1988 National League Stats

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1988 National League Standings

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Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Mets100-60 (0.625)-703532101-61 (0.625)101-61 (0.623)3,055,44553.430.8-2.825.3
2Pittsburgh Pirates85-75 (0.531)15.065161685-77 (0.525)87-75 (0.537)1,866,71339.118.36.014.7
3Montreal Expos81-81 (0.500)20.062859285-77 (0.527)94-68 (0.580)1,478,65946.019.65.421.1
4Chicago Cubs77-85 (0.475)24.066069477-85 (0.477)76-86 (0.469)2,089,03428.914.82.611.4
5St. Louis Cardinals76-86 (0.469)25.057863374-88 (0.459)81-81 (0.500)2,892,79933.715.75.712.3
6Philadelphia Phillies65-96 (0.404)35.559773466-96 (0.407)59-103 (0.364)1,990,04111.411.02.7-2.2

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Los Angeles Dodgers94-67 (0.584)-62854492-70 (0.565)85-77 (0.525)2,980,26237.716.40.920.5
2Cincinnati Reds87-74 (0.540)7.064159686-76 (0.533)86-76 (0.531)2,072,52838.916.43.519.0
3San Diego Padres83-78 (0.516)11.059458382-80 (0.509)86-76 (0.531)1,506,89638.215.94.118.1
4San Francisco Giants83-79 (0.512)11.567062686-76 (0.531)87-75 (0.537)1,785,29739.121.24.913.0
5Houston Astros82-80 (0.506)12.561763179-83 (0.490)75-87 (0.463)1,933,50527.918.0-0.910.7
6Atlanta Braves54-106 (0.338)39.555574160-102 (0.371)55-107 (0.340)848,0897.72.83.31.7

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 Will Clark SFN 1B 24 8.0 10.6 162 689 162 31 6 29 100 9 1 108.769 0.386 0.508
2 Darryl Strawberry NYN RF 26 7.6 7.8 153 640 146 27 3 39 85 29 14 103.129 0.366 0.545
3 Andres Galarraga MON 1B 27 7.5 9.1 157 661 184 42 8 29 39 13 4 103.504 0.352 0.540
4 Kirk Gibson LAN LF 31 7.3 7.7 150 632 157 28 1 25 73 31 4 93.703 0.377 0.483
5 Kal Daniels CIN LF 24 6.2 6.1 140 589 144 29 1 18 87 27 6 89.120 0.397 0.463
6 Andy Van Slyke PIT CF 27 6.2 6.8 154 659 169 23 15 25 57 30 9 92.711 0.345 0.506
7 Kevin McReynolds NYN LF 28 6.0 5.6 147 600 159 30 2 27 38 21 0 82.496 0.336 0.496
8 Eric Davis CIN CF 26 5.8 5.7 135 543 129 18 3 26 65 35 3 79.481 0.363 0.489
9 Brett Butler SFN CF 31 5.8 6.1 157 679 163 27 9 6 97 43 20 88.768 0.393 0.398
10 Bobby Bonilla PIT 3B 25 5.8 6.4 159 681 160 32 7 24 85 3 5 96.809 0.366 0.476
11 Barry Bonds PIT LF 23 5.8 6.3 144 614 152 30 5 24 72 17 11 91.087 0.368 0.491
12 Glenn Davis HOU 1B 27 5.4 6.0 152 634 152 26 0 30 53 4 3 85.085 0.341 0.478
13 Andre Dawson CHN RF 33 5.3 5.4 157 640 179 31 8 24 37 12 4 90.768 0.344 0.504
14 Barry Larkin CIN SS 24 4.8 6.2 151 652 174 32 5 12 41 40 7 78.289 0.347 0.429
15 Tony Gwynn SDN RF 28 4.5 4.4 133 578 163 22 5 7 51 26 11 73.288 0.373 0.415
16 Tom Brunansky SLN RF 27 4.3 4.4 143 613 128 22 4 22 79 16 6 75.027 0.345 0.428
17 Howard Johnson NYN 3B 27 4.3 2.8 148 594 114 21 1 24 86 23 7 71.356 0.343 0.422
18 Tim Raines MON LF 28 4.1 4.4 109 488 116 19 7 12 53 33 7 60.661 0.350 0.431
19 Ozzie Smith SLN SS 33 3.9 6.6 153 669 155 27 1 3 74 57 9 64.309 0.350 0.336
20 Rafael Palmeiro CHN LF 23 3.9 4.2 152 629 178 41 5 8 38 12 2 77.631 0.349 0.436
21 Hubie Brooks MON RF 31 3.8 3.6 151 628 164 35 2 20 35 7 3 73.451 0.319 0.447
22 Mike Marshall LAN RF 28 3.5 3.7 144 577 150 27 2 20 24 4 1 66.207 0.314 0.445
23 Kevin Bass HOU RF 29 3.2 3.3 157 595 138 27 2 14 42 31 6 59.084 0.314 0.390
24 Vance Law CHN 3B 31 3.2 2.4 151 621 163 29 2 11 55 1 4 75.301 0.358 0.412
25 Willie McGee SLN CF 29 3.2 3.4 137 600 164 24 6 3 32 41 6 58.668 0.329 0.372
26 Kevin Mitchell SFN 3B 26 3.2 3.4 148 566 127 25 7 19 48 5 5 65.022 0.319 0.442
27 Roberto Alomar SDN 2B 20 3.2 4.7 143 611 145 24 6 9 47 24 6 60.921 0.328 0.382
28 Pedro Guerrero 2 teams 1B 32 3.2 2.1 103 422 104 14 2 10 46 4 1 53.402 0.367 0.418
29 Mark Grace CHN 1B 24 3.1 2.6 134 550 144 23 4 7 60 3 3 68.198 0.371 0.403
30 Mookie Wilson NYN CF 32 3.0 3.1 112 410 112 17 5 8 27 15 4 49.785 0.345 0.431
31 Chris Sabo CIN 3B 26 2.9 5.8 137 582 146 40 2 11 29 46 14 60.810 0.314 0.414
32 Ryne Sandberg CHN 2B 28 2.9 4.3 155 679 163 23 8 19 54 25 10 74.602 0.322 0.419
33 Ron Gant ATL 2B 23 2.9 3.4 146 618 146 28 8 19 46 19 10 70.134 0.317 0.439
34 Phil Bradley PHI LF 29 2.8 3.0 154 648 150 30 5 11 54 11 9 71.241 0.341 0.392
35 John Kruk SDN 1B 27 2.7 3.0 120 466 91 17 1 9 80 5 3 53.284 0.369 0.362
36 Terry Puhl HOU LF 31 2.7 2.8 113 272 71 7 2 3 35 22 4 35.283 0.395 0.389
37 Steve Sax LAN 2B 28 2.7 1.2 160 687 175 19 4 5 45 42 12 60.801 0.325 0.343
38 John Shelby LAN CF 30 2.6 2.5 140 545 130 23 6 10 44 16 5 55.324 0.320 0.395
39 Von Hayes PHI 1B 29 2.5 2.8 104 423 100 28 2 6 49 20 9 50.445 0.355 0.409
40 Billy Hatcher HOU LF 27 2.5 2.5 145 591 142 25 4 7 37 32 13 55.322 0.321 0.370
41 Robby Thompson SFN 2B 26 2.5 3.1 138 540 126 24 6 7 40 14 5 52.625 0.323 0.384
42 Gerald Perry ATL 1B 27 2.5 2.7 141 595 164 29 1 8 36 29 14 64.750 0.338 0.400
43 Gerald Young HOU CF 23 2.4 2.7 149 655 148 21 9 0 66 65 27 57.374 0.334 0.325
44 Dale Murphy ATL RF 32 2.4 3.2 156 671 134 35 4 24 74 3 5 73.079 0.313 0.421
45 Lenny Dykstra NYN CF 25 2.4 3.1 126 466 116 19 3 8 30 30 8 46.458 0.321 0.385
46 Vince Coleman SLN LF 26 2.4 2.2 153 679 160 20 10 3 49 81 27 55.812 0.313 0.339
47 Bill Doran HOU 2B 30 2.3 2.5 132 552 119 18 1 7 65 17 4 51.567 0.338 0.333
48 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 38 2.3 3.4 108 451 97 21 2 12 49 3 0 50.813 0.337 0.405
49 Dave Magadan NYN 1B 25 2.2 2.0 112 380 87 15 0 1 60 0 1 44.020 0.393 0.334
50 Keith Hernandez NYN 1B 34 2.2 2.7 95 384 96 16 0 11 31 2 1 43.721 0.333 0.417

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 Orel Hershiser LAN 29 7.4 6.6 35 34 267.00 23 8 15 1 73 73 178 70.36 2.26 1.05 6.00
2 David Cone NYN 25 6.9 6.1 35 28 231.33 20 3 8 0 67 80 213 58.84 2.22 1.12 8.29
3 Danny Jackson CIN 26 6.7 5.7 35 35 260.67 23 8 15 0 86 71 161 57.36 2.73 1.06 5.56
4 Pascual Perez MON 31 5.3 4.2 27 27 188.00 12 8 4 0 59 44 131 41.08 2.44 0.94 6.27
5 John Tudor 2 teams 34 5.2 4.3 30 30 197.67 10 8 5 0 60 41 87 42.30 2.32 1.16 3.96
6 Greg Maddux CHN 22 4.8 4.0 34 34 249.00 18 8 9 0 97 81 140 37.81 3.18 1.25 5.06
7 Bob Walk PIT 31 4.6 3.4 32 32 212.67 12 10 1 0 75 65 81 35.66 2.71 1.17 3.43
8 Dennis Martinez MON 34 4.4 4.0 34 34 235.33 15 13 9 0 94 55 120 34.27 2.72 1.15 4.59
9 Rick Reuschel SFN 39 4.3 3.4 36 36 245.00 19 11 7 0 88 42 92 33.29 3.12 1.16 3.38
10 Joe Magrane SLN 23 4.3 4.0 24 24 165.33 5 9 4 0 57 51 100 33.17 2.18 1.11 5.44
11 Mike Scott HOU 33 4.2 3.1 32 32 218.67 14 8 8 0 74 53 190 35.92 2.92 0.98 7.82
12 Jose Rijo CIN 23 4.2 3.6 49 19 162.00 13 8 0 0 47 63 160 35.65 2.39 1.13 8.89
13 John Franco CIN 27 4.1 4.1 70 0 86.00 6 6 0 39 18 27 46 34.73 1.57 1.01 4.81
14 Doug Drabek PIT 25 4.0 3.6 33 32 219.33 15 7 3 0 83 50 127 31.29 3.08 1.11 5.21
15 Eric Show SDN 32 4.0 3.1 32 32 234.67 16 11 13 0 86 53 144 31.88 3.26 1.08 5.52
16 Mark Davis SDN 27 3.8 3.9 62 0 98.33 5 10 0 28 24 42 102 30.23 2.01 1.14 9.34
17 Don Robinson SFN 31 3.6 3.3 51 19 176.67 10 5 3 6 63 49 122 27.93 2.45 1.14 6.22
18 Tom Browning CIN 28 3.5 2.8 36 36 250.67 18 5 5 0 98 64 124 30.06 3.41 1.07 4.45
19 Tim Leary LAN 29 3.5 3.6 35 34 228.67 17 11 9 0 87 56 180 33.40 2.91 1.12 7.08
20 Dwight Gooden NYN 23 3.5 2.8 34 34 248.33 18 9 10 0 98 57 175 29.63 3.19 1.20 6.34
21 John Smiley PIT 23 3.4 2.4 34 32 205.00 13 11 5 0 81 46 129 26.12 3.25 1.13 5.66
22 Bryn Smith MON 32 3.3 2.6 32 32 198.00 12 10 1 0 79 32 122 25.42 3.00 1.07 5.55
23 Bob Ojeda NYN 30 3.3 2.7 29 29 190.33 10 13 5 0 74 33 133 27.85 2.88 1.00 6.29
24 Jamie Moyer CHN 25 3.2 2.2 34 30 202.00 9 15 3 0 84 55 121 24.89 3.48 1.32 5.39
25 Sid Fernandez NYN 25 3.1 3.2 31 31 187.00 12 10 1 0 69 70 189 26.56 3.03 1.05 9.10
26 Jim Deshaies HOU 28 3.0 1.7 31 31 207.00 11 14 3 0 77 72 127 25.40 3.00 1.14 5.52
27 Ron Darling NYN 27 2.9 2.8 34 34 240.67 17 9 7 0 97 60 161 25.21 3.25 1.16 6.02
28 Randy Myers NYN 25 2.9 2.9 55 0 68.00 7 3 0 26 15 17 69 25.00 1.72 0.91 9.13
29 Tim Belcher LAN 26 2.8 2.0 36 27 179.67 12 6 4 4 65 51 152 26.88 2.91 1.08 7.61
30 Dennis Rasmussen 2 teams 29 2.7 2.4 31 31 204.67 16 10 7 0 84 58 112 20.93 3.43 1.26 4.93
31 Rick Sutcliffe CHN 32 2.7 2.2 32 32 226.00 13 14 12 0 97 70 144 21.08 3.86 1.34 5.73
32 Alejandro Peña LAN 29 2.4 2.2 60 0 94.33 6 7 0 12 29 27 83 22.76 1.91 1.08 7.92
33 Brian Holton LAN 28 2.4 2.2 45 0 84.67 7 3 0 1 19 26 49 22.56 1.70 1.12 5.21
34 Jeff Robinson PIT 27 2.4 2.3 75 0 124.67 11 5 0 9 44 39 87 18.37 3.03 1.22 6.28
35 Greg Harris PHI 32 2.3 2.4 66 1 107.00 4 6 0 1 34 52 71 20.09 2.36 1.23 5.97
36 Lance McCullers SDN 24 2.3 2.3 60 0 97.67 3 6 0 10 29 55 81 18.55 2.49 1.28 7.46
37 Kelly Downs SFN 27 2.3 1.9 27 26 168.00 13 9 6 0 67 47 118 17.55 3.32 1.11 6.32
38 Andy Hawkins SDN 28 2.2 1.4 33 33 217.67 14 11 4 0 88 76 91 17.70 3.35 1.25 3.76
39 John Dopson MON 24 2.2 1.3 26 26 168.67 3 11 1 0 69 58 101 17.06 3.04 1.23 5.39
40 Jose Alvarez ATL 32 2.1 2.2 60 0 102.33 5 6 0 3 34 53 81 16.48 2.99 1.38 7.12
41 Jay Howell LAN 32 2.1 2.0 50 0 65.00 5 3 0 21 16 21 70 19.73 2.08 1.00 9.69
42 Juan Agosto HOU 30 2.0 1.9 75 0 91.67 10 2 0 4 27 30 33 17.49 2.26 1.13 3.24
43 Jeff Parrett MON 26 2.0 2.1 61 0 91.67 12 4 0 6 29 45 62 15.89 2.65 1.21 6.09
44 Kevin Gross PHI 27 2.0 1.4 33 33 231.67 12 14 5 0 101 89 162 17.47 3.69 1.29 6.29
45 Scott Terry SLN 28 2.0 2.1 51 11 129.33 9 6 1 3 48 34 65 15.85 2.92 1.18 4.52
46 Jose DeLeon SLN 27 2.0 1.3 34 34 225.33 13 10 3 0 95 86 208 15.48 3.67 1.26 8.31
47 Todd Worrell SLN 28 2.0 1.9 68 0 90.00 5 9 0 32 32 34 78 15.33 3.00 1.14 7.80
48 Rick Mahler ATL 34 1.9 1.0 39 34 249.00 9 16 5 0 125 42 131 15.02 3.69 1.29 4.73
49 Rob Dibble CIN 24 1.9 1.9 37 0 59.33 1 1 0 0 12 21 59 16.18 1.82 1.08 8.95
50 Bob Knepper HOU 34 1.8 1.4 27 27 175.00 14 5 3 0 70 67 103 15.42 3.14 1.27 5.30

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Mike Scioscia LAN 29 1.8 123.0 992.7 748.0 63.0 7.0 10.0 14.065
2 Lance Parrish PHI 32 1.7 117.0 997.3 639.0 73.0 9.0 11.0 14.353
3 Craig Biggio HOU 22 1.6 50.0 346.3 292.0 28.0 3.0 0.0 15.447
4 Bruce Benedict ATL 32 1.2 89.0 651.0 384.0 54.0 5.0 3.0 11.378
5 Tony Peña SLN 31 1.1 142.0 1189.3 777.0 70.0 5.0 8.0 10.909
6 Mike Fitzgerald MON 27 1.1 47.0 339.3 258.0 21.0 6.0 2.0 10.373
7 Mackey Sasser NYN 25 0.9 42.0 265.3 235.0 17.0 6.0 2.0 7.885
8 Mike LaValliere PIT 27 0.9 114.0 937.7 565.0 55.0 8.0 6.0 8.297
1B 1 Sid Bream PIT 27 3.1 138.0 1110.0 1118.0 140.0 6.0 88.0 29.552
2 Will Clark SFN 24 2.6 158.0 1369.3 1492.0 104.0 12.0 126.0 24.976
3 Andres Galarraga MON 27 1.6 156.0 1371.7 1464.0 103.0 15.0 124.0 15.572
4 Mike Marshall LAN 28 0.7 53.0 462.7 468.0 45.0 2.0 31.0 5.780
5 Keith Moreland SDN 34 0.7 73.0 617.3 637.0 52.0 4.0 55.0 6.772
6 Glenn Davis HOU 27 0.7 151.0 1340.7 1355.0 103.0 6.0 104.0 6.339
7 Franklin Stubbs LAN 27 0.6 84.0 533.0 521.0 57.0 13.0 41.0 4.638
8 Keith Hernandez NYN 34 0.5 93.0 767.3 734.0 77.0 2.0 63.0 3.868
2B 1 Roberto Alomar SDN 20 1.5 143.0 1244.3 319.0 459.0 16.0 88.0 14.152
2 Ryne Sandberg CHN 28 1.4 153.0 1357.3 291.0 522.0 11.0 79.0 13.177
3 Tim Teufel NYN 29 1.1 84.0 588.7 153.0 212.0 7.0 48.0 9.213
4 Jose Oquendo SLN 24 0.8 69.0 528.0 149.0 184.0 1.0 41.0 7.402
5 Ron Gant ATL 23 0.7 122.0 1067.0 295.0 378.0 26.0 82.0 7.053
6 Jose Lind PIT 24 0.7 153.0 1319.0 333.0 473.0 11.0 73.0 6.450
7 Tom Foley MON 28 0.6 89.0 682.0 164.0 255.0 12.0 46.0 5.430
8 Robby Thompson SFN 26 0.6 134.0 1087.7 255.0 365.0 14.0 88.0 5.279
3B 1 Chris Sabo CIN 26 2.8 135.0 1174.0 75.0 318.0 14.0 31.0 25.229
2 Terry Pendleton SLN 27 2.1 101.0 863.3 75.0 239.0 12.0 13.0 19.900
3 Tim Wallach MON 30 1.6 153.0 1344.3 123.0 328.0 18.0 31.0 15.338
4 Mike Schmidt PHI 38 1.1 104.0 897.7 73.0 222.0 19.0 17.0 9.169
5 Denny Walling 2 teams 34 0.9 56.0 406.0 33.0 110.0 9.0 16.0 8.338
6 Ernie Riles SFN 27 0.9 30.0 196.0 15.0 63.0 2.0 4.0 8.159
7 Matt Williams SFN 22 0.8 43.0 301.7 35.0 83.0 4.0 5.0 7.518
8 Bobby Bonilla PIT 25 0.7 159.0 1403.7 121.0 336.0 32.0 17.0 6.320
SS 1 Ozzie Smith SLN 33 2.7 150.0 1329.0 234.0 519.0 22.0 79.0 25.501
2 Shawon Dunston CHN 25 1.4 151.0 1288.7 257.0 455.0 20.0 76.0 12.960
3 Barry Larkin CIN 24 1.4 148.0 1278.3 231.0 470.0 29.0 67.0 11.973
4 Dave Anderson LAN 27 1.3 82.0 649.0 128.0 225.0 5.0 49.0 10.006
5 Garry Templeton SDN 32 1.0 105.0 898.7 168.0 316.0 16.0 62.0 9.301
6 Al Pedrique PIT 27 0.6 46.0 326.0 64.0 122.0 5.0 23.0 6.087
7 Steve Jeltz PHI 29 0.6 148.0 1116.7 195.0 368.0 14.0 73.0 5.040
8 Andres Thomas ATL 24 0.5 150.0 1332.7 230.0 456.0 29.0 89.0 5.005
LF 1 Carmelo Martinez SDN 27 0.5 55.0 441.3 128.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 5.093
2 Barry Bonds PIT 23 0.5 135.0 1134.0 288.0 5.0 6.0 0.0 4.830
3 Mike Aldrete SFN 27 0.4 83.0 562.3 149.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.691
4 Kirk Gibson LAN 31 0.4 148.0 1278.7 314.0 7.0 12.0 3.0 2.752
5 Tim Raines MON 28 0.3 108.0 964.3 233.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 3.264
6 John Kruk SDN 27 0.2 29.0 213.3 59.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.313
7 Rafael Palmeiro CHN 23 0.2 145.0 1237.3 287.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 2.111
8 Phil Bradley PHI 29 0.2 153.0 1296.3 294.0 14.0 3.0 2.0 1.789
CF 1 Lenny Dykstra NYN 25 0.7 112.0 868.7 269.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 5.995
2 Andy Van Slyke PIT 27 0.7 152.0 1324.7 404.0 12.0 4.0 2.0 6.299
3 Milt Thompson PHI 29 0.6 112.0 839.3 273.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 5.268
4 Terry Blocker ATL 28 0.4 61.0 505.7 166.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 4.234
5 Brett Butler SFN 31 0.4 155.0 1326.3 394.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 3.489
6 Gerald Young HOU 23 0.3 145.0 1280.3 361.0 11.0 3.0 2.0 2.512
7 Herm Winningham 2 teams 26 0.2 50.0 328.0 104.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.143
8 Otis Nixon MON 29 0.2 61.0 436.7 133.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.037
RF 1 Dale Murphy ATL 32 0.8 156.0 1400.0 339.0 15.0 3.0 4.0 7.490
2 Chris James PHI 25 0.7 101.0 823.3 211.0 6.0 2.0 3.0 5.669
3 Paul O'Neill CIN 25 0.4 114.0 936.0 218.0 5.0 4.0 0.0 3.115
4 Mookie Wilson NYN 32 0.2 18.0 105.3 36.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.125
5 Ron Jones PHI 24 0.2 32.0 272.0 70.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.093
6 Darryl Strawberry NYN 26 0.2 150.0 1298.7 296.0 4.0 9.0 3.0 1.849
7 Tom Brunansky SLN 27 0.2 143.0 1268.3 267.0 9.0 1.0 0.0 1.571
8 Curt Ford SLN 27 0.1 13.0 69.0 25.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.381