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Babe Ruth is the all-time leader in WAR with a value of 182.6. He predominantly played for the New York Yankees, but before that he played for the Boston Red Sox until he was traded to the New York Yankees in 1919. He is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. Mike Trout is the active WAR leader with 86.2.
WAR is recognized as an official stat by Major League Baseball and by the Elias Sports Bureau, and ESPN publishes the Baseball-Reference version of WAR on its own statistics pages for position players and pitchers. [2] The importance of WAR compared to typical statistical categories has been the subject of ongoing debate.
List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a first baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a shortstop leaders
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
The highest single-season innings count in the 21st century was Roy Halladay's 266 in 2003, and the six lowest innings totals for an MLB leader in the sport's history (apart from three shortened seasons—1981 and 1994 due to strikes, and 2020 due to COVID-19) have all occurred since 2016—Logan Gilbert with 208 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings in 2024 ...
Simply one of the greatest postseason players of all time, Hernández managed to tread water during the regular season, batting .229 with an 85 adjusted OPS but logging 1.2 WAR thanks to his ...
Ranking the top 25 MLB players of the last 25 years. Brian Fitzsimmons. Updated July 14, 2016 at 7:39 PM. ... 2 Point Lead: Who is the best baseball player of all time? 2 Point Lead: Who Is the ...
2009: Stephen Strasburg, right-handed pitcher, Nationals (36.6 fWAR) Strasburg was one of the most hyped players entering the draft and then had one of the most hyped MLB debuts of all time.