What is WAR?

[tnixen]

Can someone explain to me what WAR is and why so many want in in MLB The Show?

Thanks

[dubplate]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnixen

Can someone explain to what WAR is and why so many want in in MLB The Show? Thanks

Wins Above Replacement (WAR) is an attempt by the sabermetric baseball community to summarize a player’s total contributions to their team in one statistic. You should always use more than one metric at a time when evaluating players, but WAR is all-inclusive and provides a useful reference point for comparing players. WAR offers an estimate to answer the question, “If this player got injured and their team had to replace them with a freely available minor leaguer or a AAAA player from their bench, how much value would the team be losing?” This value is expressed in a wins format, so we could say that Player X is worth +6.3 wins to their team while Player Y is only worth +3.5 wins, which means it is highly likely that Player X has been more valuable than Player Y.

WAR is not meant to be a perfectly precise indicator of a player’s contribution, but rather an estimate of their value to date. Given the imperfections of some of the available data and the assumptions made to calculate other components, WAR works best as an approximation. A 6 WAR player might be worth between 5.0 and 7.0 WAR, but it is pretty safe to say they are at least an All-Star level player and potentially an MVP.

While WAR is not as complicated as some might think, it does require a good bit of information to calculate and understand. Below you can find general information about WAR and links to specific information about position players and pitchers, as WAR is obviously calculated differently for each.

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/misc/war/

[TripleCrown9]

It's a stat to determine a player's value, Wins Above Replacement.

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubplate

Wins Above Replacement (WAR) is an attempt by the sabermetric baseball community to summarize a player’s total contributions to their team in one statistic. You should always use more than one metric at a time when evaluating players, but WAR is all-inclusive and provides a useful reference point for comparing players. WAR offers an estimate to answer the question, “If this player got injured and their team had to replace them with a freely available minor leaguer or a AAAA player from their bench, how much value would the team be losing?” This value is expressed in a wins format, so we could say that Player X is worth +6.3 wins to their team while Player Y is only worth +3.5 wins, which means it is highly likely that Player X has been more valuable than Player Y. WAR is not meant to be a perfectly precise indicator of a player’s contribution, but rather an estimate of their value to date. Given the imperfections of some of the available data and the assumptions made to calculate other components, WAR works best as an approximation. A 6 WAR player might be worth between 5.0 and 7.0 WAR, but it is pretty safe to say they are at least an All-Star level player and potentially an MVP. While WAR is not as complicated as some might think, it does require a good bit of information to calculate and understand. Below you can find general information about WAR and links to specific information about position players and pitchers, as WAR is obviously calculated differently for each. http://www.fangraphs.com/library/misc/war/

To summarize this post easily...it's how many more Wins that Mike Trout or player X gives your team than Daniel Nava.

[tnixen]

cool thanks for the info sounds like a great feature for all the stat heavy gamers

[breakfastcat]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

To summarize this post easily...it's how many more Wins that Mike Trout or player X gives your team than Daniel Nava.

That's funny because Trout and Nava are both gonna start in the same outfield.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by breakfastcat

That's funny because Trout and Nava are both gonna start in the same outfield.

How about...Mike Trout had a WAR of 9.39 in 2015. His projected backup, Craig Gentry, had a WAR of -.7 in 2015.

[tessl]

My view on WAR is it's a contrived stat which should only be used as a stat and not an attribute.

It assigns an arbitrary value to each defensive position on the field and attempts to use it to determine the value of a player. If WAR ever becomes an attribute the show has lost its way.