![]() So weird statistical quirks just come with the territory in Denver. We’ve written extensively about the Colorado Rockies being an outlier in their very existence - playing as they do at MLB’s highest-elevation home park (by a very wide margin). The fact that he is both, however, makes him arguably the biggest outlier in the history of the sport. If Ohtani was either of those things alone, he would be one of baseball’s top players. But he’s a pitcher! Specifically, a pitcher with MLB’s 22nd-best ERA and 22nd-best strikeout-minus-walk differential (among pitchers with at least 100 innings pitched). He currently ranks second in baseball in total bases behind Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and he is one of just four hitters - along with Guerrero, Bryce Harper and Fernando Tatís Jr. It cannot be overstated just how remarkable Ohtani’s 2021 season has been. 1 and 2 in WAR since the start of MLB’s expansion era in 1961. ![]() If that lead holds up, Ohtani’s edge would be the largest since Barry Bonds finished the 2002 season 2.8 WAR per 162 ahead of runner-up Alex Rodriguez, and the sixth-widest margin between Nos. WAR is measured using JEFFBAGWELL ( Joint Estimate Featuring FanGraphs and B-R Aggregated to Generate WAR, Equally Leveling Lists), which averages the metrics found at and FanGraphs. MLB leaders in combined wins above replacement (WAR) as either a batter or pitcher, 2021 season Ohtani has been in a league of his own this year 2 Walker Buehler of the Los Angeles Dodgers: As we’ve noted before, Ohtani’s combination of hitting and pitching value is unlike anything the game has seen in roughly a century, whether you compare him with a young Babe Ruth in the 1910s or with do-everything Negro Leagues legend Bullet Rogan in the 1920s.īy wins above replacement, 1 per 162 team games, Ohtani has easily been the most valuable all-around player in MLB this season, on pace to finish more than two wins clear of No. The outlier of all outliers this season has to be Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. Here’s a rundown of the best and worst - and downright bizarre - outlier performances of the year: Shohei Ohtani’s all-around MVP performance Although this season’s normal, 162-game schedule naturally helps to even out aberrant numbers more than last year’s shortened, 60-game slate did, there’s still been no shortage of eye-popping stats. The 2021 MLB regular season is nearly down to its final month, and we’ve already seen some pretty incredible achievements so far.
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