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Team WAR – 1953

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Team: CLE – 1953

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Player Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
Al Aber0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
Bobby Avila7.92.310.24.27.23.022
Dick Aylward0.00.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
Ray Boone1.70.62.31.32.00.46
Bob Chakales0.10.00.10.10.1-0.10
Larry Doby7.71.69.33.46.23.218
Luke Easter2.90.33.20.31.22.04
Bob Feller0.90.00.90.00.20.61
Hank Foiles0.10.10.2-0.2-0.10.30
Owen Friend0.90.31.20.30.60.62
Mike Garcia1.30.01.30.30.70.72
Joe Ginsberg1.60.62.20.30.91.33
Bill Glynn5.90.96.80.22.24.67
Steve Gromek0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Jim Hegan4.11.96.00.72.53.58
Bob Hooper0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
Dave Hoskins0.80.00.80.50.70.12
Art Houtteman0.50.00.50.00.10.30
Bob Kennedy2.20.42.6-0.40.42.21
Bob Lemon1.60.01.61.31.8-0.25
Jim Lemon0.60.10.7-0.8-0.61.2-2
Hank Majeski0.70.10.80.30.50.31
Barney McCosky0.30.00.30.00.00.20
Dale Mitchell6.80.97.61.84.03.612
Al Rosen8.62.010.610.313.4-2.840
Harry Simpson3.30.53.8-1.3-0.24.0-1
Al Smith2.20.32.4-0.30.42.01
George Strickland6.02.38.32.85.23.016
Joe Tipton1.60.72.30.71.41.04
Dick Tomanek0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
Wally Westlake3.20.53.72.83.9-0.112
Bill Wight0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
Early Wynn1.30.01.31.31.6-0.45
TOTAL75.216.491.529.556.035.0169

Detailed Batting Components

Player PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM
Al Aber2110000000019.60.10.00.00.1
Bobby Avila63414-24-1211400189.61.90.4-0.22.1
Dick Aylward3-1-100000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Ray Boone1392322-10110079.60.70.10.00.8
Bob Chakales7000000000119.60.10.00.00.1
Larry Doby6172528-3-12-1-8-100179.61.8-0.1-0.21.5
Luke Easter23056-2-1-11-4-200-19.6-0.1-0.2-0.1-0.4
Bob Feller71-9-900000007-29.6-0.20.00.0-0.2
Hank Foiles8-1-10000-1000-29.6-0.20.00.0-0.2
Owen Friend73-3-310001100-19.6-0.10.10.00.0
Mike Garcia105-6-6-1-3000001009.60.00.00.00.0
Joe Ginsberg127-100000-4200-49.6-0.40.20.0-0.2
Bill Glynn475-15-13-32108-500-59.6-0.5-0.5-0.2-1.2
Steve Gromek3-1-100000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Jim Hegan329-14-1211001500-99.6-0.90.5-0.1-0.5
Bob Hooper12-2-200000001-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dave Hoskins63-2-20000000539.60.30.00.00.3
Art Houtteman37-5-500000004-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Bob Kennedy180-6-52101-5-200-69.6-0.6-0.2-0.1-0.9
Bob Lemon125-4-3200000011109.61.00.00.01.0
Jim Lemon49-5-5-1001-4000-99.6-0.90.00.0-0.9
Hank Majeski55110000000019.60.10.00.00.1
Barney McCosky22-2-210000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dale Mitchell5421013-5310-3-50099.60.9-0.5-0.20.2
Al Rosen688636632-128000809.68.30.0-0.28.1
Harry Simpson264-12-11-300-1-2-200-179.6-1.8-0.2-0.1-2.1
Al Smith173-2-1-121-1-6-100-69.6-0.6-0.1-0.1-0.8
George Strickland48213-110-1650089.60.80.5-0.21.1
Joe Tipton13112-11-10-120009.60.00.20.00.2
Dick Tomanek5-1-100000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Wally Westlake259161710022-200229.62.3-0.2-0.12.0
Bill Wight5-1-100000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.1
Early Wynn104-1-1010000010109.61.00.00.01.0
TOTAL6,0193259-10150500049118-12.30.0-1.810.5

Glossary

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Stat description
Game SharesGame Shares
WARWins above Replacement
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
VSVictory Shares
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
Pos WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.

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