He also won the 1986 NL batting title, earned a Silver Slugger Award that year and was named to seven consecutive All-Star teams. -- Lauber, Pops hit 475 home runs but as produtive as he was, Pops was known for his team leadership. Career Leaders & Records for Defensive WAR - Baseball-Reference.com No first baseman won more Gold Gloves (11) in his career. Willie Mays 2. In 1982 when he was the second oldest player in the Major Leagues, he won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. This is, quite simply, an amazing list of power, defensive prowess, great arms, speed and high averages. He earned two of the best nicknames in baseball history because of his prowess with the glove, the Human Vacuum Cleaner and Mr. -- Jim Caple, ESPN.com senior writer, Another whites-only era star, you can acknowledge that and then enjoy his being the Hall of Famer who never did stop putting his foot in the bucket at bat, as well as the key role he played as a guy with tremendous plate coverage starring for Connie Mack's last A's dynasty in 1929-31. He was a 16-time Gold Glove winner and was a three time All-Star. A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Richie Ashburn played the majority of his career before they awarded Gold Glove awards for elite fielders. -- Tim Kurkjian, ESPN.com senior writer, For as much as we dwell on the video-arcade numbers from his final 10 seasons, sometimes we don't make enough of what he did in his first 12: .288/.408/.551, 374 HR, 417 SB, three NL MVP awards. Some might put an asterisk next to his name, but the performance was the best ever at left field or power production. Related:Worst MLB Defensive Players l Greatest Baseball Players. And he pulled it off in only eight seasons as a regular. 100 Greatest Left Fielders of All-Time ALL-TIME TOP 100 LISTS CATCHER FIRST BASE SECOND BASE SHORTSTOP THIRD BASE LEFT FIELD CENTER FIELD RIGHT FIELD PITCHER Baseball's All-Time Greatest Left Fielders Ranked From 1 to 100 CAREER = career war Long Peak = WAR in Best 7 Seasons SHORT PEAK = WAR in Best 3 Seasons .294/.385/.425, OPS -- .810, Hits -- 2,605, HRs -- 170, RBIs -- 980, The fact that he's one of only four players with at least 2,500 hits, 1,500 runs and 800 stolen bases proves he was far more than merely Rickey Henderson Lite. He led that 1968 team in batting average, home runs and OPS, earning one of his four All-Star selections in the process. It doesnt make sense, in our opinion, for most of the great baseball players to have played prior to World War II, when MLB was segregated. A team can hide a poor defender here and he will do minimal damage to them.

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