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Caged Great · 05-29-2011, 11:52 PM

Bautista thus far as a WAR of 4.9 (Wins above a replacement level player)

The next highest batter has a WAR of 3 (Howie Kendrick)

The highest pitcher is Halladay at 3.6

In terms of value, Bautista's WAR has provided about 22 million dollars in value. So if he didn't play another game this year, he'd still be a bargain by 7 million dollars.

The highest WAR in any single season of any player in MLB history was Babe Ruth who had a WAR of 15.4. Bautista is on pace to come extremely close to matching that.

For comparison, only 29 batters last year had a WAR over 4.9 (Bautista was 8th) and the highest was 8.7 (Josh Hamilton)

Bonds 73 HR season, he had a WAR of 12.9. Bautista is on pace to break that in September.

05-29-2011, 11:52 PM	#654
Caged Great Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	Bautista thus far as a WAR of 4.9 (Wins above a replacement level player) The next highest batter has a WAR of 3 (Howie Kendrick) The highest pitcher is Halladay at 3.6 In terms of value, Bautista's WAR has provided about 22 million dollars in value. So if he didn't play another game this year, he'd still be a bargain by 7 million dollars. The highest WAR in any single season of any player in MLB history was Babe Ruth who had a WAR of 15.4. Bautista is on pace to come extremely close to matching that. For comparison, only 29 batters last year had a WAR over 4.9 (Bautista was 8th) and the highest was 8.7 (Josh Hamilton) Bonds 73 HR season, he had a WAR of 12.9. Bautista is on pace to break that in September. __________________ Fireside Chat - The #1 Flames Fan Podcast - FiresideChat.ca Last edited by Caged Great; 05-29-2011 at 11:56 PM.