Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Andrelton Simmons now has 3rd best defensive WAR season ever with 5.0

See Single-Season Leaders & Records for Defensive WAR at Baseball Reference. The Braves have 31 games left, so he has a good chance to be the leader.


Rank Player (age that year) Defensive WAR Year
1 Terry Turner (25) 5.4 1906
2 Art Fletcher (32) 5.1 1917
3 Andrelton Simmons (23) 5.0 2013
4 Mark Belanger (31) 4.9 1975
5 Ozzie Smith+ (34) 4.7 1989
6 Brooks Robinson+ (31) 4.5 1968
7 Mark Belanger (24) 4.4 1968

Frankie Frisch+ (28) 4.4 1927
9 Joe Tinker+ (27) 4.3 1908
10 Darin Erstad (28) 4.2 2002

Rabbit Maranville+ (22) 4.2 1914

Brooks Robinson+ (30) 4.2 1967

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