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1943 1945 Chronology Home SS Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Shortstop Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Shortstop 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 Vern Stephens 3 A   STL 1 R 23   143 239 480 35 71 .954   559 164 32 1 20 91 109 62 54 1 6 2 2 3 .293 .365 .462 .827 107     24.7   9.1   33.8 .173 .064 .236   51.01 1 1 Vern Stephens
2 2 Lou Boudreau BBW 6 a   CLE T5 R 26   149 339 516 19 134 .978   580 190 45 5 3 90 67 73 39 5 19 11 3 10 .328 .407 .438 .845 100     21.2   7.1   28.3 .142 .048 .190   38.29 2 2 Lou Boudreau
3 3 Joe Hoover   DET 2 R 29   119 256 405 48 102 .932   437 103 20 2 0 66 29 35 65 6 12 7 10 4 .236 .301 .291 .592 40      3.5   5.7    9.2 .029 .048 .077    7.94 3 3 Joe Hoover
4 4 John Sullivan   WAS 8 R 23   138 276 426 50 89 .934   471 118 12 1 0 49 30 52 43 0 10 3 3 11 .251 .325 .280 .605 45      6.0   3.5    9.5 .043 .025 .069    7.74 4 4 John Sullivan
5 5   Skeeter Newsome             BOS 4 R 33       126 249 421 26 79 .963     441 106 24 3 0 38 38 31   20 0 18   4 3 10 .240 .290 .308 .598 40        3.5   5.1    8.6 .028 .040 .068    6.97 5 5   Skeeter Newsome
6 6 Mike Milosevich R   NY 3 R 29   91 176 281 22 68 .954   312 77 11 4 0 27 32 30 37 0 3 1 2 12 .247 .313 .308 .621 27      2.3   5.2    7.5 .025 .057 .082    6.68 6 6 Mike Milosevich
7 7 Ed Busch R   PHI T5 R 26 2B   111 204 330 34 50 .940   378 102 9 2 0 32 31 23 13 1 7 4 2 16 .270 .313 .304 .617 32      2.8   3.9    6.7 .025 .035 .060    5.11 7 7 Ed Busch
8 8 Skeeter Webb   CHI 7 R 34   135 202 461 39 81 .944   495 104 18 6 0 42 29 19 38 1 6 7 3 10 .210 .241 .271 .512 29      -     6.7    6.7 .000 .050 .050    4.63 8 8 Skeeter Webb
9 Frank Crosetti T31   NY 3 R 33   55 115 150 11 33 .960   197 47 4 2 5 20 30 11 21 6 6 3 0 10 .239 .299 .355 .654 19      1.9   3.0    4.9 .035 .055 .089    4.54 9 Frank Crosetti
10 Oscar Grimes   NY 3 R 29 3B   20 35 57 7 10 .929   66 18 3 1 1 8 8 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 .273 .368 .394 .762 11      2.2   0.8    3.0 .110 .040 .150    3.61 10 Oscar Grimes
                               
11 Irv Hall   PHI T5 R 25 2B   40 86 132 15 29 .936   159 43 6 2 0 17 13 9 13 1 2 1 1 4 .270 .314 .333 .647 15      1.8   1.8    3.6 .045 .045 .090    3.35 11 Irv Hall
12 Eddie Lake   BOS 4 R 28   41 53 100 12 28 .927   101 21 4 0 0 17 6 18 18 0 3 4 2 1 .208 .328 .248 .576 10      1.1   1.1    2.2 .027 .027 .054    1.58 12 Eddie Lake
13 Joe Orengo   DET 2 R 29   29 54 86 15 20 .903   95 19 6 0 0 9 6 12 18 1 1 1 0 2 .200 .296 .263 .559 7      0.5   1.0    1.5 .017 .034 .052    1.06 13 Joe Orengo
14 Cass Michaels R   CHI 7 R 18   21 36 70 8 12 .930   60 11 4 1 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 .183 .210 .283 .493 3      -     0.9    0.9 .000 .043 .043    0.58 14 Cass Michaels
League Average Age 27.8 League Avg WS/Game .059 .045 .104
League Avg per 700 Chances 247.0 416.7 36.3 85.8 .948 Offense Share of WS 56.6%
League Average per 600 PA 537.8 138.8 24.5 3.7 3.6 63.0 53.4 47.9 48.6 2.7 11.6 6.1 3.8 11.6 .258 .322 .337 .659 60.0 Average WS/Team  15.80
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   0.0%                                                                             Bats Left
Bats Right 100.0%   1218 2320 3915 341 806 .948   4351 1123 198 30 29 510 432 387 393 22 94 49 31 94 .258 .322 .337 .659 485     71.5  54.9  126.4 .059 .045 .104 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 24.9%   302 551 976 93 172 .943   1090 293 48 3 20 144 143 116 101 1 16 5 5 15 .269 .340 .373 .713 155     30.7  13.5   44.2 .102 .045 .146 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 49.6%   600 1203 1907 172 441 .948   2128 573 104 16 4 266 192 210 213 14 48 30 20 49 .269 .339 .339 .678 242     35.4  26.6   62.0 .059 .044 .103 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 25.6%   316 566 1032 76 193 .955   1133 257 46 11 5 100 97 61 79 7 30 14 6 30 .227 .271 .300 .571 88      5.4  14.8   20.2 .017 .047 .064 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     17.6%     223 416 681 64 130 .945     750 190 24 7 0 63 67 55   54 1 10   5 4 29 .253 .305 .304 .609 62        5.1  10.0   15.1 .023 .045 .068 Rookie  
Starter 83.9%   1012 1941 3320 273 674 .951   3673 964 171 24 23 435 365 325 309 14 81 39 28 76 .262 .325 .341 .666 420     64.0  46.3  110.3 .063 .046 .109 Starter  
Reserve     16.1%     206 379 595 68 132 .935     678 159 27 6 6 75 67 62   84 8 13   10 3 18 .235 .306 .319 .625 65        7.5   8.6   16.1 .036 .042 .078 Reserve  
Splits per 700 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 700 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 700 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   0.0%                                                                             Bats Left
Bats Right 100.0%   1218 247.0 416.7 36.3 85.8 .948   537.8 138.8 24.5 3.7 3.6 63.0 53.4 47.9 48.6 2.7 11.6 6.1 3.8 11.6 .258 .322 .337 .659 60.0      8.8   6.8   15.6 .059 .045 .104 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 24.9%   302 238.1 421.7 40.2 74.3 .943   534.8 143.7 23.5 1.5 9.8 70.6 70.2 56.9 49.6 0.5 7.8 2.5 2.5 7.4 .269 .340 .373 .713 76.0     15.1   6.6   21.7 .102 .045 .146 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 49.6%   600 256.6 406.7 36.7 94.1 .948   532.0 143.3 26.0 4.0 1.0 66.5 48.0 52.5 53.3 3.5 12.0 7.5 5.0 12.3 .269 .339 .339 .678 60.5      8.9   6.7   15.5 .059 .044 .103 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 25.6%   316 236.7 431.5 31.8 80.7 .955   552.3 125.3 22.4 5.4 2.4 48.7 47.3 29.7 38.5 3.4 14.6 6.8 2.9 14.6 .227 .271 .300 .571 42.9      2.6   7.2    9.8 .017 .047 .064 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Rookie     17.6%     223 250.8 410.6 38.6 78.4 .945     551.5 139.7 17.6 5.1 0.0 46.3 49.3 40.4   39.7 0.7 7.4   3.7 2.9 21.3 .253 .305 .304 .609 45.6        3.8   7.4   11.1 .023 .045 .068 Rookie  
Starter 83.9%   1012 245.5 420.0 34.5 85.3 .951   538.4 141.3 25.1 3.5 3.4 63.8 53.5 47.6 45.3 2.1 11.9 5.7 4.1 11.1 .262 .325 .341 .666 61.6      9.4   6.8   16.2 .063 .046 .109 Starter  
Reserve     16.1%     206 254.6 399.7 45.7 88.7 .935     534.6 125.4 21.3 4.7 4.7 59.1 52.8 48.9   66.2 6.3 10.2   7.9 2.4 14.2 .235 .306 .319 .625 51.2        5.9   6.8   12.7 .036 .042 .078 Reserve