Between 1961-2018 there have been 70 players that have played at least 10 games in left field for our Minnesota Twins. However, to qualify for this list which ranks them in Baseball-Reference WAR order the player must have played left field in at least 51% of their games while wearing a Twins uniform. This eliminates players like Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Tony Oliva, Gary Gaetti, Torii Hunter and Cesar Tovar who played left field at different points in their careers. Dan Gladden is the Twins all-time leader in games played in left field.
| Rk | Player | WAR/pos | From | To | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BA | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Mack | 19.6 | 1990 | 1994 | 633 | 2161 | 351 | 668 | 67 | 315 | .309 | .854 |
| 2 | Larry Hisle | 17.2 | 1973 | 1977 | 662 | 2437 | 369 | 697 | 87 | 409 | .286 | .811 |
| 3 | Gary Ward | 10.6 | 1979 | 1983 | 417 | 1543 | 216 | 439 | 51 | 219 | .285 | .794 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario | 8.8 | 2015 | 2018 | 503 | 1889 | 278 | 529 | 74 | 237 | .280 | .784 |
| 5 | Marty Cordova | 5.8 | 1995 | 1999 | 628 | 2322 | 336 | 643 | 79 | 385 | .277 | .799 |
| 6 | Dan Gladden | 5.7 | 1987 | 1991 | 644 | 2470 | 358 | 661 | 38 | 238 | .268 | .700 |
| 7 | Shannon Stewart | 4.9 | 2003 | 2006 | 333 | 1373 | 179 | 404 | 29 | 162 | .294 | .772 |
| 8 | Josh Willingham | 4.8 | 2012 | 2014 | 324 | 1132 | 161 | 263 | 61 | 192 | .232 | .799 |
| 9 | Delmon Young | 1.0 | 2008 | 2011 | 497 | 1845 | 233 | 530 | 47 | 273 | .287 | .753 |
| 10 | Brant Alyea | 0.5 | 1970 | 1971 | 173 | 416 | 47 | 103 | 18 | 76 | .248 | .753 |
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Killebrew isn’t on any list?
No because he didn’t qualify under my “rules” of having played 51% of his games at the position. Ironically the Twins icon never played any single position that many games as he played left field, third base and first base.