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    Rk Player Pos Age From To Signed 1986 EstLvl 1985 1984 1983
    1 Kirk Gibson RF 29 DET DET Jan 08 3.7 4.7 5.4 5.1 1.6
    2 Carlton Fisk C 38 CHW CHW Jan 08 -1.7 2.8 3.3 1.5 4.3
    3 Phil Niekro SP 47 NYY NYY Jan 08 0.9 2.8 1.7 4.6 2.5
    4 Danny Darwin SP 30 MIL MIL Dec 22 3.6 2.8 2.8 3.2 1.7
    5 Bobby Grich 2B 37 CAL CAL Nov 26 1.9 2.8 2.9 1.8 4.3
    6 Don Sutton SP 41 CAL CAL Dec 05 2.4 2.7 3.1 2.7 1.6
    7 Butch Wynegar C 30 NYY NYY Jan 08 -0.0 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.6
    8 Donnie Moore RP 32 CAL CAL Jan 08 0.9 2.7 3.6 0.8 0.9
    9 Bruce Bochte 1B 35 OAK OAK Dec 04 0.9 2.0 2.7 0.3 0.0
    10 Joe Niekro SP 41 NYY NYY Jan 08 -0.6 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.1
    11 Al Holland RP 33 CAL NYY Feb 06 -0.6 2.0 2.0 1.3 3.2
    12 Tom Brookens 3B 32 DET DET Jan 08 0.3 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9
    13 Dickie Thon SS 28 HOU HOU Jan 07 1.1 1.7 0.8 0.1 7.4
    14 Juan Beniquez CF 36 CAL BAL Jan 28 0.6 1.6 1.4 2.2 1.1
    15 Tony Bernazard 2B 29 CLE CLE Jan 08 3.0 1.6 2.1 -1.2 2.0
    16 Tony Perez 1B 44 CIN CIN Jan 20 -0.1 1.3 1.7 -0.6 0.3
    17 Dan Spillner RP 34 CHW 1.2 1.6 -0.1 0.1
    18 Mike Hargrove 1B 36 CLE 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.7
    19 Vern Ruhle SP 35 CLE CAL Jun 05 0.0 1.1 1.4 -1.3 0.5
    20 Jamie Easterly RP 33 CLE CLE Jan 08 -0.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    21 Cesar Cedeno 1B 35 STL TOR Mar 14 -0.3 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.4
    22 Bruce Kison SP 36 BOS 0.9 1.2 -0.4 2.1
    23 Rod Carew 1B 40 CAL 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.3
    24 Hal McRae DH 40 KCR KCR Dec 08 -0.6 0.8 0.7 0.4 2.1
    25 Jim Dwyer LF 36 BAL BAL Feb 05 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.2 1.1
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    bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

    Established Level Methodology

    The calculation is based on the "Established Level" portion of Bill James Favorite Toy.
    - The metric from the current year (1986) is multiplied by 3.
    - The previous year's (1985) metric is multiplied by 2.
    - The metric from two years prior (1984) is added to the above totals and they are divided by 6.
    - One caveat is that the final "Established Level" should not be below 75% of the current year's (1986) metric

    Example:

    Player X has 5.0 WAR in 1986, 7.0 WAR in 1985, and 4.0 WAR in 1984.
    ((5.0 x 3) + (7.0 x 2) + 4.0) / 6 = 5.5 WAR