Comments on: 10 for 10: #7 Player Wins Above Replacement

By: Sean Forman

Sean Forman — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:04:21 +0000

Dvd,

It's on there. I've added it.

By: Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive » WAR for Pitchers Updated Daily & WAR Leaders on Front Page

Thu, 27 May 2010 17:05:00 +0000

[...] are continuing to weave our Wins Above Replacement data throughout the site. Today, we started updating Pitcher WAR on a daily basis. Yes, Ubaldo [...]

By: Dvd Avins

Dvd Avins — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:11:47 +0000

I second Cubbies' request.

By: The Marlins’ Draft History: pre-1997 | Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog

Wed, 26 May 2010 23:07:45 +0000

[...] you know that Baseball-Reference now has Rally’s WAR (rWAR) integrated everywhere on the site? Amazingly, that also includes its draft tool, something I [...]

By: cubbies

cubbies — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:49:30 +0000

can you add WAR data in the charts for MVPs and other awards? that would be really convenient (to see how acurate MVP voting is going with WAR)

By: Mark Ahrens

Mark Ahrens — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:00:07 +0000

Hank Greenberg's WAR stats were also impacted by service in WWII

By: Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive » WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:40:59 +0000

[...] who are the best position players not to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Using Baseball-Reference's new Wins Above Replacement data, we can attempt to answer that question. First, the players with the most total career value who [...]

By: Nick Steiner

Nick Steiner — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:40:21 +0000

Awesome. Great job Sean and Sean.

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:08:22 +0000

Rich, my point was only that discrediting a stat because it doesn't credit Williams for time he didn't play is ridiculous. One might as well say HR are meaningless. I mean Williams, one of the great power hitters of all time, isn't credited with a single HR during the time he was in the military! What a joke stat! Anyway, your reservations are understood, but I believe WAR is pretty open-source. If you have any questions about how it is calculated, I am sure people will try to answer them. If no one here knows the answers, post a question at baseballprojection.com and I'd guess the proprietor will answer you. As for converting runs into wins, it is based on the run environment. These days it is around 10 runs per win. (If you know the Pythagorean Theorem of run scoring, add or subtract 10 runs from a team's totals and see what happens to their expected record.) Finally, while I think the methodology behind WAR is pretty sound (as far as I understand it), I would never solely rely on it for ranking or evaluating players. And no one with any sense would say it proves Williams was less of a player for missing time. I mean, he didn't play those years, we don't need WAR to tell us that. It's up to each individual, and it depends what question they are trying to answer, how to credit Williams for that time.

By: rWAR on Baseball Reference « Play a Hard Nine

rWAR on Baseball Reference « Play a Hard Nine — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:01:04 +0000

[...] May 17, 2010 by erik Oh joy. Sean Smith’s WAR (Wins Above Replacement) is now at Baseball Reference.com. If you have play index, you can do all sorts of fun sorts. I’ll share a [...]