Not trying to put down the stat, but some results are just bizarre. Chase Utley has accumulated 53.3 WAR for his career, which is already borderline HOF territory..but the thing is, he got off to a late start, and has also not had close to a full year since 2009. As a result, he only has played 1192 games in his career.
53.3 WAR in 1193 games. This is an astounding total, and one you would expect from the all time greats..not a guy with a late start, a few good, but not all time great, or even MVP level type seasons, then a few injury years. Roberto Alomar did not surpass that WAR total until over 1800 games played. Sandberg and Biggio needed about 1700. Morgan needed about 1400. Is Utley really a much better player than these guys? Even being injured and subpar the last three years, he still has managed 12.3 WAR..in less than 2 seasons worth of games. Longoria is another enigma..averaging more WAR per game so far than Mike Schmidt did for his career. What gives? These guys are solid all star type players, but not all time greats, or even great HOF candidates.not all time great
53.3 WAR in 1193 games. This is an astounding total, and one you would expect from the all time greats..not a guy with a late start, a few good, but not all time great, or even MVP level type seasons, then a few injury years. Roberto Alomar did not surpass that WAR total until over 1800 games played. Sandberg and Biggio needed about 1700. Morgan needed about 1400. Is Utley really a much better player than these guys? Even being injured and subpar the last three years, he still has managed 12.3 WAR..in less than 2 seasons worth of games. Longoria is another enigma..averaging more WAR per game so far than Mike Schmidt did for his career. What gives? These guys are solid all star type players, but not all time greats, or even great HOF candidates.not all time great
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