Can you name the best (according to WAR) in the MLB by position each year of the 1980s? by edykhuizen

Can you name the best (according to WAR) in the MLB by position each year of the 1980s?

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The best player at each position (according to WAR) in each year of the 1980s. The "UT" is just the highest-ranked player who wasn't the best at his position.
Source: Baseball Reference
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1980
C MON
1B MIL
2B NYY
3B KC
SS MIL
LF OAK
CF OAK
RF HOU
UT PHI
SP PHI
SP CHW
SP LA
SP KC
SP Two tied: OAK, MON
RP MIN

1981
C TEX
1B Two tied: MIL, STL
2B CAL
3B PHI
SS MIL
LF OAK
CF MON
RF BOS
UT TEX
SP CLE
SP PHI
SP LA
SP HOU
SP Two tied: OAK, TOR
RP MIL

1982
C MON
1B MIL
2B DET
3B CAL
SS MIL
LF OAK
CF MON
RF LA
UT PHI
SP MON
SP TOR
SP CIN
SP HOU
SP STL
RP SF

1983
C MON
1B BAL
2B DET
3B BOS
SS BAL
LF OAK
CF ATL
RF SF
UT HOU
SP PHI
SP TOR
SP CIN
SP PHI
SP Three tied: NYY, BAL, ATL
RP KC

1984
C MON
1B BAL
2B CHC
3B PHI
SS BAL
LF HOU
CF TOR
RF SD
UT DET
SP TOR
SP CLE
SP TOR
SP NYM
SP Three tied: SEA, BAL, PIT
RP DET

1985
C NYM
1B NYY
2B CHC
3B BOS
SS STL
LF LA
CF NYY
RF TOR
UT KC
SP NYM
SP STL
SP KC
SP TOR
SP CLE/MIN
RP CHW

1986
C CHC
1B NYY
2B LA
3B BOS
SS BAL
LF BOS
CF NYY
RF TOR
UT SD
SP MIL
SP BOS
SP HOU
SP PIT
SP CAL
RP TOR

1987
C OAK
1B STL
2B HOU
3B BOS
SS DET
LF MON
CF CIN
RF SD
UT ATL
SP BOS
SP MIN
SP KC
SP TOR
SP LA
RP MON

1988
C CAL
1B SF
2B CHC
3B BOS
SS CIN
LF BOS
CF MIN
RF OAK
UT SF
SP KC
SP MIN
SP MIL
SP LA
SP BOS
RP DET

1989
C BAL
1B SF
2B CHC
3B BOS
SS STL
LF ATL
CF MIL
RF TEX
UT NYY/OAK
SP KC
SP LA
SP SD
SP SD
SP SEA/MON
RP Two tied: SD, KC

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Best in MLB by Position by Year 1980-1989 Quiz

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	sansho1:	Aug 19th, 2012 at 11:39 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz! A somewhat shorter time limit might cut down on cheaters.

	edykhuizen:	Aug 19th, 2012 at 14:08 GMT		1 point
	Good tip, thanks! Maybe 12 minutes?

	sansho1:	Aug 19th, 2012 at 14:30 GMT		0 points
	That's about when my mind started going blank. :)

	amwoods13:	Aug 19th, 2012 at 18:12 GMT		1 point
	You have the Dodgers listed as "LA" in some cases and "LAD" in other cases. "LAD" is the usual one to use, but you need to make them consistent in any event.

	edykhuizen:	Aug 20th, 2012 at 13:43 GMT		1 point
	Good catch, thanks! I changed them all to LA.

	kidcanada:	Aug 20th, 2012 at 20:32 GMT		5 points
	But all these sportswriters say Jack Morris was the most "dominant" pitcher of the 1980s!

	noreddawn:	Aug 20th, 2012 at 23:00 GMT		1 point
	So, good to guess Rickey Henderson then.

	mraithel13:	Aug 22nd, 2012 at 20:40 GMT		3 points
	Thank you kidcanada, THANK YOU. Morris finished in the top 5 in WAR in his own league just twice, once in the 80s.

	BCSwede:	Aug 31st, 2012 at 14:04 GMT		-1 points
	This quiz brought back a lot of memories from when I truly loved baseball. Thank you. I don't know about Morris's stats, but could that guy ever pitch when it counted. As for Rickey Henderson, he is still the best pure ball player I've ever seen; he brought everything he had to the park every single day.

	kidcanada:	Sep 4th, 2012 at 16:33 GMT		0 points
	@BCSwede - Jack Morris' career regular season ERA was 3.90. His career postseason ERA was 3.80, almost the same and nothing special. He got a World Series ring with the 1992 Jays despite going 0-2 in the '92 series with an 8.44 ERA.

	BCSwede:	Sep 24th, 2012 at 21:30 GMT		0 points
	You say that like he doesn't deserve a ring; he was 37 years old and he went 21-6 during that regular season. Funny how you didn't mention that he went 4-0 with a 2.24 ERA during the Twins 1991 WS run, or that he went 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA during the Tigers 1984 WS run. From '79 to '92 Morris averaged 16.6 W, 11.6 L with a 3.72 ERA. He also averaged 12 CGs and 2 SHOs over that period. I think that record stands up pretty well. WAR isn't the only stat that matters.