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
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

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