Bbref War Leaders (2024)

FAQs

How to calculate bWAR? ›

The formula itself is not very complicated and it is WAR = (Batting Runs + Base Running Runs +Fielding Runs + Positional Adjustment + League Adjustment +Replacement Runs) / (Runs Per Win). This itself is not a complicated formula, however each of the singe components are more difficult to calculate.

Babe Ruth (182.6 WAR)

He finished with a career slash line of . 342/. 474/. 690, and oh, by the way, he also pitched in 163 big-league contests.

wOBA includes pitcher hitting in the coefficient calculations, but rOBA excludes pitcher hitting which removes a bias towards pre-1973 hitters. rOBA does not group AL and NL batters into one bin. This can have a significant impact. For instance, in 1933 the leagues differed in run scoring by two runs per game.

Note: fWAR refers to Fangraphs' calculation of WAR. bWAR or rWAR refer to Baseball-Reference's calculation. And WARP refers to Baseball Prospectus' statistic "Wins Above Replacement Player." The calculations differ slightly -- for instance, fWAR uses FIP in determining pitcher WAR, while bWAR uses RA9.

An All-Star caliber player tends to be around, at least, 3-6 WAR in a given season. Once you get over 6 WAR for a single season, and especially once 7 or 8 WAR are eclipsed, you're probably talking about an MVP candidate. For position players, batting, base-running and fielding are all components.

An average full-time position player is worth about 2 WAR, while average bench players contribute much less (typically between 0 and 1 WAR). Average starting pitchers also are worth around 2 WAR, while relief pitchers are considered superb if they crack +1 WAR.

wOBA on FanGraphs is not adjusted for park effects, meaning that batters that play in hitter-friendly parks will have slightly inflated wOBAs.

Definition. Runs allowed per nine innings pitched -- the title says it all. It's basically ERA with the "E" removed. For example, in 1972, Nolan Ryan allowed 80 runs in 284 innings, giving him a 2.54 RA9.

While OPS+ uses OPS, wRC+ used wOBA. wOBA understands the difference between a walk and a single, as well as a point of OBP vs SLG. So wRC+ is more precise than OPS+, but more complicated.

BABIP measures a player's batting average exclusively on balls hit into the field of play, removing outcomes not affected by the opposing defense (namely home runs and strikeouts). For example, a hitter who goes 2-for-5 with a home run and a strikeout would have a . 333 BABIP. He's 1-for-3 on the balls he put in play.

How do you calculate batting run rate? ›

In cricket, run rate is defined as the number of runs scored divided by the number of overs bowled. Team 'A' scores 260 runs in 50 overs batting first. The other team batting second scores at half the run rate of the team batting first and plays entire 50 overs.

On Base Percentage (aka OBP, On Base Average, OBA) is a measure of how often a batter reaches base. It is approximately equal to Times on Base/Plate appearances. The full formula is OBP = (Hits + Walks + Hit by Pitch) ÷ (At Bats + Walks + Hit by Pitch + Sacrifice Flies).

In this case, it is called either "opponents' batting average" or "batting average against," and it is determined by dividing the number of hits against a given pitcher by the number of at-bats against him.

The concept is essentially the same as it was for hitters: using the player's playing time (in a pitcher's case, his innings pitched), determine how many runs a theoretical "replacement" would have given up in that playing time (at the most basic level, the replacement level is equal to 1 plus the league's average runs ...