This is why you analytical wads are ruining baseball

[Mitchrapp]

that is the award for the top hitter. Defense & baserunning aren't taken into consideration.

MVP is generally for hitters so it works here ;-) Plus there's an award for defense, it's called the popularity "you better also hit" award.

 

[byco42]

MVP is generally for hitters so it works here ;-) Plus there's an award for defense, it's called the popularity "you better also hit" award.

A casual and quick count reveals 23 times a pitcher has won the MVP award. 24 if you count the Chalmers' award. EDIT (To illustrate the above point)

 

[Mitchrapp]

A casual and quick count reveals 23 times a pitcher has won the MVP award. 24 if you count the Chalmers' award. EDIT (To illustrate the above point)

20% or thereabouts is generally isn't it?

 

[Rebbiv]

Here is a good article to read on the discussion:


https://mglbaseball.com/2015/08/15/why-war-is-a-terrible-metric-for-an-mvp-discussion/


Looking at the "normal" statistics does not equate into how they performed in "Clutch" or "High Pressure" situations. So when someone trashes sabermetrics, they don't realize that not all sabermetrics agree upon which each stat represents and what their desired purpose.



I for one don't like WAR. Too many fail to understand it's intent and that from year to year, it can be highly volatile for some players. It also is more of a counting stat, vice a rate stat.