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1987-1988 Free Agency
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | From | To | Signed | 1988 | EstLvl | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Leibrandt | SP | 31 | KCR | KCR | Jan 07 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
| 2 | Jack Morris | SP | 33 | DET | DET | Dec 29 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 3 | Brett Butler | CF | 31 | CLE | SFG | Dec 01 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| 4 | Paul Molitor | DH | 31 | MIL | MIL | Jan 05 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 5 | Kirk Gibson | LF | 31 | DET | LAD | Jan 29 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| 6 | Jack Clark | 1B | 32 | STL | NYY | Jan 06 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| 7 | Mike Witt | SP | 27 | CAL | CAL | Dec 22 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 3.3 |
| 8 | Gary Gaetti | 3B | 29 | MIN | MIN | Jan 07 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| 9 | Danny Darwin | SP | 32 | HOU | HOU | Jan 08 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 10 | Mike Davis | RF | 29 | OAK | LAD | Dec 15 | -0.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| 11 | Dennis Martinez | SP | 34 | MON | MON | Dec 18 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Chili Davis | CF | 28 | SFG | CAL | Dec 01 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| 13 | Glenn Hubbard | 2B | 30 | ATL | OAK | Jan 11 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| 14 | Dwayne Murphy | CF | 33 | OAK | DET | Jun 05 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 15 | Carlton Fisk | C | 40 | CHW | CHW | Feb 09 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | -1.7 | 3.3 |
| 16 | Frank Tanana | SP | 34 | DET | DET | Feb 17 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| 17 | Dave Righetti | RP | 29 | NYY | NYY | Dec 23 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Dave Smith | RP | 33 | HOU | HOU | Jan 08 | -0.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 19 | Bill Gullickson | SP | 29 | NYY | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 2.1 | |||
| 20 | Jose Cruz | LF | 40 | HOU | NYY | Feb 25 | -0.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 21 | Ken Griffey | LF | 38 | ATL | ATL | Nov 13 | -1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 22 | Tommy John | SP | 45 | NYY | NYY | Dec 21 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | -0.7 |
| 23 | David Palmer | SP | 30 | ATL | PHI | Dec 18 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
| 24 | Juan Berenguer | RP | 33 | MIN | MIN | Dec 22 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | -1.1 |
| 25 | Gene Garber | RP | 40 | KCR | KCR | Dec 07 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
Established Level Methodology
The calculation is based on the "Established Level" portion of Bill James Favorite Toy.- The metric from the current year (1988) is multiplied by 3.
- The previous year's (1987) metric is multiplied by 2.
- The metric from two years prior (1986) is added to the above totals and they are divided by 6.
- One caveat is that the final "Established Level" should not be below 75% of the current year's (1988) metric
Example:
Player X has 5.0 WAR in 1988, 7.0 WAR in 1987, and 4.0 WAR in 1986.((5.0 x 3) + (7.0 x 2) + 4.0) / 6 = 5.5 WAR