Third Basemen
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Pos St All- Other 3rd Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Third Baseman Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos 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 WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 1 Larry Gardner     CLE 2 L 35   152 179 335 27 23 .950   586 187 32 14 3 101 120 65 16 4 31 3 3 .319 .391 .437 .828 104     16.0   7.5   23.5 .105 .049 .155   29.98 1 1 Larry Gardner
2 2 Howard Shanks     WAS 4 R 30   154 218 330 23 35 .960   558 169 24 18 7 80 69 57 38 3 24 11 10 .303 .371 .448 .819 90     14.9   6.3   21.2 .097 .041 .138   25.52 2 2 Howard Shanks
3 3 Home Run Baker Vet     NY 1 L 35   83 84 173 11 16 .959   330 97 16 2 9 46 71 26 12 4 9 8 5 .294 .353 .436 .789 52      7.7   4.3   12.0 .093 .052 .145   14.80 3 3 Home Run Baker
4 4 Bob Jones     DET 6 L 31   141 194 324 27 12 .950   554 168 23 9 1 82 72 37 24 1 26 8 9 .303 .348 .383 .731 71      7.4   4.7   12.1 .052 .033 .086   11.50 4 4 Bob Jones
5 5   Eddie Foster             BOS 5 R 34 2B     94 74 189 16 18 .943     337 96 15 5 0 42 29 47   12 0 13   11 6   .285 .372 .359 .731 50        7.0   3.4   10.4 .074 .036 .111   11.22 5 5   Eddie Foster
6 6 Frank Ellerbe     STL 3 R 25   105 158 226 19 9 .953   430 124 20 12 2 65 48 22 42 3 30 1 6 .288 .327 .405 .732 56      6.3   3.8   10.1 .060 .036 .096   10.16 6 6 Frank Ellerbe
7 7 Joe Dugan     PHI 8 R 24   119 118 208 16 19 .953   461 136 22 6 10 54 58 28 45 5 13 5 1 .295 .342 .434 .776 63      6.0   2.6    8.6 .050 .022 .072    7.50 7 7 Joe Dugan
8 Aaron Ward     NY 1 R 24 2B   33 44 84 3 3 .977   117 36 6 2 1 16 16 9 14 2 6 1 2 .308 .367 .419 .786 18      2.6   1.5    4.1 .079 .045 .124    4.69 8 Aaron Ward
9 Mike McNally     NY 1 R 28   47 54 131 5 5 .974   160 42 3 1 1 27 18 10 11 0 8 4 4 .263 .306 .313 .619 16      0.6   2.9    3.5 .013 .062 .074    3.10 9 Mike McNally
10 Ossie Vitt     BOS 5 R 31   71 63 138 8 14 .962   217 41 10 1 0 27 11 42 12 0 12 1 2 .189 .320 .244 .564 21      0.8   2.8    3.6 .011 .039 .051    2.63 10 Ossie Vitt
                             
11 8 Joe Mulligan     CHI 7 R 26   152 162 308 22 28 .955   605 152 21 12 1 81 45 32 53 4 34 13 18 .251 .293 .331 .624 53      0.5   2.9    3.4 .003 .019 .022    1.65 11 8 Joe Mulligan
12 Joe Sargent   R   DET 6 R 27 2B   23 27 42 5 2 .932   63 16 3 2 1 7 8 8 9 0 3 1 1 .254 .338 .413 .751 8      0.8   0.3    1.1 .035 .013 .048    0.78 12 Joe Sargent
13 Laymon Lamb   R   STL 3 R 26   23 23 42 4 1 .942   86 22 6 1 1 12 11 3 8 1 6 0 0 .256 .289 .384 .673 9      0.4   0.5    0.9 .017 .022 .039    0.58 13 Laymon Lamb
14 Chick Galloway     PHI 8 R 24 SS   20 21 48 5 0 .932   71 19 4 1 0 6 7 4 7 0 2 2 1 .268 .307 .352 .659 7      0.4   0.3    0.7 .020 .015 .035    0.42 14 Chick Galloway
League Average Age 29.5 League Avg WS/Game .059 .036 .095
League Avg per 400 Chances 135.5 246.2 18.3 17.7 .954 Offense Share of WS 62.0%
League Average per 600 PA 527.0 150.3 23.6 9.9 4.3 74.4 67.2 44.9 34.9 3.1 25.0 7.9 7.8 .285 .345 .392 .737 71.2 Average WS/Team  14.40
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time 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
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   31.8%   376 457 832 65 51 .952     1470 452 71 25 13 229 263 128   52 9 66   19 17   .307 .352 .416 .768 227       31.1  16.5   47.6 .083 .044 .127 Bats Left
Bats Right 68.2%   841 962 1746 126 134 .956   3105 853 134 61 24 417 320 262 251 18 151 50 51 .275 .320 .380 .700 391     40.3  27.3   67.6 .048 .032 .080 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.6%   172 183 340 24 22 .956   649 191 32 9 11 76 81 41 66 7 21 8 4 .294 .343 .422 .765 88      9.0   4.4   13.4 .052 .026 .078 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 29.0%   350 424 749 55 45 .955   1344 356 53 28 6 192 130 75 123 8 81 19 29 .265 .308 .359 .667 142      8.6  10.4   19.0 .025 .030 .054 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 37.7%   460 549 981 74 79 .954   1666 474 72 33 8 231 181 183 86 4 75 31 27 .285 .357 .382 .739 232     30.1  17.2   47.3 .065 .037 .103 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   19.6%   235 263 508 38 39 .953   916 284 48 16 12 147 191 91 28 8 40 11 8 .310 .377 .437 .814 156     23.7  11.8   35.5 .101 .050 .151 Age 35 & over
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     3.5%     46 50 84 9 3 .937     149 38 9 3 2 19 19 11   17 1 9   1 1   .255 .311 .396 .707 17        1.2   0.8    2.0 .026 .017 .043 Rookie  
Starter 82.8%   1000 1187 2093 161 160 .953   3861 1129 173 78 33 551 512 314 242 24 180 60 58 .292 .349 .403 .752 539     65.8  35.5  101.3 .066 .036 .101 Starter  
Reserve     17.2%     217 232 485 30 25 .960     714 176 32 8 4 95 71 76   61 3 37   9 10   .246 .322 .331 .653 79        5.6   8.3   13.9 .026 .038 .064 Reserve  
Splits per 400 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 400 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 400 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time 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
Bats Left   31.8%   376 135.1 245.7 19.2 21.5 .952     527.2 162.1 25.5 9.0 4.7 82.1 94.3 45.9   3.2 3.2 23.7   6.8 6.1   .307 .352 .416 .768 81.4       11.2   5.9   17.1 .083 .044 .127 Bats Left
Bats Right 68.2%   841 135.7 246.4 17.9 26.7 .956   526.9 144.7 22.7 10.4 4.1 70.8 54.3 44.5 12.6 3.0 25.6 8.5 8.7 .275 .320 .380 .700 66.3      6.8   4.6   11.5 .048 .032 .080 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 13.6%   172 133.9 248.7 17.5 16.1 .956   542.3 159.6 26.7 7.5 9.2 63.5 67.7 34.3 55.2 5.9 17.5 6.7 3.3 .294 .343 .422 .765 73.5      7.5   3.7   11.2 .052 .026 .078 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 29.0%   350 138.1 244.0 17.9 14.7 .955   534.8 141.6 21.1 11.1 2.4 76.4 51.7 29.8 48.9 3.2 32.2 7.6 11.5 .265 .308 .359 .667 56.5      3.4   4.1    7.6 .025 .030 .054 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 37.7%   460 136.9 244.7 18.4 19.7 .954   518.5 147.5 22.4 10.3 2.5 71.9 56.3 57.0 26.8 1.2 23.3 9.6 8.4 .285 .357 .382 .739 72.2      9.4   5.4   14.7 .065 .037 .103 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   19.6%   235 130.0 251.2 18.8 19.3 .953   520.9 161.5 27.3 9.1 6.8 83.6 108.6 51.8 15.9 4.6 22.7 6.3 4.5 .310 .377 .437 .814 88.7     13.5   6.7   20.2 .101 .050 .151 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     3.5%     46 139.9 234.9 25.2 8.4 .937     525.9 134.1 31.8 10.6 7.1 67.1 67.1 38.8   60.0 3.5 31.8   3.5 3.5   .255 .311 .396 .707 60.0        4.2   2.8    7.1 .026 .017 .043 Rookie  
Starter 82.8%   1000 138.0 243.3 18.7 18.5 .953   529.0 154.7 23.7 10.7 4.5 75.5 70.2 43.0 33.2 3.3 24.7 8.2 7.9 .292 .349 .403 .752 73.9      9.0   4.9   13.9 .066 .036 .101 Starter  
Reserve     17.2%     217 124.3 259.7 16.0 13.3 .960     516.1 127.2 23.1 5.8 2.9 68.7 51.3 54.9   44.1 2.2 26.8   6.5 7.2   .246 .322 .331 .653 57.1        4.0   6.0   10.0 .026 .038 .064 Reserve