Average WAR for 2016 Hall of Fame Candidates
December 17, 2015 by TheUmpire
Ken Griffey leads the pack of first-year candidates.
Brad Ausmus looks to be this year's Lenny Harris.
We have converted a baseball player's career Wins Above Replacement (WAR) into a rate statistic which indicates the average number of wins above replacement a player would give his team per single season (avgWAR). Baseball-Reference.com uses the following scale for WAR values:
- 8+ MVP Quality
- 5+ All-Star Quality
- 2+ Starter
- 0-2 Reserve
- <0 Replacement Level
It is our proposal that players having an avgWAR of 5.0 or higher are worthy of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Player | avgWAR |
| Barry Bonds | 8.81 |
| Roger Clemens | 6.74 |
| Jeff Bagwell | 6.00 |
| Larry Walker | 5.92 |
| Curt Schilling | 5.41 |
| Edgar Martinez | 5.38 |
| Mark McGwire | 5.36 |
| Mike Mussina | 5.26 |
| Ken Griffey | 5.07 |
| Mike Piazza | 5.03 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 4.99 |
| Alan Trammell | 4.97 |
| Jim Edmonds | 4.86 |
| Tim Raines | 4.47 |
| Sammy Sosa | 4.02 |
| Troy Glaus | 3.99 |
| Jeff Kent | 3.89 |
| Gary Sheffield | 3.79 |
| Fred McGriff | 3.45 |
| Jason Kendall | 3.22 |
| Mike Sweeney | 2.75 |
| Luis Castillo | 2.72 |
| Randy Winn | 2.59 |
| David Eckstein | 2.57 |
| Mike Hampton | 2.55 |
| Mike Lowell | 2.51 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 2.36 |
| Billy Wagner | 2.24 |
| Lee Smith | 1.96 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1.87 |
| Garret Anderson | 1.86 |
| Brad Ausmus | 1.35 |
Stats from Lahman's Baseball Database and Baseball-Reference.com.