The Star Population

 

              I believe it to be characteristic of a superior league that a stronger league has more long-term stars than a weaker league.   You are free to agree or disagree, but this is what I believe.

            Of course, single-season statistics are balanced within every league, the successes and failures of that league being even except for interleague play.   However, suppose that in comparing two leagues one league has "stars" who just pop up and fade away, whereas the other league has more players who are good or great every year.  Do we regard these leagues as even, or uneven?  I regard the league with the larger population of enduring stars as probably the superior league. 

            So, how do we count them?   Using Win Shares again; it’s what I have in an organized form.   My rules here are:

1) No player is counted as a long-term star in any season in which he has fewer than 15 Win Shares.   Henry Aaron earned 13 Win Shares in 1954, when he was 20-year-old rookie, and 13 in 1974, when he was a 40-year old veteran who hit .268 with 20 homers in 112 games.   He drove in 69 runs in each of those seasons.  That’s not a star player; that’s a fellow who will be a star player later, or who used to be a superstar and also broke one of baseball’s greatest records that season, but that’s not really relevant to how great a player he is.   15 Win Shares, you can be listed as a long-term star if you otherwise qualify; 14, you can’t.   Miguel Cabrera no longer counts as a long-term star, because having Miguel Cabrera in the league is no longer evidence that the American League is a strong league. 

2) To qualify as a long-term star, a player must have at least 200 Win Career Shares.   At 200 Win Shares, however, he counts as a 1-point contributor to the League Long-Term Stars Collection (LLTSC).  I’ll also call it "Star Weight". 

For a catcher, the formula sets the player’s level is int[(CWS – 185) / 15], where CWS stands for Career Win Shares, and int means "Integer".  So a catcher is a 1-point contributor to the League Star Weight if his career Win Shares are 200-214, a 2-point contributor at 215-229 Win Shares, a 3-point contributor at 230-244, a 4-point contributor at 245-259, etc. 

Any position player who is not primarily a catcher is evaluated by the formula int[(CWS – 180) / 20], so he is a one-point contributor in the range of 200 to 219, a 2-point contributor in the range of 220 to 239, a 3-point contributor in the range of 240 to 259, a 4-point contributor in the range of 260 to 279, etc. 

A pitcher is evaluated by the formula int[(CWS – 182) / 18], so he is a one-point contributor in the range of 200 to 217, a 2-point contributor in the range fo 218 to 235, a 3-point contributor in the range of 236 to 253, a 4-point contributor in the range of 254 to 271, etc. 

When a player starts his career as a catcher but moves in mid-career, like Joe Torre, Craig Biggio, or BJ Surhoff, his stature is figured as a "something else".  Obviously Ted Simmons and Johnny Bench and guys like that, a year somewhere else at the end of their careers, are figured as catchers. 

Supplementing those formulas, I gave "grants" to players like Ted Willilams, Bobby Feller and others who were bigger stars than is suggested by their Career Win Shares total because of military service interruptions, and to players whose careers were delayed by racial prejudice, but who managed to become stars and superstars anyway.  There were 34 players who were given grants to register them as higher-impact stars than they otherwise appear to be.  I’ll mark these as "M" for military service, and "R" for racial bias.   The 34 players are:

 

            Luke Appling (M, 2 points)

            Roy Campanella (R, 1 point)

            Murry Dickson (M, 2 points)

            Dom DiMaggio (M, 3 points)

            Joe DiMaggio (M, 3 points)

            Larry Doby (M and R, 3 points)

Bobby Doerr (M, 1 point)

Bob Feller (M, 4 points)

Whitey Ford (M, 2 points)

Joe Gordon (M, 2 points)

 

Hank Greenberg (M, 5 points)

Dick Groat (M, 2 points)

Tommy Henrich (M, 3 points)

Billy Herman (M, 2 points)

Elston Howard (R, 2 points)

Eddie Joost (M, 2 points)

Charlie Keller (M, 2 points)

Bob Lemon (M, 2 points)

Willie Mays (M, 2 points)

Minnie Minoso (R, 4 points)

 

Johnny Mize (M, 3 points)

Pee Wee Reese (M, 3 points)

Phil Rizzuto (M, 3 points)

Jackie Robinson (M and R, 5 points)

Red Ruffing (M, 3 points)

Curt Simmons (M, 1 point)

Enos Slaughter (M, 3 points)

Warren Spahn (M, 3 points)

Arky Vaughan (M, 2 points)

Mickey Vernon (M, 2 points)

 

Bill White (M, 2 points)

Ted Williams (M, 5 points)

Gene Woodling (M, 1 point)

Early Wynn (M, 1 point)

 

            My understanding is that Eddie Joost and Arky Vaughan did not actually serve in the military, but that their careers were interrupted by taking jobs in vital industries due to war-time laws.   The "grants" here generally UNDERSTATE what the player lost.  Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson almost certainly lost MORE than 100 career Win Shares.  This is consistent with my general philosophy that it is often better to half-solve a problem than to try to completely solve it.  You half-solve a problem, you’re in a better position; you try to COMPLETELY compensate every player for every loss, then you create other problems as large as the one you are trying to solve. 

In baseball history there are 6,816 player/seasons in which the player is considered to be a long-term star of at least very modest quality.  The biggest stars in baseball history, by this process, are:

            Babe Ruth, Level 28

            Ty Cobb, 27

            Barry Bonds, 26

            Cy Young, 25

            Willie Mays, 25

            Honus Wagner, 23

            Ted Williams, 23

            Hank Aaron, 23

            Tris Speaker, 22

            Stan Musial, 22

            Walter Johnson, 21

 

To take, for example, the 1980 season.  In the 1980 season the American League had 32 long-term stars who had contributing seasons, with a total "star weight" of 193 points:

 

Rickey	Henderson	17
Reggie	Jackson	13
George	Brett	12
Carlton	Fisk	12
Eddie	Murray	12
Robin	Yount	12
Paul	Molitor	11
Rod	Carew	10
Dwight	Evans	8
Bobby	Grich	7
Buddy	Bell	6
Al	Oliver	6
Willie	Randolph	6
Ken	Singleton	6
Alan	Trammell	6
Toby	Harrah	5
Tommy	John	5
Fred	Lynn	5
Jim	Rice	5
Chet	Lemon	4
Lance	Parrish	4
Cecil	Cooper	3
Jerry	Koosman	3
Carney	Lansford	3
Goose	Gossage	2
Hal	McRae	2
Bob	Watson	2
Willie	Wilson	2
Doug	DeCinces	1
Mike	Hargrove	1
Dave	Stieb	1
Jim	Sundberg	1

 

The National League in 1980 had 35 contributing stars, with a total star weight of 224 points. 

           

Pete	Rose	18
Joe	Morgan	16
Mike	Schmidt	14
Johnny	Bench	11
Dave	Winfield	11
Steve	Carlton	10
Gary	Carter	10
Phil	Niekro	10
Darrell	Evans	9
Andre	Dawson	8
Ted	Simmons	8
Dave	Parker	7
Ozzie	Smith	7
Reggie	Smith	7
Don	Sutton	7
Jack	Clark	6
Jose	Cruz	6
Keith	Hernandez	6
Cesar	Cedeno	5
Ron	Cey	5
Dale	Murphy	5
Dave	Concepcion	4
George	Foster	4
Steve	Garvey	4
Dusty	Baker	3
Ken (Sr.)	Griffey	3
Davey	Lopes	3
Gary	Matthews	3
Rick	Reuschel	3
Gene	Tenace	3
Bill	Buckner	2
Chris	Chambliss	2
George	Hendrick	2
Vida	Blue	1
Garry	Templeton	1

 

We could also figure by this method the "star weight" of every TEAM in history.  Maybe another time.   The historical average is 15.09 star points per team.  If your team has 15 points of star weight, you’re average. Also noted. .I think that if you count magazine covers from that era, I’m pretty sure you will  confirm the conclusion that, in that era and throughout his career, Pete Rose was a bigger star than Mike Schmidt, Joe Morgan or anyone else in the league.   Much more was written about Rose than about any other player. 

Tom Seaver did not have a contributing season in 1980, if you are wondering.   He pitched 188 innings, was 10-8 with a 3.64 ERA.  That’s not good enough to say that Tom Seaver being in that league is evidence of the strength of the league, because Seaver in that season is just an ordinary guy.   Seaver is a Level-11 star in his normal seasons. 

In 1980, the National League is shown as having a few more long-term stars and higher-impact stars, but it’s close.   Throughout much of history, is ISN’T close; it isn’t close at all. 

Summarizing history:  The National League started with almost no long-term stars as we would calculate it, in part because anything that happened before 1876 doesn’t count in this system, and in part because their seasons were so short that few players earned 15 or more Win Shares.   We credit the National League with a star weight of 9 points in 1876.

This number increased rapidly, up to 100 points by 1881.  Throughout the 1880s, the National League always had far, far more stars than its competitor, the American Association, by counts like 105-18 (1882), 125-50 (1884), 144-46 (1886), and 177-53 (1889).  The American Association never came close to catching up to the National League in this regard. 

In 1890 the Players formed their own league, the Player’s League.  The Player’s League claimed a little over half of the star power, leading the star count 24-17, and leading in Star Weight, 125-114.  The American Association lost almost all of their stars, being left with two contributing stars (Jack Stivetts and Cupid Childs) and a Star Weight of just 7 points.  It’s really a two-league battle, not a three-league battle.  In 1891 the Player’s League folded, and the NL outscores the American Association by the usual 218-57 score.  

After the 1891 season the American Association folded, with four of the American Association teams joining the National League.  The National League in the years 1892-1899 has the highest ratios of stars to teams of any league in baseball history.  The reason this happens is that it is a "compressed talent" league.   All the stars from the 1880s, both leagues. . .all of those who are good enough to carry on their careers are in the National League.  On the other end, the same thing is true only working backward; many of the National League’s young and hungry stars from the late 1890s went on to long careers, thus high scores, in the American League.  The result is that the National League has very high ratios of stars per team at the beginning of the 1892-1899 era, and at the end of it.  In the middle, their star ratios drop down to historically normal levels. 

In 1900 the National League cut down to eight teams, with the result that the National League in 1900 has a star weight of 219 points on just eight teams, the highest ratio of star weight to teams in baseball history (27.4 star points per team.)   In 1901 the National League completely dominated the American League in Star Points (212-85), but by 1902 the American League had vaulted ahead (149-118), due to defections of stars to the American League, which was paying somewhat higher salaries. 

You may remember that earlier in this series I stated that the American League did not attract SOME of the National League’s stars; it attracted MOST of the National League’s stars.  When I said that I was just speaking observationally; I had not done actual analysis to show that that was true.  This analysis confirms that what I believed to be true anyway WAS true; the American League by 1902 DID have most of the stars, over half. 

The American League then led the "Star Weight Competition" by narrow margins in 1902, 1903 and 1904.  The National League then moved back ahead by narrow margins in 1905 and 1906.   It can generally be said that the numbers of long-term stars were about equal between the two leagues from 1902 to 1906.

But the American League was coming up with guys like Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, Eddie Collins and Home Run Baker.   The National League wasn’t.   The American League moved ahead of the NL in star weight in 1907, and stayed ahead for a long, long, long time.   The American League has more long-term stars than the National League in every single season from 1907 to 1942, and many times the margin is HUGE.  The American League is so far ahead in some seasons that if you don’t count Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson and Tris Speaker, they’re still ahead.   The margins over the years included 178-117 (1910), 199-88 (1919), 203-98 (1922), 192-96 (1925), 205-110 (1926), 178-102 (1933), and 166-93 (1939).  The American League throughout all of that era is just far, far ahead in terms of its star power.

The numbers in both leagues dropped very sharply during World War II, dropping from a total (both leagues) of 252 in 1941 to 250 in 1942, 155 in 1943, 102 in 1944, and 90 in 1945. 

The National League is slightly ahead from 1943-1945.  In 1946 the numbers mostly recovered, and the American League, with the return of Williams and Feller and DiMaggio and Greenberg, immediately jumped back ahead, although not by the huge margins of the 1907-1941 era.   The American League is ahead in the 1946-1949 era, but the National League is gaining on them.  In 1950 the NL shows as being slightly ahead; in the 1951, the AL moves back a little bit ahead. 

In 1952 the National League takes over, and the National League rules for almost as long as the American League had ruled.   The National League had more long-term stars in their midst in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, etc., until 1982—and many of the margins are enormous.   You will note that this is essentially identical to the conclusion reached in Better League 1, the first of these daily analytical probes of the subject. 

The margins started out significant (130-97 in 1953, 129-98 in 1954) and grew steadily.   In 1958 it was 167-114, in 1962 210-109, in 1963 237-97, in 1965 252-124, in 1967 258-145, in 1969 274-165. 

In 1971 the National League had a "star weight" of 287 points, an all-time record.   There were 36 long-term stars in the National League, a list which follows with the weight that we assign to each star:

 

Hank	Aaron	23
Willie	Mays	23
Pete	Rose	18
Joe	Morgan	16
Johnny	Bench	11
Willie	McCovey	11
Tom	Seaver	11
Steve	Carlton	10
Phil	Niekro	10
Gaylord	Perry	10
Roberto	Clemente	9
Willie	Stargell	9
Billy	Williams	9
Dick	Allen	8
Lou	Brock	8
Tony	Perez	8
Ted	Simmons	8
Rusty	Staub	8
Willie	Davis	7
Bob	Gibson	7
Fergie	Jenkins	7
Ron	Santo	7
Don	Sutton	7
Bobby	Bonds	6
Al	Oliver	6
Joe	Torre	6
Cesar	Cedeno	5
Ron	Fairly	4
Juan	Marichal	4
Maury	Wills	3
Lee	May	2
Bob	Watson	2
Richie	Hebner	1
Tim	McCarver	1
Milt	Pappas	1
Chris	Speier	1

 

No other league has ever had that many stars of that quality.   The American League was doing OK, too; they had 177 points of star weight, an OK number if you don’t compare it to the National League.  Beginning in 1972 the American League began to catch up rapidly, due to the talent explosions in Boston, Baltimore and Oakland, and to the National League gradually losing some of its long-term superstars like Mays, Aaron, Clemente and Bob Gibson.   By 1975 the leagues were nearly even. 

In 1982 the American League finally pulled ahead, and solidly ahead (257-202).  The American League then remained ahead until 1997, with the exception of a small advantage for the National League in the 1994 strike season. 

The NL pulled ahead in 2001 and led until 2005, sometime by wide margins, reaching 245-147 in 2004.  I don’t quite know what to do with that information, since I don’t think that most other indicators will show the National League to be the stronger league in 2004, but what do you do with information you can’t fit into your neural network?  You take it for what it is. 

By 2006 the American League is back ahead.  After 2006 the quality of information here begins to degrade rapidly.   You can’t compare the two leagues in this way in 2021, because you can’t put an accurate or reasonably-accurate grade on anyone.   Nolan Arenado, Mookie Betts and Aaron Judge don’t register as long-term stars yet, although obviously they will when their careers are complete.   Freddie Freeman and Paul Goldschmidt register as long-term stars now, but are still rapidly climbing the ladder.   You just can’t get any reliable information for 2021.  To make this work—that is, to avoid having zeroes for those years--I just had to plaster in numbers for the last 10-12 years, based on over-interpreting what information I have to work with. 

 

            Now, since we have decided to state all of these scraps of information on a .500 scale, how do state this on a .500 scale?           

            The historical average is 15.09 points of star weight per team.   Let us assume that if your league had zero star weight—and every league in history has at least SOME star weight—but let us assume that if you were at zero, you would have a .200 league.   Let us assume, then, that for every point of star weight per team, your league’s presumptive strength increases by .020.  Then an average league should score at .500.  Actually, the number that gets us to .500 for an average league is .01925.  

            The National League in 1971 had 23.92 points of star weight per team.  Multipy that by .01925, add .200, and you’re at .660, so the National League in 1971 is given a presumptive strength indicator, based on the number and quality of long-term stars playing in the league, of .660.   The American League the same year was at .484. 

            This chart summarizes the star-strength of each league each season, with the strongest league of the decade highlighted in blue, and the weakest of each decade marked in red.   Well, pink:

 

Season	League	Score
1876	NL	.222
1877	NL	.229
1878	NL	.264
1879	NL	.325
1880	NL	.371
1881	NL	.441
1882	NL	.453
1882	AA	.258
1883	NL	.460
1883	AA	.282
1884	NL	.501
1884	AA	.280
1884	UA	.207
1885	NL	.486
1885	AA	.265
1886	NL	.547
1886	AA	.311
1887	NL	.587
1887	AA	.308
1888	NL	.587
1888	AA	.299
1889	NL	.626
1889	AA	.328
1890	PL	.501
1890	NL	.474
1890	AA	.217
1891	NL	.725
1891	AA	.337
1892	NL	.648
1893	NL	.566
1894	NL	.505
1895	NL	.503
1896	NL	.506
1897	NL	.556
1898	NL	.627
1899	NL	.607
1900	NL	.727
1901	NL	.710
1901	AL	.405
1902	AL	.559
1902	NL	.484
1903	AL	.537
1903	NL	.494
1904	AL	.551
1904	NL	.518
1905	NL	.515
1905	AL	.506
1906	AL	.530
1906	NL	.508
1907	AL	.556
1907	NL	.474
1908	AL	.559
1908	NL	.518
1909	AL	.585
1909	NL	.455
1910	AL	.628
1910	NL	.482
1911	AL	.563
1911	NL	.496
1912	AL	.590
1912	NL	.482
1913	AL	.592
1913	NL	.513
1914	AL	.568
1914	NL	.508
1914	FL	.248
1915	AL	.607
1915	NL	.443
1915	FL	.270
1916	AL	.660
1916	NL	.527
1917	AL	.681
1917	NL	.477
1918	AL	.578
1918	NL	.393
1919	AL	.679
1919	NL	.412
1920	AL	.636
1920	NL	.496
1921	AL	.684
1921	NL	.470
1922	AL	.688
1922	NL	.436
1923	AL	.664
1923	NL	.486
1924	AL	.669
1924	NL	.467
1925	AL	.667
1925	NL	.462
1926	AL	.662
1926	NL	.431
1927	AL	.693
1927	NL	.465
1928	AL	.609
1928	NL	.515
1929	AL	.626
1929	NL	.467
1930	AL	.602
1930	NL	.465
1931	AL	.547
1931	NL	.474
1932	AL	.575
1932	NL	.433
1933	AL	.628
1933	NL	.445
1934	AL	.578
1934	NL	.465
1935	AL	.539
1935	NL	.455
1936	AL	.530
1936	NL	.470
1937	AL	.527
1937	NL	.455
1938	AL	.561
1938	NL	.455
1939	AL	.599
1939	NL	.424
1940	AL	.563
1940	NL	.429
1941	AL	.563
1941	NL	.443
1942	AL	.501
1942	NL	.501
1943	NL	.405
1943	AL	.368
1944	NL	.361
1944	AL	.284
1945	NL	.318
1945	AL	.299
1946	AL	.470
1946	NL	.409
1947	AL	.477
1947	NL	.445
1948	AL	.494
1948	NL	.424
1949	AL	.503
1949	NL	.474
1950	NL	.486
1950	AL	.479
1951	AL	.520
1951	NL	.510
1952	NL	.513
1952	AL	.433
1953	NL	.510
1953	AL	.436
1954	NL	.556
1954	AL	.465
1955	NL	.566
1955	AL	.508
1956	NL	.614
1956	AL	.518
1957	NL	.599
1957	AL	.472
1958	NL	.602
1958	AL	.474
1959	NL	.544
1959	AL	.477
1960	NL	.578
1960	AL	.532
1961	NL	.624
1961	AL	.408
1962	NL	.604
1962	AL	.410
1963	NL	.656
1963	AL	.387
1964	NL	.606
1964	AL	.456
1965	NL	.685
1965	AL	.439
1966	NL	.677
1966	AL	.477
1967	NL	.697
1967	AL	.479
1968	NL	.716
1968	AL	.504
1969	NL	.640
1969	AL	.465
1970	NL	.598
1970	AL	.474
1971	NL	.660
1971	AL	.484
1972	NL	.603
1972	AL	.503
1973	NL	.622
1973	AL	.505
1974	NL	.627
1974	AL	.530
1975	NL	.607
1975	AL	.564
1976	NL	.558
1976	AL	.538
1977	NL	.596
1977	AL	.496
1978	NL	.620
1978	AL	.527
1979	NL	.572
1979	AL	.460
1980	NL	.559
1980	AL	.465
1981	NL	.405
1981	AL	.349
1982	AL	.553
1982	NL	.524
1983	AL	.523
1983	NL	.441
1984	AL	.511
1984	NL	.404
1985	AL	.553
1985	NL	.429
1986	AL	.505
1986	NL	.425
1987	AL	.527
1987	NL	.449
1988	AL	.530
1988	NL	.453
1989	AL	.501
1989	NL	.484
1990	AL	.525
1990	NL	.487
1991	AL	.515
1991	NL	.529
1992	AL	.519
1992	NL	.540
1993	AL	.490
1993	NL	.485
1994	NL	.423
1994	AL	.412
1995	AL	.500
1995	NL	.437
1996	AL	.522
1996	NL	.503
1997	AL	.530
1997	NL	.472
1998	NL	.490
1998	AL	.526
1999	NL	.518
1999	AL	.500
2000	NL	.488
2000	AL	.494
2001	NL	.498
2001	AL	.468
2002	NL	.512
2002	AL	.460
2003	NL	.485
2003	AL	.441
2004	NL	.495
2004	AL	.402
2005	NL	.445
2005	AL	.394
2006	AL	.460
2006	NL	.420
2007	NL	.432
2007	AL	.456
2008	AL	.476
2008	NL	.414
2009	AL	.519
2009	NL	.481
2010	AL	.541
2010	NL	.459
2011	NL	.490
2011	AL	.510
2012	AL	.537
2012	NL	.463
2013	AL	.505
2013	NL	.495
2014	AL	.513
2014	NL	.487
2015	AL	.536
2015	NL	.464
2016	AL	.525
2016	NL	.475
2017	AL	.507
2017	NL	.493
2018	NL	.502
2018	AL	.498
2019	NL	.506
2019	AL	.494
2020	AL	.500
2020	NL	.500
2021	AL	.500
2021	NL	.500

 

            And this chart summarizes all four of the indicators we have so far created.  In this chart, the blue/red highlighting is used to indicate years in which one league appears to be at least 75 points (.075) stronger than the other.  Green highlighting is used to indicate transitions in power between the leagues, or periods of balance when the leagues are almost even, and yellow highlighting is used for those leagues in which the league’s four-indicator strength index is less than .400.   My thanks to reader Bearbyz, who called my attention to an error in the BL3 column in the work posted yesterday.  

 

Season	League	BL1	BL2	BL3	BL4	Total
1876	NL	.500	.452	.450	.222	.406
1877	NL	.500	.447	.450	.229	.406
1878	NL	.500	.351	.450	.264	.391
1879	NL	.519	.398	.450	.325	.423
1880	NL	.533	.390	.450	.371	.436
1881	NL	.533	.452	.450	.441	.469
1882	AA	.439	.452	.450	.258	.400
1882	NL	.547	.493	.450	.453	.486
1883	AA	.433	.509	.450	.282	.418
1883	NL	.559	.499	.450	.460	.492
1884	AA	.403	.454	.450	.280	.397
1884	NL	.592	.484	.450	.501	.507
1884	UA	.500	.411	.450	.207	.392
1885	AA	.437	.466	.450	.265	.404
1885	NL	.562	.478	.450	.486	.494
1886	AA	.449	.448	.450	.311	.415
1886	NL	.551	.487	.450	.547	.509
1887	AA	.410	.410	.450	.308	.395
1887	NL	.589	.471	.450	.587	.524
1888	AA	.421	.416	.450	.299	.396
1888	NL	.578	.463	.450	.587	.520
1889	AA	.414	.449	.450	.328	.410
1889	NL	.583	.480	.450	.626	.535
1890	AA	.437	.446	.450	.217	.387
1890	NL	.559	.441	.450	.474	.481
1890	PL	.500	.482	.450	.501	.483
1891	AA	.429	.464	.450	.337	.420
1891	NL	.561	.468	.450	.725	.551
1892	NL	.554	.480	.450	.648	.533
1893	NL	.532	.485	.450	.566	.508
1894	NL	.515	.500	.450	.505	.492
1895	NL	.500	.502	.450	.503	.489
1896	NL	.500	.506	.450	.506	.491
1897	NL	.500	.500	.450	.556	.502
1898	NL	.489	.506	.450	.627	.518
1899	NL	.479	.504	.450	.607	.510
1900	NL	.486	.512	.450	.727	.544
1901	AL	.520	.505	.450	.405	.470
1901	NL	.484	.505	.450	.710	.537
1902	AL	.504	.519	.450	.559	.508
1902	NL	.497	.508	.450	.484	.485
1903	AL	.508	.517	.450	.537	.503
1903	NL	.493	.517	.450	.494	.488
1904	AL	.458	.519	.450	.551	.495
1904	NL	.540	.508	.450	.518	.504
1905	AL	.425	.519	.450	.506	.475
1905	NL	.574	.508	.450	.515	.512
1906	AL	.470	.509	.450	.530	.490
1906	NL	.530	.498	.450	.508	.496
1907	AL	.421	.496	.450	.556	.481
1907	NL	.579	.496	.450	.474	.500
1908	AL	.446	.499	.450	.559	.489
1908	NL	.554	.491	.450	.518	.503
1909	AL	.479	.474	.450	.585	.497
1909	NL	.521	.497	.450	.455	.481
1910	AL	.533	.477	.450	.628	.522
1910	NL	.467	.501	.450	.482	.475
1911	AL	.549	.489	.450	.563	.513
1911	NL	.451	.507	.450	.496	.476
1912	AL	.557	.481	.450	.590	.519
1912	NL	.443	.501	.450	.482	.469
1913	AL	.591	.479	.450	.592	.528
1913	NL	.409	.505	.450	.513	.469
1914	AL	.543	.485	.450	.568	.512
1914	FL	.500	.513	.450	.248	.428
1914	NL	.457	.491	.450	.508	.477
1915	AL	.601	.494	.450	.607	.538
1915	FL	.500	.514	.450	.270	.433
1915	NL	.399	.502	.450	.443	.449
1916	AL	.595	.505	.450	.660	.552
1916	NL	.405	.507	.450	.527	.472
1917	AL	.571	.524	.450	.681	.556
1917	NL	.429	.516	.450	.477	.468
1918	AL	.556	.520	.450	.578	.526
1918	NL	.444	.512	.450	.393	.450
1919	AL	.513	.527	.450	.679	.542
1919	NL	.487	.520	.450	.412	.467
1920	AL	.535	.525	.450	.636	.536
1920	NL	.465	.523	.450	.496	.484
1921	AL	.483	.517	.450	.684	.533
1921	NL	.517	.523	.450	.470	.490
1922	AL	.462	.508	.450	.688	.527
1922	NL	.538	.511	.450	.436	.484
1923	AL	.514	.510	.450	.664	.535
1923	NL	.486	.506	.450	.486	.482
1924	AL	.524	.504	.450	.669	.537
1924	NL	.476	.506	.450	.467	.475
1925	AL	.533	.499	.450	.667	.537
1925	NL	.467	.505	.450	.462	.471
1926	AL	.552	.500	.450	.662	.541
1926	NL	.448	.504	.450	.431	.458
1927	AL	.625	.489	.450	.693	.564
1927	NL	.375	.494	.450	.465	.446
1928	AL	.653	.492	.450	.609	.551
1928	NL	.347	.487	.450	.515	.450
1929	AL	.651	.495	.450	.626	.556
1929	NL	.349	.491	.450	.467	.439
1930	AL	.647	.497	.450	.602	.549
1930	NL	.353	.502	.450	.465	.442
1931	AL	.626	.501	.450	.547	.531
1931	NL	.374	.502	.450	.474	.450
1932	AL	.670	.504	.450	.575	.550
1932	NL	.330	.494	.450	.433	.427
1933	AL	.664	.510	.450	.628	.563
1933	NL	.336	.498	.450	.445	.432
1934	AL	.635	.505	.450	.578	.542
1934	NL	.365	.501	.450	.465	.445
1935	AL	.651	.518	.450	.539	.540
1935	NL	.349	.498	.450	.455	.438
1936	AL	.623	.507	.450	.530	.527
1936	NL	.377	.516	.450	.470	.453
1937	AL	.648	.505	.450	.527	.533
1937	NL	.352	.517	.450	.455	.444
1938	AL	.621	.486	.450	.561	.529
1938	NL	.379	.520	.450	.455	.451
1939	AL	.625	.472	.450	.599	.537
1939	NL	.375	.519	.450	.424	.442
1940	AL	.548	.481	.450	.563	.510
1940	NL	.452	.503	.450	.429	.458
1941	AL	.556	.494	.450	.563	.516
1941	NL	.444	.495	.450	.443	.458
1942	AL	.536	.497	.450	.501	.496
1942	NL	.464	.497	.450	.501	.478
1943	AL	.567	.502	.450	.368	.472
1943	NL	.433	.509	.450	.405	.449
1944	AL	.519	.489	.450	.284	.436
1944	NL	.481	.503	.450	.361	.449
1945	AL	.561	.472	.450	.299	.445
1945	NL	.439	.487	.450	.318	.423
1946	AL	.579	.510	.450	.470	.502
1946	NL	.421	.503	.450	.409	.446
1947	AL	.602	.512	.450	.477	.510
1947	NL	.398	.505	.455	.445	.451
1948	AL	.614	.511	.455	.494	.518
1948	NL	.386	.493	.460	.424	.441
1949	AL	.614	.496	.455	.503	.517
1949	NL	.386	.505	.470	.474	.459
1950	AL	.582	.506	.460	.479	.507
1950	NL	.418	.505	.481	.486	.473
1951	AL	.540	.507	.470	.520	.509
1951	NL	.460	.502	.486	.510	.490
1952	AL	.508	.494	.476	.433	.478
1952	NL	.492	.504	.476	.513	.496
1953	AL	.494	.496	.465	.436	.473
1953	NL	.506	.508	.481	.510	.501
1954	AL	.466	.500	.476	.465	.476
1954	NL	.534	.511	.511	.556	.528
1955	AL	.450	.496	.486	.508	.485
1955	NL	.550	.511	.522	.566	.537
1956	AL	.462	.502	.491	.518	.493
1956	NL	.538	.499	.532	.614	.546
1957	AL	.478	.505	.486	.472	.485
1957	NL	.522	.492	.522	.599	.534
1958	AL	.485	.501	.486	.474	.487
1958	NL	.515	.499	.552	.602	.542
1959	AL	.450	.499	.486	.477	.478
1959	NL	.550	.502	.557	.544	.538
1960	AL	.425	.499	.491	.532	.487
1960	NL	.575	.495	.557	.578	.551
1961	AL	.448	.508	.524	.408	.472
1961	NL	.552	.487	.557	.624	.555
1962	AL	.439	.512	.533	.410	.473
1962	NL	.561	.497	.557	.604	.555
1963	AL	.384	.507	.528	.387	.452
1963	NL	.616	.489	.557	.656	.580
1964	AL	.395	.495	.533	.456	.470
1964	NL	.605	.498	.557	.606	.567
1965	AL	.399	.485	.541	.439	.466
1965	NL	.601	.497	.557	.685	.585
1966	AL	.433	.494	.549	.477	.488
1966	NL	.567	.503	.557	.677	.576
1967	AL	.410	.502	.549	.479	.485
1967	NL	.590	.507	.557	.697	.588
1968	AL	.428	.513	.557	.504	.500
1968	NL	.572	.511	.557	.716	.589
1969	AL	.419	.514	.557	.465	.489
1969	NL	.581	.498	.557	.640	.569
1970	AL	.463	.514	.557	.474	.502
1970	NL	.538	.495	.557	.598	.547
1971	AL	.463	.507	.557	.484	.503
1971	NL	.537	.496	.557	.660	.563
1972	AL	.448	.512	.557	.503	.505
1972	NL	.552	.491	.557	.603	.551
1973	AL	.446	.503	.557	.505	.503
1973	NL	.554	.505	.557	.622	.560
1974	AL	.448	.498	.557	.530	.509
1974	NL	.552	.510	.557	.627	.561
1975	AL	.415	.494	.557	.564	.508
1975	NL	.585	.513	.557	.607	.566
1976	AL	.377	.503	.557	.538	.494
1976	NL	.623	.517	.557	.558	.564
1977	AL	.404	.506	.557	.496	.491
1977	NL	.596	.512	.557	.596	.566
1978	AL	.405	.503	.557	.527	.498
1978	NL	.595	.508	.557	.620	.570
1979	AL	.393	.507	.557	.460	.479
1979	NL	.607	.507	.557	.572	.561
1980	AL	.393	.507	.557	.465	.481
1980	NL	.607	.509	.557	.559	.558
1981	AL	.412	.515	.557	.349	.458
1981	NL	.588	.501	.557	.405	.513
1982	AL	.441	.503	.557	.553	.514
1982	NL	.559	.497	.557	.524	.534
1983	AL	.503	.507	.557	.523	.522
1983	NL	.498	.501	.557	.441	.499
1984	AL	.500	.502	.557	.511	.518
1984	NL	.500	.503	.557	.404	.491
1985	AL	.502	.499	.557	.553	.528
1985	NL	.498	.502	.557	.429	.497
1986	AL	.527	.494	.557	.505	.521
1986	NL	.473	.506	.557	.425	.490
1987	AL	.530	.501	.557	.527	.529
1987	NL	.470	.513	.557	.449	.497
1988	AL	.547	.511	.557	.530	.536
1988	NL	.453	.518	.557	.453	.495
1989	AL	.598	.507	.557	.501	.541
1989	NL	.402	.521	.557	.484	.491
1990	AL	.553	.504	.557	.525	.535
1990	NL	.447	.523	.557	.487	.504
1991	AL	.583	.497	.557	.515	.538
1991	NL	.417	.524	.557	.529	.507
1992	AL	.586	.504	.557	.519	.542
1992	NL	.414	.524	.557	.540	.509
1993	AL	.581	.511	.557	.490	.535
1993	NL	.419	.531	.557	.485	.498
1994	AL	.542	.514	.557	.412	.506
1994	NL	.458	.530	.557	.423	.492
1995	AL	.529	.511	.557	.500	.524
1995	NL	.471	.533	.557	.437	.500
1996	AL	.572	.514	.557	.522	.541
1996	NL	.428	.519	.557	.503	.502
1997	AL	.597	.510	.557	.530	.549
1997	NL	.403	.515	.557	.472	.487
1998	AL	.650	.503	.557	.526	.559
1998	NL	.350	.514	.557	.490	.478
1999	AL	.669	.503	.557	.500	.557
1999	NL	.331	.514	.557	.518	.480