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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Any metric has its limitations, for sure. But that said, would you not agree that purely using counting stats can be very skewed? Regarding your last point, I guess it's possible some 40s players get the benefit of being high relative to a mediocre average given the depleting effect of WWII, but other than that, can we really say that as a whole, "baseball" overall was better in one decade than another?
Let's ask it another way, if you look at the JAWS/WAR rankings (or the related Baseball Reference metrics), how many instances do you really see where you say, that's insane?
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Keith Hernandez having a lifetime defensive WAR of 0.6.
Adam Jones being rated an average or below average center fielder.
Defensive WAR is not something that can be relied on.