WAR: offense, fielding. Some slicing and dicing.

Wins Above Replacement (WAR).  As stated previously, I don't like it for two reasons:
1. it's a total
2. I don't trust the fielding.

Using data from baseball-reference.com for the 2014 season I found 147 batters who qualified for ranking in the average, as opposed to the totals, stats.  Ranks of some players:

Player	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	OPS+
Mike Trout	1	1	88	4
Andrew McCutchen	9	2	111	2
Giancarlo Stanton	7	9	64	5
Miguel Cabrera	30	16	111	10
Victor Martinez	20	10	131	2
Jason Heyward	11	68	3	75
Derek Jeter	131	117	88	141

133 of 147 had positive WAR bottomed by Shin-Soo Choo (.1) at #133 and Derek Jeter (.2) tied at #131.  Here are the negatives in WAR:

The first four columns: WAR, oWAR, dWAR (fielding), OPS+

134	Gerardo Parra	-0.2	0.0	-0.9	88	574	2014	27	TOT	NL	150	529	64	138	22	4	9	40	32	5	100	5	6	2	10	9	7	.261	.308	.369	.677	*97H8
135	Yunel Escobar	-0.2	2.3	-1.6	91	529	2014	31	TBR	AL	137	476	33	123	18	0	7	39	43	3	60	4	4	2	15	1	1	.258	.324	.340	.664	*6/H7
136	B.J. Upton	-0.3	0.6	-0.6	75	582	2014	29	ATL	NL	141	519	67	108	19	5	12	35	57	5	173	1	3	2	6	20	7	.208	.287	.333	.620	*8/H
137	Billy Butler	-0.3	-0.2	-1.5	95	603	2014	28	KCR	AL	151	549	57	149	32	0	9	66	41	3	96	5	0	8	21	0	0	.271	.323	.379	.702	*D3/H
138	Dayan Viciedo	-0.9	0.8	-2.4	92	563	2014	25	CHW	AL	145	523	65	121	22	3	21	58	32	3	122	5	0	3	19	0	1	.231	.281	.405	.686	*97D/H3
139	Jay Bruce	-1.1	-0.1	-1.7	84	545	2014	27	CIN	NL	137	493	71	107	21	1	18	66	44	5	149	2	1	5	8	12	3	.217	.281	.373	.654	*9/H3
140	Garrett Jones	-1.1	-0.1	-1.9	99	547	2014	33	MIA	NL	146	496	59	122	33	2	15	53	46	4	116	1	0	4	10	0	1	.246	.309	.411	.720	*3H/9
141	Ryan Howard	-1.1	0.2	-2.3	93	648	2014	34	PHI	NL	153	569	65	127	18	1	23	95	67	7	190	7	0	5	10	0	0	.223	.310	.380	.690	*3/HD
142	Allen Craig	-1.2	-1.4	-0.4	66	505	2014	29	TOT	ML	126	461	41	99	20	1	8	46	35	0	113	7	0	2	14	2	1	.215	.279	.315	.594	*937/HD
143	Aaron Hill	-1.2	-0.0	-0.9	81	541	2014	32	ARI	NL	133	501	52	122	26	3	10	60	28	0	92	5	0	7	16	4	3	.244	.287	.367	.654	*4/H5D
144	Chris Johnson	-1.3	0.3	-1.3	83	611	2014	29	ATL	NL	153	582	43	153	27	0	10	58	23	2	159	2	2	2	23	6	0	.263	.292	.361	.653	*5/HD3
145	Domonic Brown	-1.4	-0.4	-1.6	77	512	2014	26	PHI	NL	144	473	47	111	22	1	10	63	34	4	91	1	0	4	9	7	1	.235	.285	.349	.634	*7H/D
146	Nick Castellanos	-1.5	1.6	-2.7	93	579	2014	22	DET	AL	148	533	50	138	31	4	11	66	36	3	140	3	0	7	7	2	2	.259	.306	.394	.700	*5/H
147	Matt Dominguez	-1.6	-1.3	0.1	65	607	2014	24	HOU	AL	157	564	51	121	17	0	16	57	29	2	125	5	2	7	23	0	1	.215	.256	.330	.586	*5/D

Notice Billy Butler who played 37 games at first base and 108 at DH for Kansas City.  And it's my understanding that despite what our intuition might suggest, oWAR + dWAR do not add up to WAR.

Here are the top 11 sorted by WAR:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	oWAR	dWAR	OPS+	PA	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Mike Trout	7.9	8.7	-0.5	167	705	2014	22	LAA	AL	157	602	115	173	39	9	36	111	83	6	184	10	0	10	6	16	2	.287	.377	.561	.939	*8/D
2	Josh Donaldson	7.4	5.0	2.7	126	695	2014	28	OAK	AL	158	608	93	155	31	2	29	98	76	5	130	7	0	4	16	8	0	.255	.342	.456	.798	*5/DH
3	Adrian Beltre	7.0	5.9	1.4	146	614	2014	35	TEX	AL	148	549	79	178	33	1	19	77	57	13	74	3	0	5	15	1	1	.324	.388	.492	.879	*5D
4	Michael Brantley	7.0	7.2	-0.6	154	676	2014	27	CLE	AL	156	611	94	200	45	2	20	97	52	4	56	8	0	5	16	23	1	.327	.385	.506	.890	*78/DH
5	Jonathan Lucroy	6.7	5.6	2.0	132	655	2014	28	MIL	NL	153	585	73	176	53	2	13	69	66	3	71	2	0	2	13	4	4	.301	.373	.465	.837	*23/HD
6	Alex Gordon	6.6	3.4	2.6	117	643	2014	30	KCR	AL	156	563	87	150	34	1	19	74	65	5	126	11	0	4	11	12	3	.266	.351	.432	.783	*7
7	Anthony Rendon	6.5	4.8	2.0	125	683	2014	24	WSN	NL	153	613	111	176	39	6	21	83	58	2	104	5	2	5	11	17	3	.287	.351	.473	.824	*54/H
8	Giancarlo Stanton	6.5	5.8	-0.1	161	638	2014	24	MIA	NL	145	539	89	155	31	1	37	105	94	24	170	3	0	2	16	13	1	.288	.395	.555	.950	*9/DH
9	Andrew McCutchen	6.4	7.8	-1.0	168	648	2014	27	PIT	NL	146	548	89	172	38	6	25	83	84	8	115	10	0	6	9	18	3	.314	.410	.542	.952	*8
10	Robinson Cano	6.4	6.2	0.6	142	665	2014	31	SEA	AL	157	595	77	187	37	2	14	82	61	20	68	6	0	3	19	10	3	.314	.382	.454	.836	*4/D
11	Jason Heyward	6.3	2.8	2.8	108	649	2014	24	ATL	NL	149	573	74	155	26	3	11	58	67	3	98	6	0	3	2	20	4	.271	.351	.384	.735	*9/H

Jason Heyward is included because he was just traded to St. Louis and one of the experts on MLB Network said that 40% of his WAR was taken by his fielding.  His o and d WAR look like they have the same value to me but do not, of course, add up to his total, so go ask the smart guys who invent this stuff.

I included OPS+ to have some idea about the player's batting.  Heyward was 8% above average.

Sorted by oWAR, which includes base running:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	oWAR ▾	dWAR	OPS+	PA	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Mike Trout	7.9	8.7	-0.5	167	705	2014	22	LAA	AL	157	602	115	173	39	9	36	111	83	6	184	10	0	10	6	16	2	.287	.377	.561	.939	*8/D
2	Andrew McCutchen	6.4	7.8	-1.0	168	648	2014	27	PIT	NL	146	548	89	172	38	6	25	83	84	8	115	10	0	6	9	18	3	.314	.410	.542	.952	*8
3	Michael Brantley	7.0	7.2	-0.6	154	676	2014	27	CLE	AL	156	611	94	200	45	2	20	97	52	4	56	8	0	5	16	23	1	.327	.385	.506	.890	*78/DH
4	Jose Altuve	6.0	6.6	-0.1	134	707	2014	24	HOU	AL	158	660	85	225	47	3	7	59	36	7	53	5	1	5	20	56	9	.341	.377	.453	.830	*4/HD
5	Jose Bautista	6.0	6.6	-1.3	159	673	2014	33	TOR	AL	155	553	101	158	27	0	35	103	104	11	96	9	1	6	18	6	2	.286	.403	.524	.928	*9D83/H
6	Jose Abreu	5.5	6.5	-2.1	169	622	2014	27	CHW	AL	145	556	80	176	35	2	36	107	51	15	131	11	0	4	14	3	1	.317	.383	.581	.964	*3D/H
7	Robinson Cano	6.4	6.2	0.6	142	665	2014	31	SEA	AL	157	595	77	187	37	2	14	82	61	20	68	6	0	3	19	10	3	.314	.382	.454	.836	*4/D
8	Adrian Beltre	7.0	5.9	1.4	146	614	2014	35	TEX	AL	148	549	79	178	33	1	19	77	57	13	74	3	0	5	15	1	1	.324	.388	.492	.879	*5D
9	Giancarlo Stanton	6.5	5.8	-0.1	161	638	2014	24	MIA	NL	145	539	89	155	31	1	37	105	94	24	170	3	0	2	16	13	1	.288	.395	.555	.950	*9/DH
10	Jonathan Lucroy	6.7	5.6	2.0	132	655	2014	28	MIL	NL	153	585	73	176	53	2	13	69	66	3	71	2	0	2	13	4	4	.301	.373	.465	.837	*23/HD
11	Victor Martinez	5.3	5.6	-1.6	168	641	2014	35	DET	AL	151	561	87	188	33	0	32	103	70	28	42	4	0	6	17	3	2	.335	.409	.565	.974	*D3/2H

Heyward dropped to #68.  Victor Martinez is included because he is the posterboy for good batting in 2014.

Eight batters were negative in oWAR:

The first our columns: WAR, oWAR, dWAR (fielding), OPS+

141	Jay Bruce	-1.1	-0.1	-1.7	84	545	2014	27	CIN	NL	137	493	71	107	21	1	18	66	44	5	149	2	1	5	8	12	3	.217	.281	.373	.654	*9/H3
142	Garrett Jones	-1.1	-0.1	-1.9	99	547	2014	33	MIA	NL	146	496	59	122	33	2	15	53	46	4	116	1	0	4	10	0	1	.246	.309	.411	.720	*3H/9
143	Billy Butler	-0.3	-0.2	-1.5	95	603	2014	28	KCR	AL	151	549	57	149	32	0	9	66	41	3	96	5	0	8	21	0	0	.271	.323	.379	.702	*D3/H
144	DJ LeMahieu	1.5	-0.3	2.2	75	538	2014	25	COL	NL	149	494	59	132	15	5	5	42	33	7	97	2	7	2	13	10	10	.267	.315	.348	.663	*4/5H63
145	Domonic Brown	-1.4	-0.4	-1.6	77	512	2014	26	PHI	NL	144	473	47	111	22	1	10	63	34	4	91	1	0	4	9	7	1	.235	.285	.349	.634	*7H/D
146	Matt Dominguez	-1.6	-1.3	0.1	65	607	2014	24	HOU	AL	157	564	51	121	17	0	16	57	29	2	125	5	2	7	23	0	1	.215	.256	.330	.586	*5/D
147	Allen Craig	-1.2	-1.4	-0.4	66	505	2014	29	TOT	ML	126	461	41	99	20	1	8	46	35	0	113	7	0	2	14	2	1	.215	.279	.315	.594	*937/HD

Bottom man Allen Craig:

• July 31, 2014: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Joe Kelly to the Boston Red Sox for Corey Littrell (minors), John Lackey and cash.

Looks like a bad trade for the Red Sox.

OPS+: 102 of 147 >= 100, which is average.  Tops:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	oWAR	dWAR	OPS+ ▾	PA	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Jose Abreu	5.5	6.5	-2.1	169	622	2014	27	CHW	AL	145	556	80	176	35	2	36	107	51	15	131	11	0	4	14	3	1	.317	.383	.581	.964	*3D/H
2	Andrew McCutchen	6.4	7.8	-1.0	168	648	2014	27	PIT	NL	146	548	89	172	38	6	25	83	84	8	115	10	0	6	9	18	3	.314	.410	.542	.952	*8
3	Victor Martinez	5.3	5.6	-1.6	168	641	2014	35	DET	AL	151	561	87	188	33	0	32	103	70	28	42	4	0	6	17	3	2	.335	.409	.565	.974	*D3/2H
4	Mike Trout	7.9	8.7	-0.5	167	705	2014	22	LAA	AL	157	602	115	173	39	9	36	111	83	6	184	10	0	10	6	16	2	.287	.377	.561	.939	*8/D
5	Giancarlo Stanton	6.5	5.8	-0.1	161	638	2014	24	MIA	NL	145	539	89	155	31	1	37	105	94	24	170	3	0	2	16	13	1	.288	.395	.555	.950	*9/DH
6	Jose Bautista	6.0	6.6	-1.3	159	673	2014	33	TOR	AL	155	553	101	158	27	0	35	103	104	11	96	9	1	6	18	6	2	.286	.403	.524	.928	*9D83/H
7	Michael Brantley	7.0	7.2	-0.6	154	676	2014	27	CLE	AL	156	611	94	200	45	2	20	97	52	4	56	8	0	5	16	23	1	.327	.385	.506	.890	*78/DH
8	Anthony Rizzo	5.1	4.5	-0.4	151	616	2014	24	CHC	NL	140	524	89	150	28	1	32	78	73	7	116	15	0	4	8	5	4	.286	.386	.527	.913	*3
9	Edwin Encarnacion	3.6	4.1	-1.5	150	542	2014	31	TOR	AL	128	477	75	128	27	2	34	98	62	6	82	2	0	1	18	2	0	.268	.354	.547	.901	*3D/7H
10	Adrian Beltre	7.0	5.9	1.4	146	614	2014	35	TEX	AL	148	549	79	178	33	1	19	77	57	13	74	3	0	5	15	1	1	.324	.388	.492	.879	*5D
11	Miguel Cabrera	4.9	4.9	-1.0	146	685	2014	31	DET	AL	159	611	101	191	52	1	25	109	60	10	117	3	0	11	21	1	1	.313	.371	.524	.895	*3D5/H

Victor Martinez moves up to a tie for #2.  Heyward drops even further to #75.  Craig moves up from #147 to #145.  Here are the bottom 10 in OPS+:

The first our columns: WAR, oWAR, dWAR (fielding), OPS+

138	Domonic Brown	-1.4	-0.4	-1.6	77	512	2014	26	PHI	NL	144	473	47	111	22	1	10	63	34	4	91	1	0	4	9	7	1	.235	.285	.349	.634	*7H/D
139	Omar Infante	0.7	0.5	0.7	76	575	2014	32	KCR	AL	135	528	50	133	21	3	6	66	33	3	68	2	5	7	7	9	3	.252	.295	.337	.632	*4/H
140	Derek Jeter	0.2	1.4	-0.5	75	634	2014	40	NYY	AL	145	581	47	149	19	1	4	50	35	0	87	6	8	4	15	10	2	.256	.304	.313	.617	*6D/H
141	B.J. Upton	-0.3	0.6	-0.6	75	582	2014	29	ATL	NL	141	519	67	108	19	5	12	35	57	5	173	1	3	2	6	20	7	.208	.287	.333	.620	*8/H
142	DJ LeMahieu	1.5	-0.3	2.2	75	538	2014	25	COL	NL	149	494	59	132	15	5	5	42	33	7	97	2	7	2	13	10	10	.267	.315	.348	.663	*4/5H63
143	Andrelton Simmons	3.5	0.4	3.9	74	576	2014	24	ATL	NL	146	540	44	132	18	4	7	46	32	4	60	0	2	2	25	4	5	.244	.286	.331	.617	*6/H
144	Jean Segura	0.6	0.6	0.8	71	557	2014	24	MIL	NL	146	513	61	126	14	6	5	31	28	5	70	4	10	2	13	20	9	.246	.289	.326	.614	*6/H
145	Allen Craig	-1.2	-1.4	-0.4	66	505	2014	29	TOT	ML	126	461	41	99	20	1	8	46	35	0	113	7	0	2	14	2	1	.215	.279	.315	.594	*937/HD
146	Matt Dominguez	-1.6	-1.3	0.1	65	607	2014	24	HOU	AL	157	564	51	121	17	0	16	57	29	2	125	5	2	7	23	0	1	.215	.256	.330	.586	*5/D
147	Zack Cozart	2.4	0.3	2.8	61	543	2014	28	CIN	NL	147	506	48	112	18	5	4	38	25	3	79	7	5	0	13	7	0	.221	.268	.300	.568	*6/H

Note Derek Jeter, 8th from the bottom.

Now for fielding or dWAR.  60 of 147 had a positive number.  46 of 147 dWAR <= -1 starting at #111 with Andrew McCutchen, Miguel Cabrera, Adam LaRoche and Daniel Murphy.  I had thought McCutchen and LaRoche were good fielders.

dWAR >= 2:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	oWAR	dWAR ▾	OPS+	PA	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Andrelton Simmons	3.5	0.4	3.9	74	576	2014	24	ATL	NL	146	540	44	132	18	4	7	46	32	4	60	0	2	2	25	4	5	.244	.286	.331	.617	*6/H
2	Ian Kinsler	5.5	3.1	2.9	100	726	2014	32	DET	AL	161	684	100	188	40	4	17	92	29	1	79	5	3	5	20	15	4	.275	.307	.420	.727	*4/H
3	Jason Heyward	6.3	2.8	2.8	108	649	2014	24	ATL	NL	149	573	74	155	26	3	11	58	67	3	98	6	0	3	2	20	4	.271	.351	.384	.735	*9/H
4	Zack Cozart	2.4	0.3	2.8	61	543	2014	28	CIN	NL	147	506	48	112	18	5	4	38	25	3	79	7	5	0	13	7	0	.221	.268	.300	.568	*6/H
5	Josh Donaldson	7.4	5.0	2.7	126	695	2014	28	OAK	AL	158	608	93	155	31	2	29	98	76	5	130	7	0	4	16	8	0	.255	.342	.456	.798	*5/DH
6	Lorenzo Cain	5.0	2.2	2.7	108	502	2014	28	KCR	AL	133	471	55	142	29	4	5	53	24	2	108	4	0	3	9	28	5	.301	.339	.412	.751	*8*9/HD
7	Alex Gordon	6.6	3.4	2.6	117	643	2014	30	KCR	AL	156	563	87	150	34	1	19	74	65	5	126	11	0	4	11	12	3	.266	.351	.432	.783	*7
8	Jhonny Peralta	5.8	4.0	2.6	116	628	2014	32	STL	NL	157	560	61	147	38	0	21	75	58	2	112	6	0	4	19	3	2	.263	.336	.443	.779	*6/HD
9	Dustin Pedroia	4.8	2.8	2.5	101	609	2014	30	BOS	AL	135	551	72	153	33	0	7	53	51	1	75	1	0	6	14	6	6	.278	.337	.376	.712	*4/H
10	Leonys Martin	4.6	2.8	2.2	94	583	2014	26	TEX	AL	155	533	68	146	13	7	7	40	39	3	114	2	7	2	4	31	12	.274	.325	.364	.689	*8/HD
11	DJ LeMahieu	1.5	-0.3	2.2	75	538	2014	25	COL	NL	149	494	59	132	15	5	5	42	33	7	97	2	7	2	13	10	10	.267	.315	.348	.663	*4/5H63
12	J.J. Hardy	3.4	2.2	2.1	93	569	2014	31	BAL	AL	141	529	56	142	28	0	9	52	29	1	104	4	3	4	12	0	0	.268	.309	.372	.682	*6
13	Salvador Perez	3.3	2.3	2.1	90	606	2014	24	KCR	AL	150	578	57	150	28	2	17	70	22	2	85	3	0	3	22	1	0	.260	.289	.403	.692	*2/DH
14	Jonathan Lucroy	6.7	5.6	2.0	132	655	2014	28	MIL	NL	153	585	73	176	53	2	13	69	66	3	71	2	0	2	13	4	4	.301	.373	.465	.837	*23/HD
15	Anthony Rendon	6.5	4.8	2.0	125	683	2014	24	WSN	NL	153	613	111	176	39	6	21	83	58	2	104	5	2	5	11	17	3	.287	.351	.473	.824	*54/H

For all the drooling over fielding metrics the best do not seem to impact the game nearly as much as the best batters.  Here are the worst, dWAR <= 1.8:

The first our columns: WAR, oWAR, dWAR (fielding), OPS+

136	Dexter Fowler	1.7	3.8	-1.8	119	505	2014	28	HOU	AL	116	434	61	120	21	4	8	35	66	2	108	3	1	1	6	11	4	.276	.375	.399	.774	*8/DH
137	Adam Dunn	0.3	1.0	-1.8	113	511	2014	34	TOT	AL	131	429	49	94	18	0	22	64	71	5	159	7	0	4	5	1	1	.219	.337	.415	.752	*D3H/791
138	Ben Revere	0.6	2.8	-1.8	93	626	2014	26	PHI	NL	151	601	71	184	13	7	2	28	13	1	49	4	7	1	11	49	8	.306	.325	.361	.686	*8H
139	Garrett Jones	-1.1	-0.1	-1.9	99	547	2014	33	MIA	NL	146	496	59	122	33	2	15	53	46	4	116	1	0	4	10	0	1	.246	.309	.411	.720	*3H/9
140	Freddie Freeman	3.1	4.0	-2.0	138	708	2014	24	ATL	NL	162	607	93	175	43	4	18	78	90	4	145	8	0	3	18	3	4	.288	.386	.461	.847	*3
141	Jose Abreu	5.5	6.5	-2.1	169	622	2014	27	CHW	AL	145	556	80	176	35	2	36	107	51	15	131	11	0	4	14	3	1	.317	.383	.581	.964	*3D/H
142	Shin-Soo Choo	0.1	1.4	-2.1	101	529	2014	31	TEX	AL	123	455	58	110	19	1	13	40	58	3	131	12	0	4	9	3	4	.242	.340	.374	.714	*7D9/H
143	Ryan Howard	-1.1	0.2	-2.3	93	648	2014	34	PHI	NL	153	569	65	127	18	1	23	95	67	7	190	7	0	5	10	0	0	.223	.310	.380	.690	*3/HD
144	Torii Hunter	0.4	2.2	-2.4	111	586	2014	38	DET	AL	142	549	71	157	33	2	17	83	23	0	89	7	0	7	18	4	3	.286	.319	.446	.765	*9/HD
145	Dayan Viciedo	-0.9	0.8	-2.4	92	563	2014	25	CHW	AL	145	523	65	121	22	3	21	58	32	3	122	5	0	3	19	0	1	.231	.281	.405	.686	*97D/H3
146	Nick Castellanos	-1.5	1.6	-2.7	93	579	2014	22	DET	AL	148	533	50	138	31	4	11	66	36	3	140	3	0	7	7	2	2	.259	.306	.394	.700	*5/H
147	Matt Kemp	1.1	3.8	-3.1	140	599	2014	29	LAD	NL	150	541	77	155	38	3	25	89	52	3	145	0	0	6	21	8	5	.287	.346	.506	.852	978H/D

Torii Hunter tied for third worst in fielding?  Derek Jeter: #92 -.5.  Victor Martinez" #131 -1.6.

Sun Tzu; Sun Zi; Sunzi c. 544 – 496 BC was a Chinese author of The Art of War , an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. He is also one of the earliest realists in international relations theory.