Bo Jackson...how good was he really?

[guidoLaMoto]

Bo: WAR is ~8 over 8 seasons, so he provided his team with ~1 more win per season than a theoretical average AAA player called up to replace him could have done. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...acksbo01.shtml


WAR for Jim Landis (?Who?)-- ~ 2 per season over 11 seasons https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...andiji01.shtml


Nellie Fox WAR 3.5/season https://www.baseball-reference.com/p.../foxne01.shtml


The Mick- 6+ per season over 18 yrs. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...antlmi01.shtml


Bo was an impressive physical specimen capable of an occasional noteworthy play that rarely influenced the outcome of a baseball game.

[Hulsker 1856]

He was the best running back the Kansas City Royals ever drafted. You can't argue with that.

(He wasn't the best football player, though - The Royals drafted both Dan Marino and John Elway)