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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    So let's say you have an excellent defender who saves 20 runs and a excellent hitter that creates 60 runs. What is his WAR and how much of it is offense/defense comparatively?
    That player is Willie Mays in his prime. That's when you get those 10+ WAR seasons. But in those seasons about 1/4 of his value is defense and 2/4's is offense. The other 1/4 comes from just being an everyday player.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    That player is Willie Mays in his prime.
    aka poor man's Ronald Acuna

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