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      Career Total   1978   1979   1980   1981   1982    
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Team
#
 
WAR
W%
  
WAR
W%
  
WAR
W%
  
WAR
W%
  
WAR
W%
   Top Prospect
1
25
264.8
1,482.4
481.4
 
11.1
.531
 
18.8
.528
 
20.3
.519
 
17.1
.550
 
20.8
.512
 
2
33
234.5
1,702.2
543.5
 
4.1
.586
 
6.5
.488
 
7.9
.564
 
6.7
.573
 
18.7
.543
 
3
20
223.5
1,342.4
523.7
 
3.1
.469
 
8.2
.594
 
12.3
.556
 
7.7
.556
 
9.2
.531
 
4
35
190.6
1,275.0
366.3
 
-2.9
.607
 
0.3
.569
 
5.8
.519
 
4.6
.546
 
13.9
.549
 
5
21
178.9
1,060.1
459.0
 
3.0
.426
 
6.8
.333
 
22.1
.512
 
16.6
.587
 
11.1
.420
 
6
28
151.8
1,047.0
220.6
 
4.1
.547
 
2.9
.605
 
14.8
.512
 
8.4
.451
 
23.6
.519
 
7
25
143.0
1,043.8
300.5
 
-0.9
.407
 
0.6
.389
 
4.0
.414
 
7.8
.398
 
11.4
.401
 
8
16
133.2
1,063.7
360.7
 
0.3
.574
 
6.3
.590
 
6.5
.531
 
3.5
.569
 
6.6
.586
 
9
36
119.3
1,030.4
234.8
 
6.1
.537
 
15.3
.543
 
-0.3
.406
 
8.3
.464
 
16.6
.574
 
10
28
112.7
914.6
193.5
 
1.9
.426
 
9.1
.531
 
6.0
.457
 
12.9
.578
 
18.6
.568
 
11
30
107.6
1,047.5
227.4
 
-1.2
.571
 
8.9
.559
 
11.6
.549
 
7.7
.611
 
18.0
.377
 
12
30
98.4
940.9
188.8
 
-0.5
.556
 
3.5
.519
 
9.9
.562
 
3.8
.551
 
7.1
.549
 
13
20
93.4
667.2
225.2
 
5.4
.568
 
6.0
.525
 
14.8
.599
 
8.6
.485
 
11.8
.556
 
14
14
91.5
644.6
127.2
 
2.6
.366
 
1.0
.327
 
6.0
.414
 
0.2
.349
 
2.7
.481
 
15
23
87.3
663.2
200.5
 
3.2
.537
 
4.8
.512
 
2.1
.472
 
10.9
.543
 
8.0
.395
 
16
23
87.2
708.4
235.1
 
2.4
.441
 
8.2
.456
 
5.2
.438
 
5.4
.509
 
11.0
.537
 
17
18
87.1
523.2
99.7
 
3.5
.519
 
0.7
.422
 
10.2
.451
 
4.3
.373
 
3.7
.500
 
18
27
85.7
717.6
89.1
 
2.9
.426
 
2.7
.413
 
0.9
.503
 
8.9
.472
 
11.3
.549
 
19
23
77.1
804.1
92.9
 
-2.0
.613
 
-1.5
.556
 
2.1
.636
 
3.2
.551
 
6.7
.488
 
20
18
70.2
493.1
143.5
 
0.3
.350
 
10.3
.414
 
0.2
.364
 
1.4
.404
 
4.8
.469
 
21
25
65.9
516.7
107.4
 
7.5
.451
 
3.2
.506
 
12.1
.478
 
2.7
.376
 
6.5
.370
 
22
25
59.3
495.6
131.0
 
3.3
.549
 
-0.9
.438
 
0.8
.466
 
1.0
.505
 
2.7
.537
 
23
23
58.8
498.5
206.7
 
4.0
.488
 
5.6
.494
 
3.8
.395
 
5.1
.369
 
11.7
.451
 
24
21
39.9
386.9
89.6
 
-0.0
.559
 
8.2
.642
 
4.4
.617
 
4.5
.562
 
7.1
.580
 
25
11
36.9
401.1
11.0
 
-0.4
.434
 
3.7
.503
 
4.1
.494
 
2.7
.505
 
2.1
.481
 
26
29
31.4
479.0
98.1
 
-3.1
.457
 
2.0
.549
 
-0.4
.571
 
2.3
.555
 
1.8
.475
 
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James