Left Fielder WAR Rankings
Our Player Rankings are based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and a combination of career, short and long peak performance, prime performance, and performance during championship seasons.
SCORE
Our formula that combines career, peak, prime, and championship WAR.
WAR
Career Wins Above Replacement.
WAR7
Top 7 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.
WAR5C
Best 5 consecutive seasons by Wins Above Replacement.
WAR3
Top 3 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.
CHWAR
Wins Above Replacement in pennant-winning seasons.
RANK | PLAYER | HOF | FROM | TO | SCORE | WAR | WAR7 | WAR5C | WAR3 | CHWAR |
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1 | Ted Williams | Y | 1939 | 1960 | 570.9 | 121.9 | 72.7 | 53.0 | 34.1 | 10.9 |
2 | Barry Bonds | N | 1986 | 2007 | 526.6 | 162.8 | 78.8 | 51.2 | 37.1 | 11.9 |
3 | Stan Musial | Y | 1941 | 1963 | 480.5 | 128.1 | 64.4 | 44.6 | 30.4 | 32.1 |
4 | Rickey Henderson | Y | 1979 | 2003 | 438.6 | 111.2 | 59.0 | 36.2 | 28.6 | 15.0 |
5 | Carl Yastrzemski | Y | 1961 | 1983 | 400.3 | 96.4 | 51.8 | 43.4 | 31.4 | 15.2 |
6 | Pete Rose | N | 1963 | 1986 | 326.9 | 79.7 | 44.9 | 31.4 | 22.1 | 21.9 |
7 | Tim Raines | Y | 1979 | 2002 | 298.9 | 69.4 | 40.7 | 32.3 | 20.3 | 0.9 |
... | HOF Left Fielder | Y | ... | ... | 296.6 | 69.6 | 43.6 | 31.5 | 22.4 | 11.7 |
8 | Joe Jackson | N | 1908 | 1920 | 293.2 | 62.1 | 53.5 | 34.4 | 26.9 | 11.6 |
9 | Minnie Minoso | N | 1949 | 1980 | 289.5 | 50.2 | 42.2 | 28.4 | 21.0 | 0.0 |
10 | Al Simmons | Y | 1924 | 1944 | 284.6 | 68.0 | 42.8 | 33.6 | 22.9 | 23.1 |
11 | Goose Goslin | Y | 1921 | 1938 | 273.5 | 66.2 | 41.8 | 32.4 | 20.6 | 21.3 |
12 | Ralph Kiner | Y | 1946 | 1955 | 271.6 | 47.9 | 41.3 | 36.3 | 23.6 | 0.0 |
13 | Charlie Keller | N | 1939 | 1952 | 270.0 | 43.5 | 38.8 | 32.7 | 20.3 | 24.6 |
14 | Billy Williams | Y | 1959 | 1976 | 268.4 | 63.7 | 37.8 | 28.5 | 19.8 | 0.0 |
15 | Willie Stargell | Y | 1962 | 1982 | 264.0 | 57.5 | 39.4 | 28.0 | 22.1 | 10.4 |
16 | Joe Medwick | Y | 1932 | 1948 | 251.3 | 54.3 | 40.0 | 31.1 | 23.0 | 7.6 |
17 | Manny Ramirez | N | 1993 | 2011 | 251.2 | 69.3 | 38.9 | 28.8 | 20.2 | 12.7 |
18 | Lance Berkman | N | 1999 | 2013 | 246.1 | 52.0 | 40.7 | 25.8 | 19.3 | 6.7 |
19 | Fred Clarke | Y | 1894 | 1915 | 240.5 | 67.8 | 40.6 | 22.1 | 19.1 | 9.5 |
20 | Sherry Magee | N | 1904 | 1919 | 239.2 | 59.4 | 39.6 | 27.7 | 20.7 | 0.0 |
21 | Jose Cruz | N | 1970 | 1988 | 235.8 | 54.4 | 35.2 | 23.8 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
22 | George Foster | N | 1969 | 1986 | 233.5 | 44.2 | 35.7 | 29.1 | 18.6 | 10.7 |
23 | Ken Williams | N | 1915 | 1929 | 232.5 | 42.5 | 36.5 | 29.3 | 20.9 | 0.0 |
24 | Roy White | N | 1965 | 1979 | 232.1 | 46.8 | 36.1 | 27.5 | 19.8 | 9.9 |
25 | Luis Gonzalez | N | 1990 | 2008 | 231.7 | 51.7 | 34.2 | 25.1 | 19.4 | 7.9 |
26 | Monte Irvin | N | 1949 | 1956 | 231.4 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 28.5 | 14.8 | 9.8 |
27 | Albert Belle | N | 1989 | 2000 | 227.6 | 40.1 | 35.9 | 26.9 | 19.7 | 6.9 |
28 | Bob Johnson | N | 1933 | 1945 | 223.1 | 55.3 | 34.1 | 24.6 | 17.9 | 0.0 |
29 | Jim Rice | Y | 1974 | 1989 | 222.4 | 47.7 | 33.9 | 24.8 | 18.6 | 8.6 |
30 | Matt Holliday | N | 2004 | 2018 | 221.2 | 44.4 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 17.8 | 12.4 |
31 | Zack Wheat | Y | 1909 | 1927 | 220.3 | 60.1 | 35.1 | 21.2 | 18.1 | 10.7 |
32 | Lou Brock | Y | 1961 | 1979 | 215.5 | 45.4 | 31.8 | 24.9 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
33 | Bobby Veach | N | 1912 | 1925 | 213.7 | 47.8 | 36.1 | 26.2 | 18.1 | 0.0 |
34 | Ryan Braun | N | 2007 | 2020 | 213.3 | 46.8 | 39.3 | 31.1 | 20.8 | 0.0 |
35 | Sid Gordon | N | 1941 | 1955 | 208.1 | 38.3 | 32.9 | 26.8 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
36 | Augie Galan | N | 1934 | 1949 | 207.1 | 44.7 | 35.2 | 23.9 | 18.7 | 7.4 |
37 | Don Buford | N | 1963 | 1972 | 207.0 | 36.2 | 33.6 | 24.0 | 16.9 | 14.4 |
38 | Lefty O\'Doul | N | 1919 | 1934 | 206.4 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 23.2 | 18.4 | 0.0 |
39 | Heinie Manush | Y | 1923 | 1939 | 203.0 | 47.2 | 34.0 | 22.8 | 17.8 | 4.1 |
40 | Alex Gordon | N | 2007 | 2020 | 201.6 | 35.1 | 32.4 | 27.2 | 20.1 | 9.3 |
41 | Brian Downing | N | 1973 | 1992 | 200.3 | 51.5 | 29.0 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
42 | George Burns | N | 1911 | 1925 | 200.0 | 39.4 | 37.2 | 23.2 | 20.4 | 11.0 |
43 | Jimmy Sheckard | N | 1897 | 1913 | 196.7 | 49.7 | 34.3 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 9.5 |
44 | Brett Gardner | N | 2008 | 2020 | 196.4 | 42.3 | 32.0 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 2.3 |
45 | Carl Crawford | N | 2002 | 2016 | 195.9 | 39.1 | 32.2 | 22.9 | 16.9 | 2.5 |
46 | Christian Yelich | N | 2013 | 2020 | 191.1 | 31.8 | 31.9 | 26.4 | 19.2 | 0.0 |
47 | Lonnie Smith | N | 1978 | 1994 | 188.7 | 38.5 | 29.7 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 11.5 |
48 | Moises Alou | N | 1990 | 2008 | 186.8 | 39.9 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
49 | Frank Howard | N | 1958 | 1973 | 182.7 | 37.6 | 29.2 | 21.6 | 14.9 | 4.1 |
50 | Yoenis Cespedes | N | 2012 | 2020 | 180.5 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 14.4 | 2.3 |
51 | George Stone | N | 1903 | 1910 | 176.7 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 24.7 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
52 | Ron Gant | N | 1987 | 2003 | 169.7 | 34.1 | 26.3 | 20.9 | 15.6 | 5.5 |
53 | Dusty Baker | N | 1968 | 1986 | 168.4 | 37.0 | 26.1 | 15.9 | 13.7 | 8.7 |
54 | Kevin Mitchell | N | 1984 | 1998 | 167.1 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 20.2 | 14.9 | 9.4 |
55 | Hank Sauer | N | 1941 | 1959 | 166.7 | 25.2 | 22.9 | 17.9 | 12.9 | 0.0 |
56 | Hideki Matsui | N | 2003 | 2012 | 166.3 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 16.7 | 13.6 | 4.9 |
57 | Starling Marte | N | 2012 | 2020 | 164.4 | 28.4 | 28.2 | 21.6 | 15.4 | 0.0 |
58 | Del Ennis | N | 1946 | 1959 | 163.4 | 29.9 | 28.7 | 21.1 | 15.1 | 4.9 |
59 | Jeff Heath | N | 1936 | 1949 | 163.2 | 37.6 | 29.3 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 4.8 |
60 | Alfonso Soriano | N | 1999 | 2014 | 158.8 | 28.6 | 27.1 | 19.4 | 16.3 | 5.4 |
61 | Kevin McReynolds | N | 1983 | 1994 | 157.4 | 30.1 | 26.3 | 19.2 | 14.1 | 5.4 |
62 | Chick Hafey | Y | 1924 | 1937 | 156.9 | 31.1 | 27.2 | 20.9 | 13.6 | 12.9 |
63 | Greg Vaughn | N | 1989 | 2003 | 156.1 | 30.8 | 27.6 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 6.3 |
64 | Michael Brantley | N | 2009 | 2020 | 154.9 | 28.7 | 26.4 | 18.2 | 14.9 | 4.6 |
65 | Gene Woodling | N | 1943 | 1962 | 154.4 | 33.2 | 24.7 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 15.2 |
66 | Rico Carty | N | 1963 | 1979 | 153.6 | 32.6 | 27.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 0.0 |
67 | B.J. Surhoff | N | 1987 | 2005 | 148.8 | 34.4 | 21.9 | 16.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
68 | Mike Greenwell | N | 1985 | 1996 | 148.2 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 19.2 | 14.7 | 0.0 |
69 | Mike Donlin | N | 1899 | 1914 | 146.2 | 29.0 | 26.9 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 6.5 |
70 | Jason Bay | N | 2003 | 2013 | 145.2 | 24.7 | 24.5 | 19.4 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
71 | Larry Hisle | N | 1968 | 1982 | 144.6 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 19.2 | 14.7 | 0.0 |
72 | Hal McRae | N | 1968 | 1987 | 144.4 | 27.9 | 24.2 | 16.4 | 13.6 | 3.4 |
73 | Riggs Stephenson | N | 1921 | 1934 | 144.1 | 32.5 | 24.2 | 16.6 | 13.3 | 8.0 |
74 | Cliff Floyd | N | 1993 | 2009 | 144.1 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
75 | Ben Oglivie | N | 1971 | 1986 | 143.5 | 26.4 | 23.4 | 17.8 | 14.0 | 3.4 |
76 | Topsy Hartsel | N | 1898 | 1911 | 143.5 | 31.2 | 25.4 | 18.0 | 14.3 | 5.3 |
77 | Joe Rudi | N | 1967 | 1982 | 142.9 | 25.5 | 23.5 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
78 | Shane Mack | N | 1987 | 1998 | 142.8 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 19.6 | 15.4 | 5.0 |
79 | Gary Matthews | N | 1972 | 1987 | 142.2 | 30.4 | 22.3 | 14.5 | 10.9 | 0.1 |
80 | Carlos Lee | N | 1999 | 2012 | 138.9 | 28.3 | 23.6 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
81 | Greg Luzinski | N | 1970 | 1984 | 138.4 | 26.3 | 22.4 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 0.4 |
82 | Bernard Gilkey | N | 1990 | 2001 | 138.1 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 19.6 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
83 | Wally Moon | N | 1954 | 1965 | 136.9 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 6.2 |
84 | Ryan Klesko | N | 1992 | 2007 | 136.5 | 26.9 | 21.7 | 16.1 | 12.3 | 6.2 |
85 | Shannon Stewart | N | 1995 | 2008 | 136.2 | 24.9 | 22.9 | 17.8 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
86 | Tommy Harper | N | 1962 | 1976 | 135.9 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 14.8 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
87 | Garret Anderson | N | 1994 | 2010 | 135.3 | 25.7 | 22.8 | 16.4 | 12.4 | 5.1 |
88 | Tom Tresh | N | 1961 | 1969 | 135.2 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 10.2 |
89 | Willie Horton | N | 1963 | 1980 | 134.7 | 26.4 | 20.7 | 16.9 | 11.9 | 5.4 |
90 | Don Baylor | N | 1970 | 1988 | 134.0 | 28.5 | 21.7 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 1.9 |
91 | Rusty Greer | N | 1994 | 2002 | 133.6 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 19.1 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
92 | Bob Meusel | N | 1920 | 1930 | 132.1 | 27.6 | 23.6 | 15.5 | 11.9 | 17.8 |
93 | John Stone | N | 1928 | 1938 | 130.0 | 26.3 | 22.8 | 16.3 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
94 | Steve Kemp | N | 1977 | 1988 | 128.5 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
95 | Tillie Walker | N | 1911 | 1923 | 128.3 | 25.5 | 23.5 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 2.0 |
96 | Rondell White | N | 1993 | 2007 | 125.7 | 28.1 | 22.4 | 16.7 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
97 | Cleon Jones | N | 1963 | 1976 | 125.2 | 18.0 | 20.7 | 17.9 | 15.9 | 6.5 |
98 | Bibb Falk | N | 1920 | 1931 | 122.5 | 22.3 | 20.7 | 17.1 | 14.5 | 0.0 |
99 | George Bell | N | 1981 | 1993 | 122.4 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 0.0 |
100 | Tommy Davis | N | 1959 | 1976 | 122.1 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 4.4 |