wRC+

[SirKodiak]

No need for OPS+ anymore, we now have wRC+.

What is wRC+?

As you may have noticed, there’s now an extra column in the “Advanced” section for batting stats called “wRC+”. You can think of this stat as a wOBA based version of OPS+. It’s park and league adjusted and it’s on a very similar scale as OPS+. The difference is that it uses wRC, which is based on wOBA.

For those of you not familiar with the scale, 100 is average. Anything higher is above average and anything below 100 is below average.

Big thanks goes out to Tangotiger for pointing out how easy it was to implement this particular stat. It’s now available in all the player pages for major league and minor league players going all the way back to 1871. Please note that it is not park adjusted for minor league stats, but it is league adjusted.

It’s also in the career leaderboards and will soon be making its way into the individual season leaderboards too.

[ragecage]

Sweet, maybe John Kruk will use this.

[OregonDuck1989]

Sweet, maybe John Kruk will use this.

Or maybe he'll just chow down on another hot dog instead.

[SirKodiak]

Top 25 All Time

Name wRC+
Babe Ruth 210
Ted Williams 202
Lou Gehrig 186
Mickey Mantle 183
Barry Bonds 182
Ty Cobb 182
Rogers Hornsby 180
Albert Pujols 178
Joe Jackson 175
Jimmie Foxx 171
Stan Musial 169
Hank Greenberg 169
Tris Speaker 168
Willie Mays 168
Joe DiMaggio 167
Dick Allen 166
Hank Aaron 165
Mel Ott 164
Frank Robinson 164
Dan Brouthers 164
Johnny Mize 163
Honus Wagner 163
Mark McGwire 163
Eddie Collins 159
Frank Thomas 158

[ragecage]

I was gandering at the rankings, Frank Thomas being top 25 and Dick Allen being ahead of Hank Aaron was a surprise to me.

[Jeffy25]

very nice

[OregonDuck1989]

Babe Ruth was really good at the sport of baseball. My god, 210? If it weren't for Ted Williams it would be like he was playing the game and everyone else was just watching him play.

[SirKodiak]

I was gandering at the rankings, Frank Thomas being top 25 and Dick Allen being ahead of Hank Aaron was a surprise to me.

You do have to keep in mind that length of career is not a factor in this rankings (other than I made the cutoff point 5000 PA). And Dick Allen was an amazing offensive player.

Here are the top 25 in OPS+ w/ 3000 PA:

Rank 	Player  	OPS+	Bats
1.	Babe Ruth+ 	207	L
2.	Ted Williams+ 	191	L
3.	Barry Bonds 	181	L
4.	Lou Gehrig+ 	179	L
5.	R. Hornsby+ 	175	R
6.	Mickey Mantle+ 	172	B
 	Albert Pujols 	172	R
8.	Dan Brouthers+ 	170	L
 	Joe Jackson 	170	L
10.	Ty Cobb+ 	168	L
11.	Jimmie Foxx+ 	163	R
12.	Pete Browning 	162	R
 	Mark McGwire 	162	R
14.	Dave Orr 	161	R
15.	Stan Musial+ 	159	L
16.	H. Greenberg+ 	158	R
 	Johnny Mize+ 	158	L
18.	Tris Speaker+ 	157	L
19.	Dick Allen 	156	R
 	Willie Mays+ 	156	R
 	Frank Thomas 	156	R
22.	Hank Aaron+ 	155	R
 	Joe DiMaggio+ 	155	R
 	Mel Ott+ 	155	L
 	Manny Ramirez 	155	R

[gRYFYN1]

Babe Ruth was really good at the sport of baseball. My god, 210? If it weren't for Ted Williams it would be like he was playing the game and everyone else was just watching him play.

haha.. yea not news ...