# Can Anyone Explain Dan Uggla's Walks?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 16, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-dan-ugglas-walks/661128 "2013-06-16T16:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-dan-ugglas-walks/661128/21 "2013-06-18T13:21:33Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Two, someone whose WAR is -0.3 is not remotely close to a league average offensive player. He’s currently below the level of a random guy in AAA. A full-time league average player is worth 2 WAR.

As RickJay mentioned, his offensive WAR is currently 0.8. And don’t forget, WAR is cummulative, so if a “full-time league average player” is worth 2 WAR, they’re only worth 2 WAR at the end of the season. 0.8 at this point in the season seems to be right in line with that, no?

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-dan-ugglas-walks/661128/22 "2013-06-18T21:04:07Z")

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I was going by ESPN MLB Batting Stats which says his WAR is -0.3. I assumed that meant only offensive WAR, which appears to be wrong. If it’s +0.8 then that’s an answer to my question.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-dan-ugglas-walks/661128/23 "2013-06-18T21:42:03Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> I was going by ESPN MLB Batting Stats which says his WAR is -0.3. I assumed that meant only offensive WAR, which appears to be wrong. If it’s +0.8 then that’s an answer to my question.

I assure you it does not, because no pitchers are up there with Dan Uggla’s WAR in mind.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-dan-ugglas-walks/661128/24 "2013-06-21T14:48:45Z")

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[Dan Uggla may be undergoing LASIK surgery soon](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130620&content_id=51260664&notebook_id=51310198&vkey=notebook_atl&c_id=atl).

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