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To avoid spamming the general blog page with the Player Value posts for each season/team, this blog page will serve as a separate listing of all of the Player Value posts for each season/team. These posts will be less detailed, mainly just listing out the top players each season and including the necessary files.
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In this post I will list out the All-Time Orioles franchise lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Note that this post includes all years of the Orioles franchise from 1912-2021, meaning as the St. Louis Browns from 1912-1953 and as the Baltimore Orioles from 1954-2021. You can view the all-time St. Louis Browns team here. You can view the all-time Baltimore Orioles team here. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 813.7856 (8th in AL, 15th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 164.9038 (15th in AL, 29th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 229.4515 (3rd in AL, 5th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 0.7752 (8th in AL, 22nd in MLB) The All-Time Orioles franchise team is pretty average compared to the other all-time teams. Their strongest area is their fielding, led by Del Pratt's 50 Fielding Value and Harlond Clift's 41 Fielding Value. Clift's 10 Rfield in 1937 was the most of his career, and his 4.03 range factor far exceeded the positional average of 3.22. Pratt's range factor of 5.80 in 1916 also exceeded his positional average of 5.05. In relation to their great fielding, the Orioles best positional unit is also their infield. Pratt led the league with 103 RBI in 1916, while Ripken Jr won the AL MVP as a SS in 1991. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Sisler, Ripken, and Clift, with 95, 94, and 87 Player Value seasons, respectively. Ripken had a stellar 11.5 WAR in his 1991 season, while Sisler had 9.8 WAR in 1920 and Clift had 7.1 WAR in 1937. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time St. Louis Browns lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. The AL did not have a DH until 1973. If you gave this earlier AL team a DH, you'd probably go with LF Heinie Manush in 1928, whose 35 Batting Value is the most by a Browns player not already on the all-time team. That season Manush led the league with 241 hits and 47 doubles, and had an OPS .989 while finishing 2nd for the AL MVP. A special note is deserving of the legendary Satchel Paige, who makes the all-time Browns team despite being at least 45 years old in 1952. Imagine what could have been had Paige been able to compete on an MLB team during his prime seasons. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by George Sisler and Harlond Clift, with 95 and 87 Player Value seasons, respectively. Sisler in 1920 led the league with a .407 batting average and his 257 hits also led the league and set the new MLB record for hits in a season, until it was broken by Ichiro in 2004 with 262 hits. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team.
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Kansas City Athletics lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by Ripken Jr.'s incredible 94 Player Value season, with the other leaders being Murray, Grich, and Mullins with 60+ Player Value seasons. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time New York Yankees lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Note that the Yankees were the New York Highlanders from 1903-1912, so any 1912 seasons here would be as Highlanders. They have been the Yankees since 2013. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. The All-Time Yankees may not look how you'd expect, so let's address some positions. Hall of Famer Bill Dickey beats out Hall of Famer Yogi Berra for the catcher spot. WAR agrees that Dickey's best season was better than Berra's (6.5 in 1937 vs 6.2 in 1956). Berra's best season by Player Value was 1950 with 66, which ranks as the 3rd best by a Yankees catcher. Gil McDougald beats out Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and Phil Rizzuto for the shortstop spot. WAR thinks that Jeter's best season was better than McDougald's or Rizzuto's (8.0 in 1999 vs 5.8 in 1957 and 6.8 in 1950). Jeter's 63 Batting Value in 1999 is the most by a Yankees shortstop in history, but his poor fielding gives him a 57 Player Value that ranks 2nd behind McDougald's 58 in 1957. Rizzuto in 1950 ranks 6th among Yankees shortstop seasons with 51 Player Value. Ultimately Player Value is a little more impressed with McDougald's offense and defense than WAR is, probably due to the positional comparison. Snuffy Stirnweiss beats out Hall of Famers Joe Gordon and Tony Lazzeri, as well as other notable Yankees in Willie Randolph and Robinson Cano, for the second base spot. WAR agrees that Stirnweiss had the best season, as his 8.8 WAR in 1945 beats out Cano's 8.4 in 2012, Lazzeri's 7.8 in 1929, Gordon's 7.7 in 1942, and Randolph's 6.6 in 1980. And there's a lot of older Yankees starting pitchers on the all-time team. That's because of their quality Batting Value and/or Fielding Value, in addition to their solid Pitching Value. Carl Mays led the league with 27 wins in 1921 but also had 22 RBI and a .798 OPS as a pitcher. That's the idea. Note that Babe Ruth in 1920, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1930, and 1931 actually had the top 6 RF seasons, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Ruth in LF in 1921 added more value over Charlie Keller in LF in 1943 than Ruth in RF in 1920 did over Aaron Judge in RF in 2017; thus, Ruth stayed in LF and Judge was slotted in at RF. Of course, Aaron Judge's 2022 season was probably even better than his 2017 season, but I only have Player Value so far from 1912-2021. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 986.8557 (1st in AL, 1st in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 228.2902 (8th in AL, 12th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 206.7387 (9th in AL, 14th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: -6.1343 (11th in AL, 26th in MLB) Unsurprisingly, the All-Time Yankees are the greatest of the all-time teams. Their strongest area is their batting, led by the legendary Hall of Fame sluggers of Ruth, Gehrig, and Mantle. Their outfield and C/1B/DH position groups are their strongest units, which include the aforementioned 3 Hall of Famers, as well as Hall of Famer Bill Dickey. Their bullpen also ranks 1st, led by the greatest closer of all-time in Mariano Rivera. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who both had exceptional 117 Player Value seasons. These are the 2nd and 3rd best seasons by Player Value in history. The best season is actually by Babe Ruth in 1923, in which he won the MVP but was actually a utility player, having not spent at least 50% of his time at one position. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Boston Red Sox lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. You're probably wondering why David Ortiz isn't your Red Sox DH. Big Papi has the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th-11th best DH seasons among Red Sox players in history. His 46 Batting Value in 2007 is the most by a Red Sox DH in history. Martinez in 2018 follows just behind with 44 Batting Value. Ortiz in 2007 hit 35 HR, 52 doubles, had 117 RBI, led the league with a .445 OBP, and had a 1.066 OPS en route to a 4th place AL MVP finish. Martinez in 2018 hit 43 HR, 37 doubles, led the league with 130 RBI, and had a 1.031 OPS en route to a 4th place AL MVP finish. What gives Martinez the nod is his Fielding Value of 6 compared to Ortiz's Fielding Value of -2; when Martinez was not the DH and put into the field, he was more serviceable than Ortiz. Regardless, Ortiz and Martinez both had terrific offensive seasons that rank as the 2nd and 3rd best Batting Value seasons by a DH in history, only behind Frank Thomas in 1991. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 977.4053 (2nd in AL, 2nd in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 289.7534 (1st in AL, 1st in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 198.8016 (10th in AL, 15th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: -10.5756 (14th in AL, 29th in MLB) The All-Time Red Sox are of the greatest all-time teams in the league. Their most dominant area is their pitching, specifically their starting pitchers, which rank 1st in the league. This is due to the incredible seasons from Smoky Joe Wood, Pedro Martinez, and Babe Ruth, whose top Player Value seasons rank 3rd, 7th, and 9th respectively across all starting pitcher seasons from 1912-2021. Pedro was simply a phenomenal pitcher in 2000, ranking as the 5th highest Pitching Value season in history. Ruth and Wood had more rounded seasons, scoring very well in Pitching Value but also having solid Batting Value and Fielding Value as well. What Shohei Ohtani is doing nowadays is incredible, but I think people often underrate Ruth's pitching ability before he became a batting behemoth. In 1916 he went 23-12 and led the league with a 1.75 ERA. His 44 Pitching Value that season was the 2nd most in the league behind the legendary Walter Johnson, and after considering hitting and fielding his 67 Player Value was the most by a pitcher in all of baseball. Babe Ruth wasn't just a pitcher; he was one of the very best pitchers in all of baseball before his transition. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Williams, Wood, and Doerr, each with 80+ Player Value seasons. Williams in 1946 won the AL MVP and posted a 10.6 WAR while leading the league in runs scored, OBP, slugging, and OPS. Wood in 1912 came 5th in the AL MVP and posted a 10.1 WAR and led the league in wins and shutouts. Doerr's value is more relative as a second baseman, and WAR has him at a more mellow 5.4. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Toronto Blue Jays lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 722.4014 (10th in AL, 19th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 224.6749 (9th in AL, 13th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 216.4240 (5th in AL, 13th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 7.2484 (2nd in AL, 10th in MLB) The All-Time Blue Jays are slightly below average compared to the other all-time teams. Their best area is their relievers - Henke led the league in saves in 1987 and came 13th in AL MVP voting, while Eichhorn came 6th in the AL Cy Young in 1986. In fact, Eichhorn ranks as the best non-closer relief pitcher in history according to Player Value, as the #21 reliever all-time. Henke ranks even better at #17. The Blue Jays fielding also ranks above average and is led by the middle infield duo of Fernandez and Hill, as does their baserunning which is led by outfielders Moseby and Stewart. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Jose Bautista's 71 Player Value season in 2011 when he led the league in HR and OPS and came 3rd in the AL MVP voting. Behind him are Delgado, Clemens, Donaldson, and Fernandez, each with a 60+ Player Value season. Delgado in 2003 led the league in RBI and OPS and came 2nd in the AL MVP voting. Donaldson in 2015 led the league in RBI and runs scored and won the AL MVP. Clemens in 1997 won the pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts in route to winning the AL Cy Young and coming 10th in the AL MVP voting. Fernandez in 1990 led the league in triples but didn't receive any accolades or MVP votes. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Tampa Bay Rays lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Note that this includes all years that the Rays franchise has been located in Tampa Bay, meaning as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998-2007 and as the Tampa Bay Rays since 2008. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. The best season by a Rays player was actually by Ben Zobrist in 2009, with 49.46 Player Value. That was also his best season according to WAR, which rates him at 8.6 wins. He was an all-star and came 8th in AL MVP voting. WAR also agrees that this was the best season by a Rays player. However, Zobrist in 2009 didn't play at least 50% of his games at one position, so he comes out as a utility player. He was mainly a 2B and RF, but also played some SS, 3B, CF, RF, and even 1B. So maybe you think Zobrist in 2009 should be the 2B, but either way the all-time 2B for the Rays is going to be Zobrist. The only number the Rays have retired from a Rays player is Wade Boggs' #12. While a deserving Hall of Famer and one of the best 3B in history, he had two -6 Player Value seasons with the Rays in 1998 and 1999, so it's odd that he got his number retired. The actual best players in Rays history have been Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, and Ben Zobrist, with 198, 193, and 124 Player Value, respectively. Longoria is still playing, but perhaps once he stops then the Rays will retire a more deserving player's number. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 475.9516 (15th in AL, 30th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 168.8749 (14th in AL, 28th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 137.6517 (15th in AL, 27th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 3.1141 (6th in AL, 15th in MLB) The All-Time Rays are the worst of the all-time teams. However, they're also one of the 2 newest MLB franchises along with the Diamondbacks, so they have had many fewer years from players to put up solid Player Value seasons. Their best area is their baserunning, but that's the smallest portion of Player Value. Their Baserunning Value is led by RF Matt Joyce who stole 13 bases but was caught just once in 2011, and by LF Carl Crawford who led the league in SB in 2007 with 50, while being caught 10 times. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team doesn't really have any clear cut leaders that are head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. However, the top 3 players are Pena, Crawford, and Lugo, each with 40+ Player Value. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Cleveland Guardians franchise lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Note that this includes all years that the Guardians franchise has been located in Cleveland, from 1912-2021. That means as the Cleveland Naps from 1912-1914, and as the Cleveland Indians from 1915-2021. Because they were named the Indians for most of this span, the data files included below have "Indians" in their name. However, since the team switched to the Guardians in 2022, that's the name I've used for this post's headline. Cy Young is obviously one of the greatest pitchers in history, but his entire career was before 1912, when I don't have Player Value. He never actually played for the Guardians franchise, but he did play for the Cleveland Spiders from 1890-1898, so shout out to him. I think Napoleon Lajoie is one of the greatest players of all-time. He ranks extremely well when I've applied Player Value prior to 1912, but the values are overall not consistent enough (especially on the pitching side of things) for me to be comfortable sharing them. He was already a stud for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901 (when he led the league in basically every category), so much in fact that the Cleveland franchise named their team after him. He played for the Cleveland Broncos for part of 1902, but then Nap Lajoie played for the Cleveland Naps from 1903-1914. His last season was 1916. Since most of his prime was before 1912 and he doesn't appear on the all-time team, I think Lajoie deserved a shout out as well. He did have respectable 41 and 30 Player Value seasons in 1913 and 1912, ranking 12th and 15th respectively among Guardians 2B seasons. He was ages 37 and 38 in those seasons. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 849.1278 (6th in AL, 11th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 247.4081 (4th in AL, 5th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 211.5703 (7th in AL, 9th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: -10.4470 (13th in AL, 28th in MLB) The All-Time Guardians are towards the top compared to the other franchise all-time teams. Their strongest area is their pitching, and primarily their starters. They rank solid at Pitching Value and overall, so the Guardians pitchers are pretty well rounded. Ace Bob Lemon had 12 Batting Value, 33 Pitching Value, and 15 Fielding Value. In addition to leading the league in shutouts and innings pitched while going 20-14 with a 2.82 ERA, he also hit 5 HR and 9 2B with a .818 OPS across 129 PA - not bad for a pitcher. The perhaps better known Bob Feller had 50 Pitching Value, but -3 Batting Value and -4 Fielding Value. He won the pitching Triple Crown, leading the league with 27 wins, a 2.61 ERA, and 261 strikeouts. He had just a .481 OPS across 129 PA. The other strong Guardians area is their infield, led by the fantastic seasons from Boudreau and Rosen. Their worst area is their Baserunning Value, mainly from Odell Hale's -5 Baserunning Value in 1934, when he stole 8 bases but was caught 12 times. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Lou Boudreau and Al Rosen, each with 80+ Player Value seasons. Rosen won the AL MVP in 1953 after leading the league in HR, RBI, runs scored, slugging, and OPS. It was a stellar 10.1 WAR season. Boudreau's AL MVP season was actually in 1948, not 1944. Boudreau's Player Value in 1948 was also exceptional at 86, split between 59 Batting Value and 27 Fielding Value. However, his 89 Player Value in 1944 is slightly higher, with 45 Batting Value and 44 Fielding Value. WAR has Boudreau at 8.0 in 1944 but at 10.4 in 1948, not appreciating his defense in 1944 as much. Either way, Boudreau is pretty clear cut as the Guardians' all-time single season SS. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look). Again, these files have "Indians" in their name because that was primarily the name of the franchise from the 1912-2021 span that I have Player Value for.
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Chicago White Sox lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 848.5050 (7th in AL, 14th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 231.4690 (7th in AL, 10th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 287.0959 (1st in AL, 1st in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: -3.9723 (10th in AL, 25th in MLB) The All-Time White Sox are pretty average compared to the other all-time teams. Their best area is their fielding, ranking 1st. That's mainly due to Collins and Lemon with 40+ Fielding Value each, but Eaton and Bonura also help with 30+ Fielding Value and Kamm is not far behind with 29 Fielding Value. Collins' 12 Rfield in 1915 is the 2nd most of his career behind his 24 in 1910, which is before when I Player Value for. Lemon had 18 Rfield in 1977, Bonura as a 1B had 7 Rfield in 1936, Eaton had 25 Rfield in 2016, and Kamm had 14 Rfield in 1926. So no bad defensive seasons there. The other strong area for the White Sox is the value of their pitchers, but not necessarily at pitching but more so at hitting and fielding. Ed Walsh in 1912 had a .600 OPS across 154 PAs, easily the highest quality with considerable quantity of his career. That gave him 8 Batting Value as a pitcher. Walsh that season also had a 3.71 range factor per 9 innings, while the average pitcher only had an RF9 of 2.96. So as a fielder Walsh basically got you an .7 more outs per game, which led to him having 12 Fielding Value as a pitcher. Similar stories are there for the other White Sox pitchers - besides being good pitchers, they also could hit and field relatively well for their position. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Eddie Collins and Ed Walsh with 99 and 78 Player Value seasons, respectively. Walsh's 78 Player Value as a pitcher in 1912 is the 4th best season by a pitcher since 1912. Ahead of him are Smoky Joe Wood in 1912 and Walter Johnson in 1913 and 1912. 1912 was simply a fantastic pitching year. Walsh had 11.4 WAR, Wood had 10.1 WAR, and Johnson had 13.2 WAR. Only 44 players have had 10+ WAR from 1912-2021. Collin's 99 Player Value as a 2B in 1915 is nearly equally as impressive, ranking as the 12th highest by a position player since 1912. Ahead of him are 5 seasons from Babe Ruth, 2 seasons from Joe Morgan, and 1 season from Barry Bonds, Lou Gehrig, Frankie Frisch, and Rogers Hornsby. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
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