Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Is Yasiel Puig The Best 22 Year Old Since Ted Williams In 1941?

I found all the 22 year old guys with 200+ PAs and at at least .1 WAR. Then I ranked them by WAR/PA. Here is the top 25. Of course, there are still about 45-50 games left, but this is still impressive.


Rk
Player
PA
WAR
Year
WAR/PA
1
Ross Barnes
239
4.3
1872
0.01799
2
Ted Williams
606
10.6
1941
0.01749
3
Yasiel Puig
234
3.6
2013
0.01538
4
Ty Cobb
651
9.8
1909
0.01505
5
Eddie Collins
660
9.7
1909
0.01470
6
Stan Musial
700
9.4
1943
0.01343
7
Rickey Henderson
493
6.6
1981
0.01339
8
Jim Fregosi
591
7.9
1964
0.01337
9
Eddie Mathews
600
7.8
1954
0.01300
10
Cesar Cedeno
576
7.4
1973
0.01285
11
Davy Force
227
2.9
1872
0.01278
12
Tris Speaker
608
7.7
1910
0.01266
13
Dick Allen
709
8.8
1964
0.01241
14
Pete Reiser
601
7.4
1941
0.01231
15
Sherry Magee
568
6.9
1907
0.01215
16
Joe Battin
289
3.5
1876
0.01211
17
Joe DiMaggio
692
8.2
1937
0.01185
18
Rogers Hornsby
466
5.4
1918
0.01159
19
Vada Pinson
660
7.6
1961
0.01152
20
Alex Rodriguez
748
8.5
1998
0.01136
21
John McGraw
459
5.2
1895
0.01133
22
Cal Ripken
726
8.2
1983
0.01129
23
Boog Powell
506
5.7
1964
0.01126
24
Bob Caruthers
382
4.3
1886
0.01126
25
Johnny Bench
671
7.5
1970
0.01118

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