Monday, June 9, 2025

Best all time career outfield: Yankees Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle v. Giants Ott, Mays, Bonds.

I initially figured it must be the Yankees: Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle listed chronically. But then I thought that the Giants should be compared: Ott, Mays, Bonds also listed chronically.

I used OPS+ and WAR, each weighted by PA for those teams and for the outfield, which was only applied to Mantle: his final two seasons playing first base were omitted. Bonds had only 172 PA as Designated Hitter (DH) and that was ignored.

OPS+OPS+%PAPA%
YankeesYankeesYankeesYankeesYankees
Ruth20974.899,20335.83%
DiMaggio15546.307,67229.87%
Mantle17560.038,81034.30%
Total181.2125,685100.00%
WARWAR%PA%
YankeesYankeesYankeesYankeesYankees
Ruth142.851.1735.83%
DiMaggio79.123.6329.87%
Mantle103.635.5334.30%
Total110.33100.00%

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OPS+OPS+%PAPA%
GiantsGiantsGiantsGiantsGiants
Ott15555.4611,34735.78%
Mays15759.4912,01637.89%
Bonds19952.408,35126.33%
Total167.3431,714100.00%
WARWAR%PA%
GiantsGiantsGiantsGiants
Ott111.039.7135.78%
Mays154.658.5837.89%
Bonds112.529.6226.33%
Total127.91100.00%

They split.

Yanks won OPS+ 181 to 167, largely because of Ruth.

Giants won WAR 128 to 110, largely because of Mays.

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