Can you name the active leaders in WAR throughout history? by myachimantis

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MLB Best Active Players Throughout History Quiz

by myachimantis

Created Sep 8, 2010 in Sports
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	sinatra22:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 04:20 GMT	1 point
	nice quiz!

	minnmich:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 05:45 GMT	1 point
	great concept. clever quiz.

	swartzsportstwin:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 19:39 GMT	3 points
	The 1991-1999 guy surprised me. Great quiz. One of the best on here...

	anevilfrog:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 21:26 GMT	0 points
	Good quiz! I can't believe the same person produced that insane "Top 200 Players of All Time" quiz.

	Antithesys:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 22:17 GMT	-1 points
	The list kind of exposes a minor flaw in WAR...someone like Maddux clearly wasn't the best active player in 2008, it's just that he had the longevity to attain a high number. WAR is the best metric so far devised when comparing players on a season-by-season basis, but it's not perfect as a tool for measuring and comparing careers.

	GeorgiaPeach:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 23:15 GMT	1 point
	Ditto what Antithesys said. WAR also functions as a compiler stat. Cool idea, though.

	Giggity1:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 00:40 GMT	1 point
	I'm not sure why that is a flaw. Babe Ruth wasn't the best home run hitter in 1935, but he was still the active career leader. "Best" and "most" are separate concepts.

	Antithesys:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 05:42 GMT	1 point
	We can call it a quirk then. Of course, if career WAR isn't "best" it means this quiz is incorrectly titled :p

	cvip:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 14:20 GMT	1 point
	Good stuff! A few surprises on the list.

	LevellingUp:	Sep 13th, 2010 at 11:22 GMT	1 point
	Yet another Blyleven for the Hall of Fame argument. Good quiz.

	Tyler:	Sep 16th, 2010 at 01:54 GMT	1 point
	I wish I could triple-vote down Antithesys's post. Really? A guy at the end of a 20-year career in his 40's wasn't the "best" player that year? Stunning. The quiz says what it's looking for.

	crazydiamond1to9:	Sep 17th, 2010 at 03:42 GMT	1 point
	It doesn't mean best player OF the year, it means best player IN the year. As in, the player who is best who was playing in that year. Anyways, I woulda done better if I hadn't been solely thinking of hitters.