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Originally Posted by mess
I was trying to figure out why my Ichiro had negative WAR even though his stats are pretty standard across the board.
He's only stealing bases at a 50% clip. Didn't think that base running played into batting WAR (when obviously it does... duh)
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I think people see Ichiro's batting average and he ends up getting rated very highly, but his RC27 is not worth all the accolades he gets. That being said, however, when adding in his defensive ability as well, he is good player.