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ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Overall

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Babe Ruth	1895	208.65
2	Barry Bonds	1964	201.62
3	Honus Wagner	1874	190.98
4	Mickey Mantle	1931	189.13
5	Ted Williams	1918	186.65
6	Ty Cobb	1886	183.04
7	Tris Speaker	1888	180.26
8	Willie Mays	1931	176.40
9	Stan Musial	1920	173.10
10	Lou Gehrig	1903	170.71
11	Rogers Hornsby	1896	170.18
12	Joe Morgan	1943	169.72
13	Hank Aaron	1934	168.32
14	Eddie Collins	1887	167.91
15	Nap Lajoie	1874	160.08
16	Mike Schmidt	1949	159.97
17	Joe DiMaggio	1914	159.08
18	Frank Robinson	1935	158.61
19	Mel Ott	1909	158.60
20	Rickey Henderson	1958	155.51
21	Eddie Mathews	1931	155.20
22	Jimmie Foxx	1907	154.63
23	Dick Allen	1942	154.62
24	Jeff Bagwell	1968	154.01
25	Alex Rodriguez	1975	152.63
26	Will Clark	1964	152.08
27	Carl Yastrzemski	1939	152.02
28	George Brett	1953	150.66
29	Arky Vaughan	1912	150.65
30	Frank Thomas	1968	150.31
31	Pete Rose	1941	149.98
32	Craig Biggio	1965	149.87
33	Gary Sheffield	1968	147.83
34	Wade Boggs	1958	147.45
35	Tim Raines	1959	147.39
36	Willie McCovey	1938	147.14
37	Mike Piazza	1968	146.65
38	Mark McGwire	1963	145.81
39	Home Run Baker	1886	145.60
40	Joe Jackson	1889	145.57
41	Reggie Jackson	1946	145.47
42	Jason Giambi	1971	145.32
43	Ryne Sandberg	1959	145.05
44	Sam Crawford	1880	144.23
45	Johnny Bench	1947	144.18
46	Cal Ripken Jr.	1960	143.56
47	Robin Yount	1955	143.40
48	Tony Gwynn	1960	143.27
49	Ken Griffey Jr.	1969	142.41
50	Rod Carew	1945	142.37
51	Ed Delahanty	1867	142.32
52	Yogi Berra	1925	142.20
53	Paul Waner	1903	142.00
54	Sammy Sosa	1968	141.95
55	Albert Pujols	1980	141.44
56	Jackie Robinson	1919	141.28
57	Charlie Gehringer	1903	141.24
58	Roberto Alomar	1968	141.14
59	Duke Snider	1926	141.03
60	Al Simmons	1902	140.63
61	Johnny Mize	1913	140.42
62	Jesse Burkett	1868	140.40
63	Harmon Killebrew	1936	140.07
64	Billy Hamilton	1866	139.87
65	Willie Stargell	1940	139.79
66	Eddie Murray	1956	139.62
67	Ron Santo	1940	139.55
68	Joe Medwick	1911	138.52
69	Manny Ramirez	1972	138.51
70	Sherry Magee	1884	137.06
71	Frank Howard	1936	136.98
72	Roberto Clemnte	1934	136.93
73	Elmer Flick	1876	136.32
74	Harry Heilmann	1894	136.27
75	Paul Molitor	1956	136.25
76	Billy Williams	1938	136.20
77	Al Kaline	1934	136.16
78	Ken Singleton	1947	136.14
79	Bobby Grich	1949	136.10
80	Chipper Jones	1972	136.07
81	Bobby Bonds	1946	136.02
82	Dan Brouthers	1858	136.01
83	Joe Cronin	1906	135.91
84	Barry Larkin	1964	135.40
85	Dave Parker	1951	135.33
86	Jimmy Wynn	1942	135.26
87	Jim Thome	1970	135.06
88	Larry Doby	1923	135.01
89	Luke Appling	1907	134.67
90	Jim Edmonds	1970	134.58
91	Gary Carter	1954	134.44
92	Dave Winfield	1951	134.30
93	Bernie Williams	1968	134.21
94	Roger Connor	1857	134.02
95	Scott Rolen	1975	133.97
96	Ralph Kiner	1922	133.56
97	Charlie Keller	1916	133.27
98	Hank Greenberg	1911	133.25
99	Bobby Murcer	1946	132.99
100	Dale Murphy	1956	132.97
101	Albert Belle	1966	132.89
102	Wally Berger	1905	132.86
103	Stan Hack	1909	132.77
104	Goose Goslin	1900	132.35
105	Rafael Palmiero	1964	132.05
106	Don Mattingly	1961	132.03
107	Kirby Puckett	1961	131.88
108	Bobby Abreu	1974	131.77
109	Fred Clarke	1872	131.72
110	Frankie Frisch	1898	131.66
111	Tony Perez	1942	131.66
112	Keith Hernandez	1953	131.20
113	Cesar Cedeno	1949	131.11
114	Al Rosen	1924	131.05
115	Mickey Cochrane	1903	130.64
116	Pedro Guerrero	1956	130.54
117	Jack Clark	1955	130.42
118	Ernie Banks	1931	130.35
119	Sal Bando	1944	130.16
120	John Olerud	1968	130.05
121	Lou Boudreau	1917	130.03
122	Reggie Smith	1945	129.95
123	Rusty Staub	1944	129.82
124	Todd Helton	1973	129.60
125	Zack Wheat	1888	129.45
126	Earl Averill	1902	129.38
127	Alan Trammell	1958	129.26
128	Norm Cash	1934	129.21
129	Joe Torre	1940	129.18
130	Bill Dickey	1907	129.07
131	Benny Kauff	1890	129.01
132	Lou Brock	1939	128.84
133	Edgar Martinez	1963	128.81
134	Edd Roush	1893	128.72
135	Orlando Cepeda	1937	128.41
136	Hack Wilson	1900	128.39
137	Richie Ashburn	1927	128.19
138	Carlton Fisk	1947	128.08
139	Jose Canseco	1964	128.07
140	Heine Groh	1889	127.96
141	Darryl Strawberry	1962	127.74
142	Derek Jeter	1974	127.70
143	Luis Gonzalez	1967	127.69
144	Brian Giles	1971	127.68
145	Bill Terry	1898	127.62
146	Carlos Delgado	1972	127.58
147	Vladimir Guerrero	1976	127.52
148	Frank Chance	1877	127.25
149	Jeff Kent	1968	127.20
150	George Burns	1889	127.07
151	Vada Pinson	1938	127.05
152	Rocky Colavito	1933	127.01
153	Fred McGriff	1963	127.00
154	Fred Lynn	1942	126.94
155	Roy White	1943	126.78
156	Jimmy Sheckard	1878	126.77
157	Billy Herman	1909	126.50
158	Andre Dawson	1954	126.36
159	Hugh Duffy	1866	126.36
160	Minnie Minoso	1922	126.29
161	George Davis	1870	126.14
162	Darrell Evans	1947	126.04
163	Dwight Evans	1951	125.90
164	King Kelly	1857	125.87
165	Lou Whitaker	1957	125.83
166	Bill Dahlen	1870	125.76
167	Bobby Bonilla	1963	125.63
168	Jim Rice	1953	125.50
169	Joe Kelley	1871	125.39
170	Vern Stephens	1920	124.97
171	Pee Wee Resse	1918	124.91
172	Roy Campanella	1921	124.77
173	Enos Slaughter	1916	124.75
174	Tony Oliva	1940	124.67
175	Brooks Robinson	1937	124.55
176	Edgardo Alfonzo	1973	124.45
177	Roger Maris	1934	124.16
178	Ted Simmons	1949	124.15
179	Jim Fregosi	1942	124.11
180	Nomar Garciaparra	1973	124.03
181	Larry Doyle	1886	124.00
182	Bill Freehan	1941	123.98
183	Jose Cruz	1947	123.97
184	Tip O'Neil	1858	123.89
185	Amos Otis	1947	123.88
186	Ivan Rodriguez	1971	123.88
187	Hughie Jennings	1869	123.83
188	George Van Haltren	1866	123.36
189	Roy Thomas	1874	123.36
190	George Foster	1948	123.14
191	Max Carey	1890	123.12
192	Willie Keeler	1872	123.05
193	Andruw Jones	1977	122.99
194	Ken Caminiti	1963	122.99
195	Dixie Walker	1910	122.76
196	Fielder Jones	1871	122.75
197	Larry Walker	1966	122.72
198	George Sisler	1893	122.70
199	Cap Anson	1852	122.68
200	Ozzie Smith	1954	122.61
201	Ken Boyer	1931	122.57
202	Nellie Fox	1927	122.16
203	Brett Butler	1957	122.02
204	Ron Cey	1948	121.20
205	Willie Randolph	1954	121.11
206	Jimmy Ryan	1863	121.10
207	Tommy Leach	1877	121.04
208	Johnny Callison	1939	121.03
209	Andy Van Slyke	1960	121.02
210	Gabby Hartnett	1900	121.00
211	Boog Powell	1941	120.93
212	Kiki Cuyler	1898	120.76
213	Miguel Tejada	1976	120.71
214	Gene Tenace	1946	120.63
215	Eric Davis	1962	120.57
216	Shawn Green	1972	120.43
217	Bob Elliot	1916	120.34
218	Ross Youngs	1897	120.24
219	Toby Harrah	1948	120.19
220	Lenny Dykstra	1963	120.18
221	Bobby Veach	1888	120.14
222	Heinie Manush	1901	119.96
223	Jimmy Collins	1870	119.89
224	Willie Davis	1940	119.84
225	Craig Nettles	1944	119.72
226	Cy Seymour	1872	119.65
227	Robin Ventura	1967	119.56
228	Chuck Klein	1904	119.47
229	Augie Galan	1912	119.32
230	Maury Wills	1932	119.30
231	Bobby Doerr	1918	119.24
232	Tim Salmon	1968	119.23
233	Dolph Camilli	1907	118.80
234	Mark Grace	1964	118.68
235	Don Buford	1937	118.65
236	Joe Sewell	1898	118.49
237	Tony Fernandez	1962	118.34
238	Howard Johnson	1960	118.32
239	Dave Lopes	1945	118.22
240	Greg Luzinski	1950	118.18
241	Al Oliver	1946	118.07
242	Cupid Childs	1867	117.93
243	Bob Johnson	1905	117.88
244	Jack Fournier	1889	117.85
245	David Justice	1966	117.83
246	Babe Herman	1903	117.71
247	Ryan Klesko	1971	117.69
248	Bob Watson	1946	117.53
249	Cecil Cooper	1949	117.50
250	Joe Gordon	1915	117.40
251	Bill Nicholson	1914	117.28
252	Julio Franco	1958	117.25
253	Steve Garvey	1948	117.23
254	Earle Combs	1899	117.17
255	Clyde Milan	1887	117.09
256	Brian Downing	1950	116.81
257	Dom DiMaggio	1917	116.73
258	Gil Hodges	1924	116.66
259	Dick McAuliffe	1939	116.41
260	Mike Tiernan	1867	116.18
261	Marquis Grissom	1967	116.11
262	Steve Finley	1965	116.10
263	Ray Lankford	1967	116.08
264	Ginger Beaumont	1876	116.05
265	Pete Browning	1861	116.03
266	Harry Hooper	1887	115.99
267	Johnny Pesky	1919	115.98
268	Matt Williams	1965	115.85
269	Phil Rizzuto	1917	115.84
270	George Gore	1857	115.81
271	Topsy Hartsel	1874	115.79
272	John McGraw	1873	115.69
273	Moises Alou	1966	115.66
274	Mickey Vernon	1918	115.66
275	Gavy Cravath	1881	115.61
276	Harry Stovey	1856	115.54
277	Bret Boone	1969	115.53
278	Paul O'Neill	1963	115.48
279	Eddie Yost	1926	115.46
280	Joe Carter	1960	115.30
281	Roger Bresnahan	1897	115.26
282	John Mayberry	1949	115.13
283	Jorge Posada	1971	114.95
284	Juan Gonzalez	1969	114.88
285	Jim O'Rourke	1850	114.87
286	Jim Bottomley	1900	114.86
287	Chet Lemon	1955	114.83
288	Buddy Bell	1951	114.74
289	Pie Traynor	1899	114.69
290	Bobby Wallace	1873	114.66
291	Del Ennis	1925	114.65
292	Johnny Evers	1881	114.65
293	Bill Madlock	1951	114.51
294	Mo Vaughn	1967	114.47
295	Kevin Mitchell	1962	114.44
296	Dave Bancroft	1891	114.33
297	Eddie Joost	1916	114.32
298	Kenny Lofton	1967	114.30
299	Ellis Burks	1964	114.18
300	Tony Lazzeri	1903	114.10
301	Ed Konetchy	1885	113.80
302	Kirk Gibson	1957	113.79
303	Roy Cullenbine	1913	113.75
304	George Stone	1877	113.64
305	Gary Matthews	1950	113.46
306	Bert Campaneris	1942	113.32
307	Art Devlin	1879	113.32
308	Sam Rice	1890	113.28
309	Elston Howard	1929	113.23
310	Rico Petrocelli	1943	113.20
311	Kevin McReynolds	1959	113.17
312	Red Schoendienst	1923	113.12
313	Carlos Beltran	1977	113.08
314	Harold Baines	1959	113.06
315	Chuck Knoblauch	1968	113.04
316	Tom Tresh	1937	113.04
317	Ruben Sierra	1965	113.02
318	Tony Phillips	1959	112.96
319	Heinie Zimmerman	1887	112.69
320	Eddie Stanky	1916	112.56
321	Buddy Myer	1904	112.54
322	Herman Long	1866	112.43
323	Ken Griffey Sr.	1950	112.40
324	Ken Williams	1890	112.35
325	Thurman Munson	1947	112.22
326	Curt Flood	1938	112.21
327	Tommy Holmes	1917	112.13
328	Brady Anderson	1964	112.12
329	Jay Bell	1965	111.80
330	Elmer Smith	1868	111.68
331	Chick Stahl	1873	111.64
332	Joe Tinker	1880	111.63
333	Sam Thompson	1860	111.58
334	Jeff Heath	1915	111.49
335	Felipe Alou	1935	111.47
336	Hal Trosky	1912	111.26
337	Hardy Richardson	1855	111.14
338	Roy Siervers	1926	111.14
339	Rick Monday	1945	111.00
340	Dave Concepcion	1948	110.67
341	Bill White	1934	110.62
342	Willie Wilson	1955	110.55
343	Bobby Avila	1924	110.47
344	Jim Gilliam	1928	110.43
345	Gil McDougald	1928	110.43
346	Ted Kluszewski	1924	110.42
347	Al Dark	1922	110.25
348	Lance Parrish	1956	110.22
349	Denny Lyons	1866	110.19
350	Sid Gordon	1917	110.11
351	Bob Allison	1934	109.98
352	Bill Doran	1958	109.93
353	Mike Griffin	1865	109.82
354	Wally Joyner	1962	109.68
355	Andres Galarraga	1961	109.63
356	Kent Hrbek	1960	109.59
357	Johnny Damon	1973	109.56
358	Jeff Burroughs	1951	109.53
359	Mike Hargrove	1949	109.48
360	Tommy Henrich	1913	109.40
361	Mike Donlin	1878	109.34
362	Phil Cavaretta	1916	109.13
363	Billy Nash	1929	109.06
364	Larry Gardner	1886	109.01
365	Lonnie Frey	1910	108.95
366	Jim Ray Hart	1941	108.92
367	Tim Wallach	1957	108.90
368	Magglio Ordonez	1974	108.66
369	Darren Daulton	1962	108.59
370	Don Baylor	1949	108.55
371	Buck Ewing	1859	108.54
372	Carney Lansford	1957	108.53
373	Lloyd Waner	1906	108.27
374	Dick Groat	1930	108.24
375	Freddy Lindstrom	1905	108.22
376	Frank McCormick	1911	108.22
377	Mickey Tettleton	1960	108.16
378	Oyster Burns	1864	108.11
379	Elbie Fletcher	1916	108.04
380	Steve Sax	1960	108.03
381	Bid McPhee	1859	108.03
382	Art Fletcher	1885	107.95
383	Wildfire Schulte	1882	107.92
384	Jack Glasscock	1859	107.91
385	Raul Mondesi	1971	107.83
386	Danny Tartabull	1962	107.81
387	Rabbit Maranville	1891	107.69
388	Dummy Hoy	1862	107.68
389	Harry Davis	1873	107.66
390	George Hendrick	1949	107.63
391	Rudy York	1913	107.61
392	Lefty O'Doul	1897	107.52
393	Eric Chavez	1977	107.49
394	Terry Pendleton	1960	107.46
395	Hal McRae	1945	107.38
396	Darrell Porter	1952	107.30
397	George Kell	1922	107.03
398	Harvey Kuenn	1930	107.01
399	Dusty Baker	1949	106.96
400	Whitey Kurowski	1918	106.84
401	Dick Bartell	1907	106.81
402	Chili Davis	1960	106.70
403	Harlond Clift	1912	106.67
404	Bill Bradley	1878	106.59
405	Alvin Davis	1960	106.53
406	Doug DeCinces	1950	106.46
407	Tommy Harper	1940	106.39
408	Willie McGee	1958	106.38
409	Ron Fairly	1938	106.22
410	Sam Mertes	1872	106.18
411	Pete Runnels	1928	106.10
412	John Titus	1876	105.94
413	Jason Kendall	1974	105.92
414	Chick Hafey	1903	105.92
415	Willie Horton	1942	105.92
416	Bobby Thomson	1923	105.68
417	Andy Pafko	1921	105.61
418	Tommy Davis	1939	105.61
419	Red Rolfe	1908	105.56
420	J.D. Drew	1975	105.53
421	Ben Chapman	1908	105.39
422	Travis Fryman	1969	105.39
423	Paul Hines	1852	105.28
424	Von Hayes	1958	105.25
425	Al Smith	1928	105.23
426	Tom Haller	1937	105.18
427	Dwayne Murphy	1955	105.09
428	Ray Durham	1971	104.93
429	Javy Lopez	1970	104.87
430	Lee May	1943	104.83
431	Jake Daubert	1884	104.83
432	Jackie Jensen	1927	104.78
433	Lloyd Moseby	1959	104.74
434	Del Pratt	1888	104.68
435	John Kruk	1961	104.63
436	Mickey Rivers	1948	104.57
437	Patsy Dougherty	1876	104.41
438	Ken Keltner	1916	104.37
439	Danny Murphy	1876	104.22
440	Happy Felsch	1891	104.20
441	Richie Zisk	1949	104.18
442	Garry Maddox	1949	104.16
443	Luis Aparicio	1934	104.12
444	Jake Beckley	1867	104.02
445	Cesar Tovar	1940	103.96
446	Mike Lowell	1974	103.83
447	Monte Ward	1860	103.73
448	George Scott	1944	103.72
449	Gene Woodling	1922	103.71
450	Johnny Logan	1927	103.71
451	Jimmy Williams	1876	103.68
452	Riggs Stephenson	1898	103.67
453	Greg Vaughn	1965	103.64
454	Vic Wertz	1925	103.63
455	Cecil Travis	1913	103.59
456	Miller Huggins	1879	103.51
457	Travis Jackson	1903	103.36
458	Carlos Baerga	1968	103.34
459	Jesse Barfield	1959	103.33
460	Bill Lange	1871	103.05
461	Harry Steinfeldt	1877	103.04
462	Wally Moses	1910	103.03
463	Red Smith	1890	102.86
464	Phil Nevin	1971	102.85
465	Rico Carty	1939	102.82
466	Ron LeFlore	1948	102.57
467	Jeff Cirillo	1969	102.53
468	Dode Paskert	1881	102.50
469	Pete Reiser	1919	102.49
470	Donie Bush	1887	102.37
471	Matty Alou	1938	102.36
472	Norm Siebern	1933	102.18
473	George Bell	1959	102.08
474	Tino Martinez	1967	102.05
475	Jimmy Barrett	1875	102.03
476	Joe Adcock	1927	101.83
477	Gary Gaetti	1958	101.83
478	Ripper Collins	1904	101.78
479	Richie Hebner	1947	101.75
480	Eric Karros	1967	101.75
481	Cecil Fielder	1963	101.72
482	Kip Selbach	1872	101.71
483	Adrian Beltre	1979	101.70
484	Joe Judge	1894	101.69
485	Tommie Agee	1942	101.62
486	Garry Templeton	1956	101.52
487	Jason Thompson	1954	101.49
488	Joe Rudi	1946	101.44
489	Bobby Higginson	1970	101.44
490	Ron Hunt	1941	101.28
491	Bill Joyce	1865	101.27
492	Ben Oglivie	1949	101.22
493	Don Money	1947	101.19
494	Ron Gant	1965	101.18
495	Jo Jo Moore	1908	101.18
496	Fred Tenney	1871	101.18
497	Lonnie Smith	1955	101.10
498	Ferris Fain	1921	101.08
499	Andre Thornton	1949	100.93
500	George Kelly	1895	100.92
501	Arlie Latham	1860	100.91
502	Buddy Lewis	1916	100.89
503	Fred Dunlap	1859	100.83
504	John Romano	1934	100.79
505	Sixto Lezcano	1953	100.77
506	Jeff Blauser	1965	100.77
507	Gorman Thomas	1950	100.50
508	Charley Jones	1850	100.47
509	Lave Cross	1866	100.45
510	Max Bishop	1899	100.43
511	Tim McCarver	1941	100.23
512	Wally Moon	1930	100.23
513	Delino DeShields	1969	100.21
514	Kevin Seitzer	1962	100.13
515	Garret Anderson	1972	100.12
516	Dave Cash	1948	100.11
517	Jake Stenzel	1867	100.08
518	Ken McMullen	1942	100.08
519	Roger Peckinpaugh	1891	100.07
520	Jose Vidro	1974	100.07
521	Pepper Martin	1904	100.02
522	Jim Gentile	1934	99.97
523	Ray Boone	1923	99.88
524	Sherm Lollar	1924	99.86
525	Jose Cardenal	1943	99.85
526	Cliff Floyd	1972	99.82
527	Carl Furillo	1922	99.80
528	Frankie Crosetti	1910	99.78
529	Joe Kuhel	1906	99.74
530	Todd Zeile	1965	99.71
531	Edgar Renteria	1975	99.70
532	Henry Larkin	1860	99.67
533	Tony Gonzalez	1936	99.64
534	George Grantham	1900	99.63
535	Jay Buhner	1964	99.59
536	Robby Thompson	1962	99.53
537	Ed McKean	1864	99.50
538	Buck Freeman	1871	99.28
539	Denis Menke	1940	99.26
540	Tom Herr	1956	99.19
541	Leon Wagner	1934	99.09
542	Dave Johnson	1943	99.01
543	Paul Blair	1944	98.88
544	Baby Doll Jacobson	1890	98.86
545	Hank Sauer	1917	98.81
546	Tom Daly	1866	98.80
547	Phil Garner	1949	98.78
548	Curt Welch	1862	98.76
549	Stuffy McInnis	1890	98.74
550	Roy Smalley	1952	98.72
551	Freddy Parent	1875	98.52
552	Jim Sundberg	1951	98.51
553	Bill Werber	1908	98.47
554	Chris Chambliss	1948	98.40
555	Terry Puhl	1956	98.19
556	Jim Landis	1934	97.85
557	Tony Cuccinello	1907	97.83
558	Wes Parker	1939	97.74
559	Omar Vizquel	1967	97.64
560	Hal Chase	1883	97.59
561	Dave Henderson	1958	97.58
562	Kid Elberfeld	1875	97.58
563	Manny Sanguillen	1944	97.57
564	Devon White	1962	97.56
565	Bill Mazeroski	1936	97.50
566	Juan Samuel	1960	97.35
567	Cy Williams	1887	97.35
568	Bob Meusel	1896	97.33
569	Lu Blue	1897	97.29
570	Sean Casey	1974	97.29
571	Cleon Jones	1942	97.23
572	Willie Kam	1900	97.12
573	Socks Seybold	1870	97.11
574	Leo Cardenas	1938	97.01
575	Tommy McCarthy	1863	96.96
576	Earl Battey	1935	96.95
577	Ralph Garr	1945	96.94
578	Mike Greenwell	1963	96.90
579	Ray Chapman	1891	96.82
580	Puddin' Head Jones	1925	96.81
581	Duffy Lewis	1888	96.73
582	Carl Everett	1971	96.65
583	Billy North	1948	96.52
584	Alfonso Soriano	1976	96.51
585	Bill Bruton	1925	96.43
586	Derrek Lee	1975	96.35
587	Jose Valentin	1969	96.26
588	Corey Koskie	1973	96.13
589	Mike Scioscia	1958	96.13
590	Dale Mitchell	1921	96.11
591	Del Crandall	1930	96.09
592	Bob Bailey	1942	96.05
593	Troy Glaus	1976	96.01
594	Joe Vosmik	1910	95.97
595	Bob Horner	1957	95.96
596	Barney McCoskey	1917	95.93
597	Claude Ritchey	1873	95.93
598	Billy Rogell	1904	95.89
599	Mike Sweeney	1973	95.84
600	Rafael Furcal	1978	95.70
601	Earl Torgeson	1924	95.68
602	Don Mincher	1938	95.62
603	B.J. Surhoff	1964	95.52
604	Chris Speier	1950	95.45
605	Woody English	1906	95.44
606	Gus Bell	1928	95.43
607	Gus Suhr	1906	95.43
608	Ernie Lombardi	1908	95.14
609	Charlie Hickman	1876	94.99
610	Pete Ward	1939	94.91
611	Woodie Held	1932	94.77
612	Tom Brown	1860	94.73
613	Irish Meusel	1893	94.70
614	Johnny Mostil	1896	94.52
615	Tito Francona	1933	94.51
616	Bill Buckner	1949	94.51
617	Joe Ferguson	1946	94.24
618	Steve Kemp	1954	94.18
619	Jeff Conine	1966	94.08
620	Johnny Ray	1957	93.88
621	Dan Driessen	1951	93.84
622	Terry Kennedy	1956	93.82
623	Rick Burleson	1951	93.78
624	Dante Bichette	1963	93.77
625	Marty Marion	1917	93.58
626	John Anderson	1873	93.50
627	Dave Kingman	1948	93.50
628	Jack Tobin	1892	93.45
629	Mike Higgins	1909	93.44
630	Charlie Hollocher	1896	93.41
631	John Roseboro	1933	93.39
632	Luis Castillo	1975	93.37
633	George H. Burns	1893	93.35
634	Bill Skowron	1930	93.26
635	Hank Bauer	1922	93.21
636	Fred Merkle	1888	93.12
637	Marty McManus	1900	93.07
638	Frank White	1950	92.96
639	Terry Steinbach	1962	92.90
640	Rich Aurilia	1971	92.88
641	Sammy West	1904	92.69
642	Doug Rader	1944	92.53
643	Johnny Temple	1927	92.44
644	Dan McGann	1871	92.39
645	Bing Miller	1894	92.35
646	Amos Strunk	1889	92.34
647	Bob O'Farrell	1896	92.22
648	Abner Dalrymple	1857	92.11
649	Milt Stock	1893	92.04
650	Dickie Thon	1958	91.85
651	Zoilo Versalles	1939	91.85
652	Jimmy Dykes	1896	91.83
653	Fred Luderus	1885	91.80
654	Vinny Castilla	1967	91.78
655	Hans Lobert	1881	91.59
656	Carlos Lee	1976	91.41
657	Glenn Wright	1901	91.40
658	John Stone	1905	91.36
659	Todd Hundley	1969	91.23
660	Charles Johnson	1971	91.22
661	Doc Cramer	1905	91.09
662	Ron Hansen	1938	91.04
663	George McQuinn	1910	90.97
664	Frank Thomas	1929	90.94
665	Don Hoak	1928	90.93
666	Frank Demaree	1910	90.87
667	Buck Weaver	1890	90.84
668	Mike Andrews	1943	90.82
669	Whitey Lockman	1926	90.80
670	Matt Lawton	1971	90.78
671	Wally Pipp	1893	90.78
672	Walker Cooper	1915	90.76
673	Terry Moore	1912	90.46
674	Jorge Orta	1950	90.45
675	Ned Williamson	1857	90.42
676	Claudell Washington	1954	90.42
677	Tony Pena	1957	90.38
678	Tom Brunansky	1960	90.31
679	Bob Boone	1947	90.27
680	Jimmy Piersall	1929	90.27
681	Larry Parrish	1953	90.27
682	Fred Pfeffer	1860	90.21
683	Sam Chapman	1916	90.20
684	Tony Taylor	1935	90.16
685	Charlie Jamieson	1893	90.11
686	Ray Schalk	1892	89.97
687	Buck Herzog	1885	89.93
688	Mike Kreevich	1908	89.85
689	Jerry Priddy	1919	89.80
690	Vic Power	1927	89.61
691	Elmer Valo	1921	89.57
692	Pete O'Brien	1958	89.55
693	Rick Ferrell	1905	89.44
694	Jimmy Rollins	1978	89.41
695	Billy Goodman	1926	89.37
696	Bill Melton	1945	89.33
697	Yank Robinson	1859	89.22
698	Bibb Falk	1899	89.17
699	Deacon White	1847	89.10
700	Al Bridwell	1884	89.07
701	Tommy Tucker	1863	88.82
702	J.T. Snow	1968	88.81
703	Muddy Ruel	1896	88.61
704	Ed Bailey	1931	88.60
705	Harry Danning	1911	88.49
706	Mark Kotsay	1975	88.30
707	Walt Judnich	1917	88.19
708	Jim Delahanty	1879	88.06
709	Chief Meyers	1880	88.03
710	Felix Millan	1943	87.92
711	Bruce Bochte	1950	87.75
712	Lyn Lary	1906	87.66
713	Harold Reynolds	1960	87.60
714	Glenn Hubbard	1957	87.57
715	Gee Walker	1908	87.51
716	Jim Lefebvre	1942	87.38
717	Johnny Kling	1875	87.30
718	Horace Clarke	1940	87.12
719	Granny Hamner	1927	87.02
720	Benito Santiago	1965	86.97
721	Charlie Maxwell	1927	86.88
722	Bill Virdon	1931	86.84
723	Johnny Edwards	1938	86.79
724	Solly Hemus	1923	86.74
725	Hoot Evers	1921	86.71
726	Butch Wynegar	1956	86.59
727	Charlie Grimm	1898	86.24
728	Clete Boyer	1937	86.14
729	Steve Brodie	1868	86.13
730	Don Blasingame	1932	86.10
731	Sam Wise	1857	85.89
732	Orlando Cabrera	1974	85.87
733	Larry Bowa	1945	85.86
734	Eddie Robinson	1920	85.85
735	Aaron Boone	1973	85.80
736	Duke Farrell	1866	85.77
737	Hubie Brooks	1956	85.75
738	Glenn Beckert	1940	85.73
739	Mark Belanger	1944	85.62
740	Tony Armas	1953	85.58
741	Aramis Ramirez	1978	85.52
742	Greg Gagne	1961	85.47
743	Scott Fletcher	1958	85.42
744	Jim Gantner	1953	85.36
745	Lou Piniella	1943	85.32
746	Tony Kubek	1936	85.28
747	Bobby Lowe	1865	85.20
748	Rennie Stennett	1951	85.10
749	Tony Womack	1969	84.88
750	Freddie Patek	1944	84.82
751	Charlie Bennett	1854	84.79
752	Red Kress	1907	84.73
753	Damion Easley	1969	84.46
754	Smoky Burgess	1927	84.42
755	Bill Russell	1948	84.39
756	Carl Reynolds	1903	84.29
757	Andy Seminick	1920	84.14
758	Tony Clark	1972	84.06
759	Mark McLemore	1964	84.02
760	Chico Carrasquel	1928	83.81
761	Melvin Mora	1972	83.81
762	Gus Zernial	1923	83.78
763	Steve O'Neill	1891	83.69
764	Terry Turner	1881	83.57
765	Tommy Corcoran	1869	83.55
766	Ray Knight	1952	83.51
767	Stan Lopata	1925	83.43
768	Roy McMillan	1929	83.39
769	Jim Lemon	1928	83.37
770	Mark Loretta	1971	83.33
771	Frank Bolling	1931	83.32
772	Ossie Bluege	1900	83.28
773	Jose Cruz Jr.	1974	83.22
774	Jack Doyle	1869	83.10
775	Deron Johnson	1938	83.07
776	Fernando Vina	1969	83.02
777	Frank Malzone	1930	82.94
778	Odell Hale	1908	82.92
779	Jack Barry	1887	82.77
780	Tony Conigliaro	1945	82.58
781	Joe Pepitone	1942	82.48
782	Pete Fox	1909	82.41
783	Jerry Lumpe	1933	82.40
784	AJ Pierzynski	1976	82.23
785	Don Kessinger	1942	82.19
786	Bubble Hargrave	1892	82.16
787	Tony Batista	1973	81.90
788	Gus Triandos	1930	81.88
789	Bud Harrelson	1944	81.85
790	Kid Gleason	1866	81.82
791	Ed Bressoud	1932	81.72
792	Bucky Harris	1896	81.65
793	Ted Sizemore	1945	81.64
794	Sparky Adams	1894	81.62
795	Spud Davis	1904	81.54
796	Shawon Dunston	1963	81.44
797	Paul Konerko	1976	81.43
798	Torii Hunter	1975	81.41
799	Billy Jerges	1908	81.31
800	Gene Alley	1940	81.16
801	Joe Randa	1969	81.08
802	Jack Clements	1864	80.98
803	Ernie Whitt	1952	80.88
804	Jody Davis	1956	80.51
805	David Segui	1966	80.42
806	Ozzie Guillen	1964	80.38
807	Rick Dempsey	1949	80.30
808	Bobby Richardson	1935	80.12
809	Johnny Bassler	1895	79.92
810	Tito Fuentes	1944	79.92
811	Placido Polanco	1975	79.86
812	Jacque Jones	1975	79.83
813	Eddie Miller	1916	79.79
814	Hughie Critz	1900	79.59
815	Manny Trillo	1950	79.44
816	Dan Wilson	1969	79.32
817	Carlos Guillen	1975	79.16
818	Orator Shaffer	1851	78.80
819	Shanty Hogan	1906	78.47
820	Dean Palmer	1968	78.44
821	Jerry Remy	1952	78.41
822	David Bell	1972	78.31
823	Cookie Rojas	1939	78.15
824	Deacon Bcguire	1863	78.09
825	Ron Oester	1956	77.96
826	David Ortiz	1975	77.62
827	Mike LaValliere	1960	77.43
828	Bruce Campbell	1909	77.39
829	Julian Javier	1936	77.28
830	Chief Zimmer	1860	77.25
831	Jermaine Dye	1974	77.20
832	Jason Varitek	1972	77.14
833	Todd Walker	1973	77.02
834	Frank Snyder	1893	76.68
835	Frankie Hayes	1914	76.42
836	Gus Mancuso	1905	76.34
837	Bucky Dent	1951	76.14
838	Hank Severeid	1891	76.12
839	Royce Clayton	1970	76.08
840	Cliff Carroll	1859	76.03
841	Jim Hegan	1920	75.84
842	George Cutshaw	1887	75.80
843	Al Lopez	1908	75.73
844	Jerry Grote	1942	75.70
845	Don Slaught	1958	75.70
846	Rafael Ramirez	1958	75.67
847	Ron Hassey	1953	75.45
848	Dimitri Young	1973	75.22
849	Mike Macfarlane	1964	74.99
850	Aubrey Huff	1976	74.97
851	Cristian Guzman	1978	74.83
852	Ivan DeJesus	1953	74.69
853	Doggie Miller	1864	74.53
854	Bo Diaz	1953	74.27
855	Everett Scott	1892	73.54
856	Sandy Alomar Jr.	1966	73.01
857	Cass Michaels	1926	72.94
858	Brian Harper	1959	72.86
859	Jimmy Austin	1879	72.68
860	Tommy Helms	1941	72.16
861	George Gibson	1880	72.10
862	Steve Yeager	1948	72.06
863	Jim Tabor	1916	71.79
864	Hank Gowdy	1889	71.72
865	Babe Phelps	1908	71.69
866	Phil Masi	1916	71.53
867	Doug Mientkeiwicz	1974	71.24
868	Joe Dugan	1897	70.61
869	Jimmie Wilson	1900	70.15
870	Hank Blalock	1980	69.74
871	Rollie Hemsley	1928	69.56
872	Del Rice	1922	69.18
873	George McBride	1880	68.75
874	Alan Ashby	1951	68.21
875	Earl Smith	1897	67.94
876	Luke Sewell	1901	67.92
877	Neifi Perez	1973	67.91
878	Charlie Moore	1953	67.36
879	Heinie Peitz	1870	66.97
880	Jack O'Connor	1869	66.68
881	Birdie Tebbetts	1912	65.53
882	Ivy Wingo	1890	65.22
883	Mickey Owen	1916	60.39
884	Wilbert Robinson	1863	59.25
885	Victor Martinez	1978	54.59
886	Joe Mauer	1983	51.01

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Catchers

Today, I will be starting a new series of postings. Frequently, I have asked readers to give me ideas for topics and also that if they want to do some research and write something up, that I would be happy to consider posting it for them. Well, in recent weeks, Justin Ahern has done a lot of research on a topic that he was curious about, and that I found very interesting. So basically, he did the research, plugged in the numbers and came up with lists for the Top 100 players at each position in major league history.

So, thank you very much to Justin Ahern. The topic is very interesting and for him to do so much work and number crunching really helps me out a LOT! So, thank you!

If you have any questions for me, or if you have any questions for Justin, please e-mail me and I will be sure to forward your thoughts to him.

BACKGROUND AND PROCESS

Now, Justin noted that Bill James completed a project to rank the players by positions using Win Shares and other numbers. Here are the six categories that Bill James used to determine his ranking:

1.) Win Shares - Career Totals

2.) Win Shares - Top 3 seasons

3.) Win Shares - Top 5 consecutive seasons

4.) Win Shares - per 162 games played

5.) A Time Line Adjustment (points based on player's year of birth)

6.) Subjective Rating

When Justin did his research, he used each of the above criteria, except for the Subjective Rating because "if I wanted to do a subjective rating, I wouldn't have spent all of this time crunching numbers. People can do their own subjective rating. I just wanted to see what the numbers said." Justin pointed out to me that he thought that defensive players like Ozzie Smith and Bill Mazeroski were players hurt most by not including the subjective rating. This does make sense, and yet, I feel it important to point out the defense is included in Win Shares, so that does factor into this still.

I really like the way this is done. I think that career totals are important because it shows productivity over the entire career, longevity. We are also able to judge by their best years, how good they were at their best. The Top 5 consecutive seasons shows an extended period of peak performance. The "per 162 game" category adjusts for things like time missed for injury, etc. And finally, the Time Line question is one that I asked Justin about as well. He said, and I completely agree, that hitting is much tougher now than it was at any prior time in history. Win Shares does factor in the player's era. Now, this is not a big category, so it's effect on the overall score is minimal in comparison to the other categories.

 

Another thing that I like about Justin's research is that he chose to "normalize" each category. He explains:

I "normalized" all of the categories to a max score of 50. The way that James did the rating is that whatever they guy got in that category, that was his score. He did no normalizing. Babe Ruth accumulated 756 win shares in his career. That is the highest total ever. For this he received 37 points in James's system. In Will Clark's 3 best seasons he accumulated 44, 37, and 34 win shares so in James's ratings he got 38 points for that. Why should Clark get more credit for 3 great seasons that Ruth gets for having the greatest win share total ever? I don't think he should and that's why I normalized them. Ruth now gets 50 points for his 756 career win shares and Clark now gets 36 points for his 3 season run. I think that is a fairer way to evaluate them. Ruth had the most career win shares, the best score for top 3, and the top win shares per 162 games played. He gets a 50 in all 3 categories and every other player gets rated against Ruth's scores in those categories. Honus Wagner had the best 5 year stretch so he gets the 50 point score in that category and everybody else is evaluated against Wagner. I used the same time line adjustment that James used. I saw no need to change it.

So, there you have it, the criteria of this analysis. Again, I find it very interesting to see how Justin's analysis rates the players. I was very interested in seeing how current players rated in comparison to the old-timers. My plan with this series of postings is to post a position a day at least four days a week for the next couple of weeks. At the end of this analysis, we will list out the Top 200 players of all-time, regardless of position. I will post the Top 100 in order and only give their total points combining Justin's five categories (With four categories where the top score is 50, and the age category, where the highest "score" was 17.9, the highest possible score a player can get is 217.9.) You will notice in some cases that we have actually ranked a few more than 100. Justin wanted to plug in the numbers of players like Joe Mauer, Shannon Stewart, David Ortiz, and Doug Mientkiewicz and others to see how far they are from hitting the Top 100.

 

For each position, I have asked Justin to give me some thoughts on what he found interesting about the rankings. Maybe there was a player that surprised him with how high or low he ranked. Maybe there was a name that he didn't know well.  I will do a quick summary of my thoughts on the same types of things, and maybe do a little research on a couple of the players that I know very little about. Might as well make this a learning experience too, right?

 

With no further ado, let's get to the analysis:

 

THE CATCHERS

 

Here are the Top 100 Catchers of All-Time.

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Mike Piazza	1968	146.65
2	Johnny Bench	1947	144.18
3	Yogi Berra	1925	142.20
4	Gary Carter	1954	134.44
5	Mickey Cochrane	1903	130.64
6	Joe Torre	1940	129.18
7	Bill Dickey	1907	129.07
8	Carlton Fisk	1947	128.08
9	Roy Campanella	1921	124.77
10	Ted Simmons	1949	124.15
11	Bill Freehan	1941	123.98
12	Ivan Rodriguez	1971	123.88
13	Gabby Hartnett	1900	121.00
14	Gene Tenace	1946	120.63
15	Roger Bresnahan	1897	115.26
16	Jorge Posada	1971	114.95
17	Elston Howard	1929	113.23
18	Thurman Munson	1947	112.22
19	Lance Parrish	1956	110.22
20	Darren Daulton	1962	108.59
21	Buck Ewing	1859	108.54
22	Mickey Tettleton	1960	108.16
23	Darrell Porter	1952	107.30
24	Jason Kendall	1974	105.92
25	Tom Haller	1937	105.18
26	Javy Lopez	1970	104.87
27	John Romano	1934	100.79
28	Tim McCarver	1941	100.23
29	Sherm Lollar	1924	99.86
30	Jim Sundberg	1951	98.51
31	Manny Sanguillen	1944	97.57
32	Earl Battey	1935	96.95
33	Mike Scioscia	1958	96.13
34	Del Crandall	1930	96.09
35	Ernie Lombardi	1908	95.14
36	Joe Ferguson	1946	94.24
37	Terry Kennedy	1956	93.82
38	John Roseboro	1933	93.39
39	Terry Steinbach	1962	92.90
40	Bob O'Farrell	1896	92.22
41	Todd Hundley	1969	91.23
42	Charles Johnson	1971	91.22
43	Walker Cooper	1915	90.76
44	Tony Pena	1957	90.38
45	Bob Boone	1947	90.27
46	Ray Schalk	1892	89.97
47	Rick Ferrell	1905	89.44
48	Muddy Ruel	1896	88.61
49	Ed Bailey	1931	88.60
50	Harry Danning	1911	88.49
51	Chief Meyers	1880	88.03
52	Johnny Kling	1875	87.30
53	Benito Santiago	1965	86.97
54	Johnny Edwards	1938	86.79
55	Butch Wynegar	1956	86.59
56	Duke Farrell	1866	85.77
57	Charlie Bennett	1854	84.79
58	Smoky Burgess	1927	84.42
59	Andy Seminick	1920	84.14
60	Steve O'Neill	1891	83.69
61	Stan Lopata	1925	83.43
62	AJ Pierzynski	1976	82.23
63	Bubble Hargrave	1892	82.16
64	Gus Triandos	1930	81.88
65	Spud Davis	1904	81.54
66	Jack Clements	1864	80.98
67	Ernie Whitt	1952	80.88
68	Jody Davis	1956	80.51
69	Rick Dempsey	1949	80.30
70	Johnny Bassler	1895	79.92
71	Shanty Hogan	1906	78.47
72	Deacon Bcguire	1863	78.09
73	Mike LaValliere	1960	77.43
74	Chief Zimmer	1860	77.25
75	Jason Varitek	1972	77.14
76	Frank Snyder	1893	76.68
77	Frankie Hayes	1914	76.42
78	Gus Mancuso	1905	76.34
79	Hank Severeid	1891	76.12
80	Cliff Carroll	1859	76.03
81	Jim Hegan	1920	75.84
82	Al Lopez	1908	75.73
83	Jerry Grote	1942	75.70
84	Don Slaught	1958	75.70
85	Ron Hassey	1953	75.45
86	Mike Macfarlane	1964	74.99
87	Doggie Miller	1864	74.53
88	Bo Diaz	1953	74.27
89	Sandy Alomar Jr.	1966	73.01
90	Brian Harper	1959	72.86
91	George Gibson	1880	72.10
92	Steve Yeager	1948	72.06
93	Hank Gowdy	1889	71.72
94	Babe Phelps	1908	71.69
95	Phil Masi	1916	71.53
96	Jimmie Wilson	1900	70.15
97	Rollie Hemsley	1928	69.56
98	Del Rice	1922	69.18
99	Alan Ashby	1951	68.21
100	Earl Smith	1897	67.94
101	Luke Sewell	1901	67.92
102	Charlie Moore	1953	67.36
103	Heinie Peitz	1870	66.97
104	Jack O'Connor	1869	66.68
105	Birdie Tebbetts	1912	65.53
106	Ivy Wingo	1890	65.22
107	Mickey Owen	1916	60.39
108	Wilbert Robinson	1863	59.25
109	Victor Martinez	1978	54.59
110	Joe Mauer	1983	51.01

 

 

Justin's Thoughts:

I think that Posada and Kendall point out the lack of great catchers that there have been in baseball history. Part of it could be attributed to catcher's careers being so short that they don't get a chance to accumulate great numbers. I think that Joe Torre is overrated in this system, too. He put up monster numbers when he was no longer a catcher.

 

Seth's Thoughts:

There are a lot of Yankees in the Top 20! I think that Yogi Berra is very underrated as a player because of his funny quotes, but this shows just how good he really was! And to think that he and Elston Howard were frequently on the same roster. Bill Dickey is a Hall of Famer. How far up this list could Thurmon Munson have been if not for his unfortunate death. How far up the list could Jorge Posada go?

 

I'm not surprised that Mike Piazza is #1 on the list. I am surprised that Ivan Rodriguez is way down at #12! Other names that surprised me were:
     Higher than I thought: Gene Tenace, Darren Daulton, Mickey Tettleton, Tim McCarver.

     No one really ranks any lower than I would have thought. I guess that I just think that catcher is really a pretty weak position. The top 10-12 are pretty good, but after that, there is a huge drop off.

 

Twins rankings:

#32 - Earl Battey (Twins 1961-1967)

#38 - John Roseboro (Twins 1968-1969)

#39 - Terry Steinbach (Twins 1997-1999)

#55 - Butch Wynegar (Twins 1976-1982)

#62 - AJ Pierzynski  (Twins 1998-2003)

#90 - Brian Harper (Twins 1988-1993)

Brian Harper had five very decent, high average, low power seasons with the Twins, but that was really the extent of his big league success. He was very good, but that he would fit onto this list tells you how weak the position is. AJ has been a very good offensive player for a few years now, but his #62 ranking of all-time also shows that. He is still very young, so think of how far up this list he could go. I would guess above any of the others on this Twins list.

Summary:

Overall as you can see, the catcher position has been a weak offensive position. As I mentioned, I think the top 10-12 on this list are great hitters and worthy of their rankings. But throughout baseball history, catcher has not been an offensive position. It has been a position where defense is what gets noticed. An ability to receive the ball well, call a good, smart game, lead a pitching staff and throw out base stealers are the things that make a good catcher.

 

A report like this probably is not fair to the catcher position, and yet, the players still deserve mention. It will be more interesting to see how the rankings go at other positions, which we will start next week.

 

Do you have any thoughts on these catcher ratings? Do you have any questions for myself or for Justin Ahern on this ranking or how this was comprised? If you have any thoughts, please e-mail me, and be sure to check back in the coming weeks for the rest of the positions.

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: First Base

Good Tuesday morning! I should start by saying that I had a nice three-day weekend and was out of town until late last night. The extra day off is always nice and seemingly always needed! The only tough part is coming back to work on that fourth day.

First things first, I have to point out what I would consider the most impressive stat line of the weekend. It comes from a Division III football game on Saturday. Gustavus 40, Carleton 27. OK, now first I have to admit a little nepotism, the stat line of the weekend happens to have been put in by my cousin, Isaac Sieling, a senior linebacker for the Gusties, but just check out these numbers and you decide if it deserves mention. On the game, he had 17 tackles (which increased his D III leading total to 148, a Gustavus single-season record). He also had 3 sacks (resulting in 19 lost yards). He recovered a fumble and also intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards. Now, I need everyone to click here and check out the "What do You Think?" question, which is "What was the biggest story of the 2004 Fall Athletic Season?" One option is "Isaac Sieling leading the nation in tackles." Let's see if we can help him win that!! Here are a couple of more articles. First from College Sporting News. Also, from the MIAC, which named him the defensive player of the week.

Next up, yesterday, Bobby Crosby was named the AL Rookie of the Year and Jason Bay won the NL Rookie of the Year Award. If you take a look back at my postseason award choices, I got both of these two right! Today, the NL Cy Young Award will be named. My choice was Diamondbacks lefty Randy Johnson, but because of his W-L record, the vote could be close with Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt, both of the Astros getting a lot of votes. Jason Schmidt and Jake Peavy also deserve to have their names mentioned!

Today, I am going to touch on just a few topics from football to baseball and maybe more. The main topic will be continuing the All-Time Top 100 series that Justin Ahern researched for us. If you would like some background on the process used to develop this report and ranking, please click here.

If you have any questions for me, or if you have any questions for Justin, please e-mail me, and I will be sure to forward your thoughts to him.

THE FIRST BASEMEN

 

Here are the Top 100 First Basemen of All-Time. I think that the best part about this is just seeing the rankings and then being able to debate them! I mean, maybe you think so-and-so is ranked too high, or maybe this player is better than this player was. Hopefully you are able to think about some names of players you hadn't for awhile and this is fun!

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Lou Gehrig	1903	170.71
2	Jimmie Foxx	1907	154.63
3	Dick Allen	1942	154.62
4	Jeff Bagwell	1968	154.01
5	Will Clark	1964	152.08
6	Frank Thomas	1968	150.31
7	Willie McCovey	1938	147.14
8	Mark McGwire	1963	145.81
9	Jason Giambi	1971	142.86
10	Johnny Mize	1913	140.42
11	Harmon Killebrew	1936	140.07
12	Eddie Murray	1956	139.62
13	Albert Pujols	1980	139.08
14	Dan Bouthers	1858	136.01
15	Roger Connor	1857	134.02
16	Hank Greenberg	1911	133.25
17	Jim Thome	1970	132.97
18	Rafael Palmiero	1964	132.05
19	Don Mattingly	1961	132.03
20	Tony Perez	1942	131.66
21	Keith Hernandez	1953	131.20
22	John Olerud	1968	130.05
23	Norm Cash	1934	129.21
24	Orlando Cepeda	1937	128.41
25	Bill Terry	1898	127.62
26	Todd Helton	1973	127.41
27	Frank Chance	1877	127.25
28	Fred McGriff	1963	127.00
29	Carlos Delgado	1972	125.54
30	George Sisler	1893	122.70
31	Cap Anson	1852	122.68
32	Boog Powell	1941	120.93
33	Dolph Camilli	1907	118.80
34	Mark Grace	1964	118.68
35	Jack Fournier	1889	117.85
36	Bob Watson	1946	117.53
37	Cecil Cooper	1949	117.50
38	Steve Garvey	1948	117.23
39	Gil Hodges	1924	116.66
40	Ryan Klesko	1971	115.93
41	Mickey Vernon	1918	115.66
42	John Mayberry	1949	115.13
43	Jim Bottomley	1900	114.86
44	Mo Vaughan	1967	114.47
45	Ed Konetchy	1885	113.80
46	Hal Trosky	1912	111.26
47	Roy Siervers	1926	111.14
48	Bill White	1934	110.62
49	Ted Kluszewski	1924	110.42
50	Wally Joyner	1962	109.68
51	Andres Galarraga	1961	109.63
52	Kent Hrbek	1960	109.59
53	Mike Hargrove	1949	109.48
54	Phil Cavaretta	1916	109.13
55	Frank McCormick	1911	108.22
56	Elbie Fletcher	1916	108.04
57	Harry Davis	1873	107.66
58	Rudy York	1913	107.61
59	Alvin Davis	1960	106.53
60	Ron Fairly	1938	106.22
61	Lee May	1943	104.83
62	Jake Daubert	1884	104.83
63	John Kruk	1961	104.63
64	Jake Beckley	1867	104.02
65	George Scott	1944	103.72
66	Norm Siebern	1933	102.18
67	Joe Adcock	1927	101.83
68	Cecil Fielder	1963	101.72
69	Joe Judge	1894	101.69
70	Phil Nevin	1971	101.32
71	Fred Tenney	1871	101.18
72	Ferris Fain	1921	101.08
73	Andre Thornton	1949	100.93
74	George Kelly	1895	100.92
75	Tino Martinez	1967	100.70
76	Eric Karros	1967	100.23
77	Ripper Collins	1904	100.11
78	Jason Thompson	1954	100.07
79	Joe Kuhel	1906	99.74
80	Henry Larkin	1860	99.67
81	Stuffy McInnis	1890	98.74
82	Chris Chambliss	1948	98.40
83	Jim Gentile	1934	98.32
84	Hal Chase	1883	97.59
85	Lu Blue	1897	97.29
86	Wes Parker	1939	96.32
87	Sean Casey	1974	95.88
88	Earl Torgeson	1924	95.68
89	Gus Suhr	1906	95.43
90	Charlie Hickman	1876	94.99
91	Derrek Lee	1975	94.85
92	Bill Buckner	1949	94.51
93	Mike Sweeney	1973	94.38
94	Don Mincher	1938	94.19
95	Dan Driessen	1951	93.84
96	George H. Burns	1893	93.35
97	Bill Skowron	1930	93.26
98	Fred Merkle	1888	93.12
99	Fred Luderus	1885	91.80
100	Dan McGann	1871	90.97
101	George McQuinn	1910	90.97
102	Whitey Lockman	1926	90.80
103	Wally Pipp	1893	90.78
104	Vic Power	1927	89.61
105	Pete O'Brien	1958	88.23
106	Bruce Bochte	1950	87.75
107	J.T. Snow	1968	87.66
108	Tommy Tucker	1863	87.39
109	Charlie Grimm	1898	86.24
110	Eddie Robinson	1920	85.85
111	Jack Doyle	1869	83.10
112	Tony Clark	1972	82.85
113	Deron Johnson	1938	82.00
114	Joe Pepitone	1942	81.30
115	Paul Konerko	1976	80.20
116	David Segui	1966	79.36
117	David Ortiz	1975	76.52
118	Dimitri Young	1973	74.23
119	Doug Mientkeiwicz	1974	70.30

 

 

 

Justin's Thoughts:

The first thing that grabbed my attention after I rated the first basemen was how well the active and recently retired players fared in the ratings. I think that is due in large part to the fact that defense was much more highly valued at the position a long time ago than it is now. Now first base is treated like a DH in the National League while it is used as a second DH in the American League. That wasn't always the case. There were guys who had long careers as regular first basemen who weren't better than league average hitters, but kept their position. That would never happen today. The Twins just got rid of a guy who fits that description. Guys like Hal Chase, Charlie Grimm, Deron Johnson, Joe Pepitone, Wes Parker, Bill Buckner, and Chris Chambliss all were regular starting first basemen for years despite not being good hitters. I don't know why it took managers so long to figure out that a good hit/bad glove first baseman is more valuable than a no hit/slick fielding one. Babe Ruth never played first base. I know that Gehrig was there, but Gehrig had to be a better outfielder than Ruth was in the 1930's. Ruth was a big fat guy who couldn't run by the 1930's yet he never played first. It was understood by at least some managers as many older players who could hit, but could no longer field their positions were moved to first base. Harmon Killebrew, Carl Yastrzemski, and Stan Musial all played first base at the end of their careers. I don't know why managers only used this strategy in cases in which the player is obviously an extremely talented hitter. It may have had as much to do with the contract status of these players as anything. Maybe Musial was making too much money to sit on the bench so the manager had to put him in somewhere. This would be worth studying if somebody were interested.

There were 4 names on this list that really jumped out at me. They were Albert Pujols, Will Clark, Jason Giambi, and Dick Allen. Dick Allen had to have been giving a terrible subjective rating by Bill James when he did his ratings. I think that it was probably deserved since it makes no sense to rank somebody who isn't in the Hall of Fame as one of the top 5 first basemen who have ever lived. He must have been <a jerk> of historic proportion to not get elected into the HOF. I still think that he belongs. Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby were also jerks, but they are in. Will Clark also surprised me. I thought that James had him too high in his book, but I rated him higher than James did. He was a heckuva player from 1988 until 1992. Jason Giambi had a great run with the A's and was great with the Yankees until his illness this year. I didn't think that he was good enough for long enough to get this high on the list, but I was wrong. Albert Pujols has a legitimate chance to go down as the greatest player who has ever played this game. If he can continue doing what he is doing until he is in his late 30's, he will have a career that stacks up with Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, and all of the other great players who have played. A player usually has to play 5 seasons at a high level before you can get a good idea of where he will fit into this list. Pujols has only played 4 and he still looks good. If he plays as well next year as he did this year, he will already be in the top 5 all time. He is a historically great hitter and he's still only 24 years old.

Seth's Thoughts:

Like Justin, I have to agree that I am almost shocked with some of the names at or near the top of this list. Dick Allen was very good, but #3, at 1B, a hitter's position? Jeff Bagwell has had an absolutely incredible career and continues to produce, but I never would have thought he'd have the numbers to rank 4th all-time! And again, Will Clark was remarkable for a bunch of years, but when you think of a prototypical 1B, you don't think Will Clark.

 

Another thing I look for is where current players are ranking. There are a few 1B in the top 10, including Bagwell, Frank Thomas and Jason Giambi. Ryan Klesko ranking 40th was shocking! However, the name that surprised me the most on this list was Albert Pujols. He has only been in the big leagues for four years, so to rank as high as he does, even considering that one of the categories is the top FIVE consecutive seasons is amazing. But this ranking tells us just how incredible those first four seasons have been! Also, he has not been injured, so his per-162 numbers are impressive too. Now, if he stays healthy, and stays productive, he will continue to work his way up this list. So far, he has not had a season which would detract from any of his numbers. And, he is the youngest (ahem) player in the rankings!

 

Another thing that is interesting for me is to look at those old-time names of players that you've only really heard stories about. There are a lot of guys whose names you've heard so frequently, you assume that they were great players (and yes, any of the players on this list are great, but I mean top level all-time), and they end up ranking below current or recent players that you didn't realize were as good as they apparently are. On this list includes Fred Merkle, who is best known for not running all the way to 2B on a "game-winning" single and was ruled out on a fielder's choice (the game ended in a tie). Wally Pipp was, of course, Wally Pipp'd, by Lou Gehrig, who ironically ranks #1 on this list! Eddie Robinson is best known for leading Grambling's football program to  LOT of wins. George Burns was best known for his role in the "Oh God, You Devil" movies. OK, those last two aren't really those players, just guys with the same names.

 

I am surprised the Bill Buckner ranks as low as he does. I mean, he has over 2,700 hits over his 22 year career. Sure, he's known for his error in the '86 World Series, but he was a great player. And he ranks 92nd overall, one behind Derrek Lee.

 

Twins rankings:

#11 - Harmon Killebrew (Twins 1961-1974)

#52 - Kent Hrbek (Twins 1981-1994)

#94- Don Mincher (Twins 1961-1966)

#104 - Vic Power (Twins 1962-1964)

#117 - David Ortiz  (Twins 1997-2002)

#119 - Doug Mientkiewicz (Twins 1998-2004)

 

Three of these guys play for the Twins from 1962-1964. Of course, Killebrew played other positions, most frequently 3B, and wasn't particularly good defensively at all of them. Power was great defensively. So, they made it work. Kent Hrbek was really good for a short time.

Summary:

This is a far stronger position than catcher (no surprise), but it isn't as deep as I thought. I think that there are great players through at least Mo Vaughn (#44), but after that, there are a lot of very good, all-star caliber players. There are a lot of surprises throughout this list, but isn't that really what makes these lists fun? Now we can debate the rankings.

 

Do you have any thoughts on these first base ratings? Do you have any questions for myself or for Justin Ahern on this ranking or how this was comprised? If you have any thoughts, please e-mail me, and be sure to check back in the coming weeks for the rest of the positions.

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Second Base

Good morning!

I need to start today by doing a quick little advertisement for our good friends over at The Hardball Times. They have released a book The Hardball Times 2004 Baseball Annual which is now available for you to purchase. The printed book costs $16.75 and you can order it here. You can also get a downloadable version for $6.25. It will include some of the best writing by their great stable of writers. I would certainly encourage any of your to purchase the book!  As Aaron Gleeman wrote yesterday:

The book is great and includes a ton of hard work from everyone involved. We've got plenty of new articles covering the 2004 season, from in-depth division reviews and a recap of the postseason to looks at the year in the minors, college baseball, the Japanese leagues, and fantasy ball. We've also included some of our very best work from the website over the past year, as well as an extraordinary amount of stats and graphs (so it's not only a good read, it can be a reference guide for years to come).

We've got all the Win Shares info you could ever ask for, league and team totals for tons of categories, individual league leaders, four pages of numbers devoted to each and every team with detailed batting, pitching and fielding stats, and individual plate appearance outcomes (strikeout, walk, fly ball, ground ball, line drive) for every significant pitcher and hitter in baseball. Plus a whole bunch of other stuff too.

Well, I guess I was wrong in my choice for NL Cy Young. Roger Clemens won his seventh Cy Young, his first in the National League. Sure, I still believe that Randy Johnson had the better, more dominant season, but Roger Clemens was really good too. He was 18-4 with a 2.98 ERA. So, I won't feel too bad about this selection. Now, if tomorrow we find out that Curt Schilling wins the AL Cy Young and Johan Santana doesn't, I won't be as understanding!!

Finally, be sure to check out Stick and Ball Guy's thoughts on the baseball Hall of Fame. He describes it quite well. Here are my thoughts on the Hall of Fame from my visit a couple of years ago.

Today, we will continue the Top 100s series that Justin Ahern researched for us. If you would like some background on the process used to develop this report and ranking, please click here. Here are the previous Top 100 lists:

All-Time Top 100: Catchers

All-Time Top 100s: First Basemen

If you have any questions for me, or if you have any questions for Justin, please e-mail me, and I will be sure to forward your thoughts to him.

THE SECOND BASEMEN

 

Here are the Top 100 Second Basemen of All-Time. Please send me your thoughts on the Top 100s.

 

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Rogers Hornsby	1896	168.10
2	Joe Morgan	1943	167.57
3	Eddie Collins	1887	165.80
4	Nap Lajoie	1874	158.20
5	Craig Biggio	1965	148.06
6	Ryne Sandberg	1959	143.37
7	Rod Carew	1945	140.65
8	Roberto Alomar	1968	139.69
9	Jackie Robinson	1919	139.50
10	Charlie Gehringer	1903	139.49
11	Bobby Grich	1949	134.54
12	Frankie Frisch	1898	130.18
13	Jeff Kent	1968	125.77
14	Billy Herman	1909	125.02
15	Lou Whitaker	1957	124.56
16	Edgardo Alfonzo	1973	123.02
17	Larry Doyle	1886	122.58
18	Nellie Fox	1927	120.76
19	Willie Randolph	1954	119.86
20	Bobby Doerr	1918	117.85
21	Dave Lopes	1945	116.92
22	Cupid Childs	1867	116.53
23	Joe Gordon	1915	115.93
24	Dick McAuliffe	1939	115.10
25	Bret Boone	1969	114.22
26	Johnny Evers	1881	113.37
27	Tony Lazzeri	1903	112.84
28	Red Schoendienst	1923	111.94
29	Chuck Knoblauch	1968	111.63
30	Eddie Stanky	1916	111.32
31	Buddy Myer	1904	111.28
32	Hardy Richardson	1855	109.93
33	Jim Gilliam	1928	109.31
34	Gil McDougald	1928	109.16
35	Bobby Avila	1924	109.11
36	Bill Doran	1958	108.71
37	Lonnie Frey	1910	107.62
38	Bid McPhee	1859	106.85
39	Steve Sax	1960	106.85
40	Pete Runnels	1928	104.92
41	Ray Durham	1971	103.78
42	Del Pratt	1888	103.58
43	Danny Murphy	1876	103.08
44	Jimmy Williams	1876	102.47
45	Miller Huggins	1879	102.37
46	Carlos Baerga	1968	102.14
47	Ron Hunt	1941	100.25
48	Fred Dunlap	1859	99.74
49	Max Bishop	1899	99.33
50	Delino DeShields	1969	99.29
51	Dave Cash	1948	99.03
52	Jose Vidro	1974	98.94
53	George Grantham	1900	98.53
54	Robby Thompson	1962	98.46
55	Tom Herr	1956	98.14
56	Dave Johnson	1943	97.95
57	Tom Daly	1866	97.80
58	Phil Garner	1949	97.71
59	Tony Cuccinello	1907	96.82
60	Bill Mazeroski	1936	96.50
61	Juan Samuel	1960	96.28
62	Alfonso Soriano	1976	95.54
63	Claude Ritchey	1873	94.83
64	Johnny Ray	1957	92.91
65	Luis Castillo	1975	92.35
66	Marty McManus	1900	92.06
67	Frank White	1950	92.01
68	Johnny Temple	1927	91.41
69	Mike Andrews	1943	89.80
70	Jorge Orta	1950	89.48
71	Tony Taylor	1935	89.29
72	Fred Pfeffer	1860	89.23
73	Buck Herzog	1885	88.90
74	Jerry Priddy	1919	88.84
75	Billy Goodman	1926	88.43
76	Yank Robinson	1859	88.11
77	Jim Delahanty	1879	87.09
78	Felix Millan	1943	87.04
79	Glenn Hubbard	1957	86.65
80	Harold Reynolds	1960	86.59
81	Jim Lefebvre	1942	86.47
82	Horace Clarke	1940	86.18
83	Don Blasingame	1932	85.17
84	Glenn Beckert	1940	84.79
85	Jim Gantner	1953	84.53
86	Bobby Lowe	1865	84.25
87	Rennie Stennett	1951	84.18
88	Tony Womack	1969	83.95
89	Damion Easley	1969	83.55
90	Mark McLemore	1964	83.25
91	Mark Loretta	1971	82.63
92	Frank Bolling	1931	82.42
93	Fernando Vina	1969	82.35
94	Odell Hale	1908	81.95
95	Jerry Lumpe	1933	81.49
96	Kid Gleason	1866	80.90
97	Ted Sizemore	1945	80.82
98	Sparky Adams	1894	80.76
99	Bucky Harris	1896	80.73
100	Bobby Richardson	1935	79.23
101	Tito Fuentes	1944	79.15
102	Placido Polanco	1975	79.02
103	Hughie Critz	1900	78.76
104	Manny Trillo	1950	78.67
105	Jerry Remy	1952	77.65
106	Cookie Rojas	1939	77.43
107	Ron Oester	1956	77.20
108	Julian Javier	1936	76.53
109	Todd Walker	1973	76.29
110	George Cutshaw	1887	74.96
111	Cass Michaels	1926	72.18
112	Tommy Helms	1941	71.47

 

Justin's Thoughts:

Part of the reason that I wanted to do these rankings is because I believe something and I wanted to see if it was true. I believe that far too few of the player that I grew up watching are getting elected to the Hall of Fame. For some reason career counting stats have become the standard for electing players into the HOF. Players almost have to hit 500 home runs or get 3,000 hits or win 300 games to get elected. That has never been the case. There isn't a position that states my case more clearly than second base. Ryne Sandberg isn't in the HOF and he obviously belongs there. Charlie Gehringer, Rod Carew, Frankie Frisch, Billy Herman, Nellie Fox, Bobby Doerr, Tony Lazzeri, Johnny Evers, Red Schoendienst, Bill Mazeroski, and Bid McPhee are all in the HOF and they all rate lower than Sandberg on this list. There is no doubt that you can argue that Gehringer, Carew, Fox, and maybe Frisch and Mazeroski were as good as Sandberg, but those other guys don't even compare. They are more equal to Lou Whitaker, Willie Randolph, Chuck Knoblach, Ray Durham, Edgardo Alfonso, and Bret Boone than Sandberg and we will all be dead before any of those guys get elected. I wonder if that's why Roberto Alomar is still playing. He probably feels like he has to get to 3,000 to get elected to the HOF. I don't blame him for thinking that.

There are several active players on this list and the only one who really surprises me is Edgardo Alfonso. He was an excellent player when he was on the Mets and playing in Shea Stadium deflated his hitting stats a little. It's rare for a guy playing in New York to be underrated, but this might be a case of that happening. He did get some MVP consideration a couple of times, but I didn't think that he would rate this high. I was curious about where Boone and Kent would rate and I think that they are about where they belong. Kent still has an outside shot at making it to the Hall. His biggest problem is that he could be the 4th best second baseman on the ballot by the time he is eligible unless Biggo, Alomar, or Sandberg is in by then.

This is another position that shows the limited ability of Win Shares to evaluate defense. James had Morgan rated #1 and my method shows Hornsby being #1. James chose Morgan because Hornsby couldn't field his position much better than I could. He is probably right. Mazeroski is also rated too low in this system because he was a great fielder-probably the best ever.

The Chuck Knoblach trade was a good trade for all parties involved except Knoblach. Knoblach helped the Yankees win 3 World Series championships while the Twins got several prospect directly and directly from that trade. The only loser in the trade was Knoblach. It may have cost him a shot at a HOF career. He is still only 36 years old right now. I think that had Knoblach remained a Twin, he wouldn't have forgotten how to throw the ball to the first baseman and would probably still be playing today. If he were still active and effective, he would rate right up with Jeff Kent and possibly as high as Alomar and Biggio. He really was a great player while with the Twins..

Seth's Thoughts:

I guess this statistical analysis legitimizes every argument for Ryne Sandberg getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. I mean, there are a bunch of second basemen who didn't accomplish half as much and are enshrined. But if the career of Sandberg is surprising, imagine the shock on my face when I saw how Craig Biggio ranks with the all-time great second basemen. He started as a catcher, and became a Gold Glove caliber second baseman. Then the move to centerfield and this year, he moved to left field. And had one of his best seasons of his career.

 

I really thought that Roberto Alomar would have ranked higher on this list, but you have to assume that his per-162 games played numbers have really dropped in recent years. Jeff Kent is high on the lest, as is Bret Boone. You have to wonder how continuing their careers will affect their rankings.

 

The '80s were a golden era for 2B with Ryne Sandberg and the AL comination of Bobby Grich, Lou Whitaker and Willie Randolph. Rod Carew was a 1B by that time.

 

I really like two sport athletes. I will argue with anyone that Bo Jackson is the greatest "Athlete" of all time, or at least or the past fifty years. Another two sport athlete was Delino Deshields. Of course, he didn't play two sports professionally, but he did turn down basketball scholarships to sign with the Expos. I liked him, but only in researching his seasonal Win Shares did I realize just how good he really was for a decade or so.

 

Twins rankings:

#7 - Rod Carew (Twins 1967-1978)

#29 - Chuck Knoblauch (Twins 1991-1997)

#55 - Tom Herr (Twins 1988)

#109 - Todd Walker  (Twins 1996-2000)

 

I still get upset just reading the name of Tom Herr! Why did Andy McPhail feel the need to trade Tom Brunansky for Tom Herr!?? Steve Lombardozzi was just fine for the Twins (unless you ask Dan Gladden, of course. Speaking of names that make a Twins fans' skin crawl, look no further than Todd Walker. Sure, Chuck Knoblauch left the Twins under bad circumstances, but the fact is that he was incredible during his seven seasons in Minnesota!

Summary:

Second base is a surprisingly good, deep position. There are not a lot of top-level players, but many very strong players. Bill Mazeroski, for all of the defensive Win Shares, he accumulated was not a great all-around player.

 

Do you have any thoughts on these first base ratings? Do you have any questions for myself or for Justin Ahern on this ranking or how this was comprised? If you have any thoughts, please e-mail me, and be sure to check back in the coming weeks for the rest of the positions.

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Third Base

 

    

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Mike Schmidt	1949	159.97
2	Eddie Mathews	1931	155.20
3	George Brett	1953	150.66
4	Wade Boggs	1958	147.45
5	Home Run Baker	1886	145.60
6	Ron Santo	1940	139.55
7	Paul Molitor	1956	136.25
8	Chipper Jones	1972	136.07
9	Scott Rolen	1975	133.97
10	Stan Hack	1909	132.77
11	Al Rosen	1924	131.05
12	Sal Bando	1944	130.16
13	Edgar Martinez	1963	128.81
14	Heine Groh	1889	127.96
15	Darrell Evans	1947	126.04
16	Bobby Bonilla	1963	125.63
17	Brooks Robinson	1937	124.55
18	Ken Caminiti	1963	122.99
19	Ken Boyer	1931	122.57
20	Ron Cey	1948	121.20
21	Tommy Leach	1877	121.04
22	Bob Elliot	1916	120.34
23	Toby Harrah	1948	120.19
24	Jimmy Collins	1870	119.89
25	Craig Nettles	1944	119.72
26	Robin Ventura	1967	119.56
27	Howard Johnson	1960	118.32
28	Matt Williams	1965	115.85
29	John McGraw	1873	115.69
30	Eddie Yost	1926	115.46
31	Buddy Bell	1951	114.74
32	Pie Traynor	1899	114.69
33	Bill Madlock	1951	114.51
34	Art Devlin	1879	113.32
35	Heinie Zimmerman	1887	112.69
36	Denny Lyons	1866	110.19
37	Billy Nash	1929	109.06
38	Larry Gardner	1886	109.01
39	Jim Ray Hart	1941	108.92
40	Tim Wallach	1957	108.90
41	Carney Lansford	1957	108.53
42	Freddy Lindstrom	1905	108.22
43	Eric Chavez	1977	107.49
44	Terry Pendleton	1960	107.46
45	George Kell	1922	107.03
46	Whitey Kurowski	1918	106.84
47	Harlond Clift	1912	106.67
48	Bill Bradley	1878	106.59
49	Doug DeCinces	1950	106.46
50	Red Rolfe	1908	105.56
51	Travis Fryman	1969	105.39
52	Ken Keltner	1916	104.37
53	Mike Lowell	1974	103.83
54	Harry Steinfeldt	1877	103.04
55	Red Smith	1890	102.86
56	Jeff Cirillo	1969	102.53
57	Gary Gaetti	1958	101.83
58	Richie Hebner	1947	101.75
59	Adrian Beltre	1979	101.70
60	Bill Joyce	1865	101.27
61	Don Money	1947	101.19
62	Arlie Latham	1860	100.91
63	Buddy Lewis	1916	100.89
64	Lave Cross	1866	100.45
65	Kevin Seitzer	1962	100.13
66	Ken McMullen	1942	100.08
67	Pepper Martin	1904	100.02
68	Ray Boone	1923	99.88
69	Todd Zeile	1965	99.71
70	Bill Werber	1908	98.47
71	Willie Kam	1900	97.12
72	Puddin' Head Jones	1925	96.81
73	Corey Koskie	1973	96.13
74	Bob Bailey	1942	96.05
75	Troy Glaus	1976	96.01
76	Bob Horner	1957	95.96
77	Pete Ward	1939	94.91
78	Mike Higgins	1909	93.44
79	Doug Rader	1944	92.53
80	Milt Stock	1893	92.04
81	Jimmy Dykes	1896	91.83
82	Vinny Castilla	1967	91.78
83	Hans Lobert	1881	91.59
84	Don Hoak	1928	90.93
85	Ned Williamson	1857	90.42
86	Larry Parrish	1953	90.27
87	Bill Melton	1945	89.33
88	Deacon White	1847	89.10
89	Clete Boyer	1937	86.14
90	Aaron Boone	1973	85.80
91	Hubie Brooks	1956	85.75
92	Aramis Ramirez	1978	85.52
93	Melvin Mora	1972	83.81
94	Ray Knight	1952	83.51
95	Ossie Bluege	1900	83.28
96	Frank Malzone	1930	82.94
97	Tony Batista	1973	81.90
98	Joe Randa	1969	81.08
99	Dean Palmer	1968	78.44
100	David Bell	1972	78.31
101	Aubrey Huff	1976	74.97
102	Jimmy Austin	1879	72.68
103	Jim Tabor	1916	71.79
104	Joe Dugan	1897	70.61
105	Hank Blalock	1980	69.74

 

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Short Stop

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Honus Wagner	1874	190.98
2	Alex Rodriguez	1975	152.63
3	Arky Vaughan	1912	150.65
4	Cal Ripken Jr.	1960	143.56
5	Robin Yount	1955	143.40
6	Joe Cronin	1906	135.91
7	Barry Larkin	1964	135.40
8	Luke Appling	1907	134.67
9	Ernie Banks	1931	130.35
10	Lou Boudreau	1917	130.03
11	Alan Trammell	1958	129.26
12	Derek Jeter	1974	127.70
13	George Davis	1870	126.14
14	Bill Dahlen	1870	125.76
15	Vern Stephens	1920	124.97
16	Pee Wee Resse	1918	124.91
17	Jim Fregosi	1942	124.11
18	Nomar Garciaparra	1973	124.03
19	Hughie Jennings	1869	123.83
20	Ozzie Smith	1954	122.61
21	Miguel Tejada	1976	120.71
22	Maury Wills	1932	119.30
23	Joe Sewell	1898	118.49
24	Tony Fernandez	1962	118.34
25	Julio Franco	1958	117.25
26	Johnny Pesky	1919	115.98
27	Phil Rizzuto	1917	115.84
28	Bobby Wallace	1873	114.66
29	Dave Bancroft	1891	114.33
30	Eddie Joost	1916	114.32
31	Bert Campaneris	1942	113.32
32	Rico Petrocelli	1943	113.20
33	Herman Long	1866	112.43
34	Jay Bell	1965	111.80
35	Joe Tinker	1880	111.63
36	Dave Concepcion	1948	110.67
37	Al Dark	1922	110.25
38	Dick Groat	1930	108.24
39	Art Fletcher	1885	107.95
40	Jack Glasscock	1859	107.91
41	Rabbit Maranville	1891	107.69
42	Dick Bartell	1907	106.81
43	Luis Aparicio	1934	104.12
44	Monte Ward	1860	103.73
45	Johnny Logan	1927	103.71
46	Cecil Travis	1913	103.59
47	Travis Jackson	1903	103.36
48	Donie Bush	1887	102.37
49	Garry Templeton	1956	101.52
50	Jeff Blauser	1965	100.77
51	Roger Peckinpaugh	1891	100.07
52	Frankie Crosetti	1910	99.78
53	Edgar Renteria	1975	99.70
54	Ed McKean	1864	99.50
55	Denis Menke	1940	99.26
56	Roy Smalley	1952	98.72
57	Freddy Parent	1875	98.52
58	Omar Vizquel	1967	97.64
59	Omar Vizquel	1967	97.64
60	Kid Elberfeld	1875	97.58
61	Leo Cardenas	1938	97.01
62	Ray Chapman	1891	96.82
63	Jose Valentin	1969	96.26
64	Billy Rogell	1904	95.89
65	Rafael Furcal	1978	95.70
66	Chris Speier	1950	95.45
67	Woody English	1906	95.44
68	Woodie Held	1932	94.77
69	Rick Burleson	1951	93.78
70	Marty Marion	1917	93.58
71	Charlie Hollocher	1896	93.41
72	Rich Aurilia	1971	92.88
73	Dickie Thon	1958	91.85
74	Zoilo Versalles	1939	91.85
75	Glenn Wright	1901	91.40
76	Ron Hansen	1938	91.04
77	Buck Weaver	1890	90.84
78	Jimmy Rollins	1978	89.41
79	Al Bridwell	1884	89.07
80	Lyn Lary	1906	87.66
81	Granny Hamner	1927	87.02
82	Solly Hemus	1923	86.74
83	Sam Wise	1857	85.89
84	Orlando Cabrera	1974	85.87
85	Larry Bowa	1945	85.86
86	Mark Belanger	1944	85.62
87	Greg Gagne	1961	85.47
88	Scott Fletcher	1958	85.42
89	Tony Kubek	1936	85.28
90	Freddie Patek	1944	84.82
91	Red Kress	1907	84.73
92	Bill Russell	1948	84.39
93	Chico Carrasquel	1928	83.81
94	Terry Turner	1881	83.57
95	Tommy Corcoran	1869	83.55
96	Roy McMillan	1929	83.39
97	Jack Barry	1887	82.77
98	Don Kessinger	1942	82.19
99	Bud Harrelson	1944	81.85
100	Ed Bressoud	1932	81.72
101	Shawon Dunston	1963	81.44
102	Billy Jerges	1908	81.31
103	Gene Alley	1940	81.16
104	Ozzie Guillen	1964	80.38
105	Eddie Miller	1916	79.79
106	Carlos Guillen	1975	79.16
107	Bucky Dent	1951	76.14
108	Royce Clayton	1970	76.08
109	Rafael Ramirez	1958	75.67
110	Cristian Guzman	1978	74.83
111	Ivan DeJesus	1953	74.69
112	Everett Scott	1892	73.54
113	George McBride	1880	68.75
114	Neifi Perez	1973	67.91

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Left Field

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Barry Bonds	1964	201.62
2	Ted Williams	1918	186.65
3	Stan Musial	1920	173.10
4	Rickey Henderson	1958	155.51
5	Carl Yastrzemski	1939	152.02
6	Tim Raines	1959	147.39
7	Joe Jackson	1889	145.57
8	Ed Delahanty	1867	142.32
9	Al Simmons	1902	140.63
10	Jesse Burkett	1868	140.40
11	Willie Stargell	1940	139.79
12	Joe Medwick	1911	138.52
13	Manny Ramirez	1972	138.51
14	Sherry Magee	1884	137.06
15	Frank Howard	1936	136.98
16	Billy Williams	1938	136.20
17	Ralph Kiner	1922	133.56
18	Charlie Keller	1916	133.27
19	Albert Belle	1966	132.89
20	Goose Goslin	1900	132.35
21	Bobby Abreu	1974	131.77
22	Fred Clarke	1872	131.72
23	Zack Wheat	1888	129.45
24	Lou Brock	1939	128.84
25	Luis Gonzalez	1967	127.69
26	Brian Giles	1971	127.68
27	George Burns	1889	127.07
28	Roy White	1943	126.78
29	Jimmy Sheckard	1878	126.77
30	Minnie Minoso	1922	126.29
31	Jim Rice	1953	125.50
32	Joe Kelley	1871	125.39
33	Jose Cruz	1947	123.97
34	Tip O'Neil	1858	123.89
35	George Foster	1948	123.14
36	Bobby Veach	1888	120.14
37	Heinie Manush	1901	119.96
38	Augie Galan	1912	119.32
39	Don Buford	1937	118.65
40	Greg Luzinski	1950	118.18
41	Bob Johnson	1905	117.88
42	Brian Downing	1950	116.81
43	Topsy Hartsel	1874	115.79
44	Moises Alou	1966	115.66
45	Harry Stovey	1856	115.54
46	Joe Carter	1960	115.30
47	Jim O'Rourke	1850	114.87
48	Del Ennis	1925	114.65
49	Kevin Mitchell	1962	114.44
50	Kirk Gibson	1957	113.79
51	George Stone	1877	113.64
52	Gary Matthews	1950	113.46
53	Kevin McReynolds	1959	113.17
54	Tom Tresh	1937	113.04
55	Ken Williams	1890	112.35
56	Elmer Smith	1868	111.68
57	Jeff Heath	1915	111.49
58	Sid Gordon	1917	110.11
59	Don Baylor	1949	108.55
60	Lefty O'Doul	1897	107.52
61	Hal McRae	1945	107.38
62	Dusty Baker	1949	106.96
63	Tommy Harper	1940	106.39
64	Sam Mertes	1872	106.18
65	Chick Hafey	1903	105.92
66	Willie Horton	1942	105.92
67	Tommy Davis	1939	105.61
68	Patsy Dougherty	1876	104.41
69	Gene Woodling	1922	103.71
70	Riggs Stephenson	1898	103.67
71	Greg Vaughn	1965	103.64
72	Rico Carty	1939	102.82
73	George Bell	1959	102.08
74	Kip Selbach	1872	101.71
75	Joe Rudi	1946	101.44
76	Bobby Higginson	1970	101.44
77	Ben Oglivie	1949	101.22
78	Ron Gant	1965	101.18
79	Jo Jo Moore	1908	101.18
80	Lonnie Smith	1955	101.10
81	Charley Jones	1850	100.47
82	Wally Moon	1930	100.23
83	Garret Anderson	1972	100.12
84	Reggie Sanders	1967	99.28
85	Leon Wagner	1934	99.09
86	Hank Sauer	1917	98.81
87	Bob Meusel	1896	97.33
88	Cleon Jones	1942	97.23
89	Ralph Garr	1945	96.94
90	Mike Greenwell	1963	96.90
91	Duffy Lewis	1888	96.73
92	Dale Mitchell	1921	96.11
93	Joe Vosmik	1910	95.97
94	B.J. Surhoff	1964	95.52
95	Irish Meusel	1893	94.70
96	Tito Francona	1933	94.51
97	Steve Kemp	1954	94.18
98	Jeff Conine	1966	94.08
99	John Anderson	1873	93.50
100	Dave Kingman	1948	93.50
101	Shannon Stewart	1974	92.71
102	Abner Dalrymple	1857	92.11
103	Carlos Lee	1976	91.41
104	Frank Thomas	1929	90.94
105	Charlie Jamieson	1893	90.11
106	Bibb Falk	1899	89.17
107	Gee Walker	1908	87.51
108	Rondell White	1972	86.96
109	Charlie Maxwell	1927	86.88
110	Hoot Evers	1921	86.71
111	Lou Piniella	1943	85.32
112	Gus Zernial	1923	83.78

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Center Field

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Mickey Mantle	1931	189.13
2	Ty Cobb	1886	183.16
3	Tris Speaker	1888	180.55
4	Willie Mays	1931	176.40
5	Joe DiMaggio	1914	159.31
6	Ken Griffey Jr.	1969	142.61
7	Duke Snider	1926	140.89
8	Billy Hamilton	1866	140.09
9	Jimmy Wynn	1942	135.61
10	Larry Doby	1923	135.17
11	Jim Edmonds	1970	134.77
12	Bernie Williams	1968	134.37
13	Dale Murphy	1956	133.15
14	Wally Berger	1905	133.08
15	Kirby Puckett	1961	132.13
16	Cesar Cedeno	1949	131.33
17	Earl Averill	1902	129.57
18	Benny Kauff	1890	129.35
19	Edd Roush	1893	129.04
20	Hack Wilson	1900	128.57
21	Richie Ashburn	1927	128.29
22	Fred Lynn	1942	127.27
23	Vada Pinson	1938	127.25
24	Hugh Duffy	1866	126.48
25	Amos Otis	1947	124.11
26	George Van Haltren	1866	123.64
27	Roy Thomas	1874	123.58
28	Max Carey	1890	123.25
29	Andruw Jones	1977	123.15
30	Brett Butler	1957	122.17
31	Andy Van Slyke	1960	121.34
32	Jimmy Ryan	1863	121.33
33	Eric Davis	1962	120.76
34	Lenny Dykstra	1963	120.66
35	Willie Davis	1940	119.99
36	Cy Seymour	1872	119.82
37	Al Oliver	1946	118.30
38	Earle Combs	1899	117.36
39	Clyde Milan	1887	117.33
40	Dom DiMaggio	1917	116.88
41	Steve Finley	1965	116.43
42	Ray Lankford	1967	116.37
43	Marquis Grissom	1967	116.36
44	Ginger Beaumont	1876	116.30
45	Pete Browning	1861	116.27
46	George Gore	1857	116.10
47	Chet Lemon	1955	115.03
48	Ellis Burks	1964	114.51
49	Kenny Lofton	1967	114.41
50	Carlos Beltran	1977	113.46
51	Brady Anderson	1964	112.49
52	Curt Flood	1938	112.36
53	Chick Stahl	1873	112.08
54	Rick Monday	1945	111.19
55	Willie Wilson	1955	110.84
56	Mike Griffin	1865	110.06
57	Mike Donlin	1878	109.93
58	Johnny Damon	1973	109.72
59	Lloyd Waner	1906	108.54
60	Dummy Hoy	1862	108.05
61	Willie McGee	1958	106.71
62	Andy Pafko	1921	105.85
63	Paul Hines	1852	105.51
64	Ben Chapman	1908	105.49
65	Dwayne Murphy	1955	105.33
66	Lloyd Moseby	1959	104.90
67	Mickey Rivers	1948	104.74
68	Happy Felsch	1891	104.59
69	Garry Maddox	1949	104.35
70	Cesar Tovar	1940	104.10
71	Mike Cameron	1973	103.45
72	Bill Lange	1871	103.19
73	Pete Reiser	1919	102.86
74	Dode Paskert	1881	102.84
75	Ron LeFlore	1948	102.72
76	Matty Alou	1938	102.51
77	Jimmy Barrett	1875	102.13
78	Tommie Agee	1942	101.97
79	Gorman Thomas	1950	100.67
80	Jake Stenzel	1867	100.30
81	Jose Cardenal	1943	100.07
82	Tony Gonzalez	1936	99.99
83	Paul Blair	1944	99.18
84	Baby Doll Jacobson	1890	99.05
85	Curt Welch	1862	98.96
86	Jim Landis	1934	98.01
87	Dave Henderson	1958	97.89
88	Devon White	1962	97.80
89	Cy Williams	1887	97.51
90	Carl Everett	1971	96.99
91	Billy North	1948	96.79
92	Bill Bruton	1925	96.68
93	Barney McCoskey	1917	96.15
94	Gus Bell	1928	95.60
95	Tom Brown	1860	95.07
96	Johnny Mostil	1896	94.73
97	Sammy West	1904	92.82
98	Amos Strunk	1889	92.48
99	Doc Cramer	1905	91.43
100	Jimmy Piersall	1929	90.69
101	Terry Moore	1912	90.66
102	Sam Chapman	1916	90.44
103	Mike Kreevich	1908	89.99
104	Mark Kotsay	1975	88.48
105	Walt Judnich	1917	88.36
106	Bill Virdon	1931	87.02
107	Steve Brodie	1868	86.28
108	Torii Hunter	1975	81.59

 

 

ALL-TIME TOP 100s: Right Field

 

Rank	Player	Year Born	Total
1	Babe Ruth	1895	208.65
2	Hank Aaron	1934	168.52
3	Frank Robinson	1935	159.00
4	Mel Ott	1909	158.73
5	Pete Rose	1941	150.17
6	Gary Sheffield	1968	148.06
7	Reggie Jackson	1946	145.83
8	Sam Crawford	1880	144.45
9	Tony Gwynn	1960	143.74
10	Paul Waner	1903	142.24
11	Sammy Sosa	1968	142.21
12	Roberto Clemnte	1934	137.11
13	Elmer Flick	1876	136.54
14	Al Kaline	1934	136.47
15	Harry Heilmann	1894	136.41
16	Ken Singleton	1947	136.37
17	Bobby Bonds	1946	136.16
18	Dave Parker	1951	135.59
19	Dave Winfield	1951	134.59
20	Bobby Murcer	1946	133.30
21	Pedro Guerrero	1956	130.90
22	Jack Clark	1955	130.90
23	Reggie Smith	1945	130.13
24	Rusty Staub	1944	129.93
25	Jose Canseco	1964	128.50
26	Darryl Strawberry	1962	127.91
27	Vladimir Guerrero	1976	127.65
28	Rocky Colavito	1933	127.32
29	Andre Dawson	1954	126.48
30	King Kelly	1857	126.20
31	Dwight Evans	1951	126.18
32	Enos Slaughter	1916	124.99
33	Tony Oliva	1940	124.92
34	Roger Maris	1934	124.41
35	Willie Keeler	1872	123.24
36	Larry Walker	1966	123.20
37	Dixie Walker	1910	122.97
38	Fielder Jones	1871	122.93
39	Johnny Callison	1939	121.22
40	Kiki Cuyler	1898	121.16
41	Shawn Green	1972	120.65
42	Ross Youngs	1897	120.47
43	Chuck Klein	1904	119.61
44	Tim Salmon	1968	119.50
45	David Justice	1966	118.06
46	Babe Herman	1903	117.86
47	Bill Nicholson	1914	117.54
48	Mike Tiernan	1867	116.33
49	Harry Hooper	1887	116.18
50	Gavy Cravath	1881	115.77
51	Paul O'Neill	1963	115.59
52	Juan Gonzalez	1969	115.29
53	Roy Cullenbine	1913	113.95
54	Sam Rice	1890	113.38
55	Ruben Sierra	1965	113.27
56	Harold Baines	1959	113.24
57	Tony Phillips	1959	113.10
58	Ken Griffey Sr.	1950	112.56
59	Tommy Holmes	1917	112.29
60	Felipe Alou	1935	111.89
61	Sam Thompson	1860	111.82
62	Bob Allison	1934	110.18
63	Jeff Burroughs	1951	109.88
64	Tommy Henrich	1913	109.61
65	Magglio Ordonez	1974	108.79
66	Oyster Burns	1864	108.37
67	Wildfire Schulte	1882	108.25
68	Danny Tartabull	1962	108.14
69	Raul Mondesi	1971	107.94
70	George Hendrick	1949	107.78
71	Harvey Kuenn	1930	107.19
72	Chili Davis	1960	106.89
73	John Titus	1876	106.06
74	Bobby Thomson	1923	105.91
75	J.D. Drew	1975	105.81
76	Al Smith	1928	105.50
77	Von Hayes	1958	105.47
78	Jackie Jensen	1927	104.94
79	Richie Zisk	1949	104.35
80	Vic Wertz	1925	103.91
81	Jesse Barfield	1959	103.66
82	Wally Moses	1910	103.23
83	Sixto Lezcano	1953	101.19
84	Carl Furillo	1922	100.07
85	Cliff Floyd	1972	100.03
86	Jay Buhner	1964	99.77
87	Buck Freeman	1871	99.48
88	Terry Puhl	1956	98.42
89	Socks Seybold	1870	97.17
90	Tommy McCarthy	1863	97.07
91	Dante Bichette	1963	93.95
92	Jack Tobin	1892	93.64
93	Hank Bauer	1922	93.35
94	Bing Miller	1894	92.59
95	John Stone	1905	91.62
96	Frank Demaree	1910	91.12
97	Matt Lawton	1971	91.03
98	Claudell Washington	1954	90.73
99	Tom Brunansky	1960	90.46
100	Elmer Valo	1921	89.72
101	Tony Armas	1953	85.83
102	Carl Reynolds	1903	84.52
103	Jim Lemon	1928	83.50
104	Jose Cruz Jr.	1974	83.28
105	Tony Conigliaro	1945	82.86
106	Pete Fox	1909	82.68
107	Jacque Jones	1975	80.02
108	Orator Shaffer	1851	79.12
109	Bruce Campbell	1909	77.51
110	Jermaine Dye	1974	77.36