Can you name the MLB players with the highest career total WAR for each uniform number?

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  • Enter a player (last names acceptable) in the box below
  • Correctly named players will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Baseball Reference
  • Total WAR is used here (= Off. WAR + Def. WAR + Pit. WAR). WAR figures in quiz include ONLY seasons in and teams on which the player wore that number, not necessarily the player's entire career WAR.
  • Team listed with a player is the one with which they played the most games wearing that number. -- Range of seasons are the first and last years the player had that number, whether or not they played on the team listed in all of those years or also wore a different number within that range. -- MLB players began wearing uniform numbers in 1929. As such, Babe Ruth is NOT in this quiz, since he spent most of his career (1915-28, 138.3 WAR) without a number. He wore #3 only from 1929-35 (51.7 WAR). -- The quiz stops at #57 because no players with numbers higher than that have 35 or more WAR. So unusual numbers like #0, #00, #09, or #99 didn't make the cut. -- Press F11 if you can't see the whole quiz.
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#PlayerWAR (Years) - Primary Team
169.7 (1977-1995) - Tigers
270.1 (1995-2010) - Yankees
374.3 (1931-1942) - Red Sox
486.0 (1929-1939) - Yankees
584.4 (1975-1993) - Royals
6127.8 (1941-1963) - Cardinals
7120.2 (1951-1968) - Yankees
889.9 (1981-2001) - Orioles
9125.3 (1939-1960) - Red Sox
1080.0 (1995-2010) - Braves
1167.2 (1987-2004) - Mariners
1263.2 (1988-2004) - Blue Jays
1343.2 (1989-2009) - Indians
1475.3 (1963-1986) - Reds
1560.8 (1964-1976) - Phillies
1657.5 (1939-1955) - Tigers
1757.9 (1997-2010) - Rockies
1844.3 (1973-1983) - Athletics
1976.9 (1974-1993) - Brewers
20108.3 (1973-1989) - Phillies
2192.9 (1984-1998) - Red Sox
2263.1 (1965-1984) - Orioles
2362.1 (1982-1997) - Cubs
24154.7 (1951-1973) - Giants
25121.6 (1993-2007) - Giants
2671.5 (1982-1992) - Red Sox
2763.5 (1960-1973) - Giants
2878.9 (1970-1992) - Twins
2979.1 (1967-1985) - Twins
#PlayerWAR (Years) - Primary Team
3061.0 (1979-2002) - Expos
3193.4 (1986-2006) - Braves
3288.4 (1965-1987) - Phillies
3367.3 (1989-2005) - Rockies
3444.8 (1984-1995) - Twins
3593.0 (1964-1987) - Braves
3691.0 (1963-1983) - Giants
3753.6 (1979-1998) - Blue Jays
3868.0 (1992-2007) - Phillies
3937.8 (1973-1991) - Pirates
4035.4 (1973-1981) - Angels
41106.1 (1967-1986) - Mets
4263.2 (1947-1956) - Dodgers
4345.8 (1978-1998) - Athletics
44140.0 (1955-1976) - Braves
4590.2 (1960-1975) - Cardinals
4642.4 (1995-2010) - Yankees
4771.6 (1987-2008) - Braves
4865.0 (1972-1991) - Cubs
4944.4 (1975-1988) - Yankees
5038.2 (1996-2010) - Mariners
5183.9 (1988-2009) - Mariners
5243.4 (2001-2010) - Indians
5369.8 (1956-1969) - Dodgers
5439.5 (1972-1994) - Yankees
5552.4 (1983-2000) - Dodgers
5642.6 (2000-2010) - White Sox
5747.0 (2000-2010) - Twins
none159.5 (1905-1928) - Tigers
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MLB: Best Players by Uniform Number Quiz

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