Author Topic: apologies to LaRoche  (Read 19620 times)

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Offline Jordanz Meatballz

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Re: apologies to LaRoche
« Reply #425: September 11, 2012, 06:17:59 PM »
I'm confused.  Does how the other 1B perform in a year affect the WAR of LaRoche?  I didn't think so and JCA just said it doesn't, but this quote seems to imply it does.

How a batter performs relative to the league average factors into WAR, but I'm not aware that the positional adjustment changes from year to year.

One way to look at it is home run totals.  This is by year for NL First Baseman since '06, batter with the highest home run total:

2006 - Ryan Howard - 58
2007 - Prince Fielder - 50
2008 - Ryan Howard - 48
2009 - Albert Pujols - 47
2010 - Albert Pujols - 42
2011 - Prince Fielder - 38
2012 - Adam LaRoche - 29

LaRoche's totals over the same period?

2006 - 32
2007 - 21
2008 - 25
2009 - 24
2010 - 25
2011 - Injured
2012 - 29

One is trending downward, while the other is consistent.  Relative to the league, LaRoche is now top notch, but he hasn't really changed.  Pretty cool.