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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 |
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