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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 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.
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