The very best proper fielder of the previous half-decade not too long ago turned the highest-paid baseball participant of all time.
I’m speaking, in fact, about Juan Soto, who starred for the Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres, and New York Yankees between 2020 and 2024 — and who signed a $765 million, 15-year contract with the New York Mets earlier this month.
Soto topped my five-year rankings of proper fielders along with his general base worth of plus-679. OBV is a comparability of a given batter’s efficiency and the output of a mean main leaguer.
Soto reached 1,885 bases in the course of the 2020-2024 interval via hits, walks, hit batters, stolen bases, and sacrifices. A typical big-league hitter would have attained 1,206 bases underneath the identical circumstances. Soto’s surplus of 679 bases interprets to his OBV.
Total base worth wasn’t the one five-year statistical class that Soto led. He additionally topped all proper fielders in runs (468), dwelling runs (145), walks (582), on-base proportion (.428), and slugging proportion (.531).
No different proper fielder got here inside 200 bases of Soto within the OBV standings. The runners-up had been Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers at plus-463, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves at plus-447, and Kyle Tucker of the Houston Astros at plus-398. (Tucker was traded earlier this month to the Chicago Cubs.)
Immediately’s rankings are confined to gamers who made at the least 1,400 plate appearances over the previous half-decade and spent the vast majority of that point as proper fielders. Their OBVs are decided by their whole stats, together with any amassed at different positions.
Look under to see the half-decade’s prime 10 proper fielders. Every is listed with fundamental stats for 2020-2024: video games, dwelling runs, runs batted in, batting common, and general base worth.
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1. Juan Soto (G 670, HR 145, RBI 412, BA .284) — OBV +679
2. Mookie Betts (G 587, HR 132, RBI 361, BA .284) — OBV +463
3. Ronald Acuna Jr. (G 455, HR 98, RBI 252, BA .292) — OBV +447
4. Kyle Tucker (G 583, HR 121, RBI 402, BA .279) — OBV +398
5. Fernando Tatis Jr. (G 432, HR 105, RBI 269, BA .272) — OBV +275
6. Teoscar Hernandez (G 638, HR 132, RBI 419, BA .274) — OBV +203
7. Seiya Suzuki (G 381, HR 55, RBI 193, BA .278) — OBV +150
8. George Springer (G 561, HR 101, RBI 286, BA .252) — OBV +133
9. Anthony Santander (G 607, HR 134, RBI 368, BA .245) — OBV +118
10. Starling Marte (G 479, HR 46, RBI 213, BA .283) — OBV +117
