100 Greatest Left Fielders of All-Time

Baseball's greatest left fielders ranked by career, peak, and prime value. Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Barry Bonds. Updated through 2024.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

CATCHER

FIRST BASE

SECOND BASE

SHORTSTOP

THIRD BASE

LEFT FIELD

CENTER FIELD

RIGHT FIELD

PITCHER

Glossary of Terms for Player Rankings

CAREER = Wins Above Replacement

Long Peak: Best 7 Seasons by WAR

Short Peak: Best 3 Seasons by WAR

Prime: Best 5 Consecutive Seasons by WAR

Player Score: Our Player Rankings Score

RANK	NAME	FROM	TO	CAREER	LONG PEAK	SHORT PEAK	PRIME	PLAYER SCORE
1	Ted Williams	1939	1960	121.9	72.7	34.1	53.0	513.3
2	Stan Musial	1941	1963	128.1	64.4	30.4	44.6	433.3
3	Rickey Henderson	1979	2003	111.2	59.0	28.6	36.2	416.5
4	Barry Bonds	1986	2007	162.8	78.8	37.1	51.2	388.5
5	Carl Yastrzemski	1961	1983	96.4	51.8	31.4	43.4	374.9
6	Pete Rose	1963	1986	79.7	44.9	22.1	31.4	306.6
7	Tim Raines	1979	2002	69.4	40.7	20.3	32.3	282.8
8	Minnie Minoso	1949	1980	50.2	42.2	21.0	28.4	269.8
9	Billy Williams	1959	1976	63.7	37.8	19.8	28.5	250.5
10	Willie Stargell	1962	1982	57.5	39.4	22.1	28.0	247.2
11	Al Simmons	1924	1944	68.0	42.8	22.9	33.6	245.0
12	Joe Jackson	1908	1920	62.1	53.5	26.9	34.4	244.8
13	Ralph Kiner	1946	1955	47.9	41.3	23.6	36.3	240.6
14	Charlie Keller	1939	1952	43.5	38.8	20.3	32.7	236.7
15	Goose Goslin	1921	1938	66.2	42.9	20.8	32.4	236.6
16	Lance Berkman	1999	2013	52.0	40.7	19.3	25.8	235.8
17	Juan Soto	2018	2024	36.4	36.4	20.5	25.7	223.1
18	Monte Irvin	1949	1956	21.3	21.1	14.8	28.5	222.0
19	Jose Cruz	1970	1988	54.4	35.2	18.2	23.8	221.1
20	Albert Belle	1989	2000	40.1	35.9	19.7	26.9	219.5
21	Luis Gonzalez	1990	2008	51.7	34.2	19.4	25.1	219.4
22	George Foster	1969	1986	44.2	35.7	18.6	29.1	218.7
23	Joe Medwick	1932	1948	54.3	40.0	23.0	31.1	217.4
24	Roy White	1965	1979	46.8	36.1	19.8	27.5	217.3
25	Matt Holliday	2004	2018	44.4	34.3	17.8	26.9	215.5
26	Christian Yelich	2013	2024	41.9	33.9	19.2	26.4	213.7
27	Jim Rice	1974	1989	47.7	33.9	18.6	24.8	208.8
28	Lou Brock	1961	1979	45.4	31.8	17.1	24.9	201.2
29	Sherry Magee	1904	1919	59.4	39.6	20.7	27.7	201.0
30	Brett Gardner	2008	2021	44.5	32.4	16.7	19.9	200.2
31	Fred Clarke	1894	1915	67.8	40.6	19.1	22.1	200.0
32	Ken Williams	1915	1929	42.5	36.5	20.9	29.3	198.2
33	Alex Gordon	2007	2020	34.4	31.2	19.7	27.2	194.1
34	Bob Johnson	1933	1945	55.3	34.1	17.9	24.6	192.4
35	Don Buford	1963	1972	36.2	33.6	16.9	24.0	192.0
36	Carl Crawford	2002	2016	39.1	32.2	16.9	22.9	189.4
37	Zack Wheat	1909	1927	60.1	35.1	18.1	21.2	187.5
38	Manny Ramirez	1993	2011	69.3	38.9	20.2	28.8	185.9
39	Sid Gordon	1941	1955	38.3	32.9	17.1	26.8	183.9
40	Yoenis Cespedes	2012	2020	21.6	22.3	14.4	21.7	182.9
41	Bobby Veach	1912	1925	47.8	36.1	18.1	26.2	181.5
42	Moises Alou	1990	2008	39.9	27.7	15.3	17.1	181.2
43	Augie Galan	1934	1949	44.7	35.2	18.7	23.9	178.7
44	Lonnie Smith	1978	1994	38.5	29.7	19.5	18.9	177.3
45	Lefty O'Doul	1919	1934	26.9	27.2	18.4	23.2	177.0
46	Michael Brantley	2009	2023	34.3	28.2	15.6	18.2	175.5
47	Heinie Manush	1923	1939	47.2	34.0	17.8	22.8	174.0
48	George Burns	1911	1925	39.4	37.2	20.4	23.2	169.5
49	Frank Howard	1958	1973	37.6	29.2	14.9	21.6	169.4
50	Ryan Braun	2007	2020	47.1	39.3	20.8	31.1	165.4
51	Marcell Ozuna	2013	2024	27.7	24.9	14.3	15.6	165.0
52	Jimmy Sheckard	1897	1913	49.7	34.3	19.7	19.8	164.0
53	Hideki Matsui	2003	2012	21.2	21.3	13.6	16.7	162.0
54	Kevin Mitchell	1984	1998	29.1	26.5	14.9	20.2	160.0
55	Ron Gant	1987	2003	34.1	26.3	15.6	20.9	159.9
56	Dusty Baker	1968	1986	37.0	26.1	13.7	15.9	158.2
57	Alfonso Soriano	1999	2014	28.6	27.1	16.3	19.4	152.3
58	Hank Sauer	1941	1959	25.2	22.9	12.9	17.9	149.6
59	Kevin McReynolds	1983	1994	30.1	26.3	14.1	19.2	147.8
60	George Stone	1903	1910	26.0	25.9	19.0	24.7	147.7
61	Greg Vaughn	1989	2003	30.8	27.6	16.4	15.1	147.3
62	Del Ennis	1946	1959	29.9	28.7	15.1	21.1	146.3
63	Rico Carty	1963	1979	32.6	27.6	15.2	12.8	143.6
64	Jeff Heath	1936	1949	37.6	29.3	14.2	15.5	141.1
65	B.J. Surhoff	1987	2005	34.4	21.9	11.7	16.0	140.5
66	Gene Woodling	1943	1962	33.2	24.7	12.6	14.3	140.0
67	Jason Bay	2003	2013	24.7	24.5	15.3	19.4	139.4
68	Mike Greenwell	1985	1996	25.8	25.7	14.7	19.2	139.2
69	Shane Mack	1987	1998	21.6	21.2	15.4	19.6	137.5
70	Cliff Floyd	1993	2009	25.9	25.3	16.2	16.7	136.1
71	Larry Hisle	1968	1982	25.0	24.6	14.7	19.2	135.3
72	Ben Oglivie	1971	1986	26.4	23.4	14.0	17.8	134.1
73	Gary Matthews	1972	1987	30.4	22.3	10.9	14.5	134.0
74	Joe Rudi	1967	1982	25.5	23.5	13.8	18.8	133.7
75	Chick Hafey	1924	1937	31.1	27.2	13.6	20.9	133.6
76	Carlos Lee	1999	2012	28.3	23.6	12.2	15.2	132.8
77	Starling Marte	2012	2024	38.6	31.9	14.9	21.6	132.3
78	Greg Luzinski	1970	1984	26.3	22.4	12.6	15.2	130.9
79	Bernard Gilkey	1990	2001	21.6	22.7	16.0	19.6	129.7
80	Ryan Klesko	1992	2007	26.9	21.7	12.3	16.1	128.8
81	Shannon Stewart	1995	2008	24.9	22.9	12.4	17.8	128.4
82	Garret Anderson	1994	2010	25.7	22.8	12.4	16.4	128.2
83	Tommy Harper	1962	1976	25.8	22.7	15.7	14.8	126.5
84	Willie Horton	1963	1980	26.4	20.7	11.9	16.9	126.0
85	Wally Moon	1954	1965	25.0	25.5	13.0	15.4	125.3
86	Rusty Greer	1994	2002	22.4	22.0	13.7	19.1	125.3
87	Tom Tresh	1961	1969	22.0	22.0	13.8	19.4	124.8
88	Riggs Stephenson	1921	1934	32.5	24.2	13.3	16.6	123.1
89	Steve Kemp	1977	1988	19.5	19.0	11.5	18.7	123.0
90	Chris Taylor	2014	2024	16.9	17.1	11.2	14.6	122.0
91	Mike Donlin	1899	1914	29.0	26.9	16.9	18.3	121.6
92	Topsy Hartsel	1898	1911	31.2	25.4	14.3	18.0	119.5
93	Bobby Higginson	1995	2005	23.1	21.4	12.3	15.2	117.2
94	Cleon Jones	1963	1976	18.0	20.7	15.9	17.9	116.3
95	George Bell	1981	1993	20.0	21.3	12.8	16.8	114.5
96	Gene Richards	1977	1984	18.6	18.8	10.5	16.7	113.6
97	Geoff Jenkins	1998	2008	21.9	21.0	13.6	13.9	113.5
98	Tommy Davis	1959	1976	20.5	20.7	12.8	15.8	113.5
99	Ralph Garr	1968	1980	14.6	15.2	12.0	13.1	113.2
100	Bob Meusel	1920	1930	27.6	23.6	11.9	15.5	112.6
101	John Briggs	1964	1975	24.0	19.6	10.1	14.6	111.6
102	Joey Gallo	2015	2024	15.4	17.6	11.5	14.5	111.4
103	Joe Carter	1983	1998	19.3	21.3	13.6	13.5	111.3
104	John Stone	1928	1938	26.3	22.8	12.4	16.3	110.9
105	Charlie Maxwell	1950	1964	19.7	20.0	13.9	17.9	110.7
106	Raul Ibanez	1996	2014	20.1	20.0	10.6	15.1	110.6
107	Gary Ward	1979	1990	17.6	19.2	13.9	17.9	110.0
108	Tommy Pham	2014	2024	17.9	17.9	13.5	14.8	109.8
109	Tillie Walker	1911	1923	25.5	23.5	13.3	15.4	108.4
110	Phil Bradley	1983	1990	18.5	18.7	11.4	16.6	105.5
111	Bibb Falk	1920	1931	22.3	20.7	14.5	17.1	103.6
112	Max West	1938	1948	13.6	13.6	10.9	13.3	102.9
113	Charlie Jamieson	1915	1932	23.1	20.6	11.9	16.2	102.3
114	Mike Easler	1973	1987	12.9	13.4	9.8	11.5	101.6
115	John Anderson	1894	1908	28.8	21.3	10.9	14.5	99.8
116	Josh Willingham	2004	2014	18.4	17.5	8.7	13.6	99.3
117	Adam Dunn	2001	2014	18.0	17.4	10.0	13.6	98.9
118	Joe Vosmik	1930	1944	20.4	20.6	12.4	15.5	97.8
119	Warren Cromartie	1974	1991	16.4	16.5	9.4	13.6	96.9
120	Duffy Lewis	1910	1921	21.3	21.0	10.6	14.0	96.9

100 Greatest Left Fielders of All-Time

Baseball's greatest left fielders ranked by career, peak, and prime value. Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Barry Bonds. Updated through 2024.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

Glossary of Terms for Player Rankings

CAREER = Wins Above Replacement

Long Peak: Best 7 Seasons by WAR

Short Peak: Best 3 Seasons by WAR

Prime: Best 5 Consecutive Seasons by WAR

Player Score: Our Player Rankings Score

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