1983 National League Stats

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1983 National League Standings

1983 American League <<1982 National League 1984 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Philadelphia Phillies90-72 (0.556)-69663588-74 (0.542)87-75 (0.537)2,128,33939.417.0-0.122.4
2Pittsburgh Pirates84-78 (0.519)6.065964882-80 (0.508)81-81 (0.500)1,225,91633.814.8-1.120.1
3Montreal Expos82-80 (0.506)8.067764684-78 (0.521)89-73 (0.549)2,320,65141.521.83.016.7
4St. Louis Cardinals79-83 (0.488)11.067971078-84 (0.480)85-77 (0.525)2,317,91437.322.25.59.6
5Chicago Cubs71-91 (0.438)19.070171979-83 (0.488)81-81 (0.500)1,479,71733.414.37.411.7
6New York Mets68-94 (0.420)22.057568069-93 (0.424)67-95 (0.414)1,112,77419.44.64.710.1

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Los Angeles Dodgers91-71 (0.562)-65460986-76 (0.533)86-76 (0.531)3,510,31339.019.4-2.822.4
2Atlanta Braves88-74 (0.543)3.074664092-70 (0.570)93-69 (0.574)2,119,93545.421.74.019.7
3Houston Astros85-77 (0.525)6.064364681-81 (0.498)83-79 (0.512)1,351,96236.019.72.913.4
4San Diego Padres81-81 (0.500)10.065365381-81 (0.500)74-88 (0.457)1,539,81526.514.32.110.1
5San Francisco Giants79-83 (0.488)12.068769780-82 (0.493)80-82 (0.494)1,251,53032.421.53.67.3
6Cincinnati Reds74-88 (0.457)17.062371071-91 (0.440)65-97 (0.401)1,190,41917.99.71.17.0

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 Dale Murphy ATL CF 27 8.0 8.0 162 687 178 24 4 36 90 30 4 116.329 0.393 0.540
2 Tim Raines MON LF 23 7.7 8.0 156 720 183 32 8 11 97 90 14 99.903 0.393 0.429
3 Pedro Guerrero LAN 3B 27 7.4 7.9 160 664 174 28 6 32 72 23 7 105.692 0.373 0.531
4 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 33 7.1 9.5 154 669 136 16 4 40 128 7 8 112.310 0.399 0.524
5 Darrell Evans SFN 1B 36 6.4 8.8 142 611 145 29 3 30 84 6 6 96.507 0.378 0.516
6 Jose Cruz HOU LF 35 6.2 6.5 160 664 189 28 8 14 65 30 16 95.931 0.385 0.463
7 Andre Dawson MON CF 28 6.1 6.5 159 698 189 36 10 32 38 25 11 101.305 0.338 0.539
8 Keith Hernandez 2 teams 1B 29 5.2 6.6 150 633 160 23 7 12 88 9 5 89.521 0.395 0.433
9 George Hendrick SLN 1B 33 4.9 6.2 144 593 168 33 3 18 51 3 4 87.060 0.373 0.493
10 Dickie Thon HOU SS 25 4.9 7.3 154 686 177 28 9 20 54 34 16 85.467 0.341 0.457
11 Lonnie Smith SLN LF 27 4.6 4.3 130 547 158 31 5 8 41 43 18 76.596 0.381 0.453
12 Bob Horner ATL 3B 25 4.3 3.3 104 439 117 25 1 20 50 4 2 71.522 0.383 0.528
13 Jack Clark SFN RF 27 4.2 4.3 135 574 132 25 0 20 74 5 3 74.471 0.361 0.441
14 Keith Moreland CHN RF 29 4.1 3.8 154 619 161 30 3 16 68 0 3 86.066 0.378 0.460
15 Darryl Strawberry NYN RF 21 4.1 4.3 122 473 108 15 7 26 47 19 6 66.410 0.336 0.512
16 Jeffrey Leonard SFN LF 27 3.8 3.7 139 558 144 17 7 21 35 26 7 66.559 0.323 0.461
17 Joel Youngblood SFN 2B 31 3.8 2.5 124 415 109 20 3 17 33 7 4 59.601 0.356 0.499
18 Ray Knight HOU 1B 30 3.8 4.1 145 567 154 36 4 9 42 0 3 70.726 0.355 0.444
19 Bill Madlock PIT 3B 32 3.7 2.7 130 530 153 21 0 12 49 3 4 73.951 0.386 0.444
20 Gary Redus CIN LF 26 3.7 4.0 125 531 112 20 9 17 71 39 14 67.454 0.352 0.444
21 Jason Thompson PIT 1B 28 3.7 2.5 152 623 134 20 1 18 99 1 0 79.361 0.376 0.406
22 Alan Wiggins SDN LF 25 3.6 4.2 144 585 139 20 2 0 65 66 13 55.792 0.360 0.324
23 Terry Kennedy SDN C 27 3.6 3.7 149 612 156 27 2 17 51 1 3 72.692 0.342 0.433
24 Ron Cey CHN 3B 35 3.6 2.6 159 658 160 33 1 24 62 0 0 84.255 0.345 0.460
25 Chris Chambliss ATL 1B 34 3.5 2.9 131 513 125 24 3 20 63 2 7 73.484 0.366 0.481
26 Joe Morgan PHI 2B 39 3.4 3.7 123 504 93 20 1 16 89 18 2 62.881 0.370 0.404
27 Dan Driessen CIN 1B 31 3.3 4.3 122 467 107 17 1 12 75 6 4 63.391 0.390 0.420
28 Gary Carter MON C 29 3.3 7.0 145 609 146 37 3 17 51 1 1 72.720 0.336 0.444
29 Ken Landreaux LAN CF 28 3.3 3.3 141 524 135 25 3 17 34 30 11 61.946 0.328 0.451
30 Mike Marshall LAN RF 23 3.2 2.8 140 518 132 17 1 17 43 7 3 63.496 0.347 0.434
31 Bill Doran HOU 2B 25 3.2 4.0 154 629 145 12 7 8 86 12 12 71.045 0.371 0.364
32 Terry Puhl HOU RF 26 3.2 3.4 137 512 136 25 7 8 36 24 11 59.660 0.343 0.428
33 Dusty Baker LAN LF 34 3.2 3.1 149 616 138 25 1 15 72 7 1 68.319 0.346 0.396
34 Joe Lefebvre 2 teams RF 27 3.2 3.0 119 317 85 20 8 8 33 5 3 50.359 0.382 0.522
35 Darrell Porter SLN C 31 3.2 3.4 145 519 116 24 3 15 68 1 3 66.688 0.363 0.431
36 Tim Wallach MON 3B 25 3.2 2.5 156 647 156 33 3 19 55 0 3 76.085 0.335 0.434
37 Eddie Milner CIN CF 28 3.1 4.4 146 584 131 23 6 9 68 41 12 63.150 0.350 0.385
38 Steve Garvey SDN 1B 34 3.1 2.4 100 425 114 22 0 14 29 4 1 54.035 0.344 0.459
39 Al Oliver MON 1B 36 3.1 3.7 157 664 184 38 3 8 44 1 3 76.031 0.347 0.410
40 Leon Durham CHN LF 25 3.0 2.5 100 409 87 18 8 12 66 12 6 59.127 0.381 0.466
41 Mel Hall CHN CF 22 2.9 2.7 112 458 116 23 5 17 42 6 6 63.768 0.352 0.488
42 Ken Oberkfell SLN 3B 27 2.9 4.3 151 557 143 26 5 3 61 12 6 65.151 0.371 0.385
43 Greg Brock LAN 1B 26 2.8 2.5 146 543 102 14 2 20 83 5 1 60.850 0.343 0.396
44 Tony Peña PIT C 26 2.6 2.5 151 580 163 22 3 15 31 6 7 68.214 0.338 0.435
45 Tom Herr SLN 2B 27 2.5 3.2 89 368 101 14 4 2 43 6 8 49.510 0.403 0.412
46 Jody Davis CHN C 26 2.4 1.0 151 550 138 31 2 24 33 0 2 67.249 0.315 0.480
47 Andy Van Slyke SLN LF 22 2.3 2.5 101 361 81 15 5 8 46 21 7 43.915 0.356 0.421
48 Mike Easler PIT LF 32 2.3 1.9 115 408 117 17 2 10 22 4 2 50.818 0.349 0.441
49 Steve Sax LAN 2B 23 2.1 -0.6 155 692 175 18 5 5 58 56 30 65.954 0.342 0.350
50 Bill Buckner CHN 1B 33 2.1 5.8 153 665 175 38 6 16 25 12 4 70.753 0.310 0.436

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 John Denny PHI 30 7.3 6.8 36 36 242.67 19 6 7 0 77 53 139 64.93 2.37 1.16 5.16
2 Mario Soto CIN 26 7.3 6.2 34 34 273.67 17 13 18 0 96 95 242 67.52 2.70 1.10 7.96
3 Steve Carlton PHI 38 5.9 5.2 37 37 283.67 15 16 8 0 117 84 275 52.58 3.11 1.27 8.72
4 Atlee Hammaker SFN 25 5.6 4.8 23 23 172.33 10 9 8 0 57 32 127 45.52 2.25 1.04 6.63
5 Rick Rhoden PIT 30 5.2 4.0 36 35 244.33 13 13 7 1 95 68 153 46.36 3.09 1.33 5.64
6 Lee Smith CHN 25 5.2 5.0 66 0 103.33 4 10 0 29 23 41 91 41.67 1.65 1.07 7.93
7 Bob Welch LAN 26 5.0 3.8 31 31 204.00 15 12 4 0 73 72 156 44.08 2.65 1.16 6.88
8 Jesse Orosco NYN 26 4.9 5.0 62 0 110.00 13 7 0 17 27 38 84 39.66 1.47 1.04 6.87
9 Steve Rogers MON 33 4.9 4.1 36 36 273.00 17 12 13 0 108 78 146 43.70 3.23 1.23 4.81
10 Craig McMurtry ATL 23 4.8 3.7 36 35 224.67 15 9 6 0 86 88 105 41.27 3.08 1.30 4.21
11 John Candelaria PIT 29 4.4 3.7 33 32 197.67 15 8 2 0 73 45 157 39.27 3.23 1.19 7.15
12 Larry McWilliams PIT 29 4.4 3.2 35 35 238.00 15 8 8 0 99 87 199 38.85 3.25 1.23 7.53
13 Pascual Perez ATL 26 4.3 3.4 33 33 215.33 15 8 7 0 88 51 144 36.28 3.43 1.23 6.02
14 Charlie Lea MON 26 4.1 3.2 33 33 222.00 16 11 8 0 87 84 137 36.78 3.12 1.26 5.55
15 Jerry Reuss LAN 34 3.9 4.0 32 31 223.33 12 11 7 0 94 50 143 34.66 2.94 1.27 5.76
16 Alejandro Peña LAN 24 3.9 2.9 34 26 177.00 12 9 4 1 67 51 120 34.32 2.75 1.15 6.10
17 Nolan Ryan HOU 36 3.8 2.5 29 29 196.33 14 9 5 0 74 101 183 31.10 2.98 1.20 8.39
18 Bryn Smith MON 27 3.7 3.5 49 12 155.33 6 11 5 3 51 43 101 33.13 2.49 1.19 5.85
19 Kent Tekulve PIT 36 3.7 3.5 76 0 99.00 7 5 0 18 27 36 52 32.86 1.64 1.15 4.73
20 Joe Price CIN 26 3.6 3.0 21 21 144.00 10 6 5 0 46 46 83 33.13 2.88 1.14 5.19
21 Tom Niedenfuer LAN 23 3.3 3.2 66 0 94.67 8 3 0 11 22 29 66 29.47 1.90 0.89 6.27
22 Al Holland PHI 30 3.3 3.1 68 0 91.67 8 4 0 25 26 30 100 29.29 2.26 1.01 9.82
23 Steve Howe LAN 25 3.1 3.0 46 0 68.67 4 7 0 18 15 12 52 27.60 1.44 0.98 6.82
24 Jose DeLeon PIT 22 2.9 2.4 15 15 108.00 7 3 3 0 36 47 118 25.90 2.83 1.13 9.83
25 Terry Forster ATL 31 2.9 3.1 56 0 79.33 3 2 0 13 19 31 54 24.53 2.16 1.15 6.13
26 Luis DeLeon SDN 24 2.8 2.7 63 0 111.00 6 6 0 13 34 27 90 24.03 2.68 1.04 7.30
27 Carlos Diaz NYN 25 2.6 2.5 54 0 83.33 3 1 0 2 22 35 64 21.12 2.05 1.16 6.91
28 Bill Gullickson MON 24 2.6 1.9 34 34 242.33 17 12 10 0 108 59 120 23.13 3.75 1.19 4.46
29 Tom Seaver NYN 38 2.6 2.1 34 34 231.00 9 14 5 0 104 86 135 20.61 3.55 1.24 5.26
30 Warren Brusstar CHN 31 2.5 2.4 59 0 80.33 3 1 0 1 21 37 46 20.20 2.35 1.29 5.15
31 Charles Hudson PHI 24 2.5 1.6 26 26 169.33 8 8 3 0 73 53 101 22.06 3.35 1.25 5.37
32 Mark Thurmond SDN 26 2.4 1.9 21 18 115.33 7 3 2 0 40 33 49 20.99 2.65 1.19 3.82
33 Joe Niekro HOU 38 2.4 1.2 38 38 263.67 15 14 9 0 115 101 152 20.24 3.48 1.29 5.19
34 Doug Sisk NYN 25 2.4 2.5 67 0 104.33 5 4 0 11 38 59 33 19.58 2.24 1.41 2.85
35 Gary Lavelle SFN 34 2.2 1.8 56 0 87.00 7 4 0 20 33 19 68 17.63 2.59 1.06 7.03
36 Frank DiPino HOU 26 2.2 2.2 53 0 71.33 3 4 0 20 21 20 67 17.98 2.65 1.01 8.45
37 Steve Bedrosian ATL 25 2.1 1.8 70 1 120.00 9 10 0 19 50 51 114 18.06 3.60 1.26 8.55
38 Lee Tunnell PIT 22 2.1 1.3 35 25 177.67 11 6 5 0 81 58 95 18.78 3.65 1.27 4.81
39 Bob Knepper HOU 29 2.1 1.7 35 29 203.00 6 13 4 0 93 71 125 17.25 3.19 1.34 5.54
40 Willie Hernandez 2 teams 28 2.0 2.1 74 1 115.33 9 4 0 8 47 32 93 17.48 3.28 1.22 7.26
41 Bill Dawley HOU 25 2.0 1.9 48 0 79.67 6 6 0 14 26 22 60 16.38 2.82 0.92 6.78
42 Bill Scherrer CIN 25 2.0 1.8 73 0 92.00 2 3 0 10 31 33 57 18.21 2.74 1.15 5.58
43 Jeff Reardon MON 27 2.0 1.8 66 0 92.00 7 9 0 21 34 44 78 17.48 3.03 1.42 7.63
44 Craig Lefferts CHN 25 1.8 1.5 56 5 89.00 3 4 0 1 35 29 60 14.67 3.13 1.22 6.07
45 Phil Niekro ATL 44 1.8 1.2 34 33 201.67 11 10 2 0 94 105 128 15.21 3.97 1.57 5.71
46 Dave Dravecky SDN 27 1.8 1.0 28 28 183.67 14 10 9 0 78 44 74 15.31 3.58 1.23 3.63
47 Fernando Valenzuela LAN 22 1.7 1.1 35 35 257.00 15 10 9 0 122 99 189 14.97 3.75 1.34 6.62
48 Andy Hawkins SDN 23 1.6 1.3 21 19 119.67 5 7 4 0 50 48 59 14.13 2.93 1.29 4.44
49 John Stuper SLN 26 1.6 1.0 40 30 198.00 12 11 6 1 95 71 81 13.23 3.68 1.38 3.68
50 Walt Terrell NYN 25 1.6 1.5 21 20 133.67 8 8 4 0 57 55 59 12.73 3.57 1.33 3.97

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Gary Carter MON 29 3.6 144.0 1261.3 847.0 107.0 5.0 14.0 31.218
2 Bo Diaz PHI 30 2.5 134.0 1116.0 903.0 97.0 14.0 7.0 22.435
3 Bruce Benedict ATL 27 2.0 134.0 1106.7 738.0 91.0 7.0 12.0 20.117
4 Alex Trevino CIN 25 1.9 63.0 434.0 359.0 28.0 5.0 2.0 15.522
5 Bob Brenly SFN 29 1.7 90.0 643.3 403.0 70.0 8.0 9.0 16.310
6 Jack Fimple LAN 24 1.3 54.0 414.3 336.0 32.0 4.0 2.0 11.431
7 Steve Lake CHN 26 0.6 32.0 199.7 115.0 22.0 0.0 3.0 6.211
8 Milt May 2 teams 32 0.6 60.0 461.0 308.0 35.0 6.0 5.0 5.758
1B 1 Bill Buckner CHN 33 3.7 144.0 1211.0 1366.0 161.0 13.0 132.0 36.679
2 Darrell Evans SFN 36 2.2 113.0 960.7 979.0 88.0 7.0 60.0 21.992
3 Keith Hernandez 2 teams 29 1.4 144.0 1276.7 1418.0 147.0 13.0 147.0 13.961
4 George Hendrick SLN 33 1.3 92.0 782.7 819.0 77.0 7.0 72.0 12.531
5 Dan Driessen CIN 31 1.0 112.0 965.0 917.0 71.0 4.0 73.0 7.941
6 Dave Bergman SFN 30 0.7 50.0 249.3 291.0 27.0 2.0 20.0 7.291
7 Al Oliver MON 36 0.7 153.0 1301.0 1207.0 118.0 13.0 93.0 5.977
8 Ray Knight HOU 30 0.3 143.0 1182.7 1285.0 73.0 9.0 131.0 2.840
2B 1 Ryne Sandberg CHN 23 3.5 157.0 1348.3 330.0 571.0 13.0 126.0 34.099
2 Glenn Hubbard ATL 25 2.1 148.0 1254.3 313.0 484.0 12.0 103.0 20.274
3 Brian Giles NYN 23 1.5 140.0 1029.7 299.0 380.0 14.0 87.0 14.538
4 Johnny Ray PIT 26 1.2 151.0 1274.7 319.0 452.0 13.0 102.0 11.925
5 Bill Doran HOU 25 0.7 153.0 1339.0 347.0 461.0 17.0 109.0 7.209
6 Tom Herr SLN 27 0.7 86.0 693.3 178.0 245.0 6.0 60.0 6.721
7 Bob Bailor NYN 31 0.4 50.0 301.3 73.0 120.0 8.0 25.0 3.513
8 Joe Morgan PHI 39 0.3 117.0 918.7 231.0 331.0 17.0 63.0 2.669
3B 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 33 2.4 153.0 1336.7 107.0 332.0 19.0 29.0 21.571
2 Luis Salazar SDN 27 1.8 118.0 988.7 102.0 250.0 19.0 17.0 17.973
3 Ken Oberkfell SLN 27 1.3 127.0 946.3 79.0 231.0 13.0 27.0 12.798
4 Hubie Brooks NYN 26 1.1 145.0 1233.3 107.0 289.0 21.0 25.0 10.918
5 Tim Flannery SDN 25 0.9 52.0 376.0 27.0 99.0 4.0 13.0 9.259
6 Phil Garner HOU 34 0.7 154.0 1352.7 100.0 311.0 24.0 22.0 7.391
7 Randy Johnson ATL 27 0.6 53.0 294.3 39.0 69.0 1.0 11.0 5.794
8 Darrell Evans SFN 36 0.5 32.0 199.3 14.0 59.0 6.0 4.0 5.368
SS 1 Ozzie Smith SLN 28 2.5 158.0 1343.7 304.0 519.0 21.0 100.0 25.033
2 Larry Bowa CHN 37 2.4 145.0 1193.3 230.0 464.0 11.0 102.0 24.012
3 Dickie Thon HOU 25 2.4 154.0 1382.3 258.0 533.0 28.0 114.0 23.574
4 Rafael Ramirez ATL 25 1.1 152.0 1332.3 232.0 490.0 39.0 116.0 11.086
5 Dale Berra PIT 26 1.0 161.0 1433.3 286.0 505.0 30.0 103.0 9.454
6 Bill Russell LAN 34 0.8 127.0 1054.3 192.0 392.0 22.0 61.0 7.169
7 Jose Oquendo NYN 19 0.7 116.0 895.3 182.0 326.0 21.0 65.0 6.603
8 Bob Bailor NYN 31 0.5 75.0 438.0 84.0 162.0 8.0 35.0 5.319
LF 1 George Foster NYN 34 0.7 153.0 1328.7 317.0 11.0 4.0 3.0 6.536
2 Brett Butler ATL 26 0.6 109.0 864.7 212.0 9.0 3.0 2.0 5.756
3 Tim Raines MON 23 0.4 152.0 1344.0 300.0 21.0 4.0 3.0 3.687
4 Alan Wiggins SDN 25 0.4 63.0 344.0 95.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 3.707
5 Jose Cruz HOU 35 0.3 160.0 1417.3 322.0 9.0 7.0 1.0 3.360
6 Gary Redus CIN 26 0.3 120.0 1033.7 238.0 11.0 7.0 0.0 2.030
7 Gene Richards SDN 29 0.2 54.0 391.7 94.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.839
8 Duane Walker CIN 26 0.2 36.0 257.0 69.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.423
CF 1 Eddie Milner CIN 28 1.2 139.0 1149.7 395.0 10.0 4.0 0.0 9.729
2 Mookie Wilson NYN 27 0.6 148.0 1285.3 416.0 5.0 8.0 2.0 5.599
3 Bob Dernier PHI 26 0.4 68.0 348.7 121.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.525
4 Chili Davis SFN 23 0.4 121.0 1042.0 338.0 5.0 8.0 1.0 3.875
5 Andre Dawson MON 28 0.4 157.0 1401.0 438.0 6.0 8.0 2.0 3.322
6 Ruppert Jones SDN 28 0.3 112.0 777.3 252.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 2.994
7 Lee Lacy PIT 35 0.3 24.0 159.3 62.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.856
8 Willie McGee SLN 24 0.3 145.0 1264.3 387.0 7.0 5.0 1.0 2.844
RF 1 Warren Cromartie MON 29 0.7 101.0 792.0 208.0 12.0 6.0 2.0 5.855
2 Paul Householder CIN 24 0.4 81.0 591.3 142.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 3.152
3 Dave Parker PIT 32 0.3 142.0 1226.7 281.0 4.0 8.0 2.0 3.081
4 Darryl Strawberry NYN 21 0.3 117.0 1007.7 227.0 9.0 4.0 0.0 2.770
5 Cesar Cedeno CIN 32 0.3 72.0 594.7 136.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 2.259
6 Lee Lacy PIT 35 0.3 29.0 192.7 54.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.600
7 Terry Francona MON 24 0.2 36.0 269.0 69.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.968
8 Jim Wohlford MON 32 0.2 48.0 258.0 65.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.692