2016 Most Common Starters
- Players listed have the most games at that position
- (WAR)
| Rk | Tm | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | DH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARI (69-93, 16.73 oWAR) | W.Castillo (2.22) | P.Goldschmidt (4.96) | J.Segura (6.42) | J.Lamb (2.85) | N.Ahmed (0.38) | B.Drury (0.04) | M.Bourn (-0.29) | Y.Tomás (-0.91) | R.Weeks (-0.19) |
| 2 | ATL (68-93, 11.28 oWAR) | T.Flowers (0.41) | F.Freeman (6.31) | J.Peterson (0.87) | A.Garcia (-0.16) | E.Aybar (-0.14) | M.Kemp (0.10) | E.Inciarte (3.84) | N.Markakis (1.64) | J.Francoeur (0.57) |
| 3 | BAL (89-73, 22.14 oWAR) | M.Wieters (1.89) | C.Davis (3.08) | J.Schoop (3.39) | M.Machado (7.34) | J.Hardy (2.07) | H.Kim (0.87) | A.Jones (1.66) | M.Trumbo (2.09) | P.Alvarez (0.93) |
| 4 | BOS (93-69, 38.88 oWAR) | S.Leon (2.90) | H.Ramirez (2.63) | D.Pedroia (5.40) | T.Shaw (1.74) | X.Bogaerts (3.84) | B.Holt (1.63) | J.Bradley (5.80) | M.Betts (9.52) | D.Ortiz (5.23) |
| 5 | CHC (103-58, 33.44 oWAR) | M.Montero (-0.35) | A.Rizzo (5.78) | B.Zobrist (3.39) | K.Bryant (7.30) | A.Russell (3.70) | J.Soler (0.19) | D.Fowler (4.00) | J.Heyward (0.99) | A.Almora (0.69) |
| 6 | CHW (78-84, 19.82 oWAR) | D.Navarro (-0.80) | J.Abreu (3.10) | B.Lawrie (1.19) | T.Frazier (3.43) | T.Anderson (2.35) | M.Cabrera (2.50) | J.Shuck (-1.81) | A.Eaton (6.60) | A.Garcia (0.93) |
| 7 | CIN (68-94, 13.55 oWAR) | T.Barnhart (0.93) | J.Votto (4.22) | B.Phillips (0.09) | E.Suarez (1.59) | Z.Cozart (2.17) | A.Duvall (3.30) | B.Hamilton (3.11) | J.Bruce (0.85) | R.Lopez (-0.17) |
| 8 | CLE (94-67, 22.52 oWAR) | Y.Gomes (-0.80) | M.Napoli (1.01) | J.Kipnis (3.79) | J.Ramirez (4.82) | F.Lindor (5.10) | R.Davis (0.92) | T.Naquin (1.28) | L.Chisenhall (1.53) | C.Santana (3.52) |
| 9 | COL (75-87, 20.54 oWAR) | N.Hundley (0.09) | M.Reynolds (1.30) | D.LeMahieu (5.28) | N.Arenado (5.89) | T.Story (4.26) | G.Parra (-2.41) | C.Blackmon (4.64) | C.Gonzalez (2.26) | R.Raburn (-0.67) |
| 10 | DET (86-75, 19.96 oWAR) | J.McCann (0.94) | M.Cabrera (5.07) | I.Kinsler (5.59) | N.Castellanos (2.27) | J.Iglesias (2.45) | J.Upton (1.66) | C.Maybin (1.67) | J.Martinez (1.72) | V.Martinez (1.48) |
| 11 | HOU (84-78, 30.10 oWAR) | J.Castro (0.97) | M.Gonzalez (1.24) | J.Altuve (7.90) | L.Valbuena (2.33) | C.Correa (7.01) | C.Rasmus (2.59) | C.Gomez (-0.80) | G.Springer (5.07) | E.Gattis (3.04) |
| 12 | KCR (81-81, 16.90 oWAR) | S.Perez (2.88) | E.Hosmer (1.63) | W.Merrifield (1.47) | C.Cuthbert (0.27) | A.Escobar (0.73) | A.Gordon (0.70) | L.Cain (2.98) | P.Orlando (2.03) | K.Morales (0.93) |
| 13 | LAA (74-88, 23.32 oWAR) | C.Perez (0.73) | C.Cron (1.93) | J.Giavotella (0.21) | Y.Escobar (1.22) | A.Simmons (4.38) | R.Ortega (-0.43) | M.Trout (10.48) | K.Calhoun (3.21) | A.Pujols (1.49) |
| 14 | LAD (91-71, 21.71 oWAR) | Y.Grandal (3.03) | A.Gonzalez (1.87) | C.Utley (1.24) | J.Turner (4.98) | C.Seager (5.19) | H.Kendrick (0.64) | J.Pederson (3.37) | Y.Puig (1.28) | C.Crawford (-1.04) |
| 15 | MIA (79-82, 20.23 oWAR) | J.Realmuto (2.61) | J.Bour (1.26) | D.Strange-Gordon (0.34) | M.Prado (3.84) | A.Hechavarria (1.00) | C.Yelich (4.88) | M.Ozuna (2.05) | G.Stanton (2.46) | I.Suzuki (1.57) |
| 16 | MIL (73-89, 13.32 oWAR) | J.Lucroy (2.22) | C.Carter (0.88) | S.Gennett (0.52) | H.Perez (1.47) | J.Villar (3.18) | R.Braun (4.28) | K.Nieuwenhuis (0.70) | D.Santana (-0.17) | M.Pina (0.18) |
| 17 | MIN (59-103, 13.66 oWAR) | K.Suzuki (0.31) | J.Mauer (2.24) | B.Dozier (5.80) | T.Plouffe (0.20) | E.Escobar (-0.66) | R.Grossman (0.31) | B.Buxton (1.71) | M.Kepler (2.43) | B.Park (-0.33) |
| 18 | NYM (87-75, 16.44 oWAR) | T.d'Arnaud (-0.53) | J.Loney (-0.08) | N.Walker (2.20) | W.Flores (0.64) | A.Cabrera (3.34) | Y.Céspedes (2.95) | J.Lagares (0.84) | C.Granderson (2.83) | M.Conforto (0.62) |
| 19 | NYY (84-78, 14.45 oWAR) | B.McCann (0.84) | M.Teixeira (-1.11) | S.Castro (1.17) | C.Headley (2.32) | D.Gregorius (2.32) | B.Gardner (3.16) | J.Ellsbury (2.68) | A.Hicks (-0.22) | A.Rodriguez (-1.18) |
| 20 | OAK (69-93, 8.93 oWAR) | S.Vogt (2.05) | Y.Alonso (-0.20) | J.Lowrie (-0.44) | R.Healy (2.40) | M.Semien (3.52) | K.Davis (2.46) | B.Burns (-0.44) | J.Reddick (2.34) | B.Butler (0.00) |
| 21 | PHI (71-91, 6.51 oWAR) | C.Rupp (1.14) | T.Joseph (0.49) | C.Hernandez (3.00) | M.Franco (0.64) | F.Galvis (1.08) | T.Goeddel (-1.17) | O.Herrera (4.64) | P.Bourjos (0.36) | R.Howard (-1.18) |
| 22 | PIT (78-83, 16.17 oWAR) | F.Cervelli (1.53) | J.Jaso (0.67) | J.Harrison (2.00) | J.Kang (2.30) | J.Mercer (1.23) | S.Marte (4.83) | A.McCutchen (-0.31) | G.Polanco (1.55) | M.Joyce (1.76) |
| 23 | SDP (68-94, 13.18 oWAR) | D.Norris (0.30) | W.Myers (3.47) | R.Schimpf (2.69) | Y.Solarte (2.83) | A.Ramírez (-1.63) | M.Upton (1.78) | T.Jankowski (1.36) | M.Kemp (0.19) | B.Wallace (-0.87) |
| 24 | SEA (86-76, 24.07 oWAR) | C.Iannetta (0.20) | A.Lind (-0.26) | R.Cano (7.34) | K.Seager (6.68) | K.Marte (0.36) | N.Aoki (1.70) | L.Martín (1.12) | S.Smith (0.51) | N.Cruz (4.80) |
| 25 | SFG (87-75, 25.83 oWAR) | B.Posey (4.86) | B.Belt (4.08) | J.Panik (1.23) | M.Duffy (1.24) | B.Crawford (5.45) | A.Pagan (1.75) | D.Span (1.57) | H.Pence (2.23) | J.Parker (0.18) |
| 26 | STL (86-76, 23.01 oWAR) | Y.Molina (2.96) | M.Adams (0.54) | K.Wong (1.32) | J.Peralta (-0.29) | A.Díaz (2.90) | M.Holliday (0.52) | R.Grichuk (2.74) | S.Piscotty (2.80) | M.Carpenter (4.14) |
| 27 | TBR (68-94, 20.58 oWAR) | C.Casali (0.89) | L.Morrison (0.36) | L.Forsythe (3.50) | E.Longoria (4.39) | B.Miller (0.88) | C.Dickerson (1.62) | K.Kiermaier (5.48) | S.Souza (0.83) | B.Guyer (0.84) |
| 28 | TEX (95-67, 17.47 oWAR) | R.Chirinos (0.79) | M.Moreland (0.99) | R.Odor (2.67) | A.Beltre (6.69) | E.Andrus (2.91) | R.Rua (0.63) | I.Desmond (2.21) | N.Mazara (0.27) | P.Fielder (-1.57) |
| 29 | TOR (89-73, 24.34 oWAR) | R.Martin (1.99) | J.Smoak (-0.51) | D.Travis (2.49) | J.Donaldson (7.24) | T.Tulowitzki (3.25) | M.Saunders (1.46) | K.Pillar (3.56) | J.Bautista (1.20) | E.Encarnacion (4.09) |
| 30 | WSN (95-67, 19.62 oWAR) | W.Ramos (3.03) | R.Zimmerman (-0.67) | D.Murphy (4.51) | A.Rendon (4.49) | D.Espinosa (1.95) | J.Werth (0.31) | B.Revere (-0.95) | B.Harper (1.53) | S.Drew (0.89) |
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