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Active Leaders & Records for Defensive WAR
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Statistic Description: Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously
This statistic is computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these lists.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Defensive WAR | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adrian Beltre (16, 34) | 22.1 | R |
| 2. | Placido Polanco (16, 37) | 17.9 | R |
| 3. | Chase Utley (11, 34) | 17.6 | L |
| 4. | Mark Ellis (11, 36) | 15.4 | R |
| 5. | Yadier Molina (10, 30) | 15.3 | R |
| 6. | Clint Barmes (11, 34) | 14.8 | R |
| 7. | Rafael Furcal (13, 35) | 14.4 | B |
| 8. | Jimmy Rollins (14, 34) | 13.8 | B |
| 9. | Brendan Ryan (7, 31) | 13.6 | R |
| 10. | Brandon Inge (13, 36) | 13.5 | R |
| 11. | Cesar Izturis (13, 33) | 12.1 | B |
| 12. | Alex Rodriguez (19, 37) | 11.8 | R |
| 13. | J.J. Hardy (9, 30) | 11.4 | R |
| Troy Tulowitzki (8, 28) | 11.4 | R | |
| 15. | Juan Uribe (13, 33) | 11.2 | R |
| 16. | John McDonald (15, 38) | 10.7 | R |
| 17. | Alex Gonzalez (15, 36) | 10.5 | R |
| Nick Punto (13, 35) | 10.5 | B | |
| 19. | Russell Martin (8, 30) | 9.6 | R |
| 20. | Dustin Pedroia (8, 29) | 9.5 | R |
| 21. | Evan Longoria (6, 27) | 8.7 | R |
| 22. | Michael Bourn (8, 30) | 8.6 | L |
| 23. | Torii Hunter (17, 37) | 8.4 | R |
| 24. | Yunel Escobar (7, 30) | 8.3 | R |
| 25. | Ramon Hernandez (15, 37) | 8.2 | R |
| 26. | Brandon Phillips (12, 32) | 8.1 | R |
| 27. | Carlos Beltran (16, 36) | 8.0 | B |
| A.J. Pierzynski (16, 36) | 8.0 | L | |
| Alexei Ramirez (6, 31) | 8.0 | R | |
| 30. | Brett Gardner (6, 29) | 7.8 | L |
| Franklin Gutierrez (9, 30) | 7.8 | R | |
| 32. | Henry Blanco (16, 41) | 7.6 | R |
| 33. | Aaron Hill (9, 31) | 7.2 | R |
| 34. | Carlos Ruiz (8, 34) | 7.1 | R |
| 35. | Jose Molina (14, 38) | 7.0 | R |
| 36. | Ian Kinsler (8, 31) | 6.9 | R |
| Jeff Mathis (9, 30) | 6.9 | R | |
| 38. | Carlos Gomez (7, 27) | 6.8 | R |
| 39. | Kurt Suzuki (7, 29) | 6.7 | R |
| 40. | Matt Wieters (5, 27) | 6.5 | B |
| 41. | Elvis Andrus (5, 24) | 6.4 | R |
| Ryan Zimmerman (9, 28) | 6.4 | R | |
| 43. | Ben Zobrist (8, 32) | 6.3 | B |
| 44. | Jamey Carroll (12, 39) | 6.1 | R |
| 45. | Eric Chavez (16, 35) | 6.0 | L |
| 46. | Miguel Tejada (16, 39) | 5.8 | R |
| Shane Victorino (10, 32) | 5.8 | B | |
| 48. | Austin Jackson (4, 26) | 5.7 | R |
| Gerald Laird (11, 33) | 5.7 | R | |
| 50. | Omar Infante (12, 31) | 5.6 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Defensive WAR | Bats |
| 51. | Humberto Quintero (11, 33) | 5.5 | R |
| 52. | Coco Crisp (12, 33) | 5.4 | B |
| 53. | Erick Aybar (8, 29) | 5.3 | B |
| Miguel Olivo (12, 34) | 5.3 | R | |
| Alex Rios (10, 32) | 5.3 | R | |
| Chris Young (8, 29) | 5.3 | R | |
| 57. | Curtis Granderson (10, 32) | 5.2 | L |
| 58. | Robinson Cano (9, 30) | 5.1 | L |
| Tony Gwynn (7, 30) | 5.1 | L | |
| 60. | Jerry Hairston (16, 37) | 4.9 | R |
| David Ross (12, 36) | 4.9 | R | |
| 62. | Brian McCann (9, 29) | 4.8 | L |
| Denard Span (6, 29) | 4.8 | L | |
| 64. | Alfredo Amezaga (9, 35) | 4.7 | B |
| Darwin Barney (4, 27) | 4.7 | R | |
| Stephen Drew (8, 30) | 4.7 | L | |
| Brian Roberts (13, 35) | 4.7 | B | |
| 68. | Ramon Santiago (12, 33) | 4.6 | B |
| 69. | Asdrubal Cabrera (7, 27) | 4.5 | B |
| Jack Hannahan (7, 33) | 4.5 | L | |
| 71. | Brett Lawrie (3, 23) | 4.4 | R |
| Sean Rodriguez (6, 28) | 4.4 | R | |
| Marco Scutaro (12, 37) | 4.4 | R | |
| 74. | Jhonny Peralta (11, 31) | 4.3 | R |
| Willy Taveras (7, 31) | 4.3 | R | |
| 76. | Peter Bourjos (4, 26) | 4.2 | R |
| Chris Snyder (10, 32) | 4.2 | R | |
| 78. | Paul Janish (5, 30) | 4.1 | R |
| 79. | Jose Reyes (11, 30) | 4.0 | B |
| Ichiro Suzuki (13, 39) | 4.0 | L | |
| Yorvit Torrealba (13, 34) | 4.0 | R | |
| 82. | Endy Chavez (12, 35) | 3.9 | L |
| Alcides Escobar (6, 26) | 3.9 | R | |
| Bill Hall (11, 33) | 3.9 | R | |
| Ryan Hanigan (7, 32) | 3.9 | R | |
| Corey Patterson (12, 33) | 3.9 | L | |
| Andrelton Simmons (2, 23) | 3.9 | R | |
| 88. | Howie Kendrick (8, 29) | 3.7 | R |
| Martin Prado (8, 29) | 3.7 | R | |
| 90. | Craig Gentry (5, 29) | 3.6 | R |
| Gerardo Parra (5, 26) | 3.6 | L | |
| 92. | Mike Aviles (6, 32) | 3.5 | R |
| Jason Heyward (4, 23) | 3.5 | L | |
| 94. | Chris Iannetta (8, 30) | 3.4 | R |
| Cameron Maybin (7, 26) | 3.4 | R | |
| 96. | Cliff Pennington (6, 29) | 3.3 | B |
| 97. | Joe Mauer (10, 30) | 3.2 | L |
| Ruben Rivera (9, 39) | 3.2 | R | |
| 99. | Danny Espinosa (4, 26) | 3.1 | B |
| Mark Kotsay (17, 37) | 3.1 | L | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Defensive WAR | Bats |
| Miguel Montero (8, 29) | 3.1 | L |
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