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	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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						0.0%
1902						0.0%
1903						0.0%
1904	7	John Anderson	NY	30	7.10	10.9%			132	226	12	19	2	.926			507	130	18	5	2	50	43	26			5	8		25			.256	.299	.323	.622	51			10.6	1.9	12.5	.080	.014	.095
1905	11	John Anderson	NY/WAS	31	3.04	1.8%			22	37	3	3	0	.930			87	24	4	1	0	11	9	5			1	1		5			.276	.323	.345	.668	14			2.4	0.5	2.9	.109	.023	.132
1906						0.0%
1907						0.0%
1908						0.0%
1909						0.0%
1910						0.0%
1911						0.0%
1912						0.0%
1913						0.0%
1914						0.0%
1915	11	Wally Schang	PHI	25	3.14	3.4%			42	75	11	8	1	.915			132	31	4	2	0	17	11	19		20	5	4		6	4		.235	.353	.295	.648	17			3.4	0.8	4.2	.081	.019	.100
1916	7	Lee Magee	NY	27	10.87	9.9%			107	262	14	7	3	.975			420	108	15	3	2	47	37	41		26	1	16		24	21		.257	.325	.321	.646	48			8.6	4.3	12.9	.080	.040	.121
1917	8	Earl L. Smith	STL	26	3.98	6.0%			77	154	13	8	4	.954			279	68	8	5	0	34	14	21		29	1	17		6			.244	.299	.308	.607	27			4.1	1.6	5.7	.053	.021	.074
1918	13	Earl L. Smith	STL	27	1.82	2.6%			25	61	4	3	2	.956			88	24	3	2	0	9	10	4		5	0	6		4			.273	.304	.352	.656	9			1.3	1.0	2.3	.052	.040	.092
1919						0.0%
1920	9	Wally Schang	BOS	30	6.76	3.3%			39	90	7	2	0	.980			134	41	10	2	1	20	18	22		13	2	3		2	2		.306	.411	.433	.844	26			5.2	1.4	6.6	.133	.036	.169
1921						0.0%
1922						0.0%
1923						0.0%
1924						0.0%
1925						0.0%
1926						0.0%
1927	10	Bernie Neis	CLE/CHI	31	4.82	2.8%			33	89	5	3	1	.969			111	33	9	0	3	17	19	18		12	0	6		1	1		.297	.395	.459	.854	21			3.6	1.2	4.8	.109	.036	.145
1928						0.0%
1929	6	Jack Rothrock	BOS	24	11.58	10.4%			126	338	12	11	3	.970			466	140	19	7	6	69	58	42		46	2	13		23	13		.300	.361	.410	.771	66			8.9	4.1	13.0	.071	.033	.103
1930						0.0%
1931						0.0%
1932						0.0%
1933						0.0%
1934						0.0%
1935						0.0%
1936						0.0%
1937	14	Jack Rothrock	PHI	32	1.91	4.0%			52	120	2	1	0	.992			204	55	13	0	0	25	19	25		13	0	0		1	0		.270	.349	.333	.682	24			1.9	1.0	2.9	.037	.019	.056
1938						0.0%
1939						0.0%
1940						0.0%
1941						0.0%
1942						0.0%
1943						0.0%
	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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
1944						0.0%
1945						0.0%
1946						0.0%
1947	8	Dave Philley	CHI	27	5.90	7.8%			95	271	6	3	2	.989			379	98	17	8	1	38	31	24		27	1	3		14	11	10	.259	.304	.354	.658	36			4.3	3.2	7.5	.045	.034	.079
1948	6	Dave Philley	CHI	28	11.13	10.4%			123	368	21	9	6	.977			465	133	27	3	5	49	40	48		31	0	8		8	10	10	.286	.353	.389	.742	59			8.2	4.4	12.6	.067	.036	.102
1949						0.0%
1950	9	Dave Philley	CHI	30	2.44	5.5%			70	174	7	3	3	.984			250	61	8	2	6	28	32	21		23	0	4		2	1	7	.244	.303	.364	.667	26			1.7	2.1	3.8	.024	.030	.054
1951	6	Dave Philley	PHI	31	11.00	9.6%			116	291	15	7	4	.978			445	117	17	7	7	68	56	60		36	3	4		9	6	4	.263	.354	.380	.734	64			8.7	3.2	11.9	.075	.028	.103
1952	2	Mickey Mantle	NY	20	37.67	23.8%			270	751	25	14	7	.982			1046	298	57	10	27	159	144	122		130	4	19		14	5	33	.285	.362	.436	.798	162			33.6	9.2	42.8	.124	.034	.159
1953	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	21	32.08	12.2%			147	386	13	7	2	.983			561	166	29	5	22	116	99	86		93	0	1		11	5	6	.296	.389	.483	.872	108			23.6	4.4	28.0	.161	.030	.190
1954	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	22	45.75	11.1%			143	327	20	9	5	.975			511	155	16	11	26	117	100	88	6	96	0	2	4	3	2	3	.303	.403	.530	.933	117			30.2	3.6	33.8	.211	.025	.236
1955	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	23	62.19	11.9%			145	372	11	2	2	.995			514	157	24	11	37	122	98	112	6	98	3	2	3	8	2	4	.305	.430	.611	1.041	136			34.1	6.8	40.9	.235	.047	.282
1956	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	24	83.26	12.0%			144	370	10	4	3	.990			529	187	22	5	52	132	127	110	6	100	2	1	4	10	2	4	.353	.464	.709	1.173	174			43.8	4.8	48.6	.304	.033	.338
1957	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	25	87.63	11.1%			139	324	6	7	1	.979			470	172	28	6	34	121	93	145	23	74	0	0	3	16	3	5	.366	.513	.668	1.181	155			46.1	5.0	51.1	.332	.036	.368
1958	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	26	60.03	12.0%			150	331	5	8	2	.977			519	158	21	1	42	127	97	129	13	120	2	2	2	18	3	11	.304	.443	.592	1.035	138			35.7	3.8	39.5	.238	.025	.263
1959	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	27	35.92	12.5%			143	366	7	2	3	.995			541	154	23	4	31	105	75	94	6	126	1	1	2	21	4	7	.285	.390	.514	.904	110			25.6	4.1	29.7	.179	.029	.208
1960	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	28	51.57	12.0%			150	326	9	3	1	.991			524	145	17	6	40	118	94	110	6	123	1	0	5	14	3	11	.277	.400	.561	.961	118			31.3	4.6	35.9	.209	.031	.239
1961	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	29	77.50	9.1%			150	351	6	6	0	.983			512	163	16	6	54	132	128	125	9	110	0	1	5	12	1	2	.318	.449	.689	1.138	157			43.0	4.9	47.9	.287	.033	.319
1962	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	30	46.47	5.2%			94	185	4	4	1	.979			292	93	14	1	20	77	69	103	8	61	1	0	2	9	0	3	.318	.495	.579	1.074	97			26.3	1.6	27.9	.280	.017	.297
1963	2	Tom Tresh	NY	25	26.26	10.4%			210	344	7	6	1	.983			554	155	28	2	30	113	86	105	8	99	2	3	5	7	2	8	.280	.393	.500	.893	118			30.5	5.3	35.8	.145	.025	.170
1964	1	Mickey Mantle	NY	32	42.48	8.8%			171	254	2	6	1	.977			498	149	25	2	31	92	93	101	12	104	2	1	3	9	1	6	.299	.417	.544	.961	123			30.7	3.5	34.2	.180	.020	.200
1965	3	Tom Tresh	NY	27	19.55	5.9%			104	177	6	7	1	.963			368	107	20	4	16	62	42	35	2	52	1	1	0	2	2	5	.291	.354	.497	.851	65			14.3	1.7	16.0	.138	.016	.154
1966	4	Mickey Mantle	NY	34	19.49	8.7%			155	307	4	3	0	.990			506	135	19	2	23	67	66	74	5	93	3	3	5	9	3	12	.267	.361	.449	.810	85			20.9	2.9	23.8	.135	.019	.154
1967	2	Reggie Smith	BOS	22	20.26	12.3%			214	478	12	7	3	.986			738	185	30	5	19	94	78	85	11	114	5	3	4	25	7	9	.251	.331	.382	.713	99			19.4	7.1	26.5	.091	.033	.124
1968	2	Reggie Smith	BOS	23	26.79	13.6%			222	506	9	6	1	.988			786	217	39	11	23	115	90	92	17	103	5	1	8	36	23	10	.276	.352	.441	.793	124			31.7	6.4	38.1	.143	.029	.172
1969	2	Reggie Smith	BOS	24	29.62	7.3%			136	315	8	14	1	.958			530	164	27	7	25	84	90	50	7	66	1	1	8	7	10	13	.309	.365	.528	.893	95			19.7	4.1	23.8	.145	.030	.175
1970	2	Reggie Smith	BOS	25	30.48	7.6%			145	361	15	9	1	.977			578	176	32	7	22	108	74	51	1	60	4	0	5	10	7	13	.304	.362	.498	.860	100			19.1	5.9	25.0	.132	.041	.172
1971	3	Reggie Smith	BOS	26	18.58	4.8%			87	247	9	7	0	.973			335	92	18	1	17	39	61	33	1	43	3	0	4	5	2	9	.275	.341	.487	.828	55			12.6	2.9	15.5	.145	.033	.178
1972	16	Joe Lovitto	TEX	21	2.89	4.1%			77	197	7	3	2	.986			252	59	7	0	0	13	10	26	1	40	1	3	0	11	8	7	.234	.308	.262	.570	20			2.9	1.3	4.2	.038	.017	.055
1973	2	Reggie Smith	BOS	28	28.15	22.9%			425	1184	33	25	8	.980			1554	428	50	13	31	249	143	218	19	245	7	12	6	66	37	38	.275	.366	.384	.750	227			43.5	13.9	57.4	.102	.033	.135
1974	1	Ken Henderson	CHI	28	30.94	21.4%			444	1165	26	19	6	.984			1466	387	62	12	29	187	162	167	14	237	5	19	13	70	39	31	.264	.339	.382	.721	191			33.6	12.1	45.7	.076	.027	.103
1975	2	Bill North	OAK	27	23.98	19.0%			356	1008	26	17	6	.984			1309	351	48	11	14	178	129	177	20	181	8	17	8	37	17	33	.268	.357	.354	.711	173			29.4	13.1	42.5	.083	.037	.119
1976	7	Bill North	OAK	28	18.45	13.0%			265	636	15	11	2	.983			877	222	39	7	9	124	59	103	4	125	2	14	5	73	32	14	.253	.331	.344	.675	105			20.7	7.5	28.2	.078	.028	.106
1977	15	Bill North	OAK	29	4.70	4.3%			126	212	2	3	0	.986			307	69	6	4	4	47	21	46	3	52	2	7	1	19	15	4	.225	.329	.309	.638	33			3.9	2.1	6.0	.031	.017	.048
1978	16	Joe Wallis	OAK	26	6.34	6.2%			153	373	8	8	4	.979			443	114	19	3	9	47	42	37	2	59	2	8	6	23	11	3	.257	.314	.375	.689	55			7.2	4.2	11.4	.047	.027	.075
1979	17	Willie Wilson	KC	23	4.83	1.8%			44	113	2	5	0	.958			134	41	4	4	1	23	4	6	2	23	1	0	0	20	5	0	.306	.340	.418	.758	21			3.5	1.2	4.7	.080	.027	.107
1980	7	Willie Wilson	KC	24	14.94	14.6%			321	897	8	21	2	.977			1252	353	53	13	17	198	116	96	12	168	11	14	3	59	22	28	.282	.338	.386	.724	164			26.7	8.9	35.6	.083	.028	.111
1981	4	Jerry Mumphrey	NY	28	14.52	8.3%			112	315	7	9	1	.973			443	131	15	8	6	57	39	33	0	41	2	9	2	14	11	12	.296	.346	.406	.752	57			10.4	5.4	15.8	.093	.048	.141
1982	4	Jerry Mumphrey	NY	29	18.99	14.0%			331	855	21	13	6	.985			1192	334	50	19	21	164	134	86	8	167	5	14	5	21	12	30	.280	.330	.407	.737	155			25.5	7.0	32.5	.077	.021	.098
1983	3	George Wright	TEX	24	23.14	25.7%			628	1591	45	25	11	.985			2176	587	80	21	38	294	221	143	13	276	5	15	14	68	29	38	.270	.314	.378	.692	256			36.6	19.7	56.3	.058	.031	.090
1984	3	Willie Wilson	KC	28	29.47	19.4%			469	1207	29	14	7	.989			1636	406	62	23	12	220	127	138	5	262	6	17	5	108	25	21	.248	.308	.336	.644	186			26.9	15.6	42.5	.057	.033	.091
1985	4	Willie Wilson	KC	29	20.77	18.7%			445	1170	28	11	7	.991			1596	417	53	30	18	213	128	122	4	314	5	14	4	113	27	21	.261	.315	.366	.681	198			30.1	14.5	44.6	.068	.033	.100
1986	7	Gary Pettis	CAL	28	17.31	27.1%			623	1578	28	24	9	.985			2236	572	86	21	27	310	205	224	6	407	17	26	15	161	55	31	.256	.326	.349	.675	271			34.2	18.5	52.7	.055	.030	.085
	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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
1987	7	Willie Wilson	KC	31	14.57	20.9%			509	1198	17	17	7	.986			1716	411	54	23	13	236	109	143	6	325	10	25	4	118	37	27	.240	.301	.321	.622	176			15.7	13.7	29.4	.031	.027	.058
1988	10	Willie Wilson	KC	32	10.16	21.2%			496	1286	15	24	2	.982			1785	446	67	21	16	260	149	113	3	325	6	20	10	116	28	15	.250	.295	.338	.633	191			26.5	14.2	40.7	.053	.029	.082
1989	7	Devon White	CAL	26	12.77	26.5%			646	1520	25	20	6	.987			2252	574	65	36	22	319	177	197	6	463	9	39	15	170	59	40	.255	.315	.345	.660	253			32.7	18.6	51.3	.051	.029	.079
1990	11	Gary Pettis	TEX	32	9.81	32.1%			737	1786	35	21	14	.989			2549	656	117	32	38	345	264	195	7	513	13	44	19	128	43	38	.257	.311	.373	.684	304			41.7	20.7	62.4	.057	.028	.085
1991	3	Devon White	TOR	28	29.70	33.0%			790	1981	25	25	6	.988			2707	699	128	39	33	401	243	251	2	551	22	28	20	139	53	41	.258	.324	.371	.695	313			41.1	25.0	66.1	.052	.032	.084
1992	5	Devon White	TOR	29	20.55	37.0%			825	2268	40	29	12	.988			2921	715	122	27	43	392	302	254	8	558	18	34	21	118	42	49	.245	.307	.349	.656	320			44.8	26.2	71.0	.054	.032	.086
1993	3	Devon White	TOR	30	23.05	27.2%			578	1475	19	22	7	.985			2202	587	119	26	41	322	220	178	6	404	18	22	12	79	29	32	.267	.325	.400	.725	285			38.7	18.5	57.2	.067	.032	.099
1994	3	Bernie Williams	NY	25	16.53	43.4%			709	1761	26	22	6	.988			2576	682	128	19	44	411	257	302	14	442	19	30	21	136	40	37	.265	.344	.380	.724	349			42.3	22.7	65.0	.060	.032	.092
1995	1	Bernie Williams	NY	26	35.62	40.1%			774	2011	39	27	10	.987			2952	821	137	21	46	448	317	279	8	537	17	36	19	137	55	52	.278	.342	.386	.728	406			54.6	22.9	77.5	.071	.030	.100
1996	3	Bernie Williams	NY	27	34.85	26.3%			608	1490	50	14	17	.991			2150	609	94	18	47	377	251	274	10	376	7	25	15	125	37	44	.283	.364	.409	.773	337			45.4	21.7	67.1	.075	.036	.110
1997	2	Bernie Williams	NY	28	32.18	18.4%			462	1002	12	13	2	.987			1585	432	81	12	35	255	185	211	8	304	3	11	16	86	27	25	.273	.356	.405	.761	241			38.7	10.6	49.3	.084	.023	.107
1998	2	Bernie Williams	NY	29	34.71	24.4%			562	1343	37	20	6	.986			2101	610	90	26	47	323	228	236	12	383	8	23	17	97	36	46	.290	.362	.425	.787	324			43.0	18.7	61.7	.077	.033	.110
1999	1	Bernie Williams	NY	30	48.61	27.3%			644	1516	45	27	9	.983			2331	662	101	22	67	400	324	292	24	477	11	8	20	69	39	45	.284	.364	.432	.796	380			55.7	18.3	74.0	.086	.028	.115
2000	1	Bernie Williams	NY	31	33.12	25.5%			591	1432	31	20	10	.987			2156	591	116	22	104	363	362	252	21	438	16	3	15	55	15	42	.274	.352	.493	.845	385			55.6	19.6	75.2	.094	.033	.127
2001	2	Carlos Beltran	KC	24	33.78	30.5%			674	1561	35	21	10	.987			2612	750	153	28	102	438	381	242	20	502	27	11	22	127	29	41	.287	.351	.484	.835	451			75.2	18.4	93.6	.112	.027	.139
2002	1	Bernie Williams	NY	33	39.40	30.2%			667	1622	37	23	6	.986			2473	711	152	24	80	386	343	273	16	459	12	8	16	82	22	57	.288	.359	.465	.824	422			73.6	16.2	89.8	.110	.024	.135
2003	1	Carlos Beltran	KC	26	41.60	29.2%			666	1671	25	12	8	.993			2445	675	112	25	69	391	344	279	24	396	21	17	24	92	24	51	.276	.352	.427	.779	390			65.6	21.1	86.7	.098	.032	.130
2004	5	Carlos Beltran	KC	27	12.82	25.1%			584	1355	23	15	5	.989			2019	545	105	18	59	308	242	201	16	321	9	23	12	73	28	35	.270	.337	.427	.764	293			43.2	14.2	57.4	.074	.024	.098
2005	9	Gary Matthews Jr.	TEX	30	7.62	17.1%			406	941	15	16	5	.984			1302	333	58	11	21	177	106	132	6	215	2	17	7	50	20	26	.256	.324	.366	.690	158			18.1	8.7	26.8	.045	.021	.066
2006	3	Gary Matthews Jr.	TEX	31	23.97	17.0%			398	913	20	13	10	.986			1529	440	89	10	35	230	164	136	9	245	6	13	11	66	26	18	.288	.346	.428	.774	232			30.7	11.6	42.3	.077	.029	.106
2007	6	Coco Crisp	BOS	27	14.28	23.4%			522	1359	30	13	7	.991			1848	485	100	18	39	273	235	197	12	328	13	21	23	59	16	44	.262	.334	.399	.733	255			29.8	19.5	49.3	.057	.037	.094
2008	9	Coco Crisp	BOS	28	10.16	13.2%			332	710	16	14	2	.981			1069	270	44	4	26	151	115	118	8	186	6	12	8	31	10	27	.253	.328	.374	.702	136			13.2	10.1	23.3	.040	.030	.070
2009	11	Melky Cabrera	NY	24	10.60	9.6%			238	539	3	5	1	.991			771	198	43	7	13	109	94	102	5	125	6	11	5	26	4	20	.257	.346	.381	.727	107			17.5	5.6	23.1	.074	.024	.097
2010	8	Coco Crisp	OAK	30	17.99	7.7%			170	408	9	6	0	.986			618	160	30	6	9	89	63	57	0	96	2	7	5	44	6	13	.259	.321	.371	.692	80			13.6	6.0	19.6	.080	.035	.115
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia