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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Jackie Robinson

By Tangotiger, 03:56 PM

Jackie Robinson was a 28-year old MLB rookie. In his career, he earned 63 wins. If we look at all position players in MLB history, but only from age 28 to the end of their careers, Jackie Robinson ends up in the top 25 players of all time.

WAR Player
132 Bonds Barry
117 Ruth Babe
109 Wagner Honus
105 Mays Willie
91 Cobb Ty
90 Williams Ted
89 Musial Stan
84 Aaron Hank
82 Morgan Joe
80 Schmidt Mike
79 Anson Cap
77 Speaker Tris
75 Lajoie Nap
71 Connor Roger
68 Henderson Rickey
68 Gehrig Lou
68 Collins Eddie
68 Yastrzemski Carl
67 Clemente Roberto
65 Hornsby Rogers
63 Robinson Jackie
63 Appling Luke
63 Boggs Wade
63 Robinson Frank
62 Martinez Edgar

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