And it would appear the Bob-adjusted Average-est POY is Jose Lopez, at a staggering 3.9 abs. runs from average ( .1 B, 2.9 F, .9 P). I’d say that’s pretty overwhelmingly average, but he only comes in at 30th in the original list. Oh well. He’s followed by Mark DeRosa and Melky Cabrera

It was a joke though, you’re doing great.

Guess we were both right, I was just at the wrong house :)
(but why didnt you just say “he is trying to make 0 between the Bat+Fld+Pos fields” in a clearer way? Hahaha)

No, I am using Average as the baseline. A true average person is worth 0 Batting Runs Above Average and 0 Fielding Runs Above Average. The average positional adjustment is intended to be 0 (even if the DH adjusts it by about a bit over a run). And the average player gets 300 PA.

Put those exact stats into a fangraphs calculation.

0 Batting RAA + 0 Fielding RAA + 10 Replacement + 0 Positional

The outcome for the perfectly average player is 10 RAR, or a 1.0 WAR.

By saying average is 20 RAR or 2.0 WAR (well, 18.Something because of the DH), you are saying +20 Runs Above Replacement and +2.0 Wins Above Replacement. Keeping the Batting RAA, Fielding RAA and Positional Adjustment all at 0 means the entire +20 has to be in the Replacement field. But if you put a +20 Replacement in you are saying “kept a replacement level player off the field for 600 PA”. You cant do that if you only get 300 PA yourself. If you are average you can only keep him off the field for the 300 PA you get, and that is worth +10 runs, not +20 runs. So you cant be average and be 20 RAR/2.0 WAR unless you managed 600 PA; and you arent average if you got 600 PA. That is their problem.

Truly being average means 0’s across the board and 300 PA. Doing so leaves your equation looking like the one I provided above, with an end result of 10 RAR and 1.0 WAR. “Average” = 10 RAR or 1.0 WAR.

I’m not sure I understand what you’re getting at. Corrent me if I’m wrong, but it sounds like you’re assuming that WAR is calculated using replacement level as its original baseline, and “builds up” to a +20 run (~+2 wins) plyaer as average.

That’s not how it works. The “replacement” line is added in completely separately. If you leave out “replacement,” Not matter how many PAs a player has, if he’s perfectly average as a hitter, and perfectly average as a fielder (leave aside the positional adjustment issue for now, or assume his pos _ field = 0), he’s exaclty average, no matter how many PAs he has.

Maybe someone else can jump in here and tell me what I’m missing?

And a replacement player is graded on a -20 runs fewer then the average player per 600 PA received.

Average wRAA = 0.
Average UZR = 0.
Average PA = 300.

So the average player = 0 + 0 + 300 PA of the -20 Runs per 600 PA a replacement level player receives, or 10 Runs overall. That is a 1.0 WAR, not 2.0.

Okay, I don’t get it.

Are you saying I have a .611 OPS as a FanGraphs blogger?