Position player WAR All-Time

Amongst the Top 100 position players in All-TIME bWAR these are the best players at each position on a plate appearance basis

C Johnny Bench 31st best overall
1B Lou Gehrig 7th best overall
2B Rogers Hornsby 2nd best overall
3B Mike Schmidt 13th best overall
SS Honus Wagner 11th best overall
LF Barry Bonds 4th best overall (Else Ted Williams 6th Best OVerall)
CF Mike Trout 3rd best overall
RF Babe Ruth 1st best overall
DH Edgar Martinez 48th best overall (for primarily DHs Else Willie Mays 5th)

Players of Note
Mookie Betts 10th best overall
Bobby Grich 32nd best overall only Bonds and Alex Rodriguez are better and not in the HoF among players who have appeared on the ballot
Joey Votto 62nd best overall
Willie Randolph 75th
Dwight Evans 92nd
Pete Rose 103rd

EDIT:
Overlooked Edgar Martinez being ahead of Frank Thomas.

Replies:

I'm assuming this does not include Negro League players. - No Right Turn on Red 2024-01-09 15:01:34
- Very cool thanks for sharing * - TheRC 2024-01-09 15:11:52
IMO DH should be best offense WAR for non starters - SixShutouts66 2024-01-08 18:13:48
- I agree but I included Mays in case people didn't want Bonds - TheRC 2024-01-08 18:28:39
  - I wouldn't mind "settling" for Willie. * - BeastOfBourbon 2024-01-08 19:51:40
  - Bonds' numbers need to be set up aside for the reasons - G.K.Chesterton 2024-01-08 18:45:50
    - Would you set aside all or just post-steroid numbers? - No Right Turn on Red 2024-01-09 14:18:01
    - How would you set your lineup? - TheRC 2024-01-08 18:53:32
      - Hornsby or Mays leading off? Mays a better baserunner? - OITLinebacker 2024-01-09 10:23:28
        Probably not going to steal bases with that lineup! - TheRC 2024-01-09 10:55:41
        Yes but it wouldn't hurt to lead with some speed. - OITLinebacker 2024-01-10 10:12:32
      - Love it. Huge Schmidt fan. Hitting him in front of Gerhig is - cards86 2024-01-08 23:17:50
        I was trying to break up the lefties - TheRC 2024-01-09 11:13:34
        I dont think you need to be that cute - DBCooper 2024-01-09 11:20:20
        Cobb is close just behind Trout and Mays - TheRC 2024-01-09 15:09:14
Like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, I hate WAR - sprack 2024-01-08 17:38:35
- WAR is like many statistics - SixShutouts66 2024-01-09 20:28:20
  - and statistics are like bikinis - kdh325 2024-01-14 22:32:58
- B. James gives Hurt 404 Win Shares--Grich 330 * - Scoop80 2024-01-08 21:08:39
  - Plate Appearances per Win Share - TheRC 2024-01-10 09:51:38
  - That’s more like it * - sprack 2024-01-09 11:07:04
- A wise man once asked, "What is it good for?" * - BeastOfBourbon 2024-01-08 19:44:31
  - Absolutely - sprack 2024-01-09 10:55:50
- WAR has its flaws but so does OPS - TheRC 2024-01-08 18:34:54
  - WAR's biggest flaw is positional adjustment for defense. - No Right Turn on Red 2024-01-09 14:42:34
  - The key to offense is getting on base in the first place - sprack 2024-01-09 11:04:06
So who is 8th and 9th? * - G.K.Chesterton 2024-01-08 15:48:34
- 8 Ty Cobb 9 Tris Speaker - TheRC 2024-01-08 15:52:35
  - I played EW Baseball regularly on a 486 and read Bill James - TripleDomer 2024-01-09 12:50:16
    - I recalled hearing the name. Knew nothing about him - TheRC 2024-01-09 13:34:35