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This is a list of the top 100 Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score (JAWS). JAWS is a sabermetric stat developed by statistician Jay Jaffe to determine a player's rank at their position in relation to worthiness for election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader for right fielders with a value of 124 JAWS. The active leader is Mookie Betts with a value of 51.2 JAWS.
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player | Name of the player. |
| JAWS | Total career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score. |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Denotes active player. |
| Rank | Player | JAWS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth * | 124 |
| 2 | Hank Aaron * | 101.7 |
| 3 | Stan Musial * | 96.6 |
| 4 | Mel Ott * | 82.3 |
| 5 | Frank Robinson * | 80 |
| 6 | Roberto Clemente * | 74.7 |
| 7 | Al Kaline * | 70.8 |
| 8 | Reggie Jackson * | 60.4 |
| 9 | Harry Heilmann * | 60 |
| 10 | Paul Waner * | 59 |
| 11 | Larry Walker * | 58.7 |
| 12 | Sam Crawford * | 57.5 |
| 13 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 57.4 |
| 14 | Tony Gwynn * | 55.2 |
| 15 | Dwight Evans | 52.3 |
| 16 | Ichiro Suzuki | 51.9 |
| 17 | Reggie Smith | 51.6 |
| 18 | Sammy Sosa | 51.2 |
| Mookie Betts | 51.2 | |
| 20 | Dave Winfield * | 51.1 |
| 21 | Bobby Abreu | 50.9 |
| 22 | Vladimir Guerrero * | 50.3 |
| 23 | Bobby Bonds | 49.5 |
| 24 | Gary Sheffield | 49.3 |
| 25 | Enos Slaughter * | 47.6 |
| Rank | Player | JAWS |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Elmer Flick * | 46.8 |
| 27 | Willie Keeler * | 45.2 |
| 28 | Brian Giles | 44.2 |
| 29 | Chuck Klein * | 42.7 |
| Sam Rice * | 42.7 | |
| 31 | Jack Clark | 42.2 |
| 32 | Harry Hooper * | 41.8 |
| 33 | Kiki Cuyler * | 41.7 |
| 34 | Tony Oliva * | 40.8 |
| 35 | Giancarlo Stanton | 40.1 |
| 36 | Rocky Colavito | 40 |
| 37 | Rusty Staub | 39.5 |
| Bryce Harper | 39.5 | |
| 39 | King Kelly * | 39.1 |
| 40 | Sam Thompson * | 38.8 |
| Dave Parker | 38.8 | |
| 42 | Darryl Strawberry | 38.5 |
| J. D. Drew | 38.5 | |
| 44 | Dixie Walker | 38.1 |
| 45 | Felipe Alou | 38 |
| 46 | Ken Singleton | 37.8 |
| 47 | Bill Nicholson | 37.7 |
| 48 | Mike Tiernan | 37.5 |
| José Bautista | 37.5 | |
| 50 | Jesse Barfield | 36.9 |
| Rank | Player | JAWS |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Johnny Callison | 36.4 |
| 52 | Nelson Cruz | 36.3 |
| 53 | Jose Canseco | 36.1 |
| Tim Salmon | 36.1 | |
| 55 | Jason Heyward | 35.6 |
| 56 | Magglio Ordóñez | 35.4 |
| 57 | Babe Herman | 35.3 |
| Tommy Henrich | 35.3 | |
| Roger Maris | 35.3 | |
| 60 | David Justice | 35 |
| 61 | Kirk Gibson | 34.2 |
| 62 | Tommy Holmes | 34 |
| 63 | Juan González | 33.9 |
| 64 | Reggie Sanders | 33.3 |
| 65 | Paul O'Neill | 33.2 |
| 66 | Shawn Green | 33.1 |
| 67 | Aaron Judge | 32.6 |
| 68 | Bob Allison | 32.1 |
| Roy Cullenbine | 32.1 | |
| 70 | Shin-Soo Choo | 31.9 |
| 71 | Ross Youngs * | 31.8 |
| 72 | Brian Jordan | 31.7 |
| 73 | Gavvy Cravath | 31.5 |
| 74 | Wally Moses | 31.3 |
| 75 | George Springer | 30.6 |
| Rank | Player | JAWS |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | Harold Baines * | 30.1 |
| Carl Furillo | 30.1 | |
| 78 | Nick Markakis | 29.1 |
| 79 | Ken Griffey Sr. | 29 |
| 80 | Hunter Pence | 28.5 |
| 81 | Jayson Werth | 28.3 |
| Von Hayes | 28.3 | |
| 83 | J. D. Martinez | 28.2 |
| 84 | Alex Ríos | 27.8 |
| 85 | Raúl Mondesí | 27.5 |
| 86 | John Titus | 27.3 |
| 87 | Sixto Lezcano | 27.1 |
| 88 | Hank Bauer | 26.5 |
| 89 | Jackie Jensen | 26.3 |
| 90 | Terry Puhl | 26 |
| 91 | Bob Meusel | 25.9 |
| 92 | Elmer Valo | 25.6 |
| 93 | Bing Miller | 25.5 |
| 94 | Oyster Burns | 25.2 |
| 95 | Socks Seybold | 24.7 |
| 96 | Ival Goodman | 24.4 |
| Vic Wertz | 24.4 | |
| 98 | Josh Reddick | 23.8 |
| 99 | George Selkirk | 23.3 |
| 100 | Buck Freeman | 23 |
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