The St. Louis Cardinals’ 50 greatest players

Holliday adds to his already stout legacy. Mandatory Credit Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

#26 Matt Holliday LF

Here we have a current player who will wind up being one of the greatest players to ever play for the Cardinals. While you may think that I am biased because I have seen him play every year of his career, you cannot discount what Holliday has done in just six years in a Cardinals’ uniform.

His fWAR of 26.3 only places him 22nd overall among position players, but he has played in almost half of the games that Lankford played in as a Cardinal. Adding in his Colorado and Oakland totals gives him a 49.3 fWAR through 1,663 games, almost ten wins higher than Lankford’s total through 1701 games of 39.8.

Holliday has been a staple of consistency throughout his career as a Cardinal posting a wRC+ of 140 0r above in each every year except for the past two years as a Cardinal and we all know that his 2014 was hampered by the quad injury.

While many may be pining for the club to rid the club of his contract after this year to give way to the youth coming. Holliday’s career slash of .298/.386/.498 will be sorely missed whenever he does leave.

Holliday is not done yet, as I believe he will total at least a 3.0 fWAR next season, which will push him into the top 20, making him a strong case to have his number retired and become a member of Cardinals’ Hall of Fame someday.

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