Been saying this for 3 years!

Was he last year?

was thinking the same thing like they calculated that in every player over past century! Ricky is a baseball legend

Very true about Henderson.

Hehehehe, for real though , another good video!!!

Of course. Thanks for watching Ken!

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There was a post season for Yaz though. '67 world series against St. Louis. and the '75 world series against Cincinnati. He played 17 post season games. Tony Gwynn was in the post season in 1984, 1996, and 1998. He had a .306 BA, 1 HR, scored 11 runs in 27 post season games. Griffey batted .290 in 18 post season games. Ted Williams got to the post season in 1946. 7 world series games. He batted only .200. So Yaz, Gwynn, and Griffey all had decent postseason careers. Ted not so much and Trout's BA in the post season is under .100. Mike needs to step it up if he gets back to the post season.

@@mrmustangman1964 impressive! but reguardless an outfielder like trout cant take a team to the world series, Angels have a terrible gm, its not trouts fault he cant put a well rounded team togethor that can get to the post season

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Like I said, war isn’t the only important stat that you should pay attention to, but it does give historical overall value which other stats generally tend to lack. I think war in tandem with other stats is how you find the best players.

@@scottiebcards2354 Yes but they're using it to decide who does and who doesn't make the HOF. That I have an issue with

I agree with you 100% Mr. Chris C. I think WAR is "Voodoo Economics".

I mean this with all due respect to Brock, but he has a 109 OPS+ for his career. That is tied for 772 with 41 other players. This list includes players like Howie Kendrick, Andrew Benintendi, and Nick Markakis. He is not a great offensive player, but rather a slightly above average offensive player (and a below average hall of famer offensively). He actually comps very well to Nick Markakis. Markakis has 2388 hits through 8,302 ABs .29 hits per ab. Lou Brock had 3023 hits through 10,332 ABs which is .29 hits per ab. His 3,000 hits was accomplished due to longevity. If Markakis played another few years he would have had really similar hit numbers. On top of only being a slightly above average offensive player he is a bad defender. out of the qualified 500 Left fielders he is 490 in defensive war with -16.9 d war. If he could have been league average or slightly above average it would have helped his war total drastically. Where Brock made his bread and butter was on the base paths. He is second all time in stolen bases. He deserves to be in the hall of fame but WAR is accurate on who he was as a player. The reason Rickey Henderson has 111 war is due to him being a fantastic offensive player (127 OPS+) and a league average defender (-2.3 dwar) on top of his amazing base running skills. I think the WAR totals for Brock are accurate. Honestly Mark Grace didn't make it since he didn't do anything amazing like Brock did with SB, hits totals, and longevity. As for Rick Reuschel, if he pitched today or was on the ballot today I actually would put money on him getting into the HOF relatively easily. 69 war 214 wins, 3.37 era and 114 ERA+. The hall of fame standards for pitchers have changed drastically since when he hit the ballot. In other words, this is why WAR has helped value players as certain stats in a vacuum can not tell the whole story. I totally see your points and scepticism, and that is why you should take war as an advanced high level tool. Diving into multiple stats is important when evaluating a player. Sorry for the long response, but just wanted to give my real thoughts! I appreciate you always watching the channel which is why I thought sharing all of my thoughts would be fun. Thanks again for watching and thanks for the fun conversation!

Mario Mendoza maybe?

He probably won’t require as high WAR because he’s a hr hitting pitcher. It’s unique.

Haha Lou Brock is great. Next time I will pick on Derek Jeter.

The difference between Brock and Betts is that Mookie is a better offensive player by almost every metric and Mookie is one of the best defensive right fielders ever. Brock was the type of player who hit singles and didn’t slug or walk much. Mookie gets on base and can drive into the gap with doubles and home runs. On top of that Brock was a horrible defensive outfielder which hurt his overall value. Mookie is next to Clemente in defensive stats. I agree Brock was a hall of famer, but this proves my point that he isn’t close to the higher end.

I agree WAR is overrated. Baseball reference has Josh Donaldson with a higher WAR than Anthony Rizzo this year. Donaldson was awful. I watched almost every Yankee game. Also Rizzo was outstanding defensively at 1B and they gave him a -1.1 dWAR. So who are these "replacement level" players that are that much better than him defensively? The eye test always wins for me. Also it doesnt factor in clutch play. If player A hits a homerun with his team already up 8 runs and player B hits a homerun with the game tied in the 7th inning which is more valuable? Obviously player B is more valuable.

Genuine question... Is Lou Brock better than Griffey? He leads him in Batting Average, Hits, SB, and WS wins. Out of those stats Griffey only has more HR.

Maybe not Brock but that’s a low end comparison maybe I’m being stubborn….I’m old school😂…you have an excellent argument with Griffey…I think you have to take a step back and look at the painting as a whole…The 300 lifetime,500 HRs and 3000 hits Will almost always put you in the Hall…I couldn’t tell you Mantle’s WAR without looking…and it’s a more accurate gauge in my opinion…by the way ,I check out every one of your baseball posts

I do believe Ichiro was a much better ball player than Griffey…again…would have to check his WAR

your kid statement isn't backed up by facts, who you accusing of steroids? that's what I thought

Did you watch the video? His trajectory is way ahead of Harper for his entire career

@@wutango36o still doesn’t justify Trout rc selling for 10x of Bryce. You want to say double or Triple but not 10 times

@@Scotto6977 thats not how it works. If Trout is 10x more in demand by collectors, he'll be worth 10x more. Harper was an unpopular player for years in comparison to Trout. Same sthing with Arod and Jeter (before steroids) everyone loves Jeter and hated Arod and prices reflect that. Not just the stats on paper. Player needs to be likeable for there to be demand.

@@Scotto6977 card values are driven by demand and Trout is sought after for not only his stats but his image, Harper has less demand for his cards because so many people hate him with a passion

Soto has one of the best eyes in baseball but his defense is really bad that'll hurt his war a lot

I agree. But look at this season. He had a 5.6 war with a 242 average. His defense was average to slightly below. He had hardly any RBI’s but walked a league leading 145 times. In the area of advanced stats he an anomaly. What if he actually hits and still walks 140 times? Multiple 9 war seasons on the horizon?

@@bobd6617 so you think walks are a loophole in war? Getting a base for a good eye should be noted especially with todays elite pitching, its just as good as a base hit as far as outcome, also a great hitter like Soto is gonna get more pitches outside the zone so his stats shouldnt suffer because pitchers are afraid to throw him a strike, having a great plate discipline is invaluable in the MLB Soto is a dangerous at the plate being a phillies fan just experienced that first hand

Haha I can justify my love for Betts with MANY other accolades. Career: -2 world series -MVP -2 MVP runner ups -5 gold gloves -4 SS -136 career WRC+ -134 OPS+ -Batting title This year: -35 HR (5th) -117 Runs (First) -.533 SLG % (Second) -.873 OPS (6th) - GG Finalist - SS Finalist. I could put in MANY more 😉.

That is a pretty hot take. I tend to disagree since writers are the ones voting and writers are notorious for flip flopping and bias based off of if a player was nice to them during their careers. If players and managers were the ones voting I would agree, but old man writers hold this power for some reason so I think the veteran's committee and the rule of 10 are important.

I don’t like this at all. There’s a chance down the line the veterans committee votes bonds Clemens and some of those other guys in. Players that should have been 1st ballot HOFer’s. The writers association is terrible.

i like that contraversial statement Leapheap but i disagree, you might have a point in some circumstances but it really depends on the player for me the hof committees bullshit doesnt negate a players accomplishments..

Hey Douglas, WAR is on baseball cards. It is on the back of all Topps Flagship and Topps Chrome sets.

10% of inducted hall of famers. There are players like Bonds, Sosa, Palmero, ect who have over 500 HR but are not in the hall of fame. There are only 268 players who have been inducted into the hall of fame.