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Old 08-15-2023, 01:52 PM   #42
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Unlike football position players in baseball are involved in the same activity, fielding and hitting, although the amount of fielding they do varies.
Nope.

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Originally Posted by Brad K View Post
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.
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?
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