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Pos Pct. of First Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as First 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
1876    1 Tim Murnane BOS 24    12.09 42.4%   183 1397.6 17.3 85.1 42.5 .943   585.6 143.0 13.6 3.8 3.0 93.8 42.4 14.4 18.9 .244 .262 .296 .558 79.4      9.2   2.8    12.0 .066 .020 .086
1877    3 Jumbo Latham LOU 24     3.89 32.4%   113 1388.8 45.4 65.8 55.6 .956   592.9 157.1 15.5 8.3 0.0 64.3 42.9 7.1 16.7 .265 .274 .319 .593 64.3      5.2   1.7     6.9 .039 .012 .051
1878    2 Chub Sullivan CIN 22     5.53 66.7%   231 1402.9 36.3 60.8 57.5 .959   588.4 135.1 11.6 3.9 0.6 65.3 53.7 11.6 49.8 .230 .245 .266 .511 62.7      5.8   2.3     8.1 .039 .016 .054
1879    5 Oscar Walker BUF 24     7.01 48.5%   276 1377.3 42.7 80.0 63.5 .947   588.5 156.4 28.8 7.3 2.6 80.6 61.7 11.5 52.3 .266 .280 .353 .633 87.4     11.2   1.8    13.0 .078 .012 .090
                       
1880    3 Bill Phillips CLE 23    10.12 48.1%   309 1393.9 40.0 66.1 64.8 .956   589.9 145.2 24.2 12.6 2.5 70.6 47.9 10.1 52.4 .246 .259 .343 .602 79.2     11.1   2.0    13.1 .071 .013 .084
1881    3 Roger Connor TRO 23    11.19 43.7%   289 1386.7 48.6 64.7 82.1 .957   580.3 161.7 30.9 12.2 5.2 91.4 63.8 19.7 40.8 .279 .302 .401 .703 95.2     14.9   1.6    16.5 .110 .012 .122
1882    1 Dan Brouthers BUF 24    25.52 29.3%   181 1398.3 44.5 57.2 72.0 .962   572.7 184.3 31.9 19.7 6.1 108.5 78.9 27.3 39.4 .322 .353 .478 .831 128.2     23.3   2.2    25.5 .170 .016 .186
1883    8 Sid Farrar PHI 23     1.56 12.7%   99 1405.2 42.0 52.8 74.5 .965   593.7 138.6 29.9 12.6 0.0 64.6 45.7 6.3 58.3 .233 .241 .326 .567 66.1      4.1   0.9     5.0 .026 .006 .032
1884    6 Sid Farrar PHI 24     8.30 26.0%   221 1407.9 42.3 49.8 48.5 .967   587.8 144.6 22.4 7.5 2.7 61.8 64.5 12.2 59.0 .246 .261 .323 .584 79.4      9.2   2.0    11.1 .061 .013 .074
1885    8 Mox McQuery DET 24     5.25 12.6%   107 1400.8 58.5 40.7 62.3 .973   583.4 157.6 30.4 5.5 4.1 66.4 58.1 16.6 125.8 .270 .290 .363 .653 81.6      9.7   2.8    12.5 .065 .019 .085
1886         0.0%                        
1887    4 Otto Schomberg IND 22    14.64 12.2%   112 1404.2 32.3 63.5 87.8 .958   522.0 161.0 22.6 20.1 6.3 113.2 103.1 70.4 40.3 7.6 26.4 .308 .398 .465 .863 118.2     17.9   0.9    18.7 .127 .006 .133
1888    4 Jake Beckley PIT 20    17.03 10.5%   109 1433.0 34.1 32.9 74.6 .978   569.7 170.6 27.5 6.9 0.0 63.3 59.2 24.8 61.9 5.5 34.4 .300 .335 .372 .707 96.3     19.8   2.3    22.2 .132 .016 .148
1889    4 Jake Beckley PIT 21    20.01 17.9%   175 1406.4 55.2 38.4 81.6 .974   563.6 157.9 22.5 7.7 7.7 84.4 91.4 31.0 31.0 5.4 15.5 .280 .324 .389 .713 88.3     13.1   1.8    14.9 .097 .013 .110
                       
1890    6 Lew Whistler NY 22     6.81 4.8%   45 1444.0 29.5 26.5 82.5 .982   534.0 153.9 28.3 22.0 6.3 84.8 91.1 62.8 116.2 3.2 25.1 .288 .366 .459 .825 106.8     17.3   2.5    19.8 .122 .018 .140
1891    3 Jake Beckley PIT 23    17.04 15.0%   160 1372.3 91.5 36.2 72.5 .976   549.8 156.4 19.8 17.3 4.1 93.0 74.9 42.0 46.1 8.2 14.8 .284 .344 .406 .750 99.6     13.1   1.9    15.0 .099 .014 .114
1892    4 Jake Beckley PIT 24    19.71 18.2%   310 1375.9 88.7 35.4 76.0 .976   552.0 128.8 15.7 17.1 7.8 86.8 77.1 38.8 52.6 9.2 26.3 .233 .295 .366 .661 85.4     13.1   1.8    15.0 .092 .013 .105
1893   14 Frank Motz CIN 23     2.63 4.6%   70 1373.1 98.2 28.7 92.1 .981   535.1 139.9 20.3 8.1 6.1 70.9 83.1 54.7 34.5 10.2 20.3 .261 .341 .364 .705 87.2      7.7   1.8     9.5 .054 .013 .067
1894    2 Jack Doyle NY 24    20.66 11.1%   155 1384.7 69.7 45.6 71.6 .970   549.3 192.8 35.3 12.7 6.3 112.2 123.1 41.6 26.2 3.6 5.5 50.7 .351 .400 .496 .896 133.0     17.6   2.5    20.2 .126 .018 .144
1895   13 Scoops Carey BAL 24     2.38 9.9%   146 1417.8 60.1 22.1 93.8 .985   554.9 145.1 23.5 7.8 1.0 65.7 87.3 30.4 36.3 3.9 10.8 2.9 .261 .304 .337 .641 72.5      2.9   1.9     4.8 .021 .013 .034
1896   11 Nap Lajoie PHI 21     6.27 19.7%   302 1398.8 66.5 34.7 86.7 .977   556.3 152.7 23.5 15.0 2.3 85.5 82.7 30.1 38.5 8.0 5.6 26.8 .274 .321 .383 .704 84.6      8.6   1.4    10.1 .061 .010 .071
1897    2 Nap Lajoie PHI 22    21.07 19.5%   304 1401.2 67.3 31.5 71.2 .979   548.1 173.5 27.1 21.5 4.2 94.0 106.6 33.2 11.7 7.0 23.4 .317 .368 .468 .836 106.2     14.9   2.2    17.1 .105 .015 .120
1898    6 Honus Wagner LOU 24    11.02 10.6%   183 1387.0 69.0 44.0 85.0 .971   557.6 150.6 24.0 12.8 5.6 72.1 74.5 28.0 3.2 11.2 22.4 .270 .309 .389 .698 80.1     12.5   2.3    14.8 .085 .016 .101
1899   13 Mike Kelley LOU 23     2.67 11.0%   191 1404.4 53.1 42.5 67.6 .972   558.0 145.8 21.4 6.3 3.2 84.0 65.8 28.5 7.1 6.4 18.2 .261 .306 .339 .645 69.0      5.3   1.5     6.8 .035 .010 .045
                       
1900   11 Mike Donlin STL 22     3.22 2.0%   21 1393.3 26.7 80.0 60.0 .947   560.4 184.6 13.2 13.2 19.8 79.1 98.9 26.4 0.0 13.2 26.4 .329 .360 .506 .866 105.5     17.8   0.7    18.5 .129 .005 .133
1901         0.0%                        
1902    5 Frank Chance CHI 24     8.54 3.8%   38 1383.3 70.7 46.0 74.3 .969   505.3 146.1 19.7 7.9 3.9 82.9 67.1 75.0 15.8 3.9 55.3 .289 .397 .383 .780 102.6     24.9   2.4    27.2 .166 .016 .182
1903    9 Shad Barry PHI 24     1.97 3.0%   30 1399.0 62.5 38.5 48.1 .974   549.6 151.1 22.9 4.6 0.0 73.3 59.5 32.1 4.6 13.7 27.5 .275 .320 .333 .653 73.3     10.1   0.9    11.0 .073 .007 .080
1904    7 Johnny Lush PHI 18     6.79 5.3%   62 1353.4 72.0 74.6 69.5 .950   541.9 150.0 31.5 4.8 2.4 58.1 62.9 38.7 9.7 9.7 16.9 .277 .336 .366 .702 77.4     16.7   0.5    17.2 .111 .003 .115
1905    6 Doc Gessler BRO 24    14.84 9.2%   107 1354.8 104.5 40.7 73.3 .973   531.5 153.4 20.5 5.5 4.1 54.8 56.2 46.6 17.8 4.1 31.5 .289 .366 .371 .737 79.5     18.1   1.6    19.7 .123 .011 .135
1906    3 Jim Nealon PIT 21    18.23 15.0%   175 1393.4 87.0 19.6 78.4 .987   524.9 134.2 18.6 11.0 3.4 77.6 75.9 50.6 5.1 19.4 16.0 .256 .327 .352 .679 70.0     14.9   2.6    17.6 .101 .018 .119
1907    6 Ed Konetchy STL 21     9.62 23.3%   274 1374.3 95.2 30.5 55.8 .980   539.8 135.9 15.0 11.1 1.7 45.7 56.3 37.9 5.0 17.3 16.2 .252 .307 .330 .637 59.6     11.6   1.7    13.4 .076 .011 .088
1908    4 Ed Konetchy STL 22    17.57 19.7%   235 1385.8 94.0 20.2 52.5 .987   535.9 134.0 16.7 10.9 3.8 46.2 44.2 34.0 7.7 22.4 14.1 .250 .304 .343 .647 57.1     13.0   2.9    16.0 .086 .020 .106
1909    1 Ed Konetchy STL 23    30.51 44.0%   535 1390.8 84.4 24.8 66.4 .983   526.7 133.6 17.9 8.5 2.5 55.1 56.2 45.2 4.4 23.7 17.4 .254 .318 .334 .652 62.3     12.0   1.9    13.9 .082 .013 .094
                       
1910    1 Ed Konetchy STL 24    33.99 41.2%   472 1397.5 80.1 22.4 75.9 .985   527.6 151.8 26.6 13.7 3.4 78.5 70.6 54.7 48.0 3.0 14.7 21.4 .288 .358 .409 .767 82.5     18.4   2.2    20.6 .128 .015 .143
1911    4 Fred Merkle NY 22    18.02 38.8%   464 1384.4 91.3 24.3 75.3 .984   531.9 146.4 21.0 9.3 7.7 73.6 77.4 41.2 52.6 7.1 19.8 30.9 .275 .335 .393 .728 76.1     12.3   2.0    14.3 .086 .014 .099
1912    2 Fred Merkle NY 23    20.73 35.6%   423 1399.4 78.0 22.6 80.9 .985   532.4 157.3 27.9 11.4 5.4 82.4 81.3 46.1 58.8 4.0 17.5 26.6 .295 .356 .421 .777 87.4     16.3   1.4    17.7 .115 .010 .125
1913    1 Vic Saier CHI 22    31.91 36.3%   436 1410.9 67.8 21.3 78.9 .986   535.4 148.7 23.0 13.9 6.8 78.1 75.4 46.7 50.0 3.4 14.5 26.7 .278 .339 .410 .749 76.1     15.7   2.0    17.7 .106 .014 .120
1914    1 Vic Saier CHI 23    29.89 19.4%   252 1413.5 62.6 23.9 67.5 .984   510.0 115.2 17.9 5.5 11.1 73.9 54.2 68.4 63.4 3.7 17.9 15.4 .226 .322 .348 .670 65.3     14.1   2.2    16.3 .091 .014 .105
1915    3 Vic Saier CHI 24    28.55 15.3%   184 1401.2 77.9 20.9 81.1 .986   529.5 131.4 31.6 9.7 9.7 75.4 62.4 62.4 73.0 2.4 5.7 26.8 10.5 .248 .330 .400 .730 78.6     19.4   1.4    20.8 .130 .009 .139
1916    7 Walter Holke NY 23     7.49 6.3%   80 1417.1 67.8 15.1 73.5 .990   560.3 167.2 18.8 8.4 0.0 52.3 58.5 27.2 58.5 2.1 10.4 27.2 0.0 .299 .333 .362 .695 69.0     16.9   2.7    19.7 .101 .016 .118
1917    5 Walter Holke NY 24    17.31 16.0%   187 1416.2 67.0 16.8 92.5 .989   532.0 141.7 14.1 6.6 3.3 58.0 54.7 40.6 62.2 5.8 21.6 14.1 .266 .325 .336 .661 63.8     13.6   2.4    16.0 .088 .016 .103
1918   11 Charlie Grimm STL 19     0.46 3.9%   42 1405.1 51.1 43.8 87.6 .971   542.5 119.2 28.8 0.0 0.0 41.1 45.2 24.7 57.5 8.2 24.6 8.2 .220 .264 .273 .537 37.0      2.5   1.6     4.1 .014 .010 .024
Pos Pct. of First Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as First 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
1919    8 George Kelly NY 23     4.42 2.8%   32 1444.9 46.6 8.5 72.0 .994   553.4 160.3 31.0 10.3 5.2 62.1 72.4 15.5 77.6 5.2 25.9 5.2 .290 .315 .411 .726 72.4     19.1   1.6    20.7 .116 .009 .125
                       
1920    4 George Kelly NY 24    15.93 26.9%   323 1403.6 88.2 8.2 94.4 .995   546.5 135.0 17.1 8.8 6.0 52.5 71.4 34.1 62.7 4.6 14.8 6.5 11.5 .247 .297 .343 .640 55.3      7.1   3.5    10.6 .048 .024 .071
1921    5 Charlie Grimm PIT 22    12.73 16.5%   198 1427.2 61.5 11.3 90.5 .992   555.0 156.8 22.5 14.3 6.8 60.8 66.8 29.3 44.3 1.5 14.2 6.8 6.8 .282 .320 .411 .731 70.5      9.8   3.0    12.8 .066 .020 .086
1922    5 Charlie Grimm PIT 23    11.48 15.9%   188 1425.8 62.5 11.7 98.5 .992   551.1 164.4 26.7 13.3 3.7 68.9 82.2 36.3 20.7 3.7 8.9 6.7 8.1 .298 .346 .415 .761 79.3     11.0   2.8    13.8 .079 .020 .099
1923    2 Jim Bottomley STL 23    28.24 26.4%   313 1419.7 66.1 14.2 117.9 .990   541.2 189.1 31.0 12.8 8.7 77.0 95.7 44.2 44.2 2.3 12.3 5.5 6.8 .349 .401 .502 .903 103.0     20.6   2.1    22.7 .144 .015 .159
1924    3 Jim Bottomley STL 24    15.80 20.2%   250 1407.8 69.7 22.5 117.6 .985   538.9 157.5 29.4 10.4 11.0 79.6 89.4 44.4 41.0 2.3 14.4 6.3 6.3 .292 .349 .446 .795 83.7     13.1   1.2    14.3 .091 .008 .099
1925         0.0%                        
1926    4 Babe Herman BRO 23    17.41 7.9%   100 1387.5 91.2 21.3 83.6 .986   535.8 170.8 38.0 11.7 11.7 68.6 87.6 48.2 56.9 1.4 14.6 8.8 .319 .377 .499 .876 97.8     20.0   1.9    21.9 .137 .013 .150
1927    7 Babe Herman BRO 24    10.86 8.5%   105 1373.7 96.5 29.8 90.8 .980   529.9 144.2 33.8 11.7 18.2 83.1 93.5 50.6 53.2 1.3 18.2 5.2 .272 .337 .483 .820 83.1     12.2   2.6    14.8 .090 .019 .109
1928    6 Don Hurst PHI 22    11.48 8.6%   104 1385.1 97.7 17.2 132.2 .989   500.2 142.7 29.1 5.1 24.0 92.2 80.8 85.9 50.5 1.3 12.6 3.8 .285 .391 .508 .899 96.0     13.9   1.6    15.5 .106 .013 .118
1929    3 Don Hurst PHI 23    16.71 13.1%   154 1376.0 102.1 21.9 114.0 .985   510.7 155.2 25.1 3.5 26.9 86.7 108.4 69.4 31.2 2.6 17.3 8.7 .304 .390 .525 .915 96.2     13.0   1.6    14.6 .097 .012 .109
                       
1930    3 Gus Suhr PIT 24    17.50 20.3%   247 1398.6 84.3 17.1 142.9 .989   514.3 155.5 25.0 9.6 18.7 94.2 102.2 69.8 43.7 2.3 13.6 9.6 .302 .388 .498 .886 99.3     13.1   1.8    14.8 .093 .013 .106
1931         0.0%                        
1932   10 Art Shires BOS 24     3.97 6.5%   80 1389.2 93.3 17.5 118.5 .988   545.1 129.9 16.5 5.5 9.1 58.5 54.9 45.8 38.4 1.8 7.3 1.8 .238 .299 .339 .638 58.5      7.5   2.2     9.7 .051 .015 .066
1933         0.0%                        
1934         0.0%                        
1935    5 Phil Cavarretta CHI 18    13.50 19.1%   224 1378.9 104.9 16.2 125.1 .989   555.9 148.4 25.5 9.9 6.2 72.0 71.4 36.0 52.2 1.9 6.2 5.0 9.3 .267 .314 .382 .696 68.9      9.8   1.7    11.6 .071 .013 .083
1936    1 Johnny Mize STL 23    32.24 38.7%   483 1374.6 107.2 18.2 105.0 .988   558.9 171.1 27.4 8.0 9.4 76.1 82.4 32.0 33.9 3.4 5.7 5.7 8.8 .306 .347 .434 .781 87.0     15.0   2.2    17.2 .109 .016 .125
1937    1 Johnny Mize STL 24    47.61 33.0%   400 1394.3 89.0 16.7 110.0 .989   541.3 159.1 28.2 6.1 10.7 74.0 72.9 50.1 56.1 3.2 5.4 4.3 11.1 .294 .357 .428 .785 88.3     16.5   2.1    18.6 .115 .015 .130
1938    4 Elbie Fletcher BOS 22    20.09 16.3%   196 1371.2 115.9 12.9 104.5 .991   538.3 132.6 22.4 6.2 6.2 67.9 50.1 54.7 46.3 3.9 3.1 4.6 12.3 .246 .320 .345 .665 64.8     13.8   2.4    16.2 .091 .016 .107
1939    5 Elbie Fletcher BOS/PIT 23    14.40 29.4%   345 1400.4 81.5 18.1 123.1 .988   537.7 152.6 26.4 3.7 11.1 63.1 75.5 49.1 43.3 2.5 10.7 4.9 12.0 .284 .346 .409 .755 75.5     12.5   1.8    14.3 .088 .013 .100
                       
1940    3 Elbie Fletcher PIT 24    30.34 33.2%   382 1399.7 88.0 12.3 119.1 .992   504.9 140.3 24.4 5.8 13.5 80.5 89.3 85.6 41.2 5.1 4.4 4.4 9.5 .278 .388 .429 .817 90.7     18.3   2.3    20.5 .131 .016 .148
1941    9 Johnny Hopp STL 24     5.31 7.2%   93 1419.5 59.9 20.6 97.6 .986   522.0 150.9 27.7 6.9 5.2 78.0 60.7 62.4 52.0 3.5 12.1 10.4 13.9 .289 .369 .399 .768 79.8     15.1   2.4    17.5 .094 .015 .109
1942   11 Buddy Gremp BOS 22     1.23 4.7%   62 1394.8 91.3 13.9 124.5 .991   558.9 120.5 30.1 0.0 8.2 32.9 52.1 35.6 57.5 2.8 2.7 2.7 13.7 .216 .266 .314 .580 43.8      3.8   2.5     6.3 .023 .015 .037
1943   11 Howie Schultz BRO 20     3.19 6.5%   83 1403.3 81.2 15.5 100.5 .990   566.5 149.1 29.8 3.7 1.9 61.5 87.6 18.6 67.1 7.5 7.4 9.3 1.9 11.2 .263 .296 .339 .635 57.8      8.4   2.2    10.6 .054 .014 .069
1944    8 Howie Schultz BRO 21     7.00 15.2%   199 1389.5 93.5 17.0 113.0 .989   567.0 150.2 31.5 4.5 12.0 61.6 86.4 24.8 61.6 3.7 4.5 5.3 1.5 18.0 .265 .300 .400 .700 66.1      9.6   2.2    11.8 .064 .015 .079
1945    6 Ed Stevens BRO 20     9.22 13.9%   170 1365.5 114.9 19.6 145.7 .987   537.3 141.6 25.8 4.3 4.3 59.2 54.1 50.7 42.9 2.6 9.4 4.3 0.0 12.9 .264 .330 .351 .681 67.0      8.6   1.8    10.4 .059 .012 .071
1946    9 Ed Stevens BRO 21     6.56 12.6%   186 1368.6 112.3 19.1 131.4 .987   548.9 135.5 26.5 7.9 12.8 59.9 85.4 42.2 76.6 0.0 8.9 3.9 1.0 7.9 .247 .301 .394 .695 63.8     10.7   1.7    12.4 .059 .009 .068
1947    4 Earl Torgeson BOS 23    20.45 18.2%   232 1384.8 98.0 17.2 120.0 .989   527.1 132.6 25.6 4.6 14.4 67.6 74.2 67.6 84.7 0.7 4.6 7.2 0.0 11.2 .252 .337 .400 .737 70.9     11.2   2.2    13.4 .073 .015 .088
1948    2 Earl Torgeson BOS 24    14.08 46.5%   606 1385.8 99.7 14.5 118.8 .990   540.7 139.0 26.3 7.3 12.4 65.1 84.1 52.7 61.2 1.2 5.4 7.6 0.0 14.6 .257 .324 .402 .726 69.2      9.9   2.2    12.1 .067 .015 .082
1949    4 Ted Kluszewski CIN 24    13.42 28.7%   360 1401.4 84.2 14.4 138.2 .990   565.9 160.4 26.3 3.7 9.9 67.4 79.8 28.0 32.9 1.2 4.9 2.5 0.0 11.5 .283 .319 .395 .714 67.9      9.2   2.1    11.3 .062 .014 .076
                       
1950   10 Preston Ward CHI 22     3.27 18.9%   243 1361.7 122.9 15.4 139.0 .990   530.6 128.5 21.2 3.2 8.4 64.9 58.5 59.8 69.4 1.9 7.7 3.9 0.0 12.2 .242 .321 .341 .662 59.1      5.3   1.9     7.2 .034 .012 .046
1951    6 Whitey Lockman NY 24    10.53 9.8%   119 1363.0 116.1 20.9 147.4 .986   547.3 154.6 24.0 5.7 10.3 75.6 65.3 44.7 28.6 2.3 5.7 3.4 4.6 14.9 .282 .339 .404 .743 71.0     11.2   1.7    12.9 .082 .013 .095
1952   11 Steve Bilko STL 23     1.21 10.2%   138 1364.3 120.6 15.1 131.9 .990   552.2 125.4 20.7 5.2 1.3 50.4 28.4 38.8 67.2 0.0 9.0 3.9 3.9 2.6 .227 .278 .290 .568 45.3      2.2   1.7     3.9 .012 .009 .022
1953    6 Steve Bilko STL 24    10.43 25.0%   310 1371.0 112.9 16.1 133.5 .989   537.5 132.7 17.4 4.9 17.0 60.8 75.5 56.7 91.1 1.8 4.0 1.3 0.4 12.1 .247 .321 .392 .713 67.5      7.6   2.2     9.9 .055 .016 .071
1954    5 Joe Cunningham STL 22     9.73 16.7%   203 1367.7 113.0 19.3 136.0 .987   527.2 136.0 18.0 6.9 12.5 68.7 61.0 61.7 2.1 66.6 1.4 8.3 1.4 3.5 0.7 9.0 .258 .336 .389 .725 72.1     10.8   1.2    12.0 .076 .009 .085
1955   13 Gail Harris NY 23     3.17 5.6%   75 1363.0 110.5 26.5 143.6 .982   555.0 126.4 19.3 0.0 25.7 57.9 77.1 36.4 4.3 96.4 4.3 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 12.9 .228 .279 .402 .681 60.0      7.5   1.7     9.2 .047 .011 .057
1956    5 Bill White NY 22    15.45 17.0%   250 1366.5 119.3 14.2 120.8 .991   539.3 137.3 23.3 6.0 17.3 63.8 59.3 48.0 3.8 72.0 3.0 6.0 3.7 12.8 6.0 10.5 .255 .317 .416 .733 66.8     10.4   3.2    13.6 .055 .017 .072
1957    2 Ed Bouchee PHI 24    31.32 13.5%   178 1332.1 149.9 18.0 108.9 .988   513.3 151.4 33.1 7.1 16.6 73.3 71.0 71.7 5.5 81.2 11.8 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.0 14.2 .295 .392 .484 .876 94.6     21.6   2.4    24.0 .154 .017 .171
1958    2 Orlando Cepeda SF 20    22.85 14.6%   199 1377.8 106.0 16.2 142.8 .989   560.8 172.5 33.5 4.1 25.3 84.2 91.6 27.8 5.7 85.8 4.1 0.0 7.3 12.3 9.0 14.7 .308 .341 .517 .858 89.9     17.7   2.0    19.6 .109 .012 .121
1959    1 Frank Robinson CIN 23    23.95 22.2%   298 1375.9 101.8 22.3 125.2 .985   533.8 168.6 29.1 5.5 31.6 92.8 108.4 55.2 9.5 92.8 6.0 0.0 5.0 18.1 7.5 14.0 .316 .383 .569 .952 112.4     23.3   1.8    25.1 .156 .012 .168
                       
1960    2 Frank Robinson CIN 24    15.49 16.7%   212 1385.2 95.7 19.1 110.8 .987   508.5 138.3 31.4 4.2 25.1 85.2 79.6 78.9 10.5 87.3 7.0 0.0 5.6 10.5 5.6 11.9 .272 .374 .499 .873 97.8     22.5   1.7    24.2 .152 .012 .164
1961    2 Orlando Cepeda SF 23    22.66 14.3%   188 1379.8 106.1 14.1 113.6 .991   525.3 164.8 21.9 4.1 35.7 107.2 106.4 58.5 9.7 84.4 9.7 0.8 5.7 8.1 4.9 13.0 .314 .389 .575 .964 116.1     23.9   2.7    26.5 .156 .018 .174
Pos Pct. of First Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as First 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
1962    1 Orlando Cepeda SF 24    31.10 26.0%   512 1395.4 90.6 14.0 129.3 .991   533.4 149.4 22.7 3.8 22.3 88.9 87.8 53.0 5.7 89.3 3.8 4.9 4.9 6.4 1.9 12.1 .280 .346 .462 .808 86.3     17.2   2.2    19.4 .089 .011 .100
1963    4 Ron Fairly LA 24    13.87 22.3%   411 1404.4 85.7 9.9 118.5 .993   528.7 129.0 20.9 2.3 12.3 60.0 60.9 55.4 6.8 75.4 2.7 9.1 4.1 2.7 3.6 12.3 .244 .317 .362 .679 60.9     11.1   2.6    13.7 .060 .014 .073
1964    7 Joe Torre MIL 23     9.99 19.8%   324 1387.5 101.3 11.2 119.4 .993   555.1 148.6 25.6 4.8 14.0 58.8 76.7 32.8 3.4 69.5 3.9 3.4 4.8 1.9 3.9 15.0 .268 .310 .407 .717 67.0     12.4   1.5    13.9 .079 .010 .089
1965    9 Ed Kranepool NY 20     7.38 16.5%   289 1390.9 97.2 11.9 125.2 .992   544.5 136.1 25.1 4.7 15.8 59.0 61.9 45.6 7.6 94.6 3.5 1.2 5.2 0.6 4.1 16.9 .250 .309 .400 .709 63.7      9.6   2.1    11.7 .057 .012 .070
1966    7 Ed Kranepool NY 21    12.17 12.1%   207 1397.5 89.3 13.2 120.7 .991   549.0 144.5 20.4 5.1 15.3 59.5 74.8 39.1 9.3 82.4 4.3 1.7 5.9 1.7 1.7 13.6 .263 .314 .402 .716 67.1     12.3   2.0    14.3 .070 .011 .081
1967    8 Doug Rader HOU 22     8.17 18.1%   312 1381.2 102.5 16.3 118.3 .989   541.4 149.7 25.0 3.7 14.4 65.5 69.8 42.1 10.1 77.8 5.3 4.3 6.9 2.1 7.5 13.3 .277 .331 .416 .747 72.5     13.9   2.1    15.9 .083 .013 .096
1968    2 Rusty Staub HOU 24    29.61 19.4%   327 1382.6 106.4 11.0 113.4 .993   526.3 137.8 28.7 0.5 6.2 46.9 52.2 56.5 14.4 56.9 5.7 9.1 2.4 1.4 1.9 10.5 .262 .338 .354 .692 64.1     14.5   2.2    16.7 .093 .014 .107
1969    8 Nate Colbert SD 23    14.90 19.5%   372 1390.9 96.6 12.5 124.4 .992   546.0 141.0 19.0 5.9 20.7 62.9 72.6 42.7 8.4 88.7 6.3 2.5 2.5 6.8 4.2 16.5 .258 .318 .428 .746 70.9     12.5   2.0    14.6 .080 .013 .093
                       
1970    5 Bob Robertson PIT 23    20.89 24.6%   507 1385.5 102.6 11.9 133.6 .992   531.6 139.7 22.0 4.9 27.9 81.7 87.8 53.5 6.8 113.1 5.8 2.0 7.1 3.2 2.6 11.3 .263 .333 .480 .813 85.6     15.7   1.8    17.5 .095 .011 .107
1971    3 Bob Robertson PIT 24    22.79 13.2%   267 1363.0 127.7 9.3 120.2 .994   530.2 140.8 25.6 2.3 29.1 72.7 87.3 58.8 5.8 117.0 5.2 1.2 4.6 4.1 1.2 9.9 .266 .342 .487 .829 88.5     19.3   1.7    21.1 .124 .011 .136
1972   11 Mike Jorgensen MON 23     5.85 11.9%   229 1392.8 96.3 10.9 110.9 .993   537.8 147.4 16.1 2.1 23.1 66.4 83.8 48.2 4.9 95.0 4.9 5.6 3.5 18.2 8.4 12.6 .274 .337 .440 .777 81.0     14.9   1.8    16.7 .093 .011 .104
1973    7 Steve Garvey LA 24     9.85 23.7%   515 1405.2 85.2 9.6 125.3 .994   545.1 138.1 19.5 2.0 14.5 66.4 61.0 44.8 5.7 75.1 3.4 2.7 4.0 7.1 4.0 15.2 .253 .312 .376 .688 62.7     10.8   2.7    13.5 .062 .015 .078
1974    5 John Milner NY 24    14.35 12.4%   270 1379.4 109.7 10.9 124.0 .993   520.8 131.2 22.2 2.5 18.4 71.0 69.7 73.5 8.9 83.6 2.5 0.6 2.6 7.6 1.9 15.8 .252 .346 .410 .756 75.4     14.1   2.7    16.8 .083 .016 .098
1975   16 Dan Driessen CIN 23     4.82 9.6%   228 1374.8 110.5 14.7 126.0 .990   523.6 130.0 22.8 3.5 12.3 59.7 57.1 63.2 7.9 75.5 2.6 1.8 8.8 6.1 6.1 12.3 .248 .327 .376 .703 65.9      9.8   2.2    11.9 .049 .011 .060
1976    6 Mike Ivie SD 23    15.44 17.6%   378 1368.7 114.9 16.4 132.7 .989   528.9 146.4 26.3 5.4 11.3 70.7 81.1 60.7 9.1 61.6 4.1 2.7 3.6 8.6 6.3 10.9 .277 .354 .411 .765 77.0     15.8   2.3    18.0 .092 .013 .105
1977    2 Keith Hernandez STL 23    26.86 15.0%   295 1386.4 100.5 13.1 133.8 .991   534.1 153.9 35.2 5.0 12.1 80.5 75.4 59.4 7.5 74.4 2.0 2.0 2.5 13.6 7.5 12.1 .288 .360 .441 .801 85.0     18.4   2.2    20.6 .124 .015 .139
1978    5 Keith Hernandez STL 24    19.88 18.7%   372 1381.9 100.2 17.9 119.4 .988   534.5 128.2 24.3 3.7 13.6 70.5 67.6 54.0 6.6 93.5 2.4 2.9 6.2 14.0 5.8 13.2 .240 .309 .375 .684 61.8     10.5   1.9    12.4 .068 .012 .081
1979   11 Bob Horner ATL 21     8.87 7.2%   149 1388.2 84.1 27.7 120.7 .982   549.4 151.9 11.8 3.2 24.8 70.0 81.9 39.8 8.6 88.3 3.2 1.1 6.5 5.4 1.1 11.8 .276 .326 .445 .771 80.8     13.5   1.2    14.6 .084 .007 .091
                       
1980   19 Danny Heep HOU 22     2.37 3.8%   75 1395.7 86.2 18.1 80.2 .988   559.0 131.1 30.7 4.1 8.2 49.1 59.4 36.9 2.0 114.7 0.0 2.0 2.1 4.1 2.0 16.4 .234 .281 .348 .629 49.1      6.1   2.5     8.6 .040 .016 .056
1981   19 Danny Heep HOU 23     0.85 1.7%   22 1421.0 64.6 14.4 86.1 .990   548.4 122.6 12.9 0.0 0.0 32.3 58.1 51.6 12.9 64.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.4 .224 .290 .247 .537 38.7      5.8   1.9     7.7 .041 .014 .055
1982         0.0%                        
1983   13 Mike Marshall LA 23     4.87 3.9%   106 1387.3 100.2 12.5 105.2 .992   549.3 149.3 13.3 0.0 21.3 50.7 85.3 42.7 2.7 120.0 5.3 0.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 13.3 .272 .329 .413 .742 77.3     14.7   3.5    18.1 .052 .012 .064
1984   10 David Green STL 23     8.84 13.9%   287 1400.8 87.4 11.8 124.6 .992   538.4 134.9 11.7 6.2 16.6 60.4 71.5 50.5 8.0 118.3 0.6 3.7 6.8 17.2 13.6 8.6 .251 .312 .388 .700 63.4     10.3   1.8    12.2 .059 .010 .069
1985    7 Glenn Davis HOU 24    14.15 14.1%   286 1373.2 107.8 19.0 123.5 .987   544.5 132.3 18.5 1.1 19.1 70.7 61.7 43.2 7.9 95.3 4.5 3.9 3.9 7.3 6.7 15.1 .243 .302 .386 .688 61.7      9.1   2.0    11.1 .057 .013 .069
1986    7 Will Clark SF 22    14.09 10.4%   204 1398.3 89.7 12.0 108.1 .992   537.4 148.5 28.6 1.5 15.1 77.6 61.1 47.5 11.3 113.1 4.5 6.8 3.8 7.5 9.0 8.3 .276 .338 .419 .757 72.4     13.6   1.9    15.5 .088 .012 .100
1987    2 Will Clark SF 23    30.33 7.3%   139 1372.9 112.9 14.2 142.4 .991   539.6 166.7 30.2 4.2 36.5 90.6 92.7 50.0 11.5 99.0 5.2 3.1 2.1 5.2 17.7 2.1 .309 .372 .583 .955 110.4     23.8   1.8    25.5 .164 .012 .176
1988    1 Will Clark SF 24    49.21 19.2%   360 1389.0 96.5 14.5 110.2 .990   526.3 154.1 27.5 4.4 18.7 81.2 82.8 66.1 13.5 82.4 1.6 0.0 6.0 5.2 2.0 10.4 .293 .370 .468 .838 92.8     22.7   1.8    24.5 .159 .013 .171
1989   10 Ricky Jordan PHI 24     9.26 9.3%   186 1419.4 71.2 9.4 112.3 .994   555.5 146.0 26.0 4.2 13.4 69.7 71.3 29.4 5.0 66.3 5.9 1.7 7.5 5.0 3.4 15.9 .263 .303 .397 .700 62.9      9.5   1.8    11.2 .061 .011 .072
                       
1990   13 David Justice ATL 24     6.15 5.9%   141 1369.4 106.4 24.2 103.2 .984   547.0 138.2 27.9 2.9 22.1 72.1 85.3 50.0 0.0 100.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 8.8 5.9 14.7 .253 .316 .435 .751 72.1     14.0   0.6    14.6 .067 .003 .070
1991    3 Jeff Bagwell HOU 23    26.35 19.1%   384 1358.2 125.6 16.2 111.9 .989   523.5 146.7 24.9 3.2 15.8 80.5 78.1 65.5 3.9 103.7 6.3 0.8 3.9 8.7 4.3 9.5 .280 .365 .430 .795 85.2     18.6   1.7    20.3 .123 .011 .134
1992    1 Jeff Bagwell HOU 24    35.13 21.2%   441 1358.5 133.2 8.3 105.2 .994   532.0 140.1 29.4 3.2 17.9 67.3 82.0 51.2 7.2 94.6 5.7 1.1 10.0 5.0 5.0 11.8 .263 .329 .432 .761 72.0     15.8   2.5    18.3 .100 .016 .116
1993   16 Kevin Young PIT 24     2.85 8.9%   228 1377.2 117.1 5.7 131.0 .996   536.1 126.1 30.3 3.3 8.2 49.9 55.7 43.4 2.5 101.5 7.4 4.9 8.2 5.7 5.7 8.2 .235 .297 .350 .647 50.8      4.3   2.9     7.3 .023 .016 .039
1994    8 Rico Brogna NY 24     9.03 11.1%   194 1370.4 115.8 13.8 119.8 .991   553.3 164.5 34.6 4.3 13.9 66.7 77.1 33.8 0.0 94.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 10.4 2.6 6.1 .297 .340 .451 .791 88.3     15.3   1.9    17.2 .091 .011 .103
1995   13 John Mabry STL 24     4.41 8.0%   185 1380.9 108.0 11.1 137.0 .993   542.0 142.8 29.0 2.1 8.6 53.7 71.9 49.4 6.4 98.7 1.1 2.1 5.4 1.1 5.4 10.7 .263 .323 .372 .695 63.3      8.3   1.9    10.2 .042 .010 .051
1996   15 Butch Huskey NY 24     5.15 3.2%   75 1372.2 103.7 24.1 137.5 .984   549.1 163.3 21.2 4.2 21.2 63.6 93.3 42.4 6.4 97.5 0.0 0.0 8.5 2.1 2.1 12.7 .297 .343 .467 .810 86.9     11.9   1.1    12.9 .075 .007 .081
1997   18 Dmitri Young STL 23     3.18 3.9%   95 1372.5 108.8 18.7 116.3 .988   531.8 141.7 24.5 5.2 7.0 68.2 52.5 59.5 1.7 117.2 3.5 1.7 3.5 8.7 8.7 12.2 .266 .342 .372 .714 66.5      7.9   2.1    10.0 .047 .013 .060
1998    8 Todd Helton COL 24    15.69 26.7%   721 1363.8 126.0 10.2 135.2 .993   536.8 148.6 34.6 1.5 18.8 70.2 83.7 54.8 3.4 92.5 5.3 0.2 2.9 4.8 3.2 15.0 .277 .348 .452 .800 82.0     12.5   1.7    14.3 .083 .011 .094
1999    4 Sean Casey CIN 24    25.98 19.5%   546 1400.9 90.4 8.7 118.9 .994   539.3 152.6 34.9 2.3 17.2 76.1 76.1 52.1 8.9 84.7 4.9 0.0 3.7 6.6 3.1 14.6 .283 .349 .452 .801 84.2     10.6   1.9    12.6 .068 .012 .081
                       
2000    9 Derrek Lee FLA 24    14.83 8.7%   237 1380.3 107.5 12.2 125.8 .992   521.8 143.0 27.4 2.7 28.1 76.2 85.5 72.2 4.7 147.0 3.3 0.0 2.7 0.7 2.0 11.4 .274 .364 .498 .862 94.2     14.0   2.5    16.4 .088 .016 .104
2001   15 Albert Pujols STL 21     6.01 2.3%   69 1385.8 95.7 18.5 132.7 .988   518.3 152.1 47.9 2.8 16.9 81.7 101.4 56.3 5.6 95.8 14.1 2.8 8.5 0.0 2.8 25.4 .293 .373 .495 .868 93.0     17.2   2.5    19.7 .088 .013 .101
2002   16 Adam Dunn CIN 22     6.08 3.0%   87 1381.5 98.0 20.5 159.6 .986   491.5 118.8 18.4 0.0 26.6 102.4 55.3 96.2 10.2 120.8 8.2 0.0 4.1 6.1 8.2 10.2 .242 .372 .442 .814 84.0     15.8   1.6    17.4 .089 .009 .098
2003    7 Albert Pujols STL 23    14.67 4.2%   131 1374.2 116.2 9.6 127.4 .994   498.3 141.8 41.5 0.0 30.1 111.7 85.9 88.8 7.2 117.4 8.6 2.9 1.4 5.7 1.4 8.6 .284 .400 .549 .949 111.7     21.6   2.1    23.8 .115 .011 .127
2004    1 Albert Pujols STL 24    54.35 10.0%   248 1392.3 98.2 9.5 141.3 .994   522.6 165.5 46.1 1.8 34.3 103.4 96.9 65.6 7.7 74.5 4.7 1.2 5.9 3.0 3.0 18.3 .317 .394 .609 1.003 123.0     24.4   1.8    26.2 .167 .013 .179
Pos Pct. of First Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as First 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
2005   21 Mike Jacobs NY 24     3.95 3.7%   98 1412.9 60.3 26.8 149.2 .982   541.2 134.5 27.8 0.0 37.1 72.7 83.5 46.4 0.0 162.4 7.7 0.0 4.7 1.5 1.5 23.2 .249 .314 .506 .820 75.8      6.0   1.2     7.3 .040 .008 .048
2006    8 Adrian Gonzalez SD 24    16.68 18.0%   475 1381.0 107.8 11.2 128.8 .993   532.5 155.5 32.7 2.5 22.0 80.4 80.4 53.1 5.3 98.6 7.8 0.6 6.0 2.8 0.9 20.7 .292 .361 .487 .848 89.8     12.9   2.1    15.0 .087 .014 .100
2007    2 Prince Fielder MIL 23    31.56 9.4%   246 1367.4 115.9 16.7 146.3 .989   519.8 158.6 31.0 2.9 36.3 84.9 104.8 67.9 14.6 95.4 8.8 0.0 3.5 1.2 1.8 8.8 .305 .392 .586 .978 121.2     22.8   1.2    23.9 .158 .008 .166
2008    6 Prince Fielder MIL 24    22.65 21.5%   557 1359.2 125.3 15.5 133.4 .990   533.8 149.5 29.3 3.2 20.7 64.9 81.6 55.3 9.6 103.7 5.3 0.3 5.3 5.1 3.2 13.3 .280 .350 .463 .813 86.4     14.3   1.7    15.9 .096 .011 .108
2009   15 Pablo Sandoval SF 22     6.28 5.9%   159 1376.9 106.3 16.8 127.5 .989   552.8 152.2 48.2 2.9 16.4 66.5 74.2 40.4 4.8 102.1 1.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 1.9 16.4 .275 .324 .462 .786 80.9     12.1   1.6    13.8 .079 .011 .090
                       
2010   10 Ike Davis NY 23    15.91 8.5%   224 1370.1 119.8 10.1 138.4 .993   532.6 141.7 31.7 2.1 17.2 70.9 68.1 57.1 5.5 136.9 6.2 0.0 4.1 1.4 2.1 13.1 .266 .342 .430 .772 78.4     12.4   2.5    14.9 .080 .017 .097
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