1958 National League Stats

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1958 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	Milwaukee Braves	92-62 (0.597)	-	675	541	92-62 (0.600)	105-49 (0.682)	1,971,101	59.8	25.2	5.7	28.9
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	84-70 (0.545)	8.0	662	607	83-71 (0.540)	85-69 (0.552)	1,311,988	40.2	14.8	3.9	21.5
3	San Francisco Giants	80-74 (0.519)	12.0	727	698	80-74 (0.519)	79-75 (0.513)	1,272,625	33.9	22.9	1.3	9.7
4	Cincinnati Redlegs	76-78 (0.494)	16.0	695	621	85-69 (0.551)	81-73 (0.526)	788,582	35.9	10.4	3.3	22.3
5	Chicago Cubs	72-82 (0.468)	20.0	709	725	75-79 (0.490)	70-84 (0.455)	979,904	24.5	20.7	-1.7	5.5
5	St. Louis Cardinals	72-82 (0.468)	20.0	619	704	68-86 (0.441)	66-88 (0.429)	1,063,730	20.4	7.4	1.2	11.8
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	71-83 (0.461)	21.0	668	761	68-86 (0.441)	60-94 (0.390)	1,845,556	14.6	7.2	1.0	6.4
8	Philadelphia Phillies	69-85 (0.448)	23.0	664	762	67-87 (0.437)	71-83 (0.461)	931,110	25.4	18.8	-0.9	7.5

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	Willie Mays	SFN	CF	27	10.0	10.9	152	685	208	33	11	29	78	31	6	129.117	0.419	0.583
2	Ernie Banks	CHN	SS	27	7.9	8.0	154	682	193	23	11	47	52	4	4	119.567	0.366	0.614
3	Hank Aaron	ML1	RF	24	7.9	7.9	153	664	196	34	4	30	59	4	1	110.074	0.386	0.546
4	Richie Ashburn	PHI	CF	31	7.3	9.1	152	725	215	24	13	2	97	30	12	114.609	0.440	0.441
5	Stan Musial	SLN	1B	37	6.2	6.2	135	549	159	35	2	17	72	0	0	96.236	0.423	0.527
6	Bob Skinner	PIT	LF	26	5.4	5.2	144	596	170	33	9	13	58	12	4	89.080	0.387	0.491
7	Harry Anderson	PHI	LF	26	5.2	5.2	140	585	155	34	6	23	59	0	2	89.255	0.373	0.524
8	Joe Cunningham	SLN	1B	26	4.9	4.1	131	424	105	20	3	12	82	4	4	75.677	0.449	0.495
9	Wes Covington	ML1	LF	26	4.6	4.3	90	324	97	12	1	24	20	0	0	59.738	0.380	0.622
10	Eddie Mathews	ML1	3B	26	4.6	6.2	149	649	137	18	1	31	85	5	0	80.697	0.349	0.458
11	Frank Thomas	PIT	3B	29	4.6	2.5	149	620	158	26	4	35	42	0	1	85.761	0.334	0.528
12	Lee Walls	CHN	RF	25	4.5	4.8	136	576	156	19	3	24	47	4	4	82.766	0.370	0.493
13	Frank Robinson	CIN	LF	22	4.5	4.7	148	623	149	25	6	31	62	10	1	87.125	0.350	0.504
14	Orlando Cepeda	SFN	1B	20	4.4	3.8	148	644	188	38	4	25	29	15	11	87.902	0.342	0.512
15	Ken Boyer	SLN	3B	27	4.3	7.7	150	631	175	21	9	23	49	11	6	88.075	0.360	0.496
16	Johnny Temple	CIN	2B	30	4.1	3.5	141	652	166	31	6	3	91	15	8	85.536	0.405	0.402
17	Walt Moryn	CHN	LF	32	4.0	4.4	143	587	135	26	7	26	62	1	2	79.867	0.350	0.494
18	Frank Torre	ML1	1B	26	3.6	4.6	138	430	115	22	5	6	42	2	0	58.110	0.386	0.444
19	Dale Long	CHN	1B	32	3.5	1.1	142	554	130	26	4	20	66	2	0	72.616	0.357	0.467
20	Bobby Thomson	CHN	CF	34	3.5	3.2	152	615	155	27	5	21	56	0	2	78.501	0.351	0.466
21	Del Crandall	ML1	C	28	3.3	4.9	131	485	116	23	1	18	48	4	1	60.324	0.348	0.457
22	Duke Snider	LAN	CF	31	2.7	2.0	106	365	102	12	3	15	32	2	2	53.538	0.371	0.505
23	Solly Hemus	PHI	2B	35	2.7	2.3	105	401	95	14	3	8	51	3	1	52.518	0.390	0.416
24	Daryl Spencer	SFN	SS	29	2.4	3.3	148	626	138	20	5	17	73	1	0	67.760	0.344	0.406
25	Leon Wagner	SFN	LF	24	2.4	2.4	74	240	70	9	0	13	18	1	0	37.854	0.371	0.534
26	Jerry Lynch	CIN	RF	27	2.3	2.0	122	443	131	20	5	16	18	1	4	57.968	0.338	0.498
27	Joe Adcock	ML1	1B	30	2.3	2.5	105	349	88	15	1	19	21	0	0	43.267	0.317	0.506
28	Carl Furillo	LAN	RF	36	2.3	2.1	122	459	119	19	3	18	35	0	2	58.343	0.343	0.482
29	Willie Kirkland	SFN	RF	24	2.1	1.9	122	470	108	25	6	14	43	3	2	54.008	0.332	0.447
30	Charlie Neal	LAN	2B	27	2.0	3.2	140	549	120	9	6	22	61	7	6	63.617	0.341	0.438
31	Willie Jones	PHI	3B	32	1.9	1.1	118	456	108	15	1	14	49	1	2	52.585	0.351	0.420
32	Ed Bouchee	PHI	1B	25	1.9	2.8	89	389	86	19	5	9	51	1	0	46.181	0.355	0.425
33	Dick Stuart	PIT	1B	25	1.9	1.3	67	271	68	12	5	16	11	0	0	36.272	0.310	0.543
34	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	2B	21	1.9	3.9	152	607	156	24	6	19	25	1	1	61.006	0.308	0.439
35	Wally Post	PHI	RF	28	1.9	1.8	110	420	107	21	3	12	32	0	2	49.443	0.340	0.449
36	Stan Lopata	PHI	C	32	1.8	1.6	86	322	64	9	0	9	60	0	1	41.093	0.391	0.388
37	Gil Hodges	LAN	1B	34	1.8	-1.8	141	532	123	15	1	22	52	8	2	59.019	0.330	0.434
38	Roberto Clemente	PIT	RF	23	1.7	3.0	140	556	150	24	10	6	31	8	2	55.674	0.327	0.408
39	Dick Groat	PIT	SS	27	1.7	3.2	151	622	175	36	9	3	23	2	2	61.656	0.328	0.407
40	Hank Sauer	SFN	LF	41	1.5	1.2	88	277	59	8	0	12	35	0	0	34.117	0.354	0.436
41	John Roseboro	LAN	C	25	1.5	1.4	114	431	104	11	9	14	36	11	8	49.785	0.333	0.456
42	Gene Green	SLN	RF	25	1.4	2.1	137	489	124	18	3	13	37	2	1	52.309	0.333	0.423
43	Bill Virdon	PIT	CF	27	1.3	2.0	144	662	161	24	11	9	52	5	3	62.316	0.324	0.387
44	Bob Bowman	PHI	RF	27	1.3	1.4	91	202	53	11	2	8	16	0	1	27.081	0.343	0.500
45	Ted Kluszewski	PIT	1B	33	1.3	0.3	100	331	88	13	4	4	26	0	0	35.917	0.348	0.402
46	Cal Neeman	CHN	C	29	1.3	1.6	76	226	52	7	0	12	21	0	0	28.370	0.336	0.473
47	Jim Davenport	SFN	3B	24	1.2	1.0	134	493	111	22	3	12	33	1	3	46.164	0.317	0.403
48	Dave Philley	PHI	RF	38	1.2	1.2	91	225	64	11	4	3	15	1	1	27.822	0.357	0.444
49	Ed Bailey	CIN	C	27	1.2	1.3	112	414	90	23	1	11	47	2	2	44.279	0.337	0.411
50	George Crowe	CIN	1B	37	1.1	0.3	111	392	95	12	5	7	41	1	0	42.197	0.348	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	Warren Spahn	ML1	37	7.3	8.4	38	36	290.00	22	11	23	1	106	76	150	58.74	3.07	1.15	4.66
2	Lew Burdette	ML1	31	7.0	7.0	40	36	275.33	20	10	19	0	102	50	113	56.63	2.91	1.19	3.69
3	Sam Jones	SLN	32	6.7	4.9	35	35	250.00	14	13	14	0	95	107	225	61.54	2.88	1.24	8.10
4	Robin Roberts	PHI	31	6.4	5.8	35	34	269.67	17	14	21	0	112	51	130	54.41	3.24	1.19	4.34
5	Red Witt	PIT	26	5.1	4.5	18	15	106.00	9	2	5	0	22	59	81	41.92	1.61	1.29	6.88
6	Bob Purkey	CIN	28	4.9	3.7	37	34	250.00	17	11	17	0	106	49	70	43.60	3.60	1.23	2.52
7	Bob Friend	PIT	27	4.8	3.2	38	38	274.00	22	14	16	0	120	61	135	39.50	3.68	1.31	4.43
8	Johnny Antonelli	SFN	28	4.7	4.3	41	34	241.67	16	13	13	3	101	87	143	41.80	3.28	1.25	5.33
9	Stu Miller	SFN	30	4.6	4.1	41	20	182.00	6	9	4	0	60	49	119	40.88	2.47	1.15	5.88
10	Ron Kline	PIT	26	4.5	2.9	32	32	237.33	13	16	11	0	96	92	109	37.34	3.53	1.31	4.13
11	Carl Willey	ML1	27	4.3	3.5	23	19	140.00	9	7	9	0	44	53	74	34.80	2.70	1.16	4.76
12	Joey Jay	ML1	22	4.2	3.7	18	12	96.67	7	5	6	0	25	43	74	33.48	2.14	1.07	6.89
13	Johnny Podres	LAN	25	3.8	2.5	39	31	210.33	13	15	10	1	96	78	143	33.56	3.72	1.36	6.12
14	Harvey Haddix	CIN	32	3.6	3.4	29	26	184.00	8	7	8	0	79	43	110	31.67	3.52	1.27	5.38
15	Vinegar Bend Mizell	SLN	27	3.4	2.3	30	29	189.67	10	14	8	0	81	91	80	30.61	3.42	1.42	3.80
16	Jim Brosnan	2 teams	28	3.1	2.3	41	20	166.67	11	8	4	7	66	79	89	27.79	3.35	1.36	4.81
17	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	29	3.0	2.3	36	26	175.67	12	11	5	0	78	63	111	26.99	3.79	1.32	5.69
18	Juan Pizarro	ML1	21	2.8	2.7	16	10	96.67	6	4	7	1	36	47	84	22.32	2.70	1.26	7.82
19	Bob Rush	ML1	32	2.7	2.4	28	20	147.33	10	6	5	0	59	31	84	22.09	3.42	1.17	5.13
20	Larry Jackson	SLN	27	2.7	1.7	49	23	198.00	13	13	11	8	93	51	124	24.82	3.68	1.32	5.64
21	Don Elston	CHN	29	2.6	2.7	69	0	97.00	9	8	0	10	35	39	84	22.11	2.88	1.18	7.79
22	Alex Kellner	CIN	33	2.5	2.6	18	7	82.00	7	3	4	0	24	20	42	22.28	2.30	1.15	4.61
23	Dave Hillman	CHN	30	2.5	1.9	31	16	125.67	4	8	3	1	57	31	65	20.97	3.15	1.30	4.66
24	Don Drysdale	LAN	21	2.4	2.8	44	29	211.67	12	13	6	0	107	72	131	21.25	4.17	1.35	5.57
25	Roy Face	PIT	30	2.3	2.1	57	0	84.00	5	2	0	20	30	22	47	18.97	2.89	1.18	5.04
26	Bill Henry	CHN	30	2.2	2.2	44	0	81.33	5	4	0	6	27	17	58	18.86	2.88	0.98	6.42
27	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	33	2.0	1.1	46	23	181.00	8	13	6	5	89	55	74	17.95	4.13	1.38	3.68
28	Ray Semproch	PHI	27	1.9	0.4	36	30	204.33	13	11	12	0	105	58	92	16.34	3.92	1.32	4.05
29	Bob Porterfield	PIT	34	1.8	1.4	37	6	87.67	4	6	2	5	33	19	39	14.77	3.29	1.11	4.00
30	Turk Farrell	PHI	24	1.7	1.5	54	0	94.00	8	9	0	11	41	40	73	14.69	3.35	1.32	6.99
31	Vern Law	PIT	28	1.7	1.7	35	29	202.33	14	12	6	3	103	39	56	13.75	3.96	1.35	2.49
32	Curt Raydon	PIT	24	1.6	0.8	31	20	134.33	8	4	2	1	64	61	85	13.05	3.62	1.33	5.69
33	Glen Hobbie	CHN	22	1.5	0.7	55	16	168.33	10	6	2	2	80	93	91	12.87	3.74	1.52	4.87
34	Jack Meyer	PHI	26	1.5	1.4	37	5	90.33	3	6	1	2	38	33	87	12.85	3.59	1.22	8.67
35	Al Worthington	SFN	29	1.5	1.0	54	12	151.33	11	7	1	6	72	57	76	13.41	3.63	1.38	4.52
36	Stan Williams	LAN	21	1.4	0.5	27	21	119.00	9	7	3	0	58	65	80	12.04	4.01	1.38	6.05
37	Willard Schmidt	CIN	30	1.4	1.2	41	2	69.33	3	5	0	0	29	33	41	12.11	2.86	1.34	5.32
38	Johnny Klippstein	2 teams	30	1.3	0.7	57	4	123.00	6	7	0	10	60	58	95	11.50	4.10	1.43	6.95
39	Hal Jeffcoat	CIN	33	1.1	1.4	49	0	75.00	6	8	0	9	34	26	35	10.16	3.72	1.36	4.20
40	Phil Paine	SLN	28	1.0	1.0	46	0	73.33	5	1	0	1	33	31	45	8.92	3.56	1.38	5.52
41	John Buzhardt	CHN	21	0.9	0.8	6	2	24.33	3	0	1	0	5	7	9	7.87	1.85	0.95	3.33
42	Orlando Peña	CIN	24	0.9	0.9	9	0	15.00	1	0	0	3	1	4	11	7.78	0.60	0.93	6.60
43	Humberto Robinson	ML1	28	0.9	0.9	19	0	41.67	2	4	0	1	15	13	26	7.04	3.02	1.03	5.62
44	Clem Labine	LAN	31	0.8	0.5	52	2	104.00	6	6	0	14	55	33	43	7.34	4.15	1.39	3.72
45	Tom Acker	CIN	28	0.8	0.3	38	10	124.67	4	3	3	1	64	43	90	6.94	4.55	1.36	6.50
46	Bob Buhl	ML1	29	0.8	0.5	11	10	73.00	5	2	3	1	33	30	27	6.21	3.45	1.42	3.33
47	Ruben Gomez	SFN	30	0.8	0.2	42	30	207.67	10	12	8	1	107	77	112	6.76	4.38	1.35	4.85
48	Gordon Jones	SFN	28	0.8	0.6	11	1	30.33	3	1	0	1	11	5	8	6.75	2.37	1.25	2.37
49	Bob Anderson	CHN	22	0.8	0.4	17	8	65.67	3	3	2	0	29	29	51	6.37	3.97	1.37	6.99
50	Curt Simmons	PHI	29	0.7	0.1	29	27	168.33	7	14	7	1	92	40	78	5.86	4.38	1.40	4.17

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Bob Schmidt	SFN	25	1.5	123.0	973.0	616.0	54.0	12.0	10.0	11.879
	2	Del Crandall	ML1	28	1.5	124.0	1076.3	659.0	64.0	7.0	6.0	14.476
	3	Hank Foiles	PIT	29	0.9	103.0	772.0	456.0	41.0	5.0	5.0	8.836
	4	Bill Hall	PIT	29	0.9	51.0	336.0	195.0	24.0	4.0	4.0	8.161
	5	Gene Green	SLN	25	0.5	48.0	408.3	287.0	23.0	2.0	2.0	4.074
	6	Hobie Landrith	SLN	28	0.4	45.0	325.3	227.0	16.0	2.0	3.0	3.200
	7	Dutch Dotterer	CIN	27	0.4	8.0	58.0	48.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	3.075
	8	Cal Neeman	CHN	29	0.4	71.0	506.0	340.0	25.0	3.0	6.0	3.107
1B	1	Frank Torre	ML1	26	1.0	122.0	880.7	960.0	80.0	6.0	85.0	9.323
	2	Ed Bouchee	PHI	25	0.8	89.0	773.0	690.0	58.0	5.0	59.0	7.021
	3	Dave Philley	PHI	38	0.2	18.0	148.0	151.0	12.0	1.0	12.0	1.696
	4	Pancho Herrera	PHI	24	0.1	11.0	33.0	31.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	0.990
	5	Dee Fondy	CIN	33	0.1	36.0	142.3	135.0	16.0	2.0	15.0	0.840
	6	Joe Adcock	ML1	30	0.1	71.0	490.3	525.0	36.0	6.0	55.0	0.989
	7	Harry Anderson	PHI	26	0.1	49.0	435.0	397.0	29.0	9.0	39.0	0.476
	8	Frank Thomas	PIT	29	0.1	2.0	18.0	20.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.509
2B	1	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	21	2.1	152.0	1344.0	344.0	496.0	17.0	118.0	19.514
	2	Charlie Neal	LAN	27	1.6	132.0	1119.3	334.0	343.0	17.0	121.0	12.050
	3	Tony Taylor	CHN	22	1.1	137.0	1109.7	311.0	374.0	23.0	103.0	8.913
	4	Danny O'Connell	SFN	29	0.9	104.0	823.0	222.0	278.0	7.0	70.0	7.059
	5	Red Schoendienst	ML1	35	0.5	105.0	906.7	233.0	301.0	7.0	77.0	4.627
	6	Eddie Kasko	SLN	27	0.2	12.0	83.3	25.0	31.0	1.0	7.0	1.499
	7	Gene Baker	PIT	33	0.1	3.0	23.0	8.0	11.0	0.0	2.0	1.189
	8	Mel Roach	ML1	25	0.1	27.0	220.0	56.0	80.0	1.0	13.0	1.167
3B	1	Ken Boyer	SLN	27	3.3	144.0	1277.0	156.0	350.0	20.0	41.0	25.681
	2	Eddie Mathews	ML1	26	1.6	149.0	1312.0	116.0	351.0	22.0	24.0	14.847
	3	Dick Gray	LAN	26	1.5	55.0	472.0	56.0	139.0	15.0	18.0	11.526
	4	Don Hoak	CIN	30	1.5	112.0	985.7	132.0	244.0	14.0	29.0	11.284
	5	Jim Gilliam	LAN	29	1.2	44.0	353.3	38.0	103.0	9.0	16.0	8.843
	6	Randy Jackson	LAN	32	0.7	17.0	122.0	13.0	41.0	2.0	6.0	5.632
	7	Gil Hodges	LAN	34	0.5	15.0	112.3	18.0	34.0	1.0	3.0	4.195
	8	Johnny Goryl	CHN	24	0.4	44.0	341.7	46.0	88.0	10.0	13.0	3.684
SS	1	Don Zimmer	LAN	27	3.2	114.0	975.7	265.0	372.0	23.0	100.0	24.639
	2	Dick Groat	PIT	27	1.5	149.0	1322.0	307.0	461.0	20.0	127.0	14.273
	3	Johnny Logan	ML1	32	1.4	144.0	1260.3	273.0	481.0	32.0	99.0	13.129
	4	Roy McMillan	CIN	28	1.4	145.0	1117.7	278.0	394.0	14.0	81.0	10.709
	5	Daryl Spencer	SFN	29	1.2	134.0	1182.0	238.0	438.0	32.0	95.0	8.902
	6	Alex Grammas	CIN	32	0.3	61.0	246.3	55.0	84.0	1.0	21.0	2.349
	7	Granny Hamner	PHI	31	0.1	3.0	19.3	7.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.530
	8	Eddie Miksis	CIN	31	0.0	5.0	11.3	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.292
LF	1	Frank Robinson	CIN	22	0.5	85.0	715.3	170.0	10.0	2.0	1.0	4.031
	2	Jim Gilliam	LAN	29	0.4	70.0	575.7	133.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.365
	3	Pete Whisenant	CIN	28	0.4	26.0	151.3	50.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.196
	4	Walt Moryn	CHN	32	0.4	141.0	1190.7	266.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	3.156
	5	Felipe Alou	SFN	23	0.2	28.0	95.7	33.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.556
	6	Bob Thurman	CIN	41	0.2	33.0	258.0	66.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.494
	7	Gus Bell	CIN	29	0.2	17.0	125.7	35.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.492
	8	Andy Pafko	ML1	37	0.2	79.0	320.3	74.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.822
CF	1	Richie Ashburn	PHI	31	1.7	152.0	1369.7	494.0	8.0	8.0	2.0	14.567
	2	Curt Flood	SLN	20	1.3	120.0	1008.3	347.0	16.0	8.0	3.0	10.283
	3	Willie Mays	SFN	27	0.9	151.0	1352.0	427.0	15.0	9.0	2.0	7.150
	4	Bill Virdon	PIT	27	0.7	143.0	1267.3	389.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	6.290
	5	Roman Mejias	PIT	32	0.2	12.0	99.7	36.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.451
	6	Bobby Smith	SLN	24	0.1	25.0	190.7	56.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.802
	7	Don Demeter	LAN	23	0.1	22.0	152.0	45.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.693
	8	Frank Robinson	CIN	22	0.1	55.0	476.0	136.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.415
RF	1	Roberto Clemente	PIT	23	1.3	135.0	1150.7	309.0	24.0	6.0	3.0	12.184
	2	Hank Aaron	ML1	24	0.4	119.0	1019.3	227.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	3.992
	3	Pete Whisenant	CIN	28	0.4	41.0	270.7	75.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.189
	4	Felipe Alou	SFN	23	0.3	44.0	316.0	77.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	2.422
	5	Lee Walls	CHN	25	0.2	132.0	1136.3	237.0	11.0	2.0	1.0	1.879
	6	Gene Green	SLN	25	0.2	75.0	625.3	138.0	12.0	5.0	3.0	1.382
	7	Roman Mejias	PIT	32	0.2	11.0	102.3	32.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.644
	8	Bob Bowman	PHI	27	0.2	39.0	250.0	62.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.309