Players' Contributions to Team's Expected Wins
The list of Top Offensive Players, 1972-2002
Heading meanings:
#Y: number of years of data for the player
H/AB=BA: Career hits, at-bats, batting average for player
Bat Wins: Contributed wins as batter
BR Wins: Contributed wins as baserunner
Off Wins: Total offensive wins (= Bat Wins + BR wins)
HOF: Is pitcher or player in Hall of Fame (HOF), will be (hof), probably will be (hof?), or might be (?) -- my judgement based only on contributions through 2002
Offense
| Player |
#Y |
H/AB=BA |
Bat Wins |
BR Wins |
Off Wins |
HOF |
| Bonds, Barry | 17 | 2462/08335=295 | 83.010 | 5.133 | 88.147 | hof |
| Henderson, Rickey | 24 | 3040/10888=279 | 49.963 | 17.162 | 67.128 | hof |
| Brett, George | 21 | 3154/10349=304 | 52.024 | 3.046 | 55.067 | HOF |
| McGwire, Mark | 16 | 1626/06187=262 | 51.786 | 1.220 | 53.010 | hof |
| Schmidt, Mike | 18 | 2234/08352=267 | 48.824 | 2.359 | 51.180 | HOF |
| Thomas, Frank | 13 | 1902/06065=313 | 49.337 | 1.472 | 50.811 | hof |
| Murray, Eddie | 21 | 3255/11336=287 | 46.999 | 3.471 | 50.473 | hof |
| Bagwell, Jeff | 12 | 1969/06520=301 | 47.457 | 2.177 | 49.633 | HOF |
| Martinez, Edgar | 16 | 1973/06229=316 | 45.654 | 2.177 | 47.835 | hof |
| Gwynn, Tony | 20 | 3141/09287=338 | 43.411 | 4.385 | 47.799 | hof |
| Walker, Larry | 14 | 1863/05880=316 | 42.540 | 4.141 | 46.681 | ? |
| Raines, Tim | 22 | 2605/08872=293 | 28.814 | 15.591 | 44.406 | ? |
| Morgan, Joe | 13 | 1656/06003=275 | 35.218 | 8.954 | 44.172 | HOF |
| Clark, Will | 15 | 2176/07172=303 | 41.021 | 2.163 | 43.186 | |
| Palmeiro, Rafael | 17 | 2634/08992=292 | 40.394 | 2.160 | 42.554 | hof |
| Boggs, Wade | 18 | 3010/09180=327 | 38.897 | 2.890 | 41.791 | HOF |
| McGriff, Fred | 17 | 2403/08388=286 | 38.808 | 2.293 | 41.097 | ? |
| Carew, Rod | 14 | 2378/07114=334 | 36.394 | 4.690 | 41.081 | HOF |
| Griffey Jr., Ken | 14 | 2039/06913=294 | 38.238 | 2.783 | 41.024 | hof? |
| Evans, Dwight | 20 | 2446/08996=271 | 38.676 | 2.133 | 40.809 | |
| Sheffield, Gary | 15 | 1819/06153=295 | 38.768 | 1.907 | 40.674 | ? |
| Molitor, Paul | 21 | 3319/10835=306 | 30.550 | 9.387 | 39.936 | ? |
| Winfield, Dave | 22 | 3109/11001=282 | 33.901 | 4.904 | 38.805 | HOF |
| Grace, Mark | 15 | 2418/07929=304 | 34.609 | 2.622 | 37.232 | |
| Jackson, Reggie | 16 | 2016/07651=263 | 35.581 | 1.464 | 37.044 | HOF |
| Evans, Darrell | 18 | 2129/08605=247 | 34.345 | 2.417 | 36.766 | |
| Baines, Harold | 22 | 2866/09908=289 | 34.294 | 2.336 | 36.629 | |
| Clark, Jack | 18 | 1826/06846=266 | 33.355 | 1.925 | 35.279 | |
| Hrbek, Kent | 14 | 1749/06192=282 | 32.129 | 2.477 | 34.608 | |
| Thome, Jim | 12 | 1332/04640=287 | 32.867 | 1.479 | 34.346 | |
| Parker, Dave | 19 | 2712/09358=289 | 32.032 | 1.603 | 33.636 | |