Wins Above Replacement (WAR) | Glossary - MLB.com
Wins Above Replacement (WAR) Definition. WAR measures a player's value in all facets of the game by deciphering how many more wins he's worth than a replacement-level player at his same position (e.g., a Minor League replacement or a readily available fill-in free agent).
All-time WAR leaders at each position - MLB.com
Sep 30, 2024 · Here are the overall Wins Above Replacement leaders (per Baseball-Reference) at each spot on the diamond. You can also find position-by-position leaders for home runs, hits, RBIs and stolen bases.
MLB free agents 2024-2025 - MLB.com
6 days ago · Here is a position-by-position breakdown of the 2024-25 free-agent class. Players are grouped by position and ranked by their FanGraphs wins above replacement total across 2023-24. Each player's 2025 seasonal age is included in parentheses next to his name.
Ranking MLB players to change teams 2024-25 offseason - MLB.com
Jan 1, 2025 · Here are the top players who have changed teams so far this offseason, ranked purely by their expected 2025 Wins Above Replacement , per FanGraphs’ Steamer projections, as of Jan. 1.
Phillies career WAR leaders - MLB.com
Nov 20, 2019 · Wins Above Replacement (WAR) is a relatively new category from the sabermetrics universe. It is not an exact science and WAR can have varied formulas depending upon the source.
Shohei Ohtani's MVP case based on WAR - MLB.com
Sep 14, 2022 · We won’t and can’t answer the question of “which player deserves it more” today. But we do want to touch on an important part of the conversation, a topic that seems to come up a lot: Does Wins Above Replacement fail to capture Ohtani’s full value?
JAWS | Glossary - MLB.com
JAWS (Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score) is a system created by Jay Jaffe that evaluates a player's worthiness for enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame by comparing him to the Hall of Famers at his position.
Shohei Ohtani joins Frank Robinson to win AL and NL MVP
Nov 21, 2024 · Robinson led Cincinnati in Wins Above Replacement (7.7, bWAR) and had a slash line of .323/404/.611. All-time Most Valuable Player winners Five years later, Cincinnati gave Robinson extra motivation to be the best in baseball.
Best second basemen in Pirates History - MLB.com
Apr 7, 2020 · A career .260 hitter over 17 seasons (all with Pittsburgh) and the Pirates’ Wins Above Replacement leader among second basemen, Mazeroski was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 2001. Simply put, Mazeroski’s status as the Pirates’ best second baseman of all time is not up for debate.
Debating MLB's best player entering 2024 - MLB.com
Jan 8, 2024 · Using three-year recency-weighted Wins Above Replacement – chosen because a single season shouldn’t be enough to be The Best, and some amount of track record matters – Trout had been the best player in the game at the end of seven consecutive three-year windows, third most only to Babe Ruth (nine) and Willie Mays (eight). When we talk ...