100 Greatest Left Fielders of All-Time

ALL-TIME TOP 100 LISTS

Baseball's All-Time Greatest Left Fielders Ranked From 1 to 100

RANKNAMEFROMTOCAREERLONG PEAKSHORT PEAKPRIME
1Ted Williams19391960121.972.734.153.0
2Stan Musial19411963128.164.430.444.6
3Rickey Henderson19792003111.259.028.636.2
4Barry Bonds19862007162.878.837.151.2
5Carl Yastrzemski1961198396.451.831.443.4
6Pete Rose1963198679.744.922.131.4
7Tim Raines1979200269.440.720.332.3
8Minnie Minoso1949198050.242.221.028.4
9Billy Williams1959197663.737.819.828.5
10Willie Stargell1962198257.539.422.128.0
11Al Simmons1924194468.042.822.933.6
12Joe Jackson1908192062.153.526.934.4
13Ralph Kiner1946195547.941.323.636.3
14Goose Goslin1921193866.242.920.832.4
15Charlie Keller1939195243.538.820.332.7
16Lance Berkman1999201352.040.719.325.8
17Jose Cruz1970198854.435.218.223.8
18Luis Gonzalez1990200851.734.219.425.1
19George Foster1969198644.235.718.629.1
20Roy White1965197946.836.119.827.5
21Joe Medwick1932194854.340.023.031.1
22Matt Holliday2004201844.434.317.826.9
23Albert Belle1989200040.135.919.726.9
24Jim Rice1974198947.733.918.624.8
25Monte Irvin1949195621.321.114.828.5
26Manny Ramirez1993201169.338.920.228.8
27Lou Brock1961197945.431.817.124.9
28Sherry Magee1904191959.439.620.727.7
29Christian Yelich2013202236.133.019.226.4
30Brett Gardner2008202144.532.416.719.9
31Fred Clarke1894191567.840.619.122.1
32Ken Williams1915192942.536.520.929.3
33Alex Gordon2007202034.431.219.727.2
34Bob Johnson1933194555.334.117.924.6
35Don Buford1963197236.233.616.924.0
36Carl Crawford2002201639.132.216.922.9
37Brian Downing1973199251.529.015.517.0
38Zack Wheat1909192760.135.118.121.2
39Sid Gordon1941195538.332.917.126.8
40Ryan Braun2007202047.139.320.831.1
41Bobby Veach1912192547.836.118.126.2
42Augie Galan1934194944.735.218.723.9
43Yoenis Cespedes2012202021.622.314.421.7
44Lonnie Smith1978199438.529.719.518.9
45Moises Alou1990200839.927.715.317.1
46Lefty O'Doul1919193426.927.218.423.2
47Michael Brantley2009202234.128.215.618.2
48Heinie Manush1923193947.234.017.822.8
49George Burns1911192539.437.220.423.2
50Frank Howard1958197337.629.214.921.6
51Jimmy Sheckard1897191349.734.319.719.8
52Juan Soto2018202223.222.717.323.2
53Hideki Matsui2003201221.221.313.616.7
54Ron Gant1987200334.126.315.620.9
55Dusty Baker1968198637.026.113.715.9
56Kevin Mitchell1984199829.126.514.920.2
57Alfonso Soriano1999201428.627.116.319.4
58Hank Sauer1941195925.222.912.917.9
59Kevin McReynolds1983199430.126.314.119.2
60Greg Vaughn1989200330.827.616.415.1
61Del Ennis1946195929.928.715.121.1
62George Stone1903191026.025.919.024.7
63Starling Marte2012202238.631.914.921.6
64Rico Carty1963197932.627.615.212.8
65Jeff Heath1936194937.629.314.215.5
66B.J. Surhoff1987200534.421.911.716.0
67Gene Woodling1943196233.224.712.614.3
68Jason Bay2003201324.724.515.319.4
69Mike Greenwell1985199625.825.714.719.2
70Cliff Floyd1993200925.925.316.216.7
71Larry Hisle1968198225.024.614.719.2
72Hal McRae1968198727.924.213.616.4
73Marcell Ozuna2013202220.120.312.615.6
74Shane Mack1987199821.621.215.419.6
75Ben Oglivie1971198626.423.414.017.8
76Joe Rudi1967198225.523.513.818.8
77Chick Hafey1924193731.127.213.620.9
78Gary Matthews1972198730.422.310.914.5
79Carlos Lee1999201228.323.612.215.2
80Bernard Gilkey1990200121.622.716.019.6
81Greg Luzinski1970198426.322.412.615.2
82Ryan Klesko1992200726.921.712.316.1
83Shannon Stewart1995200824.922.912.417.8
84Garret Anderson1994201025.722.812.416.4
85Tommy Harper1962197625.822.715.714.8
86Willie Horton1963198026.420.711.916.9
87Wally Moon1954196525.025.513.015.4
88Rusty Greer1994200222.422.013.719.1
89Tom Tresh1961196922.022.013.819.4
90Don Baylor1970198828.521.710.513.3
91Riggs Stephenson1921193432.524.213.316.6
92Mike Donlin1899191429.026.916.918.3
93Steve Kemp1977198819.519.011.518.7
94Topsy Hartsel1898191131.225.414.318.0
95Bobby Higginson1995200523.121.412.315.2
96Cleon Jones1963197618.020.715.917.9
97George Bell1981199320.021.312.816.8
98Geoff Jenkins1998200821.921.013.613.9
99Tommy Davis1959197620.520.712.815.8
100Bob Meusel1920193027.623.611.915.5
EXPLANATION OF TABLE DATA
CAREER = Career Wins Above Replacement (WAR).
We use bWAR.
LONG PEAK = WAR in best seven seasons.
SHORT PEAK = WAR in best three seasons.
PRIME = WAR in best five consecutive seasons.

How Do We Rank The Players?

That's a Great Question. In short, it isn't Simple.

We have gone to great lengths to make our All-Time Baseball Player Rankings as thorough as possible. We believe our rankings are the most comprehensive, fair, and accurate.

Players are evaluated on five criteria as the foundation of our rankings: 

  • Career Value
  • Long Peak
  • Short Peak
  • Career Prime Value
  • Contribution to Championship Teams

We use Wins Above Replacement (WAR) as a basis for these calculations. However, we also adjust for era, integration and level of competition, and missed playing time due to factors beyond the control of the player.

Generally, a player’s Career Value is worth about 50-60% of the ranking score we assign him. That leaves half or just under half from his long peak (seven best seasons), short peak (three best seasons), and prime (five best consecutive seasons). The contribution to championship teams (player performance in seasons where his team wins the pennant) is a small factor in most cases.

Because we adjust for timeline and era, our rankings have fewer players from before 1941 than many other baseball player lists.

We feel it’s important to acknowledge that baseball is harder to play today than it was 25 years ago, and 50 years ago, and so on. It doesn’t make sense, in our opinion, for most of the great baseball players to have played prior to World War II, when MLB was segregated.