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Top Left Fielders by Decade

based on Wins Above Replacement

2010's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ryan Braun	4	2010	2013	22.2
Josh Hamilton	4	2010	2013	15.4
Alex Gordon	4	2010	2013	14.6
Matt Holliday	4	2010	2013	14.1
Carlos Gonzalez	4	2010	2013	13.2

2000's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Barry Bonds	8	2000	2007	59.1
Lance Berkman	10	2000	2009	46.1
Manny Ramirez	10	2000	2009	43.5
Carl Crawford	8	2002	2009	28.6
Carlos Lee	10	2000	2009	26.0

1990's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Barry Bonds	10	1990	1999	80.0
Albert Belle	10	1990	1999	39.2
Rickey Henderson	10	1990	1999	39.0
Tony Phillips	10	1990	1999	36.8
Ron Gant	9	1990	1999	28.6

1980's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Rickey Henderson	10	1980	1989	70.8
Tim Raines	10	1980	1989	45.4
Pedro Guerrero	10	1980	1989	35.1
Jose Cruz	9	1980	1988	29.1
Lonnie Smith	10	1980	1989	28.5

1970's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Pete Rose	10	1970	1979	50.5
Carl Yastrzemski	10	1970	1979	40.5
Roy White	10	1970	1979	38.0
Willie Stargell	10	1970	1979	37.7
George Foster	10	1970	1979	32.0

1960's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carl Yastrzemski	9	1961	1969	53.1
Billy Williams	10	1960	1969	41.1
Lou Brock	9	1961	1969	31.2
Frank Howard	10	1960	1969	30.2
Tom Tresh	9	1961	1969	22.0

1950's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Stan Musial	10	1950	1959	61.0
Ted Williams	10	1950	1959	47.5
Minnie Minoso	9	1951	1959	47.4
Gene Woodling	10	1950	1959	25.7
Ralph Kiner	6	1950	1955	24.0

1940's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ted Williams	7	1940	1949	66.0
Charlie Keller	9	1940	1949	37.3
Jeff Heath	10	1940	1949	30.6
Augie Galan	10	1940	1949	25.9
Ralph Kiner	4	1946	1949	25.5

1930's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Medwick	8	1932	1939	38.7
Al Simmons	10	1930	1939	38.1
Bob Johnson	7	1933	1939	33.1
Goose Goslin	9	1930	1938	26.4
John Stone	9	1930	1938	24.5

1920's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ken Williams	10	1920	1929	40.9
Goose Goslin	9	1921	1929	39.7
Bob Meusel	10	1920	1929	27.6
Zack Wheat	8	1920	1927	27.4
Heinie Manush	7	1923	1929	23.9

1910's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Sherry Magee	10	1910	1919	31.9
Zack Wheat	10	1910	1919	31.9
Bobby Veach	8	1912	1919	30.3
George Burns	9	1911	1919	28.9
Burt Shotton	9	1911	1919	23.8

1900's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Fred Clarke	10	1900	1909	41.2
Jimmy Sheckard	10	1900	1909	33.6
Topsy Hartsel	10	1900	1909	30.3
Sherry Magee	6	1904	1909	27.2
Mike Donlin	8	1900	1908	26.6

1890's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ed Delahanty	10	1890	1899	51.7
Joe Kelley	9	1891	1899	35.7
Jesse Burkett	10	1890	1899	34.6
Elmer Smith	8	1892	1899	27.7
Fred Clarke	6	1894	1899	21.1

1880's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jim O'Rourke	10	1880	1889	27.8
Tip O'Neill	7	1883	1889	19.9
Henry Larkin	6	1884	1889	17.4
Abner Dalrymple	9	1880	1888	15.8
George Wood	10	1880	1889	15.3

1870's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tom York	9	1871	1879	12.7
Charley Jones	5	1875	1879	11.3
George Hall	7	1871	1877	10.4
Andy Leonard	8	1871	1878	6.4
Ned Cuthbert	7	1871	1877	3.3

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

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James