World Series, Tale Of The Tape

There has been a lot of talk about which team, the Yankees or the Phillies, has the best lineup. Obviously, both teams have very good offenses along with some very fine fielders. I've tried to break down which lineup is the best based on 2009 seasonal stats. What I've done is added up the WAR of each of the nine (in AL parks) or eight (in NL parks) positional players. Since WAR is a counting stat, I converted WAR to WAR per 650 plate appearances. Not perfect science, but I believe it to be a much better method than what I've been seeing out there. Pos Yankees WAR/650PA Phillies WAR/650PA C J.Posada 5.94 C.Ruiz 3.77 1B M.Teixeira 4.78 R.Howard 4.53 2B R.Cano 4.15 C.Utley 7.29 3B A.Rodriguez 5.59 P.Feliz 1.25 SS D.Jeter 6.72 J.Rollins 2.15 LF J.Damon 2.91 R.Ibanez 4.72 CF M.Cabrera 1.93 S.Victorino 3.18 RF N.Swisher 3.96 J.Werth 4.52 DH H.Matsui 2.95 B.Francisco 2.27 Total (DH) &nbsp 38.92 &nbs...