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    Rk Player Team Lg Age Pos PA IP WAR 2003 2002 2001
    1 Alex Rodriguez TEX AL 27 SS 2172 8.5 8.4 8.8 8.3
    2 Pedro Martinez BOS AL 31 SP 10 502.2 7.0 8.0 6.4 5.1
    3 Roy Halladay TOR AL 26 SP 17 610.2 6.9 8.0 7.1 2.9
    4 Tim Hudson OAK AL 27 SP 17 713.1 6.8 7.5 7.0 4.4
    5 Jason Giambi NYY AL 32 1B 2050 6.3 4.8 7.1 9.2
    6 Mike Mussina NYY AL 34 SP 15 659.0 6.0 6.6 4.6 7.1
    7 Bret Boone SEA AL 34 2B 2070 5.8 5.9 4.2 8.8
    8 Barry Zito OAK AL 25 SP 17 675.1 5.7 5.2 7.1 4.4
    9 Manny Ramirez BOS AL 31 LF 1817 5.6 5.4 6.0 5.2
    10 Bartolo Colon CHW AL 30 SP 63 697.2 5.6 5.0 6.9 4.6
    11 Carlos Beltran KCR AL 26 CF 2004 5.4 5.8 4.3 6.5
    12 Nomar Garciaparra BOS AL 29 SS 1503 5.4 6.1 6.8 0.5
    13 Esteban Loaiza CHW AL 31 SP 14 567.2 5.4 7.2 0.0 1.3
    14 Carlos Delgado TOR AL 31 1B 2037 5.3 5.9 4.9 4.5
    15 Mark Mulder OAK AL 25 SP 16 623.1 5.3 5.7 4.6 5.6
    16 Ichiro Suzuki SEA AL 29 RF 2191 5.3 5.6 3.5 7.7
    17 Magglio Ordonez CHW AL 29 RF 1998 5.1 5.6 5.1 3.4
    18 Eric Chavez OAK AL 25 3B 1911 5.0 5.3 4.2 6.1
    19 Miguel Tejada OAK AL 29 SS 2101 5.0 4.9 5.6 4.2
    20 Jamie Moyer SEA AL 40 SP 13 655.1 4.9 4.9 5.6 3.3
    21 Jorge Posada NYY AL 31 C 1743 4.8 5.9 4.1 3.0
    22 Hank Blalock TEX AL 22 3B 787 4.8 6.4 -0.3
    23 Mike Cameron SEA AL 30 CF 1885 4.6 4.8 3.7 5.9
    24 Corey Koskie MIN AL 30 3B 1787 4.5 4.2 4.0 6.3
    25 Darrell May KCR AL 31 SP 10 341.1 4.4 5.9 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 (2003) is multiplied by 3.
    - The previous year's (2002) metric is multiplied by 2.
    - The metric from two years prior (2001) 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 (2003) metric

    Example:

    Player X has 5.0 WAR in 2003, 7.0 WAR in 2002, and 4.0 WAR in 2001.
    ((5.0 x 3) + (7.0 x 2) + 4.0) / 6 = 5.5 WAR