Center Fielders
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1996 1998 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 T16 A STL 4C L 30   131 293 4 9 2 .971   463 137 36 3 31 93 98 95 10 124 0 0 5 21 11 9 .296 .412 .587 .999 104     20.9   2.6   23.5 .160 .020 .179   30.43 1 1 Ray Lankford
2 2 Kenny Lofton T26 A-INJ ATL 1E L 30   122 290 5 5 1 .983   493 164 20 6 5 90 48 64 5 83 2 2 3 27 20 10 .333 .409 .428 .837 83     15.6   5.0   20.6 .128 .041 .169   25.88 2 2 Kenny Lofton
3 3 Steve Finley a SD 4W L 32   140 338 9 4 3 .989   552 142 26 5 28 98 90 41 2 91 3 2 7 13 3 10 .257 .308 .475 .783 74     14.8   2.4   17.2 .106 .017 .123   18.43 3 3 Steve Finley
4 4 Rondell White MON 4E R 25   151 379 6 3 3 .992   592 160 29 5 28 84 82 31 3 111 10 1 4 16 8 18 .270 .316 .478 .794 70      9.0   8.2   17.2 .060 .054 .114   17.75 4 4 Rondell White
5     Jon Nunnally             CIN 3C L 25       46 92 1 2 0 .979     139 48 9 2 9 25 23 22 0 28 0 1 0 5 2 1 .345 .435 .633 1.068 39        9.7   1.5   11.2 .211 .033 .243   16.89 5     Jon Nunnally
6 8 Lance Johnson NY/CHI 3E/5C L 33   105 231 4 7 2 .971   395 121 16 8 5 59 35 42 3 29 0 0 1 19 11 8 .306 .372 .425 .797 60     10.3   3.1   13.4 .098 .030 .128   14.63 6 8 Lance Johnson
7 5 Darryl Hamilton SF 1W L 32   118 242 1 5 0 .980   453 123 23 3 5 78 43 60 1 59 0 6 2 15 10 6 .272 .355 .369 .724 60     11.7   1.6   13.3 .099 .014 .113   13.65 7 5 Darryl Hamilton
8 Andruw Jones R-5 ATL 1E R 20 RF   57 139 8 2 1 .987   163 42 10 1 10 28 33 25 1 45 2 0 2 5 4 2 .258 .359 .515 .874 11      7.2   2.9   10.1 .126 .051 .177   13.00 8 Andruw Jones
9 Ellis Burks COL 3W R 32 LF   89 154 3 2 1 .987   322 98 14 2 24 77 59 40 0 53 1 1 1 6 2 10 .304 .382 .584 .966 64      9.4   1.8   11.2 .106 .020 .126   12.15 9 Ellis Burks
10 11 Brian McRae CHI/NY 5C/3E B 29   148 307 4 4 2 .987   556 133 32 7 10 82 39 64 2 82 5 4 1 17 10 13 .239 .323 .376 .699 66      7.8   3.8   11.6 .053 .026 .078    9.93 10 11 Brian McRae
                                   
11 6 Midre Cummings PHI 5E B 25   53 113 1 1 0 .991   197 60 15 4 1 24 20 22 0 26 0 1 2 2 3 2 .305 .371 .437 .808 32      6.7   1.0    7.7 .126 .019 .145    8.97 11 6 Midre Cummings
12 7 Devon White FLA 2E B 34   72 153 4 2 1 .987   261 65 13 1 6 37 34 32 2 63 7 0 4 13 5 3 .249 .342 .375 .717 36      6.2   2.1    8.3 .086 .029 .115    8.62 12 7 Devon White
13 Turner Ward PIT 2C B 32 RF   31 53 2 0 0 1.000   114 43 11 1 3 20 19 8 1 10 0 3 1 3 0 1 .377 .415 .570 .985 26      5.7   0.5    6.2 .184 .016 .200    8.48 13 Turner Ward
14 Moises Alou 10 a FLA 2E R 30 LF,RF   54 108 1 0 0 1.000   194 53 15 4 2 32 41 27 1 33 3 0 3 5 2 6 .273 .366 .423 .789 30      6.3   1.1    7.4 .117 .020 .137    8.37 14 Moises Alou
15 9   Deion Sanders             CIN 3C L 29 LF     77 168 2 3 1 .983     321 96 11 6 4 41 18 20 1 45 4 2 2 41 9 4 .299 .346 .408 .754 46        6.0   2.3    8.3 .078 .030 .108    8.33 15 9   Deion Sanders
16 10 Roger Cedeno LA 2W B 22   55 125 1 2 0 .984   159 45 8 2 2 26 14 16 1 36 2 3 2 8 1 1 .283 .352 .396 .748 24      4.7   2.5    7.2 .085 .045 .131    7.96 16 10 Roger Cedeno
17 12 Jermaine Allensworth PIT 2C R 25   104 191 5 4 1 .980   366 94 18 2 3 55 43 44 1 77 7 8 6 14 7 5 .257 .343 .342 .685 46      5.5   1.6    7.1 .053 .015 .068    5.67 17 12 Jermaine Allensworth
18 Stan Javier SF 1W B 33 RF   46 99 1 3 1 .971   156 44 5 1 0 25 10 20 0 22 4 1 2 8 0 1 .282 .374 .327 .701 22      4.6   0.8    5.4 .100 .017 .117    5.66 18 Stan Javier
19 Brett Butler LA 2W L 40 LF   49 95 2 0 1 1.000   179 58 4 2 0 24 8 28 0 14 0 5 0 10 6 1 .324 .415 .369 .784 31      4.0   1.4    5.4 .082 .029 .110    5.48 19 Brett Butler
20 Carl Everett NY 3E B 27 RF   71 113 4 4 2 .967   217 55 16 2 4 29 19 18 1 54 5 3 1 12 7 0 .253 .324 .401 .725 28      4.6   1.4    6.0 .065 .020 .085    5.33 20 Carl Everett
                                   
21 13 Quinton McCracken COL 3W B 27   132 195 5 4 3 .980   312 91 11 1 3 56 35 40 0 59 1 6 1 24 10 6 .292 .373 .362 .735 43      4.7   2.6    7.3 .036 .020 .055    5.25 21 13 Quinton McCracken
22 14 Chuck Carr HOU 1C B 28 AL-CF   59 111 3 4 1 .966   184 52 10 2 4 33 17 15 2 33 2 6 1 11 5 0 .283 .342 .424 .766 25      2.9   1.4    4.3 .049 .024 .073    3.55 22 14 Chuck Carr
23 Otis Nixon LA 2W B 38 AL-CF   42 97 1 1 0 .990   174 48 6 2 1 30 18 13 0 24 0 2 1 12 2 2 .276 .324 .351 .675 20      2.5   1.3    3.8 .060 .031 .090    3.49 23 Otis Nixon
24 Derek Bell HOU 1C R 28 RF   36 65 2 2 1 .971   134 33 7 1 2 14 13 12 1 30 3 0 1 2 1 1 .246 .320 .358 .678 16      2.2   0.7    2.9 .061 .019 .081    2.52 24 Derek Bell
25     Doug Glanville       R     CHI 5C R 26 LF     30 61 1 0 1 1.000     107 34 4 1 2 18 6 4 0 12 0 1 0 3 2 2 .318 .342 .430 .772 13        1.4   0.8    2.2 .047 .027 .073    1.82 25     Doug Glanville
26 Thomas Howard HOU 1C B 32   41 73 5 0 1 1.000   139 31 10 1 2 12 13 13 1 24 1 1 0 1 0 1 .223 .294 .353 .647 15      1.1   1.1    2.2 .027 .027 .054    1.56 26 Thomas Howard
27 Curtis Goodwin CIN 3C L 24 LF   41 87 1 0 1 1.000   143 28 5 0 0 13 4 12 0 31 0 2 1 10 5 2 .196 .256 .231 .487 9      0.4   1.5    1.9 .010 .037 .046    1.25 27 Curtis Goodwin
28 Dante Powell R SF 1W R 23   20 25 0 0 0 1.000   35 10 1 0 1 2 3 4 0 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 .286 .359 .400 .759 6      1.2   0.2    1.4 .060 .010 .070    1.13 28 Dante Powell
29 Todd Hollandsworth LA 2W L 24 LF   30 51 1 1 0 .981   98 23 7 1 1 12 13 3 0 18 0 0 2 0 2 3 .235 .252 .357 .609 7      0.8   0.8    1.6 .027 .027 .053    1.13 29 Todd Hollandsworth
30 Ricky Otero PHI 5E B 25   40 94 4 0 1 1.000   141 34 4 2 0 17 3 18 0 14 0 3 0 0 3 2 .241 .327 .298 .625 12      0.4   1.2    1.6 .010 .030 .040    0.98 30 Ricky Otero
                                   
31 John Cangelosi FLA 2E B 34 LF   23 38 1 0 0 1.000   64 16 3 0 0 10 3 12 1 10 1 0 0 2 1 2 .250 .377 .297 .674 8      0.7   0.5    1.2 .030 .022 .052    0.84 31 John Cangelosi
32 Wendell Magee PHI 5E R 24   38 96 2 4 1 .961   115 23 4 0 1 7 9 9 1 20 0 0 2 1 4 8 .200 .254 .261 .515 5      -     1.0    1.0 .000 .026 .026    0.50 32 Wendell Magee
33 James Mouton HOU 1C R 28   39 59 1 0 1 1.000   105 22 5 1 2 14 12 13 0 14 2 1 0 5 3 2 .210 .308 .333 .641 11      0.2   0.7    0.9 .005 .018 .023    0.42 33 James Mouton
34 Adrian Brown R PIT 2C B 23   35 70 3 1 1 .986   139 27 6 0 1 15 10 11 0 17 3 2 1 7 4 3 .194 .266 .259 .525 9      -     0.7    0.7 .000 .020 .020    0.30 34 Adrian Brown
35 Ruben Amaro Jr. PHI 5E B 32 LF   37 38 1 1 0 .975   65 17 2 1 0 7 8 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .262 .310 .323 .633 6      0.2   0.3    0.5 .005 .008 .014    0.18 35 Ruben Amaro Jr.
League Average Age 28.9 League Avg WS/Game .080 .026 .107
League Avg per 400 Chances 385.7 7.9 6.4 2.7 .984 Offense Share of WS 75.2%
League Average per 600 PA 529.4 145.7 26.7 5.1 12.8 82.6 60.5 58.0 2.6 90.1 4.4 4.4 3.8 21.8 10.5 9.5 .275 .349 .418 .767 74.3 Average WS/Team  17.99
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   38.1%   859 1887 30 36 11 .982     3236 940 157 36 88 533 380 387 22 522 9 20 23 161 79 54 .290 .366 .443 .809 513       94.2  22.2  116.4 .110 .026 .136 Bats Left
Bats Right 26.1%   618 1277 29 17 10 .987   2133 569 107 17 75 331 301 209 8 404 28 13 19 58 34 54 .267 .337 .438 .775 272     42.4  19.0   61.4 .069 .031 .099 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   35.8%     885 1679 40 27 13 .985     2878 761 152 27 37 423 262 307 11 478 31 35 18 120 51 40 .264 .340 .375 .715 372       52.8  21.2   74.0 .060 .024 .084 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 11.4%   276 593 16 10 4 .984   852 198 41 4 16 103 86 80 3 176 7 8 10 32 21 19 .232 .300 .346 .646 71     14.3   9.6   23.9 .052 .035 .087 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 40.9%   986 1948 39 31 17 .985   3371 912 171 36 72 492 330 323 11 585 39 37 19 152 70 56 .271 .340 .407 .747 447     61.1  27.2   88.3 .062 .028 .090 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 43.7%   1009 2110 41 38 12 .983   3671 1054 194 36 111 638 501 459 27 605 22 16 30 133 65 70 .287 .367 .450 .817 588    107.5  22.9  130.4 .107 .023 .129 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   4.0%   91 192 3 1 1 .995   353 106 10 4 1 54 26 41 0 38 0 7 1 22 8 3 .300 .372 .360 .732 51      6.5   2.7    9.2 .071 .030 .101 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     5.8%     142 295 12 3 3 .990     444 113 21 2 14 63 52 44 1 83 5 4 3 16 11 7 .255 .327 .405 .732 39        9.8   4.6   14.4 .069 .032 .101 Rookie  
Starter 60.4%   1387 2992 53 51 20 .984   5025 1408 257 51 127 818 591 565 32 887 41 40 41 233 107 91 .280 .355 .427 .782 734    121.6  37.9  159.5 .088 .027 .115 Starter  
Reserve     39.6%     975 1851 46 29 14 .985     3222 862 159 29 73 469 352 338 9 517 27 28 19 106 57 57 .268 .340 .403 .743 423       67.8  24.5   92.3 .070 .025 .095 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   38.1%   859 386.5 6.1 7.4 2.3 .982     528.3 153.5 25.6 5.9 14.4 87.0 62.0 63.2 3.6 85.2 1.5 3.3 3.7 26.3 12.9 8.8 .290 .366 .443 .809 83.8       15.4   3.6   19.0 .110 .026 .136 Bats Left
Bats Right 26.1%   618 386.1 8.8 5.1 3.0 .987   532.8 142.1 26.7 4.2 18.7 82.7 75.2 52.2 2.0 100.9 7.0 3.2 4.8 14.5 8.5 13.5 .267 .337 .438 .775 67.9     10.6   4.7   15.3 .069 .031 .099 Bats Right
Bats Both   35.8%     885 384.6 9.2 6.2 3.0 .985     528.2 139.7 27.9 5.0 6.8 77.6 48.1 56.4 2.0 87.7 5.7 6.4 3.3 22.0 9.4 7.3 .264 .340 .375 .715 68.3        9.7   3.9   13.6 .060 .024 .084 Bats Both
Age 24 & under 11.4%   276 383.2 10.3 6.5 2.6 .984   534.2 124.1 25.7 2.5 10.0 64.6 53.9 50.1 1.9 110.3 4.4 5.0 6.3 20.1 13.2 11.9 .232 .300 .346 .646 44.5      9.0   6.0   15.0 .052 .035 .087 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 40.9%   986 386.1 7.7 6.2 3.4 .985   533.8 144.4 27.1 5.7 11.4 77.9 52.3 51.1 1.7 92.6 6.2 5.9 3.0 24.1 11.1 8.9 .271 .340 .407 .747 70.8      9.7   4.3   14.0 .062 .028 .090 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 43.7%   1009 385.6 7.5 6.9 2.2 .983   524.7 150.6 27.7 5.1 15.9 91.2 71.6 65.6 3.9 86.5 3.1 2.3 4.3 19.0 9.3 10.0 .287 .367 .450 .817 84.0     15.4   3.3   18.6 .107 .023 .129 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   4.0%   91 391.8 6.1 2.1 2.0 .995   526.9 158.2 14.9 6.0 1.5 80.6 38.8 61.2 0.0 56.7 0.0 10.4 1.5 32.8 11.9 4.5 .300 .372 .360 .732 76.1      9.7   4.0   13.7 .071 .030 .101 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     5.8%     142 380.6 15.5 3.9 3.9 .990     532.8 135.6 25.2 2.4 16.8 75.6 62.4 52.8 1.2 99.6 6 4.8 3.6 19.2 13.2 8.4 .255 .327 .405 .732 46.8       11.8   5.5   17.3 .069 .032 .101 Rookie  
Starter 60.4%   1387 386.6 6.8 6.6 2.6 .984   527.8 147.9 27.0 5.4 13.3 85.9 62.1 59.4 3.4 93.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 24.5 11.2 9.6 .280 .355 .427 .782 77.1     12.8   4.0   16.8 .088 .027 .115 Starter  
Reserve     39.6%     975 384.4 9.6 6.0 2.9 .985     532.0 142.3 26.3 4.8 12.1 77.4 58.1 55.8 1.5 85.4 4.5 4.6 3.1 17.5 9.4 9.4 .268 .340 .403 .743 69.8       11.2   4.0   15.2 .070 .025 .095 Reserve