1959 National League Stats

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1959 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	Los Angeles Dodgers	88-68 (0.564)	-	705	670	81-73 (0.523)	81-73 (0.526)	2,071,045	35.6	14.4	-1.4	22.6
2	Milwaukee Braves	86-70 (0.551)	2.0	724	623	88-66 (0.568)	98-56 (0.636)	1,749,112	52.9	28.0	5.0	20.0
3	San Francisco Giants	83-71 (0.539)	4.0	705	613	87-67 (0.564)	87-67 (0.565)	1,422,130	41.9	20.5	0.2	21.1
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	78-76 (0.506)	9.0	651	680	74-80 (0.480)	74-80 (0.481)	1,359,917	29.1	12.5	2.3	14.4
5	Cincinnati Redlegs	74-80 (0.481)	13.0	764	738	79-75 (0.516)	81-73 (0.526)	801,298	36.2	22.2	4.3	9.7
5	Chicago Cubs	74-80 (0.481)	13.0	673	688	75-79 (0.490)	74-80 (0.481)	858,255	28.5	13.2	2.3	13.0
7	St. Louis Cardinals	71-83 (0.461)	16.0	641	725	68-86 (0.444)	68-86 (0.442)	929,953	23.1	14.2	0.7	8.2
8	Philadelphia Phillies	64-90 (0.416)	23.0	599	725	64-90 (0.414)	53-101 (0.344)	802,815	7.5	2.5	-1.9	6.9

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	Hank Aaron	ML1	RF	25	11.4	11.4	154	693	223	46	7	39	51	8	0	137.757	0.401	0.636
2	Eddie Mathews	ML1	3B	27	9.7	10.7	148	682	182	16	8	46	80	2	1	124.302	0.390	0.593
3	Willie Mays	SFN	CF	28	8.6	8.6	151	648	180	43	5	34	65	27	4	113.705	0.381	0.583
4	Ernie Banks	CHN	SS	28	7.9	9.8	155	671	179	25	6	45	64	2	4	117.548	0.374	0.596
5	Frank Robinson	CIN	1B	23	7.5	7.1	146	626	168	31	4	36	69	18	8	112.080	0.391	0.583
6	Joe Cunningham	SLN	RF	27	6.3	5.7	144	556	158	28	6	7	88	2	6	98.400	0.453	0.478
7	Vada Pinson	CIN	CF	20	6.2	6.9	154	706	205	47	9	20	55	21	6	106.946	0.371	0.509
8	Orlando Cepeda	SFN	1B	21	5.9	5.0	151	647	192	35	4	27	33	23	9	96.495	0.355	0.522
9	Ken Boyer	SLN	3B	28	5.9	7.6	149	633	174	18	5	28	67	12	6	99.741	0.384	0.508
10	Wally Moon	LAN	LF	29	5.8	5.3	145	637	164	26	11	19	81	15	6	99.082	0.394	0.495
11	Dick Stuart	PIT	1B	26	4.5	1.5	118	450	118	15	2	27	42	1	1	70.632	0.362	0.549
12	Duke Snider	LAN	RF	32	4.4	3.7	126	435	114	11	2	23	58	1	5	73.623	0.400	0.535
13	Johnny Temple	CIN	2B	31	4.4	3.8	149	696	186	35	6	8	72	14	3	89.899	0.380	0.430
14	Joe Adcock	ML1	1B	31	4.1	6.2	115	444	118	19	2	25	32	0	0	63.975	0.339	0.535
15	Gil Hodges	LAN	1B	35	3.9	2.5	124	480	114	19	2	25	58	3	2	72.174	0.367	0.513
16	Willie McCovey	SFN	1B	21	3.9	3.8	52	219	68	9	5	13	22	2	0	47.310	0.429	0.656
17	Ed Bouchee	PHI	1B	26	3.9	3.4	136	581	142	29	4	15	70	0	4	79.080	0.375	0.449
18	Don Hoak	PIT	3B	31	3.8	5.8	155	651	166	29	3	8	71	9	2	78.836	0.374	0.399
19	Charlie Neal	LAN	2B	28	3.7	4.5	151	685	177	30	11	19	43	17	6	82.944	0.337	0.464
20	Johnny Logan	ML1	SS	33	3.5	4.1	138	540	137	17	0	13	57	1	3	66.222	0.369	0.411
21	Gene Freese	PHI	3B	25	3.3	1.2	132	457	107	14	5	23	43	8	4	61.991	0.343	0.500
22	Willie Kirkland	SFN	RF	25	3.1	3.1	126	511	126	22	3	22	42	5	3	64.945	0.335	0.475
23	Bill White	SLN	LF	25	3.0	1.8	138	561	156	33	9	12	34	15	10	71.421	0.344	0.470
24	Smoky Burgess	PIT	C	32	2.9	2.8	114	418	112	28	5	11	31	0	0	55.634	0.349	0.485
25	Bob Skinner	PIT	LF	27	2.8	3.0	143	617	153	18	4	13	67	10	7	71.280	0.357	0.399
26	Del Crandall	ML1	C	29	2.7	4.5	150	581	133	19	2	21	46	5	1	60.167	0.318	0.423
27	Jim Gilliam	LAN	3B	30	2.4	2.3	145	655	156	18	4	3	96	23	10	74.946	0.387	0.345
28	Bill Bruton	ML1	CF	33	2.4	2.8	133	522	138	22	6	6	35	13	5	54.506	0.338	0.398
29	Ed Bailey	CIN	C	28	2.1	3.9	121	447	100	13	0	12	62	2	0	53.945	0.370	0.393
30	Carl Sawatski	PHI	C	31	2.1	1.9	74	233	58	10	0	9	32	0	0	35.569	0.392	0.480
31	Gino Cimoli	SLN	CF	29	2.1	1.9	143	569	145	40	7	8	37	7	0	61.680	0.327	0.430
32	Stan Musial	SLN	1B	38	2.1	0.5	115	404	87	13	2	14	60	0	2	51.385	0.364	0.428
33	Gus Bell	CIN	RF	30	2.0	2.4	148	620	170	27	2	19	29	2	3	69.783	0.325	0.445
34	Tony Taylor	CHN	2B	23	2.0	3.2	150	688	175	30	8	8	45	23	9	68.898	0.331	0.393
35	Wally Post	PHI	RF	29	2.0	2.3	132	510	119	17	6	22	36	0	0	56.767	0.310	0.457
36	Jerry Lynch	CIN	LF	28	1.7	1.9	117	415	102	16	3	17	29	2	0	48.138	0.320	0.462
37	Jackie Brandt	SFN	LF	25	1.7	1.6	137	471	116	16	5	12	35	11	4	48.983	0.324	0.415
38	Al Dark	CHN	3B	37	1.7	2.4	136	545	126	22	9	6	55	1	1	56.460	0.342	0.386
39	Sammy Taylor	CHN	C	26	1.7	0.4	110	390	95	13	2	13	35	1	0	44.770	0.336	0.428
40	Rocky Nelson	PIT	1B	34	1.6	-0.1	98	204	51	11	0	6	23	0	0	28.620	0.379	0.457
41	Willie Jones	2 teams	3B	33	1.6	1.1	119	447	101	21	2	14	47	0	2	50.565	0.333	0.427
42	Dave Philley	PHI	RF	39	1.6	1.4	99	278	74	18	2	7	18	0	0	34.133	0.339	0.461
43	Daryl Spencer	SFN	2B	30	1.6	1.1	152	621	147	20	1	12	58	5	0	59.369	0.332	0.369
44	Wes Covington	ML1	LF	27	1.5	1.0	103	405	104	17	3	7	26	0	1	41.252	0.329	0.397
45	Don Blasingame	SLN	2B	27	1.5	3.4	150	691	178	26	7	1	67	15	15	72.645	0.361	0.359
46	Irv Noren	2 teams	LF	34	1.3	1.7	73	180	51	7	2	4	13	2	0	24.623	0.372	0.451
47	Lee Walls	CHN	RF	26	1.3	1.5	120	409	91	18	3	8	42	0	2	43.394	0.342	0.393
48	Roy McMillan	CIN	SS	29	1.3	1.6	79	280	65	14	2	9	27	0	2	34.574	0.345	0.447
49	Felipe Alou	SFN	RF	24	1.3	1.2	95	268	68	13	2	10	17	5	3	31.027	0.318	0.466
50	Norm Larker	LAN	1B	28	1.2	0.9	108	351	90	14	1	8	26	0	1	39.112	0.344	0.418

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	38	8.2	7.7	40	36	292.00	21	15	21	0	106	70	143	64.00	2.96	1.21	4.41
2	Vern Law	PIT	29	7.5	6.5	34	33	266.00	18	9	20	1	91	53	110	65.84	2.98	1.12	3.72
3	Sam Jones	SFN	33	7.3	6.0	50	35	270.67	21	15	16	4	99	109	209	69.30	2.83	1.26	6.95
4	Don Drysdale	LAN	22	6.6	6.0	44	36	270.67	17	13	15	2	113	93	242	56.76	3.46	1.22	8.05
5	Don Newcombe	CIN	33	6.6	7.4	30	29	222.00	13	8	17	1	87	27	100	51.23	3.16	1.09	4.05
6	Johnny Antonelli	SFN	29	6.3	5.2	40	38	282.00	19	10	17	1	107	76	165	59.98	3.10	1.15	5.27
7	Roger Craig	LAN	29	6.3	5.0	29	17	152.67	11	5	7	0	49	45	76	53.44	2.06	1.09	4.48
8	Larry Jackson	SLN	28	5.6	4.2	40	37	256.00	14	13	12	0	103	64	145	52.19	3.30	1.31	5.10
9	Harvey Haddix	PIT	33	5.5	4.4	31	29	224.33	12	12	14	0	88	49	149	48.14	3.13	1.06	5.98
10	Bob Buhl	ML1	30	5.1	3.5	31	25	198.00	15	9	12	0	76	74	105	39.49	2.86	1.29	4.77
11	Gene Conley	PHI	28	5.0	4.6	25	22	180.00	12	7	12	1	68	42	102	43.00	3.00	1.12	5.10
12	Jim Owens	PHI	25	4.6	3.5	31	30	221.33	12	12	11	1	97	73	135	39.12	3.21	1.25	5.49
13	Jack Sanford	SFN	30	4.6	3.5	36	31	222.33	15	12	10	1	90	70	132	43.28	3.16	1.21	5.34
14	Bill Henry	CHN	31	4.2	3.8	65	0	134.33	9	8	0	12	42	26	115	35.65	2.68	1.02	7.70
15	Glen Hobbie	CHN	23	3.6	2.2	46	33	234.00	16	13	10	0	105	106	138	30.38	3.69	1.32	5.31
16	Dave Hillman	CHN	31	3.5	2.8	39	24	191.00	8	11	4	0	84	43	88	29.19	3.53	1.16	4.15
17	Stu Miller	SFN	31	3.2	2.2	59	9	167.67	8	7	2	8	66	57	95	29.90	2.84	1.32	5.10
18	Larry Sherry	LAN	23	3.1	3.1	23	9	94.33	7	2	1	3	27	43	72	26.74	2.19	1.25	6.87
19	Roy Face	PIT	31	2.9	2.8	57	0	93.33	18	1	0	10	29	25	69	25.20	2.70	1.24	6.65
20	Johnny Podres	LAN	26	2.8	2.5	34	29	195.00	14	9	6	0	93	74	145	23.83	4.11	1.36	6.69
21	Bob Rush	ML1	33	2.5	2.1	31	9	101.33	5	6	1	0	39	23	64	19.29	2.40	1.23	5.68
22	Don McMahon	ML1	29	2.4	2.4	60	0	80.67	5	3	0	15	26	37	55	18.71	2.57	1.46	6.14
23	Robin Roberts	PHI	32	2.1	1.4	35	35	257.33	15	17	19	0	137	35	137	17.87	4.27	1.17	4.79
24	Sandy Koufax	LAN	23	2.1	1.2	35	23	153.33	8	6	6	2	74	92	173	17.82	4.05	1.49	10.15
25	Don Elston	CHN	30	2.0	1.9	65	0	97.67	10	8	0	13	40	46	82	17.23	3.32	1.26	7.56
26	Bob Purkey	CIN	29	2.0	1.6	38	33	218.00	13	18	9	1	118	43	78	15.49	4.25	1.30	3.22
27	Bob Anderson	CHN	23	2.0	0.4	37	36	235.33	12	13	7	0	117	77	113	16.80	4.13	1.37	4.32
28	Lindy McDaniel	SLN	23	1.9	1.3	62	7	132.00	14	12	1	15	61	41	86	17.66	3.82	1.40	5.86
29	Jim Brosnan	2 teams	29	1.8	1.3	46	10	116.33	9	6	1	4	53	41	74	14.13	3.79	1.32	5.72
30	Lew Burdette	ML1	32	1.6	1.1	41	39	289.67	21	15	20	1	144	38	105	12.68	4.07	1.21	3.26
31	Mike McCormick	SFN	20	1.6	0.5	47	31	225.67	12	16	7	4	117	86	151	15.08	3.99	1.32	6.02
32	Vinegar Bend Mizell	SLN	28	1.4	0.7	31	30	201.33	13	10	8	0	104	89	108	13.40	4.20	1.42	4.83
33	Don Cardwell	PHI	23	1.4	0.2	25	22	153.00	9	10	5	0	77	65	106	12.13	4.06	1.31	6.24
34	Danny McDevitt	LAN	26	1.4	0.5	39	22	145.00	10	8	6	4	83	51	106	11.73	3.97	1.38	6.58
35	Bob Miller	SLN	20	1.4	1.1	11	10	70.67	4	3	3	0	31	21	43	12.70	3.31	1.23	5.48
36	Bob Gibson	SLN	23	1.3	0.8	13	9	75.67	3	5	2	0	35	39	48	11.90	3.33	1.53	5.71
37	Jack Meyer	PHI	27	1.2	0.9	47	1	93.67	5	3	1	1	43	53	71	10.62	3.36	1.38	6.82
38	Clem Labine	LAN	32	1.2	0.8	56	0	84.67	5	10	0	9	39	25	37	10.61	3.93	1.37	3.93
39	Bob Friend	PIT	28	1.2	0.5	35	35	234.67	8	19	7	0	129	52	104	10.63	4.03	1.36	3.99
40	Juan Pizarro	ML1	22	1.1	0.5	29	14	133.67	6	2	6	0	61	70	126	8.75	3.77	1.40	8.48
41	Elmer Singleton	CHN	41	1.0	0.9	21	1	43.00	2	1	0	0	15	12	25	8.85	2.72	1.21	5.23
42	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	30	0.9	0.8	28	21	131.67	9	9	6	1	76	35	75	7.36	4.24	1.44	5.13
43	Stan Williams	LAN	22	0.9	0.6	35	15	124.67	5	5	2	0	64	86	89	7.99	3.97	1.51	6.43
44	Ron Kline	PIT	27	0.9	-0.0	33	29	186.00	11	13	7	0	95	70	91	7.77	4.26	1.38	4.40
45	Humberto Robinson	PHI	29	0.9	0.9	31	4	73.00	2	4	1	1	36	24	32	7.46	3.33	1.29	3.95
46	Willard Schmidt	CIN	31	0.7	0.6	36	4	70.67	3	2	0	0	36	30	40	5.36	3.95	1.56	5.09
47	Al Worthington	SFN	30	0.6	0.3	42	3	73.33	2	3	0	2	34	37	45	6.15	3.68	1.43	5.52
48	Marshall Bridges	SLN	28	0.6	0.6	27	4	76.00	6	3	1	1	38	37	76	5.92	4.26	1.37	9.00
49	Tom Acker	CIN	29	0.6	0.5	37	0	63.33	1	2	0	2	31	37	45	4.51	4.12	1.48	6.39
50	Fred Green	PIT	25	0.6	0.4	17	1	37.33	1	2	0	1	16	15	20	5.08	3.13	1.39	4.82

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	29	1.9	146.0	1271.7	783.0	71.0	5.0	15.0	17.669
	2	Ed Bailey	CIN	28	1.8	117.0	961.7	549.0	64.0	6.0	6.0	17.047
	3	Hobie Landrith	SFN	29	1.5	109.0	782.0	576.0	45.0	5.0	5.0	11.286
	4	Hal Smith	SLN	28	1.4	141.0	1105.7	758.0	60.0	9.0	13.0	10.552
	5	Valmy Thomas	PHI	33	0.9	65.0	409.0	310.0	25.0	7.0	3.0	7.883
	6	John Roseboro	LAN	26	0.6	117.0	1021.7	848.0	54.0	8.0	10.0	5.834
	7	Bob Schmidt	SFN	26	0.5	70.0	486.0	307.0	30.0	0.0	1.0	3.691
	8	Jim Hegan	2 teams	38	0.4	46.0	254.0	156.0	17.0	3.0	3.0	3.286
1B	1	Joe Adcock	ML1	31	2.1	89.0	714.0	761.0	80.0	2.0	67.0	19.900
	2	Frank Torre	ML1	27	0.8	87.0	591.0	622.0	46.0	4.0	43.0	7.701
	3	Frank Thomas	CIN	30	0.2	14.0	118.0	111.0	15.0	2.0	11.0	2.106
	4	Walt Dropo	CIN	36	0.2	23.0	104.3	103.0	11.0	0.0	11.0	1.546
	5	Jim Marshall	CHN	28	0.1	72.0	547.3	558.0	51.0	2.0	52.0	1.112
	6	Mickey Vernon	ML1	41	0.0	10.0	56.7	54.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	0.370
	7	Al Dark	CHN	37	0.0	4.0	27.0	26.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.342
	8	George Crowe	SLN	38	0.0	14.0	90.0	82.0	12.0	0.0	9.0	0.264
2B	1	Don Blasingame	SLN	27	1.9	150.0	1290.0	362.0	439.0	17.0	104.0	14.439
	2	Tony Taylor	CHN	23	1.4	149.0	1302.0	352.0	456.0	25.0	105.0	12.438
	3	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	22	1.1	133.0	1167.3	303.0	373.0	13.0	100.0	8.662
	4	Charlie Neal	LAN	28	0.9	151.0	1346.7	386.0	413.0	9.0	110.0	8.565
	5	Dick Schofield	PIT	24	0.6	28.0	224.0	65.0	80.0	3.0	21.0	4.733
	6	Lee Tate	SLN	27	0.1	2.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.744
	7	Earl Averill	CHN	27	0.1	2.0	11.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	0.723
	8	Sparky Anderson	PHI	25	0.1	152.0	1244.7	343.0	403.0	12.0	70.0	0.548
3B	1	Ken Boyer	SLN	28	2.3	143.0	1220.3	134.0	300.0	20.0	32.0	17.603
	2	Don Hoak	PIT	31	1.9	155.0	1378.3	169.0	322.0	20.0	31.0	15.070
	3	Eddie Mathews	ML1	27	1.0	148.0	1315.7	144.0	305.0	18.0	21.0	9.686
	4	Al Dark	CHN	37	0.8	131.0	1090.0	111.0	255.0	20.0	20.0	7.144
	5	Jim Davenport	SFN	25	0.6	121.0	1003.0	91.0	221.0	7.0	15.0	4.518
	6	Danny O'Connell	SFN	30	0.5	26.0	120.0	15.0	36.0	4.0	3.0	3.714
	7	Jim Baxes	LAN	30	0.4	10.0	87.0	11.0	29.0	2.0	2.0	4.240
	8	Earl Averill	CHN	27	0.3	13.0	109.0	16.0	32.0	5.0	2.0	2.681
SS	1	Ernie Banks	CHN	28	2.0	154.0	1371.3	271.0	519.0	12.0	95.0	17.811
	2	Dick Groat	PIT	28	1.6	145.0	1302.0	301.0	473.0	29.0	97.0	12.043
	3	Alex Grammas	SLN	33	1.5	130.0	1006.0	216.0	373.0	22.0	80.0	11.550
	4	Eddie Kasko	CIN	28	1.5	84.0	723.0	182.0	271.0	11.0	61.0	14.024
	5	Joe Koppe	PHI	28	0.9	113.0	942.3	218.0	347.0	27.0	67.0	7.462
	6	Johnny Logan	ML1	33	0.6	138.0	1201.0	260.0	431.0	18.0	78.0	5.761
	7	Roy McMillan	CIN	29	0.3	73.0	621.0	163.0	205.0	10.0	50.0	2.852
	8	Don Zimmer	LAN	28	0.2	88.0	636.3	115.0	226.0	10.0	43.0	2.024
LF	1	Harry Anderson	PHI	27	0.8	137.0	1159.0	286.0	18.0	6.0	4.0	6.645
	2	Bill White	SLN	25	0.4	87.0	670.7	164.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	3.402
	3	Jackie Brandt	SFN	25	0.3	111.0	725.7	163.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	2.402
	4	Bob Skinner	PIT	27	0.3	141.0	1254.7	287.0	9.0	11.0	1.0	2.001
	5	Jerry Lynch	CIN	28	0.2	98.0	757.0	177.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	1.979
	6	Jim Pendleton	CIN	35	0.2	24.0	98.3	32.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.533
	7	Leon Wagner	SFN	25	0.1	28.0	190.0	50.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.785
	8	Irv Noren	2 teams	34	0.1	19.0	112.3	28.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.892
CF	1	Bill Virdon	PIT	28	1.3	144.0	1248.0	406.0	16.0	9.0	5.0	10.253
	2	Vada Pinson	CIN	20	0.7	154.0	1355.0	420.0	11.0	7.0	4.0	6.572
	3	George Altman	CHN	26	0.4	120.0	941.0	275.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	3.588
	4	Bill Bruton	ML1	33	0.3	133.0	1045.3	305.0	6.0	3.0	2.0	3.293
	5	Bobby Thomson	CHN	35	0.1	50.0	394.0	111.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	1.264
	6	Roman Mejias	PIT	33	0.1	22.0	145.3	49.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.748
	7	Willie Mays	SFN	28	0.1	147.0	1281.3	351.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.474
	8	Felipe Alou	SFN	24	0.0	11.0	61.0	20.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.352
RF	1	Roberto Clemente	PIT	24	0.6	104.0	900.0	228.0	11.0	13.0	1.0	4.855
	2	Gus Bell	CIN	30	0.4	141.0	1189.0	258.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	3.444
	3	Wally Post	PHI	29	0.3	116.0	999.3	213.0	11.0	2.0	3.0	2.478
	4	Irv Noren	CHN	34	0.2	17.0	133.0	39.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.159
	5	Bobby Thomson	CHN	35	0.2	29.0	204.3	54.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.071
	6	Dave Philley	PHI	39	0.2	35.0	297.3	67.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.567
	7	Roman Mejias	PIT	33	0.2	52.0	427.3	91.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	1.330
	8	Lee Walls	CHN	26	0.2	119.0	893.3	198.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	1.451