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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) | 22.3 | R |
| 2. | Placido Polanco (16, 37) | 17.8 | R |
| 3. | Chase Utley (11, 34) | 17.6 | L |
| 4. | Mark Ellis (11, 36) | 15.5 | R |
| 5. | Yadier Molina (10, 30) | 15.1 | 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) | 13.7 | 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. | Troy Tulowitzki (8, 28) | 11.4 | R |
| 14. | J.J. Hardy (9, 30) | 11.3 | R |
| 15. | Juan Uribe (13, 33) | 11.2 | R |
| 16. | John McDonald (15, 38) | 10.7 | R |
| 17. | Nick Punto (13, 35) | 10.6 | B |
| 18. | Alex Gonzalez (15, 36) | 10.5 | R |
| 19. | Russell Martin (8, 30) | 9.6 | R |
| 20. | Dustin Pedroia (8, 29) | 9.3 | R |
| 21. | Michael Bourn (8, 30) | 8.7 | L |
| Evan Longoria (6, 27) | 8.7 | R | |
| 23. | Torii Hunter (17, 37) | 8.6 | R |
| 24. | Carlos Beltran (16, 36) | 8.3 | B |
| 25. | Yunel Escobar (7, 30) | 8.2 | R |
| Ramon Hernandez (15, 37) | 8.2 | R | |
| 27. | A.J. Pierzynski (16, 36) | 8.0 | L |
| 28. | Franklin Gutierrez (9, 30) | 7.8 | R |
| Brandon Phillips (12, 32) | 7.8 | R | |
| 30. | Brett Gardner (6, 29) | 7.7 | L |
| Alexei Ramirez (6, 31) | 7.7 | R | |
| 32. | Henry Blanco (16, 41) | 7.6 | R |
| 33. | Aaron Hill (9, 31) | 7.2 | R |
| Jose Molina (14, 38) | 7.2 | R | |
| Carlos Ruiz (8, 34) | 7.2 | R | |
| 36. | Ian Kinsler (8, 31) | 7.1 | R |
| 37. | Jeff Mathis (8, 30) | 6.8 | R |
| 38. | Carlos Gomez (7, 27) | 6.7 | R |
| 39. | Kurt Suzuki (7, 29) | 6.6 | R |
| Ryan Zimmerman (9, 28) | 6.6 | R | |
| 41. | Ben Zobrist (8, 32) | 6.5 | B |
| 42. | Matt Wieters (5, 27) | 6.4 | B |
| 43. | Elvis Andrus (5, 24) | 6.3 | R |
| 44. | Jamey Carroll (12, 39) | 6.1 | R |
| Eric Chavez (16, 35) | 6.1 | L | |
| 46. | Austin Jackson (4, 26) | 5.8 | R |
| 47. | Gerald Laird (11, 33) | 5.7 | R |
| 48. | Erick Aybar (8, 29) | 5.6 | B |
| Coco Crisp (12, 33) | 5.6 | B | |
| Omar Infante (12, 31) | 5.6 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Defensive WAR | Bats |
| Miguel Tejada (16, 39) | 5.6 | R | |
| Shane Victorino (10, 32) | 5.6 | B | |
| 53. | Humberto Quintero (11, 33) | 5.5 | R |
| 54. | Curtis Granderson (10, 32) | 5.4 | L |
| 55. | Chris Young (8, 29) | 5.3 | R |
| 56. | Miguel Olivo (12, 34) | 5.2 | R |
| Alex Rios (10, 32) | 5.2 | R | |
| 58. | Tony Gwynn (7, 30) | 5.1 | L |
| 59. | Robinson Cano (9, 30) | 5.0 | L |
| 60. | Jerry Hairston (16, 37) | 4.9 | R |
| David Ross (12, 36) | 4.9 | R | |
| 62. | Denard Span (6, 29) | 4.8 | L |
| 63. | Alfredo Amezaga (9, 35) | 4.7 | B |
| Stephen Drew (8, 30) | 4.7 | L | |
| Brian Roberts (13, 35) | 4.7 | B | |
| Marco Scutaro (12, 37) | 4.7 | R | |
| 67. | Darwin Barney (4, 27) | 4.6 | R |
| Brian McCann (9, 29) | 4.6 | L | |
| Sean Rodriguez (6, 28) | 4.6 | R | |
| Ramon Santiago (12, 33) | 4.6 | B | |
| 71. | Jack Hannahan (7, 33) | 4.5 | L |
| 72. | Asdrubal Cabrera (7, 27) | 4.4 | B |
| Brett Lawrie (3, 23) | 4.4 | R | |
| 74. | Willy Taveras (7, 31) | 4.3 | R |
| 75. | Peter Bourjos (4, 26) | 4.2 | R |
| Jhonny Peralta (11, 31) | 4.2 | R | |
| Chris Snyder (10, 32) | 4.2 | R | |
| 78. | Paul Janish (5, 30) | 4.1 | R |
| 79. | Alcides Escobar (6, 26) | 4.0 | R |
| Jose Reyes (11, 30) | 4.0 | B | |
| 81. | Bill Hall (11, 33) | 3.9 | R |
| Corey Patterson (12, 33) | 3.9 | L | |
| Yorvit Torrealba (13, 34) | 3.9 | R | |
| 84. | Endy Chavez (12, 35) | 3.8 | L |
| Ryan Hanigan (7, 32) | 3.8 | R | |
| Martin Prado (8, 29) | 3.8 | R | |
| Andrelton Simmons (2, 23) | 3.8 | R | |
| 88. | Craig Gentry (5, 29) | 3.7 | R |
| Howie Kendrick (8, 29) | 3.7 | R | |
| Ichiro Suzuki (13, 39) | 3.7 | L | |
| 91. | Jason Heyward (4, 23) | 3.5 | L |
| 92. | Mike Aviles (6, 32) | 3.4 | R |
| Chris Iannetta (8, 30) | 3.4 | R | |
| Cameron Maybin (7, 26) | 3.4 | R | |
| Gerardo Parra (5, 26) | 3.4 | L | |
| 96. | Joe Mauer (10, 30) | 3.2 | L |
| Cliff Pennington (6, 29) | 3.2 | B | |
| Ruben Rivera (9, 39) | 3.2 | R | |
| 99. | Dustin Ackley (3, 25) | 3.1 | L |
| Mark Kotsay (17, 37) | 3.1 | L |
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