450 HR and counting and really not so good

[cgjackson222]

Defense matters: a list of some sluggers with low dWAR (as per baseball reference) and its effect on total WAR.

dWAR /oWAR / Total WAR

Note the similarity between Nelson Cruz and Jose Canseco.

Adam Dunn: -28.4 / 35.3 / 17.9 (462 HRs)
Gary Sheffield: -27.7 / 80.7 / 60.5 (509 HRs)
Dave Winfield: -22.7 / 74.1 / 64.2 (465 HRs)
Frank Thomas: -22.5 / 80.4 / 73.8 (521 HRs)
Manny Ramirez: -21.7 / 81.8 / 69.3 (555 HRs)
Willie McCovey: -21.6 / 72 / 64.5 (521 HRs)
David Ortiz: -20.9 / 56.7 / 55.3 (541 HRs)
Miguel Cabrera: -20.7 / 77.3 / 67.0 (507 HRs)
Prince Fielder: -20.5 / 34.1 / 23.8 (319 HRs)
Jason Giambi: -19.7 / 58.4 / 50.5 (440 HRs)
Willie Stargell: -19.5 / 64.2 / 47.6 (475 HRs)
Harmon Killebrew: -18.7 / 71.5 / 60.4 (573 HRs)
Billy Williams: -18.0 / 66.5 / 63.6 (426 HRs)
Paul Konerko: -17.7 / 33.1 / 28.1 (439 HRs)
Fred McGriff: -17.3 / 56.2 / 52.6 (493 HRs)
Carlos Delgado: -17.2 / 50.8 / 44.4 (473 HRs)
Dave Kingman: -16.7 / 23.2 / 17.3 (442 HRs)
Reggie Jackson: -16.4 / 77.2 / 73.9 (563 HRs)
Jim Thome: -16.4 / 77.7 / 73.1 (612 HRs)
Dante Bichette: -16.2 / 15.1 / 5.6 WAR (274 HRs)
Joe Carter: -15.7 / 28.2 / 19.5 (396 HRs)
Edwin Encarnacion: -15.1 / 42.3 / 35.5 (424 HRs)
Nelson Cruz: -14.5 / 44.0 / 42.5 (462 HRs)
Jose Canseco: -13.8 / 45.9 / 42.4 (462 HRs)
Ted Williams: -13.3 / 125.1 / 121.8 (521 HRs)
Mark McGwire: -12.2 / 65.4 / 62.2 (583 HRs)
Cecil Fielder: -12.2 / 20.3 / 17.2 (319 HRs)
Ralph Kiner: -10.7 / 52.9 / 48 (369 HRs)

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Defense matters: a list of some sluggers with low dWAR (as per baseball reference) and its effect on total WAR.

dWAR /oWAR / Total WAR

Note the similarity between Nelson Cruz and Jose Canseco.

Adam Dunn: -28.4 / 35.3 / 17.9 (462 HRs)
Gary Sheffield: -27.7 / 80.7 / 60.5 (509 HRs)
Dave Winfield: -22.7 / 74.1 / 64.2 (465 HRs)
Frank Thomas: -22.5 / 80.4 / 73.8 (521 HRs)
Manny Ramirez: -21.7 / 81.8 / 69.3 (555 HRs)
Willie McCovey: -21.6 / 72 / 64.5 (521 HRs)
David Ortiz: -20.9 / 56.7 / 55.3 (541 HRs)
Miguel Cabrera: -20.7 / 77.3 / 67.0 (507 HRs)
Prince Fielder: -20.5 / 34.1 / 23.8 (319 HRs)
Jason Giambi: -19.7 / 58.4 / 50.5 (440 HRs)
Willie Stargell: -19.5 / 64.2 / 47.6 (475 HRs)
Harmon Killebrew: -18.7 / 71.5 / 60.4 (573 HRs)
Billy Williams: -18.0 / 66.5 / 63.6 (426 HRs)
Paul Konerko: -17.7 / 33.1 / 28.1 (439 HRs)
Fred McGriff: -17.3 / 56.2 / 52.6 (493 HRs)
Carlos Delgado: -17.2 / 50.8 / 44.4 (473 HRs)
Dave Kingman: -16.7 / 23.2 / 17.3 (442 HRs)
Reggie Jackson: -16.4 / 77.2 / 73.9 (563 HRs)
Jim Thome: -16.4 / 77.7 / 73.1 (612 HRs)
Dante Bichette: -16.2 / 15.1 / 5.6 WAR (274 HRs)
Joe Carter: -15.7 / 28.2 / 19.5 (396 HRs)
Edwin Encarnacion: -15.1 / 42.3 / 35.5 (424 HRs)
Nelson Cruz: -14.5 / 44.0 / 42.5 (462 HRs)
Jose Canseco: -13.8 / 45.9 / 42.4 (462 HRs)
Ted Williams: -13.3 / 125.1 / 121.8 (521 HRs)
Mark McGwire: -12.2 / 65.4 / 62.2 (583 HRs)
Cecil Fielder: -12.2 / 20.3 / 17.2 (319 HRs)
Ralph Kiner: -10.7 / 52.9 / 48 (369 HRs)

Great info and lost. Amazed at some on that list

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Great info and lost. Amazed at some on that list

I was really surprised by Dave Winfield's dWAR. Guy won 7 Gold Gloves and has a worse dWAR than Manny Ramirez or Harmon Killebrew?

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

I was really surprised by Dave Winfield's dWAR. Guy won 7 Gold Gloves and has a worse dWAR than Manny Ramirez or Harmon Killebrew?

Jim Kaat won a Gold Glove in 1969 with a fielding percentage of 0.826. I suspect fielding awards have more to do with flash than fundamentals. And, advanced analytics haven't necessarily improved the Gold Glove awards in that regard. See "Jeter, Derek."

[todeen]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

Jim Kaat won a Gold Glove in 1969 with a fielding percentage of 0.826. I suspect fielding awards have more to do with flash than fundamentals. And, advanced analytics haven't necessarily improved the Gold Glove awards in that regard. See "Jeter, Derek."

Derek Jeter was still before advanced analytics took over baseball. You would want to cite an example of someone after 2005 I would presume. As an avid fan, that is roughly the year I remember new terms coming into use that I couldn't calculate or completely comprehend. But they still hadn't overtaken the old school BBWA voters who were the ones casting votes.

The change coincides with moneyball analytics that occurred in the early 2000s.

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[jayshum]

Interesting that total WAR is not just oWAR + dWAR. Can anyone explain how it's calculated?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Interesting that total WAR is not just oWAR + dWAR. Can anyone explain how it's calculated?

"oWAR looks to calculate a player’s offensive contribution alone, completely removing his fielding. It does adjust for position, however, which can make a big impact. Meanwhile, dWAR compares a player’s defensive efforts to a league-average fielder, again adjusting for position.

Though oWAR and dWAR do isolate the two halves of bWAR, they cannot be summed to reach the overall figure. There are a lot of minor intangibles that are too particular to dive into here, but the basic roadblock is the positional adjustment. bWAR, oWAR, and dWAR all incorporate some sort of adjustment for position, making it possible to compare shortstops to first baseman. But because oWAR and dWAR both include an adjustment, summing them would double the magnitude of this factor as compared to bWAR."

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/1/...ment-bwar-fwar

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by todeen

Derek Jeter was still before advanced analytics took over baseball. You would want to cite an example of someone after 2005 I would presume.

If you are going to limit it to 2005 or after, then I would cite as an example Derek Jeter, who won 4 of his 5 Gold Gloves in 2005 or later.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

I was really surprised by Dave Winfield's dWAR. Guy won 7 Gold Gloves and has a worse dWAR than Manny Ramirez or Harmon Killebrew?

I very much agree with you 7 Gold Gloves and that DWAR very surprising.

[Seven]

I'm not sure how accurate dWAR is, but what I do know was that Jeter at his best, was a slightly above average shortstop. His range did him no favors. His oWAR is above a 90 while his dWAR is well into the negatives. Gold Glove, seemed to become the celebrity award. I believe Palmero won a GG at first base, despite spending most of one season, at DH.

Also looking at the list a few posts above, really makes you wonder about certain players. Imagine if Ted Williams was a plus fielder? Would've probably gone down as the greatest player ever.

[D. Bergin]

Jeter passed the eye test, and made some spectacular and high IQ plays in high leverage situations, that you don't really see other shortstops make.

His jump throw to get rid of the ball as quickly as possible while running towards the 3rd base line was a thing of beauty when it worked, but largely unnecessary. Other, more technically sound shortstops would simply take an extra fraction of a second to plant their right foot and then whip a bullet across the diamond instead.

[Peter_Spaeth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoJk9X7Vto

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Seven

Also looking at the list a few posts above, really makes you wonder about certain players. Imagine if Ted Williams was a plus fielder? Would've probably gone down as the greatest player ever.

Ted Williams is tied for 7th all time in offensive WAR: https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...f_career.shtml

He is well behind Mays in oWAR, and of course way behind him in total WAR. I am surprised Ted is only tied with Tris Speaker in oWAR. Of course Tris Speaker didn't miss a bunch of years because of actual Wars.

But no one holds a candle to Babe Ruth in total WAR. Apparently Babe Ruth wasn't a bad fielder, as his dWAR is only slightly negative (-2.3).

[Peter_Spaeth]

dWAR
Good god, y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again