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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I have never understood how Grich gets so high up in those WAR/JAWS ratings. Here are his other Baseball Reference metrics.
Something does not add up for me.
Black Ink
Batting - 8 (355), AverageHOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink
Batting - 40 (784), AverageHOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor
Batting - 42 (504), LikelyHOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards
Batting - 32 (305), AverageHOFer ≈ 50
And even more telling:
Similar Batters
1.Toby Harrah (908.6)
2.Brandon Phillips (898.2)
3.Jay Bell (894.8)
4.Bret Boone (892.6)
5.Jhonny Peralta (884.1)
6.Asdrubal Cabrera (883.7)
7.Chase Utley (882.6)
8.Sal Bando (879.9)
9.Ian Kinsler (876.1)
10.Travis Fryman (871.6
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Two factors explain Grich’s war vs other metrics
1. 16.8 of his war is from defense
2. He was very consistent. Never had a bad year and never had a crazy good year. Therefore he was always valuable but didn’t lead the league in much