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Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Barry Bonds	SFN	8.2	6.8	0.7
Garret Anderson	ANA	3.3	1.6	1.2
Brian Giles	CLE	2.0	2.0	-0.4
Bip Roberts	MULT	1.8	1.2	0.4
Jason Giambi	OAK	1.8	3.0	-2.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ray Lankford	SLN	5.2	5.5	-0.1
Brady Anderson	BAL	3.7	4.9	-1.2
Jim Edmonds	ANA	3.6	3.3	0.5
Darren Lewis	MULT	1.3	0.5	0.8
Darrin Jackson	MULT	0.8	0.1	0.8

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tony Gwynn	SDN	4.3	5.8	-2.2
Troy O'Leary	BOS	2.2	2.4	-0.8
Shawn Green	TOR	2.1	2.1	-0.7
F.P. Santangelo	MON	1.6	1.4	-0.1
Eric Davis	BAL	1.1	1.1	-0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Nomar Garciaparra	BOS	6.6	5.6	2.0
Jeff Blauser	ATL	4.8	5.0	0.6
Royce Clayton	SLN	2.7	1.2	2.4
Benji Gil	TEX	0.9	-0.3	1.8
Damian Jackson	MULT	0.1	0.1	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jeff Kent	SFN	4.1	2.7	1.7
Damion Easley	DET	3.0	4.1	-0.6
Aaron Ledesma	BAL	1.2	1.4	-0.1
Keith Lockhart	ATL	1.1	0.9	0.2
Fernando Vina	ML4	1.1	0.3	0.9

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jeff Cirillo	ML4	5.3	3.5	2.1
Ken Caminiti	SDN	4.0	5.2	-1.0
Robin Ventura	CHA	2.1	1.4	0.7
Todd Zeile	LAN	2.0	3.4	-1.3
Dave Hansen	CHN	0.5	1.3	-0.8

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mark McGwire	MULT	5.1	6.1	-1.8
Mark Grace	CHN	4.2	3.0	0.3
Tony Clark	DET	3.5	3.8	-1.1
J.T. Snow	SFN	2.9	3.3	-1.4
Jeff Conine	FLO	1.3	0.4	0.2

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jason Kendall	PIT	4.1	3.7	1.2
Brent Mayne	OAK	1.8	1.4	0.9
Mike Lieberthal	PHI	1.5	1.6	0.6
Mike Sweeney	KCA	1.0	0.6	0.8
Gregg Zaun	FLO	1.0	1.3	-0.1

Designated Hitter	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Chili Davis	KCA	2.4	2.4	-1.2
Bob Hamelin	DET	1.2	1.1	-0.9
Cecil Fielder	NYA	0.8	0.6	-0.7
Mike Simms	TEX	-0.4	-0.2	-0.5
Pete Incaviglia	MULT	-0.4	-0.3	-0.5

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Randy Johnson *	SEA	213.0	8.0	8.0	0.0
Kevin Appier	KCA	235.7	5.5	5.6	-0.1
Darryl Kile	HOU	255.7	5.3	5.4	-0.0
David Wells *	NYA	218.0	4.3	4.3	0.0
David Wells *	NYA	218.0	4.3	4.3	0.0
Scott Erickson	BAL	221.7	4.0	4.0	0.0
Esteban Loaiza	PIT	196.3	3.9	3.7	0.3
Darren Oliver *	TEX	201.3	3.0	2.9	0.1
Brett Tomko	CIN	126.0	2.9	3.0	-0.1
Bobby Jones	NYN	193.3	2.1	2.1	-0.0

Swingman	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joel Adamson *	ML4	76.3	0.9	0.9	-0.0
Rigo Beltran *	SLN	54.3	0.4	0.4	0.1
Tim Worrell	SDN	106.3	-0.0	-0.1	0.1
Tom Fordham *	CHA	17.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
Dave Stevens	MULT	32.3	-1.0	-1.0	-0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Trevor Hoffman	SDN	81.3	3.2	3.1	0.1
John Wetteland	TEX	65.0	3.0	2.8	0.1
Jesse Orosco *	BAL	50.3	2.1	2.0	0.1
Danny Patterson	TEX	71.0	1.9	1.9	0.0
Anthony Telford	MON	89.0	1.6	1.5	0.1
Steve Reed	COL	62.3	1.5	1.5	0.0
Rick Aguilera	MIN	68.3	1.4	1.4	0.0
Scott Radinsky *	LAN	62.3	1.4	1.4	-0.0
Troy Percival	ANA	52.0	1.3	1.3	0.0
Aaron Small	OAK	96.7	1.3	1.2	0.0

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