Center Fielders
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1939 1941 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 Joe DiMaggio BBW 3 A   NY 3 R 25   130 359 5 8 2 .978   508 179 28 9 31 93 133 61 30 3 0 1 2 16 .352 .425 .626 1.051 128     26.7   4.3   31.0 .205 .033 .238   40.43 1 1 Joe DiMaggio
2 2 Barney McCosky 16   DET 1 L 23   141 349 7 6 2 .983   589 200 39 19 4 123 57 67 41 1 3 13 9 8 .340 .408 .491 .899 115     18.0   5.7   23.7 .128 .040 .168   25.95 2 2 Barney McCosky
3 3 Wally Judnich 18 R   STL 6 L 23   133 356 7 4 4 .989   519 157 27 7 24 97 89 54 71 0 4 8 5 7 .303 .368 .520 .888 101     16.8   3.5   20.3 .126 .026 .153   21.18 3 3 Wally Judnich
4 4 Roy Weatherly 11   CLE 2 L 25   134 368 10 12 3 .969   574 174 35 11 12 89 59 27 26 1 9 9 8 9 .303 .336 .465 .801 85     15.7   4.5   20.2 .117 .034 .151   20.95 4 4 Roy Weatherly
5 5   Sam Chapman             PHI 8 R 24       129 348 13 14 2 .963     508 140 26 3 23 88 75 46   96 1 7   2 6 14 .276 .337 .474 .811 78       10.9   3.3   14.2 .084 .026 .110   12.58 5 5   Sam Chapman
6 6 Mike Kreevich   CHI T4 R 32   144 428 12 8 3 .982   582 154 27 10 8 86 55 34 49 0 21 15 7 18 .265 .305 .387 .692 69      6.0   8.7   14.7 .042 .060 .102   12.54 6 6 Mike Kreevich
7 7 George Case   WAS 7 R 24 RF   118 312 7 9 0 .973   503 147 22 4 4 84 43 40 30 4 5 27 8 4 .292 .349 .376 .725 69     10.6   2.4   13.0 .090 .020 .110   11.52 7 7 George Case
8 Dom DiMaggio R   BOS T4 R 23 RF   59 162 9 3 3 .983   257 77 20 4 5 50 28 25 28 1 3 4 4 3 .300 .364 .467 .831 44      6.7   2.1    8.8 .114 .036 .149    9.08 8 Dom DiMaggio
9 8 Doc Cramer a   BOS T4 L 34 RF   96 236 7 7 1 .972   426 129 17 8 1 61 33 23 19 1 9 2 3 8 .303 .340 .387 .727 54      6.2   2.1    8.3 .065 .022 .086    6.52 9 8 Doc Cramer
10 Tommy Henrich   NY 3 L 27 RF   24 55 3 1 1 .983   89 27 9 2 3 17 16 15 9 1 1 0 1 2 .303 .410 .551 .961 20      3.9   0.7    4.6 .163 .029 .192    5.38 10 Tommy Henrich
                               
11 Chet Laabs   STL 6 R 28 LF   29 65 1 2 1 .971   99 27 5 2 5 15 18 15 27 0 0 1 1 1 .273 .368 .515 .883 19      3.1   0.5    3.6 .107 .017 .124    3.39 11 Chet Laabs
12 Johnny Welaj   WAS 7 R 26   35 95 1 2 0 .980   142 36 6 0 2 20 14 13 13 1 2 5 5 3 .254 .321 .338 .659 15      1.2   0.7    1.9 .034 .020 .054    1.18 12 Johnny Welaj
League Average Age 26.0 League Avg WS/G .107 .033 .140
League Avg per 400 Chances 380.8 10.0 9.2 2.7 .977 Offense Share of WS 76.6%
League Average per 600 PA 543.6 164.0 29.6 9.0 13.8 93.3 70.3 47.6 49.8 1.6 7.2 9.9 6.7 10.5 .302 .360 .465 .825 90.3 Average WS/Team  20.54
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   44.7%   528 1364 34 30 11 .979     2197 687 127 47 44 387 254 186   166 4 26   32 26 34 .313 .367 .473 .840 375       60.6  16.5   77.1 .115 .031 .146 Bats Left
Bats Right 55.3%   644 1769 48 46 11 .975   2599 760 134 32 78 436 366 234 273 10 38 55 33 59 .292 .353 .459 .812 422     65.2  22.0   87.2 .101 .034 .135 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 49.4%   580 1527 43 36 11 .978   2376 721 134 37 60 442 292 232 266 7 22 54 32 36 .303 .367 .467 .834 407     63.0  17.0   80.0 .109 .029 .138 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 29.8%   352 942 20 25 7 .975   1412 443 83 24 53 234 240 131 105 6 12 16 17 31 .314 .374 .519 .893 267     50.6  10.7   61.3 .144 .030 .174 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 20.8%   240 664 19 15 4 .979   1008 283 44 18 9 147 88 57 68 1 30 17 10 26 .281 .320 .387 .707 123     12.2  10.8   23.0 .051 .045 .096 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                           Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     16.4%     192 518 16 7 7 .987     776 234 47 11 29 147 117 79   99 1 7   12 9 10 .302 .367 .503 .870 145       23.5   5.6   29.1 .122 .029 .152 Rookie  
Starter 87.6%   1025 2756 68 68 17 .976   4209 1280 221 71 107 721 544 352 362 11 58 77 48 84 .304 .359 .467 .826 699    110.9  34.5  145.4 .108 .034 .142 Starter  
Reserve     12.4%     147 377 14 8 5 .980     587 167 40 8 15 102 76 68   77 3 6   10 11 9 .284 .362 .457 .819 98       14.9   4.0   18.9 .101 .027 .129 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   44.7%   528 382.1 9.5 8.4 3.1 .979     546.3 170.8 31.6 11.7 10.9 96.2 63.2 46.2   41.3 1.0 6.5   8.0 6.5 8.5 .313 .367 .473 .840 93.2       15.1   4.1   19.2 .115 .031 .146 Bats Left
Bats Right 55.3%   644 379.8 10.3 9.9 2.4 .975   541.3 158.3 27.9 6.7 16.2 90.8 76.2 48.7 56.9 2.1 7.9 11.5 6.9 12.3 .292 .353 .459 .812 87.9     13.6   4.6   18.2 .101 .034 .135 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 49.4%   580 380.3 10.7 9.0 2.7 .978   540.6 164.1 30.5 8.4 13.7 100.6 66.4 52.8 60.5 1.6 5.0 12.3 7.3 8.2 .303 .367 .467 .834 92.6     14.3   3.9   18.2 .109 .029 .138 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 29.8%   352 381.8 8.1 10.1 2.8 .975   542.7 170.3 31.9 9.2 20.4 89.9 92.2 50.4 40.4 2.3 4.6 6.1 6.5 11.9 .314 .374 .519 .893 102.6     19.4   4.1   23.6 .144 .030 .174 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 20.8%   240 380.5 10.9 8.6 2.3 .979   551.8 154.9 24.1 9.9 4.9 80.5 48.2 31.2 37.2 0.6 16.4 9.3 5.5 14.2 .281 .320 .387 .707 67.3      6.7   5.9   12.6 .051 .045 .096 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                           Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.4%     192 383.0 11.8 5.2 5.2 .987     539.5 162.7 32.7 7.6 20.2 102.2 81.3 54.9   68.8 0.7 4.9   8.3 6.3 7.0 .302 .367 .503 .870 100.8       16.3   3.9   20.2 .122 .029 .152 Rookie  
Starter 87.6%   1025 381.2 9.4 9.4 2.4 .976   545.5 165.9 28.6 9.2 13.9 93.4 70.5 45.6 46.9 1.4 7.5 10.0 6.2 10.9 .304 .359 .467 .826 90.6     14.4   4.5   18.8 .108 .034 .142 Starter  
Reserve     12.4%     147 378.0 14.0 8.0 5.0 .980     530.4 150.9 36.1 7.2 13.6 92.2 68.7 61.5   69.6 2.7 5.4   9.0 9.9 8.1 .284 .362 .457 .819 88.6       13.5   3.6   17.1 .101 .027 .129 Reserve