1968 National League Stats

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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	St. Louis Cardinals	97-65 (0.599)	-	583	472	96-66 (0.595)	93-69 (0.574)	2,011,167	45.1	19.3	2.3	23.5
2	San Francisco Giants	88-74 (0.543)	9.0	599	529	90-72 (0.557)	87-75 (0.537)	837,220	40.0	21.5	1.7	16.8
3	Chicago Cubs	84-78 (0.519)	13.0	612	611	81-81 (0.501)	82-80 (0.506)	1,043,409	34.0	16.5	6.9	10.6
4	Cincinnati Reds	83-79 (0.512)	14.0	690	673	83-79 (0.511)	83-79 (0.512)	733,354	35.6	28.1	3.7	3.8
5	Atlanta Braves	81-81 (0.500)	16.0	514	549	76-86 (0.470)	85-77 (0.525)	1,126,540	37.4	18.2	3.2	16.0
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	80-82 (0.494)	17.0	583	532	88-74 (0.542)	97-65 (0.599)	693,485	49.2	22.1	9.2	18.0
7	Philadelphia Phillies	76-86 (0.469)	21.0	543	615	72-90 (0.443)	70-92 (0.432)	664,546	22.6	12.1	5.6	4.9
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	76-86 (0.469)	21.0	470	509	75-87 (0.464)	78-84 (0.481)	1,581,093	30.0	13.8	2.5	13.7
9	New York Mets	73-89 (0.451)	24.0	473	499	77-85 (0.476)	72-90 (0.444)	1,781,657	24.5	4.7	0.9	18.9
10	Houston Astros	72-90 (0.444)	25.0	510	588	71-91 (0.435)	64-98 (0.395)	1,312,887	16.5	11.3	-0.1	5.3

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	Willie McCovey	SFN	1B	30	9.3	10.6	148	608	153	16	4	36	72	4	2	100.726	0.378	0.545
2	Hank Aaron	ATL	RF	34	8.8	10.0	160	676	174	33	4	29	64	28	5	98.005	0.354	0.498
3	Pete Rose	CIN	RF	27	7.5	7.5	149	692	210	42	6	10	56	3	7	102.002	0.391	0.470
4	Dick Allen	PHI	LF	26	7.5	7.3	152	605	137	17	9	33	74	7	7	90.369	0.352	0.520
5	Jim Wynn	HOU	CF	26	7.3	7.7	156	646	146	23	5	26	90	11	17	93.690	0.376	0.474
6	Willie Mays	SFN	CF	37	7.3	7.7	148	573	144	20	5	23	67	12	6	84.517	0.372	0.488
7	Billy Williams	CHN	LF	30	7.2	7.0	163	699	185	30	8	30	48	4	1	97.328	0.336	0.500
8	Lou Brock	SLN	LF	29	6.9	7.2	159	712	184	46	14	6	46	62	12	79.487	0.328	0.418
9	Felipe Alou	ATL	CF	33	6.6	7.0	160	718	210	37	5	11	48	12	11	93.611	0.365	0.438
10	Roberto Clemente	PIT	RF	33	6.2	7.2	132	557	146	18	12	18	51	2	3	78.110	0.355	0.482
11	Rusty Staub	HOU	1B	24	6.0	7.3	161	682	172	37	1	6	73	2	0	81.170	0.373	0.388
12	Cleon Jones	NYN	LF	25	5.3	5.4	147	552	151	29	4	14	31	23	12	69.672	0.341	0.452
13	Ron Santo	CHN	3B	28	5.3	8.1	162	682	142	17	3	26	96	3	4	85.117	0.354	0.421
14	Lee May	CIN	1B	25	5.1	5.6	146	602	162	32	1	22	34	4	7	79.145	0.337	0.469
15	Tony Perez	CIN	3B	26	5.0	6.1	160	690	176	25	7	18	51	3	2	82.503	0.338	0.430
16	Matty Alou	PIT	CF	29	4.8	4.6	146	598	185	28	4	0	27	18	10	68.451	0.362	0.396
17	Jim Ray Hart	SFN	3B	26	4.6	3.6	136	535	124	14	3	23	46	3	1	64.085	0.323	0.444
18	Ernie Banks	CHN	1B	37	4.2	4.9	150	595	136	27	0	32	27	2	0	68.278	0.287	0.469
19	Willie Stargell	PIT	LF	28	4.1	3.9	128	496	103	15	1	24	47	5	0	57.874	0.315	0.441
20	Donn Clendenon	PIT	1B	32	3.9	6.4	158	645	150	20	6	17	47	10	3	64.637	0.309	0.399
21	Tom Haller	LAN	C	31	3.9	6.2	144	534	135	27	5	4	46	1	4	57.494	0.345	0.388
22	Alex Johnson	CIN	LF	25	3.8	4.0	149	634	188	32	6	2	26	16	6	69.338	0.342	0.395
23	Curt Flood	SLN	CF	30	3.8	4.8	150	666	186	17	4	5	33	11	6	66.494	0.339	0.366
24	Ron Hunt	SFN	2B	27	3.5	2.5	148	650	132	19	0	2	78	6	6	62.482	0.371	0.297
25	Mike Shannon	SLN	3B	28	3.5	3.8	156	625	153	29	2	15	37	1	2	63.081	0.309	0.401
26	Ed Charles	NYN	3B	35	3.2	4.0	117	409	102	11	1	15	28	5	4	47.550	0.328	0.434
27	Johnny Bench	CIN	C	20	3.2	6.3	154	607	155	40	2	15	31	1	5	66.764	0.311	0.433
28	Len Gabrielson	LAN	LF	28	3.2	3.1	108	343	82	16	1	10	32	1	1	40.461	0.337	0.428
29	Willie Davis	LAN	CF	28	3.1	3.0	160	686	161	24	10	7	31	36	10	52.808	0.284	0.351
30	Johnny Callison	PHI	RF	29	3.1	3.3	121	448	97	18	4	14	42	4	3	49.200	0.319	0.415
31	Ron Swoboda	NYN	RF	24	3.1	3.0	132	508	109	14	6	11	52	8	1	51.397	0.325	0.373
32	Orlando Cepeda	SLN	1B	30	3.0	3.6	157	656	149	26	2	16	43	8	6	62.674	0.306	0.378
33	Maury Wills	PIT	3B	35	2.9	2.7	153	685	174	12	6	0	45	52	21	55.628	0.326	0.316
34	Denis Menke	HOU	2B	27	2.9	1.7	150	621	135	23	6	6	64	5	8	59.142	0.334	0.347
35	Bobby Bonds	SFN	RF	22	2.8	3.0	81	349	78	10	5	9	38	16	7	39.558	0.336	0.407
36	John Briggs	PHI	1B	24	2.8	2.6	110	399	86	13	1	7	58	8	5	44.650	0.364	0.361
37	Tito Francona	ATL	LF	34	2.8	2.6	122	400	99	13	1	2	51	3	0	44.017	0.376	0.347
38	Glenn Beckert	CHN	2B	27	2.7	3.9	155	685	189	28	4	4	31	8	4	65.770	0.327	0.369
39	Joe Torre	ATL	C	27	2.7	2.8	115	464	115	11	2	10	34	1	0	48.271	0.332	0.377
40	Adolfo Phillips	CHN	CF	26	2.6	3.0	143	497	106	20	5	13	47	9	7	52.534	0.321	0.399
41	Dick Dietz	SFN	C	26	2.5	1.7	98	338	82	14	2	6	34	1	1	38.100	0.347	0.392
42	Jerry Grote	NYN	C	25	2.4	3.5	124	454	114	18	0	3	44	1	5	47.138	0.357	0.349
43	Doug Rader	HOU	3B	23	2.3	2.4	98	371	89	16	4	6	31	2	2	38.868	0.328	0.393
44	Felix Millan	ATL	2B	24	2.0	3.2	149	615	165	22	2	1	22	6	6	52.203	0.321	0.340
45	Art Shamsky	NYN	LF	26	2.0	2.2	116	381	82	14	4	12	21	1	0	36.950	0.292	0.406
46	Vada Pinson	CIN	CF	29	2.0	1.8	130	542	135	29	6	5	32	17	11	51.198	0.311	0.383
47	Mack Jones	CIN	CF	29	1.9	1.6	103	271	59	9	1	10	28	2	3	32.832	0.341	0.427
48	Tony Gonzalez	PHI	CF	31	1.9	1.8	121	471	110	13	4	3	40	6	5	43.249	0.335	0.337
49	Wes Parker	LAN	1B	28	1.7	0.9	135	534	112	22	2	3	49	4	6	41.289	0.312	0.314
50	Bill White	PHI	1B	34	1.7	1.6	127	431	92	16	2	9	39	0	1	39.325	0.309	0.361

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	Bob Gibson	SLN	32	12.0	11.5	34	34	304.67	22	9	28	0	49	62	268	108.05	1.12	0.85	7.92
2	Fergie Jenkins	CHN	25	7.2	6.5	40	40	308.00	20	15	20	0	96	65	260	54.67	2.63	1.04	7.60
3	Bob Veale	PIT	32	6.3	5.0	36	33	245.33	13	14	13	0	67	94	171	47.51	2.05	1.15	6.27
4	Tom Seaver	NYN	23	6.1	5.1	36	35	277.67	16	12	14	1	73	48	205	56.54	2.20	0.98	6.64
5	Jerry Koosman	NYN	25	5.9	4.4	35	34	263.67	19	12	17	0	72	69	178	54.75	2.08	1.10	6.08
6	Juan Marichal	SFN	30	5.7	4.6	38	38	326.00	26	9	30	0	106	46	218	50.68	2.43	1.05	6.02
7	Steve Blass	PIT	26	5.2	4.2	33	31	220.33	18	6	12	0	64	57	132	39.53	2.12	1.13	5.39
8	Don Drysdale	LAN	31	4.9	4.3	31	31	239.00	14	12	12	0	68	56	155	39.17	2.15	1.08	5.84
9	Gaylord Perry	SFN	29	4.7	3.3	39	38	291.00	16	15	19	1	93	59	173	41.78	2.44	1.03	5.35
10	Pat Jarvis	ATL	27	4.6	3.8	34	34	256.00	16	12	14	0	82	50	157	36.82	2.60	0.98	5.52
11	Phil Niekro	ATL	29	4.5	3.8	37	34	257.00	14	12	15	2	83	45	140	35.87	2.59	1.06	4.90
12	Bill Hands	CHN	28	4.4	2.7	38	34	258.67	16	10	11	0	91	36	148	32.98	2.89	0.99	5.15
13	Bobby Bolin	SFN	29	4.2	3.4	34	19	176.67	10	5	6	0	44	46	126	37.65	1.99	0.98	6.42
14	Ray Washburn	SLN	30	3.7	3.2	31	30	215.00	14	8	8	0	67	47	124	33.48	2.26	1.11	5.19
15	Larry Jackson	PHI	37	3.4	2.2	34	34	243.67	13	17	12	0	86	60	127	25.37	2.77	1.19	4.69
16	Phil Regan	2 teams	31	3.2	3.1	73	0	134.67	12	5	0	25	39	25	67	24.50	2.27	1.07	4.48
17	Chris Short	PHI	30	3.2	2.4	42	36	269.67	19	13	9	1	99	81	202	24.10	2.94	1.18	6.74
18	Ron Kline	PIT	36	3.1	2.8	56	0	112.67	12	5	0	7	26	31	48	23.79	1.68	1.11	3.83
19	Don Sutton	LAN	23	3.1	2.7	35	27	207.67	11	15	7	1	64	59	162	25.08	2.60	1.15	7.02
20	Gary Nolan	CIN	20	3.1	3.0	23	22	150.00	9	4	4	0	48	49	111	23.75	2.40	1.03	6.66
21	Woodie Fryman	PHI	28	2.8	1.7	34	32	213.67	12	14	10	0	78	64	151	20.87	2.78	1.23	6.36
22	Nelson Briles	SLN	24	2.5	1.8	33	33	243.67	19	11	13	0	90	55	141	22.48	2.81	1.26	5.21
23	Bob Moose	PIT	20	2.5	1.5	38	22	171.33	8	12	3	3	61	41	126	18.63	2.73	1.03	6.62
24	Ted Abernathy	CIN	35	2.4	2.1	78	0	134.67	10	7	0	13	43	55	64	18.32	2.47	1.23	4.28
25	Ray Sadecki	SFN	27	2.4	1.2	38	36	254.00	12	18	13	0	94	70	206	21.58	2.91	1.16	7.30
26	Denny Lemaster	HOU	29	2.4	1.2	33	32	224.00	10	15	7	0	79	72	146	20.07	2.81	1.35	5.87
27	Clay Carroll	2 teams	27	2.3	2.1	68	1	144.00	7	8	0	17	50	38	71	17.29	2.69	1.15	4.44
28	Mike Cuellar	HOU	31	2.2	1.9	28	24	170.67	8	11	11	1	60	45	133	18.10	2.74	1.15	7.01
29	Steve Carlton	SLN	23	1.9	1.5	34	33	231.67	13	11	10	0	87	61	162	17.07	2.99	1.19	6.29
30	Bill Singer	LAN	24	1.8	1.3	37	36	256.33	13	17	12	0	97	78	227	14.20	2.88	1.19	7.97
31	Joe Hoerner	SLN	31	1.7	1.6	47	0	48.67	8	2	0	17	9	12	42	15.76	1.48	0.95	7.77
32	Cecil Upshaw	ATL	25	1.7	1.6	52	0	116.67	8	7	0	13	41	24	74	13.88	2.47	1.05	5.71
33	Jim McAndrew	NYN	24	1.7	1.3	12	12	79.00	4	7	2	0	20	17	46	15.86	2.28	1.05	5.24
34	Dave Giusti	HOU	28	1.7	1.1	37	34	251.00	11	14	12	1	95	67	186	14.24	3.19	1.17	6.67
35	Dick Selma	NYN	24	1.7	1.4	33	23	169.67	9	10	4	0	63	54	117	15.74	2.76	1.19	6.21
36	Ken Holtzman	CHN	22	1.6	0.3	34	32	215.00	11	14	6	1	89	76	151	12.17	3.35	1.29	6.32
37	Frank Linzy	SFN	27	1.5	1.3	57	0	94.67	9	8	0	12	30	27	36	13.74	2.09	1.09	3.42
38	Gerry Arrigo	CIN	27	1.5	0.4	36	31	205.33	12	10	5	0	84	77	140	11.61	3.33	1.26	6.14
39	George Culver	CIN	24	1.5	0.8	42	35	226.33	11	16	5	2	95	84	114	11.55	3.22	1.38	4.53
40	Cal Koonce	NYN	27	1.5	1.2	55	2	97.00	6	4	0	11	27	32	50	14.09	2.41	1.15	4.64
41	Mudcat Grant	LAN	32	1.4	1.1	37	4	94.67	6	4	1	3	29	19	35	11.24	2.09	1.01	3.33
42	Hank Aguirre	LAN	37	1.3	1.2	25	0	39.33	1	2	0	3	8	13	25	10.33	0.69	1.14	5.72
43	Dock Ellis	PIT	23	1.3	0.8	26	10	104.00	6	5	2	0	35	38	52	9.77	2.51	1.15	4.50
44	Don Cardwell	NYN	32	1.3	0.0	29	25	179.67	7	13	5	1	69	50	82	11.66	2.96	1.15	4.11
45	Jack Billingham	LAN	25	1.3	1.3	50	1	70.67	3	0	0	8	18	30	46	10.03	2.17	1.19	5.86
46	Jim Brewer	LAN	30	1.2	1.2	54	0	76.33	8	3	0	14	22	33	75	9.89	2.48	1.21	8.84
47	Milt Pappas	2 teams	29	1.2	0.8	37	30	184.00	12	13	3	0	77	32	118	10.15	3.47	1.16	5.77
48	Luke Walker	PIT	24	1.2	1.0	39	2	61.67	0	3	0	3	18	39	66	8.84	2.04	1.31	9.63
49	George Stone	ATL	21	1.1	1.2	17	10	75.00	7	4	2	0	27	19	52	8.74	2.76	1.09	6.24
50	Ron Taylor	NYN	30	1.0	0.8	58	0	76.67	1	5	0	13	24	18	49	9.33	2.70	1.07	5.75

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Johnny Bench	CIN	20	3.0	154.0	1301.0	942.0	102.0	9.0	10.0	28.165
	2	Tom Haller	LAN	31	2.3	139.0	1151.7	863.0	81.0	6.0	23.0	21.707
	3	Bob Barton	SFN	26	1.3	45.0	263.3	194.0	23.0	1.0	4.0	10.058
	4	Jerry Grote	NYN	25	1.1	115.0	1005.7	754.0	60.0	5.0	8.0	8.385
	5	Jerry May	PIT	24	1.1	135.0	1120.3	752.0	70.0	10.0	10.0	10.171
	6	Mike Ryan	PHI	26	0.8	96.0	775.3	501.0	62.0	5.0	7.0	7.297
	7	Ron Brand	HOU	28	0.7	29.0	190.0	153.0	14.0	0.0	3.0	6.086
	8	Jeff Torborg	LAN	26	0.6	37.0	266.7	206.0	20.0	2.0	1.0	5.359
1B	1	Donn Clendenon	PIT	32	2.6	155.0	1388.3	1587.0	128.0	17.0	134.0	23.811
	2	Rusty Staub	HOU	24	1.4	147.0	1303.7	1313.0	93.0	11.0	100.0	12.036
	3	Willie McCovey	SFN	30	1.3	146.0	1257.3	1305.0	103.0	21.0	91.0	9.973
	4	Ernie Banks	CHN	37	0.6	147.0	1232.0	1379.0	88.0	6.0	118.0	5.971
	5	Orlando Cepeda	SLN	30	0.6	154.0	1388.3	1362.0	90.0	17.0	109.0	4.296
	6	Deron Johnson	ATL	29	0.5	97.0	684.3	738.0	46.0	3.0	66.0	4.373
	7	Tommie Aaron	ATL	28	0.3	28.0	191.7	209.0	17.0	0.0	12.0	3.131
	8	Lee May	CIN	25	0.3	122.0	1018.7	1040.0	70.0	5.0	86.0	2.991
2B	1	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	31	2.5	142.0	1255.7	319.0	467.0	15.0	107.0	23.121
	2	Cookie Rojas	PHI	29	1.6	150.0	1312.7	365.0	424.0	10.0	110.0	15.096
	3	Glenn Beckert	CHN	27	1.2	155.0	1375.3	356.0	461.0	19.0	107.0	11.003
	4	Felix Millan	ATL	24	1.2	145.0	1285.3	330.0	438.0	16.0	91.0	10.850
	5	Tommy Helms	CIN	27	1.0	127.0	1124.3	322.0	370.0	15.0	82.0	9.105
	6	Chico Ruiz	CIN	29	0.8	34.0	212.3	50.0	93.0	3.0	18.0	7.076
	7	Dick Schofield	SLN	33	0.5	23.0	158.7	65.0	50.0	3.0	15.0	3.459
	8	Julio Gotay	HOU	29	0.4	48.0	341.7	116.0	103.0	4.0	28.0	3.173
3B	1	Ron Santo	CHN	28	2.8	162.0	1444.3	130.0	378.0	15.0	33.0	25.821
	2	Tony Taylor	PHI	32	2.4	138.0	1206.7	112.0	315.0	15.0	25.0	21.755
	3	Tony Perez	CIN	26	1.1	160.0	1463.3	151.0	343.0	25.0	33.0	10.447
	4	Ed Charles	NYN	35	0.8	106.0	850.0	69.0	200.0	13.0	19.0	6.098
	5	Bob Johnson	ATL	32	0.6	48.0	401.3	45.0	101.0	8.0	9.0	5.617
	6	Bill Sudakis	LAN	22	0.5	24.0	211.0	25.0	57.0	4.0	3.0	4.625
	7	Clete Boyer	ATL	31	0.4	69.0	615.0	74.0	135.0	4.0	17.0	3.898
	8	Frank Johnson	SFN	25	0.4	36.0	281.0	32.0	69.0	6.0	4.0	2.867
SS	1	Gene Alley	PIT	27	2.9	109.0	918.0	162.0	394.0	15.0	86.0	26.588
	2	Don Kessinger	CHN	25	2.6	159.0	1394.3	263.0	573.0	33.0	97.0	24.345
	3	Hal Lanier	SFN	25	2.1	150.0	1292.0	282.0	496.0	17.0	72.0	15.913
	4	Roberto Peña	PHI	31	1.2	133.0	1155.3	230.0	434.0	32.0	93.0	11.420
	5	Zoilo Versalles	LAN	28	0.7	119.0	1008.7	204.0	380.0	28.0	62.0	6.554
	6	Dal Maxvill	SLN	29	0.4	151.0	1293.0	232.0	458.0	22.0	81.0	2.898
	7	Gil Garrido	ATL	27	0.3	17.0	132.0	26.0	51.0	1.0	12.0	2.943
	8	Paul Popovich	LAN	27	0.3	45.0	322.0	59.0	119.0	4.0	20.0	2.428
LF	1	Art Shamsky	NYN	26	0.4	71.0	526.7	107.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.283
	2	Cleon Jones	NYN	25	0.4	117.0	837.0	163.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	2.704
	3	Willie Crawford	LAN	21	0.3	45.0	341.0	73.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	2.410
	4	Lou Brock	SLN	29	0.2	156.0	1400.3	269.0	9.0	14.0	1.0	1.880
	5	Ted Savage	LAN	32	0.2	20.0	125.0	32.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.975
	6	Alex Johnson	CIN	25	0.2	141.0	1249.0	240.0	8.0	14.0	2.0	1.779
	7	Mike Lum	ATL	22	0.2	75.0	342.0	71.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	1.667
	8	Sandy Valdespino	ATL	29	0.1	20.0	174.0	39.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.260
CF	1	Curt Flood	SLN	30	1.0	149.0	1342.0	384.0	11.0	7.0	4.0	7.416
	2	Larry Stahl	NYN	27	0.5	30.0	244.3	81.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.406
	3	Adolfo Phillips	CHN	26	0.4	141.0	1170.0	315.0	10.0	7.0	3.0	4.128
	4	Bobby Bonds	SFN	22	0.4	35.0	228.0	74.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.105
	5	Willie Mays	SFN	37	0.4	141.0	1134.7	302.0	7.0	7.0	2.0	2.875
	6	Jim Wynn	HOU	26	0.3	91.0	778.7	203.0	11.0	2.0	5.0	2.630
	7	Felipe Alou	ATL	33	0.3	158.0	1406.3	374.0	8.0	8.0	2.0	2.914
	8	Don Bosch	NYN	25	0.3	30.0	235.0	71.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.937
RF	1	Hank Aaron	ATL	34	1.1	151.0	1291.3	329.0	14.0	3.0	2.0	10.361
	2	Roberto Clemente	PIT	33	1.0	131.0	1159.0	297.0	9.0	5.0	1.0	9.543
	3	Roger Maris	SLN	33	0.6	84.0	667.7	170.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	4.509
	4	Jesus Alou	SFN	26	0.3	64.0	500.0	117.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	2.318
	5	Don Lock	PHI	31	0.3	28.0	226.0	62.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.468
	6	Johnny Callison	PHI	29	0.2	109.0	900.7	187.0	10.0	0.0	1.0	1.850
	7	Billy Williams	CHN	30	0.2	47.0	345.0	83.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.734
	8	Norm Miller	HOU	22	0.1	65.0	516.0	116.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	0.694