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Below you can find general information about WAR and links to specific information about position players and pitchers, as WAR is obviously calculated differently for each.Ĭalculating WAR, especially for position players, is simpler than you’d think. If you want the detailed version with the precise steps and formulas, head to our page on Position Player WAR or Pitcher WAR. While WAR is not as complicated as some might think, it does require a good bit of information to calculate and understand.
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A 6 WAR player might be worth between 5.0 and 7.0 WAR, but it is pretty safe to say they are at least an All-Star level player and potentially an MVP. Given the imperfections of some of the available data and the assumptions made to calculate other components, WAR works best as an approximation. WAR is not meant to be a perfectly precise indicator of a player’s contribution, but rather an estimate of their value to date. WAR offers an estimate to answer the question, “If this player got injured and their team had to replace them with a freely available minor leaguer or a AAAA player from their bench, how much value would the team be losing?” This value is expressed in a wins format, so we could say that Player X is worth +6.3 wins to their team while Player Y is only worth +3.5 wins, which means it is highly likely that Player X has been more valuable than Player Y. You should always use more than one metric at a time when evaluating players, but WAR is all-inclusive and provides a useful reference point for comparing players. Wins Above Replacement (WAR) is an attempt by the sabermetric baseball community to summarize a player’s total contributions to their team in one statistic.