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Team WAR – 1972

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Team: MIL – 1972

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Player Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
Rick Auerbach8.02.710.7-1.02.28.66
Joe Azcue0.20.10.3-0.10.00.40
Jerry Bell0.20.00.2-0.4-0.30.5-1
Ken Brett0.60.00.60.50.7-0.12
John Briggs6.30.97.23.65.71.517
Ollie Brown2.60.43.02.02.90.19
Ron Clark0.80.21.00.00.30.71
Jim Colborn0.50.00.5-0.10.10.50
Billy Conigliaro2.60.43.00.41.31.74
Brock Davis2.20.32.50.81.50.95
John Felske1.20.51.6-0.50.01.60
Mike Ferraro5.31.56.8-1.60.46.41
Bob Heise3.81.04.9-0.41.03.83
Joe Lahoud4.80.75.41.93.51.911
Frank Linzy0.10.00.10.00.10.10
Skip Lockwood0.80.00.8-0.20.00.80
Jim Lonborg1.10.01.10.10.40.61
Dave May7.31.68.92.75.33.516
Curt Motton0.10.00.10.10.1-0.10
Ray Newman0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Syd O'Brien0.80.21.0-0.9-0.61.6-2
Bill Parsons1.00.01.00.40.70.32
Darrell Porter0.80.41.3-0.6-0.31.5-1
Paul Ratliff0.60.20.8-0.6-0.41.2-1
Archie Reynolds0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Tommie Reynolds1.80.22.10.20.81.22
Ellie Rodriguez5.62.58.04.16.41.619
Gary Ryerson0.40.00.40.00.10.30
Ken Sanders0.10.00.10.00.10.10
George Scott8.31.19.44.77.51.922
Jim Slaton0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
Earl Stephenson0.20.00.2-0.2-0.10.30
Chuck Taylor0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Ron Theobald6.21.67.80.62.94.99
Bill Voss0.60.00.6-0.6-0.41.0-1
TOTAL75.116.591.614.741.849.6124

Detailed Batting Components

Player PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM
Rick Auerbach605-24-23-2501-11600-308.0-3.70.6-0.1-3.2
Joe Azcue15-2-200000000-28.0-0.20.00.0-0.2
Jerry Bell15-3-30-1000001-38.0-0.40.00.0-0.4
Ken Brett47-3-30100000538.00.40.00.00.4
John Briggs4812021-410-25-500218.02.6-0.50.02.1
Ollie Brown2003322-208-200138.01.6-0.20.01.4
Ron Clark61-2-20100-1000-28.0-0.20.00.0-0.2
Jim Colborn40-6-600000004-28.0-0.20.00.0-0.2
Billy Conigliaro201-3-3-30006-20008.00.0-0.20.0-0.2
Brock Davis168220-1020-10038.00.4-0.10.00.3
John Felske89-7-72-201-1100-78.0-0.90.10.0-0.8
Mike Ferraro406-9-8-1-8-1-2-5100-258.0-3.10.10.0-3.0
Bob Heise293-5-4-4-2-1-10100-128.0-1.50.10.0-1.4
Joe Lahoud3636700-1-15-400108.01.2-0.40.00.8
Frank Linzy10-1-10000000108.00.00.00.00.0
Skip Lockwood60-7-7-1-1000006-38.0-0.40.00.0-0.4
Jim Lonborg82-9-91-1000008-18.0-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dave May556-5-41-12110-10098.01.1-0.1-0.10.9
Curt Motton7110000000018.00.10.00.00.1
Ray Newman1000000000008.00.00.00.00.0
Syd O'Brien64-3-3-1-100-4000-98.0-1.10.00.0-1.1
Bill Parsons78-7-71000000828.00.20.00.00.2
Darrell Porter63-5-50-100-2100-88.0-1.00.10.0-0.9
Paul Ratliff45-7-70-1001100-78.0-0.90.10.0-0.8
Archie Reynolds4000-1000000-18.0-0.10.00.0-0.1
Tommie Reynolds141-5-51-1004-100-18.0-0.1-0.10.0-0.2
Ellie Rodriguez42212132-7122800138.01.60.80.02.4
Gary Ryerson28-4-400000003-18.0-0.10.00.0-0.1
Ken Sanders9-1-10000000108.00.00.00.00.0
George Scott629131445-1-17-600288.03.5-0.6-0.12.8
Jim Slaton14-2-200000001-18.0-0.10.00.0-0.1
Earl Stephenson18-4-400000002-28.0-0.20.00.0-0.2
Chuck Taylor2000000000008.00.00.00.00.0
Ron Theobald474-5-4-110-1-5200-108.0-1.20.20.0-1.0
Bill Voss42-5-50000-1000-68.0-0.70.00.0-0.7
TOTAL5,733-77-68-3-13-3-118-1040-30--3.5-0.1-0.3-3.9

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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