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1942 1944 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 Stan Spence   WAS 2 L 28   148 396 12 7 1 .983   570 152 23 10 12 72 88 84 39 5 4 8 1 9 .267 .366 .405 .771 93     22.4   5.5   27.9 .151 .037 .189   34.43 1 1 Stan Spence
2 2 Doc Cramer T21   DET 5 L 37   138 346 9 4 3 .989   606 182 18 4 1 79 43 31 13 1 13 4 3 8 .300 .335 .348 .683 75     12.2   6.0   18.2 .088 .043 .132   18.79 2 2 Doc Cramer
3 3 Thurman Tucker R   CHI 4 L 25   132 399 14 5 1 .988   528 124 15 6 3 81 39 79 72 1 8 29 17 5 .235 .336 .303 .639 60     11.4   5.2   16.6 .086 .039 .126   16.73 3 3 Thurman Tucker
4 Hank Edwards R   CLE 3 L 24   74 173 4 3 0 .983   297 82 18 6 3 38 28 30 34 0 2 4 8 5 .276 .343 .407 .750 38     10.0   1.4   11.4 .135 .019 .154   12.72 4 Hank Edwards
5 4   Jo-Jo White             PHI 8 L 34       131 331 8 12 2 .966     492 122 17 7 1 68 30 60   50 4 12   12 4 7 .248 .335 .317 .652 63       11.1   1.9   13.0 .085 .015 .099   11.64 5 4   Jo-Jo White
6 5 Oris Hockett 17   CLE 3 L 33 LF,RF   81 222 7 8 2 .966   343 95 19 2 1 40 29 26 26 2 4 7 10 5 .277 .332 .353 .685 38      8.6   2.0   10.6 .106 .025 .131   10.90 6 5 Oris Hockett
7 6 Milt Byrnes R   STL 6 L 26 LF,RF   66 186 7 1 2 .995   246 69 16 4 2 33 29 30 28 1 5 1 2 5 .280 .361 .402 .763 36      7.3   1.6    8.9 .111 .024 .135    9.29 7 6 Milt Byrnes
8 7 Roy Weatherly   NY 1 L 28   68 174 2 3 0 .983   280 74 8 3 7 37 28 18 9 1 8 4 7 2 .264 .311 .389 .700 33      6.7   2.0    8.7 .099 .029 .128    8.85 8 7 Roy Weatherly
9 Leon Culberson R   BOS 7 R 23 LF   51 149 6 3 1 .981   201 55 10 4 2 23 22 19 23 0 3 8 0 3 .274 .336 .393 .729 29      5.7   2.0    7.7 .112 .039 .151    8.50 9 Leon Culberson
10 Johnny Lindell a   NY 1 R 26 RF   55 138 4 4 0 .973   196 48 8 5 2 24 23 23 24 2 2 1 2 6 .245 .330 .367 .697 23      4.4   1.5    5.9 .080 .027 .107    5.49 10 Johnny Lindell
                                   
11 Mike Kreevich   STL 6 R 35   47 137 5 1 1 .993   148 38 6 0 0 22 9 24 12 0 6 4 1 2 .257 .360 .297 .657 18      3.1   1.2    4.3 .066 .026 .091    3.70 11 Mike Kreevich
12 8 Catfish Metkovich R   BOS 7 L 22 RF   54 136 4 6 2 .959   214 53 9 3 3 23 18 13 25 2 6 1 2 4 .248 .297 .360 .657 22      2.9   1.3    4.2 .054 .024 .078    3.33 12 8 Catfish Metkovich
13 Wally Moses   CHI 4 L 32 RF   23 73 2 1 0 .987   93 23 3 2 0 13 7 9 7 0 0 9 2 1 .247 .314 .323 .637 11      2.2   0.8    3.0 .096 .035 .130    3.08 13 Wally Moses
14 Chet Laabs T23 A   STL 6 R 31 LF   24 68 2 1 1 .986   90 22 4 1 3 13 13 11 16 1 1 1 1 2 .244 .333 .411 .744 12      2.3   0.5    2.8 .096 .021 .117    2.72 14 Chet Laabs
15     Tuck Stainback             NY 1 R 31       43 109 2 1 2 .991     166 43 8 1 0 22 7 5   11 1 3   2 2 2 .259 .285 .319 .604 15        1.9   1.2    3.1 .044 .028 .072    2.37 15     Tuck Stainback
16 Johnny Welaj   PHI 8 R 29 RF   27 81 1 2 0 .976   103 25 6 0 0 16 5 5 6 0 1 4 2 2 .243 .278 .301 .579 9      1.1   0.5    1.6 .041 .019 .059    1.11 16 Johnny Welaj
17 Tom McBride R   BOS 7 R 28   21 54 2 1 1 .982   84 20 3 1 0 10 6 6 3 0 2 2 0 5 .238 .289 .298 .587 6      0.3   0.6    0.9 .014 .029 .043    0.53 17 Tom McBride
18 Dee Miles   BOS 7 L 34   24 56 3 2 1 .967   116 25 2 2 0 9 10 3 3 0 5 0 2 1 .216 .235 .267 .502 6      -     0.6    0.6 .000 .025 .025    0.27 18 Dee Miles
League Average Age 29.4 League Avg WS/G .094 .030 .124
League Avg per 400 Chances 381.2 11.1 7.7 2.4 .981 Offense Share of WS 76.0%
League Average per 600 PA 534.8 140.3 21.6 6.8 4.5 69.8 48.6 53.3 44.9 2.4 9.5 11.3 7.4 8.3 .262 .332 .353 .685 65.8 Average WS/Team  18.68
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 © 2009-2010 by Andre Lower Bats Left   78.2%   939 2492 72 52 14 .980     3785 1001 148 49 33 493 349 383   306 17 67   79 58 52 .264 .335 .356 .691 475       94.8  28.3  123.1 .101 .030 .131 Bats Left
Bats Right 21.8%   268 736 22 13 6 .983   988 251 45 12 7 130 85 93 95 4 18 22 8 22 .254 .321 .345 .666 112     18.8   7.5   26.3 .070 .028 .098 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 14.6%   179 458 14 12 3 .975   712 190 37 13 8 84 68 62 82 2 11 13 10 12 .267 .327 .389 .716 89     18.6   4.7   23.3 .104 .026 .130 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 43.2%   517 1428 42 23 5 .985   2007 512 79 29 26 273 218 245 181 10 30 49 31 34 .255 .339 .362 .701 260     53.6  16.9   70.5 .104 .033 .136 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 26.9%   326 859 24 25 8 .972   1300 330 53 15 5 165 96 114 113 8 25 31 21 18 .254 .318 .329 .647 145     26.1   7.0   33.1 .080 .021 .102 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   15.2%   185 483 14 5 4 .990   754 220 24 4 1 101 52 55 25 1 19 8 4 10 .292 .341 .338 .679 93     15.3   7.2   22.5 .083 .039 .122 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     33.4%     398 1097 37 19 7 .984     1570 403 71 24 13 208 142 177   185 4 26   45 29 27 .257 .334 .357 .691 191       37.6  12.1   49.7 .094 .030 .125 Rookie  
Starter 68.3%   818 2190 63 46 13 .980   3279 871 125 39 30 433 304 341 262 17 60 66 46 45 .266 .338 .355 .693 420     82.6  25.5  108.1 .101 .031 .132 Starter  
Reserve     31.7%     389 1038 31 19 7 .983     1494 381 68 22 10 190 130 135   139 4 25   35 20 29 .255 .318 .350 .668 167       31.0  10.3   41.3 .080 .026 .106 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   78.2%   939 381.0 11.0 8.0 2.1 .980     534.1 141.3 20.9 6.9 4.7 69.6 49.2 54.0   43.2 2.4 9.5   11.1 8.2 7.3 .264 .335 .356 .691 67.0       13.4   4.0   17.4 .101 .030 .131 Bats Left
Bats Right 21.8%   268 381.8 11.4 6.8 3.1 .983   537.4 136.5 24.5 6.5 3.8 70.7 46.2 50.6 51.7 2.2 9.8 12.0 4.4 12.0 .254 .321 .345 .666 60.9     10.2   4.1   14.3 .070 .028 .098 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 14.6%   179 378.5 11.6 9.9 2.5 .975   542.8 144.9 28.2 9.9 6.1 64.0 51.8 47.3 62.5 1.5 8.4 9.9 7.6 9.1 .267 .327 .389 .716 67.9     14.2   3.6   17.8 .104 .026 .130 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 43.2%   517 382.6 11.2 6.2 1.3 .985   525.4 134.0 20.7 7.6 6.8 71.5 57.1 64.1 47.4 2.6 7.9 12.8 8.1 8.9 .255 .339 .362 .701 68.1     14.0   4.4   18.5 .104 .033 .136 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 26.9%   326 378.4 10.6 11.0 3.5 .972   539.0 136.8 22.0 6.2 2.1 68.4 39.8 47.3 46.9 3.3 10.4 12.9 8.7 7.5 .254 .318 .329 .647 60.1     10.8   2.9   13.7 .080 .021 .102 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   15.2%   185 384.9 11.1 4.0 3.2 .990   545.7 159.2 17.4 2.9 0.7 73.1 37.6 39.8 18.1 0.7 13.8 5.8 2.9 7.2 .292 .341 .338 .679 67.3     11.1   5.2   16.3 .083 .039 .122 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     33.4%     398 380.6 12.8 6.6 2.4 .984     530.1 136.1 24.0 8.1 4.4 70.2 47.9 59.8   62.5 1.3 8.8   15.2 9.8 9.1 .257 .334 .357 .691 64.5       12.7   4.1   16.8 .094 .030 .125 Rookie  
Starter 68.3%   818 381.0 11.0 8.0 2.3 .980   532.2 141.4 20.3 6.3 4.9 70.3 49.3 55.3 42.5 2.8 9.7 10.7 7.5 7.3 .266 .338 .355 .693 68.2     13.4   4.1   17.5 .101 .031 .132 Starter  
Reserve     31.7%     389 381.6 11.4 7.0 2.6 .983     540.7 137.9 24.6 8.0 3.6 68.8 47.0 48.9   50.3 1.4 9.0   12.7 7.2 10.5 .255 .318 .350 .668 60.4       11.2   3.7   14.9 .080 .026 .106 Reserve