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Old 12-09-2012, 01:08 PM   #781
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Originally Posted by Triple Naitch View Post
WAR is retarded. There's a discussion for you.
Great question, TN!

Its very hard to quantify so many items into one all encompassing stat, but WAR comes close, though it has its flaws. While it is the one stat that is used to combine both offense and defense, the real fun comes in that WAR is context, league, and park neutral which means it can be used to compare players from different teams, leagues, and even across eras.

Is it everything? Nope, not even close. I have issues with it in that it does not take into account "styles" of players such as number of pitches per at bat. If player A and B are the same in every way, but player A sees 3 PPAB, while player B sees 6, you take player B everytime. WAR does not take things like that or other things like pickoff moves into account. This limits it in my mind as an omni tool.

When it comes to SABR stats, they need to be used and incorporated because they are valuable tools, but they are not the be all end all as the Moneyball movie would make it seem, but rather only 1/6th of how to go about constructing a Baseball organization.

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