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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 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): ![]()
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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 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): ![]()
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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 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): ![]()
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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 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): ![]()
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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 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): ![]()
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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 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): ![]()
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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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