Josh Donaldson is one of 50 players to have 25+ WAR from ages 27-30. But prior to that he had only 1.2 career WAR. The only guy among the 50 to have less is Ichiro Suzuki, who had 0 (because he played in Japan before joining the Mariners).
Of the 50, only 3 other guys had less than 10 WAR before age 27: Jason Giambi, Hack Wilson and Chase Utley. Giambi and Utley (like Donaldson) went to college and did not get any professional experience until age 21. So that will tend to limit pre-27 WAR.
Donaldson has the greatest differential of age 27-30 WAR vs. previous WAR. Here are the top five:
| Josh Donaldson | 27.3 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 26 |
| Chase Utley | 22.6 |
| Jason Giambi | 21.8 |
| Hack Wilson | 17.9 |
There are certainly other late bloomers and it would be worthwhile to check other age brackets. Carl Yastrzemski is the leader in this one with 38 in 2,749 PAs (Ruth is 5th in 2,302 PAs and it includes both 1922, the year he was suspended, and 1925, the year of the stomach ache).
Here is the entire group:
|
Player |
WAR 27-30 |
Prev WAR |
|
Ichiro Suzuki |
26.0 |
0.0 |
|
Josh Donaldson |
28.5 |
1.2 |
|
Jason Giambi |
25.5 |
3.7 |
|
Hack Wilson |
25.3 |
7.4 |
|
Chase Utley |
32.4 |
9.8 |
|
Ken Boyer |
28.2 |
11.2 |
|
Todd Helton |
28.6 |
14.7 |
|
Paul Goldschmidt |
25.1 |
14.9 |
|
Robinson Cano |
29.0 |
15.4 |
|
Honus Wagner |
30.2 |
17.2 |
|
Roger Connor |
29.0 |
17.3 |
|
Wade Boggs |
33.7 |
18.0 |
|
Ed Delahanty |
26.0 |
18.1 |
|
Harry Heilmann |
28.2 |
19.8 |
|
Dan Brouthers |
25.3 |
19.8 |
|
Rod Carew |
29.1 |
20.0 |
|
Billy Hamilton |
25.0 |
20.2 |
|
Joe Morgan |
32.8 |
21.3 |
|
Ernie Banks |
32.0 |
23.1 |
|
Jeff Bagwell |
26.3 |
23.1 |
|
Al Simmons |
27.3 |
23.9 |
|
Buddy Bell |
25.3 |
24.4 |
|
Carl Yastrzemski |
38.0 |
24.9 |
|
Miguel Cabrera |
28.7 |
26.1 |
|
Mike Schmidt |
31.9 |
27.3 |
|
Reggie Jackson |
25.5 |
28.2 |
|
Duke Snider |
29.3 |
28.3 |
|
Gary Carter |
27.0 |
28.7 |
|
Lou Boudreau |
25.5 |
32.7 |
|
Ted Williams |
37.6 |
34.1 |
|
Ron Santo |
25.9 |
35.9 |
|
Cal Ripken Jr. |
31.4 |
37.8 |
|
Stan Musial |
36.5 |
38.9 |
|
Lou Gehrig |
33.5 |
39.5 |
|
Willie Mays |
36.2 |
40.6 |
|
Barry Bonds |
32.7 |
41.2 |
|
Babe Ruth |
35.8 |
44.0 |
|
Rickey Henderson |
26.1 |
44.1 |
|
Eddie Mathews |
28.4 |
45.0 |
|
Eddie Collins |
30.5 |
45.9 |
|
Frank Robinson |
25.4 |
46.0 |
|
Albert Pujols |
35.2 |
46.1 |
|
Henry Aaron |
33.9 |
46.7 |
|
Tris Speaker |
28.9 |
48.7 |
|
Ken Griffey Jr. |
26.2 |
50.0 |
|
Mel Ott |
29.2 |
52.4 |
|
Alex Rodriguez |
29.8 |
55.2 |
|
Rogers Hornsby |
33.8 |
57.1 |
|
Mickey Mantle |
29.3 |
61.3 |
|
Ty Cobb |
34.3 |
63.3 |
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