coalcracker
Veteran Member
Someone actually went and money-balled military history. Ethan Arsht applied the principles of baseball sabermetrics to the performances of history’s greatest generals’ ability to win battles. It starts with comparing the number of wins from that general to a replacement general in the same circumstances.
The math is tricky but the list is definitive.
So, which general is at #1 all-time?
Photo “A” - Ulysses S. Grant
Photo “B” - Robert E. Lee
Photo “C” - Takeda Shingen
Photo “D” - Napoleon Bonaparte
The math is tricky but the list is definitive.
So, which general is at #1 all-time?
Photo “A” - Ulysses S. Grant
Photo “B” - Robert E. Lee
Photo “C” - Takeda Shingen
Photo “D” - Napoleon Bonaparte