Starters
1B - Cap Anson
2B - Ryne Sandberg
SS - Ernie Banks
3B - Ron Santo
C - Gabby Hartnett
OF - Billy Williams, Sammy Sosa, Jimmy Ryan
SP - Fergie Jenkins, Greg Maddux, Charley Root, Mordecai Brown, Grover Cleveland Alexander
Reserves
Bench - George Gore (OF), Bill Nicholson (OF), Hack Wilson (OF), Stan Hack (3B), Mark Grace (1B), King Kelly (IF/C),
Ned Williamson (3B/SS).
Bullpen - Lee Smith (CL), Bruce Sutter (SU), Hippo Vaughn, John Clarkson, Jake Arrieta, Claude Passeau
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All-Time Team

Best Player Careers Ever
1871-2020 (Regular Season)
Batting and Pitching.
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Best Career Team Index
BATTING
Rank | Nane | First | LYear | Team | LG | TPEVA | YRS | PPYR | HR | RBI | H | AVE |
1 | Anson | Cap | 1897 | CHN | NL | 374.385 | 22 | 17.017 | 97 | 1879 | 2995 | 0.329 |
2 | Banks | Ernie | 1971 | CHN | NL | 264.788 | 19 | 13.936 | 512 | 1636 | 2583 | 0.274 |
3 | Williams | Billy | 1974 | CHN | NL | 262.803 | 16 | 16.425 | 392 | 1353 | 2510 | 0.296 |
4 | Santo | Ron | 1973 | CHN | NL | 257.426 | 14 | 18.388 | 337 | 1290 | 2171 | 0.279 |
5 | Sosa | Sammy | 2004 | CHN | NL | 214.891 | 13 | 16.530 | 545 | 1414 | 1985 | 0.284 |
6 | Sandberg | Ryne | 1997 | CHN | NL | 177.095 | 15 | 11.806 | 282 | 1061 | 2385 | 0.285 |
7 | Ryan | Jimmy | 1900 | CHN | NL | 165.018 | 15 | 11.001 | 99 | 914 | 2073 | 0.307 |
8 | Hack | Stan | 1947 | CHN | NL | 159.139 | 16 | 9.946 | 57 | 642 | 2193 | 0.301 |
9 | Gore | George | 1886 | CHN | NL | 157.398 | 8 | 19.675 | 24 | 380 | 933 | 0.315 |
10 | Nicholson | Bill | 1948 | CHN | NL | 153.688 | 10 | 15.369 | 205 | 833 | 1323 | 0.272 |
11 | Hartnett | Gabby | 1940 | CHN | NL | 152.886 | 19 | 8.047 | 231 | 1153 | 1867 | 0.297 |
12 | Grace | Mark | 2000 | CHN | NL | 147.685 | 13 | 11.360 | 148 | 1004 | 2201 | 0.308 |
13 | Kelly | King | 1886 | CHN | NL | 142.521 | 7 | 20.360 | 33 | 480 | 899 | 0.316 |
14 | Williamson | Ned | 1889 | CHN | NL | 136.810 | 11 | 12.437 | 61 | 622 | 1050 | 0.260 |
15 | Rizzo | Anthony | 2020 | CHN | NL | 127.949 | 9 | 14.220 | 228 | 744 | 1231 | 0.274 |
16 | Wilson | Hack | 1931 | CHN | NL | 126.233 | 6 | 21.039 | 190 | 769 | 1017 | 0.322 |
17 | Cavarretta | Phil | 1953 | CHN | NL | 123.104 | 20 | 6.155 | 92 | 896 | 1927 | 0.292 |
18 | Dalrymple | Abner | 1886 | CHN | NL | 118.974 | 8 | 14.872 | 40 | 325 | 938 | 0.295 |
19 | Schulte | Frank | 1916 | CHN | NL | 115.881 | 13 | 8.914 | 91 | 712 | 1590 | 0.272 |
20 | Dahlen | Bill | 1898 | CHN | NL | 109.804 | 8 | 13.725 | 57 | 560 | 1166 | 0.299 |
PITCHING
Rank | Name | First | LYear | Team | LG | TPEVA | YRS | PPYR | W | L | SV | ER | IP | ERA |
1 | Jenkins | Fergie | 1983 | CHN | NL | 163.228 | 10 | 16.323 | 167 | 132 | 6 | 952 | 2673.7 | 3.20 |
2 | Maddux | Greg | 2006 | CHN | NL | 159.849 | 10 | 15.985 | 133 | 112 | 0 | 808 | 2016.0 | 3.61 |
3 | Brown | Mordecai | 1916 | CHN | NL | 151.146 | 10 | 15.115 | 188 | 86 | 39 | 465 | 2329.0 | 1.80 |
4 | Root | Charley | 1941 | CHN | NL | 143.727 | 16 | 8.983 | 201 | 156 | 40 | 1236 | 3137.3 | 3.55 |
5 | Alexander | Pete | 1926 | CHN | NL | 130.911 | 9 | 14.546 | 128 | 83 | 10 | 595 | 1884.3 | 2.84 |
6 | Vaughn | Hippo | 1921 | CHN | NL | 118.611 | 9 | 13.179 | 151 | 105 | 4 | 575 | 2216.3 | 2.33 |
7 | Lee | Bill | 1947 | CHN | NL | 118.275 | 11 | 10.752 | 139 | 123 | 9 | 885 | 2271.3 | 3.51 |
8 | Passeau | Claude | 1947 | CHN | NL | 118.148 | 9 | 13.128 | 124 | 94 | 15 | 629 | 1914.7 | 2.96 |
9 | Zambrano | Carlos | 2011 | CHN | NL | 117.304 | 11 | 10.664 | 125 | 81 | 0 | 731 | 1826.7 | 3.60 |
10 | Hutchison | Bill | 1895 | CHN | NL | 110.650 | 7 | 15.807 | 181 | 158 | 4 | 1196 | 3021.0 | 3.56 |
11 | Griffith | Clark | 1900 | CHN | NL | 107.861 | 8 | 13.483 | 152 | 96 | 1 | 826 | 2188.7 | 3.40 |
12 | Hendricks | Kyle | 2020 | CHN | NL | 106.421 | 7 | 15.203 | 69 | 48 | 0 | 363 | 1047.3 | 3.12 |
13 | Warneke | Lon | 1945 | CHN | NL | 106.352 | 10 | 10.635 | 109 | 72 | 11 | 512 | 1624.7 | 2.84 |
14 | Reuschel | Rick | 1984 | CHN | NL | 104.862 | 12 | 8.738 | 135 | 127 | 3 | 891 | 2290.0 | 3.50 |
15 | Clarkson | John | 1887 | CHN | NL | 100.405 | 4 | 25.101 | 137 | 57 | 0 | 460 | 1730.7 | 2.39 |
16 | Arrieta | Jake | 2017 | CHN | NL | 97.040 | 5 | 19.408 | 68 | 31 | 0 | 244 | 803.0 | 2.73 |
17 | Lester | Jon | 2020 | CHN | NL | 83.735 | 6 | 13.956 | 77 | 44 | 0 | 405 | 1002.7 | 3.64 |
18 | Rush | Bob | 1957 | CHN | NL | 80.867 | 10 | 8.087 | 110 | 140 | 7 | 878 | 2132.7 | 3.71 |
19 | Dempster | Ryan | 2012 | CHN | NL | 76.136 | 9 | 8.460 | 67 | 66 | 87 | 491 | 1182.7 | 3.74 |
20 | Bush | Guy | 1934 | CHN | NL | 75.071 | 12 | 6.256 | 152 | 101 | 27 | 933 | 2201.7 | 3.81 |
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PEVA is the acronym for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This grade is given to each player and pitcher each season, rating their performance on a peer to peer review. Six components for pitchers and batters are melded together into the PEVA Rating, which ranges each year from 0.200 to 64.000. For more information on PEVA and the other new Stat Geek Baseball Stats, see our Definitions page. PEVA ratings are available for every pitcher and hitter in baseball history.
PEVA Scale
64.000 - Maximum
32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
20.000 - All League
15.000 - All-Star Level
10.000 - Very Good
3.500 - Average
0.200 - Minimum