Tuesday, August 4, 2015

OPS+ And ERA+ For Each Of The Last 15 World Series Winners

The numbers are in the table below along with their rank in their league in each stat. 7 teams, including the last 4, ranked higher in OPS+ than ERA+. Each stat is adjusted for park effects and league average (although for OPS+, both leagues get measured against the MLB average, as far as I can tell and is measure only against non-pitchers). All stats from Baseball Reference (BR).

For NL teams, their average OPS+ is 100.5. That looks just average but when you look at BR seasonal pages, the league average for the NL is usually 93-94 (because, I think, that team OPS, which includes pitchers, is measured against the MLB total). So if we added about 6 points to each team, we would be at about 106.5. They averaged 105.75 in ERA+. So they do about as well in hitting as they do in pitching (fielding included).

The AL teams averaged 107.14 in OPS+ and 114.71 in ERA+. The 2005 White Sox skew the results a bit. Take them out and OPS+ averages 109.17 and ERA+ averages 113.


Team
Year
OPS+
Rank
ERA+
Rank
Giants
2014
101
4
98
11
Red Sox
2013
116
1
109
4
Giants
2012
106
2
96
11
Cards
2011
112
1
99
11
Giants
2010
98
6
117
1
Yanks
2009
114
1
108
3
Phillies
2008
99
6
112
4
Red Sox
2007
107
3
123
1
Cards
2006
97
8
98
12
White Sox
2005
95
10
125
1
Red Sox
2004
110
3
116
2
Marlins
2003
97
5
105
8
Angels
2002
105
6
120
2
Dbacks
2001
94
9
121
2
Yanks
2000
103
6
102
5



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