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This is a list of the top 100 Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score (JAWS). JAWS is a sabermetric stat developed by statistician Jay Jaffe to determine a player's rank at their position in relation to worthiness for election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader for right fielders with a value of 124 JAWS. The active leader is Mookie Betts with a value of 51.2 JAWS.
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player | Name of the player. |
JAWS | Total career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player. |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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1 | Babe Ruth * | 124 |
2 | Hank Aaron * | 101.7 |
3 | Stan Musial * | 96.6 |
4 | Mel Ott * | 82.3 |
5 | Frank Robinson * | 80 |
6 | Roberto Clemente * | 74.7 |
7 | Al Kaline * | 70.8 |
8 | Reggie Jackson * | 60.4 |
9 | Harry Heilmann * | 60 |
10 | Paul Waner * | 59 |
11 | Larry Walker * | 58.7 |
12 | Sam Crawford * | 57.5 |
13 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 57.4 |
14 | Tony Gwynn * | 55.2 |
15 | Dwight Evans | 52.3 |
16 | Ichiro Suzuki | 51.9 |
17 | Reggie Smith | 51.6 |
18 | Sammy Sosa | 51.2 |
Mookie Betts | 51.2 | |
20 | Dave Winfield * | 51.1 |
21 | Bobby Abreu | 50.9 |
22 | Vladimir Guerrero * | 50.3 |
23 | Bobby Bonds | 49.5 |
24 | Gary Sheffield | 49.3 |
25 | Enos Slaughter * | 47.6 |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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26 | Elmer Flick * | 46.8 |
27 | Willie Keeler * | 45.2 |
28 | Brian Giles | 44.2 |
29 | Chuck Klein * | 42.7 |
Sam Rice * | 42.7 | |
31 | Jack Clark | 42.2 |
32 | Harry Hooper * | 41.8 |
33 | Kiki Cuyler * | 41.7 |
34 | Tony Oliva * | 40.8 |
35 | Giancarlo Stanton | 40.1 |
36 | Rocky Colavito | 40 |
37 | Rusty Staub | 39.5 |
Bryce Harper | 39.5 | |
39 | King Kelly * | 39.1 |
40 | Sam Thompson * | 38.8 |
Dave Parker | 38.8 | |
42 | Darryl Strawberry | 38.5 |
J. D. Drew | 38.5 | |
44 | Dixie Walker | 38.1 |
45 | Felipe Alou | 38 |
46 | Ken Singleton | 37.8 |
47 | Bill Nicholson | 37.7 |
48 | Mike Tiernan | 37.5 |
José Bautista | 37.5 | |
50 | Jesse Barfield | 36.9 |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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51 | Johnny Callison | 36.4 |
52 | Nelson Cruz | 36.3 |
53 | Jose Canseco | 36.1 |
Tim Salmon | 36.1 | |
55 | Jason Heyward | 35.6 |
56 | Magglio Ordóñez | 35.4 |
57 | Babe Herman | 35.3 |
Tommy Henrich | 35.3 | |
Roger Maris | 35.3 | |
60 | David Justice | 35 |
61 | Kirk Gibson | 34.2 |
62 | Tommy Holmes | 34 |
63 | Juan González | 33.9 |
64 | Reggie Sanders | 33.3 |
65 | Paul O'Neill | 33.2 |
66 | Shawn Green | 33.1 |
67 | Aaron Judge | 32.6 |
68 | Bob Allison | 32.1 |
Roy Cullenbine | 32.1 | |
70 | Shin-Soo Choo | 31.9 |
71 | Ross Youngs * | 31.8 |
72 | Brian Jordan | 31.7 |
73 | Gavvy Cravath | 31.5 |
74 | Wally Moses | 31.3 |
75 | George Springer | 30.6 |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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76 | Harold Baines * | 30.1 |
Carl Furillo | 30.1 | |
78 | Nick Markakis | 29.1 |
79 | Ken Griffey Sr. | 29 |
80 | Hunter Pence | 28.5 |
81 | Jayson Werth | 28.3 |
Von Hayes | 28.3 | |
83 | J. D. Martinez | 28.2 |
84 | Alex Ríos | 27.8 |
85 | Raúl Mondesí | 27.5 |
86 | John Titus | 27.3 |
87 | Sixto Lezcano | 27.1 |
88 | Hank Bauer | 26.5 |
89 | Jackie Jensen | 26.3 |
90 | Terry Puhl | 26 |
91 | Bob Meusel | 25.9 |
92 | Elmer Valo | 25.6 |
93 | Bing Miller | 25.5 |
94 | Oyster Burns | 25.2 |
95 | Socks Seybold | 24.7 |
96 | Ival Goodman | 24.4 |
Vic Wertz | 24.4 | |
98 | Josh Reddick | 23.8 |
99 | George Selkirk | 23.3 |
100 | Buck Freeman | 23 |
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