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May’s WAR Leaders, Almost Definitively.

Introduction
Insofar as (a) it is now June and (b) the most recent weekly UZR update was conducted at the time of day when the present author’s parties most frequently conclude (i.e. around dawn), what follows are the complete WAR leaderboards for May. Insofar, however, as the seasonal baseline for UZR changes by small increments over the course of the season, altering perhaps players’ monthly WAR figures by a tenth of a win here or there, what follows are not the entirely definitive, but just mostly definitive, WAR leaderboards for May.

Almost Definitive WAR Leaderboard: May Hitters
Here are almost certainly the top-10 field players, by WAR, for May:


Rank Name Team PA AVG OBP SLG BABIP wRC+ Fld BsR WAR
1 Miguel Cabrera Tigers 132 .379 .455 .767 .381 224 -3.8 0.2 2.2
2 Mike Trout Angels 127 .327 .409 .664 .359 191 0.3 1.9 2.1
3 Joey Votto Reds 124 .388 .492 .631 .436 207 0.0 1.1 1.9
4 Chris Davis Orioles 113 .364 .442 .768 .400 218 -0.8 0.1 1.8
5 Manny Machado Orioles 130 .355 .380 .556 .387 152 5.4 -1.1 1.8
6 Joe Mauer Twins 121 .371 .455 .571 .507 179 0.5 0.0 1.7
7 Jose Bautista Blue Jays 130 .337 .446 .548 .361 169 2.2 0.1 1.7
8 Paul Goldschmidt D-backs 106 .376 .434 .699 .389 205 1.0 0.1 1.6
9 Marco Scutaro Giants 111 .420 .473 .560 .427 197 -0.7 0.2 1.6
10 Troy Tulowitzki Rockies 109 .360 .413 .630 .390 174 2.4 -0.7 1.6

Almost Definitive WAR Leaderboard: May Pitchers
And now here are almost certainly the top-10 pitchers, by WAR, for May:


Rank Name Team IP K% BB% GB% BABIP ERA- FIP- xFIP- WAR
1 Derek Holland Rangers 39.0 27.0% 5.5% 46.8% .389 52 50 64 1.6
2 Chris Sale White Sox 31.0 27.7% 4.5% 51.3% .200 20 47 65 1.3
3 Matt Harvey Mets 37.2 26.2% 3.5% 44.0% .242 58 59 73 1.3
4 Felix Hernandez Mariners 40.2 26.7% 5.6% 56.9% .336 74 60 57 1.3
5 Anibal Sanchez Tigers 37.1 31.0% 5.8% 44.6% .347 98 55 56 1.3
6 Doug Fister Tigers 34.2 24.3% 3.3% 56.3% .400 99 51 64 1.3
7 Cliff Lee Phillies 45.0 19.3% 4.7% 40.8% .244 47 72 95 1.2
8 Clayton Kershaw Dodgers 45.2 19.8% 6.2% 43.7% .231 54 69 93 1.2
9 Max Scherzer Tigers 45.0 27.6% 6.8% 35.5% .165 71 72 80 1.2
10 Shelby Miller Cardinals 31.2 26.2% 4.9% 35.4% .284 54 58 90 1.1

Almost Definitive WAR Leaderboard: Brief Comments
And finally, here are some brief comments regarding the leaderboards above.

• As is always the case, the editors of FanGraphs do not intend to suggest that a leaderboard merely sorted by WAR represents the best players from a particular interval (be it month or year or career) in that precise order. Rather, it is probably best to say that a case could be made for any player above, so far as which of them had the best May — probably a better case, that is, than for the players who don’t appear on either top-10 board.

• It is difficult to ignore that the top two field players by WAR in May were the ones most deserving of last season’s AL MVP award. Of note regarding Trout: the highest batter WAR ever produced in an age-21 season is Rogers Hornsby‘s 9.4 mark in 1917. Trout, who already holds the best mark for age-20 seasons, is a about third of the way to Hornsby’s figure about a third of the way through the season.

• San Francisco shortstop Marco Scutaro struck out three times in May.

• As per usual, calculating pitcher WAR with runs allowed, as opposed to FIP, would generate a different table than the one seen above, in this case one topped by Chicago Americans left-hander Chris Sale (2.1 RA9-Wins). San Diego’s Jason Marquis posted the best figure by that measurement relative to his FIP-based WAR (-0.6 WAR, 0.4 RA9-Wins). Milwaukee’s Wily Peralta posted the worst mark relative to his FIP-based WAR (0.2 WAR, -1.2 RA9-Wins)

• The best reliever of May by WAR was Pittsburgh’s Jason Grilli (13.2 IP, 0.9 WAR).
 
yo does chris davis ever swing hard ?

this dude looks like he just flicks his bat out there and hits balls 420ft :smh:
 
I know he made a couple of nice plays in the field yesterday, but there is something seriously off with Zimmerman's arm.
 
I know he made a couple of nice plays in the field yesterday, but there is something seriously off with Zimmerman's arm.
I think he might break the record for throwing errors in a season. I cringe every time he throws the ball, even in between innings he struggles with it, poor fans have to actually pay attention when he's warming up. He used to be an elite defender and now just throwing the ball to second is a challenge. His shoulder still isn't 100% though...I swear the Nationals training staff hurts the players more than they help em :lol: :smh:
 
Seriously, why do they keep pitching to my man Dom Brown?!? Another HR :lol: can't be stopped, he's gotta have the left field all star game spot on lock
 
Iittle brother? LOL Remind me when you make a world series this decade much less win one.
 
Anyone watching the CWS regionals? FAU just scored 6 in the 9th to take an 8-6 lead over UNC :wow:
 
Pitch before the game tying single was strike three...I'm tired of seeing umpires dictate the outcome of games so much
 
Chris Carter and Matt Dominguez have a combined 20 HR & 51 RBIs. Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton have a combined 16 HR & 50 RBIs. :x
 
Conger comes up to the plate with 1st and 2nd, down 1 bottom of the 9th with 2 outs...and yawns before his at bat. :lol:

Swept at home by the Astros in a 4 game series? :x
 
Swept at home by the Astros in a 4 game series? :x

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I thought this was a little interesting that Darvish admitted to being tired.

Yu Darvish | SP | TEX
Darvish lasted seven innings Sunday against Kansas City, despite telling manager Ron Washington after the sixth that he was growing tired, FOX Sports Southwest reports.

Spin: In any case, Darvish shut out the Royals, allowing three hits and two walks to go with six strikeouts, but garnered a no-decision when his relief gave up a run in the eighth inning. He also failed to reach 100 pitches for just the eighth time in 41 MLB starts, falling just short with 99 (64 for strikes). The fatigue should not extend into his next nod Saturday at Toronto, where he's 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, and 19:3 K:BB ratio in 14 innings (two outings).
Sun, Jun 2
 
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