Win Probabiliy: 1981 – 1988
The site has been updated with Win Probability stats for 1981 – 1988.
Please make note of Dwight Gooden’s 1985 season when he had a WPA of 9.94. The only player to have a higher WPA in the years that WPA has been run for is Barry Bonds. Bonds bested him in 2002 and 2004, but that’s it. His BRAA that season was 75, which is 10 runs better than any other pitcher in a single season for all WPA years calculated so far.
The next best player that season in terms of WPA was Eddie Murray who had 6.75 wins, more than 3 wins less than Gooden. And while Gooden unanimously won the Cy Young award that year, he was without a doubt the MVP that season too.
David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.
This isn’t relevant, but could you update the glossary page to address the new pitch type/speed and swing percentages features you’ve added? The page you get when you click “glossary” on the far right of the main tool bar doesn’t have that information. Thanks!