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Pos Pct. of Center Field Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Center Fielder   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
1876    1 Lip Pike STL 31    21.89 100.0%   456 331.0 24.7 44.3 7.7 .889   589.2 174.1 26.5 7.8 2.6 98.5 75.0 10.8 20.3 .296 .308 .380 .688 111.3     17.4   4.1    21.5 .132 .031 .163
1877    4 Bill Crowley LOU 20     4.21 20.2%   57 288.4 51.7 59.9 5.4 .850   588.7 166.2 22.5 8.5 2.8 73.2 56.3 11.3 31.0 .282 .296 .364 .660 84.5      6.5   7.3    13.8 .040 .046 .086
1878    5 Russ McKelvy IND 23     2.71 29.3%   87 294.7 44.0 61.3 5.7 .847   589.1 130.9 10.9 7.3 3.6 67.3 76.4 10.9 90.9 .222 .236 .284 .520 63.6      5.3   3.1     8.4 .033 .020 .053
1879    2 John O'Rourke BOS 29    23.82 66.2%   357 317.5 31.3 51.2 3.6 .872   585.5 153.4 25.4 10.6 2.7 86.1 56.8 14.5 46.2 .262 .280 .356 .636 91.6     13.3   3.7    17.0 .095 .027 .122
                       
1880    5 Harry Stovey WOR 23     6.77 7.6%   42 318.0 25.6 56.4 5.1 .859   579.9 154.2 33.5 23.5 10.1 124.0 46.9 20.1 73.7 .266 .291 .457 .748 117.3     18.1   4.7    22.8 .129 .033 .162
1881         0.0%                      
1882    6 Jackie Hayes WOR 21     3.75 12.9%   75 302.6 38.4 59.0 7.7 .853   586.5 155.8 34.6 9.6 7.7 55.8 100.0 13.5 48.1 .266 .282 .397 .679 94.2     12.7   1.2    13.8 .088 .008 .096
1883    7 Fred Lewis PHI 24     2.70 17.5%   126 310.2 29.9 59.9 9.5 .850   584.1 134.4 22.0 7.3 1.2 74.5 67.2 15.9 62.3 .230 .251 .299 .550 67.2      5.5   3.8     9.3 .036 .025 .060
1884    6 Jim Manning BOS 22     6.11 18.3%   144 331.7 29.1 39.2 5.6 .902   569.2 129.6 15.9 9.6 3.2 74.3 57.3 30.8 79.6 .228 .267 .306 .573 75.4      8.9   3.8    12.7 .058 .025 .083
1885         0.0%                        
1886   10 Jack McGeachy STL 22     1.37 6.2%   55 300.8 51.3 47.9 10.3 .880   597.2 121.7 31.1 8.5 5.7 82.1 62.3 2.8 96.2 19.8 .204 .208 .313 .521 56.6      3.1   3.4     6.5 .020 .022 .042
1887   12 Ed Beecher PIT 26     1.05 2.5%   22 329.0 38.7 32.3 6.5 .919   568.8 137.5 25.0 0.0 6.3 50.0 75.0 25.0 25.0 6 25.0 .242 .281 .319 .600 68.8      5.0   3.8     8.8 .036 .027 .064
1888    2 Dummy Hoy WAS 25    32.55 15.7%   159 330.4 26.5 43.1 7.8 .892   520.0 137.4 11.7 8.1 1.8 80.8 28.7 68.3 50.3 12 75.4 .264 .362 .328 .690 101.5     22.9   3.1    26.0 .160 .021 .182
1889    7 Jimmy McAleer CLE 24     7.52 11.4%   110 341.9 40.1 18.0 12.5 .955   557.6 131.0 7.5 7.5 1.2 82.3 43.7 37.4 61.1 5 46.2 .235 .289 .282 .571 67.4      3.9   7.5    11.4 .028 .055 .083
                       
1890    4 Eddie Burke PHI/PIT 23    13.53 32.7%   312 338.2 33.7 28.1 8.2 .930   540.2 137.5 19.6 9.8 4.7 95.7 59.8 52.5 43.1 7 32.5 .255 .329 .353 .682 86.7     10.0   3.3    13.3 .075 .025 .100
1891   11 Jim Curtis CIN 29     1.61 2.4%   24 311.9 33.9 54.2 6.8 .864   548.6 148.6 17.1 17.1 5.7 57.1 68.6 45.7 97.1 6 17.1 .271 .333 .396 .729 85.7     10.3   1.1    11.4 .075 .008 .083
1892   13 Joe Kelley PIT/BAL 20     5.67 3.7%   66 326.2 36.9 36.9 11.3 .908   549.2 129.2 16.2 16.2 0.0 66.9 73.8 48.5 64.6 2 23.1 .235 .300 .324 .624 80.8     12.5   2.8    15.2 .082 .018 .100
1893   14 Tuck Turner PHI 20     3.14 4.3%   62 356.4 21.8 21.8 7.3 .945   550.7 169.3 12.9 10.7 6.4 111.4 70.7 45.0 49.3 4 38.6 .307 .364 .405 .769 100.7     10.3   3.2    13.5 .077 .024 .102
1894   10 Charlie Abbey WAS 27     6.44 5.2%   74 346.9 21.9 31.2 6.3 .922   531.4 167.2 26.4 17.6 7.0 96.8 102.1 59.8 38.7 7 1.8 31.7 .315 .391 .470 .861 110.9     10.6   2.8    13.4 .081 .022 .103
1895    9 George Hogriever CIN 26     5.20 5.1%   91 365.6 15.6 18.8 4.7 .953   533.5 145.9 21.1 13.0 3.2 103.8 74.6 55.1 51.9 5 6.5 55.1 .274 .347 .380 .727 94.1      8.3   4.5    12.8 .056 .031 .087
1896   13 Ollie Pickering LOU 26     2.89 8.1%   123 332.1 28.2 39.7 9.0 .901   555.6 153.6 21.6 13.2 2.4 87.6 60.0 31.2 40.8 6 7.2 45.6 .276 .322 .376 .698 86.4      7.6   2.8    10.3 .051 .019 .070
1897   11 Honus Wagner LOU 23     7.85 9.6%   168 322.5 38.3 39.2 7.3 .902   530.8 160.8 20.7 6.9 4.3 73.5 67.4 49.3 11 8.7 35.4 .303 .374 .393 .767 88.2     12.2   2.1    14.3 .084 .014 .098
1898    6 Algie McBride CIN 29    21.93 7.3%   115 362.3 22.1 15.6 3.9 .961   522.6 158.1 14.6 13.5 2.2 100.9 46.0 54.9 14 9.0 16.8 .303 .383 .395 .778 100.9     17.3   5.4    22.7 .134 .042 .176
1899    1 Roy Thomas PHI 25    33.60 30.1%   507 348.5 25.6 25.9 7.9 .935   522.4 161.7 13.8 8.4 2.1 100.0 45.7 57.5 8 12.3 30.6 .310 .386 .380 .766 95.3     15.2   3.2    18.4 .115 .024 .139
                       
1900    4 Jimmy Barrett CIN 25    20.36 12.4%   135 346.0 27.6 26.4 6.0 .934   523.9 159.1 10.9 6.9 4.0 104.8 39.5 64.2 4 7.9 39.5 .304 .384 .374 .758 101.8     17.0   2.4    19.4 .127 .018 .145
1901    8 John Dobbs CIN 25     7.15 14.0%   154 358.9 23.0 18.1 10.9 .955   537.7 138.9 18.7 5.3 2.7 88.1 33.8 39.2 9 14.2 23.1 .258 .319 .328 .647 65.0      9.0   1.5    10.5 .066 .011 .077
1902    3 Homer Smoot STL 24    20.88 17.2%   176 361.1 14.5 24.4 5.4 .939   534.0 165.0 21.5 4.6 2.3 67.5 44.5 39.1 6 20.7 22.3 .309 .363 .379 .742 83.6     19.7   2.8    22.5 .146 .020 .166
1903   11 Joe Stanley BOS 22     1.74 2.9%   32 321.1 45.1 33.8 5.6 .915   547.4 135.8 21.9 8.8 0.0 70.1 83.2 30.7 13 8.8 17.5 .248 .304 .320 .624 65.7      8.3   2.2    10.5 .059 .016 .075
1904    8 Moose McCormick NY 23     7.78 4.6%   52 353.4 11.6 35.0 7.8 .913   553.9 147.1 26.0 14.4 2.9 75.0 72.1 34.6 12 0.0 34.6 .266 .322 .380 .702 83.7     18.8   3.5    22.2 .125 .023 .148
1905   10 Charlie Malay BRO 26     0.66 1.9%   23 344.0 24.0 32.0 0.0 .920   544.8 137.9 13.8 0.0 0.0 55.2 48.3 34.5 0 20.7 20.7 .253 .298 .278 .576 48.3      5.5   2.8     8.3 .035 .017 .052
1906    6 Johnny Bates BOS 23     9.10 19.5%   223 358.1 25.0 16.9 8.9 .958   538.7 139.8 17.8 5.3 4.0 54.1 45.5 42.2 7 11.9 14.5 .259 .322 .334 .656 60.7     10.0   2.7    12.7 .068 .018 .087
1907   10 Art Kruger CIN 26     3.83 14.8%   179 367.7 20.8 11.5 4.2 .971   537.3 128.8 14.4 10.2 0.0 55.9 34.7 39.0 7 16.9 16.9 .240 .299 .304 .603 54.2      9.7   3.4    13.1 .064 .022 .086
1908    7 Al S. Shaw STL 27     7.17 11.4%   135 352.6 27.7 19.7 8.1 .951   549.2 137.0 16.6 6.6 2.2 56.4 37.6 33.1 1 16.6 17.7 .249 .294 .316 .610 51.9     11.0   4.0    15.0 .074 .027 .101
1909    4 Rebel Oakes CIN 22    13.62 24.4%   298 366.9 24.5 8.6 6.1 .979   532.6 131.1 13.7 5.1 2.5 62.8 41.5 46.1 5 16.2 29.4 .246 .312 .305 .617 57.2     10.4   3.9    14.3 .069 .026 .095
                       
1910    5 Fred Snodgrass NY 22    14.08 17.8%   218 371.2 15.2 13.6 4.8 .966   529.7 135.2 17.9 8.3 0.7 58.6 42.8 45.5 68.3 8 17.2 31.7 .255 .323 .324 .647 60.7      9.7   2.5    12.2 .065 .017 .081
1911    6 Max Carey PIT 21     8.87 10.3%   118 369.1 15.5 15.4 5.1 .961   520.7 127.0 15.1 12.6 5.0 84.3 49.1 45.3 84.3 6 27.7 27.7 .244 .312 .350 .662 65.4      8.3   4.3    12.6 .056 .029 .085
1912   14 Ed Mensor PIT 25     2.21 3.7%   44 360.4 21.6 18.0 3.6 .955   499.4 127.4 20.1 3.4 0.0 73.7 23.5 80.4 50.3 3 16.8 23.5 .255 .362 .309 .671 67.0     10.1   3.4    13.4 .068 .023 .091
1913    5 Casey Stengel BRO 22    12.06 25.8%   305 367.8 19.1 13.1 2.7 .967   542.6 136.3 23.0 12.5 5.0 67.4 58.4 45.9 87.9 3 9.0 15.5 .251 .313 .367 .680 64.4      9.1   3.7    12.8 .060 .024 .084
1914    9 Joe Kelly PIT 27     6.21 20.2%   244 363.2 17.7 19.1 4.1 .952   538.3 127.1 16.8 11.2 2.5 54.8 49.8 36.8 64.2 5 19.9 15.6 9.3 .236 .291 .323 .614 53.0      6.9   4.0    11.0 .045 .027 .072
1915    7 Tom Long STL 25     8.66 7.9%   93 360.7 22.2 17.1 1.7 .957   535.6 146.1 20.4 20.4 1.6 67.5 51.8 39.3 62.8 8 17.3 26.7 15.7 .273 .332 .396 .728 72.3     14.6   4.2    18.8 .100 .029 .129
1916    8 Jimmy Johnston BRO 26     5.60 15.8%   209 375.9 15.5 8.6 4.3 .978   543.6 136.5 11.4 7.6 3.8 64.0 38.1 31.3 70.9 5 19.8 29.0 16.8 .251 .298 .321 .619 51.8      9.6   3.4    13.0 .060 .021 .081
1917    8 Ray Powell BOS 28    11.15 13.8%   159 359.6 26.0 14.4 6.3 .964   554.4 138.6 18.8 6.3 7.2 67.1 50.1 32.2 90.3 0 13.4 19.7 0.0 .250 .291 .345 .636 54.5     10.1   4.7    14.8 .071 .033 .104
1918    7 Cliff Heathcote STL 20     6.36 16.5%   158 369.6 12.0 18.4 1.8 .954   551.4 149.3 21.2 5.3 5.3 57.4 56.6 38.0 51.3 1 9.7 17.7 0.0 .271 .319 .357 .676 66.3     12.5   3.4    15.8 .089 .024 .113
Pos Pct. of Center Field Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Center Fielder   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
1919         0.0%                        
                       
1920         0.0%                        
1921    8 Heinie Mueller STL 21     7.67 19.2%   237 371.7 18.6 9.7 3.5 .976   548.9 172.3 20.3 9.2 2.0 77.3 73.4 24.3 34.1 5 21.6 15.1 9.2 .314 .349 .395 .744 75.3     11.6   3.2    14.8 .075 .021 .095
1922    7 Jigger Statz CHI 24    10.78 16.4%   208 367.5 17.3 15.2 6.2 .962   549.2 164.8 25.0 6.3 2.1 86.9 54.2 36.2 40.3 5 9.7 15.3 15.3 .300 .349 .380 .729 71.6      9.0   4.4    13.5 .063 .031 .093
1923   10 Jimmy O'Connell NY 22     5.94 4.8%   64 386.7 5.3 8.0 2.7 .980   516.9 129.2 18.5 4.6 11.5 85.4 80.8 69.3 64.6 9 4.6 13.8 6.9 .250 .349 .371 .720 76.2     11.8   3.9    15.7 .080 .027 .106
1924    6 Hack Wilson NY 24    15.50 19.9%   227 375.4 16.4 8.2 2.5 .979   540.2 149.5 23.5 8.9 6.4 73.8 55.4 43.9 48.4 5 11.4 7.6 6.4 .277 .336 .389 .725 71.3     10.9   3.4    14.3 .076 .023 .099
1925    4 Mandy Brooks CHI 27    11.84 7.5%   89 377.3 13.6 9.1 3.0 .977   555.4 156.0 39.8 11.1 22.3 87.5 114.6 30.2 44.6 3 11.2 15.9 4.8 .281 .322 .513 .835 93.9     13.7   4.6    18.3 .097 .033 .129
1926    8 Ty Tyson NY 34     7.41 10.8%   136 379.8 12.3 7.9 6.7 .980   547.4 150.9 22.2 2.3 3.5 70.2 52.6 40.9 45.6 4 8.2 9.4 .276 .330 .344 .674 64.3      8.3   5.1    13.5 .052 .032 .085
1927    2 Lloyd Waner PIT 21    20.98 16.6%   202 385.0 7.9 7.1 2.1 .982   553.1 180.3 23.8 6.1 2.0 100.7 31.3 30.6 26.5 3 12.9 13.6 .326 .365 .402 .767 82.3     14.4   5.0    19.4 .104 .037 .141
1928    6 Denny Sothern PHI 24     5.89 13.2%   154 371.5 16.0 12.5 6.2 .969   560.5 161.4 29.2 5.2 4.3 81.5 38.6 30.9 48.9 3 5.2 13.7 .288 .329 .381 .710 67.0      6.7   2.3     9.0 .051 .018 .068
1929    4 Johnny Frederick BRO 27    22.86 23.4%   276 377.9 11.8 10.3 1.5 .974   544.8 168.8 39.3 5.8 13.9 104.1 60.0 39.3 34.5 5 10.6 11.0 .310 .362 .480 .842 89.2     12.6   3.1    15.7 .095 .024 .118
                       
1930         0.0%                        
1931    4 Pepper Martin STL 27    16.39 8.9%   110 373.5 13.3 13.2 2.6 .967   551.9 165.7 42.8 10.7 9.4 90.9 100.2 40.1 53.5 3 5.3 21.4 .300 .351 .467 .818 93.5     17.0   4.3    21.2 .115 .029 .145
1932    5 Kiddo Davis PHI 30    16.03 12.6%   132 376.1 13.8 10.1 5.5 .975   549.1 169.9 37.4 5.8 4.8 95.0 54.7 42.2 53.8 1 7.7 15.4 .309 .360 .425 .785 82.6     10.5   5.4    15.8 .083 .042 .125
1933   13 Buzz Boyle BRO 25     2.88 2.8%   34 386.8 4.4 8.8 0.0 .978   569.1 172.1 22.1 8.8 0.0 66.2 52.9 26.5 39.7 0 4.4 13.2 4.4 .302 .333 .372 .705 70.6     13.7   1.3    15.0 .091 .009 .100
1934   15 Link Blakely CIN 22     0.21 1.9%   22 375.0 18.8 6.2 12.5 .984   551.7 124.1 6.9 6.9 0.0 62.1 55.2 27.6 75.9 7 13.8 6.9 34.5 .225 .271 .263 .534 27.6      -     3.4     3.4 .000 .023 .023
1935   10 Frenchy Bordagaray BRO 25     4.76 5.1%   61 372.1 20.3 7.6 2.5 .981   558.9 157.4 25.1 6.8 2.3 91.3 52.5 22.8 38.8 7 11.4 22.8 4.6 .282 .318 .363 .681 68.4     10.0   2.7    12.8 .072 .020 .092
1936   12 Ernie Sulik PHI 25     3.31 4.9%   65 380.1 10.0 9.9 2.5 .975   534.5 152.7 19.6 4.4 8.7 91.6 48.0 52.4 28.4 2 10.9 4.4 13.1 .286 .352 .388 .740 72.0      6.8   2.8     9.6 .048 .020 .068
1937    2 Vince DiMaggio BOS 24    18.53 33.0%   392 376.9 14.4 8.7 1.1 .978   537.7 147.4 29.0 6.1 10.0 79.8 62.6 55.1 87.7 2 5.4 9.3 11.8 .274 .344 .407 .751 76.9     11.7   4.8    16.5 .083 .034 .117
1938    3 Harry Craft CIN 23    19.79 25.2%   278 381.6 12.4 6.0 3.5 .985   554.7 154.6 25.8 10.4 11.4 73.1 74.6 38.8 52.7 2 4.5 5.0 10.4 .279 .328 .425 .753 79.5     13.3   4.9    18.2 .096 .036 .132
1939    7 Bob Elliott PIT 22     7.16 7.9%   105 380.8 9.6 9.6 0.0 .976   523.0 154.0 20.3 11.6 5.8 78.5 71.2 68.3 26.2 0 8.7 2.9 11.6 .294 .376 .411 .787 79.9     14.7   3.3    18.0 .096 .022 .118
                       
1940   11 Mike McCormick CIN 23     5.94 16.7%   208 378.0 10.6 11.4 1.5 .972   562.6 160.6 24.9 6.9 5.5 78.9 45.7 24.2 55.4 1 11.8 9.0 6.9 .285 .316 .384 .700 70.6     10.5   3.9    14.4 .073 .027 .100
1941   13 Barney Olsen CHI 21     1.72 3.8%   49 367.9 17.8 14.3 7.1 .964   564.1 146.7 32.6 6.5 6.5 75.0 32.6 26.1 91.3 0 9.8 13.0 19.6 .260 .293 .376 .669 55.4      6.5   1.6     8.2 .041 .010 .051
1942    2 Tommy Holmes BOS 25    23.53 25.0%   316 377.2 16.2 6.6 4.1 .984   536.8 143.8 20.8 4.3 5.8 58.9 52.6 51.2 25.6 2 10.1 2.4 8.2 .268 .334 .355 .689 66.1     13.6   4.0    17.5 .089 .026 .115
1943    5 Peanuts Lowrey CHI 24    13.33 25.5%   309 377.4 13.0 9.6 2.4 .976   545.1 151.2 21.0 11.9 4.3 73.4 64.9 42.0 58.2 1 12.4 8.1 1.4 13.8 .277 .330 .383 .713 67.2     12.4   3.7    16.1 .084 .025 .109
1944    7 Andy Pafko CHI 23     7.70 17.9%   216 377.1 17.8 5.1 2.5 .987   548.1 142.7 20.5 1.4 4.1 64.8 53.2 30.0 27.3 5 17.1 6.8 0.0 13.7 .260 .304 .325 .629 55.3      6.7   4.7    11.4 .045 .032 .077
1945    4 Carden Gillenwater BOS 27    15.33 22.6%   254 374.4 15.2 10.4 4.2 .974   517.2 152.2 23.1 4.8 6.5 79.0 65.6 71.0 52.2 3 8.6 12.4 0.0 11.3 .294 .383 .395 .778 83.3     12.9   5.3    18.2 .094 .039 .133
1946    1 Johnny Wyrostek PHI 26    25.23 32.1%   403 380.1 12.5 7.4 3.7 .982   526.8 141.3 26.5 5.5 8.7 64.1 57.4 61.3 55.4 2 9.9 7.5 4.4 11.1 .268 .347 .389 .736 68.9     14.1   4.9    19.0 .088 .031 .119
1947    2 Bobby Thomson NY 23    20.61 24.3%   338 381.1 12.4 6.5 2.5 .984   543.0 146.2 26.6 4.3 17.1 90.7 65.0 49.4 72.2 3 4.7 4.3 0.0 9.0 .269 .333 .428 .761 78.3     12.4   2.9    15.3 .078 .018 .096
1948    2 Richie Ashburn PHI 21    22.85 28.5%   369 378.2 13.3 8.5 2.8 .979   539.3 156.1 19.3 7.5 4.7 78.8 48.9 50.4 61.9 2 8.3 18.5 0.0 5.1 .289 .352 .379 .731 72.9     12.7   4.6    17.3 .087 .032 .119
1949    6 Chuck Diering STL 26     9.94 22.2%   308 382.1 9.4 8.5 2.0 .979   536.3 141.1 25.1 7.3 9.4 84.1 61.7 53.8 68.5 3 7.3 5.2 0.0 9.4 .263 .333 .390 .723 69.5     10.0   4.7    14.7 .062 .029 .091
                       
1950    4 Sam Jethroe BOS 32    23.78 20.0%   245 375.7 13.1 11.2 3.7 .972   537.3 145.9 25.6 8.5 16.0 87.7 62.1 55.3 90.0 3 4.6 20.5 0.0 9.1 .271 .343 .440 .783 83.2     15.0   3.2    18.3 .108 .023 .131
1951    4 Willie Mays NY 20    21.67 15.1%   181 379.3 13.8 6.9 3.1 .983   539.0 142.8 26.5 5.6 17.6 71.4 71.4 57.0 68.2 2 1.6 7.2 6.4 13.6 .265 .338 .433 .771 75.4     12.7   5.2    17.9 .087 .036 .123
1952    9 Bob Addis CHI 26     4.91 11.1%   130 376.0 16.0 8.0 4.6 .980   537.5 129.5 22.7 3.4 2.3 58.0 33.0 54.6 92.0 3 4.5 9.1 8.0 13.6 .241 .315 .309 .624 50.0      4.2   4.9     9.1 .028 .033 .062
1953    5 Bill Bruton MIL 27    11.85 28.7%   360 381.3 11.2 7.5 2.9 .981   544.9 138.9 18.9 9.0 7.1 74.4 50.4 43.7 81.0 7 4.3 15.3 10.2 11.8 .255 .318 .362 .680 62.2      6.6   5.2    11.7 .046 .036 .083
1954    5 Wally Moon STL 24    17.64 23.7%   297 381.0 10.3 8.7 1.5 .978   544.5 150.6 21.0 6.2 6.2 76.5 46.9 45.4 2.9 54.0 2 3.4 4.8 10.5 8.6 10.0 .277 .332 .372 .704 65.5      7.8   3.4    11.2 .055 .024 .079
1955    6 Bill Virdon STL 24     8.51 12.7%   160 384.1 4.0 11.9 0.0 .970   551.1 142.7 18.6 7.8 11.7 58.6 52.8 34.2 2.9 66.4 3 5.9 5.9 2.0 5.9 8.8 .259 .303 .385 .688 60.6      7.6   4.2    11.8 .049 .027 .076
1956    9 Solly Drake CHI 25     4.29 6.9%   98 385.8 12.4 1.8 5.3 .996   530.8 133.1 21.3 5.3 7.1 71.0 40.8 56.8 0.0 87.0 4 7.1 1.8 16.0 14.2 10.7 .251 .326 .351 .677 60.4      8.0   5.0    13.0 .046 .029 .074
1957   10 Gino Cimoli BRO 27     2.44 7.7%   116 383.3 10.0 6.7 1.7 .983   551.0 138.2 24.5 3.5 7.0 66.5 47.2 33.2 5.2 101.5 2 10.5 3.5 1.7 0.0 12.2 .251 .294 .346 .640 54.2      3.1   4.0     7.2 .016 .020 .035
1958    8 Curt Flood STL 20     7.83 11.7%   142 375.0 17.3 7.7 2.9 .981   550.4 136.2 21.9 2.3 12.7 61.2 49.6 39.2 1.2 83.1 5 5.8 0.0 4.6 15.0 19.6 .247 .303 .365 .668 49.6      3.6   8.4    12.0 .022 .051 .073
1959    2 Vada Pinson CIN 20    31.54 31.6%   422 383.1 10.5 6.4 3.2 .984   548.1 153.4 28.0 5.2 19.4 90.7 75.7 39.9 3.4 98.1 5 4.5 2.3 10.1 4.5 9.0 .280 .333 .456 .789 76.9     12.7   4.3    16.9 .081 .027 .108
                       
1960    7 Tony Gonzalez PHI 23     7.44 12.9%   173 379.3 13.5 7.2 0.0 .982   564.8 167.6 36.1 8.3 15.7 68.5 63.9 25.9 3.7 76.9 3 3.7 2.8 11.1 7.4 10.2 .297 .329 .474 .803 78.7     12.8   4.5    17.3 .080 .028 .108
1961    7 Willie Davis LA 21     8.04 23.7%   341 380.4 12.9 6.7 2.8 .983   526.5 129.6 24.8 7.9 11.4 73.5 62.6 58.1 3.0 86.9 4 7.4 4.0 11.9 6.0 8.9 .246 .324 .389 .713 65.6      9.2   3.9    13.1 .054 .023 .077
Pos Pct. of Center Field Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Center Fielder   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
1962    8 Lou Brock CHI 23     7.58 15.8%   270 377.9 9.4 12.7 3.4 .968   528.7 140.9 24.2 7.5 10.4 85.1 46.0 59.3 3.5 107.0 5 4.0 3.4 16.7 6.9 9.8 .267 .344 .399 .743 71.3      8.2   3.5    11.7 .053 .023 .076
1963   10 Ellis Burton CHI 26     6.86 17.0%   295 383.1 10.0 6.9 2.5 .983   536.3 110.8 19.3 4.0 13.6 54.5 57.4 52.3 4.0 141.5 2 5.7 3.4 8.0 8.0 6.8 .207 .278 .334 .612 50.0      7.2   4.7    11.8 .043 .028 .071
1964    7 Billy Cowan CHI 25     8.46 14.6%   249 384.6 5.1 10.3 1.5 .974   557.8 137.5 17.3 3.2 16.6 57.6 52.5 35.8 4.5 125.4 2 1.9 2.6 9.0 3.8 12.2 .247 .293 .378 .671 58.2      8.3   4.0    12.2 .052 .025 .077
1965    9 John Briggs PHI 21     6.77 10.4%   197 379.7 12.4 7.9 3.4 .980   527.5 124.3 17.9 6.6 15.1 87.6 53.7 64.1 3.8 131.9 1 2.8 4.7 6.6 3.8 12.2 .236 .317 .380 .697 63.1     10.6   3.2    13.8 .057 .017 .075
1966    8 Adolfo Phillips PHI/CHI 24    13.61 20.8%   353 373.6 16.9 9.5 2.1 .976   538.8 142.1 27.3 3.1 14.5 78.3 58.5 44.0 2.6 119.6 10 5.3 2.2 22.4 10.6 11.9 .264 .329 .407 .736 68.2     11.3   3.6    14.9 .073 .023 .096
1967   19 Ken Henderson SF 21     0.41 3.5%   72 374.8 10.8 14.4 3.6 .964   550.8 89.2 6.2 3.1 9.2 36.9 30.8 30.7 0.0 135.4 0 15.4 3.1 6.2 6.2 21.5 .162 .205 .235 .440 15.4      0.6   4.3     4.9 .003 .019 .022
1968   11 Bobby Bonds SF 22     4.00 3.8%   65 384.8 10.1 5.1 2.5 .987   550.7 126.0 11.0 8.2 11.0 71.2 32.9 43.8 2.7 139.7 0 2.8 2.7 8.2 19.2 5.5 .229 .284 .338 .622 46.6      8.2   6.8    15.1 .046 .038 .085
1969    6 Larry Hisle PHI 22    16.26 23.7%   470 375.4 12.3 12.3 2.6 .969   543.0 134.9 22.0 7.6 11.2 57.0 50.2 46.5 5.4 141.8 5 4.7 1.1 9.7 8.3 9.0 .249 .313 .379 .692 61.7      9.0   3.9    12.9 .053 .023 .076
                       
1970    9 Cesar Cedeno HOU 19    10.97 11.0%   241 383.6 5.7 10.7 0.8 .973   551.4 154.9 28.1 5.3 6.8 69.9 52.4 34.9 8.4 79.0 5 7.6 1.5 19.0 6.8 12.9 .281 .328 .388 .716 66.1      9.6   4.0    13.6 .052 .022 .074
1971    4 Willie Montanez PHI 23    18.45 36.9%   759 383.8 8.7 7.5 2.0 .981   528.7 137.9 20.5 5.3 12.0 68.7 57.0 56.3 6.0 86.2 5 6.0 4.5 9.2 7.7 11.3 .261 .335 .388 .723 65.7     12.4   4.6    16.9 .076 .028 .105
1972    3 Dusty Baker ATL 23    28.31 18.1%   340 385.4 8.0 6.6 1.9 .983   544.2 145.3 29.8 6.3 14.0 64.5 65.4 41.9 3.8 99.6 3 6.2 4.3 8.7 8.2 10.1 .267 .321 .422 .743 70.2     14.1   4.4    18.5 .086 .027 .113
1973    6 John Grubb SD 24    20.84 8.0%   170 373.9 14.8 11.3 1.1 .972   541.6 150.5 26.6 2.0 12.3 69.6 48.1 47.1 2.0 85.0 4 6.2 1.0 14.3 7.2 9.2 .278 .340 .403 .743 73.7     16.8   2.9    19.7 .096 .016 .113
1974    4 Bake McBride STL 25    23.19 11.9%   263 390.4 6.2 3.4 0.7 .991   541.7 155.8 23.3 4.1 6.2 64.5 57.7 39.8 7.6 57.0 9 4.1 5.5 22.0 8.2 11.0 .288 .343 .380 .723 69.3     11.7   5.7    17.4 .065 .032 .096
1975   14 Jerry White MON 22     4.95 5.6%   125 382.6 7.3 10.1 2.9 .975   525.4 133.7 20.2 3.1 10.9 59.1 40.4 59.1 9.3 73.1 5 9.3 1.5 12.4 7.8 3.1 .254 .334 .367 .701 65.3      9.2   5.6    14.8 .047 .029 .076
1976    9 Larry Herndon SF 22     7.22 26.1%   554 377.1 14.1 8.8 4.7 .978   538.3 140.2 22.6 4.5 5.1 69.1 40.5 51.8 1.5 81.3 2 4.8 2.7 25.9 13.1 4.8 .261 .327 .347 .674 62.8     10.3   4.0    14.3 .062 .025 .087
1977    4 Andre Dawson MON 22    20.29 30.1%   642 384.3 9.3 6.4 1.8 .984   543.5 143.8 23.1 6.0 9.6 65.8 53.6 50.3 7.5 84.5 2 2.1 2.3 27.5 10.1 5.7 .265 .328 .382 .710 68.7     10.1   4.6    14.7 .060 .028 .088
1978         0.0%                        
1979   15 Eddie Miller ATL 22     3.61 4.6%   100 383.9 8.9 7.2 0.0 .982   542.0 147.5 16.6 8.3 1.7 63.0 33.1 36.4 5.0 82.9 8 8.3 5.0 33.1 6.6 8.3 .272 .325 .343 .668 64.6     10.1   4.5    14.6 .061 .027 .088
                       
1980   11 Rudy Law LA 23     6.85 10.2%   226 381.1 11.3 7.6 3.0 .981   548.4 138.2 12.4 5.1 5.1 70.5 39.3 37.1 1.5 66.9 4 6.5 3.6 35.6 16.0 4.4 .252 .303 .321 .624 53.1      7.5   4.1    11.6 .046 .025 .070
1981    9 Mookie Wilson NY 25     8.30 5.8%   68 389.0 5.5 5.5 3.7 .986   559.7 161.1 14.1 14.1 6.0 94.6 24.2 36.3 6.0 100.7 4 0.0 0.0 44.3 22.1 2.0 .288 .336 .396 .732 68.5     11.3   5.4    16.7 .082 .040 .122
1982    5 Chili Davis SF 22    17.70 26.4%   569 380.7 9.5 9.8 2.2 .975   555.0 144.6 19.7 5.9 6.8 67.0 50.9 35.6 1.5 90.0 2 4.4 2.9 30.6 12.9 8.5 .261 .306 .354 .660 57.3      9.1   3.8    12.8 .054 .022 .077
1983    7 Mel Hall CHI 22    14.10 11.6%   242 384.0 10.2 5.8 3.6 .985   533.9 137.2 24.7 4.3 16.1 82.2 57.5 53.8 3.1 104.4 4 4.9 3.7 11.7 10.5 4.3 .257 .327 .410 .737 70.4     11.4   3.2    14.6 .076 .021 .098
1984    5 Dan Gladden SF 26    18.93 9.7%   196 385.1 10.8 4.1 2.5 .990   540.1 159.6 26.3 2.4 10.4 91.0 55.1 48.7 2.4 85.4 3 6.4 1.6 35.9 16.8 2.4 .295 .356 .411 .767 78.2     17.1   3.0    20.1 .109 .019 .129
1985    9 Mitch Webster MON 26    10.46 15.4%   340 381.5 12.7 5.8 2.6 .985   540.4 144.1 21.9 6.1 7.1 73.9 44.8 46.9 3.1 72.8 2 6.1 4.6 31.1 14.8 7.6 .267 .325 .369 .694 64.2     10.5   4.4    14.9 .061 .025 .086
1986    5 Barry Bonds PIT 21    16.07 15.6%   389 383.0 8.5 8.5 3.2 .979   531.2 122.1 30.0 2.6 15.5 77.6 54.3 55.3 5.7 115.9 2 9.3 2.1 29.0 8.8 7.8 .230 .304 .384 .688 62.1      9.6   4.2    13.9 .048 .021 .069
1987    9 Dave Martinez CHI 22    13.38 21.9%   491 384.9 7.9 7.2 1.2 .982   541.9 149.1 20.3 8.1 7.8 73.0 45.6 48.0 1.7 96.0 3 3.7 3.7 25.4 11.5 9.5 .275 .335 .386 .721 67.6      9.0   3.7    12.6 .054 .022 .076
1988   21 Darrin Jackson CHI 24     1.52 5.9%   127 392.2 3.9 3.9 0.0 .990   563.9 131.3 23.1 7.2 7.2 54.8 36.1 28.9 7.2 56.3 1 5.8 0.0 13.0 4.3 11.5 .233 .272 .338 .610 47.6      3.3   4.0     7.4 .018 .022 .040
1989    4 Jerome Walton CHI 23    17.31 10.6%   226 393.0 2.3 4.7 0.8 .988   549.3 140.7 22.3 2.0 6.1 71.7 48.7 37.2 1.4 91.3 4 4.1 5.4 21.6 7.4 6.8 .256 .305 .337 .642 57.5      9.7   4.0    13.7 .063 .026 .089
                       
1990   14 Ray Lankford STL 23     5.20 7.4%   153 383.4 7.8 8.8 2.0 .978   549.1 137.5 22.4 4.1 3.1 67.2 35.7 44.8 0.0 89.6 0 3.1 3.0 55.0 21.4 11.2 .250 .305 .323 .628 55.0      7.7   4.8    12.5 .050 .031 .080
1991    6 Ray Lankford STL 24    16.04 14.6%   302 388.5 7.1 4.4 2.2 .989   541.6 134.1 20.3 9.9 5.2 74.6 46.4 49.0 1.0 98.6 2 6.3 1.6 32.3 16.7 4.2 .248 .311 .351 .662 57.4     10.2   4.0    14.1 .065 .025 .090
1992    8 Reggie Sanders CIN 24    13.05 7.7%   158 382.5 9.7 7.8 2.9 .981   533.5 134.1 34.3 4.2 13.5 83.2 37.4 56.2 1.0 108.1 8 1.0 1.0 20.8 10.4 9.4 .251 .332 .407 .739 69.7     12.3   4.1    16.3 .075 .025 .099
1993   10 Chuck Carr FLA 24    10.55 17.9%   407 385.3 8.1 6.6 1.1 .983   540.0 143.9 26.8 4.1 13.1 77.6 53.7 45.9 3.7 105.2 5 5.6 3.3 33.2 16.8 7.1 .267 .328 .404 .732 66.0      8.1   4.5    12.6 .053 .030 .083
1994         0.0%                        
1995    8 Brian Hunter HOU 24     9.78 9.3%   188 376.5 11.8 11.7 2.7 .971   546.9 149.2 22.7 7.0 7.0 78.9 50.0 42.2 2.3 101.6 3 3.9 3.9 25.8 9.4 4.7 .273 .326 .379 .705 64.1      9.8   2.7    12.6 .067 .019 .086
1996    8 F.P. Santangelo MON 28    11.43 21.3%   503 383.4 9.5 7.1 1.4 .982   523.3 139.2 18.5 7.5 6.0 81.4 53.7 60.9 2.5 82.3 6 6.6 3.5 22.6 11.0 5.3 .266 .347 .364 .711 68.5      8.6   4.4    13.0 .054 .028 .082
1997    8 Andruw Jones ATL 20    13.00 5.8%   142 380.6 15.5 3.9 3.9 .990   532.8 135.6 25.2 2.4 16.8 75.6 62.4 52.8 1.2 99.6 6 4.8 3.6 19.2 13.2 8.4 .255 .327 .405 .732 46.8     11.8   5.5    17.3 .069 .032 .101
1998   17 Richard Hidalgo HOU 22     4.61 13.7%   395 385.5 9.7 4.8 4.0 .988   548.2 141.4 31.7 4.0 8.9 72.3 54.9 33.9 0.9 112.9 4 10.3 4.0 12.5 5.8 9.8 .258 .303 .379 .682 58.9      6.2   3.7     9.9 .035 .021 .056
1999   11 J.D. Drew STL 23    10.46 12.5%   354 378.6 12.2 9.2 4.6 .977   527.8 144.9 29.7 5.7 20.8 83.1 72.2 56.2 2.4 131.7 8 3.3 4.7 15.1 6.1 11.3 .275 .350 .470 .820 81.7     10.5   3.1    13.6 .063 .019 .082
                       
2000   10 Jay Payton NY 27    12.17 17.9%   566 379.1 13.2 7.7 2.2 .981   539.5 140.7 23.0 3.9 9.9 77.6 51.9 47.0 0.0 91.4 3 6.9 4.0 12.5 9.5 6.2 .261 .321 .373 .694 62.1      6.4   3.9    10.3 .034 .021 .055
2001   16 Tsuyoshi Shinjo NY 29     5.56 5.0%   148 385.3 8.6 6.1 2.4 .985   554.6 143.8 22.0 1.3 13.0 67.4 54.4 31.1 3.9 106.3 7 3.9 3.9 14.3 6.5 6.5 .259 .304 .374 .678 60.9      7.4   5.8    13.2 .039 .030 .069
2002   11 Alex Sanchez MIL 25     9.74 8.2%   225 385.3 7.4 7.3 1.5 .982   536.5 152.3 22.4 11.6 10.1 80.9 62.1 43.3 1.4 101.8 4 12.3 4.3 23.8 15.9 4.3 .284 .339 .425 .764 78.0     11.9   4.3    16.2 .073 .026 .100
2003    2 Scott Podsednik MIL 27    27.08 15.1%   397 390.2 6.4 3.4 1.3 .991   537.0 153.8 26.6 6.7 7.8 84.9 50.9 46.2 4.3 100.6 7 7.4 2.7 24.3 6.3 9.0 .286 .349 .405 .754 78.7     13.1   4.0    17.0 .084 .025 .110
2004   21 So Taguchi STL 34     2.90 4.4%   129 378.0 10.2 11.8 5.1 .970   525.2 127.1 26.8 5.6 8.5 69.2 48.0 55.0 2.8 145.4 10 8.5 1.4 16.9 4.2 18.4 .242 .325 .363 .688 63.5      6.1   3.7     9.7 .033 .020 .053
Pos Pct. of Center Field Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Center Fielder   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
2005   15 Willy Taveras HOU 23     9.60 16.0%   441 385.2 9.6 5.2 2.0 .987   548.7 156.7 20.5 5.5 6.2 81.6 42.1 33.7 1.1 102.1 8 5.5 4.0 20.1 7.3 6.2 .286 .334 .377 .711 69.6      7.1   5.1    12.1 .044 .031 .075
2006    8 Shane Victorino PHI 25    10.28 10.7%   324 384.5 9.3 6.2 3.1 .984   540.0 134.6 26.5 4.9 11.9 84.9 48.1 41.6 2.2 117.3 9 7.0 2.2 15.1 5.9 7.0 .249 .313 .382 .695 68.1      7.7   3.5    11.2 .044 .020 .064
2007    4 Hunter Pence HOU 24    20.76 21.3%   595 386.7 8.2 5.1 2.0 .987   547.3 153.6 29.4 7.2 17.5 77.6 58.5 41.6 1.9 113.1 5 3.7 2.9 22.8 7.4 6.6 .281 .335 .456 .791 86.1     11.3   4.5    15.8 .072 .028 .100
2008   17 Gregor Blanco ATL 24     5.27 6.0%   161 385.4 10.1 4.5 1.1 .989   535.0 148.6 18.6 5.6 12.1 77.1 55.7 56.6 2.8 129.1 4 2.8 1.9 13.0 5.6 6.5 .278 .350 .401 .751 78.0     10.3   3.4    13.7 .069 .023 .092
2009    5 Andrew McCutchen PIT 22    21.69 23.4%   631 386.0 9.8 4.2 2.5 .989   529.6 137.8 28.1 7.8 12.2 80.9 49.9 59.2 2.9 126.6 5 3.9 2.7 16.9 6.4 6.1 .260 .338 .412 .750 78.5     10.7   4.5    15.2 .069 .029 .098
                       
2010   19 Lorenzo Cain MIL 24     5.53 4.5%   130 386.9 8.7 4.4 5.8 .989   534.1 135.9 25.6 1.3 6.7 65.9 37.7 52.5 2.7 111.7 7 1.3 5.4 26.9 6.7 10.8 .254 .326 .345 .671 67.3      9.8   3.0    12.8 .056 .017 .073
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