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Originally Posted by insidethewrapper
Somehow WAR must favor Outfielders , but they are only in a few plays a game, mostly non-significant. Just think of a firstbaseman who is involved with several plays, mostly snagging a ball out of the dirt to save the SS 3b or 2b an error and save several runs per game. Not sure how WAR handles all the saves the first basseman makes in a game. Do they only count their errors ?
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No, it doesn't only count their errors. The problem that first baseman have got is that pretty much any major league baseball player can make almost all of the plays that a first baseman gets called on to make. (With the occasional exception.) Scooping those throws is important, but WAR measures wins _above replacement_ and pretty much any replacement first baseman would be able to make most of those plays. The really good defensive first basemen do well by WAR. Pujols himself (who was really good at first when he was young) was averaging about 2 WAR a year from defense from 2006 to 2009.