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Top Swingmen by Decade

based on Wins Above Replacement

2010's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Chris Sale	4	2010	2013	12.2
Alexi Ogando	4	2010	2013	8.0
Kris Medlen	4	2010	2013	6.7
Brett Myers	4	2010	2013	5.4
Tom Gorzelanny	4	2010	2013	4.1

2000's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Derek Lowe	10	2000	2009	29.6
Kerry Wood	10	2000	2009	23.1
John Smoltz	9	2001	2009	22.5
Ryan Dempster	10	2000	2009	12.8
Ryan Franklin	9	2001	2009	12.6

1990's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tom Gordon	10	1990	1999	21.2
Bill Swift	9	1990	1998	19.3
Greg Swindell	10	1990	1999	17.2
Woody Williams	7	1993	1999	12.1
Paul Quantrill	8	1992	1999	10.7

1980's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dennis Eckersley	10	1980	1989	25.6
Danny Darwin	10	1980	1989	23.9
Dave Righetti	9	1981	1989	22.6
Shane Rawley	10	1980	1989	19.3
Alejandro Pena	9	1981	1989	12.6

1970's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dick Drago	10	1970	1979	17.6
Ron Reed	10	1970	1979	16.6
Ken Forsch	10	1970	1979	15.3
Joe Niekro	10	1970	1979	12.2
Dick Tidrow	8	1972	1979	12.1

1960's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Turk Farrell	10	1960	1969	22.1
Hank Aguirre	10	1960	1969	17.1
Dick Hall	10	1960	1969	17.1
Bobby Bolin	9	1961	1969	16.0
Al McBean	9	1961	1969	15.6

1950's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hoyt Wilhelm	8	1952	1959	22.0
Ellis Kinder	8	1950	1957	21.2
Don Mossi	6	1954	1959	13.5
Marv Grissom	8	1952	1959	13.4
Jerry Staley	10	1950	1959	12.1

1940's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Murry Dickson	7	1940	1949	19.4
Al Benton	8	1940	1949	16.4
Harry Gumbert	9	1940	1949	14.7
Ted Wilks	6	1944	1949	13.1
Steve Gromek	9	1941	1949	12.4

1930's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Charley Root	10	1930	1939	24.6
Syl Johnson	10	1930	1939	19.7
Ivy Andrews	8	1931	1938	18.7
Clint Brown	10	1930	1939	18.5
Lloyd Brown	8	1930	1937	17.9

1920's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Eddie Rommel	10	1920	1929	44.3
Firpo Marberry	7	1923	1929	15.9
Watty Clark	4	1924	1929	11.2
Garland Braxton	7	1921	1929	11.2
Ray Kolp	7	1921	1929	9.4

1910's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Doc Crandall	8	1910	1918	19.2
Doc Ayers	7	1913	1919	12.9
Hank Robinson	6	1911	1918	8.8
Tom Hughes	6	1910	1918	8.1
Bill Steen	4	1912	1915	7.8

1900's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lew Richie	4	1906	1909	7.6
George Ferguson	4	1906	1909	2.8
Harry Coveleski	3	1907	1909	2.8
Babe Adams	3	1906	1909	1.9
Doc Crandall	2	1908	1909	1.9

1890's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Charlie Hickman	3	1897	1899	2.8
Bill Bernhard	1	1899	1899	2.0
Tully Sparks	2	1897	1899	1.0
Gus McGinnis	1	1893	1893	0.6
Billy Gumbert	3	1890	1893	0.5

1880's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jack Easton	1	1889	1889	0.4
Jack Fee	1	1889	1889	0.0
Varney Anderson	1	1889	1889	-0.1
Dave Anderson	1	1889	1889	-0.2
Joe Connors	1	1884	1884	-1.1

1870's

Player	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Phonney Martin	2	1872	1873	-1.7

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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