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DET 1979 Summary

Show Reconciled WAR/VS

Batters

Player GS PA Bat Runs Baserunning Fielding WAM WAR VS
Tom Brookens 3.4 208 -6 1 8 0.4 1.1 6
Tim Corcoran 0.4 27 -1 1 2 0.3 0.4 1
Kirk Gibson 0.6 39 -1 -1 -2 -0.5 -0.4 -1
Dan Gonzales 0.2 18 -2 0 0 -0.2 -0.1 0
Al Greene 0.9 70 -4 0 1 -0.4 -0.2 0
Lynn Jones 3.6 233 -1 -3 2 -0.2 0.5 5
Steve Kemp 8.2 570 35 0 -2 2.5 4.2 20
Ron LeFlore 9.6 654 4 15 -7 0.7 2.7 17
Dave Machemer 0.5 30 -2 0 -1 -0.2 -0.1 0
Phil Mankowski 1.8 113 -7 0 2 -0.7 -0.3 1
Milt May 0.2 12 0 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0
Jerry Morales 7.1 482 -22 -3 -14 -4.8 -3.3 -4
Lance Parrish 10.2 548 6 -8 6 1.2 3.3 19
Rick Peters 0.4 25 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 1
Ed Putman 0.8 43 0 0 0 -0.1 0.1 1
Aurelio Rodriguez 6.0 363 -16 0 0 -1.4 -0.2 5
Rusty Staub 3.7 288 -1 -1 0 -0.8 0.0 3
Dave Stegman 0.5 33 -1 0 4 0.4 0.5 2
Champ Summers 4.2 290 25 -3 -4 1.5 2.4 11
Jason Thompson 8.1 569 -2 -5 3 -0.9 0.8 10
Alan Trammell 9.1 520 -9 0 3 0.2 2.1 14
Mark Wagner 3.0 171 -5 -2 -2 -0.6 0.0 3
Lou Whitaker 8.4 520 8 10 8 2.9 4.6 21
John Wockenfuss 3.8 254 5 -1 -2 0.1 0.9 6
Total 94.7 6,080 3 0 4 -0.6 19.1 141

Pitchers

Pitcher Game Shares W L WAR VS
Aurelio Lopez 8.1 7.8 0.4 5.4 23
Jack Morris 8.5 7.3 1.1 4.8 22
Jack Billingham 7.2 4.8 2.4 2.7 14
Milt Wilcox 8.6 4.4 4.2 1.9 13
Dan Petry 4.2 2.7 1.5 1.5 8
Pat Underwood 5.0 2.5 2.5 1.0 8
Dave Rozema 4.2 2.1 2.1 0.9 6
Bruce Robbins 2.0 1.4 0.6 0.8 4
Dave Tobik 3.2 1.5 1.7 0.5 4
John Hiller 4.6 1.5 3.1 0.2 4
Sheldon Burnside 0.8 0.0 0.8 -0.2 0
Bruce Taylor 0.9 0.0 1.0 -0.3 0
Fernando Arroyo 0.7 -0.1 0.9 -0.3 0
Mike Chris 1.6 0.1 1.5 -0.4 0
Mark Fidrych 0.6 -0.3 0.9 -0.5 -1
Kip Young 2.0 0.0 2.0 -0.6 0
Steve Baker 3.7 0.2 3.4 -0.9 1
Total 65.9 35.9 30.1 16.5 106
Glossary
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
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.

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