655	157	31	0	35	99	9	4	111.968	0.396	0.535
5	Bob Cerv	KC1	LF	33	6.8	7.6	141	572	157	20	7	38	50	3	3	101.887	0.371	0.592
6	Roy Sievers	WS1	LF	31	6.0	6.4	148	614	162	18	1	39	53	3	1	97.143	0.357	0.544
7	Minnie Miñoso	CLE	LF	34	5.7	5.9	149	638	168	25	2	24	59	14	14	96.792	0.383	0.484
8	Pete Runnels	BOS	2B	30	5.6	6.4	147	666	183	32	5	8	87	1	2	101.512	0.416	0.438
9	Al Kaline	DET	RF	23	5.1	6.8	146	607	170	34	7	16	54	7	4	90.101	0.374	0.490
10	Norm Siebern	NYA	LF	24	4.6	4.9	134	533	138	19	5	14	66	5	8	77.217	0.388	0.454
11	Bob Nieman	BAL	LF	31	4.4	3.8	105	414	119	20	2	16	44	2	8	68.914	0.395	0.522
12	Vic Power	2 teams	1B	30	4.2	6.1	145	620	184	37	10	16	20	3	2	81.316	0.331	0.490
13	Jim Landis	CHA	CF	24	4.0	3.9	142	593	145	23	7	15	52	19	7	73.525	0.351	0.434
14	Gene Woodling	BAL	RF	35	3.9	3.8	133	485	114	16	1	15	66	4	2	65.627	0.378	0.429
15	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	33	3.8	5.1	127	491	115	16	0	20	57	2	1	67.799	0.367	0.454
16	Harvey Kuenn	DET	CF	27	3.7	4.2	139	619	179	39	3	8	51	5	10	83.492	0.373	0.442
17	Gus Triandos	BAL	C	27	3.4	4.1	137	544	116	10	0	30	60	1	0	66.022	0.327	0.456
18	Andy Carey	NYA	3B	26	3.2	4.1	102	365	90	19	4	12	34	1	2	51.626	0.363	0.486
19	Elston Howard	NYA	C	29	3.2	3.2	103	406	118	19	5	11	22	1	1	54.376	0.348	0.479
20	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	33	3.1	3.9	122	476	115	17	3	22	35	3	0	58.194	0.319	0.471
21	Charlie Maxwell	DET	LF	31	3.0	3.0	131	466	108	14	4	13	64	6	1	60.735	0.369	0.426
22	Gail Harris	DET	1B	26	2.8	2.5	134	498	123	18	8	20	36	1	2	63.666	0.328	0.481
23	Bob Boyd	BAL	1B	38	2.8	4.1	125	432	124	21	5	7	25	1	1	53.893	0.350	0.439
24	Mickey Vernon	CLE	1B	40	2.8	3.1	119	404	104	22	3	8	44	0	4	54.539	0.372	0.439
25	Earl Torgeson	CHA	1B	34	2.6	2.6	96	236	50	8	0	10	48	7	2	38.402	0.415	0.468
26	Jim Lemon	WS1	RF	30	2.6	2.9	142	555	123	15	9	26	50	2	4	66.489	0.314	0.467
27	Frank Malzone	BOS	3B	28	2.4	4.8	155	672	185	30	2	15	33	1	3	75.838	0.333	0.421
28	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	30	2.4	2.7	155	698	187	21	6	0	47	5	6	71.534	0.357	0.353
29	Gil McDougald	NYA	2B	30	2.2	2.7	138	578	126	19	1	14	59	6	2	57.448	0.329	0.376
30	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	27	2.2	2.0	126	503	127	22	3	14	28	1	1	53.989	0.317	0.424
31	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	35	2.1	2.1	128	490	121	22	6	12	32	3	2	52.283	0.316	0.423
32	Dick Gernert	BOS	1B	29	2.1	2.5	122	496	102	19	1	20	59	2	0	57.117	0.330	0.425
33	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	34	2.1	2.2	89	276	70	10	1	13	26	0	2	38.425	0.348	0.490
34	Red Wilson	DET	C	29	2.0	2.0	103	343	89	13	1	3	35	10	0	40.117	0.373	0.379
35	Hector Lopez	KC1	2B	28	1.9	2.6	151	631	147	28	4	17	49	2	2	65.517	0.317	0.415
36	Frank Bolling	DET	2B	26	1.9	2.8	154	681	164	25	4	14	54	6	4	69.774	0.328	0.392
37	Al Smith	CHA	LF	30	1.8	1.8	139	541	121	23	5	12	48	3	3	55.515	0.323	0.396
38	Albie Pearson	WS1	CF	23	1.8	1.8	146	610	146	25	5	3	64	7	8	63.231	0.354	0.358
39	Roger Maris	2 teams	CF	23	1.8	2.0	150	637	140	19	4	28	45	4	2	64.444	0.294	0.431
40	Billy Goodman	CHA	3B	32	1.7	2.1	116	471	127	15	5	0	37	1	0	48.664	0.355	0.358
41	Russ Nixon	CLE	C	23	1.7	0.5	113	395	113	17	4	9	13	0	3	44.453	0.322	0.439
42	Don Buddin	BOS	SS	24	1.7	3.5	136	594	118	25	2	12	82	0	4	63.439	0.349	0.368
43	Preston Ward	2 teams	1B	30	1.7	1.2	129	464	118	13	2	10	37	0	2	50.242	0.336	0.397
44	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	34	1.6	1.8	113	445	95	21	3	5	55	5	7	46.032	0.349	0.365
45	Enos Slaughter	NYA	RF	42	1.5	1.4	77	160	42	4	1	4	21	2	0	23.050	0.396	0.435
46	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	31	1.1	0.3	134	503	91	16	0	8	81	3	6	51.475	0.361	0.323
47	Luis Aparicio	CHA	SS	24	1.1	2.6	145	604	148	20	9	2	35	29	6	48.340	0.309	0.345
48	Gus Zernial	DET	LF	35	1.1	1.0	66	131	40	7	1	5	6	0	0	19.394	0.351	0.516
49	Dick Williams	BAL	3B	29	1.0	1.0	128	462	113	17	0	4	37	0	6	42.700	0.336	0.347
50	Norm Zauchin	WS1	1B	28	1.0	1.9	96	349	69	8	2	15	38	0	0	36.003	0.310	0.416

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	Whitey Ford	NYA	29	7.9	7.6	30	29	219.33	14	7	15	1	62	62	145	65.75	2.01	1.08	5.95
2	Billy Pierce	CHA	31	7.3	6.9	35	32	245.00	17	11	19	2	83	66	144	59.46	2.68	1.10	5.29
3	Frank Lary	DET	28	6.3	5.5	39	34	260.33	16	15	19	1	91	68	131	62.46	2.90	1.22	4.53
4	Dick Donovan	CHA	30	6.0	5.1	34	34	248.00	15	14	16	0	92	53	127	48.99	3.01	1.18	4.61
5	Bob Turley	NYA	27	5.9	5.1	33	31	245.33	21	7	19	1	82	128	168	49.19	2.97	1.25	6.16
6	Jack Harshman	BAL	30	4.9	5.4	34	29	236.33	12	15	17	4	89	75	161	46.01	2.89	1.18	6.13
7	Billy O'Dell	BAL	25	4.6	3.9	41	25	221.33	14	11	12	8	83	51	137	43.41	2.97	1.14	5.57
8	Camilo Pascual	WS1	24	4.3	3.7	31	27	177.33	8	12	6	0	66	60	146	35.15	3.15	1.27	7.41
9	Dick Hyde	WS1	29	4.1	3.8	53	0	103.00	10	3	0	18	26	35	49	33.78	1.75	1.14	4.28
10	Cal McLish	CLE	32	3.7	3.0	39	30	225.67	16	8	13	1	92	70	97	36.72	2.99	1.26	3.87
11	Ike Delock	BOS	28	3.6	2.7	31	19	160.00	14	8	9	2	66	56	82	29.54	3.38	1.32	4.61
12	Paul Foytack	DET	27	3.6	3.5	39	33	230.00	15	13	16	1	98	77	135	35.19	3.44	1.20	5.28
13	Frank Sullivan	BOS	28	3.3	2.7	32	29	199.33	13	9	10	3	91	49	103	26.94	3.57	1.33	4.65
14	Jim Bunning	DET	26	3.2	2.6	35	34	219.67	14	12	10	0	96	79	177	31.59	3.52	1.22	7.25
15	Arnie Portocarrero	BAL	26	3.2	2.6	32	27	204.67	15	11	10	2	81	57	90	29.98	3.25	1.12	3.96
16	Gary Bell	CLE	21	3.0	2.8	33	23	182.00	12	10	10	1	70	73	110	29.71	3.31	1.18	5.44
17	Hoyt Wilhelm	2 teams	35	2.9	2.4	39	10	131.00	3	10	4	5	41	45	92	28.78	2.34	1.07	6.32
18	Ryne Duren	NYA	29	2.8	2.8	44	1	75.67	6	4	0	20	20	43	87	23.68	2.02	1.10	10.35
19	Ray Herbert	KC1	28	2.5	2.2	42	16	175.00	8	8	5	3	76	55	108	20.36	3.50	1.23	5.55
20	Barry Latman	CHA	22	2.1	2.0	13	3	47.67	3	0	1	0	7	17	28	17.45	0.76	0.92	5.29
21	Don Larsen	NYA	28	2.1	2.6	19	19	114.33	9	6	5	0	43	52	55	17.32	3.07	1.33	4.33
22	Tom Brewer	BOS	26	1.9	1.2	33	32	227.33	12	12	10	0	122	93	124	15.64	3.72	1.41	4.91
23	Leo Kiely	BOS	28	1.8	1.5	47	0	81.00	5	2	0	12	31	18	26	14.92	3.00	1.17	2.89
24	Hal Brown	BAL	33	1.8	1.5	19	17	96.67	7	5	4	1	35	20	44	16.63	3.07	1.20	4.10
25	Ned Garver	KC1	32	1.7	1.2	31	28	201.00	12	11	10	1	97	66	72	13.78	4.03	1.28	3.22
26	Murray Wall	BOS	31	1.7	1.1	52	1	114.33	8	9	0	10	51	33	53	13.64	3.62	1.24	4.17
27	Bobby Shantz	NYA	32	1.6	1.6	33	13	126.00	7	6	3	0	52	35	80	13.31	3.36	1.29	5.71
28	Ralph Terry	KC1	22	1.5	0.8	40	33	216.67	11	13	8	2	111	61	134	11.86	4.24	1.28	5.57
29	Early Wynn	CHA	38	1.4	1.1	40	34	239.67	14	16	11	2	115	104	179	11.59	4.13	1.33	6.72
30	Pedro Ramos	WS1	23	1.4	0.9	43	37	259.33	14	18	10	3	133	77	132	11.38	4.23	1.36	4.58
31	Herb Moford	DET	29	1.3	0.4	25	11	109.67	4	9	6	1	45	42	58	12.70	3.61	1.14	4.76
32	Mudcat Grant	CLE	22	1.3	0.1	44	28	204.00	10	11	11	4	93	104	111	12.80	3.84	1.36	4.90
33	Bob Grim	2 teams	28	1.3	1.0	37	14	130.00	7	7	5	0	64	51	65	10.27	3.81	1.39	4.50
34	Gerry Staley	CHA	37	1.3	1.0	50	0	85.33	4	5	0	8	36	24	27	10.24	3.16	1.23	2.85
35	Tom Gorman	KC1	33	1.2	1.0	50	1	89.67	4	4	0	8	41	20	44	10.05	3.51	1.18	4.42
36	Bud Daley	KC1	25	1.1	0.9	26	5	70.67	3	2	1	0	29	19	39	9.38	3.31	1.22	4.97
37	Duke Maas	2 teams	29	1.1	0.5	32	20	156.67	11	8	5	1	76	49	69	9.36	3.85	1.22	3.96
38	Billy Hoeft	DET	26	1.1	1.1	36	21	143.00	10	9	6	3	70	49	94	10.43	4.15	1.38	5.92
39	Ray Moore	CHA	32	1.0	0.9	32	20	136.67	9	7	4	2	63	70	73	8.20	3.82	1.30	4.81
40	Bill Monbouquette	BOS	21	1.0	0.8	10	8	54.33	3	4	3	0	25	20	30	7.95	3.31	1.33	4.97
41	Tom Morgan	DET	28	0.9	0.8	39	1	62.67	2	5	0	1	28	4	32	8.82	3.16	1.18	4.60
42	Murry Dickson	2 teams	41	0.8	0.8	33	11	119.33	10	7	3	2	59	43	55	6.74	3.70	1.34	4.15
43	Art Ditmar	NYA	29	0.8	0.6	38	13	139.67	9	8	4	4	71	38	52	6.45	3.42	1.16	3.35
44	Hal Woodeshick	CLE	25	0.7	0.4	14	9	71.67	6	6	3	0	32	25	27	7.30	3.64	1.34	3.39
45	Ray Narleski	CLE	29	0.7	0.4	44	24	183.33	13	10	7	1	87	91	102	7.19	4.07	1.47	5.01
46	Billy Loes	BAL	28	0.7	0.1	32	10	114.00	3	9	1	5	51	44	44	6.57	3.63	1.32	3.47
47	George Zuverink	BAL	33	0.7	0.7	45	0	69.00	2	2	0	7	29	17	22	6.47	3.39	1.32	2.87
48	Hank Aguirre	DET	27	0.7	0.6	44	3	69.67	3	4	0	5	31	27	38	6.69	3.75	1.35	4.91
49	Jim Wilson	CHA	36	0.6	-0.2	28	23	155.67	9	9	4	1	75	63	70	5.16	4.10	1.41	4.05
50	Ted Bowsfield	BOS	23	0.6	0.2	16	10	65.67	4	2	2	0	32	36	38	4.88	3.84	1.43	5.21

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Clint Courtney	WS1	31	1.3	128.0	1086.7	682.0	64.0	7.0	17.0	13.047
	2	Sherm Lollar	CHA	33	1.2	116.0	991.3	597.0	63.0	9.0	8.0	12.272
	3	Yogi Berra	NYA	33	1.0	88.0	755.0	509.0	41.0	0.0	8.0	9.793
	4	Earl Battey	CHA	23	0.7	49.0	380.3	220.0	27.0	3.0	6.0	6.677
	5	Gus Triandos	BAL	27	0.7	132.0	1124.3	698.0	61.0	10.0	11.0	5.335
	6	Harry Chiti	KC1	25	0.5	83.0	700.3	425.0	41.0	6.0	9.0	4.531
	7	Hal Smith	KC1	27	0.4	31.0	258.0	149.0	19.0	1.0	4.0	3.994
	8	Dick Brown	CLE	23	0.2	62.0	419.7	281.0	24.0	4.0	6.0	1.761
1B	1	Vic Power	2 teams	30	1.6	91.0	725.7	702.0	77.0	6.0	94.0	14.239
	2	Bob Boyd	BAL	38	1.3	99.0	798.0	757.0	53.0	5.0	85.0	10.404
	3	Norm Zauchin	WS1	28	0.9	91.0	756.0	749.0	56.0	4.0	74.0	8.747
	4	Julio Becquer	WS1	26	0.8	42.0	312.3	319.0	34.0	2.0	26.0	7.838
	5	Dick Gernert	BOS	29	0.5	114.0	1012.0	1101.0	93.0	11.0	118.0	4.692
	6	Jim Marshall	BAL	27	0.4	52.0	369.7	382.0	19.0	0.0	37.0	3.331
	7	Preston Ward	2 teams	30	0.3	60.0	485.0	481.0	35.0	4.0	40.0	2.794
	8	Roy Sievers	WS1	31	0.3	33.0	262.3	260.0	21.0	3.0	36.0	3.136
2B	1	Hector Lopez	KC1	28	1.3	96.0	807.0	251.0	282.0	14.0	78.0	12.802
	2	Pete Runnels	BOS	30	1.2	106.0	935.3	267.0	320.0	9.0	88.0	11.989
	3	Frank Bolling	DET	26	1.0	154.0	1350.3	342.0	445.0	12.0	109.0	7.804
	4	Nellie Fox	CHA	30	0.3	155.0	1376.7	444.0	399.0	13.0	117.0	2.524
	5	Gil McDougald	NYA	30	0.3	115.0	996.3	265.0	298.0	13.0	97.0	2.501
	6	Larry Raines	CLE	28	0.2	2.0	15.0	6.0	8.0	1.0	4.0	1.643
	7	Herb Plews	WS1	30	0.2	64.0	478.0	133.0	153.0	7.0	41.0	1.954
	8	Foster Castleman	BAL	27	0.2	4.0	18.0	9.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	1.242
3B	1	Frank Malzone	BOS	28	2.3	155.0	1380.3	139.0	378.0	27.0	36.0	23.369
	2	Brooks Robinson	BAL	21	1.6	140.0	1119.3	151.0	275.0	21.0	30.0	12.888
	3	Andy Carey	NYA	26	0.9	99.0	794.0	99.0	195.0	12.0	22.0	8.501
	4	Reno Bertoia	DET	23	0.8	68.0	561.0	70.0	139.0	11.0	13.0	6.270
	5	Ozzie Virgil	DET	26	0.6	49.0	422.3	55.0	101.0	3.0	7.0	4.936
	6	Jerry Lumpe	NYA	25	0.6	65.0	489.7	57.0	126.0	11.0	13.0	5.988
	7	Vic Power	CLE	30	0.5	42.0	327.7	51.0	78.0	3.0	12.0	4.493
	8	Randy Jackson	CLE	32	0.4	24.0	202.7	25.0	57.0	9.0	4.0	3.170
SS	1	Tony Kubek	NYA	22	1.9	134.0	1183.0	242.0	453.0	28.0	98.0	18.983
	2	Don Buddin	BOS	24	1.8	136.0	1171.3	269.0	445.0	31.0	102.0	17.687
	3	Joe DeMaestri	KC1	29	1.5	137.0	1142.0	226.0	417.0	13.0	95.0	15.141
	4	Luis Aparicio	CHA	24	1.5	145.0	1266.0	289.0	463.0	21.0	90.0	15.108
	5	Rocky Bridges	WS1	30	1.3	112.0	895.0	191.0	331.0	13.0	73.0	13.448
	6	Gil McDougald	NYA	30	0.2	19.0	160.0	34.0	59.0	3.0	14.0	2.398
	7	Billy Consolo	BOS	23	0.2	11.0	94.7	17.0	38.0	2.0	9.0	2.020
	8	Jerry Adair	BAL	21	0.2	10.0	45.0	10.0	19.0	1.0	3.0	1.250
LF	1	Bob Cerv	KC1	33	0.8	136.0	1151.0	298.0	13.0	5.0	3.0	8.373
	2	Norm Siebern	NYA	24	0.4	127.0	1045.0	250.0	9.0	5.0	2.0	4.235
	3	Jim Rivera	CHA	36	0.3	54.0	423.3	107.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	2.901
	4	Bob Martyn	KC1	27	0.2	24.0	85.0	34.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.339
	5	Bubba Phillips	CHA	30	0.2	18.0	128.0	40.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.157
	6	Charlie Maxwell	DET	31	0.2	113.0	875.3	199.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.744
	7	Minnie Miñoso	CLE	34	0.2	147.0	1295.0	294.0	13.0	8.0	1.0	1.395
	8	Jim Lemon	WS1	30	0.1	8.0	66.0	23.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.453
CF	1	Jim Busby	BAL	31	0.8	103.0	567.0	201.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	6.745
	2	Gary Geiger	CLE	21	0.5	45.0	345.7	122.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	4.267
	3	Jim Piersall	BOS	28	0.5	125.0	1017.3	310.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	5.082
	4	Roger Maris	2 teams	23	0.4	48.0	350.0	123.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	3.674
	5	Harvey Kuenn	DET	27	0.4	138.0	1206.3	355.0	9.0	6.0	1.0	3.368
	6	Dick Williams	BAL	29	0.3	41.0	300.0	97.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.063
	7	Lenny Green	BAL	25	0.2	30.0	198.7	74.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.034
	8	Woodie Held	2 teams	26	0.2	78.0	533.0	159.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.495
RF	1	Al Kaline	DET	23	1.5	143.0	1209.0	311.0	22.0	2.0	4.0	12.459
	2	Al Pilarcik	BAL	27	0.3	102.0	659.0	155.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	2.620
	3	Dick Williams	BAL	29	0.2	15.0	85.0	25.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.300
	4	Jackie Jensen	BOS	31	0.2	153.0	1352.3	281.0	14.0	6.0	3.0	1.576
	5	Al Smith	CHA	30	0.1	62.0	493.0	112.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.451
	6	Jim Lemon	WS1	30	0.1	129.0	1095.0	235.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	1.372
	7	Neil Chrisley	WS1	26	0.1	27.0	178.7	42.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.343
	8	Harry Simpson	2 teams	32	0.1	11.0	63.0	19.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.730