W.TN.Orange Blood
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It’s about damn time!
If Bonds can be recognized as the “home run king” then Doc, Strawberry, Mattingly and Murphy should get the notoriety that they deserve!
Eddie Murray is no better than any of these guys, he just kept his nose clean and played for 30 years!
As a matter of fact, in their prime, I’d take any one of these players over Murray.![]()
WAR HR BA Hits
Murray 72.0 504 .287 3,255
Gooden 56.7
Murphy. 44.3 398 .265 2,111
Strawberry 41.5 335 .259 1,401
Mattingly 40.7 222 .307 2,153
Source: FanGraphs
Freddie Freeman's adjusted career WAR is 51.9 just saying .... Clayton Kershaw's career WAR in 76.7 28th best all time. Greg Maddux is 8th and if WAR tells how important you are Cy. Young' s WAR was number 1 at 161.0I think WAR is way overrated. Doesn’t that basically say that a players backup sucks?
Is it even really a factual stat? How do we know that if player A got hurt, his team would lose 3 more games because player B filled in for him?
But what if player B out performs player A and player C is ahead of Player D but behind Player E???I think WAR is way overrated. Doesn’t that basically say that a players backup sucks?
Is it even really a factual stat? How do we know that if player A got hurt, his team would lose 3 more games because player B filled in for him?
It’s an accumulative stat. Like hits. The longer you play, the greater the opportunity to accumulate WAR.Freddie Freeman's adjusted career WAR is 51.9 just saying .... Clayton Kershaw's career WAR in 76.7 28th best all time. Greg Maddux is 8th and if WAR tells how important you are Cy. Young' s WAR was number 1 at 161.0![]()