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MLB VAL Leaders

VAL — Value Above Leagueis StatVault's single-number seasonal player-value metric: our answer to Approximate Value, but position-aware, era-adjusted (measured against each season's peers), availability-aware, and robust against statistical outliers.

Higher is better. Current method: VAL-2.0 robust cohorts (median/IQR/MAD + capped z-scores). A league-average full-season starter ≈ 8; elite seasons land ~18–27. Roles without box-score counting stats are honestly excluded.

Career VAL

sum of seasons

Total career value — rewards sustained greatness + longevity.

Showing 30 of 15,764 ranked entries.

  1. 1Hank AaronRF382.5
  2. 2Ty CobbCF361.8
  3. 3Barry BondsLF355.3
  4. 4Willie MaysCF345.8
  5. 5Babe RuthRF335.3
  6. 6Stan MusialOF324.7
  7. 7Carl YastrzemskiLF307.7
  8. 8Albert Pujols1B307
  9. 9Frank RobinsonRF306.1
  10. 10Ted WilliamsLF304.7
  11. 11Honus WagnerSS299.8
  12. 12Alex RodriguezSS296.9
  13. 13Mel OttRF291.3
  14. 14Tristram SpeakerCF291.3
  15. 15Mickey MantleCF286.9
  16. 16Walter JohnsonP286.9
  17. 17Reggie JacksonRF284.5
  18. 18Dave WinfieldRF273.4
  19. 19Al KalineRF270.4
  20. 20Lou Gehrig1B270.4
  21. 21Cy YoungP268.2
  22. 22Jimmie Foxx1B267.1
  23. 23Eddie Murray1B265.7
  24. 24Nolan Ryan Jr.P265.1
  25. 25Dennis EckersleyP264.2
  26. 26Roger ClemensP260.8
  27. 27Pete Rose1B259.3
  28. 28Mike Schmidt3B259.2
  29. 29Ken Griffey Jr.CF257.5
  30. 30Rafael Palmeiro1B257.3

Peak Season VAL

best single year

Each player's single best season — pure peak, longevity-neutral.

Showing 30 of 15,764 ranked entries.

  1. 1Ty CobbCF24
  2. 2Honus WagnerSS23.8
  3. 3Aaron JudgeRF23.6
  4. 4Shohei OhtaniTWP23.3
  5. 5Babe RuthRF23.2
  6. 6George Sisler1B23.1
  7. 7Larry WalkerRF23.1
  8. 8Ted WilliamsLF23
  9. 9Mickey MantleCF22.6
  10. 10Rogers Hornsby2B22.6
  11. 11Jimmie Foxx1B22.5
  12. 12Lou Gehrig1B22.5
  13. 13Miguel Cabrera1B22.1
  14. 14Barry BondsLF22
  15. 15Carl YastrzemskiLF21.9
  16. 16Frank RobinsonRF21.9
  17. 17Sammy SosaRF21.8
  18. 18Hank AaronRF21.6
  19. 19Alex RodriguezSS21.5
  20. 20Dick Allen1B21.5
  21. 21Duke SniderCF21.4
  22. 22Stan MusialOF21.4
  23. 23Chuck KleinRF21.2
  24. 24Albert Pujols1B21.1
  25. 25Billy WilliamsOF21.1
  26. 26Joe Morgan2B21.1
  27. 27Mark McGwire1B21.1
  28. 28Todd Helton1B21.1
  29. 29Willie MaysCF21.1
  30. 30Willie McCovey1B21

Best Single Seasons

any player-season

The highest-value individual seasons in the database.

Showing 30 of 81,374 ranked entries.

  1. 1Ty CobbCF · 190924
  2. 2Honus WagnerSS · 190823.8
  3. 3Aaron JudgeRF · 202223.6
  4. 4Shohei OhtaniTWP · 202423.3
  5. 5Babe RuthRF · 192123.2
  6. 6Aaron JudgeRF · 202423.1
  7. 7George Sisler1B · 192023.1
  8. 8Larry WalkerRF · 199723.1
  9. 9Ted WilliamsLF · 194223
  10. 10Ted WilliamsLF · 194922.9
  11. 11Aaron JudgeRF · 202522.8
  12. 12Ty CobbCF · 191722.8
  13. 13Mickey MantleCF · 195622.6
  14. 14Rogers Hornsby2B · 192222.6
  15. 15Ted WilliamsLF · 194622.6
  16. 16Babe RuthRF · 192322.5
  17. 17Jimmie Foxx1B · 193222.5
  18. 18Lou Gehrig1B · 193122.5
  19. 19Babe RuthRF · 192722.4
  20. 20Babe RuthRF · 192622.3
  21. 21Lou Gehrig1B · 192722.2
  22. 22Babe RuthRF · 192022.1
  23. 23Babe RuthRF · 193122.1
  24. 24Miguel Cabrera1B · 201322.1
  25. 25Barry BondsLF · 199322
  26. 26Barry BondsLF · 200122
  27. 27Carl YastrzemskiLF · 196721.9
  28. 28Frank RobinsonRF · 196621.9
  29. 29Sammy SosaRF · 200121.8
  30. 30Ty CobbCF · 191121.8