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).

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.

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 ...

Mar 20, 2019 · It looks like Mike Trout will wearing an Angels uniform as he continues his ascent up the all-time leaderboard for Baseball-Reference's wins above replacement (WAR).

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.

4 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.

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.

Jan 23, 2019 · Last year, Jose Pujols, a certain Hall of Famer and one of the best baseball players of the last 50 years, passed a sabermetric career threshold: He reached 100 total career Wins Above Replacement, according to Baseball Reference.

Dec 20, 2024 · Examining his decade of dominance, specifically from 2006-15, Hernández led MLB in wins above replacement per FanGraphs (50.1), strikeouts (2,065), innings (2,178) and quality starts (218), while ranking fifth in ERA (3.13). In that stretch, he had 16 consecutive starts of seven innings and two runs or fewer allowed (May 18 through Aug. 11 ...

Feb 3, 2019 · In the time since, the Wins Above Replacement metric has managed to weave its way into casual conversation and everyday analysis. If you are unfamiliar (or need a refresher), the concept behind WAR is this: If you formed a team of freely available Minor Leaguers (aka "replacement-level talent"), it wouldn't win many games.