Is The WAR Metric Useless??

[PasadenaTrojan]

Im a big Trout guy. Loved when he was the best player in baseball. Then the neck injury and he hasn’t been the same.

But with all the injuries no way is his career on par with Ken Griffey Jr. so far of course. But war says he is???

For context, KGJ has played 1,000 more games than Trout. Or 6+ seasons. Trouts just been to injured

 

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[troystory]

That is peculiar. Hard to explain that one. I think Griffey, by playing such a long time, must have accumulated a bunch of negative WAR later in his career. But agree with your point overall. This doesn’t make sense.

[Java]

No but clearly it’s harder when you’re dealing with careers or different longevity.

Junior was unreal until he missed a few walls. His NL career was pretty forgettable by comparison

[PasadenaTrojan]

So WAR sucks when comparing different positions (SS vs 1B) and also doesn’t work for different career lengths?
so we’re back to TOTALS like before?

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[saturdaysarebetter]

Rick Reuschel’s WAR is 69.5.  214-191 with a 3.37 ERA. His WHIP 1.275.

Catfish Hunter’s WAR is 40.9  224-166 with a 3.26 ERA. His WHIP 1.134.  HOF

In 1925, Wally Pipp’s WAR was 0.0.  Meaning he was no better than a replacement.  His replacement happened to be Lou Gehrig.

Andrew McCutchen’s WAR is 49.1.  2,267 hits 332 home runs 1152 RBIs BA .271

Dave Parker’s WAR is 40.1.  2,712 hits 339 Home runs 1493 RBIs BA .290 HOF

 

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