A common theme for Purple Row Academy this entire year has been looking at ways to quantify a player's value to a team, especially through the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) stat used notably by FanGraphs. For those who don't understand what WAR is or how it is calculated, here's a crash course from previous PR Academy sessions:
Position Players
Pitchers
By looking at the sum for a team of each player on that team's value, one can attempt to measure ...
Original Story:
http://www.purplerow.com/2009/10/15/1...
Original Story:
http://www.purplerow.com/2009/10/15/1...
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