I very much enjoy baseball statistics, and WAR in particular is a very interesting metric, but does anyone really understand how it is calculated?
For instance I'd like to compare two very awesome seasons.
Player A
746 PA's, 213 hits, 25 doubles, 15 triples, 46 hrs, 121 runs, 139 rbis, .315 ave, .970 OPS, 157 OPS+
Player B
717 PA's, 210 hits, 46 doubles, 5 triples, 34 hrs, 99 runs 114 rbis, .323 ave .940 ops, 162 OPS+
These are two obviously outstanding seasons, both MVP like. What surprises me is that Player B's offensive WAR was 9.2. Player A's offensive WAR was 6.7. That's a pretty massive difference and to me it looks like Player A's season was at least equal if not better than Player B's. Am I missing something here that would factor into one player's stats.
I'm just curious mostly.
For instance I'd like to compare two very awesome seasons.
Player A
746 PA's, 213 hits, 25 doubles, 15 triples, 46 hrs, 121 runs, 139 rbis, .315 ave, .970 OPS, 157 OPS+
Player B
717 PA's, 210 hits, 46 doubles, 5 triples, 34 hrs, 99 runs 114 rbis, .323 ave .940 ops, 162 OPS+
These are two obviously outstanding seasons, both MVP like. What surprises me is that Player B's offensive WAR was 9.2. Player A's offensive WAR was 6.7. That's a pretty massive difference and to me it looks like Player A's season was at least equal if not better than Player B's. Am I missing something here that would factor into one player's stats.
I'm just curious mostly.