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Team WAR – 1959

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Team: PIT – 1959

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Player Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
Ron Blackburn0.10.00.10.10.1-0.10
Harry Bright0.70.00.70.30.50.31
Smoky Burgess5.32.17.43.75.91.518
Joe Christopher0.20.00.2-0.2-0.10.30
Roberto Clemente5.70.86.52.64.62.014
Bennie Daniels0.40.00.40.50.6-0.22
Roy Face0.20.00.20.10.20.01
Hank Foiles1.10.61.70.10.61.22
Bob Friend1.10.01.10.20.50.52
Fred Green0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
Dick Groat8.12.710.82.45.65.217
Don Gross0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Harvey Haddix1.10.01.10.10.40.61
Dick Hall0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Ken Hamlin0.10.00.2-0.2-0.10.30
Don Hoak8.22.210.45.08.02.424
Al Jackson0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Ron Kline0.80.00.80.20.40.41
Ted Kluszewski1.60.11.70.00.51.31
Danny Kravitz2.11.03.1-0.20.72.32
Vern Law1.30.01.30.30.70.72
Bill Mazeroski6.82.18.8-0.62.06.86
Roman Mejias3.90.74.5-2.1-0.75.3-2
Rocky Nelson2.60.32.81.11.90.96
Hardy Peterson0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Bob Porterfield0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Dick Schofield2.00.62.60.21.01.63
Harry Simpson0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
Bob Skinner7.81.18.91.74.34.513
Bob Smith0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
R C Stevens0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Dick Stuart5.70.66.31.83.72.711
Jim Umbricht0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Bill Virdon7.31.79.01.64.24.813
Don Williams0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
Red Witt0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
TOTAL74.916.691.318.045.046.2138

Detailed Batting Components

Player PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM
Ron Blackburn5000000000119.30.10.00.00.1
Harry Bright54000010000019.30.10.00.00.1
Smoky Burgess4181112100-11700139.31.40.70.12.2
Joe Christopher14-3-301000000-29.3-0.20.00.0-0.2
Roberto Clemente456-6-5320212-400149.31.5-0.40.21.3
Bennie Daniels3422-2000000449.30.40.00.00.4
Roy Face15-1-10000000219.30.10.00.00.1
Hank Foiles88-3-3-1-1000200-59.3-0.50.20.0-0.3
Bob Friend87-10-100-1000001109.30.00.00.00.0
Fred Green6-2-200000001-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dick Groat641-16-1544-2-14600-69.3-0.60.60.20.2
Don Gross3-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Harvey Haddix87-12-12000000011-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dick Hall2-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Ken Hamlin10-1-10000-1000-29.3-0.20.00.0-0.2
Don Hoak65181002-1012100239.32.50.10.22.8
Al Jackson5-1-10000000109.30.00.00.00.0
Ron Kline65-10-101000000909.30.00.00.00.0
Ted Kluszewski127-3-31-110-1-100-39.3-0.3-0.10.0-0.4
Danny Kravitz169-7-71-110-5300-119.3-1.20.30.1-0.8
Vern Law105-12-120-2010001309.30.00.00.00.0
Bill Mazeroski537-24-232-5-12-1200-269.3-2.80.20.2-2.4
Roman Mejias308-12-11-3-500-7-300-269.3-2.8-0.30.1-3.0
Rocky Nelson204660100-1-20069.30.6-0.20.10.5
Hardy Peterson1000000000009.30.00.00.00.0
Bob Porterfield3-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Dick Schofield163-5-5-10001100-59.3-0.50.10.1-0.3
Harry Simpson15-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Bob Skinner617230010-1-60039.30.3-0.60.2-0.1
Bob Smith2-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
R C Stevens7000000000009.30.00.00.00.0
Dick Stuart4502122-30-1-1-10-50079.30.8-0.50.20.5
Jim Umbricht3-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
Bill Virdon583-13-12-22008-100-49.3-0.4-0.10.2-0.3
Don Williams3110000000019.30.10.00.00.1
Red Witt15-3-300000002-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.1
TOTAL5,953-99-891-4-12110055-25--2.50.01.9-0.6

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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