Quarantine Scoreboard Stumper: This Is WAR Edition

by — April 8, 2020 in Trivia

Is this thing on?

Hey, everyone. We’ve been a little quiet at RC+ the last couple of weeks, but we’re back today with another edition of the Quarantine Scoreboard Stumper. This time, it’s WAR.

We’re talking Wins Above Replacement, of course. Your challenge: name the Reds leader in WAR — as calculated by Baseball Reference — every year since 1970. Both hitters and pitchers are included. There are plenty of gimmes, but you’ll have to dig deep to guess a few of them. Good luck!

Just click the green “Play” button to start. You can type the player’s full name or their last name only. Let us know how you do in the comments!


Here are the other Quarantine Scoreboard Stumpers we’ve done so far if you need something to pass the time during self-isolation!

Exit Velocity Edition | Opening Day HR Edition

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Matt Wilkes

Matt Wilkes got hooked on Reds baseball after attending his first game in Cinergy Field at 6 years old, and he hasn’t looked back. As a kid, he was often found imitating his favorite players — Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn, Sean Casey, and Austin Kearns — in the backyard. When he finally went inside, he was leading the Reds to 162-0 seasons in MVP Baseball 2005 or keeping stats for whatever game was on TV. He started writing about baseball in 2014 and has become fascinated by analytics and all the new data in the game. Matt is also a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently lives in Chicago. Follow him on Twitter at @_MattWilkes.

4 Responses

  1. Steve Mancuso says:
    April 8, 2020 at 10:48 AM

    I missed 1997, 1989, 2001, 2002.

  2. kmartin says:
    April 9, 2020 at 3:30 AM

    If you had seen the rosters for 1997, 1989, 2001, and 2002 would have guessed correctly for these years? Elmer Dessens? Oh my.

    1970 – 1980 and 2009 – 2019 were a piece of cake. I had a number of whiffs between 1981 and 2008. I can’t believe I didn’t guess Mario Soto. I was surprised Kevin Mitchell was not on the list, but he had some great competition in Larkin.

    • Steve Mancuso says:
      April 10, 2020 at 12:38 PM

      I didn’t guess relievers because I didn’t think they could pile up enough WAR. Should have reasoned that the guys pitching in that era threw more innings. Dibble threw 99 IP in 1989 (and actually had 4.3 fWAR in 1990). Shaw had 94 IP in 1997.

      • kmartin says:
        April 10, 2020 at 4:27 PM

        Bruce Sutter the Cubs reliever had a 6.5 WAR in 1977. Yes, a different era when great relief pitcher got more innings in than today.

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