1977 National League Stats

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1977 National League Standings

1977 American League <<1976 National League 1978 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Philadelphia Phillies101-61 (0.623)-84766898-64 (0.607)108-54 (0.667)2,700,07060.531.36.322.8
2Pittsburgh Pirates96-66 (0.593)5.073466588-74 (0.545)91-71 (0.562)1,237,34943.620.6-0.123.1
3St. Louis Cardinals83-79 (0.512)18.073768886-76 (0.531)82-80 (0.506)1,659,28734.312.15.017.1
4Chicago Cubs81-81 (0.500)20.069273976-86 (0.470)78-84 (0.481)1,439,83430.16.62.920.6
5Montreal Expos75-87 (0.463)26.066573674-88 (0.454)78-84 (0.481)1,433,75731.016.23.910.9
6New York Mets64-98 (0.395)37.058766372-90 (0.445)66-96 (0.407)1,066,82518.54.70.813.1

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Los Angeles Dodgers98-64 (0.605)-769582101-61 (0.625)112-50 (0.691)2,955,08764.525.56.532.4
2Cincinnati Reds88-74 (0.543)10.080272588-74 (0.546)89-73 (0.549)2,519,67041.530.11.410.0
3Houston Astros81-81 (0.500)17.068065084-78 (0.521)86-76 (0.531)1,109,56038.220.12.615.4
4San Francisco Giants75-87 (0.463)23.067371177-85 (0.475)74-88 (0.457)700,05626.812.9-0.714.7
5San Diego Padres69-93 (0.426)29.069283467-95 (0.415)60-102 (0.370)1,376,26912.117.90.8-6.6
6Atlanta Braves61-101 (0.377)37.067889561-101 (0.376)48-114 (0.296)872,4641.03.0-1.5-0.6

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 George Foster CIN LF 28 8.5 9.5 158 689 197 31 2 52 61 6 4 130.842 0.382 0.631
2 Reggie Smith LAN RF 32 7.7 7.5 148 603 150 27 4 32 104 7 5 114.932 0.427 0.576
3 Greg Luzinski PHI LF 26 7.5 6.6 149 645 171 35 3 39 80 3 2 118.108 0.394 0.594
4 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 27 7.2 11.1 154 667 149 27 11 38 104 15 8 117.291 0.393 0.574
5 Joe Morgan CIN 2B 33 6.8 7.4 153 645 150 21 6 22 117 49 10 104.860 0.417 0.478
6 Dave Parker PIT RF 26 6.4 7.4 159 706 215 44 8 21 58 17 19 118.795 0.397 0.531
7 George Hendrick SDN CF 27 5.4 6.3 152 607 168 25 2 23 61 11 6 92.067 0.381 0.492
8 Ted Simmons SLN C 27 5.4 4.1 150 601 164 25 3 21 79 2 6 98.888 0.408 0.500
9 Bob Watson HOU 1B 31 5.4 8.2 151 623 160 38 6 22 57 5 0 89.663 0.360 0.498
10 Jose Cruz HOU RF 29 5.1 5.2 157 661 173 31 10 17 69 44 23 91.531 0.368 0.475
11 Ken Griffey CIN RF 27 5.0 5.5 154 657 186 35 8 12 69 17 8 96.617 0.389 0.467
12 Gene Tenace SDN C 30 4.9 6.0 147 581 102 24 4 15 125 5 3 84.775 0.414 0.410
13 Gary Carter MON C 23 4.8 6.6 154 595 148 29 2 31 58 5 5 88.596 0.356 0.525
14 Jeff Burroughs ATL RF 26 4.7 3.9 154 671 157 19 1 41 86 4 1 101.436 0.362 0.520
15 Dusty Baker LAN LF 28 4.7 4.3 153 604 155 26 1 30 58 2 6 90.272 0.364 0.512
16 Cesar Cedeno HOU CF 26 4.7 5.0 141 598 148 36 8 14 47 61 14 74.775 0.346 0.457
17 Pete Rose CIN 3B 36 4.5 3.4 162 731 204 38 7 9 66 16 4 96.724 0.377 0.432
18 Steve Garvey LAN 1B 28 4.5 5.8 162 696 192 25 3 33 38 9 6 92.634 0.335 0.498
19 Willie McCovey SFN 1B 39 4.4 2.8 141 548 134 21 0 28 67 3 0 81.200 0.367 0.500
20 Dan Driessen CIN 1B 25 4.4 2.5 151 608 161 31 4 17 64 31 13 86.264 0.375 0.468
21 Keith Hernandez SLN 1B 23 4.3 5.2 161 645 163 41 4 15 79 7 7 90.791 0.379 0.459
22 Johnny Bench CIN C 29 4.2 4.2 142 560 136 34 2 31 58 2 4 84.079 0.348 0.540
23 Bake McBride 2 teams CF 28 4.1 4.2 128 446 127 25 6 15 32 36 7 66.661 0.363 0.520
24 Dave Winfield SDN RF 25 4.1 5.1 157 678 169 29 7 25 58 16 7 84.436 0.335 0.467
25 Joe Ferguson HOU C 30 3.9 3.7 132 511 108 21 3 16 85 6 2 69.179 0.379 0.435
26 Davey Lopes LAN 2B 32 3.8 4.5 134 589 142 19 5 11 73 47 12 72.305 0.372 0.406
27 Bill Robinson PIT 1B 34 3.8 2.7 137 544 154 32 1 26 25 12 6 76.821 0.337 0.525
28 Gene Richards SDN LF 23 3.8 3.4 146 591 152 16 11 5 60 56 12 68.076 0.363 0.391
29 Tony Perez MON 1B 35 3.7 5.1 154 633 158 32 6 19 63 4 3 82.294 0.352 0.463
30 Ellis Valentine MON RF 22 3.6 3.5 127 541 149 28 2 25 30 13 5 72.690 0.332 0.504
31 Ron Cey LAN 3B 29 3.6 5.1 153 669 136 22 3 30 93 3 4 83.860 0.347 0.450
32 Lenny Randle NYN 3B 28 3.4 3.8 136 585 156 22 7 5 65 33 21 74.443 0.383 0.404
33 Gary Thomasson SFN LF 25 3.4 3.3 145 534 114 24 6 17 75 16 4 68.658 0.358 0.451
34 Richie Hebner PHI 1B 29 3.4 2.3 118 466 113 17 4 18 61 7 8 69.145 0.381 0.484
35 Al Oliver PIT LF 30 3.3 3.8 154 622 175 29 6 19 40 13 16 83.874 0.353 0.481
36 Steve Ontiveros CHN 3B 25 3.2 3.2 156 636 163 32 3 10 81 3 3 86.412 0.390 0.423
37 Steve Henderson NYN LF 24 3.1 3.5 99 398 104 16 6 12 43 6 3 56.980 0.372 0.480
38 Andre Dawson MON CF 22 3.1 3.5 139 566 148 26 9 19 34 21 7 69.216 0.326 0.474
39 Gary Matthews ATL LF 26 3.0 2.9 148 627 157 25 5 17 67 22 8 80.563 0.362 0.438
40 Bobby Murcer CHN RF 31 2.9 2.0 154 649 147 18 3 27 80 16 7 84.011 0.355 0.455
41 Phil Garner PIT 3B 28 2.9 3.8 153 651 152 35 10 17 55 32 9 72.948 0.325 0.441
42 Bill Madlock SFN 3B 26 2.9 1.4 140 585 161 28 1 12 43 13 10 72.578 0.360 0.426
43 Enos Cabell HOU 3B 27 2.7 2.4 150 660 176 36 7 16 27 42 22 70.435 0.313 0.438
44 John Stearns NYN C 25 2.7 3.7 139 520 108 25 1 12 77 9 8 63.497 0.370 0.397
45 Rennie Stennett PIT 2B 26 2.6 2.7 116 490 152 20 4 5 29 28 18 63.779 0.376 0.430
46 Garry Maddox PHI CF 27 2.6 3.3 139 603 167 27 10 14 24 22 6 68.633 0.323 0.448
47 Darrell Evans SFN LF 30 2.4 2.6 144 539 117 18 3 17 69 9 6 63.837 0.351 0.416
48 John Milner NYN 1B 27 2.4 2.4 131 453 99 20 3 12 61 6 2 53.792 0.353 0.415
49 Biff Pocoroba ATL C 23 2.3 4.0 113 387 93 24 1 8 57 3 4 55.126 0.394 0.446
50 Garry Templeton SLN SS 21 2.2 2.9 153 644 200 19 18 8 15 28 24 75.987 0.336 0.449

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 Steve Carlton PHI 32 10.1 10.2 36 36 283.00 23 10 17 0 99 89 198 82.65 2.64 1.12 6.30
2 John Candelaria PIT 23 8.6 8.3 33 33 230.67 20 5 6 0 64 50 133 77.59 2.34 1.07 5.19
3 Tom Seaver 2 teams 32 8.5 8.3 33 33 261.33 21 6 19 0 78 66 196 83.52 2.58 1.01 6.75
4 Rick Reuschel CHN 28 8.4 7.9 39 37 252.00 20 10 8 1 84 74 166 77.98 2.79 1.22 5.93
5 Steve Rogers MON 27 7.7 6.2 40 40 301.67 17 16 17 0 122 81 206 62.61 3.10 1.17 6.15
6 Burt Hooton LAN 27 6.9 6.4 32 31 223.33 12 7 6 1 74 60 153 59.19 2.62 1.09 6.17
7 Tommy John LAN 34 6.4 5.8 31 31 220.33 20 7 11 0 82 50 123 55.05 2.78 1.25 5.02
8 J. R. Richard HOU 27 6.4 6.4 36 36 267.00 18 12 13 0 94 104 214 58.10 2.97 1.18 7.21
9 Rich Gossage PIT 25 6.4 6.3 72 0 133.00 11 9 0 26 27 49 151 57.32 1.62 0.95 10.22
10 Bruce Sutter CHN 24 5.6 5.4 62 0 107.33 7 3 0 31 21 23 129 52.15 1.34 0.86 10.82
11 Don Sutton LAN 32 5.5 5.0 33 33 240.33 14 8 9 0 93 69 150 47.36 3.18 1.15 5.62
12 Ed Halicki SFN 26 5.3 4.8 37 37 257.67 16 12 7 0 105 70 168 48.05 3.32 1.21 5.87
13 Eric Rasmussen SLN 25 4.7 4.0 34 34 233.00 11 17 11 0 103 63 120 38.04 3.48 1.23 4.64
14 Jim Rooker PIT 34 4.3 3.7 30 30 204.33 14 9 7 0 87 64 89 38.50 3.08 1.27 3.92
15 Gary Lavelle SFN 28 4.3 3.9 73 0 118.33 7 7 0 20 35 37 93 38.43 2.05 1.21 7.07
16 Phil Niekro ATL 38 4.2 2.9 44 43 330.33 16 20 20 0 166 164 262 42.10 4.03 1.45 7.14
17 Doug Rau LAN 28 4.2 3.4 32 32 212.33 14 8 4 0 87 49 126 35.82 3.43 1.32 5.34
18 Gene Garber PHI 29 4.1 3.8 64 0 103.33 8 6 0 19 30 23 78 33.67 2.35 1.02 6.79
19 Bob Forsch SLN 27 4.0 3.4 35 35 217.33 20 7 8 0 97 69 95 32.39 3.48 1.28 3.93
20 Ron Reed PHI 34 3.8 3.6 60 3 124.33 7 5 0 15 41 37 84 31.41 2.75 1.11 6.08
21 Fred Norman CIN 34 3.8 2.8 35 34 221.33 14 13 8 0 97 98 160 36.73 3.38 1.35 6.51
22 Rollie Fingers SDN 30 3.4 3.0 78 0 132.33 8 9 0 35 47 36 113 30.69 2.99 1.20 7.69
23 Joe Niekro HOU 32 3.2 2.6 44 14 180.67 13 8 9 5 66 64 101 29.22 3.04 1.21 5.03
24 Nino Espinosa NYN 23 3.1 2.4 32 29 200.00 10 13 7 0 82 55 105 30.78 3.42 1.22 4.72
25 Jerry Koosman NYN 34 3.1 2.0 32 32 226.67 8 20 6 0 102 81 192 30.64 3.49 1.22 7.62
26 Rick Rhoden LAN 24 3.1 3.0 31 31 216.33 16 10 4 0 98 63 122 26.25 3.74 1.32 5.08
27 John Urrea SLN 22 3.0 2.9 41 12 139.67 7 6 2 4 56 35 81 24.64 3.16 1.15 5.22
28 Mark Lemongello HOU 21 3.0 1.9 34 30 214.67 9 14 5 0 88 52 83 27.18 3.48 1.35 3.48
29 Buddy Schultz SLN 26 2.8 2.8 40 3 85.33 6 1 0 1 26 24 66 22.95 2.32 1.17 6.96
30 Willie Hernandez CHN 22 2.8 2.5 67 1 110.00 8 7 0 4 42 28 78 25.91 3.03 1.11 6.38
31 Clay Carroll SLN 36 2.7 2.6 51 1 90.00 4 2 0 4 28 24 34 22.40 2.50 1.12 3.40
32 Bob Knepper SFN 23 2.7 2.4 27 27 166.00 11 9 6 0 73 72 100 24.60 3.36 1.34 5.42
33 Tug McGraw PHI 32 2.6 2.8 45 0 79.00 7 3 0 9 25 24 58 21.61 2.62 1.09 6.61
34 Pedro Borbon CIN 30 2.6 2.4 73 0 127.00 10 5 0 18 48 24 48 25.64 3.19 1.22 3.40
35 Dave Heaverlo SFN 26 2.4 2.3 56 0 98.67 5 1 0 1 36 21 58 21.20 2.55 1.15 5.29
36 Charlie Hough LAN 29 2.3 2.2 70 1 127.33 6 12 0 22 53 70 105 20.06 3.32 1.32 7.42
37 Elias Sosa LAN 27 2.3 2.3 44 0 63.67 2 2 0 1 15 12 47 19.90 1.98 0.85 6.64
38 Bill Bonham CHN 28 2.2 1.9 34 34 214.67 10 13 1 0 111 82 134 20.67 4.36 1.35 5.62
39 Kent Tekulve PIT 30 2.1 2.1 72 0 103.00 10 1 0 7 41 33 59 19.18 3.06 1.18 5.16
40 Joe Sambito HOU 25 2.1 2.0 54 1 89.00 5 5 0 7 34 24 67 19.29 2.33 1.13 6.78
41 Dave Campbell ATL 25 2.1 1.8 65 0 88.67 0 6 0 13 32 33 42 20.74 3.05 1.25 4.26
42 Don Stanhouse MON 26 2.1 1.8 47 16 158.33 10 10 1 10 72 84 89 16.90 3.41 1.46 5.06
43 Warren Brusstar PHI 25 2.0 1.8 46 0 71.33 7 2 0 3 26 24 46 16.28 2.65 1.23 5.80
44 Larry Christenson PHI 23 1.9 1.4 34 34 219.33 19 6 5 0 113 69 118 15.90 4.06 1.36 4.84
45 John Montefusco SFN 27 1.9 1.3 26 25 157.33 7 12 4 0 82 46 110 16.90 3.49 1.37 6.29
46 Mike Garman LAN 27 1.9 1.7 49 0 62.67 4 4 0 12 20 22 29 16.08 2.73 1.31 4.16
47 Dave Tomlin SDN 28 1.9 1.9 76 0 101.67 4 4 0 3 38 32 55 16.73 3.01 1.28 4.87
48 Skip Lockwood NYN 30 1.8 1.7 63 0 104.00 4 8 0 20 40 31 84 18.39 3.38 1.13 7.27
49 Ken Forsch HOU 30 1.8 1.6 42 5 86.00 5 8 0 8 32 28 45 16.52 2.72 1.26 4.71
50 Joe Kerrigan MON 23 1.7 1.5 66 0 89.33 3 5 0 11 37 33 43 13.62 3.22 1.26 4.33

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 George Mitterwald CHN 32 2.2 109.0 897.3 621.0 78.0 8.0 13.0 17.686
2 Gary Carter MON 23 1.8 146.0 1271.3 811.0 101.0 9.0 14.0 17.722
3 Biff Pocoroba ATL 23 1.8 100.0 798.3 542.0 78.0 7.0 8.0 15.822
4 Steve Yeager LAN 28 1.7 123.0 1015.0 690.0 89.0 18.0 12.0 17.438
5 Gene Tenace SDN 30 1.1 99.0 791.3 523.0 61.0 12.0 9.0 10.202
6 John Stearns NYN 25 1.1 127.0 1045.0 742.0 76.0 15.0 12.0 8.841
7 Mike Sadek SFN 31 1.1 57.0 338.0 227.0 32.0 2.0 3.0 9.520
8 Bob Boone PHI 29 0.9 131.0 1047.7 653.0 80.0 8.0 9.0 8.851
1B 1 Bob Watson HOU 31 2.8 146.0 1278.3 1331.0 118.0 9.0 100.0 23.400
2 Steve Garvey LAN 28 1.4 160.0 1417.3 1606.0 55.0 8.0 137.0 13.524
3 Tony Perez MON 35 1.3 148.0 1290.3 1312.0 110.0 11.0 88.0 13.480
4 Keith Hernandez SLN 23 1.0 158.0 1345.0 1453.0 106.0 12.0 146.0 9.535
5 Ed Kranepool NYN 32 0.4 41.0 308.3 286.0 30.0 3.0 21.0 3.677
6 Cliff Johnson HOU 29 0.2 10.0 69.0 64.0 7.0 0.0 8.0 1.679
7 Del Unser MON 32 0.1 27.0 147.0 160.0 11.0 0.0 15.0 1.352
8 Mike Jorgensen MON 28 0.1 5.0 18.7 23.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 1.210
2B 1 Mike Tyson SLN 27 2.5 135.0 1097.0 267.0 423.0 15.0 99.0 24.706
2 Manny Trillo CHN 26 1.9 149.0 1203.7 330.0 467.0 25.0 81.0 15.319
3 Ted Sizemore PHI 32 1.1 152.0 1301.7 348.0 427.0 11.0 104.0 10.537
4 Ted Martinez LAN 29 0.6 27.0 192.0 59.0 67.0 1.0 23.0 6.258
5 Davey Lopes LAN 32 0.6 130.0 1098.0 287.0 380.0 14.0 74.0 6.188
6 Joe Morgan CIN 33 0.6 151.0 1244.7 351.0 359.0 5.0 100.0 4.694
7 Mick Kelleher CHN 29 0.4 40.0 249.3 65.0 99.0 4.0 16.0 3.611
8 Julio Gonzalez HOU 24 0.4 45.0 378.0 73.0 142.0 7.0 28.0 3.004
3B 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 27 3.8 149.0 1299.3 106.0 396.0 19.0 33.0 38.386
2 Phil Garner PIT 28 1.9 107.0 897.3 98.0 240.0 10.0 28.0 18.641
3 Ron Cey LAN 29 1.6 153.0 1352.7 138.0 346.0 18.0 29.0 15.568
4 Lenny Randle NYN 28 0.8 110.0 937.3 98.0 221.0 13.0 25.0 6.849
5 Ken Reitz SLN 26 0.8 157.0 1359.3 121.0 320.0 9.0 35.0 7.832
6 Roy Staiger NYN 27 0.7 36.0 266.7 23.0 76.0 7.0 4.0 5.524
7 Wayne Garrett MON 29 0.5 49.0 399.0 34.0 101.0 0.0 2.0 5.444
8 Tucker Ashford SDN 22 0.5 74.0 564.3 32.0 145.0 12.0 14.0 4.209
SS 1 Ivan de Jesus CHN 24 3.8 154.0 1339.0 234.0 595.0 33.0 94.0 31.276
2 Dave Concepcion CIN 29 2.4 156.0 1339.3 280.0 490.0 11.0 101.0 19.451
3 Bill Almon SDN 24 2.1 155.0 1344.7 303.0 538.0 41.0 87.0 19.102
4 Bill Russell LAN 28 1.8 153.0 1320.0 234.0 523.0 29.0 102.0 17.814
5 Larry Bowa PHI 31 1.5 154.0 1345.7 222.0 518.0 13.0 94.0 15.375
6 Tim Foli 2 teams 26 1.2 115.0 959.0 217.0 344.0 13.0 78.0 10.821
7 Garry Templeton SLN 21 0.6 151.0 1264.0 285.0 453.0 32.0 98.0 6.453
8 Darrel Chaney ATL 29 0.4 41.0 312.7 73.0 116.0 4.0 17.0 3.320
LF 1 George Foster CIN 28 1.0 143.0 1146.3 276.0 10.0 3.0 1.0 7.952
2 Warren Cromartie MON 23 0.6 153.0 1340.7 313.0 9.0 8.0 1.0 6.220
3 Steve Henderson NYN 24 0.4 97.0 813.7 188.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 3.369
4 Jim Fuller HOU 26 0.2 26.0 224.3 55.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.877
5 Wilbur Howard HOU 28 0.2 46.0 251.7 62.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.746
6 Al Oliver PIT 30 0.2 133.0 1000.3 215.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 1.807
7 Gary Thomasson SFN 25 0.1 64.0 351.3 85.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.231
8 George Hendrick SDN 27 0.1 4.0 35.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.155
CF 1 Cesar Geronimo CIN 29 0.8 147.0 1187.3 372.0 9.0 3.0 2.0 6.220
2 George Hendrick SDN 27 0.7 132.0 1139.0 365.0 10.0 7.0 2.0 6.550
3 Garry Maddox PHI 27 0.7 138.0 1204.7 385.0 7.0 9.0 2.0 7.095
4 Barry Bonnell ATL 23 0.6 64.0 486.7 168.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 5.152
5 Omar Moreno PIT 24 0.6 147.0 1155.0 370.0 10.0 9.0 4.0 5.625
6 Lee Mazzilli NYN 22 0.5 155.0 1293.3 391.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 4.266
7 Tony Scott SLN 25 0.5 83.0 628.0 206.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 5.034
8 Jerry Mumphrey SLN 24 0.5 67.0 540.0 185.0 6.0 4.0 1.0 4.641
RF 1 Dave Winfield SDN 25 1.0 156.0 1379.3 366.0 16.0 11.0 3.0 9.379
2 Dave Parker PIT 26 0.9 158.0 1420.3 381.0 26.0 15.0 9.0 9.479
3 Ken Griffey CIN 27 0.5 147.0 1251.3 297.0 10.0 3.0 3.0 4.442
4 Mike Vail NYN 25 0.5 82.0 587.0 159.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 4.224
5 Jack Clark SFN 21 0.5 113.0 906.0 227.0 11.0 6.0 2.0 4.173
6 Terry Whitfield SFN 24 0.3 49.0 389.7 106.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 3.102
7 Jay Johnstone PHI 31 0.3 86.0 679.3 155.0 8.0 0.0 1.0 2.905
8 Mike Anderson SLN 26 0.3 75.0 371.0 98.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 2.625