1973 National League Stats

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1973 National League Standings

1973 American League <<1972 National League 1974 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Mets82-79 (0.509)-60858883-79 (0.515)80-82 (0.494)1,912,39032.58.7-0.724.5
2St. Louis Cardinals81-81 (0.500)1.564360386-76 (0.529)83-79 (0.512)1,574,04635.413.20.521.8
3Pittsburgh Pirates80-82 (0.494)2.570469382-80 (0.507)80-82 (0.494)1,319,91332.221.82.48.0
4Montreal Expos79-83 (0.488)3.566870277-85 (0.477)82-80 (0.506)1,246,86334.418.23.412.8
5Chicago Cubs77-84 (0.478)5.061465576-86 (0.470)77-85 (0.475)1,351,70529.33.73.622.0
6Philadelphia Phillies71-91 (0.438)11.564271773-89 (0.450)71-91 (0.438)1,475,93423.68.14.910.6

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cincinnati Reds99-63 (0.611)-74162194-68 (0.580)97-65 (0.599)2,017,60149.126.94.018.2
2Los Angeles Dodgers95-66 (0.590)3.567556594-68 (0.581)99-63 (0.611)2,136,19251.121.54.025.6
3San Francisco Giants88-74 (0.543)11.073970285-77 (0.523)87-75 (0.537)834,19339.026.5-0.212.7
4Houston Astros82-80 (0.506)17.068167282-80 (0.506)75-87 (0.463)1,394,00427.816.31.310.1
5Atlanta Braves76-85 (0.472)22.579977483-79 (0.515)89-73 (0.549)800,65541.427.95.58.0
6San Diego Padres60-102 (0.370)39.054877057-105 (0.349)54-108 (0.333)611,8266.28.11.8-3.7

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 Willie Stargell PIT LF 33 9.4 9.4 148 609 156 43 3 44 80 0 0 120.642 0.392 0.646
2 Joe Morgan CIN 2B 29 9.1 9.9 157 698 167 35 2 26 111 67 15 112.952 0.406 0.493
3 Darrell Evans ATL 3B 26 8.4 10.1 161 733 167 25 8 41 124 6 3 128.961 0.403 0.556
4 Bobby Bonds SFN RF 27 7.7 8.6 160 738 182 34 4 39 87 43 17 117.225 0.370 0.530
5 Tony Perez CIN 1B 31 7.6 5.5 151 647 177 33 3 27 74 3 1 107.273 0.393 0.527
6 Cesar Cedeno HOU CF 22 7.3 7.8 139 576 168 35 2 25 41 56 15 94.088 0.376 0.537
7 Ken Singleton MON RF 26 7.1 7.0 162 692 169 26 2 23 123 2 8 114.779 0.425 0.479
8 Hank Aaron ATL LF 39 6.7 7.0 120 465 118 12 1 40 68 1 1 93.471 0.402 0.643
9 Pete Rose CIN LF 32 6.7 7.6 160 752 230 36 8 5 65 10 7 108.584 0.401 0.437
10 Davey Johnson ATL 2B 30 6.4 6.4 157 651 151 25 0 43 81 5 3 106.829 0.370 0.546
11 Willie McCovey SFN 1B 35 6.3 5.9 130 495 102 14 3 29 105 1 0 89.249 0.420 0.546
12 Bob Watson HOU LF 27 6.1 5.6 158 666 179 24 3 16 85 1 4 99.400 0.403 0.449
13 Willie Crawford LAN RF 26 5.3 5.4 145 543 135 26 2 14 78 12 5 79.742 0.396 0.453
14 Bob Bailey MON 3B 30 5.2 5.2 151 607 140 25 4 26 88 5 8 91.459 0.379 0.489
15 Joe Ferguson LAN C 26 5.1 6.4 136 585 128 26 0 25 87 1 1 82.404 0.369 0.470
16 Ron Fairly MON LF 34 5.1 4.9 142 505 123 13 1 17 86 2 2 80.849 0.422 0.458
17 Lou Brock SLN LF 34 4.8 4.7 160 727 193 29 8 7 71 70 20 86.060 0.364 0.399
18 Dusty Baker ATL CF 24 4.7 4.9 159 686 174 29 4 21 67 24 3 90.546 0.359 0.454
19 Greg Luzinski PHI LF 22 4.7 4.4 161 671 174 26 4 29 51 3 3 91.761 0.346 0.484
20 Ted Simmons SLN C 23 4.6 5.5 161 690 192 36 2 13 61 2 2 90.921 0.370 0.438
21 Richie Hebner PIT 3B 25 4.4 3.7 144 576 138 28 1 25 56 0 1 77.187 0.345 0.477
22 Gary Matthews SFN LF 22 4.4 4.7 148 605 162 22 10 12 58 17 5 80.026 0.367 0.444
23 Rusty Staub NYN RF 29 4.2 4.4 152 666 163 36 1 15 74 1 1 83.166 0.361 0.420
24 Garry Maddox SFN CF 23 4.2 4.4 144 622 187 30 10 11 24 24 10 80.644 0.350 0.460
25 Rick Monday CHN CF 27 4.1 3.7 149 651 148 24 5 26 92 5 12 92.988 0.372 0.469
26 Johnny Bench CIN C 25 4.0 5.3 152 651 141 17 3 25 83 4 1 78.141 0.345 0.429
27 Al Oliver PIT CF 26 4.0 3.2 158 690 191 38 7 20 22 6 0 80.672 0.316 0.463
28 Nate Colbert SDN 1B 27 3.9 4.2 145 598 143 25 2 22 54 9 8 75.138 0.343 0.450
29 Jose Cardenal CHN RF 29 3.8 3.6 145 593 158 33 2 11 58 19 7 79.218 0.375 0.437
30 Joe Torre SLN 1B 32 3.8 3.1 141 596 149 17 2 13 65 2 0 75.793 0.377 0.403
31 Billy Williams CHN LF 35 3.7 4.3 156 659 166 22 2 20 76 4 3 87.228 0.369 0.438
32 Willie Davis LAN CF 33 3.7 3.4 152 641 171 29 9 16 29 17 5 72.531 0.320 0.444
33 Bill Robinson PHI RF 30 3.7 3.5 124 487 130 32 1 25 27 5 4 68.480 0.326 0.529
34 Johnny Grubb SDN CF 24 3.6 3.6 113 432 121 22 3 8 37 9 3 58.309 0.373 0.445
35 Richie Zisk PIT RF 24 3.6 3.6 103 354 108 23 7 10 21 0 0 54.957 0.364 0.525
36 Lee May HOU 1B 30 3.4 4.0 148 590 147 24 3 28 34 1 1 70.652 0.310 0.479
37 Dave Roberts SDN 3B 22 3.3 4.3 127 503 137 20 3 21 17 11 2 59.304 0.310 0.472
38 Mike Lum ATL 1B 27 3.2 3.8 138 568 151 26 6 16 41 2 5 74.280 0.351 0.462
39 Ron Hunt MON 2B 32 3.1 3.0 113 486 124 14 0 0 52 10 7 62.120 0.418 0.344
40 Wayne Garrett NYN 3B 25 3.0 4.8 140 589 129 20 3 16 72 6 5 67.035 0.348 0.403
41 Bernie Carbo SLN RF 25 3.0 3.2 111 371 88 18 0 8 58 2 0 51.908 0.397 0.422
42 Ron Santo CHN 3B 33 2.9 2.1 149 604 143 29 2 20 63 1 2 76.018 0.348 0.440
43 Jim Wynn HOU RF 31 2.8 3.4 139 581 106 14 5 20 91 14 11 66.139 0.347 0.395
44 Davey Lopes LAN 2B 28 2.7 2.4 142 615 147 13 5 6 62 36 16 61.846 0.352 0.351
45 Ron Cey LAN 3B 25 2.7 4.9 152 595 124 18 4 15 74 1 1 62.587 0.338 0.385
46 John Milner NYN 1B 23 2.7 1.3 129 519 108 12 3 23 62 1 1 60.195 0.330 0.432
47 Hal Breeden MON 1B 29 2.7 3.3 105 290 71 10 6 15 29 0 1 44.479 0.353 0.535
48 Ralph Garr ATL RF 27 2.5 2.5 148 698 200 32 6 11 22 35 11 73.738 0.323 0.415
49 Del Unser PHI CF 28 2.3 3.3 136 498 127 20 4 11 47 5 8 60.431 0.353 0.427
50 Ted Sizemore SLN 2B 28 2.2 3.7 142 620 147 22 1 1 68 6 4 60.990 0.365 0.334

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 Tom Seaver NYN 28 11.0 10.5 36 36 290.00 19 10 18 0 74 64 251 94.60 2.08 0.98 7.79
2 Don Sutton LAN 28 7.5 6.4 33 33 256.33 18 10 14 0 78 56 200 66.62 2.42 0.98 7.02
3 Wayne Twitchell PHI 25 7.4 6.2 34 28 223.33 13 9 10 0 71 99 169 57.75 2.50 1.21 6.81
4 Steve Rogers MON 23 6.7 6.2 17 17 134.00 10 5 7 0 28 49 64 52.06 1.54 1.06 4.30
5 Steve Renko MON 28 6.3 6.5 36 34 249.67 15 11 9 1 94 108 164 48.77 2.81 1.24 5.91
6 Jerry Koosman NYN 30 6.2 5.2 35 35 263.00 14 15 12 0 93 76 156 53.41 2.84 1.18 5.34
7 Rick Reuschel CHN 24 5.9 4.7 36 36 237.00 14 15 7 0 95 62 168 49.94 3.00 1.29 6.38
8 Jack Billingham CIN 30 5.6 4.0 40 40 293.33 19 10 16 0 112 95 155 45.29 3.04 1.20 4.76
9 Andy Messersmith LAN 27 5.3 4.6 33 33 249.67 14 10 10 0 90 77 177 46.98 2.70 1.09 6.38
10 Dave Roberts HOU 28 5.1 4.0 39 36 249.33 17 11 12 0 92 62 119 45.82 2.85 1.31 4.30
11 Phil Niekro ATL 34 5.0 4.0 42 30 245.00 13 10 9 4 103 89 131 39.22 3.31 1.24 4.81
12 Mike Marshall MON 30 5.0 4.9 92 0 179.00 14 11 0 31 62 75 124 38.61 2.66 1.33 6.23
13 Jon Matlack NYN 23 4.7 4.4 34 34 242.00 14 16 14 0 93 99 205 40.28 3.20 1.28 7.62
14 Nelson Briles PIT 29 4.7 4.3 33 33 218.67 14 13 7 0 87 51 94 36.40 2.84 1.15 3.87
15 Bob Gibson SLN 37 4.6 4.2 25 25 195.00 12 10 13 0 71 57 142 43.89 2.77 1.11 6.55
16 Carl Morton ATL 29 4.6 4.1 38 37 256.33 15 10 10 0 114 70 112 35.54 3.41 1.26 3.93
17 Reggie Cleveland SLN 25 4.1 4.0 32 32 224.00 14 10 6 0 88 61 122 38.86 3.01 1.21 4.90
18 Burt Hooton CHN 23 4.0 3.2 42 34 239.67 14 17 9 0 107 73 134 34.20 3.68 1.34 5.03
19 Don Wilson HOU 28 3.8 3.2 37 32 239.33 11 16 10 2 94 92 149 34.81 3.20 1.17 5.60
20 Pedro Borbon CIN 26 3.8 3.9 80 0 121.00 11 4 0 14 33 35 60 30.97 2.16 1.42 4.46
21 Rick Wise SLN 27 3.7 3.6 35 34 259.00 16 12 14 0 113 59 144 35.19 3.37 1.23 5.00
22 Ken Brett PHI 24 3.7 3.9 31 25 211.67 13 9 10 0 91 74 111 28.62 3.44 1.32 4.72
23 Ross Grimsley CIN 23 3.7 2.0 38 36 242.33 13 10 8 1 96 68 90 29.89 3.23 1.29 3.34
24 Jim Rooker PIT 30 3.7 3.6 41 18 170.33 10 6 6 5 59 52 122 28.50 2.85 1.14 6.45
25 Fergie Jenkins CHN 30 3.6 2.5 38 38 271.00 14 16 7 0 133 57 170 30.32 3.89 1.20 5.65
26 George Stone NYN 26 3.4 3.3 27 20 148.00 12 3 2 1 53 31 77 29.10 2.80 1.27 4.68
27 Alan Foster SLN 26 3.4 2.8 35 29 203.67 13 9 6 0 82 63 106 32.03 3.14 1.27 4.68
28 Bill Bonham CHN 24 3.3 2.5 44 15 152.00 7 5 3 6 55 64 121 27.97 3.02 1.25 7.16
29 Dock Ellis PIT 28 3.2 2.3 28 28 192.00 12 14 3 0 86 55 122 25.17 3.05 1.20 5.72
30 Tommy John LAN 30 3.2 2.9 36 31 218.00 16 7 4 0 88 50 116 28.86 3.10 1.16 4.79
31 Don Gullett CIN 22 3.2 3.0 45 30 228.33 18 8 7 2 95 69 153 25.96 3.51 1.17 6.03
32 Ron Bryant SFN 25 3.1 2.3 41 39 270.00 24 12 8 0 125 115 143 26.47 3.53 1.31 4.77
33 Dave Giusti PIT 33 3.0 3.1 67 0 98.67 9 2 0 20 31 37 64 23.30 2.37 1.28 5.84
34 Bob Locker CHN 35 2.9 2.6 63 0 106.33 10 6 0 18 40 42 76 24.82 2.54 1.30 6.43
35 Claude Osteen LAN 33 2.9 2.1 33 33 236.67 16 11 12 0 97 61 86 25.78 3.31 1.22 3.27
36 Randy Moffitt SFN 24 2.9 2.5 60 0 100.33 4 4 0 14 30 31 65 24.42 2.42 1.17 5.83
37 Steve Carlton PHI 28 2.8 1.8 40 40 293.33 13 20 18 0 146 113 223 21.65 3.90 1.38 6.84
38 Ramon Hernandez PIT 32 2.7 2.6 59 0 89.67 4 5 0 11 27 25 64 20.83 2.41 1.07 6.42
39 Fred Norman 2 teams 30 2.6 1.2 36 35 240.33 13 13 8 0 102 101 161 21.17 3.60 1.29 6.03
40 Bob Moose PIT 25 2.6 1.8 33 29 201.33 12 13 6 0 86 70 111 20.21 3.53 1.44 4.96
41 Bill Greif SDN 23 2.6 1.7 36 31 199.33 10 17 9 1 88 62 120 21.95 3.21 1.22 5.42
42 Jim Barr SFN 25 2.5 1.9 41 33 231.33 11 17 8 2 105 49 88 21.66 3.81 1.25 3.42
43 Jerry Reuss HOU 24 2.3 1.2 41 40 279.33 16 13 12 0 123 117 177 20.61 3.74 1.39 5.70
44 Ron Schueler ATL 25 2.2 1.6 39 20 186.00 8 7 4 2 91 66 124 17.46 3.87 1.32 6.00
45 Diego Segui SLN 35 2.1 1.9 65 0 100.33 7 6 0 17 35 53 93 20.40 2.78 1.31 8.34
46 Mac Scarce PHI 24 2.1 2.0 52 0 70.67 1 8 0 12 23 47 57 16.43 2.42 1.43 7.26
47 Randy Jones SDN 23 2.0 1.6 20 19 139.67 7 6 6 0 58 37 77 17.36 3.16 1.19 4.96
48 Elias Sosa SFN 23 1.9 1.7 71 1 107.00 10 4 0 18 42 41 70 16.29 3.28 1.27 5.89
49 Tom Bradley SFN 26 1.8 1.3 35 34 224.00 13 12 6 0 109 69 136 15.71 3.90 1.25 5.46
50 Al Downing LAN 32 1.8 1.1 30 28 193.00 9 9 5 0 87 68 124 16.06 3.31 1.16 5.78

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Bob Boone PHI 25 2.4 145.0 1258.3 868.0 89.0 10.0 16.0 23.306
2 Randy Hundley CHN 31 2.0 122.0 937.7 648.0 59.0 5.0 7.0 18.123
3 Johnny Bench CIN 25 1.5 134.0 1115.0 693.0 61.0 4.0 7.0 14.381
4 Joe Ferguson LAN 26 1.3 122.0 1074.0 757.0 57.0 3.0 17.0 10.369
5 Johnny Oates ATL 27 1.2 86.0 715.0 409.0 57.0 9.0 6.0 11.640
6 John Boccabella MON 32 1.2 117.0 956.0 610.0 65.0 14.0 10.0 11.530
7 Paul Casanova ATL 31 1.0 78.0 574.3 330.0 48.0 9.0 3.0 9.609
8 Ted Simmons SLN 23 0.8 153.0 1352.7 888.0 74.0 13.0 13.0 6.434
1B 1 Mike Jorgensen MON 24 1.2 123.0 931.0 990.0 80.0 5.0 88.0 11.599
2 Bill Buckner LAN 23 0.8 93.0 822.3 888.0 50.0 2.0 93.0 6.566
3 Hal Breeden MON 29 0.7 66.0 497.3 515.0 45.0 5.0 50.0 6.331
4 Lee May HOU 30 0.6 144.0 1239.3 1220.0 78.0 9.0 112.0 4.878
5 Joe Torre SLN 32 0.6 114.0 803.0 833.0 60.0 6.0 80.0 4.688
6 Frank Tepedino ATL 25 0.4 58.0 325.7 331.0 28.0 3.0 30.0 4.147
7 Dick Dietz ATL 31 0.4 36.0 251.7 258.0 24.0 3.0 19.0 3.923
8 Nate Colbert SDN 27 0.3 144.0 1242.7 1300.0 98.0 11.0 124.0 2.626
2B 1 Ted Sizemore SLN 28 1.5 139.0 1215.3 312.0 463.0 15.0 83.0 11.724
2 Paul Popovich CHN 32 1.4 84.0 607.0 171.0 247.0 8.0 53.0 12.892
3 Rennie Stennett PIT 22 1.2 84.0 675.7 210.0 248.0 9.0 64.0 11.823
4 Tito Fuentes SFN 29 0.9 160.0 1400.3 386.0 478.0 6.0 102.0 7.846
5 Rich Morales SDN 29 0.9 79.0 630.7 176.0 239.0 5.0 45.0 7.766
6 Joe Morgan CIN 29 0.9 154.0 1341.3 417.0 440.0 9.0 106.0 8.263
7 Cesar Tovar PHI 32 0.8 22.0 131.3 39.0 56.0 3.0 24.0 7.920
8 Tommy Helms HOU 32 0.8 145.0 1293.0 325.0 438.0 9.0 104.0 6.463
3B 1 Ron Cey LAN 25 2.2 146.0 1295.3 111.0 328.0 18.0 39.0 17.012
2 Mike Schmidt PHI 23 2.0 125.0 941.0 101.0 251.0 17.0 30.0 19.377
3 Wayne Garrett NYN 25 2.0 130.0 1077.0 80.0 280.0 22.0 36.0 16.806
4 Darrell Evans ATL 26 1.6 146.0 1295.0 124.0 325.0 22.0 33.0 15.664
5 Denis Menke CIN 32 1.3 123.0 736.3 68.0 189.0 9.0 19.0 12.074
6 Dave Roberts SDN 22 1.0 111.0 982.0 77.0 245.0 20.0 25.0 8.777
7 Ken McMullen LAN 31 0.9 24.0 147.7 5.0 54.0 5.0 2.0 6.699
8 Dave Kingman SFN 24 0.5 60.0 504.7 54.0 129.0 18.0 7.0 4.475
SS 1 Don Kessinger CHN 30 1.7 158.0 1378.3 274.0 526.0 30.0 109.0 15.752
2 Tim Foli MON 22 1.3 123.0 1054.7 245.0 396.0 27.0 84.0 12.454
3 Dave Concepcion CIN 25 1.3 88.0 764.3 165.0 292.0 12.0 56.0 12.238
4 Bill Russell LAN 24 1.2 162.0 1489.7 243.0 560.0 31.0 106.0 9.201
5 Dal Maxvill PIT 34 0.9 74.0 601.0 105.0 234.0 10.0 46.0 8.832
6 Darrel Chaney CIN 25 0.9 75.0 554.7 103.0 216.0 12.0 44.0 8.646
7 Larry Bowa PHI 27 0.8 122.0 1034.0 191.0 361.0 12.0 87.0 7.805
8 Chris Speier SFN 23 0.7 150.0 1299.7 255.0 470.0 33.0 92.0 5.727
LF 1 Pete Rose CIN 32 0.9 159.0 1429.0 345.0 15.0 3.0 0.0 8.433
2 Mike Lum ATL 27 0.4 48.0 336.0 96.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 3.751
3 Gary Matthews SFN 22 0.3 144.0 1242.0 281.0 11.0 5.0 0.0 2.868
4 Billy Williams CHN 35 0.3 138.0 1136.0 247.0 14.0 4.0 1.0 2.961
5 Hank Aaron ATL 39 0.3 87.0 699.7 169.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 2.712
6 Clyde Mashore MON 28 0.2 43.0 241.7 66.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 2.324
7 Tommie Agee HOU 30 0.2 34.0 142.3 41.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.806
8 Richie Zisk PIT 24 0.2 23.0 156.7 39.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 1.597
CF 1 Del Unser PHI 28 1.0 132.0 1029.3 332.0 14.0 4.0 4.0 9.490
2 Cesar Geronimo CIN 25 0.6 104.0 696.7 219.0 7.0 2.0 2.0 5.268
3 Jose Cruz SLN 25 0.5 77.0 616.3 199.0 1.0 4.0 0.0 3.942
4 Cesar Cedeno HOU 22 0.5 136.0 1174.7 350.0 10.0 7.0 2.0 3.855
5 Tommie Agee 2 teams 30 0.4 37.0 266.7 94.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.922
6 Bill Robinson PHI 30 0.4 47.0 330.7 110.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 3.561
7 Jerry Morales SDN 24 0.3 52.0 410.7 126.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.563
8 Bake McBride SLN 24 0.3 17.0 100.7 39.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.949
RF 1 Bobby Bonds SFN 27 0.9 157.0 1376.3 347.0 12.0 11.0 5.0 7.977
2 Jim Wynn HOU 31 0.7 127.0 1081.7 259.0 8.0 4.0 1.0 5.513
3 Bob Gallagher HOU 25 0.4 16.0 119.7 46.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.425
4 Manny Sanguillen PIT 29 0.4 59.0 523.7 140.0 6.0 8.0 2.0 3.516
5 Willie Crawford LAN 26 0.2 128.0 1086.0 232.0 12.0 5.0 4.0 1.867
6 Rusty Staub NYN 29 0.2 152.0 1377.0 294.0 16.0 7.0 5.0 2.046
7 Bernie Carbo SLN 25 0.2 93.0 768.0 168.0 11.0 4.0 3.0 1.397
8 Dave Parker PIT 22 0.1 19.0 136.3 36.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.313