Career Leaders
& Records for Defensive WAR
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
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
1948-1973, 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. Ozzie Smith+ (19)43.4 B 2. Mark Belanger (18)39.3 R 3. Brooks Robinson+ (23)38.8 R 4. Cal Ripken+ (21)34.5 R 5. Joe Tinker+ (15)34.2 R 6. Luis Aparicio+ (18)31.6 R 7. Rabbit Maranville+ (23)30.8 R 8. Ivan Rodriguez (21)28.7 R Bobby Wallace+ (25)28.7 R 10. Bill Dahlen (21)28.5 R 11. Art Fletcher (13)28.3 R 12. Omar Vizquel 28.2 B 13. Pee Wee Reese+ (16)25.5 R 14. Gary Carter+ (19)25.4 R 15. Bob Boone (19)25.3 R 16. Marty Marion (13)25.0 R Roger Peckinpaugh (17)25.0 R Jim Sundberg (16)25.0 R 19. Andruw Jones 24.2 R 20. George Davis+ (20)24.1 B 21. Bill Mazeroski+ (17)23.8 R 22. Dave Bancroft+ (16)23.5 B 23. Lou Boudreau+ (15)23.3 R George McBride (16)23.3 R 25. Buddy Bell (18)23.0 R 26. Travis Jackson+ (15)22.9 R Phil Rizzuto+ (13)22.9 R 28. Germany Smith (15)22.8 R 29. Ozzie Guillen (16)22.6 L Billy Jurges (17)22.6 R 31. Joe Gordon+ (11)22.4 R 32. Jack Glasscock (17)22.3 R 33. Alan Trammell (20)22.0 R 34. Everett Scott (13)21.8 R 35. Clete Boyer (16)21.6 R Frankie Frisch+ (19)21.6 B Roy McMillan (16)21.6 R 38. Frank White (18)21.4 R 39. Honus Wagner+ (21)21.3 R 40. Jack Wilson 21.0 R 41. Dave Concepcion (19)20.9 R Nellie Fox+ (19)20.9 L Graig Nettles (22)20.9 L 44. Bert Campaneris (19)20.8 R 45. Adrian Beltre 20.5 R Scott Rolen 20.5 R Rey Sanchez (15)20.5 R 48. Ed Brinkman (15)20.2 R 49. Terry Turner (17)20.1 R 50. Tommy Corcoran (18)19.9 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
51. Willie Randolph (18)19.4 R 52. Johnny Bench+ (17)19.3 R 53. Bill Russell (18)19.1 R 54. Luke Appling+ (20)19.0 R Eddie Miller (14)19.0 R 56. Greg Gagne (15)18.8 R 57. Paul Blair (17)18.6 R Larry Bowa (16)18.6 B Lee Tannehill (10)18.6 R 60. Craig Counsell (16)18.4 L 61. Brad Ausmus (18)18.3 R 62. Willie Mays+ (22)18.1 R 63. Hughie Critz (12)18.0 R 64. Charlie Bennett (15)17.9 R Mickey Doolin (13)17.9 R Scott Fletcher (15)17.9 R 67. Placido Polanco 17.6 R Mike Schmidt+ (18)17.6 R 69. Chris Speier (19)17.4 R 70. Rick Dempsey (24)17.3 R Tony Pena (18)17.3 R Robin Ventura (16)17.3 L 73. Dick Groat (14)17.2 R 74. Jimmy Collins+ (14)16.8 R Herman Long (16)16.8 L 76. Leo Cardenas (16)16.3 R Carlton Fisk+ (24)16.3 R 78. Bucky Dent (12)16.2 R Tim Foli (16)16.2 R Bobby Grich (17)16.2 R Ron Hansen (15)16.2 R Bid McPhee+ (18)16.2 R Garry Templeton (16)16.2 B Chase Utley 16.2 L 85. Mike Bordick (14)16.1 R Devon White (17)16.1 B 87. Royce Clayton (17)15.8 R 88. Dick Bartell (18)15.7 R Dal Maxvill (14)15.7 R 90. Lave Cross (21)15.6 R Adam Everett (11)15.6 R 92. Freddy Parent (12)15.5 R 93. Johnny Evers+ (18)15.4 L Lou Whitaker (19)15.4 L 95. Gary Gaetti (20)15.3 R Steve Yeager (15)15.3 R 97. Jim Piersall (17)15.2 R Red Schoendienst+ (19)15.2 B 99. Kenny Lofton (17)14.7 L Lance Parrish (19)14.7 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Benito Santiago (20)14.7 R 102. Gene Alley (11)14.6 R 103. Chico Carrasquel (10)14.5 R 104. Aurelio Rodriguez (17)14.4 R 105. Joe Cronin+ (20)14.3 R Mark Ellis 14.3 R 107. Frankie Crosetti (17)14.2 R Tony Fernandez (17)14.2 B Rafael Furcal 14.2 B Rico Petrocelli (13)14.2 R 111. Del Crandall (16)14.1 R Jimmy Rollins 14.1 B 113. Bud Harrelson (16)14.0 B Johnny Logan (13)14.0 R Gil McDougald (10)14.0 R 116. Rogers Hornsby+ (23)13.9 R Billy Rogell (14)13.9 B 118. Barry Larkin+ (19)13.8 R 119. Ray Schalk+ (18)13.7 R Butch Wynegar (13)13.7 B 121. Rick Burleson (13)13.5 R Charles Johnson (12)13.5 R Glenn Wright (11)13.5 R 124. Bobby Doerr+ (14)13.4 R 125. Lonny Frey (14)13.3 L Jason Kendall (15)13.3 R Freddie Patek (14)13.3 R 128. Brandon Inge 13.2 R Dick Schofield (14)13.2 R 130. Mike Scioscia (13)13.1 L Jose Valentin (16)13.1 B 132. Clay Dalrymple (12)13.0 L Ned Williamson (13)13.0 R 134. Wade Boggs+ (18)12.9 L Yadier Molina 12.9 R Terry Pendleton (15)12.9 B 137. Ryne Sandberg+ (16)12.8 R 138. Neifi Perez (12)12.7 B 139. Gary Disarcina (12)12.6 R Arlie Latham (17)12.6 R 141. Clint Barmes 12.4 R Ossie Bluege (18)12.4 R Billy Herman+ (15)12.4 R Tony Kubek (9)12.4 L Hal Lanier (10)12.4 R Matt Williams (17)12.4 R 147. Jack Barry (11)12.2 R Al Dark (14)12.2 R Orlando Hudson 12.2 B 150. Hod Ford (15)12.1 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Mike Gallego (13)12.1 R Maury Wills (14)12.1 B 153. Roberto Clemente+ (18)12.0 R Randy Hundley (14)12.0 R Cesar Izturis 12.0 B Alex Rodriguez 12.0 R Arky Vaughan+ (14)12.0 L 158. Bill Freehan (15)11.8 R John Valentin (11)11.8 R 160. Jesse Barfield (12)11.7 R Bill Bradley (14)11.7 R Bones Ely (14)11.7 R 163. Thurman Munson (11)11.6 R 164. Leo Durocher+ (17)11.5 R 165. Ron Karkovice (12)11.4 R Brendan Ryan 11.4 R 167. Frank Duffy (10)11.3 R Jerry Grote (16)11.3 R 169. Manny Sanguillen (13)11.2 R 170. Snuffy Stirnweiss (10)11.1 R 171. Terry Kennedy (14)11.0 L Garry Maddox (15)11.0 R 173. Jody Davis (10)10.9 R Willie Davis (18)10.9 L 175. Larry Gardner (17)10.8 L 176. Woody English (12)10.7 R Davy Force (15)10.7 R Charlie Gehringer+ (19)10.7 L Ken McMullen (16)10.7 R Troy Tulowitzki 10.7 R Chief Zimmer (19)10.7 R 182. Donie Bush (16)10.6 B Dan Wilson (14)10.6 R 184. Mike Benjamin (13)10.5 R Ken Boyer (15)10.5 R Curt Flood (15)10.5 R Sherm Lollar (18)10.5 R Kirt Manwaring (13)10.5 R Charlie O'Brien (15)10.5 R 190. Alex Gonzalez 10.4 R Monte Ward+ (17)10.4 L 192. Sparky Adams (13)10.3 R Darin Erstad (14)10.3 L George Gibson (14)10.3 R Dick Green (12)10.3 R Darrell Porter (17)10.3 L 197. Art Devlin (10)10.2 R Malachi Kittridge (16)10.2 R 199. Lance Johnson (14)10.1 L Eddie Joost (17)10.1 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Nap Lajoie+ (21)10.1 R Jose Oquendo (12)10.1 B Juan Uribe 10.1 R 204. Jeff Cirillo (14)10.0 R Bobby Knoop (9)10.0 R Rey Ordonez (9)10.0 R Tom Pagnozzi (12)10.0 R Jackie Robinson+ (10)10.0 R Billy Sullivan (16)10.0 R Walt Weiss (14)10.0 B Willie Wilson (19)10.0 B 212. Lou Bierbauer (13)9.9 L Orlando Cabrera (15)9.9 R Jack Clements (17)9.9 L Julio Cruz (10)9.9 B Johnny Edwards (14)9.9 L Mike LaValliere (12)9.9 L Mark Lemke (11)9.9 B 219. Jerry Adair (13)9.8 R Bruce Benedict (12)9.8 R Don Kessinger (16)9.8 B Tim Wallach (17)9.8 R 223. Mike Cameron (17)9.7 R Brian Jordan (15)9.7 R John McDonald 9.7 R Rabbit Warstler (11)9.7 R 227. Home Run Baker+ (13)9.6 L David Bell (12)9.6 R Johnny Kling (13)9.6 R Mike Matheny (13)9.6 R Gary Pettis (11)9.6 B Wilbert Robinson+ (17)9.6 R 233. Willie Kamm (13)9.5 R 234. Buck Ewing+ (18)9.4 R Jim Gantner (17)9.4 L Alfredo Griffin (18)9.4 B Danny Richardson (11)9.4 R 238. Nick Punto 9.3 B Ted Sizemore (12)9.3 R Ernie Whitt (15)9.3 L 241. Doug DeCinces (15)9.2 R 242. J.J. Hardy 9.1 R Charlie Hollocher (7)9.1 L Steve O'Neill (17)9.1 R Joe Sewell+ (14)9.1 L Vern Stephens (15)9.1 R 247. Granny Hamner (17)9.0 R Arthur Irwin (13)9.0 L Hughie Jennings+ (18)9.0 R Pop Snyder (18)9.0 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Tommy Thevenow (15)9.0 R 252. Fred Dunlap (12)8.9 R Mark Grudzielanek (15)8.9 R Bengie Molina (13)8.9 R Terry Steinbach (14)8.9 R George Wright+ (12)8.9 R 257. Rafael Belliard (17)8.8 R Milt May (15)8.8 L Jose Uribe (10)8.8 B 260. Yogi Berra+ (19)8.7 L Max Bishop (12)8.7 L Dave Cash (12)8.7 R Buddy Kerr (9)8.7 R Evan Longoria 8.7 R Craig Reynolds (15)8.7 L John Roseboro (14)8.7 L 267. Ed Bailey (14)8.6 L Jay Bell (18)8.6 R Hobe Ferris (9)8.6 R Heinie Groh (16)8.6 R Buck Herzog (13)8.6 R Ron Santo+ (15)8.6 R Bobby Wine (12)8.6 R 274. Doc Bushong (13)8.5 R Adam Kennedy 8.5 L Doc Lavan (12)8.5 R Bobby Lowe (18)8.5 R Russell Martin 8.5 R Deacon McGuire (26)8.5 R Eddie Stanky (11)8.5 R Rennie Stennett (11)8.5 R Jason Varitek (15)8.5 B 283. Franklin Gutierrez 8.4 R Chet Lemon (16)8.4 R Pokey Reese (8)8.4 R 286. Lou Criger (16)8.3 R Jose Hernandez (15)8.3 R Ramon Hernandez 8.3 R Jack Warner (14)8.3 L 290. Carlos Beltran 8.2 B Joe Crede (10)8.2 R Jim Gilliam (14)8.2 B Elston Howard (14)8.2 R Glenn Hubbard (12)8.2 R Jason LaRue (12)8.2 R Dickie Thon (15)8.2 R Buck Weaver (9)8.2 B 298. Eddie Collins+ (25)8.1 L Rich Dauer (10)8.1 R Shorty Fuller (9)8.1 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Jeff Reboulet (12)8.1 R Edgar Renteria (16)8.1 R Claude Ritchey (13)8.1 B 304. Sal Bando (16)8.0 R Bill Killefer (13)8.0 R Tommy Leach (19)8.0 R Ski Melillo (12)8.0 R 308. Sandy Alomar (15)7.9 B Rick Cerone (18)7.9 R Silver Flint (13)7.9 R Manuel Lee (11)7.9 B John Stearns (11)7.9 R Zoilo Versalles (12)7.9 R Rick Wilkins (11)7.9 L 315. Bill Bergen (11)7.8 R Alex Grammas (10)7.8 R Tom Haller (12)7.8 L Torii Hunter 7.8 R Darrin Jackson (12)7.8 R 320. Al Bridwell (11)7.7 L Tom Burns (13)7.7 R Jim Fregosi (18)7.7 R Alex Gonzalez (13)7.7 R Jackie Hayes (14)7.7 R Paul Lo Duca (11)7.7 R Dustin Pedroia 7.7 R 327. Sandy Alomar (20)7.6 R Henry Blanco 7.6 R Bo Diaz (13)7.6 R Bill Dickey+ (17)7.6 L Joe Girardi (15)7.6 R Al Lopez+ (19)7.6 R Mike Ryan (11)7.6 R 334. Eddie Kasko (10)7.5 R Buck Martinez (17)7.5 R Harry Steinfeldt (14)7.5 R Robby Thompson (11)7.5 R 338. Monte Cross (15)7.4 R Tony Cuccinello (15)7.4 R Bill Holbert (12)7.4 R Billy Myers (7)7.4 R Billy Nash (15)7.4 R Heinie Peitz (16)7.4 R Johnny Rawlings (12)7.4 R Frank Snyder (16)7.4 R 346. Charley Bassett (9)7.3 R Alvaro Espinoza (12)7.3 R Brett Gardner 7.3 L Danny O'Connell (10)7.3 R Ossie Vitt (10)7.3 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
351. Yunel Escobar 7.2 R Joe Gerhardt (15)7.2 R Ken Keltner (13)7.2 R Fred Pfeffer (16)7.2 R Burgess Whitehead (9)7.2 R 356. Jason Bartlett 7.1 R Kid Elberfeld (14)7.1 R Aaron Hill 7.1 R A.J. Pierzynski 7.1 L Aaron Ward (12)7.1 R 361. George Strickland (10)7.0 R 362. Bob Allen (7)6.9 R Don Blasingame (12)6.9 L Billy Clingman (10)6.9 B Andy Etchebarren (15)6.9 R Jack Farrell (11)6.9 R Damian Miller (11)6.9 R Carlos Ruiz 6.9 R Brian Schneider 6.9 L 370. Michael Bourn 6.8 L Ivan de Jesus (15)6.8 R Jerry Denny (13)6.8 R Jocko Milligan (10)6.8 R Muddy Ruel (19)6.8 R Dick Schofield (19)6.8 B Ryan Zimmerman 6.8 R 377. Barry Bonds (22)6.7 L Tom Brookens (12)6.7 R Larry Brown (12)6.7 R Alex Cora (14)6.7 L Lenny Dykstra (12)6.7 L Pedro Feliz (11)6.7 R Phil Garner (16)6.7 R Jose Molina 6.7 R Harold Reynolds (12)6.7 B Buck Rodgers (9)6.7 B 387. Paul Casanova (10)6.6 R Eddie Foster (13)6.6 R Billy Gardner (10)6.6 R Charlie Gelbert (9)6.6 R Gabby Hartnett+ (20)6.6 R Jim Hegan (17)6.6 R Chief Meyers (9)6.6 R Brandon Phillips 6.6 R Zeb Terry (7)6.6 R Ben Zobrist 6.6 B 397. Eric Chavez 6.5 L Wally Gerber (15)6.5 R David Howard (9)6.5 B Tim McCarver (21)6.5 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Buddy Myer (17)6.5 L Skeeter Newsome (12)6.5 R Johnny Pesky (10)6.5 L 404. Earl Battey (13)6.4 R Rich Gedman (13)6.4 L 406. Jose Lind (9)6.3 R Mike Mowrey (13)6.3 R Bill Rariden (12)6.3 R Billy Shindle (13)6.3 R Dave Valle (13)6.3 R 411. Joe Azcue (11)6.2 R Frank Bolling (12)6.2 R Jim Busby (13)6.2 R Roger Connor+ (18)6.2 L Marc Hill (14)6.2 R Larry McLean (13)6.2 R George Mitterwald (11)6.2 R B.J. Surhoff (19)6.2 L Art Whitney (11)6.2 R 420. Rod Barajas 6.1 R Smoky Burgess (18)6.1 L Ron Cey (17)6.1 R Tim Cullen (7)6.1 R Jim Keenan (11)6.1 R Jeff Mathis 6.1 R Eric Soderholm (9)6.1 R Oscar Stanage (14)6.1 R 428. Dale Berra (11)6.0 R John Castino (6)6.0 R Horace Clarke (10)6.0 B Jimmy Cooney (7)6.0 R Jim Essian (12)6.0 R Charlie Ganzel (14)6.0 R Nomar Garciaparra (14)6.0 R Jake Gibbs (10)6.0 L Doug Glanville (9)6.0 R Gerald Laird 6.0 R 438. Rocky Bridges (11)5.9 R Joe DeMaestri (11)5.9 R Jim Edmonds (17)5.9 L Tom Foley (13)5.9 L Kiko Garcia (10)5.9 R Toby Hall (9)5.9 R Tim Hulett (12)5.9 R Darren Lewis (13)5.9 R Ellie Rodriguez (9)5.9 R Hank Severeid (15)5.9 R Kurt Suzuki 5.9 R 449. Sam Bohne (7)5.8 R Chris Cannizzaro (13)5.8 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Jimmy Cooney (3)5.8 B Cesar Geronimo (15)5.8 L Benji Gil (8)5.8 R Barney Gilligan (10)5.8 R Billy Ripken (12)5.8 R Buddy Rosar (13)5.8 R Pop Smith (12)5.8 R Skeeter Webb (12)5.8 R Robin Yount+ (20)5.8 R Gregg Zaun (16)5.8 B 461. Tommie Agee (12)5.7 R Jack Burdock (18)5.7 R Roy Campanella+ (10)5.7 R Travis Fryman (13)5.7 R Austin Jackson 5.7 R Willy Miranda (9)5.7 B Pat Moran (14)5.7 R Joe Oliver (13)5.7 R John Peters (11)5.7 R Greg Pryor (10)5.7 R Johnny Ray (10)5.7 B Red Rolfe (10)5.7 L Miguel Tejada 5.7 R 474. Vinny Castilla (16)5.6 R Tony Graffanino (13)5.6 R Craig Grebeck (12)5.6 R Ian Kinsler 5.6 R Mark McLemore (19)5.6 B Dwayne Murphy (12)5.6 L Del Pratt (13)5.6 R Manny Trillo (17)5.6 R 482. Joe Battin (10)5.5 R Rick Ferrell+ (18)5.5 R John Flaherty (14)5.5 R Barry Foote (10)5.5 R Curtis Granderson 5.5 L Tommy Helms (14)5.5 R Solly Hemus (11)5.5 L Jerry Kenney (6)5.5 L Steve Lake (11)5.5 R Mike Lansing (9)5.5 R Tony Phillips (18)5.5 B Babe Pinelli (8)5.5 R Billy Werber (11)5.5 R Matt Wieters 5.5 B 496. Charlie Bastian (8)5.4 R Tony Batista (11)5.4 R Jim Davenport (13)5.4 R Carlos Gomez 5.4 R Mike Heath (14)5.4 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Eddie Mathews+ (17)5.4 L Phil Roof (15)5.4 R Ivey Wingo (17)5.4 L Chris Young 5.4 R 505. Richie Ashburn+ (15)5.3 L Wid Conroy (11)5.3 R Todd Cruz (6)5.3 R Charlie Deal (10)5.3 R Frank Fennelly (7)5.3 R Tony Gwynn 5.3 L Ernie Johnson (10)5.3 L Chuck Knoblauch (12)5.3 R Tony Lazzeri+ (14)5.3 R Javy Lopez (15)5.3 R Ed McFarland (14)5.3 R Bob Melvin (10)5.3 R Jack O'Connor (21)5.3 R Miguel Olivo 5.3 R Ray Oyler (6)5.3 R Alexei Ramirez 5.3 R Alex Rios 5.3 R Sean Rodriguez 5.3 R Mike Tyson (10)5.3 R 524. Ross Barnes (9)5.2 R Eddie Bressoud (12)5.2 R Deivi Cruz (9)5.2 R Red Dooin (15)5.2 R Duffy Dyer (14)5.2 R Wayne Garrett (10)5.2 L Frank Malzone (12)5.2 R Brent Mayne (15)5.2 L Pat Meares (9)5.2 R Ken Oberkfell (16)5.2 L Humberto Quintero 5.2 R Brian Roberts 5.2 B Jack Rowe (12)5.2 L Connie Ryan (12)5.2 R Wayne Terwilliger (9)5.2 R Alex Trevino (13)5.2 R Randy Velarde (16)5.2 R Woody Woodward (9)5.2 R 542. Ken Berry (14)5.1 R Steve Buechele (11)5.1 R Don Buford (10)5.1 B Coco Crisp 5.1 B Ray Fosse (12)5.1 R Hank Gowdy (17)5.1 R Rollie Hemsley (19)5.1 R Chris Hoiles (10)5.1 R Corey Koskie (9)5.1 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Johnny Lipon (9)5.1 R Ivy Olson (14)5.1 R Spike Owen (13)5.1 B Ossee Schrecongost (11)5.1 R Pete Suder (13)5.1 R Cecil Travis (12)5.1 L 557. Ernie Banks+ (19)5.0 R Roger Bresnahan+ (17)5.0 R Richard Hidalgo (9)5.0 R Charlie Reilly (8)5.0 B Rob Wilfong (11)5.0 L 562. Cap Anson+ (27)4.9 R Bob Bailor (11)4.9 R Dick Bertell (7)4.9 R Scott Brosius (11)4.9 R Asdrubal Cabrera 4.9 B Jamey Carroll 4.9 R Ike Caveney (4)4.9 R Jerry Hairston 4.9 R Jack Hannahan 4.9 L Jerry May (10)4.9 R Mike McGeary (11)4.9 R Don Money (16)4.9 R Greg Myers (18)4.9 L Dickey Pearce (7)4.9 R Jerry Remy (10)4.9 L 577. Ollie Beard (3)4.8 R Frank Bowerman (15)4.8 R Spud Davis (16)4.8 R Duke Farrell (18)4.8 B Bill Gleason (8)4.8 R Marty McManus (15)4.8 R Morgan Murphy (11)4.8 R Al Newman (8)4.8 B Johnny Oates (11)4.8 L Augie Ojeda (9)4.8 B Cy Perkins (17)4.8 R Bobby Richardson (12)4.8 R Walter Schmidt (10)4.8 R Marco Scutaro 4.8 R Jimmie Wilson (18)4.8 R 592. Alfredo Amezaga 4.7 B Jimmy Austin (18)4.7 B Paul Bako (12)4.7 L Ronnie Belliard (13)4.7 R Pat Borders (17)4.7 R George Cutshaw (12)4.7 R Einar Diaz (11)4.7 R Bob Kearney (8)4.7 R Jim Lefebvre (8)4.7 B
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Ray Mack (9)4.7 R Eddie Mayo (9)4.7 L Morrie Rath (6)4.7 L Aaron Rowand (11)4.7 R Luke Sewell (20)4.7 R Ichiro Suzuki 4.7 L Jose Vizcaino (18)4.7 B 608. Bobby Avila (11)4.6 R Tim Bogar (9)4.6 R Glenn Borgmann (9)4.6 R Jack Brohamer (9)4.6 L Alberto Castillo (12)4.6 R Charlie Comiskey+ (13)4.6 R Chick Fulmer (11)4.6 R Blondy Ryan (6)4.6 R Ted Simmons (21)4.6 B Sammy White (11)4.6 R 618. Doc Casey (10)4.5 B John Clapp (11)4.5 R Stephen Drew 4.5 L Bob Jones (9)4.5 L Jerry Lumpe (12)4.5 L Bob O'Farrell (21)4.5 R Don Slaught (16)4.5 R Luis Sojo (13)4.5 R Shane Victorino 4.5 B Al Weis (10)4.5 B 628. Elvis Andrus 4.4 R Erick Aybar 4.4 B Bill Carrigan (10)4.4 R Juan Castro (17)4.4 R Mickey Cochrane+ (13)4.4 L Jerry Coleman (9)4.4 R Mike Devereaux (12)4.4 R Tim Flannery (11)4.4 L Mike Gonzalez (17)4.4 R Billy Hunter (6)4.4 R Billy Klaus (11)4.4 L Chad Kreuter (16)4.4 B Jose Lopez 4.4 R Bobby Morgan (8)4.4 R Ray Mueller (14)4.4 R Bill Pecota (9)4.4 R Jeff Reed (17)4.4 L David Ross 4.4 R Emil Verban (7)4.4 R Heinie Wagner (12)4.4 R Woody Williams (4)4.4 R 649. Jimmy Archer (12)4.3 R Floyd Baker (13)4.3 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Marv Breeding (4)4.3 R Fatty Briody (8)4.3 Ray Chapman (9)4.3 R Kevin Elster (13)4.3 R Jorge Fabregas (9)4.3 L Frank Hankinson (10)4.3 R Davey Johnson (13)4.3 R Bill Knickerbocker (10)4.3 R Bill Kuehne (10)4.3 R Otto Miller (13)4.3 R Eddie Milner (9)4.3 L Ron Oester (13)4.3 B Jody Reed (11)4.3 R Admiral Schlei (8)4.3 R Roy Smalley (13)4.3 B Kevin Stocker (8)4.3 B Joe Sugden (13)4.3 B Willy Taveras (7)4.3 R Bump Wills (6)4.3 B Art Wilson (14)4.3 R 671. Harry Bemis (9)4.2 R Endy Chavez 4.2 L Tommy Clarke (10)4.2 R David Eckstein (10)4.2 R Garth Iorg (9)4.2 R Brian McCann 4.2 L Abraham Nunez (12)4.2 B Lenn Sakata (11)4.2 R Chris Snyder 4.2 R Jeff Torborg (10)4.2 R U L Washington (11)4.2 B 682. Dann Bilardello (8)4.1 R Denny Doyle (8)4.1 L Bob Ferguson (14)4.1 B Ron Hassey (14)4.1 L Elrod Hendricks (12)4.1 L Miller Huggins+ (13)4.1 B Omar Infante 4.1 R Red Kleinow (8)4.1 R Tom Lampkin (13)4.1 L Del Rice (17)4.1 R Stan Rojek (8)4.1 R Yorvit Torrealba 4.1 R 694. Bob Barton (10)4.0 R Cupid Childs (13)4.0 L Jimmy Dykes (22)4.0 R Sammy Hale (10)4.0 R Bill Hall 4.0 R Mike Macfarlane (13)4.0 R Dick McAuliffe (16)4.0 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Ed McKean (13)4.0 R Mario Mendoza (9)4.0 R Denis Menke (13)4.0 R Roger Metzger (11)4.0 B Les Nunamaker (12)4.0 R Ed Ott (8)4.0 L Ronny Paulino 4.0 R Jose Reyes 4.0 B Ramon Santiago 4.0 B Bill Virdon (12)4.0 L 711. Ed Charles (8)3.9 R Henry Easterday (4)3.9 R Marquis Grissom (17)3.9 R John Henry (9)3.9 R Art Howe (11)3.9 R Jack Lapp (9)3.9 L Phil Masi (14)3.9 R Corey Patterson 3.9 L Joe Randa (12)3.9 R Mike Redmond (13)3.9 R Scott Servais (11)3.9 R Chris Singleton (6)3.9 L Joel Skinner (9)3.9 R 724. Edgardo Alfonzo (12)3.8 R Rich Aurilia (15)3.8 R Clyde Beck (6)3.8 R Darren Bragg (11)3.8 L Pat Deasley (8)3.8 R Chuck Dressen (8)3.8 R Damion Easley (17)3.8 R Joe Ferguson (14)3.8 R Woodie Held (14)3.8 R Shanty Hogan (13)3.8 R Mick Kelleher (11)3.8 R Lou Klein (5)3.8 R Brett Lawrie 3.8 R Keith Lockhart (10)3.8 L Cass Michaels (12)3.8 R Ed Phelps (11)3.8 R 740. Peter Bourjos 3.7 R Dick Buckley (8)3.7 R Alcides Escobar 3.7 R Steve Lombardozzi (6)3.7 R Freddie Maguire (6)3.7 R Tim Naehring (8)3.7 R Heinie Reitz (7)3.7 L Danny Thompson (7)3.7 R Milt Thompson (13)3.7 L Curt Wilkerson (11)3.7 B 750. Eddie Ainsmith (15)3.6 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Jimmy Brown (8)3.6 B John Grim (11)3.6 R Shane Halter (8)3.6 R Hobie Landrith (14)3.6 L Rube Lutzke (5)3.6 R Gus Mancuso (17)3.6 R Clyde McCullough (15)3.6 R George Moriarty (13)3.6 R Jay Payton (12)3.6 R Chuck Schilling (5)3.6 R Jeff Sweeney (9)3.6 R Patsy Tebeau (13)3.6 R Don Wert (9)3.6 R 764. Jimmy Bloodworth (11)3.5 R Robinson Cano 3.5 L Doug Flynn (11)3.5 R Mark Kotsay 3.5 L Eddie Lake (11)3.5 R Bill McKechnie+ (11)3.5 B Bill North (11)3.5 B Jerry Priddy (11)3.5 R Angel Salazar (5)3.5 R Freddy Sanchez 3.5 R Wally Schang (19)3.5 B Hal Smith (7)3.5 R Gabby Street (8)3.5 R Fred Tenney (17)3.5 L Ira Thomas (10)3.5 R Perry Werden (7)3.5 R Whitey Wietelmann (9)3.5 B 781. Johnny Bassler (9)3.4 L Lou Berberet (7)3.4 L Dick Brown (9)3.4 R Chuck Carr (8)3.4 B Bill Doran (12)3.4 B Darrin Fletcher (14)3.4 L Dave Henderson (14)3.4 R Tom Herr (13)3.4 B Paul Janish 3.4 R Fred Kendall (12)3.4 R Connie Mack+ (11)3.4 R Joe Mauer 3.4 L Mickey Owen (13)3.4 R Doc Powers (11)3.4 R Frankie Pytlak (12)3.4 R Tony Scott (11)3.4 B Steve Swisher (9)3.4 R Wes Westrum (11)3.4 R Glenn Wilson (10)3.4 R Vance Wilson (8)3.4 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
801. Harry Danning (10)3.3 R Marcus Giles (7)3.3 R Cristian Guzman (11)3.3 B Lyn Lary (12)3.3 R Tommy Matchick (6)3.3 L Joe Morgan+ (22)3.3 L Jim Pagliaroni (11)3.3 R Hal Rhyne (7)3.3 R John Romano (10)3.3 R Tsuyoshi Shinjo (3)3.3 R Dick Tracewski (8)3.3 R Fernando Vina (12)3.3 L 813. Doug Allison (10)3.2 R Lena Blackburne (8)3.2 R Bobby Byrne (11)3.2 R Raul Chavez (11)3.2 R Mike Difelice (13)3.2 R Joe DiMaggio+ (13)3.2 R Tim Donahue (8)3.2 L Chris Fulmer (5)3.2 R Rene Gonzales (13)3.2 R Eddie Grant (10)3.2 L Khalil Greene (7)3.2 R Frankie Hayes (14)3.2 R Fran Healy (9)3.2 R Julian Javier (13)3.2 R Billy Johnson (9)3.2 R Howie Kendrick 3.2 R Felix Millan (12)3.2 R Joe Quest (10)3.2 R Ruben Rivera 3.2 R Jim Stephens (6)3.2 R Jackie Tavener (6)3.2 L Heinie Zimmerman (13)3.2 R Jerry Zimmerman (8)3.2 R 836. Carl Crawford 3.1 L Felix Fermin (10)3.1 R Gus Getz (7)3.1 R Bob Heise (11)3.1 R Hank Majeski (13)3.1 R Eli Marrero (10)3.1 R John McGraw+ (16)3.1 L Jerry McNertney (9)3.1 R Melvin Mora (13)3.1 R Candy Nelson (13)3.1 L Mark Parent (13)3.1 R Jhonny Peralta 3.1 R Eddie Perez (11)3.1 R Ken Rudolph (9)3.1 R Mike Tresh (12)3.1 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Davey Williams (6)3.1 R 852. Bret Barberie (6)3.0 B John Bateman (10)3.0 R Walter Blair (7)3.0 R Miguel Cairo 3.0 R Casey Candaele (9)3.0 B Andy Carey (11)3.0 R Ed Caskin (7)3.0 R Gene Desautels (13)3.0 R Dom DiMaggio (11)3.0 R Earl Grace (8)3.0 L Sadie Houck (8)3.0 R Terry Humphrey (9)3.0 R Brian Hunter (10)3.0 R Jeff Huson (12)3.0 L Chris Iannetta 3.0 R Charlie Irwin (10)3.0 L Fred Jacklitsch (13)3.0 R Mike Lieberthal (14)3.0 R Alex McCarthy (8)3.0 R Barry McCormick (10)3.0 R Chippy McGarr (10)3.0 R Tomas Perez (12)3.0 B George Perring (5)3.0 R Albert Pujols 3.0 R Hardy Richardson (14)3.0 R Andy Seminick (15)3.0 R Bob Swift (14)3.0 R Birdie Tebbetts (14)3.0 R Matt Walbeck (11)3.0 B Pep Young (10)3.0 R 882. Dave Anderson (10)2.9 R Mike Anderson (9)2.9 R Casey Blake (13)2.9 R Tom Carey (9)2.9 R Dick Culler (8)2.9 R Ben Davis (7)2.9 B Gene DeMontreville (11)2.9 R Jerry Dybzinski (6)2.9 R Steve Finley (19)2.9 L Ryan Freel (8)2.9 R Gil Garrido (6)2.9 R Kelly Gruber (10)2.9 R Don Hoak (11)2.9 R Frank House (10)2.9 L Joe Koppe (8)2.9 R Mike Kreevich (12)2.9 R Gene Michael (10)2.9 B Rick Miller (15)2.9 L Doug Mirabelli (12)2.9 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Mike Phillips (11)2.9 L George Pinkney (10)2.9 L Billy Urbanski (7)2.9 R 904. Marty Barrett (10)2.8 R Milt Bolling (7)2.8 R Reid Brignac 2.8 L Frank Chance+ (17)2.8 R Scott Cooper (7)2.8 L Pete Coscarart (9)2.8 R Jim Fogarty (7)2.8 R Tito Fuentes (13)2.8 B Billy Goodman (16)2.8 L Jeff King (11)2.8 R Ted Kubiak (10)2.8 B Ernie Lombardi+ (17)2.8 R Jim Mason (9)2.8 L Dioner Navarro 2.8 B Fred Stanley (14)2.8 R Joe Start (16)2.8 L Wayne Tolleson (10)2.8 B Roxy Walters (11)2.8 R 922. Gary Allenson (7)2.7 R Marlon Anderson (12)2.7 L Mike Aviles 2.7 R Gene Baker (8)2.7 R Kid Baldwin (7)2.7 R John Boccabella (12)2.7 R Joe Boley (6)2.7 R Dave Brain (7)2.7 R Boileryard Clarke (13)2.7 R Milt Cuyler (8)2.7 B Joe Dugan (14)2.7 R Luis Gomez (8)2.7 R Doug Griffin (8)2.7 R Glenn Hoffman (9)2.7 R Pat Kelly (9)2.7 R Mark Koenig (12)2.7 B Pinky May (5)2.7 R Eric McNair (14)2.7 R Lennie Merullo (7)2.7 R Angel Pagan 2.7 B Tom Prince (17)2.7 R Luis Rivera (11)2.7 R Kelly Shoppach 2.7 R Kelly Stinnett (14)2.7 R Ryan Theriot 2.7 R 947. Andy Allanson (8)2.6 R Ruben Amaro (11)2.6 R Jim Anderson (6)2.6 R Damon Berryhill (10)2.6 B
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Wayne Causey (11)2.6 L Andy Cohen (3)2.6 R Billy Cox (11)2.6 R Warren Cromartie (10)2.6 L Dave Duncan (11)2.6 R Wally Gilbert (5)2.6 R Odell Hale (10)2.6 R Ron Hodges (12)2.6 L Mark Johnson (8)2.6 L Junior Kennedy (7)2.6 R Freddie Lindstrom+ (13)2.6 R Nook Logan (4)2.6 B Jack O'Neill (5)2.6 R Tony Pena 2.6 R Martin Prado 2.6 R Bob Randall (5)2.6 R Reggie Smith (17)2.6 B Tubby Spencer (9)2.6 R Virgil Stallcup (7)2.6 R Ezra Sutton (18)2.6 R Phil Tomney (3)2.6 R Gus Triandos (13)2.6 R Pete Ward (9)2.6 L Bobby Wheelock (3)2.6 R 975. Darwin Barney 2.5 R Geoff Blum 2.5 B Jack Boyle (13)2.5 R Morgan Ensberg (8)2.5 R Bob Fisher (7)2.5 R Jim French (7)2.5 L Geronimo Gil 2.5 R Troy Glaus (13)2.5 R Johnny Gooch (11)2.5 B Fred Haney (7)2.5 R Nick Hundley 2.5 R Jerry Kindall (9)2.5 R Lew McCarty (9)2.5 R Jeff Newman (9)2.5 R Dave Rader (10)2.5 L Topper Rigney (6)2.5 R Lew Ritter (7)2.5 R Tris Speaker+ (22)2.5 L Daryl Spencer (10)2.5 R Roy Staiger (4)2.5 R Doug Strange (9)2.5 B Al Todd (11)2.5 R Gerald Williams (14)2.5 R 998. Roberto Alomar+ (17)2.4 B Luke Boone (5)2.4 R Walker Cooper (18)2.4 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Defensive WAR Bats
Bill Fahey (11)2.4 L Frank Fernandez (6)2.4 R Ron Gardenhire (5)2.4 R Leo Gomez (7)2.4 R Bubbles Hargrave (12)2.4 R Fred Hatfield (9)2.4 L Charlie Hayes (14)2.4 R Jason Heyward 2.4 L Maicer Izturis 2.4 B Bob Johnson (11)2.4 R Al Kaline+ (22)2.4 R Rudy Kemmler (8)2.4 R Otto Knabe (11)2.4 R Joe McEwing (9)2.4 R Mike McNally (10)2.4 R Miguel Montero 2.4 L Billy Purtell (5)2.4 R Omar Quintanilla 2.4 L Lew Riggs (10)2.4 L Donnie Sadler (8)2.4 R Rafael Santana (7)2.4 R Boss Schmidt (6)2.4 B Pop Schriver (14)2.4 R Mike Simon (7)2.4 R Gordon Slade (6)2.4 R Matt Treanor 2.4 R Andy Van Slyke (13)2.4 L Bill White (5)2.4
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.
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