Another installment of our look at best seasons by position by Wins Above Replacement, an idea stolen from Amazin' Avenue, the Met's SB Nation Blog. The numbers are taken from Sean Smith's WAR Database.
Here are the best seasons by Jay left fielders, by WAR values:
|
Rank |
Year |
Player |
WAR |
|
1 |
1987 |
George Bell |
5.0 |
|
2 |
2000 |
Shannon Stewart |
4.6 |
|
3 |
1985 |
George Bell |
3.8 |
|
4 |
1986 |
George Bell |
3.7 |
|
5 |
2006 |
Reed Johnson |
3.6 |
|
6 |
2001 |
Shannon Stewart |
3.3 |
|
7 |
2002 |
Shannon Stewart |
3.3 |
|
8 |
1989 |
George Bell |
3.1 |
|
9 |
1979 |
Otto Velez |
2.9 |
|
10 |
1998 |
Shannon Stewart |
2.0 |
And the bottom 10:
|
Rank |
Year |
Player |
WAR |
|
33 |
1980 |
Bob Bailor |
0.2 |
|
34 |
2007 |
Adam Lind |
0.2 |
|
35 |
2008 |
Shannon Stewart |
-0.2 |
|
36 |
1993 |
Turner Ward |
-0.4 |
|
37 |
1981 |
Al Woods |
-0.4 |
|
38 |
2007 |
Reed Johnson |
-0.6 |
|
39 |
1982 |
Al Woods |
-0.6 |
|
40 |
1993 |
Darnell Coles |
-0.8 |
|
41 |
1995 |
Joe Carter |
-0.9 |
|
42 |
2004 |
Reed Johnson |
-0.9 |
|
43 |
1996 |
Joe Carter |
-1.3 |
Quick thoughts:
- Joe Carter had a couple of lousy seasons at the end of his time in Toronto and he still hit fourth.
- Sorry to see Reed Johnson's name on lower list twice but he also has one in the top 10
- George Bell and Shannon Stewart really were the best we've had
- Al Woods had a couple of good seasons with the Jays too.