Highest season WAR
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:22 pm
I wondered who in history had the highest season WAR stat (I'm still not sure I understand WAR in a definitive sense, but that's another story.) So I looked it up on Baseball Reference, and of course it's a bunch of 19th century guys and deadball types who dominated their small-talent pool peers.
Anyhow, I noticed that the highest ranked most recent contemporary is Dwight Gooden '85 at 20th (!), Steve Carlton's '72 is 30th, Carl Yastrzemski is tied with others at 32nd. Roger Clemens '97 is at 39. Awfully low, my opinion -- another point, why doesn't STRAT make those cards better?
To top if off, Barry Bonds' monster 2001 season is ranked 45th.
Here's the Baseball Reference link: https://www.baseball-reference.com/lead ... ason.shtml
Mmmm...I'm all for advanced stats, but not sure how they carry meaning across eras. Like Edwin Starr's song says, "War, what is it good for. Absolutely nothing!?" Maybe more than that, useful, but very murky.
Anyhow, I noticed that the highest ranked most recent contemporary is Dwight Gooden '85 at 20th (!), Steve Carlton's '72 is 30th, Carl Yastrzemski is tied with others at 32nd. Roger Clemens '97 is at 39. Awfully low, my opinion -- another point, why doesn't STRAT make those cards better?
To top if off, Barry Bonds' monster 2001 season is ranked 45th.
Here's the Baseball Reference link: https://www.baseball-reference.com/lead ... ason.shtml
Mmmm...I'm all for advanced stats, but not sure how they carry meaning across eras. Like Edwin Starr's song says, "War, what is it good for. Absolutely nothing!?" Maybe more than that, useful, but very murky.