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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
While I disagree WAR is a pure counting stat (it can be negative, which to me disqualifies it) it can have that affect over a long average career. How about we calculate ABs per WAR.
For example
Pete Rose Achieved 1 WAR every 176 AB's
Ichiro Achieved 1 WAR every 167 AB's
Harold Baines 1 WAR every 256 AB's
Craig Biggio 1 / 165
Scott Rolen 1 / 103
Ted Williams 1 /63
My only other thought is maybe I should do it out of PA's and not AB's since walks figure so prominently in WAR using AB's almost rewards walks twice.
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Just rename negative WARs as
LAR* or
WBR** and eliminate the minus sign. Only the kids in Lake Wobegon are all above average.
One problem solved.
* Losses above replacement
** Wins below replacement
Linking the metric to Plate Appearances might well be useful though