The newly created Tenth Inning Newswire will provide a collection of links to outstanding articles, blog posts, and other write-ups that are (at least loosely) relevant to baseball and/or statistical analysis. Certain links will be featured on the main blog page. Additionally, a collection of the week’s links will be posted every Sunday and stored in a database on the site.
Our first featured link comes from Beyond the Box Score’s ADarowski. Darowski has been a proponent of weighted WAR systems for some time. On January 19th, he defined a statistic he called “weighted WAR,” or wWAR. This is a metric that attempts to quantify a player’s career value by giving ‘extra credit’ to peak seasons. It essentially combines the player’s career WAR with additional wins for MVP and all-star caliber seasons during peak years.
Not surprisingly, the metric can be applied logically to Hall of Fame debates. Since the criteria which HoF voters are asked to use give consideration to both peak performance and longevity of career, wWAR is a quick and dirty way to discuss a player’s HoF merits. The metric is simple and subjective, and the details are certainly open for debate, but I thought it a nice preliminary way to get the ball rolling on peak vs. longevity discussions. Darowski recently began attempting to compile a list of HoF-worthy players by position using wWAR as a guide. He’s begun with the catchers, but will presumably complete his list soon.
Check it out, and join in the discussion:
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2011/3/7/2022771/hall-of-wwar
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