Monday, June 7, 2010

All-Offense, All-Defense, Speedsters, & More: The Many Paths To 60 WAR

I think a lot about the correlation between Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. WAR is a single stat, so it's impossible to draw a line that says those above it are Hall of Famers and those below are not. But there has to be some sort of guideline, right? While discussing WAR with my brother, he said "so it sounds like 60 WAR is more or less a Hall of Fame cutoff, right?". It's not as easy as that, but there may be something to it.

Beyond The Boxscore

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