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Team WAR – 1979

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Team: PIT – 1979

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Player Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
Matt Alexander0.20.00.20.50.6-0.42
Dale Berra1.70.62.30.20.91.43
Jim Bibby0.60.00.60.40.60.02
Bert Blyleven1.10.01.10.10.40.61
Doe Boyland0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
John Candelaria1.00.01.00.00.30.71
Joe Coleman0.10.00.10.10.1-0.10
Mike Easler0.80.00.80.30.50.32
Dock Ellis0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Tim Foli7.32.49.73.66.53.220
Phil Garner7.62.39.93.56.43.519
Grant Jackson0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
Bruce Kison0.80.00.80.20.40.41
Lee Lacy2.60.32.9-0.10.82.12
Bill Madlock4.41.25.62.74.31.313
John Milner4.80.65.42.13.71.711
Omar Moreno9.42.011.44.07.34.022
Steve Nicosia2.71.34.01.22.41.67
Ed Ott5.52.68.01.23.54.410
Dave Parker8.81.310.16.19.00.927
Rick Rhoden0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Dave Roberts0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Bill Robinson5.70.86.51.33.23.310
Don Robinson0.70.00.70.30.50.22
Enrique Romo0.20.00.20.00.10.10
Jim Rooker0.40.00.4-0.2-0.10.50
Manny Sanguillen1.00.11.1-0.40.01.20
Willie Stargell6.00.76.71.83.72.911
Rennie Stennett4.31.35.7-0.51.14.53
Frank Taveras0.60.20.8-0.8-0.61.4-2
Kent Tekulve0.20.00.20.00.10.10
Ed Whitson0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
TOTAL78.917.796.627.355.640.3167

Detailed Batting Components

Player PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM
Matt Alexander13220100200059.40.50.00.00.5
Dale Berra138-6-710020100-49.4-0.40.10.0-0.3
Jim Bibby52-4-41000000639.40.30.00.00.3
Bert Blyleven85-12-12100000010-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.1
Doe Boyland3-1-100000000-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.1
John Candelaria77-10-1000-100009-29.4-0.20.00.0-0.2
Joe Coleman5000000000119.40.10.00.00.1
Mike Easler62220000-100019.40.10.00.00.1
Dock Ellis1000000000009.40.00.00.00.0
Tim Foli587-7-10392-3760089.40.90.60.11.6
Phil Garner612129-321-12200109.41.10.20.11.4
Grant Jackson9-2-200000001-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.1
Bruce Kison63-7-71-100000709.40.00.00.00.0
Lee Lacy2080-1-401-10-200-59.4-0.5-0.20.0-0.7
Bill Madlock353151313-11-4100139.41.40.10.01.5
John Milner38615130011-2-400139.41.4-0.40.01.0
Omar Moreno757-6-103111011-200169.41.7-0.20.11.6
Steve Nicosia21543-2-101-140009.40.00.40.00.4
Ed Ott439-6-80010-6900-139.4-1.40.90.0-0.5
Dave Parker7073834-66225-700439.44.6-0.70.14.0
Rick Rhoden1000000000009.40.00.00.00.0
Dave Roberts6-1-10000000109.40.00.00.00.0
Bill Robinson45563-20-122-50049.40.4-0.50.0-0.1
Don Robinson56-5-5-1000000719.40.10.00.00.1
Enrique Romo16-2-20000000209.40.00.00.00.0
Jim Rooker36-6-60-1000004-39.4-0.30.00.0-0.3
Manny Sanguillen80-4-41-100-2000-69.4-0.60.00.0-0.6
Willie Stargell4802320-6-4-11-1-60099.41.0-0.60.00.4
Rennie Stennett348-17-19-3-30-19100-179.4-1.80.10.0-1.7
Frank Taveras45-3-3-1-100-4000-99.4-1.00.00.0-1.0
Kent Tekulve17-2-20000000209.40.00.00.00.0
Ed Whitson18-3-300000002-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.1
TOTAL6,33013-18-16205417-205264-7.0-0.20.47.2

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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