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[packs]

Would you say his dWAR reflects he was a good player or a bad one? Tough to find a positive in a negative, as they say.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

Would you say his dWAR reflects he was a good player or a bad one? Tough to find a positive in a negative, as they say.

Most 1B have negative dWAR.

[packs]

But does that seem like it should be true? I'm asking you, not the dWAR creator.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

But does that seem like it should be true? I'm asking you, not the dWAR creator.

It makes some sense. All things being equal, I'd rather have a great SS or 2B than 1B. The specifics, I can't really speak to.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by packs

Would you say his dWAR reflects he was a good player or a bad one? Tough to find a positive in a negative, as they say.

Compare his D-War to other first basemen considered great fielders and you'll have your answer. Keith Hernandez may be the only positive D-War first baseman in history.

Todd Helton had 3 Gold Gloves and is -5.0
Mark Grace and his 4 Gold Gloves is -5.0
Paul Goldschmidt has 4 Gold Gloves and is -5.3
Steve Garvey and his 4 Gold Gloves is -11.7
Mark Texiera and his 5 Gold Gloves is -0.9
Wes Parker and his 6 Gold Gloves is -3.0
Vic Power and his 10 Gold Gloves is -0.8
Hernandez and his 12 Gold Gloves is 1.3

So Mattingly with his 9 Gold Gloves is right in that range with guys considered top fielders at the position.

Just for fun here are some disasters:

Dick Stuart -12.8 in a short career
Mo Vaughn -12.4 in a fairly short career
Dave Kingman -16.7 but almost half of his time was spent in the outfield with much less of a positional penalty.
Willie McCovey -21.7 with one season of LF mixed in.
Pedro Guerrero was an error in search of a home. He played all over trying to find a place to hide him but he was very negative at 1b in roughly 4 seasons he was -7.1