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WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
26.4
NYA
12.6
27.9
BOS
12.4
36.9
SFN
11.9
37.9
SFN
11.8
31.4
NYA
11.5
27.8
BOS
10.9
39.9
SFN
10.7
23.8
BOS
10.6
Center Field
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
30.5
DET
11.4
25.7
NYA
11.3
24.7
NYA
11.3
34.2
SFN
11.2
33.2
SFN
11.1
20.9
LAA
10.9
24.5
DET
10.7
23.2
NY1
10.6

Right Field
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
28.4
NYA
14.0
32.4
NYA
12.4
25.4
NYA
11.8
29.4
NYA
11.7
27.6
SLN
11.1
23.5
SL4
11.0
35.4
NYA
10.5
36.4
NYA
10.3
Shortstop
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
30.9
BAL
11.5
34.4
PIT
11.5
26.8
ML4
10.5
31.0
CLE
10.4
24.9
SEA
10.3
28.4
CHN
10.2
31.4
PIT
10.1
26.0
BOS
10.0
Second Base
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
28.2
SLN
12.1
31.8
CIN
11.0
25.2
SLN
10.8
23.2
PHA
10.5
33.2
CHN
10.4
29.2
SLN
10.1
31.2
NY1
10.1
26.2
SLN
10.0
Third Base
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
29.3
CLE
10.1
27.4
CHN
9.8
24.8
PHI
9.7
25.2
LAN
9.6
27.1
KCA
9.5
31.9
NYA
9.4
29.9
NYA
9.4
26.3
PHA
9.2
First Base
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
24.0
NYA
11.8
24.7
PHA
10.4
31.0
NYA
10.4
27.3
SLA
9.8
29.5
SLN
9.7
31.8
MIN
9.7
27.0
NYA
9.6
30.9
BOS
9.5
 
Catcher
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
28.8
LAN
8.7
28.2
MON
8.6
24.6
CIN
8.6
26.6
CIN
7.8
26.2
MIN
7.8
27.5
KCA
7.6
22.6
CIN
7.5
30.2
MON
7.4
Designated Hitter
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
32.5
SEA
7.0
23.1
CHA
7.0
33.5
SEA
6.5
31.6
BOS
6.4
34.5
SEA
6.2
Starting Pitcher
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
26.5
NY4
20.0
29.6
PRO
19.3
27.1
LS1
18.6
27.5
BFN
18.4
28.2
LS2
17.8
23.0
BSN
16.2
28.0
BSN
16.1
25.7
WS1
16.0
20.5
SL4
15.8
26.0
CHN
15.1
27.7
MULT
14.8
28.6
PRO
14.7
24.7
WS1
14.6
23.2
BSN
14.4
23.1
NY1
14.3
24.8
BS1
14.2
28.1
LS1
13.6
22.6
NY2
13.6
25.4
TL1
13.4
22.2
BSN
13.3
25.6
BSN
13.3
20.6
NYN
13.2
20.8
BSN
13.2
25.3
CL4
13.1
22.5
CHP
13.0
Swingman
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
24.1
MULT
5.7
30.1
NYA
4.7
21.5
CHA
4.6
19.7
PHA
4.2
29.6
MULT
4.1
30.8
PHA
4.1
25.6
SDN
3.9
26.3
CIN
3.9
Relief Pitcher
Age
Yr
Tm
WAR
24.0
CHA
8.3
30.2
DET
8.1
25.6
TOR
7.4
24.5
CHN
6.5
30.3
TEX
6.2
26.0
PIT
6.1
24.6
SLN
6.1
34.3
CIN
6.0
27.2
BOS
6.0
27.7
MIN
5.7
28.2
CLE
5.7
30.9
SFN
5.5
30.4
KCA
5.5
26.2
BOS
5.5
30.8
DET
5.4
26.7
CHA
5.3
25.2
BOS
5.2
26.7
PHI
5.2
28.5
ML4
5.2
26.5
CHN
5.2
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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

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