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Team WAR – 1956

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Team: DET – 1956

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Player Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
Al Aber0.20.00.20.10.20.01
Wayne Belardi2.20.22.40.10.81.62
Reno Bertoia0.90.31.20.00.40.81
Bud Black0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Frank Bolling5.21.66.81.13.13.79
Ray Boone6.91.78.63.56.02.618
Jim Brady0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Jim Brideweser2.20.83.00.00.92.13
Jim Bunning0.20.00.20.00.10.10
Jim Delsing0.20.00.2-0.2-0.10.30
Paul Foytack1.20.01.2-0.40.01.20
Ned Garver0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Steve Gromek0.50.00.50.40.60.02
Fred Hatfield0.20.00.20.00.10.10
Buddy Hicks0.60.20.8-0.4-0.21.0-1
Billy Hoeft1.20.01.20.91.3-0.14
Gene Host0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Frank House4.21.86.00.32.13.96
Al Kaline8.41.29.77.19.9-0.330
Bob Kennedy2.50.53.0-0.50.42.61
Chick King0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
Harvey Kuenn8.02.510.65.68.71.926
Frank Lary1.40.01.40.30.70.72
Charlie Lau0.10.10.2-0.2-0.10.30
Duke Maas0.20.00.20.10.20.01
Dick Marlowe0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Walt Masterson0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Charlie Maxwell7.21.08.26.79.1-0.927
Bob Miller0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Jack Phillips3.00.43.40.11.12.33
JW Porter0.30.00.3-0.5-0.40.8-1
Jim Small1.20.21.40.00.41.01
Walt Streuli0.10.10.2-0.10.00.20
Earl Torgeson4.90.65.41.53.12.39
Virgil Trucks0.60.00.60.20.40.21
Bill Tuttle7.21.68.8-0.91.77.15
Red Wilson3.41.65.02.94.40.613
TOTAL74.716.491.227.454.736.5163

Detailed Batting Components

Player PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM
Al Aber130000000001110.10.10.00.00.1
Wayne Belardi17933-2-10-1-1-100-210.1-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.4
Reno Bertoia74-6-6-11004000-210.1-0.20.00.0-0.2
Bud Black2-1-100000000-110.1-0.10.00.0-0.1
Frank Bolling42244-5410-8200-410.1-0.40.2-0.1-0.3
Ray Boone5683030-2-3-11-60001910.11.90.0-0.21.7
Jim Brady10000000000010.10.00.00.00.0
Jim Brideweser180-12-1200114100-610.1-0.60.1-0.1-0.6
Jim Bunning2000-1-1000002010.10.00.00.00.0
Jim Delsing16-2-200000000-210.1-0.20.00.0-0.2
Paul Foytack98-16-161-10000010-610.1-0.60.00.0-0.6
Ned Garver6-1-100000001010.10.00.00.00.0
Steve Gromek41-1-100000004310.10.30.00.00.3
Fred Hatfield15001-1000000010.10.00.00.00.0
Buddy Hicks50-4-40000-2000-610.1-0.60.00.0-0.6
Billy Hoeft97-3-310000009710.10.70.00.00.7
Gene Host2-1-100000000-110.1-0.10.00.0-0.1
Frank House348-13-13110-20500-1310.1-1.30.5-0.1-0.9
Al Kaline6933434312218-6006010.15.9-0.6-0.25.1
Bob Kennedy207-6-60-2-100-100-910.1-0.9-0.1-0.1-1.1
Chick King10-1-100000000-110.1-0.10.00.0-0.1
Harvey Kuenn6572323431-106003010.13.00.6-0.23.4
Frank Lary119-11-11-100000012010.10.00.00.00.0
Charlie Lau9-1-1-10000000-210.1-0.20.00.0-0.2
Duke Maas18-1-100000002110.10.10.00.00.1
Dick Marlowe10000000000010.10.00.00.00.0
Walt Masterson40000000000010.10.00.00.00.0
Charlie Maxwell5923737463-210-5005810.15.7-0.5-0.25.0
Bob Miller8-1-100000001010.10.00.00.00.0
Jack Phillips247-1-110-1-1-1-200-310.1-0.3-0.2-0.1-0.6
JW Porter22-5-50000-1000-610.1-0.60.00.0-0.6
Jim Small99000-3000000-310.1-0.30.00.0-0.3
Walt Streuli9000-1000000-110.1-0.10.00.0-0.1
Earl Torgeson4001313-1110-5-400910.10.9-0.4-0.10.4
Virgil Trucks47-4-400000005110.10.10.00.00.1
Bill Tuttle592-21-210000-3-100-2410.1-2.4-0.1-0.2-2.7
Red Wilson27899000155001510.11.50.5-0.11.9
TOTAL6,1444141246-214-1047112-11.0-0.1-1.89.1

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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