Center Fielders
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1908 1910 Chronology Home CF Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Center Field Fielding Stats Batting Statistics as Center Fielder 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 Tris Speaker BBW     BOS 3 L 21   142 319 35 10 12 .973   544 168 26 13 7 73 77 38 7 17 35 .309 .362 .443 .805 93     26.2   7.7   33.9 .185 .054 .239   43.59 1 1 Tris Speaker
2 2 Sam Crawford Vet     DET 1 L 29   139 297 7 11 2 .965   525 165 31 12 5 74 86 42 1 22 27 .314 .366 .448 .814 94     23.4   5.8   29.2 .168 .042 .210   35.22 2 2 Sam Crawford
3 3 Danny Hoffman     STL 7 L 29   109 228 10 8 6 .967   383 103 6 7 2 44 26 41 7 5 24 .269 .350 .337 .687 54     15.7   1.5   17.2 .144 .014 .158   17.98 3 3 Danny Hoffman
4 4 Joe Birmingham     CLE 6 R 24   98 203 15 12 2 .948   343 99 10 5 1 29 38 19 4 4 12 .289 .333 .356 .689 44      9.6   3.6   13.2 .098 .037 .135   12.75 4 4 Joe Birmingham
5 5   Ray Demmitt       R     NY 5 L 25 RF     70 130 13 13 4 .917     274 67 8 8 3 44 19 35     4 6   10     .245 .339 .365 .704 41       10.0   1.5   11.5 .143 .021 .164   12.27 5 5   Ray Demmitt
6 Rube Oldring     PHI 2 R 25 LF   56 121 4 4 1 .969   203 47 8 5 1 24 17 12 4 9 11 .232 .288 .335 .623 21      3.8   2.2    6.0 .068 .039 .107    5.17 6 Rube Oldring
7 Charlie Hemphill     NY 5 L 33   32 57 4 1 1 .984   129 31 4 1 0 16 7 23 0 2 7 .240 .355 .287 .642 18      4.1   0.8    4.9 .128 .025 .153    5.05 7 Charlie Hemphill
8 Freddy Parent     CHI 4 R 33 SS   30 61 5 0 0 1.000   103 27 2 1 0 13 7 10 2 6 7 .262 .339 .301 .640 14      3.2   1.4    4.6 .107 .047 .153    4.74 8 Freddy Parent
9 Bill Hinchman     CLE 6 R 26 LF   38 85 5 6 0 .938   127 33 6 4 1 16 15 11 2 5 6 .260 .329 .394 .723 17      3.9   1.0    4.9 .103 .026 .129    4.63 9 Bill Hinchman
10 6 Willis Cole   R   CHI 4 R 27   46 83 5 11 1 .889   165 39 7 3 0 17 16 16 1 5 3 .236 .308 .315 .623 19      4.0   1.1    5.1 .087 .024 .111    4.47 10 6 Willis Cole
                                 
11 7 Bob Ganley     WAS/PHI 8/2 L 34   82 192 9 4 2 .980   294 61 6 2 0 32 12 25 0 36 17 .207 .270 .241 .511 21      1.4   4.6    6.0 .017 .056 .073    4.27 11 7 Bob Ganley
12 Jack Lelivelt   R   WAS 8 L 23 LF   35 81 5 2 1 .977   122 36 3 2 0 10 9 7 0 3 3 .295 .333 .352 .685 14      3.7   0.6    4.3 .106 .017 .123    3.97 12 Jack Lelivelt
13 Birdie Cree   R   NY 5 R 26 LF,RF   32 56 3 3 1 .952   119 31 2 1 1 17 9 10 3 5 3 .261 .333 .319 .652 16      3.5   0.6    4.1 .109 .019 .128    3.86 13 Birdie Cree
14 Doc White     CHI 4 L 29 SP   35 51 6 4 1 .934   105 25 1 3 0 13 4 18 0 7 4 .238 .350 .305 .655 14      3.1   0.7    3.8 .089 .020 .109    3.29 14 Doc White
15     John McAleese       R     STL 7 R 30 LF,RF     32 57 4 5 1 .924     105 23 3 0 0 13 5 13     4 2   7     .219 .328 .248 .576 11        2.3   0.2    2.5 .072 .006 .078    1.84 15     John McAleese
16 8 Clyde Milan     WAS 8 L 22 LF   89 176 14 5 2 .974   297 59 9 3 1 27 11 23 4 17 7 .199 .265 .259 .524 20      1.4   1.2    2.6 .016 .013 .029    1.17 16 8 Clyde Milan
League Average Age 26.6 League Avg WS/G .112 .032 .144
League Avg per 400 Chances 360.2 23.6 16.2 6.1 .959 Offense Share of WS 77.6%
League Average per 600 PA 526.4 139.1 18.1 9.6 3.0 63.4 49.1 47.0 5.9 20.7 25.1 .264 .331 .352 .683 70.1 Average WS/Team  19.23
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 © 2009-2010 by Andre Lower Bats Left   69.4%   733 1531 103 58 31 .966     2673 715 94 51 18 333 251 252     23 115   134     .267 .336 .361 .697 369       89.0  24.4  113.4 .121 .033 .155 Bats Left
Bats Right 30.6%   332 666 41 41 6 .945   1165 299 38 19 4 129 107 91 20 36 49 .257 .321 .332 .653 142     30.3  10.1   40.4 .091 .030 .122 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 34.3%   364 779 69 29 17 .967   1306 362 48 23 9 139 135 87 15 41 57 .277 .330 .370 .700 171     40.9  13.1   54.0 .112 .036 .148 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 48.9%   525 1051 53 60 16 .948   1901 510 69 43 13 249 192 185 22 64 88 .268 .340 .370 .710 276     67.4  14.4   81.8 .128 .027 .156 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 16.7%   176 367 22 10 4 .975   631 142 15 4 0 74 31 71 6 46 38 .225 .309 .261 .570 64     11.0   7.0   18.0 .063 .040 .102 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                           Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     20.1%     215 407 30 34 8 .928     785 196 23 14 4 101 58 81     12 21   26     .250 .329 .330 .659 101       23.5   4.0   27.5 .109 .019 .128 Rookie  
Starter 72.9%   770 1621 108 74 31 .959   2805 754 101 53 19 340 282 239 28 112 134 .269 .332 .363 .695 384     91.6  26.7  118.3 .119 .035 .154 Starter  
Reserve     27.1%     295 576 36 25 6 .961     1033 260 31 17 3 122 76 104     15 39   49     .252 .329 .323 .652 127       27.7   7.8   35.5 .094 .026 .120 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   69.4%   733 361.9 24.4 13.7 7.3 .966     523.6 140.1 18.4 10.0 3.5 65.2 49.2 49.4     4.5 22.5   26.2     .267 .336 .361 .697 72.3       17.4   4.8   22.2 .121 .033 .155 Bats Left
Bats Right 30.6%   332 356.2 21.9 21.9 3.2 .945   532.8 136.7 17.4 8.7 1.8 59.0 48.9 41.6 9.1 16.5 22.4 .257 .321 .332 .653 64.9     13.9   4.6   18.5 .091 .030 .122 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 34.3%   364 355.3 31.5 13.2 7.8 .967   540.8 149.9 19.9 9.5 3.7 57.6 55.9 36.0 6.2 17.0 23.6 .277 .330 .370 .700 70.8     16.9   5.4   22.4 .112 .036 .148 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 48.9%   525 361.2 18.2 20.6 5.5 .948   525.1 140.9 19.1 11.9 3.6 68.8 53.0 51.1 6.1 17.7 24.3 .268 .340 .370 .710 76.2     18.6   4.0   22.6 .128 .027 .156 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 16.7%   176 367.9 22.1 10.0 4.0 .975   502.1 113.0 11.9 3.2 0.0 58.9 24.7 56.5 4.8 36.6 30.2 .225 .309 .261 .570 50.9      8.8   5.6   14.3 .063 .040 .102 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                           Age 35 & over  
Rookie     20.1%     215 345.6 25.5 28.9 6.8 .928     523.9 130.8 15.4 9.3 2.7 67.4 38.7 54.1     8.0 14.0   17.4     .250 .329 .330 .659 67.4       15.7   2.7   18.4 .109 .019 .128 Rookie  
Starter 72.9%   770 359.6 24.0 16.4 6.9 .959   528.6 142.1 19.0 10.0 3.6 64.1 53.1 45.0 5.3 21.1 25.3 .269 .332 .363 .695 72.4     17.3   5.0   22.3 .119 .035 .154 Starter  
Reserve     27.1%     295 361.7 22.6 15.7 3.8 .961     520.4 131.0 15.6 8.6 1.5 61.5 38.3 52.4     7.6 19.6   24.7     .252 .329 .323 .652 64.0       14.0   3.9   17.9 .094 .026 .120 Reserve