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If there were a straightforward answer to that question, we wouldn't have the endless proliferation of ever fancier VORP's and WAR's and wRC+'s and wlZPx's and so on. Part of what makes baseball fascinating is the immense array of interacting factors that determine victory or defeat.
And while typing this message, I've thought of new grist for the SABR mill: To complement Fielding-Independent Pitching, shouldn't there be Pitching-Independent Fielding, which would help in guesstimating how much better infielders would do to improve a mediocre pitching staff?
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