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Top Third Basemen by Decade

based on Wins Above Replacement

2010's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Adrian Beltre	4	2010	2013	21.8
Evan Longoria	4	2010	2013	20.4
Chase Headley	4	2010	2013	14.2
David Wright	4	2010	2013	13.9
Ryan Zimmerman	4	2010	2013	12.5

2000's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Alex Rodriguez	10	2000	2009	77.6
Chipper Jones	10	2000	2009	50.5
Scott Rolen	10	2000	2009	48.2
Adrian Beltre	10	2000	2009	40.5
Troy Glaus	10	2000	2009	35.3

1990's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Robin Ventura	10	1990	1999	45.8
Matt Williams	10	1990	1999	41.1
Wade Boggs	10	1990	1999	31.2
Travis Fryman	10	1990	1999	30.7
Jim Thome	9	1991	1999	29.6

1980's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Wade Boggs	8	1982	1989	59.8
Mike Schmidt	10	1980	1989	56.3
George Brett	10	1980	1989	47.5
Paul Molitor	10	1980	1989	38.1
Buddy Bell	10	1980	1989	34.8

1970's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Graig Nettles	10	1970	1979	54.3
Mike Schmidt	8	1972	1979	50.2
Sal Bando	10	1970	1979	49.0
George Brett	7	1973	1979	36.1
Ron Cey	9	1971	1979	35.3

1960's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ron Santo	10	1960	1969	57.6
Brooks Robinson	10	1960	1969	53.8
Eddie Mathews	9	1960	1968	42.8
Ken Boyer	10	1960	1969	38.3
Dick Allen	7	1963	1969	35.3

1950's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Eddie Mathews	8	1952	1959	53.4
Al Rosen	7	1950	1956	33.1
Eddie Yost	10	1950	1959	31.4
Ray Boone	10	1950	1959	25.0
Ken Boyer	5	1955	1959	24.6

1940's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bob Elliott	10	1940	1949	39.8
Stan Hack	8	1940	1947	31.5
Ken Keltner	9	1940	1949	27.3
Whitey Kurowski	9	1941	1949	24.0
Sid Gordon	7	1941	1949	16.5

1930's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Harlond Clift	6	1934	1939	25.6
Red Rolfe	7	1931	1939	21.1
Stan Hack	8	1932	1939	20.9
Billy Werber	8	1930	1939	18.3
Pinky Higgins	8	1930	1939	16.1

1920's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Willie Kamm	7	1923	1929	24.7
Pie Traynor	10	1920	1929	23.0
Ossie Bluege	8	1922	1929	16.2
Freddie Lindstrom	6	1924	1929	15.0
Heinie Groh	8	1920	1927	14.3

1910's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Baker	9	1910	1919	53.2
Larry Gardner	10	1910	1919	37.5
Heinie Groh	8	1912	1919	34.1
Heinie Zimmerman	10	1910	1919	33.9
Red Smith	9	1911	1919	26.8

1900's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Bradley	10	1900	1909	37.7
Tommy Leach	10	1900	1909	33.9
Jimmy Collins	9	1900	1908	33.4
Art Devlin	6	1904	1909	30.3
Harry Steinfeldt	10	1900	1909	27.6

1890's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
George Davis	10	1890	1899	42.5
John McGraw	9	1891	1899	35.0
Bill Joyce	8	1890	1898	31.0
Lave Cross	10	1890	1899	25.0
Denny Lyons	8	1890	1897	21.7

1880's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ned Williamson	10	1880	1889	31.8
Ezra Sutton	9	1880	1888	23.1
Jerry Denny	9	1881	1889	20.4
Deacon White	10	1880	1889	19.8
Arlie Latham	8	1880	1889	16.7

1870's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Cap Anson	9	1871	1879	19.2
Bob Ferguson	9	1871	1879	11.2
Levi Meyerle	7	1871	1877	11.0
Ezra Sutton	9	1871	1879	9.0
Joe Battin	6	1871	1877	6.0

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James