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Active Leaders & Records for Wins Above Replacement
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Statistic Description: Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com
This statistic is computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1930-1973, 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) | Wins Above Replacement | Bats/Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Albert Pujols (16, 36) | 101.1 | R |
| 2. | Adrian Beltre (19, 37) | 90.2 | R |
| 3. | Carlos Beltran (19, 39) | 70.4 | B |
| 4. | Miguel Cabrera (14, 33) | 69.6 | R |
| 5. | Chase Utley (14, 37) | 64.4 | L |
| 6. | Robinson Cano (12, 33) | 62.4 | L |
| 7. | Ichiro Suzuki (16, 42) | 59.9 | L |
| 8. | CC Sabathia (16, 35) | 58.7 | L |
| 9. | Zack Greinke (13, 32) | 54.4 | R |
| Clayton Kershaw (9, 28) | 54.4 | L | |
| 11. | Ian Kinsler (11, 34) | 52.9 | R |
| 12. | Felix Hernandez (12, 30) | 51.6 | R |
| 13. | Cole Hamels (11, 32) | 51.1 | L |
| 14. | Dustin Pedroia (11, 32) | 50.7 | R |
| 15. | Justin Verlander (12, 33) | 50.2 | R |
| 16. | Joe Mauer (13, 33) | 50.0 | L |
| 17. | David Wright (13, 33) | 49.9 | R |
| 18. | Mike Trout (6, 24) | 48.5 | R |
| 19. | Bartolo Colon (19, 43) | 48.0 | R |
| 20. | Joey Votto (10, 32) | 47.3 | L |
| 21. | Evan Longoria (9, 30) | 46.4 | R |
| 22. | Jimmy Rollins (17, 37) | 46.0 | B |
| 23. | Ryan Braun (10, 32) | 44.4 | R |
| Matt Holliday (13, 36) | 44.4 | R | |
| 25. | Curtis Granderson (13, 35) | 44.3 | L |
| 26. | Adrian Gonzalez (13, 34) | 43.8 | L |
| 27. | Troy Tulowitzki (11, 31) | 43.7 | R |
| 28. | Ben Zobrist (11, 35) | 42.3 | B |
| 29. | Jon Lester (11, 32) | 40.2 | L |
| 30. | Jake Peavy (15, 35) | 40.1 | R |
| 31. | Carl Crawford (15, 34) | 38.9 | L |
| 32. | Adam Wainwright (11, 34) | 38.5 | R |
| 33. | Max Scherzer (9, 31) | 38.0 | R |
| 34. | Hanley Ramirez (12, 32) | 37.8 | R |
| 35. | Andrew McCutchen (8, 29) | 37.5 | R |
| 36. | Jose Reyes (14, 33) | 37.2 | B |
| 37. | John Lackey (14, 37) | 36.3 | R |
| 38. | Jered Weaver (11, 33) | 35.9 | R |
| 39. | Freddy Garcia (15, 39) | 35.7 | R |
| 40. | Russell Martin (11, 33) | 35.0 | R |
| 41. | Jose Bautista (13, 35) | 34.8 | R |
| 42. | Victor Martinez (14, 37) | 34.1 | B |
| 43. | Ryan Zimmerman (12, 31) | 33.8 | R |
| 44. | Buster Posey (8, 29) | 33.5 | R |
| 45. | Yadier Molina (13, 33) | 33.3 | R |
| 46. | Jason Heyward (7, 26) | 32.7 | L |
| 47. | Alex Gordon (10, 32) | 32.6 | L |
| 48. | Josh Donaldson (6, 30) | 32.5 | R |
| 49. | David Price (9, 30) | 31.9 | L |
| 50. | Jhonny Peralta (14, 34) | 31.5 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Wins Above Replacement | Bats/Throws |
| 51. | Shane Victorino (12, 35) | 31.2 | R |
| 52. | Chris Sale (7, 27) | 31.1 | L |
| 53. | Matt Cain (12, 31) | 31.0 | R |
| 54. | Brett Gardner (9, 32) | 30.3 | L |
| 55. | Brandon Phillips (15, 35) | 30.0 | R |
| 56. | Jayson Werth (14, 37) | 29.8 | R |
| 57. | Johnny Cueto (9, 30) | 29.7 | R |
| 58. | Hunter Pence (10, 33) | 29.6 | R |
| 59. | Shin-Soo Choo (12, 33) | 29.5 | L |
| 60. | Madison Bumgarner (8, 26) | 29.1 | R |
| Coco Crisp (15, 36) | 29.1 | B | |
| Jacoby Ellsbury (10, 32) | 29.1 | L | |
| Howie Kendrick (11, 32) | 29.1 | R | |
| Nick Markakis (11, 32) | 29.1 | L | |
| 65. | Paul Goldschmidt (6, 28) | 29.0 | R |
| Brian McCann (12, 32) | 29.0 | L | |
| 67. | Martin Prado (11, 32) | 28.9 | R |
| 68. | J.J. Hardy (12, 33) | 28.7 | R |
| 69. | Adam Jones (11, 30) | 28.6 | R |
| 70. | Josh Hamilton (9, 35) | 28.1 | L |
| 71. | James Shields (11, 34) | 28.0 | R |
| 72. | Mike Napoli (11, 34) | 27.6 | R |
| 73. | Edwin Encarnacion (12, 33) | 27.5 | R |
| Giancarlo Stanton (7, 26) | 27.5 | R | |
| 75. | Justin Morneau (14, 35) | 27.3 | L |
| 76. | Joe Nathan (16, 41) | 27.2 | R |
| 77. | Justin Upton (10, 28) | 26.7 | R |
| 78. | Bronson Arroyo (15, 39) | 26.5 | R |
| 79. | Yunel Escobar (10, 33) | 26.4 | R |
| 80. | Nelson Cruz (12, 35) | 26.2 | R |
| 81. | Marlon Byrd (15, 38) | 25.5 | R |
| 82. | Francisco Rodriguez (15, 34) | 25.4 | R |
| 83. | Chase Headley (10, 32) | 25.0 | B |
| Denard Span (9, 32) | 25.0 | L | |
| 85. | Asdrubal Cabrera (10, 30) | 24.9 | B |
| 86. | Aaron Hill (12, 34) | 24.7 | R |
| 87. | Manny Machado (5, 23) | 24.4 | R |
| 88. | Kyle Seager (6, 28) | 24.3 | L |
| 89. | Carlos Gonzalez (9, 30) | 24.2 | L |
| 90. | Elvis Andrus (8, 27) | 24.1 | R |
| 91. | Jonathan Papelbon (12, 35) | 24.0 | R |
| 92. | Carlos Gomez (10, 30) | 23.8 | R |
| Juan Uribe (16, 37) | 23.8 | R | |
| 94. | Erick Aybar (11, 32) | 23.6 | B |
| 95. | Michael Bourn (11, 33) | 23.4 | L |
| Yovani Gallardo (10, 30) | 23.4 | R | |
| 97. | A.J. Pierzynski (19, 39) | 23.3 | L |
| 98. | Scott Kazmir (12, 32) | 22.8 | L |
| 99. | Lorenzo Cain (7, 30) | 22.5 | R |
| 100. | Austin Jackson (7, 29) | 22.2 | R |
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