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	Pos					Pct. of			3rd Base Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Third Baseman																							Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			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
1901	6	Doc Casey	DET	31	14.03	12.4%			127	133	324	58	25	.887			540	153	16	9	2	105	46	32			10	12		34			.283	.328	.357	.685	83			9.4	5.6	15.0	.074	.044	.118
1902	3	Sammy Strang	CHI	25	29.13	27.3%			269	344	643	113	38	.897			1056	300	36	12	6	177	101	120			12	20		60			.284	.358	.358	.716	179			29.6	9.9	39.5	.110	.037	.147
1903						0.0%
1904						0.0%
1905						0.0%
1906						0.0%
1907						0.0%
1908						0.0%
1909	4	Jimmy Austin	NY	29	9.59	9.7%			111	176	236	32	19	.928			359	83	9	4	1	30	32	26			1	25		25			.231	.268	.287	.555	37			5.9	4.4	10.3	.053	.040	.093
1910	4	Jimmy Austin	NY	30	11.63	11.4%			133	204	284	30	10	.942			432	94	11	4	2	46	36	47			7	25		22			.218	.290	.275	.565	45			6.2	6.0	12.2	.047	.045	.092
1911	3	Jimmy Austin	STL	31	16.58	14.9%			148	228	337	42	27	.931			541	141	25	11	2	84	45	69			6	34		26			.261	.332	.359	.691	83			11.9	5.3	17.2	.080	.036	.116
1912	6	Jimmy Austin	STL	32	6.74	12.9%			149	219	292	50	22	.911			536	135	14	8	2	57	44	38			4	26		28			.252	.293	.319	.612	57			5.3	4.4	9.7	.036	.030	.065
1913	4	Jimmy Austin	STL	33	13.91	13.0%			142	216	288	30	21	.944			489	130	18	6	2	56	42	45		51	8	17		37			.266	.327	.339	.666	63			9.7	5.1	14.8	.068	.036	.104
1914	7	Jimmy Austin	STL	34	7.53	14.0%			161	220	300	36	21	.935			574	137	19	5	0	66	40	54		81	3	20		27	28		.239	.298	.289	.587	51			6.9	6.0	12.9	.043	.037	.080
1915	3	Jimmy Austin	STL	35	15.26	22.4%			249	327	462	82	51	.906			835	216	17	13	2	111	70	116		106	11	46		34	22		.259	.340	.317	.657	106			21.5	5.6	27.1	.086	.022	.109
1916	4	Jimmy Austin	STL	36	9.52	10.5%			124	128	274	26	21	.939			411	85	15	6	1	55	28	74		59	4	19		19	0		.207	.321	.280	.601	46			7.5	3.2	10.7	.060	.026	.086
1917	5	Jimmy Austin	STL	37	13.10	12.1%			141	179	295	23	26	.954			504	116	18	8	0	65	21	52		48	3	29		14			.230	.291	.298	.589	49			9.0	5.2	14.2	.064	.037	.101
1918	10	Jimmy Austin	STL	38	4.36	7.5%			71	69	121	14	11	.931			226	51	6	2	0	26	12	34		21	2	10		11			.226	.320	.270	.590	24			3.9	1.6	5.5	.055	.023	.077
1919	6	Jimmy Austin	STL	39	7.58	9.8%			98	161	207	24	15	.939			396	94	9	9	1	54	21	42		31	2	10		8			.237	.307	.313	.620	39			4.4	3.8	8.2	.045	.039	.084
1920	7	Earl L. Smith	STL	29	7.07	12.2%			145	181	317	37	16	.931			571	165	28	10	3	75	77	42		30	6	22		11	7		.289	.332	.389	.721	76			8.6	3.9	12.5	.059	.027	.086
1921						0.0%
1922	13	Donie Bush	WAS	34	2.46	2.9%			37	31	79	5	12	.957			130	31	4	1	0	17	7	20		7	0	4		1	1		.238	.331	.285	.616	15			1.7	1.0	2.7	.046	.027	.073
1923						0.0%
1924						0.0%
1925						0.0%
1926						0.0%
1927	7	Billy Rogell	BOS	22	6.19	6.1%			73	73	168	9	14	.964			271	71	17	7	2	44	33	26		34	0	7		4	2		.262	.319	.399	.718	36			4.5	2.8	7.3	.062	.038	.100
1928						0.0%
1929	12	Mark Koenig	NY	24	4.34	2.8%			37	26	61	8	7	.916			139	41	10	2	1	16	15	9		6	0	1		0	0		.295	.336	.417	.753	20			3.0	1.1	4.1	.081	.030	.111
1930						0.0%
1931	16	Lin Storti	STL	24	0.90	5.5%			67	78	134	17	20	.926			247	54	14	4	3	29	24	14		45	1	4		0	2		.219	.259	.344	.603	21			-	1.7	1.7	.000	.025	.025
1932	12	Lin Storti	STL	25	2.35	4.2%			51	50	81	6	8	.956			193	50	11	2	3	19	26	5		20	0	5		1	0		.259	.271	.383	.654	21			1.3	1.7	3.0	.025	.033	.059
1933	14	Lin Storti	STL	26	0.54	2.2%			27	29	44	7	8	.913			101	20	3	2	1	13	10	12		15	0	2		1	1		.198	.278	.297	.575	10			0.1	0.8	0.9	.004	.030	.033
1934						0.0%
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937						0.0%
1938						0.0%
1939	12	Billy Rogell	DET	34	0.62	1.5%			21	17	40	4	3	.934			55	13	2	1	1	8	7	8		4	0	2		1	0	1	.236	.323	.364	.687	7			0.5	0.5	1.0	.024	.024	.048
1940						0.0%
1941						0.0%
1942	9	Roy Cullenbine	WAS	28	6.26	2.7%			28	45	63	8	4	.931			107	31	8	0	1	13	16	20		8	0	0		0	1	1	.290	.402	.393	.795	18			4.1	0.9	5.0	.146	.032	.179
1943						0.0%
1944						0.0%
1945						0.0%
1946						0.0%
1947						0.0%
1948						0.0%
1949						0.0%
1950						0.0%
1951						0.0%
1952						0.0%
1953						0.0%
1954						0.0%
1955						0.0%
1956						0.0%
1957						0.0%
1958						0.0%
1959						0.0%
1960						0.0%
1961						0.0%
1962						0.0%
1963						0.0%
1964	16	Don Buford	CHI	27	1.48	1.9%			37	30	63	3	5	.969			90	16	2	1	0	9	2	11	0	16	2	1	0	2	0	2	.178	.279	.222	.501	6			1.1	0.9	2.0	.030	.024	.054
1965	13	Don Buford	CHI	28	4.22	1.8%			41	13	59	1	9	.986			74	24	3	0	1	13	12	6	1	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	.324	.375	.405	.780	12			3.1	1.2	4.3	.076	.029	.105
1966	6	Don Buford	CHI	29	15.70	14.4%			223	152	522	37	42	.948			776	183	27	8	16	102	73	105	6	108	4	13	5	50	17	5	.236	.323	.353	.676	100			19.6	6.6	26.2	.088	.030	.117
1967	6	Don Buford	CHI	30	11.08	7.1%			121	95	250	19	16	.948			388	94	6	7	4	44	26	41	2	38	0	3	2	27	20	3	.242	.311	.325	.636	39			8.2	2.9	11.1	.068	.024	.092
1968	19	Sandy Alomar	CHI	24	0.29	1.0%			27	11	27	2	1	.950			30	5	2	0	0	2	2	5	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	.167	.278	.233	.511	2			0.3	0.3	0.6	.011	.011	.022
1969						0.0%
1970	20	Chico Ruiz	CAL	31	1.07	1.2%			27	21	43	1	4	.985			69	20	3	1	0	6	10	4	0	8	1	1	1	2	0	4	.290	.329	.362	.691	8			0.8	0.7	1.5	.030	.026	.056
1971						0.0%
1972						0.0%
1973	19	Bill Sudakis	TEX	27	2.04	3.5%			74	77	103	18	11	.909			229	53	7	0	4	20	15	16	0	41	0	1	2	2	2	2	.231	.278	.314	.592	19			3.0	0.9	3.9	.041	.012	.053
1974	10	Lenny Randle	TEX	25	8.71	4.8%			89	92	167	18	23	.935			322	94	11	0	1	34	25	15	1	26	0	6	4	15	9	8	.292	.314	.335	.649	33			6.4	2.4	8.8	.072	.027	.099
1975	17	Dave McKay	MIN	25	1.57	1.8%			33	38	70	9	12	.923			125	32	4	1	2	8	16	6	0	14	1	1	2	1	1	4	.256	.289	.352	.641	12			1.1	0.9	2.0	.033	.027	.061
1976	24	Dave McKay	MIN	26	0.50	2.0%			41	25	77	10	13	.911			134	27	2	0	0	8	8	9	0	26	4	4	0	1	2	5	.201	.265	.216	.481	6			-	1.0	1.0	.000	.024	.024
1977	22	Dave McKay	TOR	27	0.19	1.4%			32	32	65	5	7	.951			109	19	2	2	1	6	10	4	0	16	0	2	0	1	0	6	.174	.200	.257	.457	5			-	0.5	0.5	.000	.016	.016
1978	30	Larry Milbourne	SEA	27	0.25	1.3%			32	28	58	1	4	.989			103	18	1	1	0	7	7	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	2	4	.175	.181	.204	.385	3			-	0.6	0.6	.000	.019	.019
1979						0.0%
1980	25	Dave McKay	OAK	30	1.06	1.7%			54	39	66	4	5	.963			104	24	7	0	0	10	9	6	0	23	1	3	0	1	1	0	.231	.272	.298	.570	9			0.7	1.1	1.8	.013	.020	.033
1981	16	Lenny Randle	SEA	32	2.58	5.9%			102	67	164	9	11	.963			273	65	11	1	4	25	32	18	2	36	1	6	4	10	4	2	.238	.278	.330	.608	27			3.2	3.2	6.4	.031	.031	.063
1982	12	Roy Smalley III	NY	29	5.92	8.7%			216	149	361	34	35	.938			760	198	38	1	9	79	75	54	7	90	3	6	9	6	12	11	.261	.306	.349	.655	82			9.2	3.8	13.0	.043	.018	.060
1983	13	Roy Smalley III	NY	30	5.01	3.9%			102	56	188	16	18	.938			290	67	8	1	7	33	37	20	2	31	2	3	5	2	1	6	.231	.278	.338	.616	29			3.8	2.1	5.9	.037	.021	.058
1984	9	Howard Johnson	DET	23	9.95	8.6%			221	112	328	34	36	.928			707	165	22	3	20	78	86	70	3	120	1	11	5	13	8	14	.233	.297	.358	.655	78			10.5	3.9	14.4	.048	.018	.065
1985	16	Tony Phillips	OAK	26	5.49	2.1%			53	46	87	7	7	.950			162	47	13	2	4	25	21	12	0	30	0	4	1	2	3	1	.290	.330	.469	.799	25			4.5	0.9	5.4	.085	.017	.102
1986	14	Tony Phillips	OAK	27	5.18	8.5%			200	119	341	41	26	.918			672	179	23	7	6	86	66	73	0	109	4	16	4	21	9	15	.266	.333	.348	.681	84			11.7	5.4	17.1	.059	.027	.086
1987	23	Donnie Hill	CHI	26	1.36	1.3%			32	14	55	9	8	.885			107	29	4	0	5	15	17	6	0	12	1	1	1	1	0	4	.271	.310	.449	.759	14			0.9	0.9	1.8	.028	.028	.056
1988	17	Al Newman	MIN	28	1.32	3.3%			92	52	103	8	15	.951			223	46	6	2	1	29	19	28	0	33	1	1	0	7	3	6	.206	.296	.265	.561	18			1.0	2.3	3.3	.011	.025	.036
1989	15	Tony Phillips	OAK	30	2.50	6.6%			168	98	229	34	24	.906			451	106	16	3	2	56	40	48	1	59	2	10	1	10	8	15	.235	.305	.297	.602	42			3.7	3.6	7.3	.022	.021	.043
1990	8	Tony Phillips	DET	31	13.70	9.4%			225	140	401	40	39	.931			710	170	23	5	13	99	71	80	1	111	3	10	4	16	9	12	.239	.314	.341	.655	82			12.7	5.4	18.1	.056	.024	.080
1991	8	Carlos Baerga	CLE	22	11.64	8.8%			230	128	380	27	32	.950			652	180	30	1	15	87	71	65	4	100	5	8	3	6	7	14	.276	.341	.394	.735	90			14.9	5.4	20.3	.065	.023	.088
1992	6	Gregg Jefferies	KC	24	13.77	10.5%			252	159	426	32	42	.948			851	245	52	5	11	98	103	76	3	61	2	14	12	22	13	33	.288	.338	.400	.738	107			16.1	6.8	22.9	.064	.027	.091
1993						0.0%
1994	5	Spike Owen	CAL	33	11.83	5.7%			95	55	162	8	17	.964			292	88	18	2	4	33	42	48	0	28	0	4	0	3	10	4	.301	.395	.418	.813	50			8.3	2.3	10.6	.087	.024	.112
1995	7	Tony Phillips	CAL	36	15.23	8.8%			182	111	324	30	27	.935			636	170	28	9	24	120	83	88	3	136	5	0	1	7	11	11	.267	.360	.453	.813	108			16.1	4.8	20.9	.088	.026	.115
1996	6	Dave Hollins	MIN/SEA	30	15.31	7.8%			183	113	297	19	25	.956			587	157	33	0	19	99	91	88	7	124	14	1	3	6	6	12	.267	.374	.421	.795	96			10.6	5.0	15.6	.058	.027	.085
1997	5	Dave Hollins	ANA	31	15.54	10.4%			246	156	386	38	31	.934			796	205	41	2	20	125	107	89	2	186	8	3	8	18	7	15	.258	.334	.389	.723	109			14.3	4.9	19.2	.058	.020	.078
1998	6	Tony Fernandez	TOR	36	12.04	11.4%			271	181	396	32	24	.947			917	256	50	4	16	117	114	102	5	136	9	5	7	20	10	16	.279	.353	.395	.748	133			20.4	6.5	26.9	.075	.024	.099
1999	1	Tony Fernandez	TOR	37	26.90	16.6%			405	225	613	54	51	.939			1284	366	88	2	27	185	156	173	13	207	13	4	11	12	16	32	.285	.372	.420	.792	202			26.8	9.0	35.8	.066	.022	.088
2000	12	Carlos Guillen	SEA	24	5.04	5.9%			141	100	201	25	15	.923			426	105	17	5	11	63	60	48	0	85	3	7	5	3	2	6	.246	.319	.387	.706	57			8.0	2.5	10.5	.057	.018	.074
2001	8	Jose Macias	DET	29	8.27	14.6%			319	227	602	54	54	.939			1110	284	48	12	39	151	148	108	4	207	6	7	9	29	14	26	.256	.321	.426	.747	152			21.4	7.7	29.1	.067	.024	.091
2002	9	Jose Valentin	CHI	32	9.15	7.8%			199	128	277	25	20	.942			549	138	24	6	20	77	83	41	3	99	4	6	8	10	3	4	.251	.301	.426	.727	75			10.9	4.7	15.6	.055	.024	.078
2003	2	Bill Mueller	BOS	32	26.82	13.3%			305	192	483	35	49	.951			1006	281	67	10	28	139	163	108	5	162	10	10	14	15	6	20	.279	.348	.449	.797	166			25.0	8.7	33.7	.082	.029	.110
2004	8	Chone Figgins	ANA	26	11.68	17.3%			408	263	633	50	57	.947			1294	332	61	10	30	182	157	132	7	203	13	13	15	22	13	26	.257	.325	.389	.714	171			18.0	10.7	28.7	.044	.026	.070
2005	4	Bill Mueller	BOS	34	19.00	12.1%			294	173	499	29	43	.959			939	254	50	11	13	124	96	101	6	134	7	8	9	23	9	33	.271	.340	.389	.729	128			21.5	8.0	29.5	.073	.027	.100
2006	10	Maicer Izturis	LA	25	11.10	11.6%			279	153	449	34	45	.947			906	253	44	12	9	153	95	91	2	130	5	15	14	33	11	17	.279	.339	.384	.723	126			16.6	6.2	22.8	.059	.022	.082
2007	3	Chone Figgins	LA	29	24.40	12.9%			298	181	470	26	42	.962			979	267	45	11	7	147	94	107	2	149	1	6	10	53	12	18	.273	.340	.363	.703	133			20.9	8.1	29.0	.070	.027	.097
2008	10	Chone Figgins	LA	30	10.87	13.6%			301	201	544	30	54	.961			1036	287	54	6	16	148	102	128	7	176	8	5	7	34	18	24	.277	.357	.387	.744	147			18.6	9.2	27.8	.062	.031	.092
2009	2	Chone Figgins	LA	31	32.84	9.9%			228	135	409	18	50	.968			762	219	36	8	6	122	66	109	0	138	1	12	5	44	19	9	.287	.370	.379	.749	120			21.1	7.9	29.0	.093	.035	.127
2010	8	Wilson Betemit	KC	28	10.17	18.3%			440	231	708	29	75	.970			1406	362	64	3	21	156	147	108	6	223	6	10	14	25	11	40	.257	.310	.352	.662	156			19.9	10.3	30.2	.045	.023	.069
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
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