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1987 1989 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 Bobby Bonilla 14 A S PIT 2E B 25   159 121 336 32 17 .935   584 160 32 7 24 87 100 85 19 82 4 0 8 3 5 4 .274 .366 .476 .842 106     26.3   3.9   30.2 .165 .025 .190   40.62 1 1 Bobby Bonilla
2 2 Vance Law a(2B) CHI 4E R 31   150 111 272 19 22 .953   554 162 29 2 11 74 78 55 4 79 3 4 3 1 3 15 .292 .358 .412 .770 80     16.2   3.2   19.4 .108 .021 .129   21.50 2 2 Vance Law
3 3 Chris Sabo a R-1 CIN 2W R 26   135 75 318 14 31 .966   535 146 40 2 11 73 44 28 1 51 6 5 4 42 14 12 .273 .314 .417 .731 67     11.4   5.1   16.5 .084 .038 .122   17.79 3 3 Chris Sabo
4 4 Kevin Mitchell SF 4W R 26 LF   102 61 203 16 18 .943   361 90 17 6 17 48 62 36 6 59 4 1 4 3 4 7 .249 .321 .471 .792 54     12.0   2.7   14.7 .118 .026 .144   17.21 4 4 Kevin Mitchell
5 5   Howard Johnson             NY 1E B 27 SS     131 65 187 13 16 .951     373 84 14 0 15 58 52 68 21 69 1 1 5 19 7 5 .225 .342 .383 .725 53       12.2   3.1   15.3 .093 .024 .117   16.15 5 5   Howard Johnson
6 6 Tim Wallach G MON 3E R 30   153 123 328 18 31 .962   583 150 32 5 12 56 67 38 7 85 3 0 7 2 6 19 .257 .303 .391 .694 62      8.4   7.6   16.0 .055 .050 .105   16.00 6 6 Tim Wallach
7 7 Mike Schmidt BBW PHI 6E R 38   104 73 222 19 17 .939   384 97 21 2 12 54 62 48 9 42 6 0 6 3 0 11 .253 .340 .411 .751 55     11.4   2.5   13.9 .110 .024 .134   15.70 7 7 Mike Schmidt
8 Randy Ready SD 3W R 28 2B   57 42 98 7 12 .952   185 51 12 1 4 23 25 22 0 22 2 4 2 4 1 1 .276 .355 .416 .771 30      6.7   1.6    8.3 .118 .028 .146    9.79 8 Randy Ready
9 Pedro Guerrero LA 1W R 32 1B   45 21 64 10 2 .895   158 49 4 1 3 20 30 19 1 21 3 0 3 1 1 0 .310 .388 .405 .793 27      6.6   0.7    7.3 .147 .016 .162    9.07 9 Pedro Guerrero
10 9 Ken Oberkfell ATL/PIT 6W/2E L 32   115 84 212 15 21 .952   422 121 22 4 3 45 41 31 7 28 2 5 8 4 5 6 .287 .333 .379 .712 53      7.5   2.0    9.5 .065 .017 .083    8.45 10 9 Ken Oberkfell
                                   
11 8 Terry Pendleton STL 5E B 27   101 75 239 12 13 .963   380 95 19 2 6 44 52 21 4 48 2 4 3 3 3 8 .250 .291 .358 .649 38      5.7   3.2    8.9 .056 .032 .088    8.15 11 8 Terry Pendleton
12 10 Buddy Bell CIN/HOU 2W/4W R 36   79 37 138 13 10 .931   285 68 9 1 6 26 34 24 2 29 0 0 3 1 1 8 .239 .295 .340 .635 28      5.5   2.1    7.6 .070 .027 .096    7.27 12 10 Buddy Bell
13 Denny Walling HOU/STL 5W/5E L 34   56 33 110 9 16 .941   158 41 8 2 1 16 17 15 3 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 .259 .324 .354 .678 19      3.3   2.1    5.4 .059 .038 .096    5.16 13 Denny Walling
14 Dave Magadan NY 1E L 25 1B   48 18 61 4 6 .952   99 29 3 0 0 15 8 26 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 .440 .323 .763 16      4.0   1.1    5.1 .083 .023 .106    5.12 14 Dave Magadan
15     Jose Oquendo             STL 5E B 24 2B     47 22 88 5 8 .957     153 46 2 1 2 9 14 12 4 10 0 4 1 2 2 2 .301 .349 .366 .715 20        3.5   1.2    4.7 .074 .026 .100    4.59 15     Jose Oquendo
16 Tim Flannery SD 3W L 30   51 27 76 3 8 .972   140 35 4 4 0 15 17 22 0 20 4 3 2 2 2 5 .250 .363 .336 .699 18      3.5   1.1    4.6 .069 .022 .090    4.26 16 Tim Flannery
17 Ron Gant R-4 ATL 6W R 23 2B   22 21 39 5 6 .923   89 26 6 0 4 11 10 12 0 13 0 0 0 4 1 1 .292 .376 .494 .870 18      3.0   0.4    3.4 .136 .018 .155    4.13 17 Ron Gant
18 11 Jeff Hamilton LA 1W R 24   105 67 157 14 8 .941   298 70 14 2 6 33 29 10 1 48 3 2 2 0 2 7 .235 .265 .356 .621 26      4.0   1.5    5.5 .038 .014 .052    3.87 18 11 Jeff Hamilton
19 Gregg Jefferies R-T6 NY 1E B 20   20 17 30 1 5 .979   76 16 2 0 2 8 9 5 0 9 0 0 1 3 1 1 .211 .256 .316 .572 6      1.8   0.7    2.5 .090 .035 .125    2.73 19 Gregg Jefferies
20 Ernest Riles SF 4W L 27 AL-3B   30 15 63 2 4 .975   86 26 5 2 0 11 10 4 1 11 0 0 2 1 1 1 .302 .326 .407 .733 11      1.8   0.8    2.6 .060 .027 .087    2.37 20 Ernest Riles
                                   
21 12 Chris Brown SD 3W R 26   72 54 131 10 15 .949   242 58 6 0 2 13 19 17 3 48 3 3 2 0 0 9 .240 .295 .289 .584 17      0.8   2.1    2.9 .011 .029 .040    1.79 21 12 Chris Brown
22 Chris James PHI 6E R 25 CF,RF   31 26 44 6 3 .921   114 27 5 0 3 9 14 5 0 13 1 0 3 2 1 2 .237 .268 .360 .628 11      1.2   0.6    1.8 .039 .019 .058    1.34 22 Chris James
23 Matt Williams SF 4W R 22   43 35 83 4 5 .967   120 25 5 1 5 14 10 6 0 32 2 1 1 0 0 6 .208 .256 .392 .648 10      0.1   1.3    1.4 .002 .030 .033    0.78 23 Matt Williams
24 Tracy Woodson LA 1W R 25 1B   41 22 53 5 3 .938   115 25 1 1 2 8 9 2 0 22 1 0 1 1 2 2 .217 .235 .296 .531 7      0.8   0.5    1.3 .020 .012 .032    0.72 24 Tracy Woodson
25     Chris Speier             SF 4W R 38 2B     22 9 26 0 1 1.000     35 7 0 0 0 5 1 9 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 .200 .364 .200 .564 3        0.4   0.5    0.9 .018 .023 .041    0.56 25     Chris Speier
26 Chuck Jackson R HOU 5W R 25   32 11 48 6 6 .908   48 10 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 .208 .269 .292 .561 3      0.4   0.6    1.0 .013 .019 .031    0.54 26 Chuck Jackson
27 Ken Caminiti HOU 5W B 25   28 12 43 3 2 .948   78 15 2 0 1 5 7 5 0 18 0 0 1 0 0 3 .192 .238 .256 .494 4      -     0.7    0.7 .000 .025 .025    0.34 27 Ken Caminiti
28 Jim Morrison ATL 6W R 35   20 14 28 3 1 .933   54 7 2 0 1 2 8 7 1 8 0 0 2 0 1 0 .130 .222 .222 .444 3      -     0.4    0.4 .000 .020 .020    0.17 28 Jim Morrison
29 Tom Lawless STL 5E R 31   24 9 22 0 1 1.000   39 4 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 .103 .186 .154 .340 1      -     0.4    0.4 .000 .017 .017    0.16 29 Tom Lawless
League Average Age 28.4 League Avg WS/Game .078 .027 .105
League Avg per 400 Chances 98.3 281.4 20.3 23.3 .949 Offense Share of WS 74.7%
League Average per 600 PA 536.0 138.2 25.2 3.7 12.2 62.5 66.2 50.8 7.8 73.3 4.0 3.3 5.9 8.1 5.1 11.2 .258 .323 .387 .710 67.2 Average WS/Team  17.68
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   14.1%   300 177 522 33 55 .955     905 252 42 12 4 102 93 98 15 91 6 9 12 7 8 15 .278 .349 .365 .714 117       20.1   7.1   27.2 .067 .024 .091 Bats Left
Bats Right 61.4%   1237 811 2274 169 192 .948   4199 1072 204 25 100 474 507 346 35 596 37 24 43 65 38 103 .255 .315 .387 .702 502     88.9  33.8  122.7 .072 .027 .099 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   24.5%     486 312 923 66 61 .949     1644 416 71 10 50 211 234 196 48 236 7 9 19 30 18 23 .253 .332 .400 .732 227       49.5  12.8   62.3 .102 .026 .128 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 11.1%   237 162 397 29 32 .951   736 183 29 4 19 75 72 45 5 112 5 7 5 9 6 17 .249 .295 .376 .671 80     12.4   5.1   17.5 .052 .022 .074 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 47.9%   967 597 1824 130 146 .949   3200 816 157 21 86 397 405 323 59 469 24 18 35 78 39 57 .255 .325 .398 .723 417     83.3  26.0  109.3 .086 .027 .113 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 29.8%   594 408 1084 74 101 .953   2054 562 99 19 30 228 252 184 22 255 15 16 23 10 17 47 .274 .334 .384 .718 260     45.5  17.1   62.6 .077 .029 .105 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   11.2%   225 133 414 35 29 .940   758 179 32 3 19 87 105 88 12 87 6 1 11 5 2 20 .236 .316 .361 .677 89     17.3   5.5   22.8 .077 .024 .101 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     10.7%     209 124 435 26 48 .956     748 198 49 2 18 95 66 49 1 84 6 5 5 49 17 15 .265 .313 .408 .721 94       16.6   6.8   23.4 .079 .033 .112 Rookie  
Starter 71.5%   1391 939 2714 194 217 .950   4948 1288 253 33 125 603 636 454 82 665 37 25 53 81 50 109 .260 .324 .401 .725 633    120.4  38.4  158.8 .087 .028 .114 Starter  
Reserve     28.5%     632 361 1005 74 91 .949     1800 452 64 14 29 184 198 186 16 258 13 17 21 21 14 32 .251 .322 .351 .673 213       38.1  15.3   53.4 .060 .024 .084 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   14.1%   300 96.7 285.3 18.0 30.1 .955     527.2 146.8 24.5 7.0 2.3 59.4 54.2 57.1 8.7 53.0 3.5 5.2 7.0 4.1 4.7 8.7 .278 .349 .365 .714 68.2       11.7   4.1   15.8 .067 .024 .091 Bats Left
Bats Right 61.4%   1237 99.7 279.5 20.8 23.6 .948   541.9 138.4 26.3 3.2 12.9 61.2 65.4 44.7 4.5 76.9 4.8 3.1 5.5 8.4 4.9 13.3 .255 .315 .387 .702 64.8     11.5   4.4   15.8 .072 .027 .099 Bats Right
Bats Both   24.5%     486 95.9 283.8 20.3 18.8 .949     526.1 133.1 22.7 3.2 16.0 67.5 74.9 62.7 15.4 75.5 2.2 2.9 6.1 9.6 5.8 7.4 .253 .332 .400 .732 72.6       15.8   4.1   19.9 .102 .026 .128 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 11.1%   237 110.2 270.1 19.7 24.1 .951   553.4 137.6 21.8 3.0 14.3 56.4 54.1 33.8 3.8 84.2 3.7 5.3 3.8 6.8 4.5 12.8 .249 .295 .376 .671 60.2      9.3   3.8   13.2 .052 .022 .074 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 47.9%   967 93.6 286.0 20.4 24.3 .949   533.4 136.0 26.2 3.5 14.3 66.2 67.5 53.8 9.8 78.2 4.0 3.0 5.8 13.0 6.5 9.5 .255 .325 .398 .723 69.5     13.9   4.3   18.2 .086 .027 .113 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 29.8%   594 104.2 276.9 18.9 26.4 .953   537.7 147.1 25.9 5.0 7.9 59.7 66.0 48.2 5.8 66.8 3.9 4.2 6.0 2.6 4.5 12.3 .274 .334 .384 .718 68.1     11.9   4.5   16.4 .077 .029 .105 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   11.2%   225 91.4 284.5 24.1 20.1 .940   526.4 124.3 22.2 2.1 13.2 60.4 72.9 61.1 8.3 60.4 4.2 0.7 7.6 3.5 1.4 13.9 .236 .316 .361 .677 61.8     12.0   3.8   15.8 .077 .024 .101 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     10.7%     209 84.8 297.4 17.8 32.8 .956     552.0 146.1 36.2 1.5 13.3 70.1 48.7 36.2 0.7 62.0 4.4 3.7 3.7 36.2 12.5 11.1 .265 .313 .408 .721 69.4       12.3   5.0   17.3 .079 .033 .112 Rookie  
Starter 71.5%   1391 97.6 282.2 20.2 22.6 .950   538.1 140.1 27.5 3.6 13.6 65.6 69.2 49.4 8.9 72.3 4.0 2.7 5.8 8.8 5.4 11.9 .260 .324 .401 .725 68.8     13.1   4.2   17.3 .087 .028 .114 Starter  
Reserve     28.5%     632 100.3 279.2 20.5 25.3 .949     530.2 133.1 18.9 4.1 8.5 54.2 58.3 54.8 4.7 76.0 3.8 5.0 6.2 6.2 4.1 9.4 .251 .322 .351 .673 62.7       11.2   4.5   15.7 .060 .024 .084 Reserve