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Most career WAR by number of franchises played for

Posted by Andy
All totals are 1901-present and for batters only

Here is the most career WAR for players who played for the given number of franchises:


1 Franchise:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Stan Musial 127.8 1941 1963
2 Ted Williams 125.3 1939 1960
3 Mickey Mantle 120.2 1951 1968
4 Lou Gehrig 118.4 1923 1939
5 Honus Wagner 116.5 1901 1917
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Generated 12/24/2011.

2 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Barry Bonds 171.8 1986 2007
2 Ty Cobb 159.4 1905 1928
3 Willie Mays 154.7 1951 1973
4 Hank Aaron 141.6 1954 1976
5 Eddie Collins 126.7 1906 1930
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3 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Babe Ruth 172.0 1914 1935
2 Alex Rodriguez 104.9 1994 2011
3 Eddie Mathews 98.3 1952 1968
4 Wade Boggs 89.0 1982 1999
5 Ken Griffey 78.5 1989 2010
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4 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Tris Speaker 133.0 1907 1928
2 Jimmie Foxx 94.1 1925 1945
3 Reggie Jackson 74.6 1967 1987
4 Paul Waner 73.8 1926 1945
5 Gary Carter 66.3 1974 1992
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5 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Rogers Hornsby 127.8 1915 1937
2 Frank Robinson 107.4 1956 1976
3 Joe Morgan 103.5 1963 1984
4 Jim Thome 71.4 1991 2011
5 Manny Ramirez 66.8 1993 2011
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6 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Jim Edmonds 67.9 1993 2010
2 Ivan Rodriguez 67.3 1991 2011
3 Tim Raines 64.6 1979 2002
4 Graig Nettles 61.6 1967 1988
5 Willie Randolph 60.5 1975 1992
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7 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Al Simmons 63.6 1924 1944
2 Roberto Alomar 63.5 1988 2004
3 Jose Canseco 41.8 1985 2001
4 Ben Chapman 41.2 1930 1946
5 Tony Fernandez 39.6 1983 2001
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8 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Gary Sheffield 63.3 1988 2009
2 Bobby Bonds 57.0 1968 1981
3 Mike Cameron 46.8 1995 2011
4 Julio Franco 40.6 1982 2007
5 Steve Finley 40.5 1989 2007
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9 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Rickey Henderson 113.1 1979 2003
2 Benito Santiago 23.8 1986 2005
3 Jose Cruz 22.0 1997 2008
4 Orlando Cabrera 18.4 1997 2011
5 Jose Cardenal 18.1 1963 1980
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10 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Tommy Davis 18.3 1959 1976
2 Russell Branyan 10.7 1998 2011
3 Jose Guillen 3.6 1997 2010
4 Ken Brett 3.1 1967 1981
5 Kevin Jarvis 0.5 1994 2006
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11 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Kenny Lofton 65.3 1991 2007
2 Royce Clayton 16.3 1991 2007
3 Todd Zeile 15.3 1989 2004
4 Rick White -0.5 1994 2007
5 Julian Tavarez -0.6 1993 2009
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12 Franchises:

Rk Player WAR/pos From To
1 Matt Stairs 13.5 1992 2011
2 Octavio Dotel -0.7 1999 2011
3 Ron Villone -0.7 1995 2009
4 Mike Morgan -3.1 1978 2002
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Just for laughs, here's a graph of the average of the 5 WAR values for each number of franchises: