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TEX 1979 Summary

Show Reconciled WAR/VS

Batters

Player GS PA Bat Runs Baserunning Fielding WAM WAR VS
Buddy Bell 11.5 720 9 2 25 3.8 6.2 29
Larvell Blanks 2.3 138 -9 0 -3 -1.0 -0.5 1
Bert Campaneris 0.2 10 -1 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 0
Dave Chalk 0.1 9 -1 -1 0 -0.2 -0.2 0
John Ellis 4.5 337 1 2 -2 0.0 0.9 7
Oscar Gamble 2.7 201 15 0 5 2.0 2.6 10
Gary Gray 0.6 44 -4 0 0 -0.5 -0.4 -1
Johnny Grubb 4.8 328 5 -1 0 0.1 1.1 7
Gary Holle 0.1 7 0 0 1 0.1 0.1 0
Mike Jorgensen 2.6 177 -4 0 1 -0.7 -0.2 2
Greg Mahlberg 0.4 21 -2 0 -3 -0.5 -0.4 -1
Willie Montanez 2.1 154 7 -1 3 0.7 1.1 5
Nelson Norman 7.0 383 -26 -1 -5 -2.8 -1.4 2
Al Oliver 7.9 538 18 -1 -1 1.7 3.3 17
Pat Putnam 6.4 465 4 -2 5 -0.1 1.2 9
Mickey Rivers 4.0 263 2 0 7 0.5 1.3 7
Dave Roberts 1.6 93 -1 0 1 0.1 0.4 3
Billy Sample 5.4 377 7 3 5 1.7 2.8 13
Eric Soderholm 2.4 165 -1 0 -1 -0.2 0.3 3
Jim Sundberg 10.5 561 -2 -1 11 2.1 4.3 22
LaRue Washington 0.4 22 0 -1 -2 -0.3 -0.2 0
Bump Wills 10.0 617 -7 7 10 1.1 3.2 18
Richie Zisk 8.1 563 2 -1 -8 -1.4 0.3 8
Total 95.6 6,193 12 4 49 6.1 25.7 161

Pitchers

Pitcher Game Shares W L WAR VS
Jim Kern 9.8 10.1 -0.3 7.2 30
Fergie Jenkins 11.1 6.1 5.1 2.8 18
Steve Comer 10.4 5.7 4.7 2.6 17
Sparky Lyle 5.3 3.1 2.1 1.6 9
Doc Medich 7.1 3.4 3.8 1.3 10
Jon Matlack 3.7 1.9 1.7 0.8 6
Dave Rajsich 2.2 1.2 1.0 0.6 4
Danny Darwin 3.2 1.5 1.7 0.6 4
Brian Allard 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.3 2
Larry McCall 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 1
Doyle Alexander 4.8 1.6 3.2 0.2 5
Jerry Gleaton 0.4 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0
Ed Farmer 1.2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 1
Bob Babcock 0.3 -0.3 0.5 -0.4 -1
John Henry Johnson 3.4 0.5 2.9 -0.5 2
Dock Ellis 2.0 0.1 1.9 -0.5 0
Total 66.5 36.1 30.3 16.5 108
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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