Combined WAR Projections

By On January 13, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized

Way back on December 8th, I ran some WAR projections using ZiPS. Today, I’m going to the same, using the same simple WAR calculator, but this time I’ll be using averages of the Bill James and RotoChamp projections found on FanGraphs player pages. Click through for the fun.


For defense/base running, lower is better. For defense, 4 is average; for base running, 3 is average.

(2 D; 3 BR; .287 BABIP): 3.9 WAR

(3 D; 4 BR; .275 BABIP): 3.8 WAR

(3 D; 4 BR; .320 BABIP): 4.7 WAR

(3 D; 3 BR; .305 BABIP): 4.2 WAR

(5 D; 2 BR; .333 BABIP): 3.2 WAR

(1 D; 1 BR; .323 BABIP): 4.0 WAR

(4 D; 2 BR; .297 BABIP): 4.4 WAR

: (3 D; 4 BR; .297 BABIP): 3.6 WAR

Jesus Montero: (O D as DH; 4 BR; .332 BABIP): 1.9 WAR

Everything there is about where it should be, though neither projection system adjusted for Gardner being a platoon player. Just to see what would happen, I adjusted Jesus Montero’s projection to put him at catcher and gave him a 7 (the worst possible rating) for defense. Even with that, he came out as a 3.2 WAR player.

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One Response to Combined WAR Projections

  1. Tom Swift says:
    January 13, 2012 at 11:34 am

    Any idea how the aggregate WAR compares to Boston or Tampa?

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