1976 National League Stats

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1976 National League Standings

1976 American League <<1975 National League 1977 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Philadelphia Phillies101-61 (0.623)-770557104-58 (0.644)99-63 (0.611)2,480,15051.826.51.723.7
2Pittsburgh Pirates92-70 (0.568)9.070863090-72 (0.553)90-72 (0.556)1,025,94542.525.82.314.5
3New York Mets86-76 (0.531)15.061553891-71 (0.561)87-75 (0.537)1,468,75439.816.7-2.625.7
4Chicago Cubs75-87 (0.463)26.061172868-94 (0.421)66-96 (0.407)1,026,21718.45.71.910.8
5St. Louis Cardinals72-90 (0.444)29.062967176-86 (0.470)79-83 (0.488)1,207,07931.418.23.49.8
6Montreal Expos55-107 (0.340)46.053173458-104 (0.356)56-106 (0.346)646,7048.90.05.03.9

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cincinnati Reds102-60 (0.630)-857633103-59 (0.635)115-47 (0.710)2,629,70867.747.94.215.6
2Los Angeles Dodgers92-70 (0.568)10.060854389-73 (0.552)97-65 (0.599)2,386,30149.716.67.126.0
3Houston Astros80-82 (0.494)22.062565777-85 (0.477)76-86 (0.469)886,14629.020.22.26.6
4San Francisco Giants74-88 (0.457)28.059568671-91 (0.435)73-89 (0.451)626,86825.46.83.615.1
5San Diego Padres73-89 (0.451)29.057066270-92 (0.432)71-91 (0.438)1,458,47823.013.23.86.1
6Atlanta Braves70-92 (0.432)32.062070072-90 (0.445)62-100 (0.383)818,17914.33.60.110.6

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 32 10.9 10.6 141 599 151 30 5 27 114 60 9 116.914 0.444 0.576
2 Pete Rose CIN 3B 35 7.6 7.6 162 759 215 42 6 10 86 9 5 113.840 0.405 0.450
3 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 26 7.4 11.1 160 705 153 31 4 38 100 14 9 112.023 0.376 0.524
4 George Foster CIN LF 27 7.1 7.8 144 627 172 21 9 29 52 17 3 97.621 0.364 0.530
5 Ken Griffey CIN RF 26 6.6 6.5 148 628 189 28 9 6 62 34 11 92.847 0.401 0.450
6 Cesar Cedeno HOU CF 25 6.4 6.4 150 635 171 26 5 18 55 58 15 84.415 0.357 0.454
7 Bill Madlock CHN 3B 25 6.3 5.1 142 588 174 36 1 15 56 15 11 97.513 0.412 0.500
8 Bob Watson HOU 1B 30 6.2 7.1 157 662 183 31 3 16 62 3 3 92.902 0.377 0.458
9 Steve Garvey LAN 1B 27 5.9 6.7 162 696 200 37 4 13 50 19 8 91.614 0.363 0.450
10 Ron Cey LAN 3B 28 5.8 7.9 145 600 139 18 3 23 89 0 4 88.127 0.386 0.462
11 Greg Luzinski PHI LF 25 5.1 4.4 149 605 162 28 1 21 50 1 2 86.609 0.369 0.478
12 Dave Winfield SDN RF 24 5.0 5.5 137 567 139 26 4 13 65 26 7 73.502 0.366 0.431
13 Garry Maddox PHI CF 26 4.9 6.5 146 586 175 37 6 6 42 29 12 81.287 0.377 0.456
14 Dave Parker PIT RF 25 4.9 5.1 138 573 168 28 10 13 30 19 7 77.149 0.349 0.475
15 Richie Zisk PIT LF 27 4.9 5.5 155 641 168 35 2 21 52 1 0 83.224 0.343 0.465
16 Gary Matthews SFN LF 25 4.7 4.2 156 671 164 28 4 20 75 12 5 87.326 0.359 0.443
17 Cesar Geronimo CIN CF 28 4.6 5.0 149 555 149 24 11 2 56 22 5 71.816 0.382 0.414
18 Rick Monday CHN CF 30 4.5 5.3 137 601 145 20 5 32 60 5 9 86.526 0.346 0.507
19 Al Oliver PIT CF 29 4.3 4.8 121 481 143 22 5 12 26 6 2 67.188 0.362 0.476
20 Bobby Murcer SFN RF 30 4.2 4.1 147 624 138 20 2 23 84 12 7 81.679 0.362 0.433
21 Jose Cruz HOU LF 28 4.0 4.5 133 496 133 21 5 4 53 28 11 61.921 0.377 0.401
22 Bill Robinson PIT 3B 33 3.8 2.8 122 416 119 22 3 21 16 2 4 60.230 0.329 0.534
23 John Milner NYN LF 26 3.8 3.8 127 511 120 25 4 15 65 0 7 68.114 0.362 0.447
24 Jay Johnstone PHI RF 30 3.7 4.6 129 491 140 38 4 5 41 5 5 67.525 0.373 0.457
25 Tony Perez CIN 1B 34 3.7 4.8 139 586 137 32 6 19 50 10 5 70.988 0.328 0.452
26 Willie Stargell PIT 1B 36 3.6 1.1 117 487 110 20 3 20 50 2 0 62.218 0.339 0.458
27 Johnny Grubb SDN LF 27 3.6 3.4 109 461 109 22 1 5 65 1 2 58.582 0.391 0.385
28 Dave Kingman NYN RF 27 3.5 3.3 123 510 113 14 1 37 28 7 4 62.675 0.286 0.506
29 Ted Simmons SLN C 26 3.5 3.1 150 625 159 35 3 5 73 0 7 75.718 0.371 0.394
30 Keith Hernandez SLN 1B 22 3.4 3.5 129 428 108 21 5 7 49 4 2 56.882 0.376 0.428
31 Lou Brock SLN LF 37 3.4 3.5 133 544 150 24 5 4 35 56 19 58.942 0.344 0.394
32 Johnny Bench CIN C 28 3.3 4.4 135 552 109 24 1 16 81 13 2 63.282 0.348 0.394
33 Willie Montanez 2 teams 1B 28 3.3 3.2 163 691 206 29 2 11 36 2 5 82.994 0.352 0.418
34 Bill Buckner LAN LF 26 3.3 3.6 154 680 193 28 4 7 26 28 9 68.075 0.326 0.389
35 Willie Crawford SLN RF 29 3.2 3.5 120 438 119 17 5 9 37 2 1 56.241 0.360 0.441
36 Davey Lopes LAN 2B 31 3.1 2.1 117 491 103 17 7 4 56 63 10 45.827 0.333 0.342
37 Dave Concepcion CIN SS 28 3.1 5.1 152 636 162 28 7 9 49 21 10 68.622 0.335 0.401
38 Jim Wynn ATL LF 34 3.1 3.3 148 584 93 19 1 17 127 16 6 70.492 0.377 0.367
39 Ed Kranepool NYN 1B 31 2.8 2.1 123 455 121 17 1 10 35 1 0 52.256 0.344 0.410
40 Dick Allen PHI 1B 34 2.7 1.8 85 339 80 16 1 15 37 11 4 46.068 0.346 0.480
41 Cliff Johnson HOU C 28 2.7 2.3 108 384 72 21 2 10 62 0 0 46.797 0.359 0.399
42 Bake McBride SLN CF 27 2.7 3.1 72 299 91 13 4 3 18 10 5 41.880 0.386 0.445
43 Mike Ivie SDN 1B 23 2.6 2.0 140 446 118 19 5 7 30 6 6 51.614 0.345 0.415
44 Reggie Smith 2 teams 1B 31 2.5 3.1 112 430 100 15 5 18 32 3 2 49.996 0.312 0.453
45 Doug Rader SDN 3B 31 2.3 4.4 139 540 121 22 4 9 55 3 4 55.108 0.335 0.378
46 Greg Gross HOU RF 23 2.2 2.1 128 501 122 12 3 0 64 2 6 52.260 0.375 0.329
47 Jose Cardenal CHN LF 32 2.1 2.5 136 560 156 25 2 8 32 23 14 61.464 0.339 0.401
48 Dan Driessen CIN 1B 24 2.1 2.3 98 268 54 11 1 7 43 14 1 32.234 0.362 0.402
49 Joe Torre NYN 1B 35 2.1 2.1 114 340 95 10 3 5 21 1 3 40.410 0.358 0.406
50 Leon Roberts HOU LF 25 2.0 1.9 87 260 68 11 2 7 19 1 0 32.623 0.347 0.443

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 Randy Jones SDN 26 7.3 5.6 40 40 315.33 22 14 25 0 109 50 93 58.15 2.74 1.03 2.65
2 Tom Seaver NYN 31 6.9 5.9 35 34 271.00 14 11 13 0 83 77 235 60.45 2.59 1.06 7.80
3 John Montefusco SFN 26 6.6 5.5 37 36 253.33 16 14 11 0 90 74 172 52.12 2.84 1.18 6.11
4 Jerry Koosman NYN 33 6.2 6.0 34 32 247.33 21 10 17 0 81 66 200 54.39 2.69 1.10 7.28
5 Doug Rau LAN 27 6.2 5.8 34 32 231.00 16 12 8 0 71 69 98 49.36 2.57 1.26 3.82
6 J. R. Richard HOU 26 5.8 4.7 39 39 291.00 20 15 14 0 105 151 214 46.11 2.75 1.28 6.62
7 Don Sutton LAN 31 5.2 4.0 35 34 267.67 21 10 15 0 98 82 161 41.22 3.06 1.17 5.41
8 Jon Matlack NYN 26 5.0 4.6 35 35 262.00 17 10 16 0 94 57 153 43.24 2.95 1.12 5.26
9 John Denny SLN 23 4.9 4.7 30 30 207.00 11 9 8 0 71 74 74 39.00 2.52 1.27 3.22
10 Jim Barr SFN 28 4.9 4.5 37 37 252.33 15 12 8 0 104 60 75 38.53 2.89 1.27 2.67
11 Pat Zachry CIN 24 4.8 4.1 38 28 204.00 14 7 6 0 70 83 143 38.38 2.74 1.24 6.31
12 Steve Carlton PHI 31 4.6 4.1 35 35 252.67 20 7 13 0 94 72 195 44.52 3.13 1.17 6.95
13 Ray Burris CHN 25 4.5 3.1 37 36 249.00 15 13 10 0 102 70 112 39.55 3.11 1.29 4.05
14 Steve Rogers MON 26 4.3 3.4 33 32 230.00 7 17 8 1 93 69 150 34.34 3.21 1.22 5.87
15 Phil Niekro ATL 37 4.0 3.2 38 37 270.67 17 11 10 0 116 101 173 38.44 3.29 1.29 5.75
16 Jim Lonborg PHI 34 3.9 3.4 33 32 222.00 18 10 8 1 85 50 118 38.02 3.08 1.17 4.78
17 Andy Messersmith ATL 30 3.8 3.2 29 28 207.33 11 11 12 1 83 74 135 36.81 3.04 1.16 5.86
18 Rawly Eastwick CIN 25 3.8 3.4 71 0 107.67 11 5 0 26 30 27 70 30.12 2.09 1.11 5.85
19 Charlie Hough LAN 28 3.8 3.8 77 0 142.67 12 8 0 18 43 77 81 30.05 2.21 1.25 5.11
20 Gary Nolan CIN 28 3.6 2.3 34 34 239.33 15 9 7 0 96 27 113 28.18 3.46 1.08 4.25
21 Rick Reuschel CHN 27 3.6 3.4 38 37 260.00 14 12 9 1 117 64 146 31.19 3.46 1.25 5.05
22 Woodie Fryman MON 36 3.5 2.6 34 32 216.33 13 13 4 2 89 76 123 28.01 3.37 1.36 5.12
23 Tommy John LAN 33 3.4 2.6 31 31 207.00 10 10 6 0 76 61 91 27.14 3.09 1.29 3.96
24 John Candelaria PIT 22 3.3 3.0 32 31 220.00 16 7 11 1 87 60 138 29.61 3.15 1.06 5.65
25 Fred Norman CIN 33 3.2 2.6 33 24 180.33 12 7 8 0 71 70 126 25.28 3.09 1.24 6.29
26 Pete Falcone SLN 22 3.2 2.5 32 32 212.00 12 16 9 0 87 93 138 25.01 3.23 1.25 5.86
27 Rick Rhoden LAN 23 3.2 3.6 27 26 181.00 12 3 10 0 66 53 77 25.01 2.98 1.20 3.83
28 Ron Reed PHI 33 3.0 2.8 59 4 128.00 8 7 1 14 39 32 96 29.25 2.46 0.94 6.75
29 Burt Hooton LAN 26 3.0 2.3 33 33 226.67 11 15 8 0 93 60 116 23.91 3.26 1.16 4.61
30 Ken Forsch HOU 29 2.9 2.8 52 0 92.00 4 3 0 19 23 26 49 23.22 2.15 1.11 4.79
31 Jim Kaat PHI 37 2.8 2.2 38 35 227.67 12 14 7 0 95 32 83 27.22 3.48 1.20 3.28
32 Randy Moffitt SFN 27 2.8 2.5 58 0 103.00 6 6 0 14 36 35 50 21.78 2.27 1.23 4.37
33 Gary Lavelle SFN 27 2.7 2.4 65 0 110.33 10 6 0 12 37 52 71 21.27 2.69 1.40 5.79
34 Bruce Kison PIT 26 2.5 2.5 31 29 193.00 14 9 6 1 83 52 98 22.06 3.08 1.20 4.57
35 Kent Tekulve PIT 29 2.4 2.2 64 0 102.67 5 3 0 9 30 25 68 21.40 2.45 1.13 5.96
36 Skip Lockwood NYN 29 2.3 2.4 56 0 94.33 10 7 0 19 31 34 108 19.96 2.67 1.02 10.30
37 Ed Halicki SFN 25 2.2 1.9 32 31 186.33 12 14 8 0 86 61 130 17.81 3.62 1.25 6.28
38 Don Gullett CIN 25 2.2 1.9 23 20 126.00 11 3 4 1 48 48 64 17.73 3.00 1.33 4.57
39 Butch Metzger SDN 24 2.2 2.1 77 0 123.33 11 4 0 16 44 52 89 17.36 2.92 1.39 6.49
40 Mickey Lolich NYN 35 2.1 1.7 31 30 192.67 8 13 5 0 83 52 120 18.67 3.22 1.22 5.61
41 Jim Rooker PIT 33 2.1 1.9 30 29 198.67 15 8 10 1 83 72 92 18.93 3.35 1.37 4.17
42 Rick Sawyer SDN 28 2.1 2.1 13 11 81.67 5 3 4 0 24 38 33 16.56 2.53 1.49 3.64
43 Bruce Sutter CHN 23 2.1 1.9 52 0 83.33 6 3 0 10 27 26 73 18.19 2.70 1.07 7.88
44 Tug McGraw PHI 31 2.0 1.9 58 0 97.33 7 6 0 11 34 42 76 19.38 2.50 1.26 7.03
45 Gene Garber PHI 28 1.8 1.9 59 0 92.67 9 3 0 11 33 30 92 17.66 2.82 1.17 8.94
46 Tom Underwood PHI 22 1.8 1.1 33 25 155.67 10 5 3 2 63 63 94 17.00 3.53 1.39 5.43
47 Dick Ruthven ATL 25 1.7 0.9 36 36 240.33 14 17 8 0 112 90 142 16.27 4.19 1.44 5.32
48 Larry Demery PIT 23 1.7 1.2 36 15 145.00 10 7 4 2 56 58 72 15.05 3.17 1.25 4.47
49 Dale Murray MON 26 1.6 1.4 81 0 113.33 4 9 0 13 47 37 35 12.79 3.26 1.36 2.78
50 Wayne Twitchell PHI 28 1.6 1.5 26 2 61.67 3 1 0 1 18 18 67 15.33 1.75 1.18 9.78

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Steve Yeager LAN 27 2.0 115.0 948.0 522.0 77.0 9.0 9.0 19.827
2 Barry Foote MON 24 1.7 96.0 784.0 476.0 59.0 6.0 13.0 16.901
3 Joe Ferguson 2 teams 29 1.4 65.0 520.3 312.0 42.0 9.0 8.0 13.947
4 Gary Carter MON 22 1.3 60.0 493.7 311.0 36.0 2.0 7.0 12.231
5 Duffy Dyer PIT 30 1.3 58.0 484.0 279.0 37.0 2.0 4.0 9.897
6 Jerry Grote NYN 33 1.2 95.0 786.3 617.0 49.0 5.0 6.0 10.476
7 Johnny Bench CIN 28 1.2 128.0 1071.0 651.0 60.0 2.0 11.0 11.266
8 Biff Pocoroba ATL 22 1.1 54.0 440.0 273.0 39.0 7.0 5.0 9.068
1B 1 Darrell Evans 2 teams 29 1.3 119.0 921.3 966.0 91.0 9.0 78.0 12.370
2 Tony Perez CIN 34 1.1 136.0 1174.0 1158.0 73.0 5.0 110.0 10.807
3 Bob Watson HOU 30 0.9 155.0 1355.0 1395.0 96.0 15.0 126.0 8.792
4 Larry Biittner CHN 29 0.9 33.0 232.3 232.0 33.0 4.0 20.0 7.480
5 Steve Garvey LAN 27 0.9 162.0 1464.7 1583.0 67.0 3.0 138.0 8.473
6 Dan Driessen CIN 24 0.4 40.0 295.0 291.0 21.0 1.0 33.0 3.879
7 Willie McCovey SDN 38 0.3 51.0 388.0 420.0 44.0 4.0 39.0 3.248
8 Rick Monday CHN 30 0.3 32.0 285.3 309.0 22.0 3.0 17.0 2.440
2B 1 Rennie Stennett PIT 25 2.1 157.0 1395.3 430.0 502.0 18.0 111.0 16.791
2 Manny Trillo CHN 25 1.6 156.0 1398.3 349.0 527.0 17.0 103.0 13.526
3 Rod Gilbreath ATL 23 1.2 104.0 865.7 239.0 311.0 14.0 76.0 9.299
4 Rob Andrews HOU 23 1.0 107.0 913.7 228.0 354.0 14.0 66.0 9.956
5 Mike Tyson SLN 26 1.0 74.0 611.7 158.0 237.0 12.0 54.0 9.726
6 Ted Sizemore LAN 31 0.8 71.0 555.0 168.0 191.0 5.0 51.0 7.370
7 Derrel Thomas SFN 25 0.7 69.0 563.7 160.0 212.0 14.0 52.0 7.043
8 Tito Fuentes SDN 32 0.7 127.0 1117.3 339.0 387.0 22.0 91.0 6.663
3B 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 26 3.7 160.0 1424.0 139.0 377.0 21.0 29.0 28.942
2 Ron Cey LAN 28 2.2 144.0 1269.0 111.0 334.0 16.0 22.0 20.896
3 Jerry Royster ATL 23 2.1 148.0 1244.7 156.0 306.0 18.0 35.0 16.326
4 Doug Rader SDN 31 2.0 137.0 1192.7 109.0 318.0 20.0 22.0 19.573
5 Roy Staiger NYN 26 2.0 93.0 762.7 55.0 209.0 9.0 18.0 17.259
6 Wayne Garrett 2 teams 28 0.9 66.0 537.3 48.0 138.0 10.0 12.0 7.866
7 Larry Parrish MON 22 0.7 153.0 1300.7 122.0 310.0 25.0 35.0 6.494
8 Reggie Smith 2 teams 31 0.3 14.0 111.0 15.0 30.0 0.0 2.0 3.146
SS 1 Dave Concepcion CIN 28 2.0 150.0 1310.0 304.0 506.0 27.0 93.0 18.948
2 Tim Foli MON 25 1.7 146.0 1215.3 247.0 469.0 18.0 102.0 16.593
3 Frank Taveras PIT 26 1.5 141.0 1180.3 210.0 481.0 35.0 74.0 11.866
4 Enzo Hernandez SDN 27 1.5 101.0 819.3 132.0 344.0 18.0 64.0 14.290
5 Don Kessinger SLN 33 1.1 113.0 955.3 212.0 350.0 18.0 84.0 10.180
6 Mick Kelleher CHN 28 0.9 101.0 760.3 147.0 289.0 9.0 52.0 7.144
7 Chris Speier SFN 26 0.7 135.0 1169.3 225.0 441.0 18.0 81.0 7.023
8 Johnnie LeMaster SFN 22 0.5 31.0 246.0 54.0 109.0 11.0 17.0 4.721
LF 1 Richie Zisk PIT 27 0.6 152.0 1322.3 302.0 11.0 4.0 2.0 5.131
2 George Foster CIN 27 0.5 115.0 805.3 196.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 4.361
3 Bill Buckner LAN 26 0.4 152.0 1343.7 309.0 7.0 5.0 0.0 4.027
4 Jose Cardenal CHN 32 0.4 127.0 1070.0 243.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 3.437
5 Jose Cruz HOU 28 0.4 84.0 692.3 176.0 5.0 6.0 2.0 3.959
6 Jim Wynn ATL 34 0.4 85.0 707.0 169.0 12.0 6.0 2.0 3.199
7 Merv Rettenmund SDN 33 0.4 34.0 209.0 68.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 3.826
8 Johnny Grubb SDN 27 0.1 64.0 455.3 107.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.417
CF 1 Garry Maddox PHI 26 1.5 143.0 1240.0 439.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 12.223
2 Willie Davis SDN 36 0.8 128.0 1044.3 353.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 7.826
3 Jerry Mumphrey SLN 23 0.6 79.0 640.3 221.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 5.968
4 Al Oliver PIT 29 0.6 106.0 935.7 307.0 4.0 5.0 0.0 4.860
5 Rick Monday CHN 30 0.5 99.0 861.0 277.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 4.400
6 Bake McBride SLN 27 0.5 66.0 569.7 199.0 5.0 4.0 0.0 4.705
7 Cesar Geronimo CIN 28 0.4 146.0 1194.0 390.0 3.0 6.0 2.0 4.122
8 Luis Melendez 2 teams 26 0.4 33.0 203.0 82.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.432
RF 1 Jay Johnstone PHI 30 1.0 120.0 963.7 263.0 8.0 5.0 1.0 7.809
2 Dave Winfield SDN 24 0.5 127.0 1090.0 271.0 15.0 6.0 4.0 4.960
3 Reggie Smith 2 teams 31 0.5 71.0 612.3 163.0 7.0 2.0 2.0 4.569
4 Willie Crawford SLN 29 0.3 105.0 861.7 208.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 2.837
5 Dave Parker PIT 25 0.3 134.0 1196.3 293.0 12.0 14.0 0.0 2.117
6 Dusty Baker LAN 27 0.2 24.0 162.0 45.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.511
7 Joe Wallis CHN 24 0.2 16.0 115.0 32.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.253
8 Gary Thomasson SFN 24 0.1 19.0 113.3 34.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.298