I was looking at something else, but this kind of jumped out at me.
Here are two statistical lines:
How is it possible for player 2 to have a WAR double that of player 1? The season was 1969. Player 1 was Al Oliver, and player 2 was Ted Sizemore. Sizemore was rookie of the year, and the chart on Baseball Reference was the rookie of the year chart. Sizemore had a WAR of 4.2, Oliver had a 2.1.
On the rate stats, Oliver had a higher BA, OBP, SLG and an OPS over 100 points higher.
In the counting stats, Sizemore was 43% higher in Runs and 21% higher in hits. Oliver was 325% higher in HRs and 52% higher in RBI.
Based on Games Played, Hits and Runs, I can see Sizemore ending up higher. But double?
Here are two statistical lines:
G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
129 | 463 | 55 | 132 | 17 | 70 | 8 | 21 | .285 | .333 | .445 | .778 |
159 | 590 | 69 | 160 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 45 | .271 | .328 | .342 | .670 |
How is it possible for player 2 to have a WAR double that of player 1? The season was 1969. Player 1 was Al Oliver, and player 2 was Ted Sizemore. Sizemore was rookie of the year, and the chart on Baseball Reference was the rookie of the year chart. Sizemore had a WAR of 4.2, Oliver had a 2.1.
On the rate stats, Oliver had a higher BA, OBP, SLG and an OPS over 100 points higher.
In the counting stats, Sizemore was 43% higher in Runs and 21% higher in hits. Oliver was 325% higher in HRs and 52% higher in RBI.
Based on Games Played, Hits and Runs, I can see Sizemore ending up higher. But double?
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