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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    1 Buck Freeman BOS   29    29.50 43.6%   446 1388.3 76.0 35.7 79.4 .976   538.9 157.1 20.6 12.0 5.7 89.7 85.5 42.8 6.0 12.3 32.3 .292 .350 .406 .756 96.9   14.4 2.0 16.4 .102 .015 .116
1902    7 Frank Isbell CHI   26     6.72 20.0%   201 1378.5 95.0 26.5 91.8 .982   555.9 131.7 14.2 6.0 3.0 60.6 58.4 23.2 2.2 18.7 28.4 .237 .270 .300 .570 56.1   4.3 2.5 6.8 .029 .019 .048
1903    7 Frank Isbell CHI   27     5.83 11.5%   117 1375.3 101.4 23.3 66.4 .984   559.5 135.0 25.8 9.8 2.5 52.8 60.1 12.3 6.1 22.1 27.0 .241 .265 .336 .601 55.2   7.4 1.6 9.0 .051 .012 .063
1904    5 Jiggs Donahue CHI   24    11.52 15.5%   186 1362.3 105.0 32.7 56.8 .978   540.9 125.0 15.0 7.5 1.7 58.3 63.3 33.3 3.3 22.5 25.8 .231 .280 .296 .576 55.0   10.1 1.6 11.7 .065 .012 .077
1905    2 Jiggs Donahue CHI   25    24.78 23.6%   266 1380.7 93.8 25.5 60.7 .983   530.6 147.7 25.3 6.1 2.8 69.4 70.0 46.8 4.4 18.2 23.7 .278 .342 .364 .706 80.4   20.4 1.7 22.1 .139 .013 .152
1906    2 Jiggs Donahue CHI   26    24.10 28.2%   334 1395.0 85.2 19.8 55.1 .987   534.6 147.8 18.4 6.6 0.9 65.4 60.1 36.8 1.8 26.8 23.7 .276 .325 .340 .665 68.9   15.3 1.8 17.1 .104 .013 .118
1907    3 Claude Rossman DET   26    18.32 30.6%   360 1397.8 83.1 19.1 56.2 .987   547.9 146.8 16.8 5.6 0.4 62.6 60.6 29.3 2.8 20.0 24.1 .268 .308 .321 .629 67.0   13.4 2.2 15.6 .093 .017 .110
1908    1 Claude Rossman DET   27    27.85 36.8%   440 1395.8 79.3 24.9 58.2 .983   545.1 139.5 23.0 7.4 1.4 46.0 59.6 34.9 3.4 16.6 14.2 .256 .305 .333 .638 63.3   14.8 1.6 16.4 .099 .013 .112
1909    7 Frank Isbell CHI   33     6.27 27.9%   304 1409.5 72.3 18.2 54.9 .988   536.4 127.2 18.3 5.8 0.0 37.6 51.1 34.7 4.3 24.6 24.1 .237 .289 .293 .582 52.0   8.8 2.2 11.0 .060 .017 .077
                               
1910    7 Patrick Newman STL   29     5.14 10.5%   129 1390.1 72.9 37.0 72.9 .975   541.4 114.7 7.2 12.0 2.4 64.5 39.4 43.0 2.4 13.2 19.1 .212 .273 .283 .556 45.4   6.7 1.0 7.7 .043 .007 .050
1911   16 Patrick Newman STL   30     0.73 1.8%   20 1382.5 96.8 20.7 76.0 .986   483.1 93.5 31.2 0.0 0.0 85.7 39.0 93.5 23.4 0.0 31.2 .194 .351 .258 .609 62.3   7.0 0.7 7.7 .045 .005 .050
1912    6 Babe Borton CHI   23     6.71 9.2%   106 1413.8 64.6 21.6 80.8 .986   548.8 157.6 15.2 9.7 2.8 66.4 56.7 30.4 1.4 19.4 16.6 .287 .326 .365 .691 71.9   10.4 2.4 12.8 .071 .017 .088
1913    5 Doc Johnston CLE   25     8.99 19.9%   221 1396.1 85.6 18.3 75.5 .988   524.6 124.4 19.3 9.7 1.9 65.7 49.0 56.7 65.7 6.5 12.2 16.8 .237 .319 .322 .641 58.6   9.2 2.4 11.6 .065 .017 .082
1914    2 Jack Fournier CHI   24    19.92 16.0%   187 1388.1 84.5 27.4 54.1 .982   532.1 148.1 21.6 6.9 4.6 64.0 49.4 43.2 66.3 6.2 18.5 17.7 16.2 .278 .340 .371 .711 68.6   13.7 1.8 15.5 .095 .013 .108
1915    1 Jack Fournier CHI   25    20.71 29.5%   352 1400.0 82.1 17.9 72.0 .988   525.4 150.9 25.0 11.9 4.5 69.3 70.1 52.5 56.6 6.5 15.6 17.6 12.3 .287 .359 .406 .765 85.7   17.6 1.9 19.5 .122 .014 .136
1916    1 George Sisler STL   23    24.86 41.6%   499 1394.1 85.6 20.3 78.1 .986   524.1 136.9 18.3 12.3 5.7 67.6 70.8 57.3 61.1 4.3 14.3 24.5 .261 .339 .376 .715 70.8   15.0 2.2 17.2 .105 .016 .121
1917    1 George Sisler STL   24    37.07 33.1%   388 1385.9 96.0 18.1 89.9 .988   533.9 156.2 26.1 12.7 4.6 71.7 53.4 49.5 44.2 3.9 12.7 22.6 .293 .357 .415 .772 81.3   20.6 1.9 22.5 .151 .014 .164
1918    2 George Sisler STL   25    26.37 50.2%   465 1390.5 90.4 19.1 78.2 .987   526.2 149.4 23.1 8.9 1.5 65.5 50.4 48.6 35.3 4.2 21.0 28.5 .284 .349 .370 .719 69.7   14.9 1.9 16.8 .108 .014 .123
1919    1 George Sisler STL   26    29.74 49.5%   538 1384.6 98.4 17.0 73.6 .989   529.6 159.7 27.5 11.2 5.2 80.0 52.7 46.5 35.0 3.9 20.0 21.5 .301 .362 .425 .787 80.2   15.3 2.0 17.3 .110 .014 .124
                               
1920    1 George Sisler STL   27    46.95 64.8%   781 1390.7 95.4 13.9 86.2 .991   536.9 163.5 26.8 10.7 6.6 87.1 63.7 40.4 37.7 6.4 16.3 13.8 9.7 .304 .360 .431 .791 84.1   13.6 2.1 15.7 .098 .015 .112
1921    1 George Sisler STL   28    37.36 49.6%   623 1395.0 91.4 13.6 101.0 .991   530.3 166.9 27.4 10.5 6.4 85.2 76.2 43.6 28.0 4.0 22.1 17.1 9.0 .315 .371 .442 .813 86.7   13.4 2.2 15.6 .098 .015 .113
1922    1 George Sisler STL   29    36.85 49.5%   599 1392.7 93.9 13.4 105.2 .991   531.9 177.3 30.8 12.3 8.3 92.9 77.7 46.7 26.3 3.6 17.8 15.9 12.7 .333 .391 .484 .875 94.0   17.0 1.9 18.9 .127 .013 .140
1923    1 Joe Hauser PHI   24    24.83 44.8%   535 1397.9 88.8 13.3 112.1 .991   513.0 155.6 23.4 8.2 11.2 82.2 88.6 59.8 35.9 8.3 18.9 8.0 8.2 .303 .385 .446 .831 89.4   15.9 2.0 17.9 .112 .014 .125
1924    1 Joe Hauser PHI   25    23.24 52.7%   641 1386.3 100.4 13.3 114.2 .991   533.9 160.1 29.5 10.6 10.8 81.3 89.7 46.6 32.9 3.5 16.0 11.3 7.8 .300 .360 .456 .816 85.8   13.4 2.6 16.0 .097 .017 .114
1925    2 George Sisler STL   32    20.21 60.0%   748 1382.1 99.2 18.7 120.5 .988   539.6 161.8 28.6 10.3 11.2 77.3 79.9 44.2 34.8 3.4 12.8 7.2 7.4 .300 .357 .453 .810 84.9   11.8 2.0 13.8 .083 .014 .096
1926    1 Lou Gehrig NY   23    39.09 60.1%   752 1397.1 88.4 14.5 101.7 .990   526.7 147.6 27.1 11.2 9.9 78.0 82.6 54.1 42.2 2.2 17.0 6.2 4.5 .280 .350 .430 .780 79.1   12.1 2.2 14.3 .086 .015 .102
1927    1 Lou Gehrig NY   24    69.41 63.1%   760 1388.7 96.7 14.6 103.6 .990   531.0 162.4 29.2 8.3 11.6 76.5 86.4 44.2 32.9 2.6 22.2 10.8 4.8 .306 .362 .457 .819 88.3   14.4 2.1 16.5 .103 .015 .118
1928    1 Lou Gehrig NY   25    63.35 59.5%   729 1397.8 89.8 12.4 107.2 .992   513.9 153.9 31.0 9.5 11.8 85.2 82.9 61.5 44.2 2.1 22.5 7.4 6.8 .299 .377 .466 .843 89.7   16.3 2.3 18.6 .115 .016 .131
1929    2 Lou Gehrig NY   26    39.04 50.2%   611 1396.8 92.7 10.5 123.0 .993   518.1 152.6 31.8 9.4 11.7 76.6 79.1 62.4 38.4 2.1 17.4 6.6 5.0 .294 .373 .460 .833 89.4   14.8 2.1 16.9 .106 .014 .120
                               
1930    1 Lou Gehrig NY   27    53.44 45.6%   575 1400.1 87.4 12.5 117.1 .992   522.8 164.6 31.1 9.7 16.9 92.9 102.1 59.5 43.8 2.5 15.2 9.5 7.2 .315 .387 .509 .896 103.8   16.8 2.1 18.9 .117 .013 .130
1931    1 Lou Gehrig NY   28    48.57 39.9%   488 1406.1 81.7 12.2 131.1 .992   534.6 153.4 29.7 9.0 17.7 92.6 107.2 59.8 50.8 1.7 3.9 12.3 8.4 .287 .360 .475 .835 96.2   14.4 2.5 16.9 .106 .016 .121
1932    1 Lou Gehrig NY   29    51.45 43.5%   520 1395.8 91.5 12.7 123.6 .992   527.8 163.4 31.4 6.6 13.5 94.0 85.3 64.3 31.9 1.5 6.4 7.7 7.4 .310 .386 .471 .857 99.3   17.1 2.5 19.6 .129 .016 .145
1933    2 Lou Gehrig NY   30    49.00 51.3%   608 1414.9 75.3 9.8 122.4 .993   535.2 161.3 32.0 7.8 11.4 88.9 90.1 56.5 39.4 0.9 7.4 9.2 8.5 .301 .369 .455 .824 93.9   15.9 2.2 18.1 .117 .014 .131
1934    1 Lou Gehrig NY   31    54.20 48.3%   582 1404.6 81.2 14.2 137.0 .991   529.3 163.9 29.9 6.7 23.5 93.0 98.8 63.6 34.8 1.8 5.3 5.8 4.8 .310 .386 .525 .911 103.6   18.2 2.2 20.4 .136 .014 .150
1935    1 Lou Gehrig NY   32    45.23 51.6%   594 1407.7 79.4 12.9 123.9 .991   519.5 148.0 24.8 6.0 13.9 85.1 82.5 71.7 42.2 2.4 6.4 3.8 3.3 .285 .374 .436 .810 87.4   14.1 1.8 15.9 .107 .012 .119
1936    1 Lou Gehrig NY   33    51.04 75.4%   890 1412.8 74.3 12.9 130.0 .991   532.1 167.8 34.8 6.8 18.6 97.8 97.8 60.0 40.1 3.6 4.3 5.2 4.6 .315 .389 .511 .900 104.5   15.0 2.1 17.1 .113 .014 .127
1937    1 Lou Gehrig NY   34    45.83 54.4%   678 1405.7 81.3 13.0 131.3 .991   522.9 152.5 27.5 9.4 16.7 83.7 87.3 71.3 42.9 1.2 4.6 3.6 2.4 .292 .378 .476 .854 94.5   15.2 2.0 17.2 .112 .013 .125
1938    3 Hal Trosky CLE   25    26.29 62.8%   745 1393.7 93.2 13.1 135.2 .991   525.7 157.6 31.4 7.3 14.0 87.2 82.2 66.0 44.2 1.8 6.5 6.4 4.5 .300 .380 .467 .847 94.2   13.6 2.3 15.9 .101 .015 .116
1939    2 Hal Trosky CLE   26    29.40 62.5%   729 1385.3 99.2 15.5 127.4 .990   532.1 159.4 31.8 7.1 13.2 84.3 77.8 53.8 41.7 1.1 13.0 6.7 4.1 8.0 .300 .365 .460 .825 91.7   13.6 2.4 16.0 .100 .015 .116
                               
1940    1 Hal Trosky CLE   27    34.04 55.8%   649 1383.5 100.7 15.8 130.0 .989   534.8 154.1 31.6 7.2 15.8 78.7 79.8 56.8 42.5 1.9 6.5 5.5 3.6 9.9 .288 .359 .462 .821 90.5   14.8 2.3 17.1 .108 .015 .123
1941    2 George McQuinn STL   31    18.96 63.2%   764 1376.7 111.0 12.3 127.7 .992   537.6 152.2 28.6 5.9 10.5 79.1 73.3 55.5 41.3 1.6 5.3 6.9 4.3 12.4 .283 .352 .417 .769 80.2   12.7 2.2 14.9 .093 .015 .108
1942    1 Les Fleming CLE   26    37.62 81.9%   968 1383.7 101.1 15.2 125.8 .990   534.6 145.2 24.7 5.6 7.0 70.3 69.9 55.7 38.8 2.1 7.6 10.4 6.6 7.7 .272 .343 .378 .721 74.0   13.9 2.1 16.0 .101 .014 .115
1943    2 Nick Etten NY   29    25.24 82.6%   978 1391.0 96.8 12.2 134.1 .992   530.4 132.3 23.7 5.2 6.9 62.3 66.5 59.4 40.3 3.2 7.0 9.8 6.3 9.8 .250 .329 .353 .682 64.7   12.5 2.1 14.6 .089 .014 .103
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    1 Nick Etten NY   30    29.04 83.2%   1006 1394.5 92.0 13.5 131.2 .991   527.6 144.1 26.1 4.5 9.2 74.2 64.2 63.4 39.5 1.5 7.5 4.9 3.2 10.7 .273 .353 .392 .745 75.6   14.7 2.3 17.0 .106 .016 .122
1945    1 Joe Kuhel WAS   39    32.82 82.7%   1007 1370.9 114.0 15.1 125.2 .990   530.6 142.7 25.2 5.0 7.1 68.0 64.9 61.1 40.4 1.7 6.6 4.8 4.7 10.4 .269 .346 .375 .721 70.3   13.7 2.3 16.0 .098 .015 .114
1946    1 Mickey Vernon WAS   28    44.10 55.7%   681 1375.9 108.5 15.6 136.4 .990   532.1 144.1 28.5 5.7 8.4 61.6 63.2 62.0 62.6 1.4 4.5 6.0 4.5 11.5 .271 .349 .394 .743 70.2   14.6 2.0 16.6 .104 .013 .117
1947    1 George McQuinn NY   37    30.74 59.9%   746 1375.1 109.1 15.8 140.1 .989   521.6 140.4 24.5 5.2 12.3 73.6 76.5 70.2 54.1 0.7 7.5 3.8 4.6 10.4 .269 .357 .407 .764 76.9   14.7 2.2 16.9 .103 .014 .116
1948    1 Ferris Fain PHI   27    28.33 88.4%   1091 1384.7 101.7 13.6 148.5 .991   522.4 137.6 23.3 5.9 8.7 67.5 68.1 66.8 45.9 2.5 8.3 6.1 4.4 13.9 .263 .350 .380 .730 72.1   10.2 2.3 12.5 .072 .015 .086
1949    1 Mickey Vernon CLE   31    23.91 86.6%   1062 1369.6 113.4 17.0 165.0 .989   516.0 141.4 24.1 4.6 11.3 70.7 73.2 71.4 47.0 3.2 9.4 4.8 3.8 12.1 .274 .366 .404 .770 78.7   13.0 2.3 15.3 .091 .015 .106
                               
1950    2 Luke Easter CLE   34    19.94 72.7%   941 1381.0 104.6 14.4 164.9 .990   511.0 141.5 21.8 5.2 17.5 81.2 87.9 81.2 51.2 4.4 3.4 3.8 2.7 11.0 .277 .381 .443 .824 88.9   14.2 2.5 16.7 .097 .014 .111
1951    1 Eddie Robinson CHI   30    22.03 88.1%   1181 1373.5 111.1 15.4 153.9 .990   530.6 145.8 23.4 5.0 15.6 74.2 80.6 61.8 54.3 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.3 11.5 .275 .354 .426 .780 81.5   14.1 2.3 16.4 .093 .013 .106
1952    1 Ferris Fain PHI   31    34.04 77.0%   957 1366.7 115.0 18.3 145.6 .988   524.3 144.7 26.6 4.6 15.7 71.0 76.4 67.0 59.2 3.7 5.0 3.3 2.7 11.4 .276 .362 .434 .796 83.5   17.5 2.5 20.0 .123 .015 .138
1953    1 Mickey Vernon WAS   35    39.74 71.2%   918 1382.7 101.5 15.8 152.2 .989   525.1 146.4 24.6 4.9 14.6 74.9 73.5 65.0 54.8 4.1 5.8 2.0 4.7 11.8 .279 .363 .428 .791 82.3   14.4 2.4 16.8 .099 .014 .114
1954    1 Mickey Vernon WAS   36    29.08 78.3%   1103 1377.2 107.2 15.6 143.0 .990   528.6 142.8 25.0 6.0 14.7 72.0 70.2 58.1 3.6 53.9 2.6 5.8 4.9 3.6 2.8 9.7 .270 .342 .423 .765 77.3   14.2 2.3 16.5 .089 .013 .102
1955    2 Mickey Vernon WAS   37    24.28 46.3%   634 1385.6 99.4 15.0 145.7 .990   503.2 137.0 17.9 3.5 16.4 70.3 77.1 83.9 6.3 53.8 3.0 3.6 6.3 4.0 3.3 15.2 .272 .375 .420 .795 82.1   15.6 2.5 18.1 .097 .013 .111
1956    2 Vic Wertz CLE   31    24.86 54.6%   764 1389.9 94.2 15.9 144.3 .989   517.1 141.4 22.6 3.6 18.0 72.3 76.4 70.8 4.6 62.4 4.6 3.5 4.0 1.7 4.6 11.1 .273 .363 .435 .798 83.4   14.3 2.4 16.7 .090 .013 .102
1957    1 Vic Wertz CLE   32    32.16 53.0%   735 1394.4 94.6 11.0 143.2 .993   522.2 139.8 21.4 4.2 13.5 71.6 63.8 66.5 4.0 66.1 2.7 4.4 4.2 4.9 3.3 11.0 .268 .351 .402 .753 77.3   14.6 2.0 16.6 .090 .011 .101
1958    1 Bob Boyd BAL   32    18.68 51.9%   691 1390.1 94.4 15.5 146.4 .990   533.0 146.1 21.1 5.7 15.4 74.6 66.3 57.7 3.3 72.0 2.4 2.1 4.8 3.3 4.3 10.9 .274 .345 .422 .767 78.4   15.3 2.3 17.6 .093 .013 .105
1959    4 Tito Francona CLE   25     9.85 56.3%   810 1394.4 89.2 16.4 128.4 .989   535.0 137.6 17.5 4.2 12.2 70.3 66.3 53.4 3.8 69.9 3.4 4.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 12.2 .257 .327 .375 .702 62.9   9.5 1.9 11.4 .055 .010 .065
                               
1960    3 Jim Gentile BAL   26    22.10 49.3%   697 1388.3 96.7 15.0 140.6 .990   523.4 147.0 27.9 3.7 20.4 76.6 92.8 64.9 4.7 77.9 3.7 2.5 5.5 1.2 2.2 12.2 .281 .361 .465 .826 89.6   16.4 2.2 18.6 .095 .011 .106
1961    1 Norm Cash DET   26    62.06 59.2%   1001 1370.2 112.7 17.1 142.7 .989   513.2 146.1 24.5 5.2 26.9 81.5 94.6 76.0 6.5 78.7 4.4 1.6 4.8 3.2 2.4 11.8 .285 .378 .510 .888 98.1   18.9 2.4 21.3 .119 .014 .133
1962    1 Norm Siebern KC   28    31.57 73.2%   1188 1370.1 115.0 14.9 129.6 .990   507.8 143.4 22.9 3.5 20.2 79.5 76.1 77.6 7.8 68.5 5.2 3.2 6.2 3.5 1.9 9.5 .282 .379 .460 .839 90.9   17.6 2.4 20.0 .122 .015 .137
1963    1 Norm Cash DET   28    27.68 73.4%   1198 1376.7 111.3 12.0 124.8 .992   528.6 135.9 19.6 2.7 21.0 69.8 74.5 57.2 5.4 83.0 6.2 2.4 5.6 3.7 2.3 9.3 .257 .333 .423 .756 76.0   15.2 2.4 17.6 .101 .014 .115
1964    2 Norm Siebern BAL   30    21.69 62.6%   1056 1383.5 104.7 11.8 132.3 .992   524.4 134.2 18.5 3.0 20.2 72.1 74.8 63.2 4.7 86.9 3.8 2.9 5.7 2.6 3.5 10.7 .256 .337 .418 .755 74.3   13.6 2.2 15.8 .085 .013 .098
1965    1 Norm Cash DET   30    28.71 61.7%   1161 1373.9 112.9 13.2 125.5 .991   529.5 137.9 24.2 2.5 22.0 66.7 76.6 61.8 8.7 76.2 2.6 2.5 3.6 3.2 3.2 10.8 .260 .339 .440 .779 79.4   16.3 2.4 18.7 .096 .013 .110
1966    1 Norm Cash DET   31    33.99 65.0%   1119 1377.0 109.0 14.0 116.3 .991   533.8 133.9 21.5 2.1 23.2 72.1 80.1 56.9 7.4 88.2 2.7 2.4 4.2 3.5 3.0 11.4 .251 .324 .429 .753 74.2   15.6 2.3 17.9 .093 .013 .105
1967    2 Don Mincher CAL   29    35.09 57.7%   1003 1374.9 112.7 12.4 115.8 .992   527.8 126.0 20.1 3.6 18.8 64.8 67.9 63.8 7.6 96.8 4.5 1.8 2.1 6.4 5.1 8.4 .239 .325 .398 .723 70.4   15.7 2.4 18.1 .095 .014 .109
1968    3 Boog Powell BAL   26    24.42 55.2%   917 1386.3 98.0 15.7 111.5 .990   532.0 127.9 20.2 4.1 16.3 61.1 61.7 54.6 8.8 83.8 5.6 4.4 3.4 6.5 1.9 12.8 .240 .316 .386 .702 65.5   14.6 2.3 16.9 .094 .013 .107
1969    1 Boog Powell BAL   27    33.64 66.2%   1269 1383.4 105.7 10.9 129.0 .993   523.8 140.5 21.1 2.7 24.4 74.4 78.3 67.4 7.2 74.2 4.3 1.6 2.9 3.7 4.1 11.3 .268 .355 .458 .813 85.2   17.3 2.3 19.6 .113 .014 .127
                               
1970    1 Boog Powell BAL   28    44.18 65.8%   1301 1377.3 109.7 13.0 130.0 .991   518.3 137.3 21.2 2.2 20.3 74.2 70.6 69.1 8.2 84.5 4.2 3.0 5.4 4.9 3.7 10.9 .265 .353 .432 .785 81.2   16.3 2.2 18.5 .102 .013 .115
1971    1 Norm Cash DET   36    31.82 61.5%   1293 1387.1 101.1 11.8 136.4 .992   516.9 133.5 20.6 3.3 18.6 65.8 74.9 70.2 8.0 78.8 5.6 2.5 4.8 5.0 2.6 11.0 .258 .350 .419 .769 77.8   16.9 2.4 19.3 .104 .013 .118
1972    2 Mike Epstein OAK   29    32.52 59.5%   1233 1396.5 90.2 13.3 136.1 .991   524.4 138.6 22.6 2.6 19.9 63.6 74.5 65.9 9.3 72.9 4.1 1.7 3.9 2.7 2.6 10.2 .264 .349 .431 .780 79.3   19.9 2.2 22.1 .113 .012 .125
1973    1 John Mayberry KC   24    40.13 61.7%   1295 1391.0 97.2 11.8 136.6 .992   519.7 139.9 21.7 2.4 14.5 68.0 64.6 70.8 8.1 75.5 2.9 2.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 12.7 .269 .358 .404 .762 77.3   15.0 2.4 17.4 .091 .014 .105
1974    3 Mike Hargrove TEX   24    16.07 52.7%   1168 1387.7 99.6 12.7 139.4 .992   532.3 143.8 23.4 2.8 13.5 67.4 68.2 56.6 6.6 70.4 2.9 4.1 4.1 2.9 4.1 11.0 .270 .341 .400 .741 72.6   13.9 2.3 16.2 .078 .012 .090
1975    1 John Mayberry KC   26    44.76 65.0%   1339 1372.1 113.2 14.7 129.6 .990   526.3 141.2 25.4 1.8 14.9 69.5 69.3 63.6 8.9 67.4 2.6 2.5 5.0 3.9 3.8 12.3 .268 .347 .408 .755 76.9   15.5 2.4 17.9 .094 .014 .108
1976    1 Rod Carew MIN   30    36.44 72.3%   1388 1377.6 111.5 10.9 126.3 .993   527.5 140.1 21.5 2.9 12.4 65.2 71.2 60.8 8.5 65.1 1.7 3.5 6.5 8.1 5.2 9.9 .266 .340 .388 .728 71.1   14.2 2.2 16.4 .095 .014 .109
1977    1 Rod Carew MIN   31    57.75 67.5%   1597 1381.5 106.0 12.5 128.1 .992   531.8 148.0 24.2 4.2 18.0 76.2 77.1 56.8 6.8 71.1 2.3 2.6 6.5 5.7 4.7 12.8 .278 .347 .441 .788 81.0   14.8 2.3 17.1 .095 .014 .108
1978    3 Jason Thompson DET   23    26.28 64.1%   1485 1383.3 104.1 12.6 132.0 .992   531.8 147.9 23.8 3.2 12.9 69.9 68.7 57.5 5.6 59.8 2.3 2.6 5.8 5.2 3.4 10.8 .278 .348 .408 .756 75.7   14.0 2.2 16.2 .089 .013 .102
1979    2 Cecil Cooper MIL   29    30.32 62.7%   1457 1382.9 106.4 10.7 140.0 .993   530.4 152.9 27.9 3.1 17.7 75.7 77.9 58.3 7.2 61.9 2.4 3.5 5.4 6.1 3.7 14.7 .288 .358 .453 .811 84.2   14.8 2.2 17.0 .095 .013 .109
                               
1980    1 Cecil Cooper MIL   30    36.53 66.0%   1613 1389.6 100.7 9.7 139.1 .993   523.9 151.0 24.8 3.1 16.0 69.7 80.3 62.7 7.4 60.6 2.6 4.8 6.0 5.3 3.7 14.3 .288 .363 .439 .802 83.3   15.6 2.3 17.9 .096 .013 .110
1981    2 Cecil Cooper MIL   31    29.02 71.0%   1040 1384.2 105.6 10.2 127.6 .993   526.2 141.9 25.1 1.7 11.6 67.6 58.6 60.1 7.3 60.3 3.4 4.8 5.5 6.4 4.1 13.8 .270 .345 .390 .735 71.0   14.0 2.1 16.1 .088 .013 .101
1982    1 Cecil Cooper MIL   32    41.88 59.7%   1390 1384.6 105.5 9.9 131.4 .993   535.9 149.2 24.9 3.3 15.0 72.3 69.8 52.5 6.3 64.6 1.7 5.5 4.4 3.6 4.6 13.1 .278 .342 .421 .763 76.0   13.2 2.3 15.5 .085 .014 .098
1983    2 Cecil Cooper MIL   33    32.22 69.5%   1740 1382.8 104.4 12.8 140.5 .991   538.1 150.2 28.3 4.1 15.5 71.0 73.6 51.8 5.4 65.3 2.6 2.9 4.6 3.9 3.3 12.3 .279 .343 .433 .776 79.3   14.5 2.1 16.6 .086 .012 .097
1984    2 Don Mattingly NY   23    37.97 74.3%   1785 1367.9 117.7 14.4 131.3 .990   534.5 150.9 25.9 3.1 16.0 70.0 79.8 54.6 7.6 64.2 2.6 2.7 5.6 3.8 3.8 12.6 .282 .348 .432 .780 79.7   14.9 2.3 17.2 .094 .013 .107
1985    1 Don Mattingly NY   24    42.99 74.3%   1696 1370.5 117.5 12.0 132.7 .992   536.3 152.2 30.5 2.9 18.2 74.5 81.2 55.1 6.9 60.9 1.5 1.7 5.4 5.0 3.5 13.1 .284 .349 .453 .802 82.5   14.8 2.3 17.1 .101 .014 .116
1986    1 Don Mattingly NY   25    45.63 70.3%   1562 1350.4 135.8 13.8 141.1 .991   525.4 145.1 25.7 2.4 18.8 75.3 79.9 64.8 6.9 66.4 2.6 1.6 5.6 4.3 2.4 12.6 .276 .355 .441 .796 82.1   14.6 2.5 17.1 .102 .015 .117
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    2 Don Mattingly NY   26    32.20 69.0%   1535 1376.4 114.5 9.1 134.1 .994   524.6 148.4 26.2 1.9 24.2 81.3 90.0 65.4 8.2 65.7 2.5 1.2 6.3 3.9 3.6 11.0 .283 .361 .479 .840 91.3   16.0 2.5 18.5 .109 .015 .124
1988    1 Fred McGriff TOR   24    29.14 69.9%   1545 1373.4 116.7 9.9 136.2 .993   526.6 145.6 28.0 1.4 17.3 72.7 71.9 63.9 9.2 66.8 2.7 1.5 5.3 4.9 2.8 13.4 .277 .355 .433 .788 80.9   14.8 2.6 17.4 .100 .016 .115
1989    1 Fred McGriff TOR   25    38.80 68.3%   1557 1389.7 100.3 10.0 135.8 .993   525.4 144.2 25.3 2.1 17.2 72.9 76.5 65.0 9.3 61.7 3.3 1.5 4.8 4.8 2.2 12.9 .274 .355 .429 .784 81.1   16.1 2.4 18.5 .105 .014 .119
                               
1990    3 Fred McGriff TOR   26    32.11 57.4%   1314 1379.4 111.8 8.8 136.2 .994   528.9 145.3 27.0 1.6 15.9 67.4 68.4 61.3 9.1 69.4 2.8 1.6 5.4 4.1 2.2 15.1 .275 .350 .422 .772 76.2   13.6 2.8 16.4 .089 .016 .105
1991    1 Rafael Palmeiro TEX   26    32.78 56.0%   1290 1384.7 105.8 9.5 134.8 .994   527.7 145.5 30.2 2.0 17.0 74.7 76.2 60.7 5.5 72.4 3.1 2.0 6.5 3.6 2.5 12.8 .276 .350 .437 .787 78.9   14.3 2.7 17.0 .092 .016 .108
1992    3 Rafael Palmeiro TEX   27    28.48 60.4%   1366 1369.6 119.9 10.5 135.0 .993   531.8 137.9 27.2 1.5 15.3 65.0 70.4 59.1 7.9 71.9 2.6 1.9 4.6 4.2 2.8 12.9 .259 .334 .402 .736 70.1   11.7 2.7 14.4 .076 .016 .092
1993    1 John Olerud TOR   24    53.92 54.6%   1226 1374.0 116.8 9.2 136.1 .994   516.8 150.3 33.0 1.6 23.1 87.6 85.4 72.4 14.6 80.5 4.2 1.7 4.9 4.8 3.1 11.5 .291 .379 .495 .874 97.1   18.5 2.8 21.3 .123 .016 .139
1994    2 Will Clark TEX   30    23.20 64.5%   969 1388.9 102.2 8.9 132.3 .994   520.4 155.7 31.3 1.2 21.2 80.4 91.5 69.5 10.2 80.5 3.3 1.0 5.8 3.1 2.7 11.9 .299 .382 .486 .868 96.1   16.0 2.6 18.6 .112 .016 .128
1995    3 Mo Vaughn BOS   27    27.66 66.7%   1317 1373.4 118.2 8.4 140.3 .994   521.2 154.5 32.2 2.1 22.0 83.3 91.6 67.1 9.2 78.6 4.1 1.2 6.4 3.1 1.8 13.0 .296 .377 .493 .870 93.8   15.2 2.7 17.9 .101 .016 .116
1996    2 Mo Vaughn BOS   28    37.19 47.7%   1078 1379.7 109.3 11.0 146.4 .993   516.7 152.8 31.1 1.7 24.1 83.1 98.6 71.3 8.6 95.1 6.2 0.5 5.3 3.0 1.3 11.7 .296 .384 .502 .886 101.6   16.5 2.7 19.2 .113 .015 .129
1997    2 Tino Martinez NY   29    31.65 65.6%   1483 1381.6 106.4 12.0 138.0 .992   520.1 147.9 28.6 1.2 29.4 85.0 90.6 67.7 8.9 106.3 5.4 1.0 5.8 4.0 2.5 10.6 .284 .369 .514 .883 94.6   16.4 2.4 18.8 .108 .013 .121
1998    1 Carlos Delgado TOR   26    29.23 63.2%   1395 1380.8 107.3 11.9 131.7 .992   522.4 153.9 32.9 1.2 27.2 87.4 96.9 66.7 7.7 105.8 5.0 0.0 5.9 3.7 1.6 12.5 .295 .376 .519 .895 103.1   17.5 2.2 19.7 .122 .013 .135
1999    1 Jason Giambi OAK   28    37.32 62.8%   1413 1398.2 91.7 10.1 139.6 .993   516.2 144.3 29.1 1.4 25.3 84.9 90.5 73.1 6.7 111.6 5.2 0.6 4.9 2.6 2.1 11.5 .280 .371 .488 .859 96.7   15.5 2.6 18.1 .104 .015 .120
                               
2000    1 Jason Giambi OAK   29    58.37 64.0%   1471 1391.1 98.2 10.7 147.7 .993   503.2 146.5 32.3 1.4 26.5 84.4 95.1 84.9 8.0 101.7 6.6 0.4 4.9 2.4 1.4 12.0 .291 .397 .519 .916 106.8   18.1 2.2 20.3 .124 .013 .137
2001    1 Jason Giambi OAK   30    50.73 64.8%   1414 1382.8 107.2 10.0 132.5 .993   511.7 148.1 29.0 1.4 28.2 81.4 92.7 76.4 10.6 99.6 6.8 0.4 4.7 1.9 1.7 11.6 .289 .386 .517 .903 104.0   18.9 2.6 21.5 .129 .015 .144
2002    1 Jim Thome CLE   31    47.63 70.4%   1574 1383.8 105.4 10.8 137.3 .993   513.1 143.1 28.7 1.6 27.3 82.2 89.7 73.8 7.5 94.0 7.1 0.4 5.6 1.7 1.3 10.8 .279 .374 .500 .874 99.2   18.3 2.6 20.9 .119 .015 .134
2003    1 Carlos Delgado TOR   31    41.38 62.8%   1408 1386.8 103.6 9.6 135.1 .994   511.3 138.9 31.0 1.6 21.1 75.4 78.8 74.9 6.5 92.7 8.2 1.3 4.3 3.0 1.5 11.2 .272 .371 .462 .833 91.1   14.9 2.2 17.1 .102 .013 .115
2004    3 Carlos Delgado TOR   32    17.90 63.6%   1438 1389.2 102.6 8.2 135.8 .995   517.3 137.3 28.3 1.5 19.6 73.5 80.4 67.4 6.7 85.7 7.9 1.2 6.2 3.9 1.3 11.8 .265 .355 .440 .795 82.4   12.6 2.4 15.0 .083 .013 .097
2005    4 Jason Giambi OAK   34    27.04 56.5%   1380 1394.2 96.0 9.8 136.9 .993   534.6 141.9 26.3 1.9 20.6 74.7 83.3 54.9 4.5 96.4 4.6 0.5 5.4 4.0 1.9 11.3 .266 .336 .438 .774 80.5   12.9 2.2 15.1 .077 .012 .090
2006    1 Justin Morneau MIN   25    36.62 37.7%   895 1393.5 96.8 9.7 140.3 .994   531.7 153.3 30.9 1.5 22.0 75.4 85.9 57.9 4.7 87.7 4.7 1.1 4.6 3.5 2.2 11.7 .288 .360 .476 .836 93.0   14.1 2.3 16.4 .086 .013 .099
2007    1 Carlos Pena TB   29    43.17 52.8%   1236 1390.3 102.2 7.5 144.2 .995   526.8 140.7 33.4 2.4 19.5 72.9 79.0 61.4 6.2 92.6 4.5 1.9 5.4 1.8 0.9 12.8 .267 .345 .451 .796 83.7   12.8 2.5 15.3 .078 .013 .092
2008    1 Justin Morneau MIN   27    35.43 51.6%   1150 1384.0 108.5 7.5 149.3 .995   524.3 140.0 29.3 2.1 19.2 73.1 79.2 62.0 6.6 99.3 6.9 1.3 5.5 1.3 1.9 14.0 .267 .349 .441 .790 81.4   13.4 2.6 16.0 .088 .015 .102
2009    5 Justin Morneau MIN   28    19.55 43.8%   965 1389.2 103.2 7.6 138.7 .995   521.1 129.2 29.5 1.4 25.9 77.3 86.3 67.7 7.1 132.1 5.1 0.5 5.6 1.4 1.6 9.9 .248 .337 .459 .796 83.5   12.7 2.2 14.9 .085 .012 .097
                               
2010    4 Justin Morneau MIN   29    25.42 47.2%   877 1389.7 102.9 7.4 135.8 .995   518.0 128.3 28.9 1.9 19.5 67.2 68.8 72.2 5.9 117.1 3.3 2.3 4.2 3.1 1.2 8.9 .248 .341 .424 .765 80.0   13.4 2.2 15.6 .088 .014 .102
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