Third Basemen
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2001 2003 Chronology Home 3B Index Guide
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 Eric Chavez 14 G S OAK 1W L 24   143 120 301 17 24 .961   551 152 29 3 29 79 100 60 12 113 1 0 2 8 3 7 .276 .347 .497 .844 97     19.6   4.4   24.0 .137 .031 .168   31.41 1 1 Eric Chavez
2 2 Troy Glaus ANA 2W R 25   156 100 281 20 30 .950   567 142 24 1 30 101 111 88 4 143 6 0 8 10 3 12 .250 .353 .455 .808 90     17.2   5.4   22.6 .110 .035 .145   27.48 2 2 Troy Glaus
3 3 Eric Hinske 1 TOR 3E L 24   148 103 246 20 14 .946   557 156 38 2 24 98 83 76 5 134 2 0 5 13 1 12 .280 .366 .485 .851 99     18.1   3.6   21.7 .122 .024 .147   26.54 3 3 Eric Hinske
4 4 Robin Ventura a NY 1E L 34   137 109 261 23 22 .941   449 113 17 0 26 68 88 87 6 97 2 0 5 2 1 14 .252 .372 .463 .835 78     13.4   6.1   19.5 .098 .045 .142   23.50 4 4 Robin Ventura
5 5   Corey Koskie             MIN 1C L 29       138 118 254 12 16 .969     489 131 37 3 15 70 68 70 4 127 9 0 5 9 11 14 .268 .366 .448 .814 79       11.6   7.0   18.6 .084 .051 .135   21.81 5 5   Corey Koskie
6 6 Shea Hillenbrand A BOS 2E R 26   156 101 283 23 27 .943   633 185 43 4 17 93 83 25 4 95 12 0 5 4 2 18 .292 .329 .453 .782 90     12.1   4.5   16.6 .078 .029 .106   17.30 6 6 Shea Hillenbrand
7 7 Tony Batista a BAL 4E R 28   154 111 289 16 35 .962   589 146 35 1 30 88 86 48 9 101 11 0 6 5 4 13 .248 .313 .463 .776 84     11.0   5.0   16.0 .071 .032 .104   16.47 7 7 Tony Batista
8 8 Joe Randa KC 4C R 32   129 108 234 10 12 .972   469 131 34 4 10 64 69 43 1 56 9 2 10 1 1 10 .279 .345 .433 .778 72      7.1   3.3   10.4 .055 .026 .081    9.43 8 8 Joe Randa
9 9 Jose Valentin CHI 2C B 32 SS   83 66 152 11 14 .952   283 69 16 3 13 35 46 21 2 60 2 0 4 3 3 2 .244 .297 .459 .756 39      6.3   2.5    8.8 .076 .030 .106    9.15 9 9 Jose Valentin
10 10 Jared Sandberg TB 5E R 24   97 83 173 14 19 .948   336 78 20 1 16 52 49 39 3 129 1 1 2 3 2 6 .232 .312 .440 .752 47      6.0   2.2    8.2 .062 .023 .085    7.62 10 10 Jared Sandberg
                                     
11 11 Herbert Perry TEX 4W R 32   112 83 189 14 16 .951   403 112 21 1 21 63 70 26 1 54 6 3 2 3 2 17 .278 .330 .491 .821 60      6.8   1.8    8.6 .061 .016 .077    7.61 11 11 Herbert Perry
12 12 Jeff Cirillo SEA 3W R 32   141 112 217 9 23 .973   463 114 18 0 4 50 45 28 0 66 8 12 9 7 4 11 .246 .295 .311 .606 44      4.8   4.2    9.0 .034 .030 .064    7.26 12 12 Jeff Cirillo
13 Joe Crede CHI 2C R 24   53 34 87 8 12 .938   200 57 10 0 12 28 35 8 0 40 0 0 1 0 2 1 .285 .311 .515 .826 31      4.7   1.2    5.9 .089 .023 .111    6.29 13 Joe Crede
14 13 Travis Fryman CLE 3C R 33   113 53 185 10 27 .960   389 86 14 3 11 42 55 40 1 82 2 0 0 0 0 12 .221 .297 .357 .654 40      4.4   2.0    6.4 .039 .018 .057    4.87 14 13 Travis Fryman
15     Tony Graffanino             CHI 2C R 30 2B     35 19 61 4 5 .952     126 36 7 3 3 22 15 11 0 23 0 2 1 1 0 1 .286 .341 .460 .801 21        3.2   0.8    4.0 .091 .023 .114    4.32 15     Tony Graffanino
16 Desi Relaford SEA 3W B 28 SS,LF   38 25 41 3 2 .957   103 29 3 0 3 17 17 7 1 13 2 1 3 5 0 1 .282 .330 .398 .728 15      2.4   0.7    3.1 .063 .018 .082    2.83 16 Desi Relaford
17 Scott Spiezio ANA 2W B 29 1B   20 14 19 2 2 .943   38 13 3 0 2 10 7 4 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 .342 .395 .579 .974 9      1.7   0.5    2.2 .085 .025 .110    2.33 17 Scott Spiezio
18 Shane Halter DET 5C R 32 SS   30 21 45 4 9 .943   87 27 8 2 2 11 11 9 0 19 1 1 2 0 2 2 .310 .374 .517 .891 16      1.5   0.5    2.0 .050 .017 .067    1.65 18 Shane Halter
19 Bill Selby CLE 3C L 32   33 20 50 5 3 .933   102 21 5 1 3 8 12 6 0 19 0 0 2 0 1 1 .206 .245 .363 .608 9      1.4   0.6    2.0 .042 .018 .061    1.57 19 Bill Selby
20 Russ Johnson TB 5E R 29   27 23 38 1 5 .984   92 20 3 0 1 12 10 11 0 14 0 2 0 5 2 2 .217 .301 .283 .584 8      1.0   0.6    1.6 .037 .022 .059    1.24 20 Russ Johnson
                                     
21 14 Chris Truby DET 5C R 28 NL-3B   89 71 181 11 22 .958   277 55 13 2 2 23 15 5 0 71 2 3 5 1 1 5 .199 .215 .282 .497 16      -     2.3    2.3 .000 .026 .026    1.18 21 14 Chris Truby
22 Dave Berg TOR 3E R 31 2B   20 10 35 0 2 1.000   66 16 3 0 1 6 8 6 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 3 .242 .293 .333 .626 6      0.7   0.6    1.3 .035 .030 .065    1.06 22 Dave Berg
23 Hank Blalock TEX 4W L 21   46 28 72 6 7 .943   144 31 8 0 3 16 17 20 1 41 1 2 2 0 0 2 .215 .311 .333 .644 14      0.8   0.6    1.4 .017 .013 .030    0.78 23 Hank Blalock
24 Ron Coomer NY 1E R 35   26 12 33 6 2 .882   83 27 4 0 2 7 9 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 5 .325 .341 .446 .787 11      0.4   0.5    0.9 .015 .019 .035    0.53 24 Ron Coomer
25     Luis Alicea             KC 4C B 26 2B     32 8 39 6 1 .887     83 20 1 1 1 10 9 6 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 .241 .292 .313 .605 8        0.5   0.3    0.8 .016 .009 .025    0.40 25     Luis Alicea
26 Craig Paquette DET 5C R 33   49 35 82 8 5 .936   171 35 10 1 3 14 14 4 0 37 0 1 2 1 0 4 .205 .220 .327 .547 12      -     0.9    0.9 .000 .018 .018    0.39 26 Craig Paquette
27 Enrique Wilson NY 1E B 28   26 15 26 3 1 .932   42 7 1 2 1 5 4 3 0 9 0 4 0 1 0 0 .167 .222 .357 .579 4      -     0.7    0.7 .000 .027 .027    0.37 27 Enrique Wilson
League Average Age 28.6 League Avg WS/Game .070 .028 .098
League Avg per 400 Chances 111.6 269.9 18.5 24.9 .954 Offense Share of WS 71.4%
League Average per 600 PA 534.7 137.9 29.2 2.6 19.6 74.9 78.0 51.7 3.7 108.6 5.3 2.5 5.8 5.7 3.1 12.1 .258 .326 .432 .758 75.4 Average WS/Team  15.68
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   30.0%   645 498 1184 83 86 .953     2292 604 134 9 100 339 368 319 28 531 15 2 21 32 17 50 .264 .354 .461 .815 376       64.9  22.3   87.2 .101 .035 .135 Bats Left
Bats Right 62.2%   1387 976 2413 158 251 .955   4951 1267 267 23 165 676 685 393 23 953 58 28 56 41 25 122 .256 .313 .419 .732 648     80.9  35.8  116.7 .058 .026 .084 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   7.8%     199 128 277 25 20 .942     549 138 24 6 20 77 83 41 3 99 4 6 8 10 3 4 .251 .301 .426 .727 75       10.9   4.7   15.6 .055 .024 .078 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 22.6%   487 368 879 65 76 .950   1788 474 105 6 84 273 284 203 21 457 5 3 12 24 8 28 .265 .340 .471 .811 288     49.2  12.0   61.2 .101 .025 .126 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 37.3%   836 586 1451 97 141 .955   2913 748 163 14 102 429 410 267 22 590 42 11 33 41 23 66 .257 .325 .427 .752 403     57.5  27.0   84.5 .069 .032 .101 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 39.1%   882 636 1511 98 138 .956   3008 760 153 18 97 383 433 281 11 524 30 21 40 18 14 77 .253 .319 .412 .731 397     49.6  23.3   72.9 .056 .026 .083 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   1.0%   26 12 33 6 2 .882   83 27 4 0 2 7 9 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 5 .325 .341 .446 .787 11      0.4   0.5    0.9 .015 .019 .035 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     0.0%                                                                               Rookie  
Starter 82.4%   1796 1338 3246 210 301 .956   6455 1670 359 28 248 926 968 656 52 1328 73 21 68 69 38 153 .259 .331 .438 .769 935    138.4  54.3  192.7 .077 .030 .107 Starter  
Reserve     17.6%     435 264 628 56 56 .941     1337 339 66 10 37 166 168 97 2 255 4 15 17 14 7 23 .254 .302 .401 .703 164       18.3   8.5   26.8 .042 .020 .062 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   30.0%   645 112.8 268.4 18.8 25.5 .953     519.1 136.8 30.4 2.0 22.7 76.8 83.4 72.3 2.0 27.8 3.4 0.4 4.8 7.2 3.9 11.3 .264 .354 .461 .815 85.2       14.7   5.1   19.8 .101 .035 .135 Bats Left
Bats Right 62.2%   1387 110.0 272.1 17.9 35.6 .955   541.5 138.6 29.2 2.5 18.0 73.9 74.9 43.0 1.7 35.7 6.3 3.1 6.1 4.5 2.7 13.3 .256 .313 .419 .732 70.9      8.8   3.9   12.8 .058 .026 .084 Bats Right
Bats Both   7.8%     199 119.1 257.7 23.2 24.8 .942     541.8 136.2 23.7 5.9 19.7 76.0 81.9 40.5 0.2 5.3 3.9 5.9 7.9 9.9 3.0 3.9 .251 .301 .426 .727 74.0       10.8   4.6   15.4 .055 .024 .078 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 22.6%   487 112.1 268.0 19.9 23.2 .950   533.4 141.4 31.3 1.8 25.1 81.5 84.7 60.6 6.3 136.4 1.5 0.9 3.6 7.2 2.4 8.4 .265 .340 .471 .811 85.9     14.7   3.6   18.3 .101 .025 .126 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 37.3%   836 109.9 272.0 18.1 26.4 .955   535.1 137.4 29.9 2.6 18.7 78.8 75.3 49.1 4.0 108.4 7.7 2.0 6.1 7.5 4.2 12.1 .257 .325 .427 .752 74.0     10.6   5.0   15.5 .069 .032 .101 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 39.1%   882 113.3 269.2 17.5 24.5 .956   534.0 134.9 27.2 3.2 17.2 68.0 76.9 49.9 2.0 93.0 5.3 3.7 7.1 3.2 2.5 13.7 .253 .319 .412 .731 70.5      8.8   4.1   12.9 .056 .026 .083 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   1.0%   26 94.1 258.8 47.1 15.7 .882   579.1 188.4 27.9 0.0 14.0 48.8 62.8 13.9 0.0 83.7 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.9 .325 .341 .446 .787 76.7      2.8   3.5    6.3 .015 .019 .035 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     0.0%       0 0 0 0                                                                 Rookie  
Starter 82.4%   1796 111.6 270.8 17.6 25.1 .956   532.5 137.8 29.6 2.3 20.5 76.4 79.9 54.1 4.3 109.6 6.0 1.8 5.6 5.7 3.1 12.6 .259 .331 .438 .769 77.1     11.4   4.5   15.9 .077 .030 .107 Starter  
Reserve     17.6%     435 111.5 264.9 23.6 23.6 .941     545.7 138.4 26.9 4.1 15.1 67.8 68.6 39.6 0.8 104.1 1.6 6.1 7.0 5.7 2.9 9.4 .254 .302 .401 .703 66.9        7.5   3.5   10.9 .042 .020 .062 Reserve