I just ran some numbers to see what they show. I took the 191 players to play at least 324 games (2 seasons’ worth) over the last 3 years and ranked them by their WAR total (ugh, Skip Schumaker!). Then I calculated their WAR per 162 games played. Finally, I sorted the results by ranking difference between their raw WAR total and WAR/162 value. Players at the top of this list jumped up the most places–so mainly these are guys who didn’t quite play 3 full seasons but posted high WAR totals. Players at the bottom of this list fell the most places, and they are mainly guys who played a lot and accumulated decent-but-not-great WAR totals that suffered when normalized to games played.
The full table is after the jump.
WAR WAR G WAR WAR/162 Diff
rank 13-'15 /162 rank
Adam Eaton 40 11.6 472 4.31 61 +21
Yasiel Puig 22 13.6 401 5.53 42 +20
Anthony Rendon 73 7.9 450 3.38 93 +20
Juan Uribe 36 11.9 446 4.48 54 +18
Gianc. Stanton 15 15.5 388 6.09 32 +17
Chris. Yelich 49 10.5 425 4.15 66 +17
Dee Gordon 70 8.3 417 3.47 87 +17
Welin. Castillo 66 8.5 332 3.55 82 +16
Carlos Gonzalez 67 8.4 391 3.55 83 +16
Ryan Braun 78 7.7 393 3.28 94 +16
Brett Lawrie 87 7.1 331 2.93 103 +16
Brandon Belt 47 10.9 419 4.19 62 +15
Denard Span 83 7.3 333 3.05 96 +13
Kole Calhoun 65 8.5 376 3.63 77 +12
Troy Tulowitzki 13 15.8 423 6.39 24 +11
Colby Rasmus 58 9.3 372 3.79 69 +11
Brad Miller 117 4.9 342 1.94 128 +11
Eduardo Escobar 131 4 412 1.64 142 +11
Jason Castro 71 8.3 460 3.47 81 +10
Jacoby Ellsbury 37 11.8 420 4.48 46 +9
Logan Forsythe 95 6.8 461 2.78 104 +9
Didi Gregorius 96 6.8 361 2.78 105 +9
Lon. Chisenhall 108 5.4 389 2.32 117 +9
Rajai Davis 113 5.1 408 2.11 122 +9
Joey Votto 4 19.3 460 6.83 12 +8
Josh Reddick 50 10.4 453 4.05 58 +8
J.D. Martinez 68 8.4 415 3.49 76 +8
Jed Lowrie 127 4.1 424 1.71 135 +8
Drew Stubbs 137 3.6 362 1.50 145 +8
Stephen Drew 138 3.4 468 1.48 146 +8
A.J. Pollock 10 16.3 445 6.50 17 +7
Russell Martin 21 13.9 480 5.74 28 +7
Jonathan Lucroy 41 11.5 464 4.30 48 +7
Matt Holliday 90 6.9 419 2.89 97 +7
Bryce Harper 12 16.1 382 6.42 18 +6
Zack Cozart 94 6.8 336 2.82 100 +6
Justin Morneau 101 6 352 2.60 107 +6
Travis Snider 153 2.4 422 1.10 159 +6
Jayson Werth 79 7.6 373 3.25 84 +5
Brian McCann 86 7.2 372 2.96 91 +5
Chris Denorfia 129 4.1 442 1.67 134 +5
Prince Fielder 132 3.9 376 1.61 137 +5
Eric Sogard 139 3.4 366 1.46 144 +5
Gordon Beckham 151 2.6 389 1.13 156 +5
Lorenzo Cain 11 16.1 400 6.47 15 +4
Dustin Pedroia 23 13.6 416 5.51 27 +4
Ed. Encarnacion 29 12.8 444 4.83 33 +4
Juan Lagares 48 10.7 403 4.18 52 +4
Cur. Granderson 75 7.9 448 3.30 79 +4
Derek Norris 82 7.3 333 3.14 86 +4
Jose Reyes 97 6.6 370 2.76 101 +4
Jordy Mercer 111 5.2 393 2.20 115 +4
Jon Jay 128 4.1 343 1.68 132 +4
Evan Gattis 135 3.8 359 1.50 139 +4
Mitch Moreland 144 3.3 367 1.37 148 +4
Sam Fuld 159 2.3 338 0.92 163 +4
Nelson Cruz 34 12.3 464 4.55 37 +3
Marcell Ozuna 103 5.9 326 2.58 106 +3
Melky Cabrera 122 4.6 354 1.81 125 +3
A.J. Pierzynski 152 2.5 377 1.11 155 +3
Kelly Johnson 157 2.3 446 1.02 160 +3
Justin Smoak 166 1.7 343 0.80 169 +3
Manny Machado 9 16.4 407 6.52 11 +2
Freddie Freeman 33 12.4 416 4.55 35 +2
Conor Gillaspie 173 1.3 373 0.53 175 +2
David Murphy 184 -0.5 335 -0.20 186 +2
Jason Heyward 8 16.7 451 6.53 9 +1
Jhonny Peralta 46 10.9 394 4.21 47 +1
Hunter Pence 64 8.9 427 3.66 65 +1
Gregor Blanco 119 4.8 429 1.89 120 +1
Ben Revere 125 4.3 385 1.74 126 +1
Kurt Suzuki 148 2.8 331 1.23 149 +1
Matt Kemp 160 2.1 335 0.90 161 +1
Dustin Ackley 161 2.1 377 0.89 162 +1
Chris Young 164 1.9 425 0.81 165 +1
Chris Coghlan 165 1.8 358 0.80 166 +1
Aramis Ramirez 170 1.5 412 0.67 171 +1
Matthew Joyce 172 1.4 446 0.56 173 +1
Sean Rodriguez 178 0.6 424 0.24 179 +1
Mike Trout 1 26.5 473 9.08 1 +0
Josh Donaldson 2 23.9 474 8.17 2 +0
Pa. Goldschmidt 3 20.4 428 7.72 3 +0
Miguel Cabrera 6 17.6 426 6.69 6 +0
Carlos Gomez 14 15.6 410 6.16 14 +0
Ben Zobrist 38 11.8 429 4.46 38 +0
Jason Kipnis 45 11 419 4.25 45 +0
Yadier Molina 57 9.3 382 3.94 57 +0
Joe Mauer 63 8.9 391 3.69 63 +0
Nori Aoki 109 5.3 380 2.26 109 +0
Michael Bourn 141 3.3 377 1.42 141 +0
Carlos Beltran 147 3 387 1.26 147 +0
Miguel Montero 150 2.6 365 1.15 150 +0
Alex Rios 168 1.7 392 0.70 168 +0
Brandon Barnes 174 1.2 374 0.52 174 +0
Domonic Brown 176 1 346 0.47 176 +0
Logan Morrison 177 0.8 330 0.39 177 +0
Billy Butler 180 0.4 464 0.14 180 +0
Chris Johnson 181 0 378 0.00 181 +0
Mark Reynolds 182 -0.3 405 -0.12 182 +0
Aaron Hill 183 -0.4 336 -0.19 183 +0
Melvin Upton 187 -0.6 354 -0.27 187 +0
Alb. Callaspo 188 -1.7 360 -0.77 188 +0
Garrett Jones 189 -1.7 347 -0.79 189 +0
Ryan Howard 190 -1.8 362 -0.81 190 +0
Skip Schumaker 191 -3.3 339 -1.58 191 +0
And. McCutchen 5 18.4 452 6.80 4 -1
Leonys Martin 60 9.1 436 3.75 59 -1
Adam Lind 89 7 420 2.92 88 -1
Lucas Duda 99 6.2 389 2.67 98 -1
Char. Blackmon 112 5.2 430 2.14 111 -1
Alexi Amarista 171 1.5 362 0.59 170 -1
Ad. Hechavarria 179 0.5 331 0.23 178 -1
Mike Aviles 185 -0.5 328 -0.24 184 -1
Daniel Descalso 186 -0.5 403 -0.25 185 -1
Adrian Beltre 7 17.5 473 6.59 5 -2
Nolan Arenado 24 13.6 345 5.49 22 -2
Alex Gordon 25 13.5 447 5.30 23 -2
Mich. Brantley 31 12.7 482 4.67 29 -2
Howie Kendrick 53 9.8 430 4.01 51 -2
Mike Napoli 69 8.4 359 3.48 67 -2
Luis Valbuena 110 5.3 414 2.25 108 -2
DJ LeMahieu 115 5 368 2.03 113 -2
Pablo Sandoval 120 4.7 402 1.87 118 -2
Yunel Escobar 121 4.7 423 1.81 119 -2
Mike Moustakas 123 4.6 434 1.80 121 -2
Kendrys Morales 133 3.9 437 1.57 131 -2
David Freese 145 3.3 356 1.36 143 -2
Jedd Gyorko 156 2.3 330 1.07 154 -2
Alej. De Aza 169 1.7 343 0.67 167 -2
Starling Marte 16 15.3 426 6.05 13 -3
Chris Davis 28 13 367 4.89 25 -3
Yoenis Cespedes 39 11.7 444 4.32 36 -3
Chase Utley 81 7.5 350 3.17 78 -3
Seth Smith 102 5.9 391 2.58 99 -3
Dexter Fowler 105 5.8 338 2.44 102 -3
Jean Segura 126 4.2 391 1.72 123 -3
Mark Trumbo 154 2.4 364 1.08 151 -3
Omar Infante 155 2.4 349 1.07 152 -3
Torii Hunter 167 1.7 409 0.72 164 -3
Ichiro Suzuki 175 1.1 339 0.51 172 -3
Jose Bautista 20 14.1 460 5.82 16 -4
Brett Gardner 43 11.2 460 4.27 39 -4
Neil Walker 59 9.2 397 3.77 55 -4
Andre Ethier 114 5.1 434 2.07 110 -4
Victor Martinez 116 4.9 454 1.96 112 -4
Daniel Murphy 118 4.9 424 1.90 114 -4
Adam LaRoche 162 2 364 0.89 158 -4
Adam Jones 35 12 427 4.51 30 -5
David Ortiz 54 9.8 354 4.00 49 -5
Chris Carter 158 2.3 419 0.92 153 -5
Matt Carpenter 32 12.6 335 4.56 26 -6
Will Venable 130 4 471 1.65 124 -6
Asdr. Cabrera 142 3.3 326 1.41 136 -6
James Loney 146 3.1 340 1.32 140 -6
Starlin Castro 163 2 352 0.84 157 -6
Andr. Simmons 26 13.2 469 5.15 19 -7
Anthony Rizzo 27 13.2 388 4.97 20 -7
Bran. Crawford 51 9.8 396 4.04 44 -7
Pedro Alvarez 134 3.8 368 1.57 127 -7
Jimmy Rollins 136 3.7 425 1.50 129 -7
Brandon Moss 140 3.4 417 1.45 133 -7
Todd Frazier 42 11.3 331 4.29 34 -8
J.J. Hardy 93 6.9 331 2.82 85 -8
Jay Bruce 124 4.4 432 1.75 116 -8
Ian Kinsler 17 14.8 369 6.00 8 -9
Buster Posey 19 14.3 450 5.93 10 -9
Kyle Seager 30 12.7 456 4.69 21 -9
Salvador Perez 62 9 348 3.69 53 -9
Albert Pujols 77 7.7 344 3.28 68 -9
Bran. Phillips 98 6.4 388 2.70 89 -9
Martin Prado 74 7.9 426 3.38 64 -10
Trevor Plouffe 80 7.5 473 3.22 70 -10
Shin-Soo Choo 84 7.3 364 3.00 74 -10
Austin Jackson 100 6.1 351 2.67 90 -10
Robinson Cano 18 14.7 371 5.99 7 -11
Jose Altuve 52 9.8 380 4.02 41 -11
Justin Upton 61 9.1 342 3.72 50 -11
Gerardo Parra 106 5.5 346 2.39 95 -11
Alcides Escobar 149 2.7 356 1.18 138 -11
Marlon Byrd 72 8 432 3.38 60 -12
Evan Longoria 44 11.1 445 4.27 31 -13
Brian Dozier 56 9.5 468 3.94 43 -13
Chase Headley 85 7.2 414 3.00 72 -13
Nick Markakis 143 3.3 393 1.38 130 -13
Adrian Gonzalez 55 9.8 421 3.98 40 -15
Alexei Ramirez 107 5.4 336 2.38 92 -15
Eric Hosmer 91 6.9 377 2.86 75 -16
Carlos Santana 88 7 388 2.92 71 -17
Erick Aybar 92 6.9 470 2.84 73 -19
Ian Desmond 76 7.9 367 3.29 56 -20
Elvis Andrus 104 5.8 338 2.57 80 -24
