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.
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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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