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	Pos					Pct. of			1st Base Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as First Baseman																							Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			Games	PO	Assts	Err	DP	F Pct.			At Bats	Hits	2B	3B	HR	Runs	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HP	SH	SF	SB	CS	GDP	BA	OBA	SA	OPS	RC			B WS	F WS	T WS	BWS/G	FWS/G	TWS/G
1901	2	J. Anderson	MIL	27	20.38	33.4%			344	3474	143	85	198	.977			1374	432	70	21	9	210	206	54			11	17		55			.314	.345	.416	.761	233			32.7	5.3	38.0	.095	.015	.110
1902	4	J. Anderson	STL	28	10.97	35.9%			359	3807	148	60	224	.985			1403	396	53	19	10	167	195	60			15	26		40			.282	.319	.368	.687	179			22.9	5.6	28.5	.064	.016	.079
1903	3	J. Anderson	STL	29	20.06	27.1%			274	2887	148	47	139	.985			1045	282	54	14	3	122	127	50			7	26		27			.270	.308	.357	.665	132			22.7	4.8	27.5	.083	.018	.100
1904	7	C. LaChance	BOS	34	5.28	18.3%			218	2334	100	24	97	.990			792	190	27	9	2	76	74	35			9	29		14			.240	.280	.304	.584	70			9.5	4.4	13.9	.044	.020	.064
1905	8	M. Grimshaw	BOS	29	5.30	6.6%			74	768	35	16	35	.980			285	68	8	2	4	39	35	21			1	6		4			.239	.293	.323	.616	31			5.6	0.6	6.2	.076	.008	.084
1906	4	M. Grimshaw	BOS	30	13.66	9.4%			110	1165	64	16	39	.987			428	124	16	12	0	46	48	23			4	8		5			.290	.332	.383	.715	55			11.9	1.2	13.1	.108	.011	.119
1907	5	J. Anderson	WAS	33	10.80	5.1%			61	615	32	11	13	.983			233	67	8	3	0	23	31	24			2	1		13			.288	.359	.348	.707	32			8.5	0.5	9.0	.139	.008	.148
1908						0.0%
1909						0.0%
1910						0.0%
1911						0.0%
1912						0.0%
1913						0.0%
1914	11	I. Howard	STL	31	2.12	2.1%			28	215	12	3	2	.987			89	22	3	1	0	9	8	12		18	1	3		6	4		.247	.343	.303	.646	10			2.0	0.3	2.3	.071	.011	.082
1915	11	I. Howard	STL	32	6.92	6.4%			80	731	53	9	49	.989			289	78	13	6	1	31	36	27		51	4	7		15	9		.270	.341	.367	.708	37			7.5	1.0	8.5	.094	.013	.106
1916						0.0%
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919						0.0%
1920						0.0%
1921	3	L. Blue	DET	24	17.89	12.5%			152	1478	85	16	75	.990			585	180	33	11	5	103	75	103		47	5	16		13	17		.308	.416	.427	.843	104			15.2	1.8	17.0	.100	.012	.112
1922	3	L. Blue	DET	25	20.32	12.3%			144	1506	95	15	107	.991			584	175	31	9	6	131	45	82		48	7	8		8	5		.300	.392	.414	.806	97			16.9	2.6	19.5	.117	.018	.135
1923	4	L. Blue	DET	26	17.28	11.6%			129	1347	93	12	74	.992			504	143	27	7	1	100	46	96		40	4	10		10	11		.284	.402	.371	.773	82			13.7	2.5	16.2	.106	.019	.126
1924	5	L. Blue	DET	27	17.26	9.3%			108	1099	85	17	72	.986			395	123	26	7	2	81	53	64		26	4	13		9	4		.311	.413	.428	.841	74			13.8	1.7	15.5	.128	.016	.144
1925	4	L. Blue	DET	28	17.01	12.3%			148	1450	101	19	115	.988			532	163	18	9	3	91	94	83		29	3	34		19	5		.306	.403	.391	.794	95			14.2	2.4	16.6	.096	.016	.112
1926	3	L. Blue	DET	29	18.98	13.5%			158	1586	79	22	129	.987			667	194	38	18	1	138	67	116		44	3	21		17	14		.291	.398	.406	.804	112			20.7	1.9	22.6	.131	.012	.143
1927	6	L. Blue	DET	30	8.21	13.4%			157	1588	98	30	144	.983			569	161	26	13	1	109	69	106		41	4	24		35	14		.283	.399	.380	.779	99			14.7	2.0	16.7	.094	.013	.106
1928	2	L. Blue	DET	31	25.43	14.7%			179	1652	123	22	137	.988			657	177	35	12	14	131	85	112		53	4	21		14	9		.269	.379	.423	.802	116			19.9	3.1	23.0	.111	.017	.128
1929	5	L. Blue	DET	32	21.25	13.0%			151	1491	88	10	127	.994			573	168	40	10	6	111	61	126		32	2	11		12	6		.293	.422	.429	.851	113			19.1	2.4	21.5	.126	.016	.142
1930	6	L. Blue	STL	33	5.74	9.6%			111	1110	68	16	91	.987			425	100	27	5	4	85	42	81		44	4	14		12	7		.235	.363	.351	.714	65			6.2	1.7	7.9	.056	.015	.071
1931	2	L. Blue	CHI	34	30.83	13.2%			155	1452	81	16	105	.990			589	179	23	15	1	119	62	127		60	3	6		13	3		.304	.430	.399	.829	123			24.6	1.9	26.5	.159	.012	.171
1932	8	L. Blue	CHI	35	5.31	8.9%			105	1014	88	16	106	.986			373	93	21	2	0	51	43	64		21	3	3		17	6		.249	.364	.316	.680	50			6.1	1.3	7.4	.058	.012	.070
1933						0.0%
1934						0.0%
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937						0.0%
1938						0.0%
1939						0.0%
1940						0.0%
1941	10	R. Cullenbine	STL	27	4.01	1.8%			22	193	20	4	21	.982			78	25	4	1	1	13	15	19		7	0	1		1	1	1	.321	.454	.436	.890	17			3.2	0.2	3.4	.145	.009	.155
1942						0.0%
1943						0.0%
	Pos					Pct. of			1st Base Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as First Baseman																							Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			Games	PO	Assts	Err	DP	F Pct.			At Bats	Hits	2B	3B	HR	Runs	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HP	SH	SF	SB	CS	GDP	BA	OBA	SA	OPS	RC			B WS	F WS	T WS	BWS/G	FWS/G	TWS/G
1944						0.0%
1945						0.0%
1946	5	R. Cullenbine	DET	32	7.02	14.7%			185	1535	130	11	146	.993			647	174	31	5	6	81	56	88		88	4	4		6	6	14	.269	.360	.360	.720	87			16.9	2.9	19.8	.091	.016	.107
1947	2	R. Cullenbine	DET	33	25.41	11.4%			138	1184	139	15	111	.989			464	104	18	1	24	82	78	137		51	0	6		3	2	10	.224	.401	.422	.823	87			18.3	2.9	21.2	.133	.021	.154
1948	9	C. Stevens	STL	29	4.14	6.8%			85	737	56	7	89	.991			287	75	12	4	1	34	26	41		26	0	18		2	2	3	.261	.354	.341	.695	37			3.8	1.1	4.9	.045	.013	.058
1949						0.0%
1950						0.0%
1951						0.0%
1952						0.0%
1953						0.0%
1954						0.0%
1955						0.0%
1956	15	D. Philley	CHI	36	1.94	3.4%			51	299	17	7	31	.978			169	47	10	2	4	25	34	14	0	17	0	1	5	0	2	6	.278	.324	.432	.756	22			2.3	0.4	2.7	.045	.008	.053
1957	15	D. Philley	CHI/DET	37	1.83	2.1%			29	218	25	1	21	.996			105	30	4	1	1	10	7	6	0	8	0	0	1	3	0	4	.286	.321	.371	.692	12			1.6	0.5	2.1	.055	.017	.072
1958						0.0%
1959						0.0%
1960						0.0%
1961						0.0%
1962						0.0%
1963						0.0%
1964						0.0%
1965						0.0%
1966						0.0%
1967	3	M. Mantle	NY	35	29.02	8.0%			131	1089	91	8	82	.993			428	103	15	0	21	68	52	105	7	112	1	0	5	1	1	8	.241	.388	.423	.811	78			22.5	1.6	24.1	.172	.012	.184
1968	2	M. Mantle	NY	36	25.50	8.3%			131	1195	76	15	91	.988			426	99	12	1	17	57	51	101	6	97	1	1	4	6	2	7	.232	.378	.385	.763	70			20.1	1.2	21.3	.153	.009	.163
1969						0.0%
1970						0.0%
1971						0.0%
1972						0.0%
1973	14	B. Sudakis	TEX	27	4.09	1.1%			24	156	14	1	19	.994			74	22	3	0	9	18	23	7	1	18	0	2	1	0	0	3	.297	.354	.703	1.057	17			3.4	0.1	3.5	.142	.004	.146
1974	23	B. Sudakis	NY	28	2.09	1.6%			33	277	23	3	31	.990			105	26	2	0	2	12	13	13	1	23	0	1	1	0	0	1	.248	.328	.324	.652	12			2.0	0.4	2.4	.061	.012	.073
1975						0.0%
1976						0.0%
1977	14	E. Murray	BAL	21	7.04	1.8%			42	368	17	3	34	.992			160	46	5	0	7	21	28	14	2	29	0	0	2	0	0	2	.288	.341	.450	.791	25			5.5	0.5	6.0	.131	.012	.143
1978	1	E. Murray	BAL	22	35.68	7.4%			157	1504	106	5	143	.997			596	171	32	3	26	84	93	67	7	95	1	1	8	6	5	15	.287	.356	.482	.838	97			25.2	2.5	27.7	.161	.016	.176
1979	1	E. Murray	BAL	23	30.50	7.2%			157	1456	107	10	135	.994			599	178	30	2	25	90	98	71	9	77	2	1	5	9	2	16	.297	.371	.479	.850	104			22.2	2.7	24.9	.141	.017	.159
1980	3	E. Murray	BAL	24	31.08	6.9%			154	1369	77	9	158	.994			613	183	36	2	31	99	113	53	10	69	2	0	6	7	2	18	.299	.353	.515	.868	108			23.3	1.7	25.0	.151	.011	.162
1981	1	E. Murray	BAL	25	31.05	7.3%			99	899	91	1	98	.999			378	111	21	2	22	57	78	40	10	43	1	0	3	2	3	10	.294	.360	.534	.894	68			19.1	2.1	21.2	.193	.021	.214
1982	2	E. Murray	BAL	26	41.49	9.7%			224	1832	127	11	162	.994			776	228	36	2	37	118	128	92	20	111	3	3	8	13	9	22	.294	.367	.488	.855	133			30.0	4.1	34.1	.134	.018	.152
1983	1	E. Murray	BAL	27	45.21	7.6%			175	1546	22	11	147	.993			630	191	35	3	33	124	113	93	13	97	4	0	9	5	1	15	.303	.391	.525	.916	129			29.9	3.0	32.9	.171	.017	.188
1984	1	E. Murray	BAL	28	47.26	9.1%			196	1884	170	15	187	.993			724	211	35	3	32	108	125	112	24	95	3	0	6	10	2	20	.291	.386	.481	.867	132			30.7	3.2	33.9	.157	.016	.173
1985	2	E. Murray	BAL	29	35.12	8.3%			182	1564	169	21	176	.988			674	202	39	1	34	123	136	99	12	73	2	1	8	5	3	13	.300	.387	.512	.899	137			28.4	2.8	31.2	.156	.015	.171
1986	4	E. Murray	BAL	30	19.68	6.9%			149	1315	108	14	125	.990			531	158	27	2	17	64	89	85	8	63	1	2	5	3	1	17	.298	.392	.452	.844	96			18.0	1.9	19.9	.121	.013	.134
	Pos					Pct. of			1st Base Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as First Baseman																							Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			Games	PO	Assts	Err	DP	F Pct.			At Bats	Hits	2B	3B	HR	Runs	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HP	SH	SF	SB	CS	GDP	BA	OBA	SA	OPS	RC			B WS	F WS	T WS	BWS/G	FWS/G	TWS/G
1987	5	E. Murray	BAL	31	19.90	8.4%			182	1536	155	12	158	.993			679	189	29	3	32	98	100	79	6	89	0	0	3	1	2	17	.278	.352	.471	.823	110			18.9	2.9	21.8	.104	.016	.120
1988	9	E. Murray	BAL	32	12.85	10.6%			248	1853	172	19	194	.991			843	224	43	4	27	96	116	79	9	111	6	3	3	6	4	28	.266	.332	.422	.754	113			19.5	3.4	22.9	.079	.014	.092
1989	16	G. Larkin	MIN	26	3.54	3.5%			90	592	41	4	56	.994			239	58	10	3	3	34	27	38	2	31	9	3	5	3	2	7	.243	.361	.347	.708	33			5.2	1.4	6.6	.058	.016	.073
1990	20	J. Daugherty	TEX	29	2.38	3.7%			94	680	57	7	72	.991			274	78	16	2	2	37	27	24	2	33	1	5	0	1	0	14	.285	.344	.380	.724	32			5.1	1.2	6.3	.054	.013	.067
1991	14	T. Benzinger	KC	28	6.10	7.3%			182	1390	103	7	129	.995			551	154	24	3	4	53	62	37	4	77	3	6	3	3	8	12	.279	.327	.356	.683	61			8.2	1.9	10.1	.045	.010	.055
1992	18	G. Larkin	MIN	29	2.49	5.0%			150	831	64	5	91	.994			305	69	17	0	5	35	36	30	5	36	0	1	3	5	1	8	.226	.293	.331	.624	29			3.1	1.7	4.8	.021	.011	.032
1993	14	D. Segui	BAL	26	7.41	13.9%			332	2526	203	14	266	.995			1012	266	53	4	34	138	149	139	7	172	2	10	14	8	4	29	.263	.349	.424	.773	146			20.9	4.5	25.4	.063	.014	.077
1994	19	J.T. Snow	CAL	26	1.82	6.9%			111	836	62	8	89	.991			370	80	12	0	14	41	48	38	2	76	5	2	2	2	3	4	.216	.296	.362	.658	41			4.4	1.5	5.9	.040	.014	.053
1995	9	J.T. Snow	CAL	27	13.24	8.8%			170	1413	75	8	130	.995			645	181	27	2	27	90	113	60	4	121	3	5	2	2	1	18	.281	.344	.454	.798	99			14.4	2.0	16.4	.085	.012	.096
1996	14	J. Offerman	KC	27	7.54	17.1%			401	3117	245	25	333	.993			1324	349	53	6	50	185	176	142	11	292	8	10	9	11	17	32	.264	.336	.426	.762	184			20.5	5.2	25.7	.051	.013	.064
1997	5	T. Clark	DET	25	25.46	7.5%			158	1423	100	10	131	.993			576	160	28	3	32	105	117	93	13	142	3	0	5	1	3	11	.278	.378	.503	.881	112			20.6	2.8	23.4	.130	.018	.148
1998	8	D. Segui	SEA	31	14.08	18.4%			414	3359	278	27	339	.993			1482	422	92	2	58	209	230	141	11	289	6	1	16	10	9	40	.285	.346	.467	.813	237			27.7	6.3	34.0	.067	.015	.082
1999	6	T. Clark	DET	27	18.96	10.8%			252	1912	151	16	209	.992			876	252	50	3	39	117	138	99	10	167	6	1	7	3	3	23	.288	.361	.485	.846	153			22.4	3.8	26.2	.089	.015	.104
2000	12	D. Segui	TEX/CLE	33	8.62	9.1%			220	1605	156	10	157	.994			732	217	47	1	31	136	121	94	5	124	1	0	5	0	4	26	.296	.375	.490	.865	130			14.9	3.3	18.2	.068	.015	.083
2001	9	D. Segui	BAL	34	14.97	13.0%			291	2249	194	16	208	.993			998	291	61	6	35	154	139	118	12	193	8	5	10	6	4	17	.292	.368	.470	.838	177			30.4	4.3	34.7	.104	.015	.119
2002	9	S. Spiezio	ANA	29	13.67	12.0%			280	2092	155	11	193	.995			870	219	46	2	15	129	119	105	7	115	5	4	6	11	7	32	.252	.334	.361	.695	105			14.7	3.5	18.2	.053	.013	.065
2003	13	M. Teixeira	TEX	23	8.38	9.3%			230	1653	128	9	156	.995			732	195	46	9	31	102	114	61	9	132	12	1	5	3	4	19	.266	.331	.481	.812	113			15.3	2.6	17.9	.067	.011	.078
2004	1	M. Teixeira	TEX	24	28.67	13.0%			308	2267	188	18	215	.993			993	254	56	3	59	160	181	109	21	240	16	0	5	6	1	20	.256	.337	.496	.833	167			28.0	4.6	32.6	.091	.015	.106
2005	2	M. Teixeira	TEX	25	43.82	9.2%			206	1751	133	6	162	.997			772	219	49	3	44	130	151	88	11	149	15	0	3	4	0	23	.284	.367	.526	.893	150			30.0	4.0	34.0	.146	.019	.165
2006	3	M. Teixeira	TEX	26	23.63	15.4%			352	2871	181	15	279	.995			1247	335	74	2	57	185	193	157	15	264	12	0	11	3	3	39	.269	.353	.468	.821	206			29.9	5.3	35.2	.085	.015	.100
2007	6	M. Teixeira	TEX	27	12.88	8.9%			208	1581	114	15	159	.991			656	182	45	4	22	101	99	95	16	155	6	0	9	2	2	13	.277	.369	.459	.828	116			20.1	1.7	21.8	.097	.008	.105
2008	4	M. Teixeira	LA	28	21.84	7.3%			182	1211	90	8	142	.994			496	140	32	1	25	85	86	71	5	102	7	2	9	6	1	15	.282	.374	.502	.876	101			17.9	2.5	20.4	.098	.014	.112
2009	1	M. Teixeira	NY	29	32.03	19.1%			425	3261	178	17	333	.995			1528	463	108	6	87	252	287	173	20	288	17	0	14	6	7	37	.303	.377	.552	.929	318			56.8	7.5	64.3	.134	.018	.151
2010	3	M. Teixeira	NY	30	30.76	16.3%			294	2440	155	10	243	.996			1080	278	54	0	56	179	190	148	12	228	17	0	9	1	2	26	.257	.353	.463	.816	181			33.5	6.1	39.6	.114	.021	.135
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia