Most Valuable Franchise Players 1968-2011

Highest career WAR (baseball-reference.com version) by franchise from 1968 through about a week ago. Only the player's contribution to that franchise counts, and any part of the career before 1968 doesn't.

Team	1st	WAR		2nd	WAR		3rd	WAR
LAA	C Finley	49.0		N Ryan	41.2		B Downing	37.7
Bal	C Ripken	89.9		J Palmer	61.1		E Murray	54.8
Bos	R Clemens	74.9		W Boggs	71.5		D Evans	61.1
ChW	F Thomas	70.6		S Buehrle	45.8		W Wood	42.4
Cle	J Thome	46.6		K Lofton	45.5		C Sabathia	28.8
Det	L Whitaker	69.7		A Trammell	66.9		M Lolich	35.8
KC	G Brett	85.0		K Appier	43.9		A Otis	42.3
Mil	R Yount	76.9		P Molitor	60.6		C Cooper	29.3
Min	R Carew	59.6		B Blyleven	44.8		K Puckett	44.8
NYY	D Jeter	70.7		M Rivera	56.2		W Randolph	49.8
Oak	R Henderson	75.3		S Bando	51.4		R Jackson	49.7
Sea	K Griffey	67.5		E Martinez	67.2		I Suzuki	54.4
TB	C Crawford	26.5		E Longoria	23.4		J Shields	17.8
Tex	I Rodriguez	48.6		R Palmeiro	40.1		B Bell	34.3
Tor	D Stieb	53.6		R Halliday	46.7		C Delgado	33.8
AZ	R Johnson	43.4		B Webb	27.6		L Gonzalez	25.6
Atl	C Jones	83.1		P Niekro	82.3		J Smoltz	66.2
ChC	R Sandberg	62.1		S Sosa	60.0		R Reuschel	46.7
Cin	J Bench	71.9		B Larkin	68.9		J Morgan	61.3
CO	T Helton	60.6		L Walker	44.1		T Tulowitzki	24.3
FL	H Ramirez	29.7		L Castillo	20.1		M Cabrera	18.7
Hou	J Bagwell	79.9		C Biggio	66.2		C Cedeno	49.4
LAD	R Cey	46.2		D Sutton	42.9		O Hersheiser	42.5
NYM	T Seaver	69.7		D Gooden	43.7		J Koosman	38.0
Phi	M Schmidt	108.3		S Carlton	66.1		B Abreu	46.6
Pit	B Bonds	50.2		W Stargell	47.7		D Parker	32.6
SD	T Gwynn	68.4		D Winfield	30.4		T Hoffman	27.8
SF	Ba Bonds	121.6		W Clark	37.5		Bo Bonds	36.9
StL	L Pujols	89.3		O Smith	58.3		B Gibson	52.1
Was	G Carter	52.6		T Raines	46.5		S Rogers	43.7