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Originally Posted by Brad K
Unlike football position players in baseball are involved in the same activity, fielding and hitting, although the amount of fielding they do varies.
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Nope.
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Originally Posted by Brad K
I'm OK with WAR comparing players of he same position because the basic fielding adjustment is the same even if it's wrong and I have some confidence in the calculations for runs save above or below average. I have little confidence in WAR involving players playing widely different fielding positions.
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I mean, if you're using one form of WAR to compare players at the same position and a different form of WAR to compare players at different positions that just seems like a lot of overlap, but sure?