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Originally Posted by JoshMN
Notwithstanding my prior comment, a walk actually is the same as a hit for the purposes of OBP.
But if we start counting a walk as only 75% of hit for OBP purposes, where does that leave the WAR totals for players like Babe Ruth and Bobby Bonds and Ted Williams?
It sounds like the BO stat nerds haven’t thought this all the way through.
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That's how Fangraphs' version of WAR does, using wOBA:
https://library.fangraphs.com/offense/woba/