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Originally Posted by diesel230
How does the game come up with the WAR stat? I know how to judge the stat, but not sure how the game gets the final number.
Just looking randomly at a former players stat line
Eric King w l era g gs inn h er hr bb k war
1990 White sox 12 4 3.28 25 25 151.0 135 55 10 40 70 2.3
1991 Indians 6 11 4.60 25 24 150.2 166 77 7 44 59 2.5
This is just back of the baseball card type stats.
From a quick glance, King had the better season in 1990. He gave up 3 more home runs in 1990. Yet King has a higher WAR in 1991 according to the game. What is the formula used that would say King's 1991 deserved the higher WAR?
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i would assume they use the offical equation - never looked it up myself. it's like QB Rating (right name?) or ESPN's somewhat newly branded QBR. a 120rating isn't necessarily better than a 110rating just because that stat says so. it is not perfectly weighted, and niether is WAR.
it wasn't created to use in such an absolute way.