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Team WAR – 1961

Team: SFN – 1961

Player	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
Felipe Alou	5.7	0.8	6.5	2.3	4.3	2.3	13
Matty Alou	2.8	0.4	3.1	0.9	1.9	1.3	6
Joey Amalfitano	5.5	1.4	7.0	1.0	3.1	3.9	9
Ed Bailey	5.0	2.2	7.2	1.9	4.0	3.2	12
Don Blasingame	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Bobby Bolin	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0
Ernie Bowman	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.3	1
Eddie Bressoud	1.6	0.5	2.2	-0.6	0.1	2.1	0
Orlando Cepeda	8.1	1.0	9.1	6.3	9.0	0.2	27
Jim Davenport	6.4	1.7	8.1	3.9	6.3	1.9	19
Jim Duffalo	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	-0.2	1
Bob Farley	0.3	0.0	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
Eddie Fisher	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Tom Haller	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.4	1.0	1
Chuck Hiller	3.6	1.0	4.6	0.3	1.7	2.9	5
Sam Jones	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	1
Harvey Kuenn	6.7	1.1	7.8	1.1	3.4	4.4	10
Hobie Landrith	1.1	0.5	1.6	0.6	1.1	0.5	3
Dick LeMay	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.3	0
Billy Loes	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0
Juan Marichal	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.2	0.6	1
Jim Marshall	0.5	0.0	0.5	-0.1	0.1	0.5	0
Willie Mays	8.4	1.8	10.2	8.9	11.9	-1.7	36
Mike McCormick	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.2	0.6	0.6	2
Willie McCovey	4.8	0.5	5.3	2.2	3.7	1.5	11
Stu Miller	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	1
Billy O'Dell	0.6	0.0	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0
John Orsino	1.1	0.5	1.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	2
Jose Pagan	6.0	2.3	8.3	1.0	3.5	4.9	10
Jack Sanford	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.2	3
Bob Schmidt	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0
TOTAL	74.9	16.3	91.4	31.0	58.5	33.5	174

Detailed Batting Components

Player	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM
Felipe Alou	447	5	7	-1	5	-1	1	2	-4	0	13	9.8	1.3	-0.4	0.1	1.0
Matty Alou	217	4	5	-1	1	1	-1	-1	-2	0	4	9.8	0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3
Joey Amalfitano	433	-13	-11	2	2	1	-1	0	2	0	-7	9.8	-0.7	0.2	0.1	-0.4
Ed Bailey	393	-5	-3	3	-2	0	1	-3	7	0	-4	9.8	-0.4	0.7	0.1	0.4
Don Blasingame	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bobby Bolin	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Ernie Bowman	40	-3	-3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	9.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Eddie Bressoud	128	-6	-5	0	-1	-1	0	-4	1	0	-11	9.8	-1.1	0.1	0.0	-1.0
Orlando Cepeda	636	40	43	6	0	-2	0	1	-7	0	48	9.8	4.9	-0.7	0.2	4.4
Jim Davenport	503	6	8	4	-1	-1	-1	10	1	0	19	9.8	1.9	0.1	0.2	2.2
Jim Duffalo	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Bob Farley	23	-3	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	9.8	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3
Eddie Fisher	7	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Haller	73	-6	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-4	9.8	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Chuck Hiller	280	-8	-7	-1	1	1	0	-2	1	0	-8	9.8	-0.8	0.1	0.1	-0.6
Sam Jones	42	-5	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Harvey Kuenn	529	-9	-6	3	1	-1	0	0	-4	0	-3	9.8	-0.3	-0.4	0.2	-0.5
Hobie Landrith	88	-1	-1	-1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	9.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.3
Dick LeMay	29	-5	-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	-1	9.8	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Billy Loes	38	-5	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-1	9.8	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Juan Marichal	68	-10	-10	-1	1	0	0	0	0	8	-2	9.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Jim Marshall	40	-2	-2	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2	9.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Willie Mays	659	45	48	1	4	-1	-2	16	-1	0	66	9.8	6.7	-0.1	0.2	6.8
Mike McCormick	89	-9	-9	0	-1	0	0	0	0	10	0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willie McCovey	374	10	12	-3	3	1	-1	2	-4	0	14	9.8	1.4	-0.4	0.1	1.1
Stu Miller	25	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	9.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Billy O'Dell	45	-8	-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	-3	9.8	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3
John Orsino	87	1	1	0	-2	0	0	-3	2	0	-4	9.8	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2
Jose Pagan	474	-19	-17	3	-1	-1	-1	3	5	0	-14	9.8	-1.4	0.5	0.2	-0.7
Jack Sanford	85	-4	-4	-1	-2	0	1	0	0	9	3	9.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Bob Schmidt	7	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	9.8	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
TOTAL	5,887	-12	12	13	13	-4	-3	25	0	51	107	-	10.9	0.0	1.6	12.5

Glossary

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Stat description
Game Shares	Game Shares
WAR	Wins above Replacement
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
VS	Victory Shares
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
Pos Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.

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