Center Fielders
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1995 1997 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 Ray Lankford STL 1C L 29   144 358 8 1 0 .997   540 149 36 8 21 100 85 78 10 132 3 1 7 35 7 12 .276 .366 .489 .855 99     18.7   6.2   24.9 .130 .043 .173   31.22 1 1 Ray Lankford
2 2 Steve Finley 10 G SD 1W L 31   160 386 7 7 2 .983   653 194 45 9 29 124 94 56 5 87 4 1 5 21 8 20 .297 .354 .527 .881 107     20.3   5.0   25.3 .127 .031 .158   30.33 2 2 Steve Finley
3 3 Marquis Grissom 13 G ATL 1E R 29   158 338 10 1 1 .997   671 207 32 10 23 106 73 41 6 73 3 4 3 28 11 12 .308 .350 .489 .839 103     16.7   6.8   23.5 .106 .043 .149   27.33 3 3 Marquis Grissom
4 4 Lance Johnson T18 A NY 4E L 32   157 392 9 12 3 .971   679 225 30 21 9 115 69 32 8 40 1 3 5 47 12 8 .331 .360 .477 .837 106     20.0   3.1   23.1 .127 .020 .147   26.72 4 4 Lance Johnson
5 5   Eric Davis             CIN 3C R 34       115 253 2 3 0 .988     366 110 17 0 25 73 78 58 2 105 6 1 4 19 8 6 .301 .401 .552 .953 82       16.8   3.1   19.9 .146 .027 .173   24.96 5 5   Eric Davis
6 6 Brian McRae CHI 4C B 28   155 348 2 5 1 .986   620 171 32 5 17 111 64 73 6 84 12 2 5 37 9 11 .276 .361 .426 .787 97     15.2   4.0   19.2 .098 .026 .124   20.37 6 6 Brian McRae
7 7 Devon White FLA 3E B 33   139 296 5 4 1 .987   544 148 36 6 17 76 79 38 6 96 8 4 9 22 6 8 .272 .324 .454 .778 77     13.1   3.0   16.1 .094 .022 .116   16.52 7 7 Devon White
8 F.P. Santangelo R-4 MON 2E B 28 3B,LF   76 186 4 4 1 .979   219 57 13 3 3 29 31 33 2 32 7 4 4 2 2 4 .260 .369 .388 .757 35      5.8   4.5   10.3 .076 .059 .136   11.43 8 F.P. Santangelo
9 8 Rondell White MON 2E R 24   86 186 5 2 1 .990   331 98 19 4 6 35 40 22 0 52 2 0 1 14 5 11 .296 .343 .432 .775 44      6.0   4.3   10.3 .070 .050 .120   10.75 9 8 Rondell White
10 Larry Walker COL 3W L 29 RF   54 116 3 1 0 .992   199 56 10 4 14 40 43 17 2 37 6 0 2 12 1 6 .281 .353 .583 .936 38      4.8   2.6    7.4 .089 .048 .137    8.26 10 Larry Walker
                               
11 9 Ricky Otero R PHI 5E B 24   100 248 8 4 2 .985   407 112 11 7 2 54 32 33 0 30 2 0 2 15 10 3 .275 .331 .351 .682 45      5.2   2.6    7.8 .052 .026 .078    6.57 11 9 Ricky Otero
12 Ellis Burks 3 a S COL 3W R 31 LF   32 64 2 0 1 1.000   129 43 11 3 11 33 31 7 0 19 1 0 1 4 1 9 .333 .370 .721 1.091 24      3.8   1.0    4.8 .119 .031 .150    5.61 12 Ellis Burks
13 10 Marvin Benard R SF 4W L 26 RF   102 254 6 3 0 .989   392 98 10 4 5 78 22 53 2 64 4 3 1 24 10 6 .250 .344 .334 .678 46      4.9   1.9    6.8 .048 .019 .067    5.29 13 10 Marvin Benard
14 11 Quinton McCracken R COL 3W B 26   85 128 3 5 0 .963   236 70 10 5 3 43 37 28 4 51 0 10 1 14 4 2 .297 .370 .419 .789 38      4.2   1.9    6.1 .049 .022 .072    4.93 14 11 Quinton McCracken
15     Lenny Dykstra             PHI 5E L 33       39 103 3 0 1 1.000     131 34 6 3 3 20 12 25 2 24 2 1 0 3 1 1 .260 .386 .420 .806 21        3.4   1.3    4.7 .087 .033 .121    4.92 15     Lenny Dykstra
16 12 Jermaine Allensworth R PIT 5C R 24   61 140 4 3 1 .980   229 60 9 3 4 30 31 22 0 50 4 2 2 10 6 2 .262 .335 .380 .715 30      3.8   1.6    5.4 .062 .026 .089    4.84 16 12 Jermaine Allensworth
17 13 Brian Hunter HOU 2C R 25   127 277 11 12 1 .960   518 144 27 2 5 73 35 17 0 89 2 1 7 34 9 6 .278 .300 .367 .667 48      4.7   2.0    6.7 .037 .016 .053    4.64 17 13 Brian Hunter
18 Stan Javier SF 4W B 32   53 151 0 1 0 .993   206 54 19 0 2 32 14 16 0 42 2 3 0 9 0 3 .262 .321 .383 .704 26      3.3   1.2    4.5 .062 .023 .085    3.95 18 Stan Javier
19 14 Roger Cedeno R LA 2W B 21 LF   50 90 1 1 0 .989   135 36 6 0 1 19 11 18 0 26 1 2 0 5 1 0 .267 .357 .333 .690 18      3.2   1.1    4.3 .064 .022 .086    3.80 19 14 Roger Cedeno
20 Wayne Kirby LA 2W L 32   47 84 1 1 0 .988   158 45 10 1 1 21 8 16 0 14 1 1 1 3 2 3 .285 .352 .380 .732 21      3.0   0.8    3.8 .064 .017 .081    3.26 20 Wayne Kirby
                               
21 Al Martin PIT 5C L 28 LF   26 36 0 1 0 .973   97 32 4 0 3 17 14 4 0 18 0 0 2 6 1 2 .330 .350 .464 .814 14      2.2   0.3    2.5 .085 .012 .096    2.34 21 Al Martin
22 John Cangelosi HOU 2C B 33 LF   29 52 1 2 0 .964   93 24 4 1 0 14 4 16 0 12 1 0 0 6 4 3 .258 .373 .323 .696 12      2.2   0.3    2.5 .076 .010 .086    2.21 22 John Cangelosi
23 Thomas Howard CIN 3C B 31 LF,RF   40 69 2 1 0 .986   112 31 7 3 1 14 11 5 1 15 0 0 1 0 1 1 .277 .305 .420 .725 13      1.9   0.7    2.6 .048 .018 .065    2.00 23 Thomas Howard
24 James Mouton HOU 2C R 27 LF   29 51 2 1 0 .981   78 22 2 0 1 9 7 10 1 11 0 0 0 6 2 1 .282 .364 .346 .710 11      1.8   0.3    2.1 .062 .010 .072    1.70 24 James Mouton
25     Brett Butler             LA 2W L 39       34 74 1 1 0 .987     131 35 1 1 0 22 8 9 0 22 1 1 3 8 3 1 .267 .313 .290 .603 12        1.1   1.0    2.1 .032 .029 .062    1.57 25     Brett Butler
26 Mike Kingery PIT 5C L 35   64 109 2 2 0 .982   191 45 5 2 1 24 14 17 1 19 0 0 3 2 1 3 .236 .294 .298 .592 17      1.3   1.1    2.4 .020 .017 .038    1.40 26 Mike Kingery
27 Jacob Brumfield PIT 5C R 31 RF   22 34 1 2 1 .946   71 19 9 0 2 11 8 4 0 14 0 0 1 3 1 4 .268 .303 .479 .782 7      1.0   0.3    1.3 .045 .014 .059    0.95 27 Jacob Brumfield
28 Chad Curtis LA 2W R 27 AL-LF,CF   40 62 2 1 1 .985   93 20 5 0 1 19 5 16 0 12 0 0 0 2 1 1 .215 .330 .301 .631 10      1.0   0.4    1.4 .025 .010 .035    0.79 28 Chad Curtis
29 Curtis Goodwin CIN 3C L 23   28 40 0 2 0 .952   92 20 0 0 0 12 5 14 0 21 0 1 0 11 4 0 .217 .321 .217 .538 9      0.4   0.3    0.7 .014 .011 .025    0.33 29 Curtis Goodwin
30 Dax Jones R SF 4W L 25   29 41 1 0 0 1.000   48 10 0 2 1 6 7 7 0 9 0 0 1 2 2 0 .208 .304 .354 .658 6      0.3   0.4    0.7 .010 .014 .024    0.33 30 Dax Jones
                               
31 Jesus Tavarez FLA 3E B 25 LF   30 37 0 0 0 1.000   59 11 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 .186 .226 .203 .429 3      0.2   0.4    0.6 .007 .013 .020    0.26 31 Jesus Tavarez
League Average Age 29.0 League Avg WS/Game .082 .027 .110
League Avg per 400 Chances 385.4 8.2 6.4 1.4 .984 Offense Share of WS 75.0%
League Average per 600 PA 537.6 151.8 27.2 6.8 13.5 86.9 62.1 50.3 3.7 83.5 4.7 2.9 4.5 26.0 8.5 9.6 .282 .346 .434 .780 77.8 Average WS/Team  18.13
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   39.1%   884 1993 41 31 6 .985     3311 943 157 55 87 579 381 328 30 487 22 12 30 174 52 62 .285 .350 .444 .794 496       80.4  24.0  104.4 .091 .027 .118 Bats Left
Bats Right 28.8%   670 1405 39 25 7 .983   2486 723 131 22 78 389 308 197 9 425 18 8 19 120 44 52 .291 .345 .455 .800 359     55.6  19.8   75.4 .083 .030 .113 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   32.1%     757 1605 26 27 5 .984     2631 714 139 30 46 394 284 263 19 397 33 26 22 113 37 36 .271 .342 .399 .741 364       54.3  19.7   74.0 .072 .026 .098 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 14.1%   325 704 18 12 4 .984   1194 326 45 14 13 150 119 109 0 179 9 5 5 55 26 16 .273 .337 .367 .704 146     18.6   9.9   28.5 .057 .030 .088 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 45.2%   1055 2232 52 35 5 .985   3770 1047 182 43 97 633 424 380 33 621 37 26 33 205 59 64 .278 .347 .426 .773 548     80.5  31.7  112.2 .076 .030 .106 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 36.8%   833 1884 33 33 9 .983   3142 927 194 47 100 533 408 273 24 468 26 14 27 137 44 66 .295 .354 .482 .836 496     88.8  19.8  108.6 .107 .024 .130 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   3.9%   98 183 3 3 0 .984   322 80 6 3 1 46 22 26 1 41 1 1 6 10 4 4 .248 .301 .295 .596 29      2.4   2.1    4.5 .024 .021 .046 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     21.3%     503 1087 27 20 4 .982     1666 443 59 24 19 259 171 194 8 262 18 21 11 72 35 17 .266 .347 .364 .711 218       27.4  14.0   41.4 .054 .028 .082 Rookie  
Starter 73.2%   1639 3694 81 63 13 .984   6321 1822 320 84 167 1037 750 569 49 979 52 34 52 325 106 107 .288 .349 .445 .794 940    152.8  46.6  199.4 .093 .028 .122 Starter  
Reserve     26.8%     672 1309 25 20 5 .985     2107 558 107 23 44 325 223 219 9 330 21 12 19 82 27 43 .265 .337 .400 .737 279       37.5  16.9   54.4 .056 .025 .081 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   39.1%   884 386.1 7.9 6.0 1.2 .985     536.5 152.8 25.4 8.9 14.1 93.8 61.7 53.1 4.9 78.9 3.6 1.9 4.9 28.2 8.4 10.0 .285 .350 .444 .794 80.4       13.0   3.9   16.9 .091 .027 .118 Bats Left
Bats Right 28.8%   670 382.6 10.6 6.8 1.9 .983   546.8 159.0 28.8 4.8 17.2 85.6 67.7 43.3 2.0 93.5 3.9 1.8 4.2 26.4 9.7 11.4 .291 .345 .455 .800 79.0     12.2   4.4   16.6 .083 .030 .113 Bats Right
Bats Both   32.1%     757 387.2 6.3 6.5 1.2 .984     530.6 144.0 28.0 6.1 9.3 79.5 57.3 53.0 3.8 80.1 6.7 5.3 4.4 22.8 7.5 7.3 .271 .342 .399 .741 73.4       11.0   4.0   14.9 .072 .026 .098 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 14.1%   325 383.7 9.8 6.5 2.2 .984   541.9 148.0 20.4 6.4 5.9 68.1 54.0 49.5 0.0 81.2 4.1 2.3 2.2 25.0 11.8 7.3 .273 .337 .367 .704 66.3      8.4   4.5   12.9 .057 .030 .088 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 45.2%   1055 385.0 9.0 6.0 0.9 .985   532.7 148.0 25.7 6.1 13.7 89.4 59.9 53.7 4.7 87.8 5.2 3.7 4.7 29.0 8.3 9.0 .278 .347 .426 .773 77.4     11.4   4.5   15.9 .076 .030 .106 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 36.8%   833 386.4 6.8 6.8 1.8 .983   541.4 159.7 33.4 8.1 17.2 91.8 70.3 47.0 4.1 80.6 4.5 2.4 4.7 23.6 7.6 11.4 .295 .354 .482 .836 85.5     15.3   3.4   18.7 .107 .024 .130 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   3.9%   98 387.3 6.4 6.3 0.0 .984   542.7 134.8 10.1 5.1 1.7 77.5 37.1 43.8 1.7 69.1 1.7 1.7 10.1 16.9 6.7 6.7 .248 .301 .295 .596 48.9      4.0   3.5    7.6 .024 .021 .046 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     21.3%     503 383.4 9.5 7.1 1.4 .982     523.3 139.2 18.5 7.5 6.0 81.4 53.7 60.9 2.5 82.3 6 6.6 3.5 22.6 11.0 5.3 .266 .347 .364 .711 68.5        8.6   4.4   13.0 .054 .028 .082 Rookie  
Starter 73.2%   1639 385.0 8.4 6.6 1.4 .984   539.7 155.5 27.3 7.2 14.3 88.5 64.0 48.6 4.2 83.6 4.4 2.9 4.4 27.7 9.0 9.1 .288 .349 .445 .794 80.3     13.0   4.0   17.0 .093 .028 .122 Starter  
Reserve     26.8%     672 386.7 7.4 5.9 1.5 .985     531.6 140.8 27.0 5.8 11.1 82.0 56.3 55.3 2.3 83.3 5.3 3.0 4.8 20.7 6.8 10.8 .265 .337 .400 .737 70.4        9.5   4.3   13.7 .056 .025 .081 Reserve