November 25, 2002
Great Players:
The previous post (scroll down) prompted this question from Shawn Bernard:
So what's your definition of 'great'? Is it subjective, or do you have some statistical definition for it? ;) It would be interesting to see a list of all the teams with the numbers (and names) of all the great players per team.
When I wrote the comment below, I was taking a top of the head measure of greatness, with out giving it much thought. However, to answer Shawn's question, I thought I'd look at teams with players with 20 win shares. Players are listed with their current team, which means for free agents who haven't signed, their 2002 team. Here's the list:
Red Sox 6
Manny Ramirez 29.0
Nomar Garciaparra 27.0
Cliff Floyd 22.0
Derek Lowe 22.0
Pedro Martinez 21.0
Johnny Damon 21.0
Yankees 6
Jason Giambi 34.0
Bernie Williams 30.0
Alfonso Soriano 30.0
Derek Jeter 24.0
Jorge Posada 22.0
Robin Ventura 20.0
Diamondbacks 6
Randy Johnson 29.0
Luis Gonzalez 26.0
Curt Schilling 24.0
Steve Finley 23.0
Junior Spivey 23.0
Byung-Hyun Kim 20.0
Athletics 5
Miguel Tejada 32.0
Eric Chavez 25.0
Barry Zito 25.0
Tim Hudson 23.0
Ray Durham 20.0
Angels 4
Garret Anderson 24.0
Tim Salmon 22.0
Troy Glaus 22.0
David Eckstein 20.0
Mariners 4
John Olerud 27.0
Bret Boone 25.0
Ichiro Suzuki 25.0
Randy Winn 23.0
Braves 4
Chipper Jones 31.0
Andruw Jones 28.0
Gary Sheffield 26.0
Rafael Furcal 20.0
Cardinals 4
Albert Pujols 32.0
Jim Edmonds 29.0
Scott Rolen 28.0
Edgar Renteria 26.0
Indians 3
Jim Thome 34.0
Ellis Burks 21.0
Omar Vizquel 21.0
Blue Jays 3
Carlos Delgado 26.0
Eric Hinske 22.0
Roy Halladay 21.0
Astros 3
Lance Berkman 30.0
Jeff Bagwell 22.0
Roy Oswalt 20.0
Expos 3
Vladimir Guerrero 29.0
Jose Vidro 29.0
Bartolo Colon 22.0
Twins 2
Jacque Jones 25.0
Torii Hunter 21.0
Reds 2
Todd Walker 21.0
Adam Dunn 21.0
Phillies 2
Bobby Abreu 29.0
Pat Burrell 25.0
Padres 2
Ryan Klesko 31.0
Mark Kotsay 22.0
Giants 2
Barry Bonds 49.0
Jeff Kent 29.0
Rockies 2
Todd Helton 27.0
Larry Walker 26.0
Marlins 2
Derrek Lee 23.0
Mike Lowell 21.0
White Sox 1
Magglio Ordonez 26.0
Royals 1
Carlos Beltran 21.0
Brewers 1
Richie Sexson 22.0
Rangers 1
Alex Rodriguez 35.0
Cubs 1
Sammy Sosa 27.0
Dodgers 1
Shawn Green 30.0
Mets 1
Edgardo Alfonzo 25.0
Pirates 1
Brian Giles 32.0
The Red Sox are tied for first if they don't lose anyone, although the Yankees top 6 is probably deeper. Still, not to shabby for young Theo Epstein to start with. By the way, the Sox don't exactly have a young team. Of the regulars, only Nixon and Hillenbrand are younger than Epstein.
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