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The Greatest Giants Hitters

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Charles Johnson

So, I did this sort of meaningless baseball thing — not for the first time and not for the last. Here’s what I did: I looked at the Giants position players who were Baseball Reference Wins Above Replacement leaders for … Continue reading →

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How Will I Pick Them?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Charles Johnson

So, how does one decide who indeed are the “100 Greatest Giants?”  For me, a student of sabermetrics, the obvious answer is, “rank them by their career WAR (wins above replacement).”  We use WAR to determine how much better a … Continue reading →

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