1997 American League
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Rk | Player | Pos | Age | From | To | Signed | 1997 | EstLvl | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Albert Belle | LF | 30 | CLE | CHW | Nov 19 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.7 |
2 | Roger Clemens | SP | 34 | BOS | TOR | Dec 13 | 12.1 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 6.0 |
3 | John Smoltz | SP | 30 | ATL | ATL | Nov 20 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 1.2 |
4 | Alex Fernandez | SP | 27 | CHW | FLA | Dec 09 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
5 | David Wells | SP | 34 | BAL | NYY | Dec 24 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 2.7 |
6 | Tim Naehring | 3B | 30 | BOS | BOS | Dec 13 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
7 | Dennis Martinez | SP | 43 | CLE | SEA | Feb 20 | -1.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
8 | Mark McLemore | 2B | 32 | TEX | TEX | Dec 13 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
9 | Dave Hollins | 3B | 31 | SEA | ANA | Nov 20 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.7 | -0.7 |
10 | Terry Steinbach | C | 35 | OAK | MIN | Dec 05 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
11 | Mark Whiten | RF | 30 | SEA | NYY | Jan 09 | -0.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
12 | Jim Eisenreich | RF | 38 | PHI | FLA | Dec 03 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 |
13 | Eric Plunk | RP | 33 | CLE | CLE | Dec 10 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
14 | Ryne Sandberg | 2B | 37 | CHC | CHC | Nov 27 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
15 | Kevin Tapani | SP | 33 | CHW | CHC | Dec 13 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
16 | Eric Davis | CF | 35 | CIN | BAL | Dec 19 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
17 | Greg Vaughn | LF | 31 | SDP | SDP | Dec 19 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 1.3 |
18 | Luis Gonzalez | LF | 29 | CHC | HOU | Dec 19 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
19 | Harold Baines | DH | 38 | CHW | CHW | Jan 10 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
20 | Benito Santiago | C | 32 | PHI | TOR | Dec 09 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
21 | Tony Castillo | RP | 34 | CHW | CHW | Dec 11 | -1.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
22 | Bobby Bonilla | RF | 34 | BAL | FLA | Nov 22 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
23 | Jimmy Key | SP | 36 | NYY | BAL | Dec 10 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
24 | Danny Darwin | SP | 41 | HOU | CHW | Feb 07 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 | -1.2 | 0.0 |
25 | John Wetteland | RP | 30 | NYY | TEX | Dec 17 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
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 (1997) is multiplied by 3.
- The previous year's (1996) metric is multiplied by 2.
- The metric from two years prior (1995) 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 (1997) metric
Example:
Player X has 5.0 WAR in 1997, 7.0 WAR in 1996, and 4.0 WAR in 1995.((5.0 x 3) + (7.0 x 2) + 4.0) / 6 = 5.5 WAR