Center Fielders
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1946 1948 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 Harry Walker T9 A   STL/PHI 2/T7 L 30   134 362 15 14 2 .964   491 178 28 15 1 78 39 60 37 4 17 12 10 .363 .436 .487 .923 101     19.0   4.3   23.3 .142 .032 .174   28.83 1 1 Harry Walker
2 2 Bobby Thomson R   NY 4 R 23   127 330 12 7 2 .980   509 144 24 5 27 98 79 37 73 4 2 1 0 10 .283 .336 .509 .845 87     15.3   3.0   18.3 .120 .024 .144   20.61 2 2 Bobby Thomson
3 3 Andy Pafko 26 a   CHI 6 R 26   127 327 9 5 3 .985   513 155 25 7 13 68 66 31 39 3 3 4 19 .302 .346 .454 .800 68     11.5   4.3   15.8 .091 .034 .124   16.54 3 3 Andy Pafko
4 4 Johnny Hopp   BOS 3 L 30   123 292 2 6 0 .980   423 122 20 2 2 73 31 57 30 2 12 13 8 .288 .376 .359 .735 59     10.0   3.7   13.7 .081 .030 .111   13.57 4 4 Johnny Hopp
5     Pete Reiser             BRO 1 L 28 LF     62 148 2 2 0 .987     213 66 13 1 3 37 25 37   22 1 2   8 6 2 .310 .414 .423 .837 40        8.1   2.2   10.3 .131 .035 .166   12.46 5     Pete Reiser
6 5 Carl Furillo   BRO 1 R 25 LF   93 231 7 5 2 .979   330 98 18 5 6 46 67 26 18 1 3 5 3 13 .297 .350 .436 .786 46      7.6   3.6   11.2 .082 .039 .120   11.53 6 5 Carl Furillo
7 6 Terry Moore   STL 2 R 35   120 292 6 5 2 .983   460 130 17 1 7 61 45 38 39 1 9 1 10 .283 .339 .370 .709 59      7.5   4.4   11.9 .063 .037 .099   11.12 7 6 Terry Moore
8 7 Jim Russell   PIT T7 B 28   102 299 5 6 2 .981   400 101 18 7 7 57 43 53 48 2 4 6 10 .253 .343 .385 .728 54      6.4   2.5    8.9 .063 .025 .087    7.80 8 7 Jim Russell
9 8 Bert Haas a   CIN 5 R 33 1B   58 154 2 7 0 .957   235 67 8 3 1 28 33 20 13 1 2 4 3 .285 .344 .357 .701 31      5.5   0.9    6.4 .095 .016 .110    6.31 9 8 Bert Haas
10 Mike McCormick   BOS 3 R 30 LF   62 117 3 2 0 .984   198 56 9 5 2 29 25 14 15 0 8 1 7 .283 .330 .409 .739 25      3.7   1.7    5.4 .060 .027 .087    4.73 10 Mike McCormick
                               
11 Phil Cavarretta 23 a   CHI 6 L 30 1B,LF   26 63 3 1 1 .985   94 29 5 1 0 11 13 12 7 0 1 0 1 .309 .387 .383 .770 14      2.7   0.8    3.5 .104 .031 .135    3.81 11 Phil Cavarretta
12 Culley Rikard R   PIT T7 L 33 RF   28 76 1 1 0 .987   116 33 6 1 1 20 11 18 14 0 0 0 3 .284 .381 .379 .760 18      2.7   0.5    3.2 .096 .018 .114    3.21 12 Culley Rikard
13 Frankie Baumholtz R-5   CIN 5 L 28 RF   29 62 3 1 0 .985   113 32 6 2 1 17 8 10 9 0 2 1 1 .283 .341 .398 .739 15      2.8   0.4    3.2 .097 .014 .110    3.15 13 Frankie Baumholtz
14 Erv Dusak   STL 2 R 26 LF,RF   28 62 2 3 1 .955   88 25 2 1 2 15 8 13 9 0 1 0 1 .284 .376 .398 .774 14      2.1   1.0    3.1 .075 .036 .111    3.06 14 Erv Dusak
15     Johnny Wyrostek             PHI T7 L 27 RF     27 69 2 2 0 .973     97 26 5 1 1 14 11 13   10 1 1   1   2 .268 .360 .371 .731 14        2.0   0.8    2.8 .074 .030 .104    2.68 15     Johnny Wyrostek
16 Tommy Tatum R   CIN 5 R 27   37 93 4 0 2 1.000   128 35 4 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 1 5 1 .273 .336 .344 .680 15      2.4   0.6    3.0 .065 .016 .081    2.53 16 Tommy Tatum
17 Gary Gearhart R   NY 4 R 23   28 65 2 2 1 .971   111 27 6 0 4 16 11 11 19 1 1 1 0 2 .243 .317 .405 .722 14      1.9   0.5    2.4 .068 .018 .086    2.09 17 Gary Gearhart
18 Gene Woodling   PIT T7 L 24   20 57 1 2 0 .967   75 20 2 2 0 7 10 7 5 0 1 0 1 .267 .329 .347 .676 9      0.9   0.4    1.3 .045 .020 .065    0.98 18 Gene Woodling
19 Chuck Diering R   STL 2 R 24 RF   31 27 1 0 0 1.000   31 7 1 0 1 9 5 8 9 0 1 1 0 .226 .385 .355 .740 5      0.7   0.5    1.2 .023 .016 .039    0.70 19 Chuck Diering
20 Clyde Vollmer R   CIN 5 R 25   58 113 2 2 0 .983   136 30 9 0 1 17 11 8 16 1 3 0 2 .221 .269 .309 .578 11      0.4   0.6    1.0 .007 .010 .017    0.39 20 Clyde Vollmer
League Average Age 28.1 League Avg WS/Game .086 .028 .114
League Avg per 400 Chances 381.5 9.9 8.6 2.1 .979 Offense Share of WS 75.5%
League Average per 600 PA 534.7 155.1 25.4 6.7 9.1 80.3 62.1 54.5 49.9 2.5 8.3 7.2 11.9 .290 .358 .414 .772 78.5 Average WS/Team  18.74
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   34.7%   449 1129 29 29 3 .976     1622 506 85 25 9 257 148 214   134 8 36   35 6 28 .312 .395 .412 .807 270       48.2  13.1   61.3 .107 .029 .137 Bats Left
Bats Right 56.8%   769 1811 50 38 13 .980   2739 774 123 28 65 401 362 218 262 12 34 23 3 68 .283 .338 .419 .757 375     58.6  21.1   79.7 .076 .027 .104 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   8.5%     102 299 5 6 2 .981     400 101 18 7 7 57 43 53   48 2 4   6 0 10 .253 .343 .385 .728 54        6.4   2.5    8.9 .063 .025 .087 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 15.2%   206 479 16 11 3 .978   726 198 33 7 32 130 105 63 106 5 5 3 0 13 .273 .335 .470 .805 115     18.8   4.4   23.2 .091 .021 .113 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 42.6%   563 1404 36 26 10 .982   2018 568 100 25 35 285 251 203 183 9 20 30 9 51 .281 .350 .408 .758 277     43.3  16.0   59.3 .077 .028 .105 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 33.0%   431 1064 26 31 3 .972   1557 485 76 27 7 239 152 181 116 7 40 30 0 32 .311 .386 .408 .794 248     43.6  11.9   55.5 .101 .028 .129 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   9.2%   120 292 6 5 2 .983   460 130 17 1 7 61 45 38 39 1 9 1 0 10 .283 .339 .370 .709 59      7.5   4.4   11.9 .063 .037 .099 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     24.3%     338 766 25 13 5 .984     1144 308 56 9 36 191 137 104   152 6 10   9 0 19 .269 .333 .428 .761 165       26.2   6.1   32.3 .078 .018 .096 Rookie  
Starter 68.9%   877 2275 58 54 13 .977   3343 992 157 45 64 508 403 319 296 18 52 46 3 82 .297 .361 .428 .789 504     82.6  26.5  109.1 .094 .030 .124 Starter  
Reserve     31.1%     443 964 26 19 5 .981     1418 389 69 15 17 207 150 166   148 4 22   18 6 24 .274 .352 .380 .732 195       30.6  10.2   40.8 .069 .023 .092 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   34.7%   449 380.5 9.8 9.7 1.0 .976     517.7 161.5 27.1 8.0 2.9 82.0 47.2 68.3   42.8 2.5 11.5   11.2 1.9 8.9 .312 .395 .412 .807 86.2       15.4   4.2   19.6 .107 .029 .137 Bats Left
Bats Right 56.8%   769 381.5 10.5 8.0 2.7 .980   547.2 154.6 24.6 5.6 13.0 80.1 72.3 43.6 52.3 2.4 6.8 4.6 0.6 13.6 .283 .338 .419 .757 74.9     11.7   4.2   15.9 .076 .027 .104 Bats Right
Bats Both   8.5%     102 385.8 6.5 7.7 2.6 .981     522.9 132.0 23.5 9.2 9.2 74.5 56.2 69.3   62.7 2.6 5.2   7.8 0.0 13.1 .253 .343 .385 .728 70.6        8.4   3.3   11.6 .063 .025 .087 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 15.2%   206 378.7 12.6 8.7 2.4 .978   545.2 148.7 24.8 5.3 24.0 97.6 78.8 47.3 79.6 3.7 3.8 2.3 0.0 9.8 .273 .335 .470 .805 86.4     14.1   3.3   17.4 .091 .021 .113 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 42.6%   563 383.1 9.8 7.1 2.7 .982   538.2 151.5 26.7 6.7 9.3 76.0 66.9 54.1 48.8 2.4 5.3 8.0 2.4 13.6 .281 .350 .408 .758 73.9     11.5   4.3   15.8 .077 .028 .105 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 33.0%   431 379.6 9.3 11.1 1.1 .972   523.4 163.0 25.5 9.1 2.4 80.3 51.1 60.8 39.0 2.4 13.4 10.1 0.0 10.8 .311 .386 .408 .794 83.4     14.7   4.0   18.7 .101 .028 .129 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   9.2%   120 385.5 7.9 6.6 2.6 .983   543.3 153.5 20.1 1.2 8.3 72.0 53.1 44.9 46.1 1.2 10.6 1.2 0.0 11.8 .283 .339 .370 .709 69.7      8.9   5.2   14.1 .063 .037 .099 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     24.3%     338 381.1 12.4 6.5 2.5 .984     543.0 146.2 26.6 4.3 17.1 90.7 65.0 49.4   72.2 3 4.7   4.3 0.0 9.0 .269 .333 .428 .761 78.3       12.4   2.9   15.3 .078 .018 .096 Rookie  
Starter 68.9%   877 381.2 9.7 9.1 2.2 .977   537.4 159.5 25.2 7.2 10.3 81.7 64.8 51.3 47.6 2.9 8.4 7.4 0.5 13.2 .297 .361 .428 .789 81.0     13.3   4.3   17.5 .094 .030 .124 Starter  
Reserve     31.1%     443 382.2 10.3 7.5 2.0 .981     528.4 145.0 25.7 5.6 6.3 77.1 55.9 61.9   55.2 1.5 8.2   6.7 2.2 8.9 .274 .352 .380 .732 72.7       11.4   3.8   15.2 .069 .023 .092 Reserve