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Hall of Famer if they Retired Today
Based on Wins Above Replacement
 
Players
      
1
1B
2001-2013
  
33.3
 
92.1
78.5
2.4
0.0
-11.2
 
61.8
2
3B
1998-2013
  
34.1
 
66.2
47.4
22.1
0.0
3.3
 
64.7
3
RP
1995-2013
  
43.5
 
55.5
0.5
0.9
55.0
0.9
 
32.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Close, but not yet a Hall of Famer
Based on Wins Above Replacement
 
Players
      
1
 Carlos Beltran
CF
1998-2013
  
36.1
 
65.8
58.9
8.1
0.0
1.1
 
67.9
2
 Roy Halladay
SP
1998-2013
  
36.0
 
64.6
-0.9
0.3
65.4
0.3
 
68.4
3
 Todd Helton
1B
1997-2013
  
39.8
 
61.4
53.9
-5.4
0.0
-12.8
 
61.8
4
 Andy Pettitte
SP
1995-2013
  
40.9
  PEDa
58.8
-0.1
0.4
58.9
0.4
 
68.4
5
 Ichiro Suzuki
RF
2001-2013
  
39.6
 
57.4
47.1
4.0
0.0
-6.2
 
67.8
6
 Chase Utley
2B
2003-2013
  
34.4
 
56.1
40.7
17.6
0.0
2.2
 
66.4
7
 C.C. Sabathia
SP
2001-2013
  
32.8
 
56.1
0.9
0.3
55.1
0.3
 
68.4
8
 Tim Hudson
SP
1999-2013
  
37.9
 
55.9
1.7
0.2
54.1
0.2
 
68.4
9
 Lance Berkman
LF
1999-2013
  
37.3
 
52.6
54.6
-11.6
0.0
-9.7
 
63.9
10
 Jason Giambi
1B
1995-2013
  
42.4
  PEDa
51.5
59.0
-19.9
0.0
-12.4
 
61.8
11
 Miguel Cabrera
3B
2003-2013
  
30.1
 
49.8
56.6
-11.3
0.0
-4.5
 
64.7
12
 Joe Mauer
C
2004-2013
  
30.1
 
40.9
41.6
3.2
0.0
4.0
 
47.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

On Pace, but not yet a Hall of Famer
Based on Wins Above Replacement
 
Players
      
1
 Justin Verlander
SP
2005-2013
  
30.3
 
37.0
-0.4
0.2
37.4
0.2
 
68.4
2
 Felix Hernandez
SP
2005-2013
  
27.1
 
36.5
0.3
0.2
36.2
0.2
 
68.4
3
 Ryan Braun
LF
2007-2013
  
29.5
 
35.1
35.4
-4.2
0.0
-3.8
 
63.9
4
 Dustin Pedroia
2B
2006-2013
  
29.8
 
34.4
27.4
9.5
0.0
2.5
 
66.4
5
 Evan Longoria
3B
2008-2013
  
27.6
 
32.5
24.9
8.7
0.0
1.1
 
64.7
6
 Zack Greinke
SP
2004-2013
  
29.6
 
32.4
0.8
0.2
31.6
0.2
 
68.4
7
 Joey Votto
1B
2007-2013
  
29.7
 
30.3
27.6
-2.3
0.0
-5.0
 
61.8
8
 Troy Tulowitzki
SS
2006-2013
  
28.6
 
29.3
21.4
11.4
0.0
3.6
 
63.0
9
 Clayton Kershaw
SP
2008-2013
  
25.2
 
28.4
0.5
0.1
27.8
0.0
 
68.4
10
 Jon Lester
SP
2006-2013
  
29.4
 
26.2
-0.3
0.2
26.5
0.2
 
68.4
11
 Josh Johnson
SP
2005-2013
  
29.3
 
25.0
-0.1
0.0
25.0
0.0
 
68.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James