Based on my research for Hardball Retrospective, the following table reveals the average and total Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for every franchise based on the players that were signed as amateur free agents to their first…

Year Player WS 1993 Vladimir Guerrero 165 1985 Larry Walker 103.8 1972 Larry Parrish 90.7 1993 Orlando Cabrera 89.3 1979 Andres Galarraga 88.4 1986 Mel Rojas 65.1 1990 Ugueth Urbina 56.3 1988 Wil Cordero 45.9 1988 Carlos Perez 29.9 2002…

Year Player WS 1989 Carlos Delgado 212.3 1979 Tony Fernandez 140.4 1992 Kelvim Escobar 58.7 1979 Luis Leal 52.4 1985 Junior Felix 24.5 1983 Nelson Liriano 22.4 1998 Gustavo Chacin 20.5 2007 Henderson Alvarez 10 1989 Paul Spoljaric 8.8 1987…

Year Player WS 1988 Ivan Rodriguez 227.8 1986 Juan Gonzalez 179.5 1983 Ruben Sierra 134.4 1961 Ed Brinkman 72.1 2011 Rougned Odor 69.6 1976 Danny Darwin 54.1 2011 Nomar Mazara 39.3 1976 Steve Comer 37.1 2011 Leonys Martin 35.8 2007…

Year Player WS 2007 Alex Colome 35.6 1998 Jorge Cantu 26.1 1997 Rolando Arrojo 22.8 2012 Jose Alvarado 12.3 2002 Elliot Johnson 11 2014 Diego Castillo 5.6 2012 Yonny Chirinos 5.1 1998 Juan Salas 2.2 2008 Enny Romero 1.4 2009…

Year Player WS 1957 Bob Gibson 309.2 1974 Tom Herr 129.5 1959 Tim McCarver 125.8 1951 Larry Jackson 119.6 1950 Wally Moon 86.5 1975 Ken Oberkfell 83.8 1964 Steve Carlton 82.6 1958 Mike Shannon 79 1960 Dal Maxvill 78.6 1953…

Year Player WS 1950 Willie Mays 627.4 1955 Willie McCovey 326.6 1957 Juan Marichal 256.7 1964 Bobby Bonds 188.4 1955 Orlando Cepeda 178.8 1958 Gaylord Perry 154.7 1960 Jim Ray Hart 145.1 2003 Pablo Sandoval 126.7 1955 Jim Davenport 115.6…

Year Player WS 1983 Edgar Martinez 314.3 2002 Felix Hernandez 189.5 2000 Jose Lopez 65.3 2005 Yuniesky Betancourt 45.5 1984 Omar Vizquel 42.6 2000 Kazuhiro Sasaki 37.4 1979 Ed Nunez 29.4 1996 Julio Mateo 22.9 1996 Rafael Soriano 17 2016…

Year Player WS 1982 Benito Santiago 82.2 1985 Roberto Alomar 61 2012 Franmil Reyes 9.7 1986 Pedro A. Martinez 9.1 2003 Ernesto Frieri 8.5 2012 Franchy Cordero 5.5 1999 Oliver Perez 5.3 2014 Dinelson Lamet 4.7 1987 Luis Lopez 4.4 2014…

Year Player WS 1958 Willie Stargell 369.1 1954 Bill Mazeroski 216.4 1964 Al Oliver 178.5 1965 Manny Sanguillen 151.6 1952 Dick Groat 138.4 1951 Bob Skinner 121.8 1958 Bob Veale 119.7 1959 Gene Alley 113.2 1969 Kent Tekulve 113 1957…