rWAR on Baseball Reference

Oh joy. Sean Smith’s WAR (Wins Above Replacement) is now at Baseball Reference.com. If you have play index, you can do all sorts of fun sorts. I’ll share a few.

Here are Cardinal center fielders with 5+ WAR seasons.

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	Year
1	Willie McGee	8.5	1985
2	Jim Edmonds	8.4	2004
3	Stan Musial	7.7	1952
4	Jim Edmonds	7.3	2003
5	Jim Edmonds	7.2	2002
6	Jim Edmonds	6.8	2005
7	Jim Edmonds	6.8	2000
8	Jim Edmonds	6.4	2001
9	Johnny Hopp	6.0	1944
10	Ray Lankford	5.9	1998
11	Ray Lankford	5.5	1997
12	Ray Lankford	5.4	1996
13	Emmet Heidrick	5.3	1901
14	Curt Flood	5.1	1967
15	Curt Flood	5.0	1963

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Generated 5/17/2010.

Here are the top baserunning run contributors of the Whiteyball era.

Rk	Player	Rbaser
1	Vince Coleman	60
2	Ozzie Smith	51
3	Willie McGee	32
4	Lonnie Smith	16
5	Tom Herr	15
6	Andy Van Slyke	11
7	Milt Thompson	5
8	Terry Pendleton	4

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Generated 5/17/2010.

Here’s the top players in fielding runs saved above average.

Rk	Player	Rfield	From	To	Age	G
1	Ozzie Smith	197	1982	1996	27-41	1990
2	Marty Marion	132	1940	1950	22-32	1502
3	Albert Pujols	108	2001	2010	21-30	1436
4	Curt Flood	103	1958	1969	20-31	1738
5	Brian Jordan	85	1992	1998	25-31	643
6	Terry Pendleton	85	1984	1990	23-29	927
7	Arlie Latham	78	1883	1896	23-36	847
8	Ken Boyer	75	1955	1965	24-34	1667
9	Jim Edmonds	71	2000	2007	30-37	1105
10	Keith Hernandez	67	1974	1983	20-29	1165
11	Yadier Molina	65	2004	2010	21-27	703
12	Charlie Comiskey	64	1882	1891	22-31	1034
13	Red Schoendienst	61	1945	1963	22-40	1795
14	Scott Rolen	60	2002	2007	27-32	661
15	Jose Oquendo	56	1986	1995	22-31	989

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Generated 5/17/2010.

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