WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL
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@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
WAR = (Batting Runs + Base Running Runs +Fielding Runs + Positional Adjustment + League Adjustment +Replacement Runs) / (Runs Per Win)
● WAR is context, league, and park neutral. This means you can use WAR to compare players between years, leagues, and teams.
Would you like to provide any-other self-disproving links?
I understand how WAR works buddy, But my problem is only using WAR to say a player is better than another player is flawed.
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@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Does not inclued how they value of how many times a player K's
It actually does. (https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained_wraa.shtml) Advanced WOBA? Note 5
, does not include the value of RBI's or avg with runners in scoring pos.
Because that stat isn't independent of player performance. It requires teammates be in certain situations. Hence, why it's not included in an individual metric.
does not include SB which is a stat.
It does. See previous link, Advanced wOBA? Note 3
Does include BB which is part of OBP.
Which it should.
Does not include BA.
Because it's not that great a stat for comparing. Similar to using Wins for Pitchers, or Passing yards for a QB that doesn't account for garbage time stats.
It is not for comparing players of different Era's, it is based on win over replacment for a team without or with that player in the lineup it is an estimate.
Your own link said it did. You should read it sometime.
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@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Does not inclued how they value of how many times a player K's
It actually does. (https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained_wraa.shtml) Advanced WOBA? Note 5
, does not include the value of RBI's or avg with runners in scoring pos.
Because that stat isn't independent of player performance. It requires teammates be in certain situations. Hence, why it's not included in an individual metric.
does not include SB which is a stat.
It does. See previous link, Advanced wOBA? Note 3
Does include BB which is part of OBP.
Which it should.
Does not include BA.
Because it's not that great a stat for comparing. Similar to using Wins for Pitchers, or Passing yards for a QB that doesn't account for garbage time stats.
It is not for comparing players of different Era's, it is based on win over replacment for a team without or with that player in the lineup it is an estimate.
Your own link said it did. You should read it sometime.
By what you believe Joe Morgan is better than Ken Griffey Jr.
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@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
I understand how WAR works buddy, But my problem is only using WAR to say a player is better than another player is flawed.
Apparently you don't. Your very own link disproves everything you've said so far.
If you've got a better all-encompassing stat, by all means share. But until then, WAR is the best we've got.
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@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
I understand how WAR works buddy, But my problem is only using WAR to say a player is better than another player is flawed.
Apparently you don't. Your very own link disproves everything you've said so far.
If you've got a better all-encompassing stat, by all means share. But until then, WAR is the best we've got.
It is not the only thing we got
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I guess since WAR says Morgan is better than Griffey jr he must be right by pos
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Acccording to WAR Mickey Mantle is the 16th best player ever, Mel OTT is better than Mantle cause WAR says so. this is laughable
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@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Acccording to WAR Mickey Mantle is the 16th best player ever, Mel OTT is better than Mantle cause WAR says so. this is laughable
according by pos overall Mantle is 12th. -
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
By what you believe Joe Morgan is better than Ken Griffey Jr.
Remember that time you complained that WAR didn't compare players against their era?
Joe Morgan put up great all-around numbers with tremendous D at a middle infield position for a 15 year peak during a low period for offenses.
Griffey put up good but not great numbers (considering he was contemporaries w/ McGwire, Sosa, Bonds, etc) with also excellent D but at a less important position for roughly a 10 year peak (with partial injury-plagued seasons stretching for another 5) during arguably the biggest offensive explosion in MLB history.
Morgan should be rated higher than Griffey but not unreasonably so. Which means WAR (100.5 vs 83.8) is a pretty accurate stat despite your protestations.
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@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
I guess since WAR says Morgan is better than Griffey jr he must be right
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Does not inclued how they value of how many times a player K's
It actually does. (https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained_wraa.shtml) Advanced WOBA? Note 5
, does not include the value of RBI's or avg with runners in scoring pos.
Because that stat isn't independent of player performance. It requires teammates be in certain situations. Hence, why it's not included in an individual metric.
does not include SB which is a stat.
It does. See previous link, Advanced wOBA? Note 3
Does include BB which is part of OBP.
Which it should.
Does not include BA.
Because it's not that great a stat for comparing. Similar to using Wins for Pitchers, or Passing yards for a QB that doesn't account for garbage time stats.
It is not for comparing players of different Era's, it is based on win over replacment for a team without or with that player in the lineup it is an estimate.
Your own link said it did. You should read it sometime.
By what you believe Joe Morgan is better than Ken Griffey Jr.
I think you forgot about Ken Griffey Jr's career post 2000. His production, both offensive and defensive fell off pretty hard, and he was plagued by injuries.
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Acccording to WAR Mickey Mantle is the 16th best player ever, Mel OTT is better than Mantle cause WAR says so. this is laughable
Mel Ott is easily the most underrated 500HR hitter of all time. He played in a National League that used a heavier ball than the American League, which had a huge impact on his potential offensive output. And besides, Mantle has a WAR7/JAWS (Measurements of Peak performance) of 64.7/87.4, while Ott had 54.1/82.4. This tells us that While Ott had superior longevity, Mantle's Peak was certainly higher.
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@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Acccording to WAR Mickey Mantle is the 16th best player ever, Mel OTT is better than Mantle cause WAR says so. this is laughable
according by posMantle in case you've never read, had a history of injuries that limited his playing time. Ott had almost 40% more ABs throughout his career.
Since WAR is something of a counting stat, that's why Ott scores just a hair better.
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@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
I understand how WAR works buddy, But my problem is only using WAR to say a player is better than another player is flawed.
Apparently you don't. Your very own link disproves everything you've said so far.
If you've got a better all-encompassing stat, by all means share. But until then, WAR is the best we've got.
I do not agree with this list base off what you think is the best of all time because of WAR here is the is
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_off_career.shtml
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Top 10 WAR consists of:
Ruth
W Johnson
Young
Bonds
Mays
Cobb
Aaron
Clemens
Speaker
WagnerThat's a pretty solid "Best 10 players ever" list if I've ever seen one.
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@ImDFC said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
I guess since WAR says Morgan is better than Griffey jr he must be right
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Does not inclued how they value of how many times a player K's
It actually does. (https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained_wraa.shtml) Advanced WOBA? Note 5
, does not include the value of RBI's or avg with runners in scoring pos.
Because that stat isn't independent of player performance. It requires teammates be in certain situations. Hence, why it's not included in an individual metric.
does not include SB which is a stat.
It does. See previous link, Advanced wOBA? Note 3
Does include BB which is part of OBP.
Which it should.
Does not include BA.
Because it's not that great a stat for comparing. Similar to using Wins for Pitchers, or Passing yards for a QB that doesn't account for garbage time stats.
It is not for comparing players of different Era's, it is based on win over replacment for a team without or with that player in the lineup it is an estimate.
Your own link said it did. You should read it sometime.
By what you believe Joe Morgan is better than Ken Griffey Jr.
I think you forgot about Ken Griffey Jr's career post 2000. His production, both offensive and defensive fell off pretty hard, and he was plagued by injuries.
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Acccording to WAR Mickey Mantle is the 16th best player ever, Mel OTT is better than Mantle cause WAR says so. this is laughable
Mel Ott is easily the most underrated 500HR hitter of all time. He played in a National League that used a heavier ball than the American League, which had a huge impact on his potential offensive output. And besides, Mantle has a WAR7/JAWS (Measurements of Peak performance) of 64.7/87.4, while Ott had 54.1/82.4. This tells us that While Ott had superior longevity, Mantle's Peak was certainly higher.
My problem is people only using WAR to determine who the better player is and WAR leaves out a lot of stuff. I am not saying it should not be used but to compare to players solely on WAR is flawed.
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@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
I understand how WAR works buddy, But my problem is only using WAR to say a player is better than another player is flawed.
Apparently you don't. Your very own link disproves everything you've said so far.
If you've got a better all-encompassing stat, by all means share. But until then, WAR is the best we've got.
I do not agree with this list base off what you think is the best of all time because of WAR here is the is
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_off_career.shtml
Baseball-Reference WAR (bWAR) and Fangraphs WAR (fWAR) are two different metrics that value different things. bWAR tends to be friendlier to pitchers than fWAR
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@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Top 10 WAR consists of:
Ruth
W Johnson
Young
Bonds
Mays
Cobb
Aaron
Clemens
Speaker
WagnerThat's a pretty solid "Best 10 players ever" list if I've ever seen one.
100% accurate.
There's no point arguing with stubborn ignorance.. some people just can't wrap to their heads around this kind of stuff -
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Top 10 WAR consists of:
Ruth
W Johnson
Young
Bonds
Mays
Cobb
Aaron
Clemens
Speaker
WagnerThat's a pretty solid "Best 10 players ever" list if I've ever seen one.
You agree with that list and there is no way that anyone else could make an arguement for another player, -
@Nanthrax_1 said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Top 10 WAR consists of:
Ruth
W Johnson
Young
Bonds
Mays
Cobb
Aaron
Clemens
Speaker
WagnerThat's a pretty solid "Best 10 players ever" list if I've ever seen one.
100% accurate.
There's no point arguing with stubborn ignorance.. some people just can't wrap to their heads around this kind of stuff
Ignorance is thinking that WAR is the only thing that matters to how good a player is -
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@Nanthrax_1 said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Top 10 WAR consists of:
Ruth
W Johnson
Young
Bonds
Mays
Cobb
Aaron
Clemens
Speaker
WagnerThat's a pretty solid "Best 10 players ever" list if I've ever seen one.
100% accurate.
There's no point arguing with stubborn ignorance.. some people just can't wrap to their heads around this kind of stuff
Ignorance is thinking that WAR is the only thing that matters to how good a player isNobody is saying that. But to discount it completely is much worse. Or refuse to read and learn new things, formulas, advancements, etc.
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@Nanthrax_1 said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@dbarmonstar said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@Nanthrax_1 said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
@SaveFarris said in WAR MOST OVERRATED FORMULA IN BASEBALL:
Top 10 WAR consists of:
Ruth
W Johnson
Young
Bonds
Mays
Cobb
Aaron
Clemens
Speaker
WagnerThat's a pretty solid "Best 10 players ever" list if I've ever seen one.
100% accurate.
There's no point arguing with stubborn ignorance.. some people just can't wrap to their heads around this kind of stuff
Ignorance is thinking that WAR is the only thing that matters to how good a player isNobody is saying that. But to discount it completely is much worse. Or read and learn new things, formulas, advancements, etc.
I never discounted WAR try agian, my complaint is people only and sticking to that WAR is the say all be all in a debate. I said over and over again it is overrated because that is the only thing people use to say a player is better than another player. I understand how formula's work.
