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Florida / Miami Marlins All-Time Top 30 Players

By Kevin Kraczkowski

HOUSTON - APRIL 20: Right fielder Cody Ross #12 of the Florida Marlins makes a catch on a fly ball of the bat of J.R. Towles of the Houston Astros in the fourth inning at Minute Maid Park on April 20, 2010 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON - APRIL 20: Right fielder Cody Ross #12 of the Florida Marlins makes a catch on a fly ball of the bat of J.R. Towles of the Houston Astros in the fourth inning at Minute Maid Park on April 20, 2010 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL – JULY 30: Miguel Rojas #19 of the Miami Marlins fields the ball in the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Marlins Park on July 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

The Marlins have been around for 27 years now.

You should already know who the standouts are, but if you don’t that’s why we’re here. Using the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) metric, we have ranked the top 50 players in Florida / Miami Marlins history. Of the 590 players who have appeared in a major league game, these are the best 8.5 percent.

I found that the WAR metric, hardly an end-all, be-all statistic, is the closest thing available to rank pitchers against fielders, relievers against starters, and 1993 versus 2019. What better way than to say, “who was better?”

Here’s the cheat sheet for the story so far:

Just Missed

60. Sandy Alcantara (3.3)

59. Mark Buehrle (3.5)

58. Emilio Bonifacio (3.5)

57. Moises Alou (3.5)

56. Braden Looper (3.6)

55. Alfredo Amezaga (3.7)

54. Quilvio Veras (3.9)

53. Bryan Harvey (4.0)

52. Starlin Castro (4.0)

51. Chris Volstad (4.2)

Just Made it

50. Omar Infante (4.3)

49. Livan Hernandez (4.5)

48. Devon White (4.5)

47. Ivan Rodriguez (4.5)

46. Al Leiter (4.8)

45. Derek Dietrich (4.8)

44. Chris Hammond (4.9)

43. Steve Cishek (4.9)

42. Robb Nen (4.9)

41. Edgar Renteria (5.0)

Marlins Ranked 40th through 31st

This group featured three starters, three outfielders, a first baseman, a reliever, a third baseman, and a catcher.

40. Justin Bour (5.0)

39. Pat Rapp (5.3)

38. Mike Redmond (5.3)

37. Preston Wilson (6.2)

36. Henderson Alvarez (6.3)

35. A.J. Ramos (6.4)

34. Josh Willingham (6.4)

33. Martin Prado (6.5)

32. Mark Kotsay (6.8)

31. Brad Penny (7.5)

For the further adventures of the Marlins all-time Top 50, read on.

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