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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.
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): ![]()
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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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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. ![]()
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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): ![]()
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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 Detroit Tigers 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. I will remind everyone that I currently only have Player Value since 1912. Ty Cobb still makes the all-time Tigers lineup with his 1917 season, but he also played 7 years prior to 1912, leading the league in OPS in 5 of them. By WAR, 1917 is his best season at 11.3, but his 1909-1911 seasons are all around 10+ WAR, so it's possible that his best season by Player Value would be before 1912, and I just don't have that captured yet. Note that Hank Greenberg in 1940 actually had the best Tiger season by a LF, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Greenberg as a 1B in 1937 added more value than Norm Cash as a 1B in 1961 did than Greenberg as a LF in 1940 added over Rocky Colavito as a LF in 1961; thus, Greenberg was kept at 1B and Colavito was inserted in at LF. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 869.5564 (4th in AL, 6th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 189.8862 (12th in AL, 22nd in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 214.8161 (6th in AL, 8th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: -11.5429 (15th in AL, 30th in MLB) The All-Time Tigers are one of the better teams in history, and really lack any weak areas. Their worst piece is their baserunning, but that's the smallest portion of Player Value and almost all of that comes from Donie Bush's -9 Player Value in 1914. He stole 35 bases but was caught 26 times and in case you haven't heard, getting caught stealing is far worse than the gain of stealing a base. Besides that, basically all of the Tigers areas are in the top 10. They rank 22nd in pitching but their pitchers overall rank 9th, meaning their pitchers were good at fielding and batting. Their outfield consists of 2 Hall of Famers, their infield consists of 1 Hall of Famer and a future Hall of Famer in Miggy, and their C/1B/DH consists of a Hall of Famer, someone who should be in the Hall of Fame in Freehan, and another potential (albeit much less likely) future Hall of Famer in Martinez. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Gehringer and Cobb with 94 and 81 Player Value seasons, respectively. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team: ![]()
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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 Royals 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. If you're a Kansas City baseball fan and feel any allegiance to the Kansas City Athletics for some reason, you can check out their all-time team here. Their last season in Kansas City was 1967, just before the Royals began play. 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. Ok, maybe you're wondering why Frank White isn't at 2B. He had the 3rd, 5th-8th, and 10th-12th best Player Value seasons at 2B in Royals history. His best year was 1984, when he put up 41 Player Value. WAR agrees that 1984 was his best season and has him at 4.1 WAR. WAR also gives Whit Merrifield in 2018 the edge, rating him at 4.5. Across their entire Royals careers, nobody has more Player Value at 2B than White does; Merrifield just happens to have had a better single season. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 703.6933 (11th in AL, 20th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 238.6621 (6th in AL, 7th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 231.3285 (2nd in AL, 6th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 16.7935 (1st in AL, 1st in MLB) The All-Time Royals are towards the bottom of the all-time teams across all MLB franchises. They are uniquely specialized, ranking as the best baserunning team and one of the best pitching and fielding teams, but also as one of the worst batting teams. Willie Wilson and Carlos Beltran lead the charge for baserunning - Wilson ranks 4th in Baserunning Value among LF in history, while Beltran ranks 6th in Baserunning Value among CF in history. Wilson stole 79 bases in 1980 and was caught 10 times, while Beltran stole 41 bases in 2003 and was caught 4 times. Those are 89% and 91% clips. Freddie Patek and Wilson lead the charge for fielding. Wilson ranks 2nd in Fielding Value among LF in history, and posted 24 Rfield in 1980 along with an above average fielding percentage (.983 vs .980) and range factor (3.04 vs 2.35) for his position. Patek is not an all-time great SS, but he does rank 8th in Baserunning Value among SS in history. The same defensive metrics I used for Wilson also show that Patek was a good fielder in 1973. The Royals just lack solid hitting, outside of Brett. Mayberry, Beltran, McRae, and Perez have decent Batting Values, but everyone else is fairly lackluster. For corner outfielders, Wilson's and Dye's Batting Values are particularly unimpressive. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by George Brett's stellar 79 Player Value season in 1980, when he won the AL MVP and led the league in every triple-slash-line category, and thus OPS as well. 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): ![]()
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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 Washington Senators 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 seasons that the Senators played in Washington that I have Player Value for, meaning as part of the Twins franchise from 1912-1960 and as part of the Rangers franchise from 1961-1971. Interestingly enough, no Senator players from the Rangers portion actually made the all-time team. The best Senators position player not on the all-time from the Rangers portion is 3B Ken McMullen in 1969, with 46.76 Player Value. Other position players toward the top are Chuck Cottier at 2B in 1962, Mike Epstein at 1B in 1969, Ed Brinkman at SS in 1970, and Frank Howard at LF in 1970. The best Senators pitchers not on the all-time team from the Rangers portion are a bunch of dicks. Starters Dick Bosman in 1969 and Dick Donovan in in 1961, as well as reliever Dick Lines in 1966. Note that technically they were called the Nationals from 1905-1955, but I only have Player Value going back to 1912 and the team was commonly referred to (including by the fans and by Baseball Reference) as the Senators during that timeframe. They were officially the Washington Senators from 1901-1904 and from 1956-1960. I didn't think it made sense to have a Twins-specific Senators team and a Rangers-specific Senators team, since the city of Washington had a singular Senators team consistently from 1912-1971. 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. Note that Bump Hadley in 1930 actually had the 5th best SP season by a unique pitcher, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Hadley as a RP in 1931 added more value over Ad Liska as a RP in 1930 than Hadley as a SP in 1930 did over Dutch Leonard as a SP in 1938; thus, Hadley stayed as a RP and Leonard was slotted in as the 5th SP. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by Walter Johnson's and Buddy Myer's incredible 90+ Player Value seasons. Joe Cronin is also towards the top with an 80+ Player value season. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team: ![]()
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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 Minnesota Twins 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. Note that Rod Carew in 1973, 1975, and 1974 actually had the top three 2B seasons, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Carew at 1B in 1977 added more value over Bob Allison at 1B in 1964 than Carew at 2B in 1973 did over Chuck Knoblauch at 2B in 1996; thus, Carew stayed at 1B and Knoblauch was slotted in at 2B. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by Rod Carew's stellar 85 Player Value season in 1977 when he won the MVP, as well as by Roy Smalley in 1979, when he produced 73 Player Value. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team: ![]()
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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 Twins 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 seasons of the Twins franchise, meaning as the Washington Senators from 1912-1960 and as the Minnesota Twins from 1961 to present. You can view the all-time Minnesota Twins team here. You can view the all-time Washington Senators here. Note that this post includes all years that the Senators were in Washington. That means as a part of the Twins franchise from 1912-1960, and as part Rangers franchise from 1961-1971. They technically were called the Nationals from 1905-1955, but I only have Player Value going back to 1912 and the team was commonly referred to (including by the fans and by Baseball Reference) as the Senators during that timeframe. They were officially the Washington Senators from 1901-1904 and from 1956-1960. I didn't think it made sense to have a Twins-specific Senators team and a Rangers-specific Senators team, since the city of Washington had a singular Senators team consistently from 1912-1971. 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: 889.1084 (3rd in AL, 5th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 286.1861 (2nd in AL, 2nd in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 222.9137 (4th in AL, 7th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: -7.3187 (12th in AL, 27th in MLB) The All-Time Twins are one of the best teams in history. Unlike most of the other teams towards the top, that hasn't contributed as much success. The Twins have won 3 World Series and 6 pennants. By comparison, the Giants all-time team ranks 3rd and they've won 8 World Series and 23 pennants. They Dodgers all-time team ranks 4th and they've won 7 World Series and 24 pennants. The Athletics all-time team ranks 7th and they've won 9 World Series and 15 pennants. You get the idea - the Twins franchise has racked up some solid players but haven't had enough of them at the same time. Their worst area is their baserunning, which is the smallest piece of Player Value so not as big of a deal. Their next worst area is their outfield, which still only ranks slightly below average. Their pitching and infield all rank extremely well. Their starting rotation consists of the 1st, 29th, and 31st best pitchers since 1912 in Johnson, Santana, and Blyleven. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by Walter Johnson's and Buddy Myer's incredible 90+ Player Value seasons. Rod Carew and Joe Cronin are also towards the top with 80+ Player value seasons. Johnson's season is probably the most impressive, as it is extremely rare for a pitcher to accrue that Player Value. In fact, Johnson's 1912 season ranks as the highest Player Value for a pitcher in the entire span from 1912-2021. His 1913 season ranks 2nd, then Smoky Joe Wood's 1912, Ed Walsh's 1912, Pete Alexander's 1915, Walter Johnson's 1914, Pedro Martinez in 2000, Sandy Koufax in 1965, Babe Ruth in 1916, and Greg Maddux in 1998. If you rely instead on Pitching Value rather than total Player Value by pitchers, Pedro Martinez in 1999, Roger Clemens in 1997, Walter Johnson in 1919, and Greg Maddux in 1995 rank towards the top. WAR agrees with the dominance of these pitchers too. Maddux had 9.7 WAR in 1995, Clemens had 11.9 in 1997, Pedro had 9.8 in 1999 and 11.7 in 2000, Koufax had 8.1 in 1965, Walsh had 11.4 in 1912, Wood had 10.1 in 1912. Walter Johnson had 10.6 WAR in 1919, 11.7 in 1914, 15.1 in 1913, and 13.2 in 1912. It is clear that the early 1900s and the late 1900s were the zenith of pitching dominance, and Walter Johnson is the king of that hill. There's a reason he is the greatest pitcher of all-time according to Player Value, so the Twins all-time team are fortunate to have him on their squad. On another note, Johan Santana's 2004 season also ranks as the 15th best season by Pitching Value. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team: ![]()
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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 Texas Rangers 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. Note that Josh Hamilton in 2008 actually had the top CF season, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Hamilton in LF in 2010 added more value over Juan Gonzalez in LF in 1993 than Hamilton in CF in 2008 did over Gary Matthews in CF in 2006; thus, Hamilton stayed in LF and Matthews was slotted in at CF. Similarly, Rafael Palmeiro in 1993 also had the actual top 1B season. However, Palmeiro at DH in 1999 added more value over Milton Bradley at DH in 2008 than Palmeiro at 1B in 1993 did over Mark Teixeira at 1B in 2005; thus, Palmeiro stayed at DH and Teixeira was inserted at 1B. You are probably wondering, where is Pudge?! Ivan Rodriguez has the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 15th best individual Player Value seasons among catchers in Rangers history. Jim Sundberg has the 6th, 8th, and 10th best Player Value seasons among Rangers catchers. Darrel Porter and Geno Petralli sit at 12th and 13th. Mike Napoli just happens to have the best individual season by a catcher. Pudge's best season by Player Value was 1999, with 33.71 Player Value. Napoli's 2011 is slightly higher at 37.93 Player Value. WAR does not quite agree; it has Napoli's 2011 at 5.5 WAR and Pudge's 1999 at 6.4 WAR, but that difference is not substantial. WAR does agree that Napoli had the better offensive season than Pudge. I imagine Player Value is probably underselling Pudge's defensive value, and hopefully the next iteration will give us more clarity. Across their careers as Rangers, Ivan Rodriguez is clearly the best catcher, with 215.32 Player Value. Sundberg is 2nd with 46.85 Player Value, and Napoli is 3rd with 36.27 Player Value. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by A-Rod's incredible 95 Player Value season. The next group of players toward the top are Bell, Kinsler, and Hamilton, each with a 60+ Player Value season. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team: ![]()
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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 Rangers 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 seasons of the Rangers franchise, meaning as the Washington Senators from 1961-1971 and as the Texas Rangers from 1972 to present. However, as the above image shows, no Washington Senators players actually made the all-time team. The best Senators position player not on the all-time is 3B Ken McMullen in 1969, with 46.76 Player Value. Other position players toward the top are Chuck Cottier at 2B in 1962, Mike Epstein at 1B in 1969, Ed Brinkman at SS in 1970, and Frank Howard at LF in 1970. The best Senators pitchers not on the all-time team are a bunch of dicks. Starters Dick Bosman in 1969 and Dick Donovan in in 1961, as well as reliever Dick Lines in 1966. You can view the all-time Texas Rangers team here. It is the exact same as that shown above, but the attached files in this post do a better job at showing how the players compare solely among their Texas Ranger counterparts. You can view the all-time Washington Senators here. Note that this post includes all years that the Senators were in Washington. That means as a part of the Rangers franchise from 1961-1971, and as part of the Twins franchise from 1912-1960. They technically were called the Nationals from 1905-1955, but I only have Player Value going back to 1912 and the team was commonly referred to (including by the fans and by Baseball Reference) as the Senators during that timeframe. They were officially the Washington Senators from 1901-1904 and from 1956-1960. I didn't think it made sense to have a Twins-specific Senators team and a Rangers-specific Senators team, since the city of Washington had a singular Senators team consistently from 1912-1971. 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. Note that Josh Hamilton in 2008 actually had the top CF season, but I didn't want to have any duplicate players on the all-time team. Hamilton in LF in 2010 added more value over Juan Gonzalez in LF in 1993 than Hamilton in CF in 2008 did over Gary Matthews in CF in 2006; thus, Hamilton stayed in LF and Matthews was slotted in at CF. Similarly, Rafael Palmeiro in 1993 also had the actual top 1B season. However, Palmeiro at DH in 1999 added more value over Milton Bradley at DH in 2008 than Palmeiro at 1B in 1993 did over Mark Teixeira at 1B in 2005; thus, Palmeiro stayed at DH and Teixeira was inserted at 1B. You are probably wondering, where is Pudge?! Ivan Rodriguez has the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 15th best individual Player Value seasons among catchers in Rangers history. Jim Sundberg has the 6th, 8th, and 10th best Player Value seasons among Rangers catchers. Darrel Porter and Geno Petralli sit at 12th and 13th. Mike Napoli just happens to have the best individual season by a catcher. Pudge's best season by Player Value was 1999, with 33.71 Player Value. Napoli's 2011 is slightly higher at 37.93 Player Value. WAR does not quite agree; it has Napoli's 2011 at 5.5 WAR and Pudge's 1999 at 6.4 WAR, but that difference is not substantial. WAR does agree that Napoli had the better offensive season than Pudge. I imagine Player Value is probably underselling Pudge's defensive value, and hopefully the next iteration will give us more clarity. Across their careers as Rangers, Ivan Rodriguez is clearly the best catcher, with 215.32 Player Value. Sundberg is 2nd with 46.85 Player Value, and Napoli is 3rd with 36.27 Player Value. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 671.7897 (14th in AL, 24th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 189.0351 (13th in AL, 23rd in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 170.3145 (12th in AL, 22nd in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 3.0243 (7th in AL, 14th in MLB) The All-Time Rangers fall towards the bottom of the other all-time teams. Their best areas are their relievers, infield, and baserunning. All 3 of their infielders (not including first base) have 60+ Player Value seasons. Their worst areas are their outfield and starters. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led primarily by A-Rod's incredible 95 Player Value season. The next group of players toward the top are Bell, Kinsler, and Hamilton, each with a 60+ Player Value season. 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): ![]()
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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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