1974 National League Stats

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1974 National League Standings

1974 American League <<1973 National League 1975 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Pittsburgh Pirates88-74 (0.543)-75165791-71 (0.561)89-73 (0.549)1,110,55241.826.51.913.4
2St. Louis Cardinals86-75 (0.534)1.567764385-77 (0.524)90-72 (0.556)1,838,41342.418.24.619.6
3Philadelphia Phillies80-82 (0.494)8.067670178-84 (0.483)78-84 (0.481)1,808,64830.413.25.012.2
4Montreal Expos79-82 (0.491)8.566265782-80 (0.503)86-76 (0.531)1,019,13438.516.06.316.2
5New York Mets71-91 (0.438)17.057264672-90 (0.445)69-93 (0.426)1,722,20921.46.7-2.817.5
6Chicago Cubs66-96 (0.407)22.066982666-96 (0.405)60-102 (0.370)1,015,37812.27.6-1.25.9

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Los Angeles Dodgers102-60 (0.630)-798561106-56 (0.656)104-58 (0.642)2,632,47456.633.80.622.1
2Cincinnati Reds98-64 (0.605)4.077663196-66 (0.594)100-62 (0.617)2,164,30752.833.13.216.5
3Atlanta Braves88-74 (0.543)14.066156393-69 (0.573)95-67 (0.586)981,08547.38.55.932.9
4Houston Astros81-81 (0.500)21.065363283-79 (0.515)89-73 (0.549)1,090,72841.618.86.716.0
5San Francisco Giants72-90 (0.444)30.063472371-91 (0.440)71-91 (0.438)519,98723.712.31.99.5
6San Diego Padres60-102 (0.370)42.054183051-111 (0.314)41-121 (0.253)1,075,399-6.66.2-0.4-12.5

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 Joe Morgan CIN 2B 30 8.9 9.1 149 641 150 31 3 22 120 58 12 109.203 0.427 0.494
2 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 24 7.8 10.7 162 686 160 28 7 36 106 23 12 117.484 0.395 0.546
3 Willie Stargell PIT LF 34 7.4 7.4 140 605 153 37 4 25 87 0 2 105.450 0.407 0.537
4 Johnny Bench CIN C 26 6.7 8.4 160 708 174 38 2 33 80 5 4 106.161 0.363 0.507
5 Jim Wynn LAN CF 32 6.5 6.7 150 656 145 17 4 32 108 18 15 101.282 0.387 0.497
6 Reggie Smith SLN RF 29 6.3 6.8 143 598 160 26 9 23 71 4 3 97.625 0.389 0.528
7 Richie Zisk PIT RF 25 5.7 6.8 149 604 168 30 3 17 65 1 1 90.427 0.386 0.476
8 Ralph Garr ATL LF 28 5.6 5.4 143 645 214 24 17 11 28 26 16 99.194 0.383 0.503
9 Al Oliver PIT CF 27 5.5 4.8 147 661 198 38 12 11 33 10 1 90.382 0.358 0.475
10 Willie McCovey SDN 1B 36 5.4 4.2 128 442 87 19 1 22 96 1 0 75.485 0.416 0.506
11 Cesar Cedeno HOU CF 23 5.3 6.1 160 688 164 29 5 26 64 57 17 86.637 0.338 0.461
12 Lou Brock SLN LF 35 5.1 5.1 153 701 194 25 7 3 61 118 33 80.990 0.368 0.381
13 Steve Garvey LAN 1B 25 5.0 8.5 156 685 200 32 3 21 31 5 4 88.589 0.342 0.469
14 Bobby Bonds SFN RF 28 5.0 5.3 150 670 145 22 8 21 95 41 11 87.436 0.364 0.434
15 Pete Rose CIN LF 33 4.9 6.0 163 770 185 45 7 3 106 2 4 96.536 0.385 0.388
16 Bob Bailey MON LF 31 4.8 3.8 152 614 142 20 2 20 100 4 7 89.810 0.396 0.446
17 Darrell Evans ATL 3B 27 4.5 6.6 160 710 137 21 3 25 126 4 2 95.179 0.381 0.419
18 Richie Hebner PIT 3B 26 4.5 5.2 146 628 160 21 6 18 60 0 3 82.677 0.363 0.449
19 Gary Matthews SFN LF 23 4.2 4.3 154 638 161 27 6 16 70 11 9 85.086 0.368 0.442
20 Mike Jorgensen MON 1B 25 4.1 5.7 131 366 89 16 1 11 70 3 5 63.625 0.444 0.488
21 Tony Perez CIN 1B 32 4.1 3.7 158 667 158 28 2 28 61 1 3 82.373 0.331 0.460
22 Rick Monday CHN CF 28 4.1 3.4 142 617 158 19 7 20 70 7 9 87.794 0.375 0.467
23 Davey Lopes LAN 2B 29 4.0 2.0 145 613 141 26 3 10 66 59 18 66.656 0.350 0.383
24 Willie Crawford LAN RF 27 4.0 3.5 139 540 138 23 4 11 64 7 8 71.573 0.376 0.432
25 Dave Concepcion CIN SS 26 3.9 5.8 160 653 167 25 1 14 44 41 6 69.718 0.335 0.397
26 Bill Buckner LAN LF 24 3.9 3.8 145 620 182 30 3 7 30 31 13 72.166 0.351 0.412
27 Bob Watson HOU LF 28 3.7 3.4 150 593 156 19 4 11 60 3 4 74.360 0.370 0.412
28 Ron Cey LAN 3B 26 3.7 5.6 159 673 151 20 2 18 76 1 1 76.130 0.349 0.397
29 Bake McBride SLN CF 25 3.6 4.2 150 625 173 19 5 6 43 30 11 74.364 0.369 0.394
30 Greg Gross HOU RF 21 3.6 4.1 156 676 185 21 8 0 76 12 20 83.537 0.393 0.377
31 Joe Ferguson LAN C 27 3.5 3.2 111 430 88 14 1 16 75 2 2 58.906 0.380 0.435
32 Joe Torre SLN 1B 33 3.5 3.8 147 610 149 28 1 11 69 1 2 75.683 0.371 0.401
33 Ken Singleton MON RF 27 3.5 2.7 148 610 141 20 2 9 93 5 2 75.011 0.385 0.376
34 Jose Cardenal CHN RF 30 3.4 3.7 143 604 159 35 3 13 56 23 9 77.796 0.359 0.441
35 Rusty Staub NYN RF 30 3.4 3.3 151 649 145 22 2 19 77 2 1 75.006 0.347 0.406
36 Ted Simmons SLN C 24 3.3 3.7 152 662 163 33 6 20 47 0 0 77.585 0.327 0.447
37 Billy Williams CHN 1B 36 3.2 3.7 117 474 113 22 0 16 67 4 5 67.782 0.382 0.453
38 Doug Rader HOU 3B 29 3.1 4.6 152 601 137 27 3 17 60 7 2 67.847 0.334 0.415
39 Johnny Grubb SDN CF 25 3.0 3.5 140 503 127 20 4 8 46 4 0 58.228 0.355 0.403
40 Bill Madlock CHN 3B 23 3.0 2.3 128 509 142 21 5 9 42 11 7 67.896 0.373 0.442
41 John Milner NYN 1B 24 3.0 0.4 137 576 128 19 0 20 66 10 2 64.983 0.337 0.408
42 Willie Davis MON CF 34 2.8 2.8 153 654 180 27 9 12 27 25 7 70.517 0.322 0.427
43 Dave Cash PHI 2B 26 2.8 5.3 162 745 206 26 11 2 46 20 8 80.178 0.351 0.379
44 Dusty Baker ATL RF 25 2.7 3.1 149 656 147 35 0 20 71 18 7 74.974 0.335 0.422
45 Cleon Jones NYN LF 31 2.7 2.9 124 510 130 23 1 13 38 3 3 59.726 0.343 0.421
46 Dan Driessen CIN 3B 22 2.7 1.6 150 523 132 23 6 7 48 10 5 58.794 0.347 0.400
47 Dave Winfield SDN LF 22 2.6 2.9 145 544 132 18 4 20 40 9 7 60.913 0.318 0.438
48 Cesar Geronimo CIN CF 26 2.6 3.5 150 530 133 17 8 7 46 9 5 57.870 0.345 0.395
49 Hank Aaron ATL LF 40 2.6 2.6 112 382 91 16 0 20 39 1 0 52.347 0.341 0.491
50 Lee May HOU 1B 31 2.3 2.2 152 590 149 26 0 24 17 1 0 60.972 0.294 0.444

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 Phil Niekro ATL 35 10.4 9.5 41 39 302.33 20 13 18 1 91 88 195 91.38 2.38 1.11 5.80
2 Jon Matlack NYN 24 8.0 7.0 34 34 265.33 13 15 14 0 82 76 195 70.93 2.41 1.12 6.61
3 Buzz Capra ATL 26 7.4 6.9 39 27 217.00 16 8 11 1 67 84 137 65.33 2.28 1.14 5.68
4 Lynn McGlothen SLN 24 6.8 6.0 31 31 237.33 16 12 8 0 80 89 142 55.83 2.69 1.27 5.38
5 Jim Barr SFN 26 6.6 6.7 44 27 239.67 13 9 11 2 81 47 84 56.02 2.74 1.13 3.15
6 Andy Messersmith LAN 28 6.6 6.9 39 39 292.33 20 6 13 0 93 94 221 64.73 2.59 1.10 6.80
7 Steve Carlton PHI 29 6.0 5.4 39 39 291.00 16 13 17 0 118 136 240 48.35 3.22 1.32 7.42
8 Jim Lonborg PHI 32 6.0 4.7 39 39 283.00 17 13 16 0 113 70 121 47.99 3.21 1.24 3.85
9 Jim Rooker PIT 31 5.7 6.2 33 33 262.67 15 11 15 0 93 83 139 52.79 2.78 1.18 4.76
10 Carl Morton ATL 30 5.6 4.4 38 38 274.67 16 12 7 0 110 89 113 48.85 3.15 1.39 3.70
11 Larry Dierker HOU 27 5.3 4.9 33 33 223.67 11 10 7 0 76 82 150 42.61 2.90 1.21 6.04
12 Mike Marshall LAN 31 4.6 4.4 106 0 208.33 15 12 0 21 66 56 143 45.16 2.42 1.19 6.18
13 Tom Seaver NYN 29 4.5 3.7 32 32 236.00 11 11 12 0 89 75 201 40.09 3.20 1.16 7.67
14 Don Gullett CIN 23 4.5 4.4 36 35 243.00 17 11 10 0 93 88 183 40.32 3.04 1.19 6.78
15 Jerry Koosman NYN 31 3.8 3.5 35 35 265.00 15 11 13 0 113 85 188 33.85 3.36 1.29 6.38
16 Don Wilson HOU 29 3.7 3.6 33 27 204.67 11 13 5 0 80 100 112 30.06 3.08 1.32 4.93
17 Fred Norman CIN 31 3.7 2.9 35 26 186.33 13 12 8 0 69 68 141 32.57 3.14 1.28 6.81
18 Chuck Taylor MON 32 3.6 3.8 61 0 107.67 6 2 0 11 27 25 43 29.20 2.17 1.17 3.59
19 Don Sutton LAN 29 3.6 2.9 40 40 276.00 19 9 10 0 111 80 179 35.38 3.23 1.16 5.84
20 Ron Reed ATL 31 3.5 2.6 28 28 186.00 10 11 6 0 76 41 78 31.17 3.39 1.14 3.77
21 Mike Caldwell SFN 25 3.5 2.8 31 27 189.33 14 5 6 0 80 63 83 29.83 2.95 1.26 3.95
22 Tom House ATL 27 3.5 3.6 56 0 102.67 6 2 0 11 26 27 64 30.79 1.93 0.98 5.61
23 Tommy John LAN 31 3.2 2.7 22 22 153.00 13 3 5 0 51 42 78 31.84 2.59 1.14 4.59
24 Dale Murray MON 24 3.2 3.0 32 0 69.67 1 1 0 10 12 23 31 25.72 1.03 0.99 4.00
25 Clay Kirby CIN 26 2.9 1.9 36 35 230.67 12 9 7 0 97 91 160 26.24 3.28 1.30 6.24
26 Clay Carroll CIN 33 2.9 2.7 57 3 100.67 12 5 0 6 27 30 46 25.92 2.15 1.25 4.11
27 Dave Roberts HOU 29 2.9 2.8 34 30 204.00 10 12 8 1 83 65 72 23.30 3.40 1.38 3.18
28 Dock Ellis PIT 29 2.9 2.9 26 26 176.67 12 9 9 0 71 41 91 26.68 3.16 1.15 4.64
29 Ken Brett PIT 25 2.6 3.2 27 27 191.00 13 9 10 0 81 52 96 23.92 3.30 1.28 4.52
30 Ron Schueler PHI 26 2.6 1.8 44 27 203.33 11 16 5 1 91 98 109 20.57 3.72 1.48 4.82
31 Dennis Blair MON 20 2.5 1.8 22 22 146.00 11 7 4 0 61 72 76 19.90 3.27 1.27 4.68
32 Jerry Reuss PIT 25 2.4 1.6 35 35 260.00 16 11 14 0 115 101 105 22.11 3.50 1.38 3.63
33 Bob Forsch SLN 24 2.2 2.2 19 14 100.00 7 4 5 0 38 34 39 18.00 2.97 1.18 3.51
34 Bill Bonham CHN 25 2.2 1.0 44 36 242.67 11 22 10 1 133 109 191 19.09 3.86 1.46 7.08
35 Bob Gibson SLN 38 2.1 1.6 33 33 240.00 11 13 9 0 111 104 129 17.53 3.83 1.42 4.84
36 Ken Forsch HOU 27 2.1 2.0 70 0 103.33 8 7 0 10 38 37 48 17.18 2.79 1.31 4.18
37 Mike Garman SLN 24 2.1 1.9 64 0 81.67 7 2 0 6 26 27 45 17.17 2.64 1.14 4.96
38 Max Leon ATL 24 2.1 1.8 34 2 75.00 4 7 1 3 22 14 38 18.39 2.64 1.09 4.56
39 Pedro Borbon CIN 27 2.0 1.7 73 0 139.00 10 7 0 14 54 32 53 17.56 3.24 1.19 3.43
40 John D'Acquisto SFN 22 1.9 1.1 38 36 215.00 12 14 5 0 101 124 167 16.39 3.77 1.42 6.99
41 Tom Griffin HOU 26 1.9 2.5 34 34 211.00 14 10 8 0 97 89 110 15.20 3.54 1.38 4.69
42 Charlie Williams SFN 26 1.8 1.6 39 7 100.33 1 3 0 0 38 31 48 15.54 2.78 1.24 4.31
43 Mike Torrez MON 27 1.8 0.9 32 30 186.33 15 8 6 0 90 84 92 14.72 3.57 1.44 4.44
44 Al Hrabosky SLN 24 1.8 1.9 65 0 88.33 8 1 0 9 34 38 82 14.99 2.95 1.23 8.35
45 Rich Folkers SLN 27 1.8 1.6 55 0 90.00 6 2 0 2 31 38 57 14.86 3.00 1.14 5.70
46 Oscar Zamora CHN 30 1.8 1.7 56 0 83.67 3 9 0 10 33 19 38 15.60 3.12 1.21 4.09
47 John Curtis SLN 26 1.7 1.1 33 29 195.00 10 14 5 1 91 83 89 13.89 3.78 1.45 4.11
48 Geoff Zahn LAN 28 1.6 1.4 21 10 79.67 3 5 1 0 28 16 33 15.52 2.03 1.18 3.73
49 Steve Renko MON 29 1.5 1.2 37 35 227.67 12 16 8 0 115 81 138 11.88 4.03 1.33 5.46
50 Rick Reuschel CHN 25 1.5 1.0 41 38 240.67 13 12 8 0 130 83 160 13.03 4.30 1.43 5.98

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 26 2.0 137.0 1133.3 757.0 68.0 6.0 16.0 16.492
2 Barry Foote MON 22 1.8 122.0 1041.3 640.0 83.0 12.0 12.0 17.415
3 Bob Barton SDN 32 1.4 29.0 237.7 179.0 23.0 4.0 3.0 13.261
4 Johnny Oates ATL 28 1.3 91.0 728.0 434.0 55.0 4.0 4.0 11.723
5 Steve Yeager LAN 25 1.0 93.0 808.7 552.0 58.0 5.0 4.0 7.775
6 Terry Humphrey MON 24 0.9 17.0 131.0 85.0 15.0 1.0 4.0 8.619
7 Milt May HOU 23 0.8 116.0 955.3 525.0 63.0 4.0 10.0 8.018
8 Johnny Edwards HOU 36 0.8 32.0 240.7 157.0 16.0 2.0 3.0 7.405
1B 1 Steve Garvey LAN 25 3.5 156.0 1404.3 1536.0 62.0 8.0 108.0 27.909
2 Mike Jorgensen MON 25 1.4 91.0 527.3 606.0 51.0 1.0 47.0 13.676
3 Davey Johnson ATL 31 1.2 73.0 593.0 641.0 54.0 5.0 57.0 11.168
4 Andre Thornton CHN 24 1.2 90.0 706.0 760.0 70.0 7.0 61.0 10.800
5 Ron Fairly MON 35 0.8 67.0 528.7 572.0 42.0 7.0 41.0 8.117
6 Joe Torre SLN 33 0.6 139.0 1177.7 1165.0 102.0 10.0 144.0 6.279
7 Hal Breeden MON 30 0.6 56.0 373.0 422.0 31.0 6.0 43.0 5.904
8 Billy Williams CHN 36 0.6 65.0 557.0 566.0 49.0 9.0 48.0 4.876
2B 1 Dave Cash PHI 26 2.5 162.0 1433.3 396.0 519.0 22.0 141.0 24.442
2 Ted Sizemore SLN 29 2.3 128.0 1139.3 335.0 412.0 15.0 109.0 22.904
3 Rennie Stennett PIT 23 2.1 154.0 1377.0 441.0 475.0 19.0 115.0 16.710
4 Tommy Helms HOU 33 1.4 133.0 1050.7 308.0 360.0 10.0 99.0 14.064
5 Marty Perez ATL 28 0.6 102.0 881.3 225.0 311.0 8.0 64.0 5.572
6 Tito Fuentes SFN 30 0.5 103.0 851.7 238.0 287.0 11.0 70.0 5.283
7 Jim Cox MON 24 0.4 72.0 591.0 148.0 220.0 12.0 45.0 3.661
8 Joe Morgan CIN 30 0.2 142.0 1214.7 344.0 385.0 13.0 92.0 1.848
3B 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 24 2.9 162.0 1433.3 134.0 404.0 26.0 40.0 28.385
2 Darrell Evans ATL 27 2.0 160.0 1425.0 185.0 367.0 26.0 45.0 18.402
3 Ron Cey LAN 26 2.0 158.0 1412.7 155.0 365.0 22.0 25.0 15.680
4 Wayne Garrett NYN 26 1.5 144.0 1237.7 111.0 318.0 20.0 31.0 13.646
5 Doug Rader HOU 29 1.5 152.0 1343.7 128.0 347.0 17.0 28.0 14.840
6 Bruce Miller SFN 27 0.9 41.0 297.7 26.0 96.0 8.0 3.0 9.116
7 Richie Hebner PIT 26 0.7 141.0 1232.3 115.0 304.0 28.0 34.0 5.495
8 Ken Boswell NYN 28 0.6 20.0 140.0 11.0 48.0 5.0 6.0 5.569
SS 1 Tim Foli MON 23 2.2 120.0 1017.0 220.0 412.0 19.0 85.0 21.250
2 Bud Harrelson NYN 30 2.1 97.0 819.7 196.0 325.0 17.0 65.0 18.664
3 Dave Concepcion CIN 26 1.8 160.0 1395.3 239.0 536.0 30.0 99.0 15.230
4 Mike Tyson SLN 24 1.8 143.0 1104.3 231.0 410.0 30.0 108.0 17.242
5 Chris Speier SFN 24 1.3 135.0 1157.3 210.0 445.0 21.0 82.0 12.941
6 Don Kessinger CHN 31 0.5 150.0 1299.0 259.0 476.0 32.0 87.0 4.166
7 Roger Metzger HOU 26 0.5 143.0 1261.7 238.0 451.0 17.0 85.0 4.554
8 Mario Mendoza PIT 23 0.4 87.0 471.3 77.0 187.0 10.0 21.0 3.509
LF 1 Pete Rose CIN 33 1.1 163.0 1441.3 344.0 11.0 1.0 3.0 9.059
2 Dave Winfield SDN 22 0.4 78.0 574.7 145.0 6.0 5.0 1.0 3.636
3 Jose Cardenal CHN 30 0.3 33.0 260.7 70.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.956
4 Nate Colbert SDN 28 0.3 48.0 360.0 93.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 2.946
5 Jerry Morales CHN 25 0.2 81.0 637.7 144.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 1.641
6 Greg Luzinski PHI 23 0.2 82.0 664.0 144.0 10.0 3.0 0.0 1.729
7 Mike Jorgensen MON 25 0.2 28.0 202.0 48.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.537
8 Chris Ward CHN 25 0.2 21.0 146.0 39.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.365
CF 1 Cesar Geronimo CIN 26 1.0 145.0 1094.7 363.0 12.0 5.0 2.0 7.943
2 Cesar Cedeno HOU 23 0.8 157.0 1385.7 436.0 11.0 3.0 4.0 7.509
3 Al Oliver PIT 27 0.7 98.0 886.7 291.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 5.627
4 Johnny Grubb SDN 25 0.6 114.0 940.0 309.0 8.0 7.0 1.0 5.717
5 Bake McBride SLN 25 0.5 144.0 1267.3 395.0 9.0 4.0 1.0 5.118
6 Dusty Baker ATL 25 0.5 101.0 737.0 235.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 4.274
7 Garry Maddox SFN 24 0.4 131.0 1124.3 347.0 3.0 5.0 0.0 3.518
8 Gene Clines PIT 27 0.3 50.0 410.7 134.0 5.0 2.0 0.0 2.721
RF 1 Richie Zisk PIT 25 1.3 131.0 1102.3 293.0 9.0 4.0 3.0 10.187
2 Mike Anderson PHI 23 0.8 132.0 955.3 245.0 11.0 5.0 3.0 7.521
3 Reggie Smith SLN 29 0.5 132.0 1146.0 278.0 9.0 7.0 3.0 4.976
4 Greg Gross HOU 21 0.4 143.0 1165.3 259.0 15.0 2.0 4.0 3.922
5 Bobby Bonds SFN 28 0.3 141.0 1222.0 283.0 11.0 10.0 3.0 2.769
6 Ollie Brown 2 teams 30 0.2 31.0 191.7 53.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.323
7 Jose Cruz SLN 26 0.2 27.0 171.7 52.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.956
8 Ken Griffey CIN 24 0.2 69.0 516.3 112.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 1.361