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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    3 Cal McVey CHI 25     7.84 31.4%   145 1393 34 91 55 .940   601 179 24 4 2 95 66 9 15 .298 .308 .361 .669 103     11.5   0.9    12.4 .079 .006 .086
1877    2 Deacon White BOS 29    13.15 48.2%   175 1331 47 77 66 .947   730 215 19 11 1 77 76 19 38 .295 .312 .355 .667 90     12.1   1.8    13.9 .069 .010 .079
1878    4 Tim Murnane PRO 26     3.15 14.2%   48 543 22 36 25 .940   184 44 6 1 0 34 14 8 12 .239 .271 .283 .554 24      2.8   0.5     3.3 .058 .010 .069
1879    2 Cal McVey CIN 28    11.33 38.9%   213 2314 32 98 92 .960   943 292 51 11 1 175 116 21 24 .310 .325 .390 .715 180     31.5   3.1    34.6 .148 .015 .162
                       
1880    1 Cap Anson CHI 28    23.89 37.9%   236 2380 71 95 115 .963   937 255 40 10 3 138 122 37 77 .272 .300 .346 .646 144     27.2   2.9    30.1 .115 .012 .128
1881    1 Cap Anson CHI 29    26.82 40.2%   267 2772 115 108 148 .964   1047 345 55 15 3 189 169 57 50 .330 .364 .419 .783 207     37.9   4.5    42.4 .142 .017 .159
1882    5 John Morrill BOS 27    10.48 44.0%   277 2717 67 119 129 .959   1169 311 54 22 9 195 137 53 88 .266 .298 .373 .671 188     27.3   3.7    31.0 .099 .013 .112
1883    1 Dan Brouthers BUF 25    31.97 62.3%   474 4740 149 197 225 .961   1955 615 141 58 12 348 288 89 160 .315 .344 .464 .808 419     68.1   7.5    75.6 .144 .016 .159
1884    1 Dan Brouthers BUF 26    29.88 49.0%   411 4115 125 168 187 .962   1666 473 83 44 23 267 244 82 229 .284 .318 .428 .746 323     48.1   6.1    54.2 .117 .015 .132
1885    1 Roger Connor NY 27    39.52 50.6%   419 4429 134 113 220 .976   1693 539 96 35 12 280 204 121 83 .318 .364 .438 .802 354     71.6   6.9    78.5 .171 .016 .187
1886    1 Roger Connor NY 28    49.95 79.1%   738 7426 257 242 336 .969   2891 858 159 66 39 512 382 216 214 93 .297 .346 .438 .784 592    101.6  10.9   112.5 .138 .015 .152
1887    1 Dan Brouthers DET 29    32.21 56.1%   523 5326 166 120 266 .979   2029 588 103 64 51 440 365 225 118 31 115 .290 .369 .479 .848 462     66.1   9.3    75.4 .126 .018 .144
1888    5 Sid Farrar PHI 28    10.31 32.0%   336 3353 111 83 133 .977   1288 302 45 10 10 120 144 55 141 16 45 .234 .274 .308 .582 150     18.3   4.6    22.9 .054 .014 .068
1889    6 Sid Farrar PHI 29     8.36 26.4%   269 2598 111 71 143 .974   1003 255 37 7 5 131 105 72 67 18 61 .254 .316 .320 .636 140     12.0   4.6    16.6 .045 .017 .062
                       
1890    3 Tommy Tucker BOS 26    17.31 39.7%   378 3748 130 94 192 .976   1448 394 59 26 6 236 166 203 106 37 69 .272 .376 .361 .737 273     35.2   5.0    40.2 .093 .013 .106
1891    4 Jake Virtue CLE 26    14.98 34.9%   376 3775 147 90 196 .978   1424 370 51 22 4 235 182 140 99 40 47 .260 .343 .335 .678 233     28.6   4.6    33.2 .076 .012 .088
1892    3 Jake Virtue CLE 27    24.32 30.3%   519 5157 256 120 283 .978   1970 524 57 36 11 291 254 215 174 36 65 .266 .349 .348 .697 334     50.8   8.9    59.7 .098 .017 .115
1893    2 Jake Beckley PIT 25    19.03 57.2%   845 8454 486 178 545 .980   3448 995 160 80 21 616 622 314 175 64 108 .289 .359 .400 .759 638     68.5  12.8    81.3 .081 .015 .096
1894    3 Jake Beckley PIT 26    19.83 34.0%   475 4276 244 101 305 .978   1944 584 97 41 18 373 359 153 102 35 52 86 .300 .362 .420 .782 366     30.3   6.6    36.9 .064 .014 .078
1895    1 Candy LaChance BRO 25    22.53 39.4%   555 5483 264 130 309 .978   2252 663 101 43 15 386 383 130 124 42 44 103 .294 .344 .397 .741 393     43.4   8.4    51.8 .078 .015 .093
1896    1 Jack Doyle BAL 26    20.01 24.5%   366 3673 160 78 242 .980   1440 443 69 32 20 298 268 113 89 25 30 121 .308 .368 .442 .810 319     38.5   5.1    43.6 .105 .014 .119
1897    1 Jack Doyle BAL 27    21.42 43.7%   671 6409 371 134 379 .981   2680 848 124 42 27 490 454 160 39 51 167 .316 .364 .424 .788 504     66.2   9.3    75.5 .099 .014 .113
1898    2 Dan McGann BAL 26    25.03 55.1%   947 9060 421 196 554 .980   3676 1062 136 44 15 595 485 288 68 85 146 .289 .352 .362 .714 581     85.7  12.9    98.6 .090 .014 .104
1899    1 Fred Tenney BOS 27    32.38 49.2%   826 8172 413 168 513 .981   3196 963 126 66 16 537 469 232 75 61 168 .301 .363 .397 .760 554     81.3  13.4    94.7 .098 .016 .115
                       
1900    3 Dan McGann STL 28    13.87 47.2%   506 5002 249 103 236 .981   1908 530 72 28 15 298 248 134 49 44 82 .278 .341 .368 .709 287     36.9   8.1    45.0 .073 .016 .089
1901    1 Joe Kelley BRO 29    20.51 65.3%   662 6367 386 132 344 .981   2644 722 92 43 13 367 328 146 46 46 88 .273 .322 .355 .677 359     50.5  10.0    60.5 .076 .015 .091
1902    3 Kitty Bransfield PIT 27    16.96 44.5%   448 4531 229 88 233 .982   1702 443 56 22 7 189 217 107 12 46 71 .260 .309 .331 .640 206     38.0   6.6    44.6 .085 .015 .100
1903    1 Frank Chance CHI 25    43.17 34.2%   337 3498 196 92 194 .976   1264 350 59 24 4 173 170 128 15 16 81 .277 .350 .371 .721 209     37.9   4.7    42.6 .112 .014 .126
1904    1 Frank Chance CHI 26    39.37 24.0%   262 2659 195 43 118 .985   967 255 33 19 6 135 109 58 19 30 53 .264 .318 .356 .674 134     30.3   4.3    34.6 .116 .016 .132
1905    1 Frank Chance CHI 27    33.73 36.1%   407 4100 229 73 228 .983   1522 448 53 31 7 254 215 140 30 58 76 .294 .365 .384 .749 259     51.5   4.8    56.3 .127 .012 .138
1906    1 Frank Chance CHI 28    49.85 37.2%   434 4334 263 75 201 .984   1567 419 61 29 16 230 211 161 19 45 97 .267 .343 .374 .717 245     62.8   5.6    68.4 .145 .013 .158
1907    1 Frank Chance CHI 29    31.79 27.1%   315 3093 186 51 161 .985   1078 291 37 13 5 118 122 134 17 23 48 .270 .360 .342 .702 158     43.3   4.5    47.8 .137 .014 .152
1908    5 Tim Jordan BRO 29    16.37 24.6%   298 2935 125 62 110 .980   1039 248 32 12 13 108 122 97 11 43 26 .239 .310 .330 .640 118     24.9   3.1    28.0 .084 .010 .094
1909    6 Bill Abstein PIT 26    12.81 15.9%   189 1984 80 35 92 .983   714 190 26 13 2 71 89 35 5 39 22 .266 .305 .347 .652 84     15.3   2.3    17.6 .081 .012 .093
                       
1910    4 Jake Daubert BRO 26    17.20 42.2%   488 4654 272 83 272 .983   1839 467 58 33 17 189 204 118 184 12 89 45 .254 .303 .349 .652 206     31.3   7.7    39.0 .064 .016 .080
1911    1 Ed Konetchy STL 25    30.70 43.4%   509 5023 264 64 291 .988   1893 557 84 32 28 275 258 196 211 14 67 74 .294 .365 .417 .782 313     58.3  10.6    68.9 .115 .021 .135
1912    1 Ed Konetchy STL 26    25.80 58.5%   683 6542 403 76 378 .989   2650 770 132 51 35 365 370 219 259 23 64 85 .291 .350 .418 .768 403     64.7  12.2    76.9 .095 .018 .113
1913    2 Ed Konetchy STL 27    19.87 63.7%   763 7383 447 98 385 .988   2846 815 114 55 38 380 365 210 241 24 100 142 .286 .341 .405 .746 407     74.1  10.9    85.0 .097 .014 .111
1914    3 Butch Schmidt BOS 27    20.46 65.4%   805 8155 493 99 424 .989   2896 761 120 46 30 356 351 229 285 26 105 90 11 .263 .322 .367 .689 372     72.9  12.1    85.0 .091 .015 .106
1915    2 Fred Luderus PHI 29    31.93 65.0%   772 7751 389 71 445 .991   2739 754 131 37 19 291 327 184 242 36 110 88 68 .275 .329 .371 .700 355     74.8  11.0    85.8 .097 .014 .111
1916    5 Fred Merkle NY/BRO 27    12.07 45.3%   550 5519 256 82 281 .986   1900 448 73 24 15 183 187 173 205 20 54 75 17 .236 .306 .323 .629 197     30.3   7.6    37.9 .055 .014 .069
1917    3 Fred Merkle BRO/CHI 28    19.09 25.7%   293 3097 142 42 191 .987   1087 287 57 19 3 117 108 67 88 6 33 26 .264 .310 .360 .670 128     26.5   4.8    31.3 .090 .016 .107
1918    1 Fred Merkle CHI 29    26.56 47.3%   454 4868 298 62 258 .988   1682 463 69 19 4 171 183 95 104 7 78 67 .275 .317 .346 .663 198     39.2   9.3    48.5 .086 .020 .107
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    5 Walter Holke BOS 26    12.14 30.4%   335 3456 197 32 189 .991   1195 306 34 17 3 111 113 77 72 9 41 44 .256 .306 .321 .627 119     20.7   4.9    25.6 .062 .015 .076
                       
1920    5 Walter Holke BOS 27    12.57 31.6%   376 3913 223 44 249 .989   1459 417 42 22 4 143 147 73 73 7 48 19 26 .286 .323 .353 .676 157     25.2   4.4    29.6 .067 .012 .079
1921    1 George Kelly NY 25    29.24 45.7%   538 5508 321 44 399 .993   2046 609 103 30 33 288 307 138 191 12 71 20 35 .298 .346 .426 .772 299     49.0   8.7    57.7 .091 .016 .107
1922    1 Ray Grimes CHI 28    40.40 54.8%   643 6571 343 68 487 .990   2405 734 127 29 39 328 346 177 198 11 63 34 31 .305 .356 .431 .787 368     54.3  10.1    64.4 .084 .016 .100
1923    4 George Kelly NY 27    21.13 25.8%   303 3049 127 31 216 .990   1118 335 44 10 22 166 191 95 100 8 25 25 13 .300 .359 .416 .775 175     29.8   4.3    34.1 .098 .014 .113
1924    2 George Kelly NY 28    27.32 30.0%   361 3685 175 27 311 .993   1390 421 71 29 27 178 229 98 95 8 32 15 14 .303 .352 .454 .806 218     40.0   6.6    46.6 .111 .018 .129
1925    2 Jim Bottomley STL 25    30.65 73.3%   901 8474 473 105 711 .988   3410 1116 220 43 66 521 523 289 247 14 74 41 36 .327 .382 .475 .857 600     98.8  13.9   112.7 .110 .015 .125
1926    1 Jim Bottomley STL 26    27.33 50.9%   630 6011 346 72 523 .989   2303 670 129 39 42 310 375 228 151 10 83 23 .291 .357 .436 .793 363     61.6   9.5    71.1 .098 .015 .113
1927    1 Bill Terry NY 28    32.93 48.5%   592 5932 362 73 510 .989   2201 690 113 43 45 326 384 206 156 14 89 29 .313 .376 .465 .841 380     72.9  11.1    84.0 .123 .019 .142
1928    1 Jim Bottomley STL 28    36.29 63.0%   765 7546 372 85 642 .989   2882 910 166 62 89 501 508 322 244 13 93 39 .316 .387 .509 .896 541    103.0  11.5   114.5 .135 .015 .150
1929    2 Jim Bottomley STL 29    24.76 21.3%   258 2440 122 28 192 .989   991 297 59 22 41 176 212 116 112 2 23 5 .300 .374 .528 .902 184     27.8   4.4    32.2 .108 .017 .125
                       
1930    8 Joe Stripp CIN 27     6.59 18.1%   222 1964 135 17 196 .992   857 273 57 11 5 147 107 85 79 3 27 19 .319 .382 .428 .810 137     16.7   3.1    19.8 .075 .014 .089
1931    6 Don Hurst PHI 25    14.16 22.3%   279 2453 185 26 243 .990   1026 286 69 19 19 122 180 119 76 4 18 13 .279 .356 .439 .795 158     24.6   3.9    28.5 .088 .014 .102
1932    2 Don Hurst PHI 26    26.52 44.4%   538 4903 338 46 423 .991   2072 607 117 34 46 315 350 189 144 13 41 24 .293 .356 .449 .805 327     54.2   7.8    62.0 .101 .014 .115
1933    2 Ripper Collins STL 29    22.57 58.4%   699 6599 441 79 418 .989   2698 767 136 42 40 335 338 227 178 14 56 17 70 .284 .343 .410 .753 377     72.8  10.9    83.7 .104 .016 .120
1934    3 Sam Leslie BRO 28    24.53 55.6%   659 5998 364 64 491 .990   2530 733 140 32 47 327 405 257 229 11 25 18 49 .290 .358 .426 .784 391     68.1   9.5    77.6 .103 .014 .118
1935    3 Sam Leslie BRO 29    19.87 47.3%   559 5056 326 69 377 .987   2155 602 112 30 46 292 297 212 203 8 10 22 37 .279 .346 .423 .769 322     48.2   7.2    55.4 .086 .013 .099
1936    3 Dolph Camilli PHI 29    23.47 28.4%   349 3354 219 36 308 .990   1323 403 63 22 33 206 195 183 133 6 13 8 30 .305 .392 .460 .852 237     37.7   3.5    41.2 .108 .010 .118
1937    5 Johnny McCarthy NY 27    10.12 23.8%   284 2675 238 41 235 .986   1156 341 61 10 13 141 142 52 72 9 25 17 30 .295 .330 .399 .729 148     21.1   4.4    25.5 .074 .015 .090
1938    1 Johnny Mize STL 25    34.43 35.9%   416 4053 265 32 355 .993   1641 516 87 24 40 229 267 131 92 8 17 4 35 .314 .368 .470 .838 276     51.6   6.3    57.9 .124 .015 .139
1939    1 Johnny Mize STL 26    41.07 37.0%   431 4009 302 45 403 .990   1691 559 98 21 48 264 287 156 77 7 41 12 40 .331 .389 .499 .888 308     62.8   6.9    69.7 .146 .016 .162
                       
1940    1 Johnny Mize STL 27    43.05 51.2%   602 5738 389 65 495 .990   2344 649 123 27 69 325 358 204 148 12 12 18 62 .277 .338 .441 .779 344     60.9   8.3    69.2 .101 .014 .115
1941    2 Elbie Fletcher PIT 25    31.15 67.5%   810 7513 520 87 686 .989   3020 875 159 36 89 457 476 429 236 13 18 31 55 .290 .380 .455 .835 535    111.4  11.1   122.5 .138 .014 .151
1942    1 Johnny Mize NY 29    42.68 63.1%   763 6998 458 81 568 .989   2755 751 132 26 64 375 364 394 262 13 30 28 34 .273 .366 .409 .775 442     98.6   9.7   108.3 .129 .013 .142
1943    1 Elbie Fletcher PIT 27    24.80 63.0%   774 7312 496 63 663 .992   2751 739 118 33 42 363 351 352 225 11 49 17 3 70 .269 .354 .381 .735 377     70.9  10.2    81.1 .092 .013 .105
1944    2 Phil Cavarretta CHI 27    25.57 51.2%   626 5748 361 56 510 .991   2473 713 130 35 33 346 314 244 188 9 37 30 0 39 .288 .354 .409 .763 368     68.0   8.0    76.0 .109 .013 .121
1945    1 Phil Cavarretta CHI 28    39.04 31.0%   364 3250 234 34 261 .990   1430 431 79 16 24 231 238 191 129 11 12 11 0 25 .301 .388 .429 .817 252     51.5   5.2    56.7 .141 .014 .156
1946    1 Stan Musial STL 25    47.34 38.0%   482 4246 331 46 379 .990   1786 539 102 28 29 265 247 200 148 9 24 21 0 28 .302 .375 .439 .814 299     71.5   6.9    78.4 .148 .014 .163
1947    2 Stan Musial STL 26    28.59 37.6%   455 4050 283 33 406 .992   1793 524 91 24 36 304 189 189 99 16 41 36 10 32 .292 .365 .430 .795 282     49.5   7.6    57.1 .109 .017 .125
1948    3 Eddie Waitkus CHI 28    13.08 22.7%   295 2430 187 31 198 .988   1123 311 52 14 21 164 121 100 78 4 19 16 0 16 .277 .338 .404 .742 148     25.6   3.9    29.5 .087 .013 .100
1949    1 Gil Hodges BRO 25    23.95 30.4%   378 3141 174 29 312 .991   1457 412 65 16 38 212 228 146 141 7 22 18 6 25 .283 .351 .428 .779 227     39.1   5.0    44.1 .103 .013 .117
                       
1950    1 Earl Torgeson BOS 26    41.45 52.0%   633 5435 398 59 564 .990   2361 695 129 18 99 393 413 310 212 5 23 31 0 54 .294 .377 .490 .867 437     82.8   9.6    92.4 .131 .015 .146
1951    1 Gil Hodges BRO 27    32.62 58.5%   729 6199 484 68 725 .990   2744 729 125 19 100 416 397 324 278 12 14 44 31 75 .266 .346 .434 .780 411     69.0  11.5    80.5 .095 .016 .110
1952    1 Gil Hodges BRO 28    31.33 56.7%   688 6066 469 57 601 .991   2530 714 105 25 76 364 345 326 266 10 25 31 29 52 .282 .366 .434 .800 414     85.6  11.1    96.7 .124 .016 .141
1953    1 Ted Kluszewski CIN 28    30.39 70.3%   890 7673 598 86 758 .990   3355 974 151 35 129 495 511 346 422 13 19 26 19 61 .290 .359 .472 .831 562     97.5  12.1   109.6 .110 .014 .123
1954    1 Ted Kluszewski CIN 29    45.20 58.1%   727 6208 529 52 670 .992   2726 767 131 17 107 381 391 272 29 297 9 20 20 25 18 45 .281 .346 .460 .806 432     75.8  11.1    86.9 .104 .015 .120
1955    4 Dale Long PIT 29    18.81 36.7%   489 3994 311 38 385 .991   1648 427 65 25 61 222 227 166 19 228 7 15 9 10 10 54 .259 .328 .440 .768 232     41.2   6.4    47.6 .084 .013 .097
1956    1 Joe Adcock MIL 28    27.58 23.2%   305 2533 194 23 247 .992   1076 309 46 12 54 171 182 113 10 181 3 17 7 14 7 27 .287 .354 .503 .857 191     40.6   4.7    45.3 .133 .015 .149
1957    6 Joe Adcock MIL 29    10.33 28.3%   401 3051 243 32 293 .990   1267 338 59 11 39 164 166 104 14 150 19 9 16 3 3 27 .267 .328 .423 .751 171     31.1   5.0    36.1 .078 .012 .090
1958    3 Frank Torre MIL 26    17.22 33.8%   472 3427 278 43 328 .989   1484 412 75 24 60 211 242 185 19 258 15 10 14 6 2 46 .278 .360 .482 .842 250     48.2   5.8    54.0 .102 .012 .114
1959    4 Dick Stuart PIT 26    18.07 39.3%   559 4156 349 53 385 .988   1733 470 90 11 56 230 246 219 20 236 13 13 23 7 10 48 .271 .353 .433 .786 269     47.7   6.8    54.5 .085 .012 .097
                       
1960    3 Bill White STL 26    14.26 56.3%   728 5779 501 64 542 .990   2544 707 120 26 74 318 380 237 18 444 12 17 31 14 10 57 .278 .339 .433 .772 370     61.6   9.8    71.4 .085 .013 .098
1961    3 Dick Stuart PIT 28    20.54 58.3%   747 6261 556 85 645 .988   2630 735 130 30 117 374 411 276 29 525 16 12 19 17 24 61 .279 .349 .485 .834 429     69.4   8.7    78.1 .093 .012 .105
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    3 Bill White STL 28    20.68 32.0%   553 4425 376 61 454 .987   1911 521 66 16 79 259 302 171 17 340 12 5 17 20 12 40 .273 .333 .448 .781 284     44.6   7.1    51.7 .081 .013 .093
1963    1 Orlando Cepeda SF 25    43.08 49.6%   826 6738 559 91 590 .988   2900 808 135 27 118 393 434 229 31 500 31 14 14 47 35 54 .279 .336 .466 .802 440     93.9  10.4   104.3 .114 .013 .126
1964    2 Orlando Cepeda SF 26    28.86 52.6%   915 7114 500 95 595 .988   2983 808 127 29 104 380 446 245 22 505 26 25 21 38 27 72 .271 .329 .437 .766 417     81.9  11.0    92.9 .090 .012 .102
1965    1 Willie McCovey SF 27    37.24 37.2%   632 5292 382 61 447 .989   2049 553 90 26 70 299 277 249 22 373 21 23 19 24 21 31 .270 .352 .442 .794 332     71.8   8.6    80.4 .114 .014 .127
1966    1 Willie McCovey SF 28    46.85 40.2%   687 5332 349 56 424 .990   2172 599 109 14 90 311 326 255 42 358 26 18 21 20 19 47 .276 .356 .463 .819 357     79.7   9.0    88.7 .116 .013 .129
1967    1 Orlando Cepeda STL 29    49.95 39.8%   658 5573 387 49 448 .992   2215 588 104 13 79 292 339 256 67 421 26 17 20 22 7 59 .265 .346 .431 .777 340     79.8   9.2    89.0 .121 .014 .135
1968    6 Lee May CIN 25    16.34 30.1%   554 4215 270 16 332 .996   1629 413 66 9 34 166 180 139 23 288 15 17 8 9 12 42 .254 .317 .368 .685 184     35.3   6.4    41.7 .064 .012 .075
1969    2 Lee May CIN 26    28.09 45.4%   829 7200 511 67 670 .991   3042 849 150 28 127 434 485 351 50 568 19 12 31 28 16 65 .279 .354 .472 .826 513    109.6  10.6   120.2 .132 .013 .145
                       
1970   10 Dick Allen STL 28    11.66 24.1%   493 3880 309 29 389 .993   1676 440 70 9 81 233 265 171 32 310 9 5 9 10 9 46 .263 .332 .460 .792 242     39.0   5.9    44.9 .079 .012 .091
1971    2 Lee May CIN 28    28.57 29.2%   612 4802 328 32 443 .994   2041 552 73 15 95 287 311 210 29 382 12 6 17 10 8 46 .270 .339 .461 .800 312     68.5   8.8    77.3 .112 .014 .126
1972    1 Nate Colbert SD 26    34.41 35.7%   721 5466 380 31 499 .995   2274 576 108 8 99 284 343 283 49 442 9 8 19 23 17 50 .253 .336 .438 .774 337     74.0  10.5    84.5 .103 .015 .117
1973    3 Nate Colbert SD 27    22.07 40.3%   838 6770 506 53 652 .993   2794 753 128 18 90 350 372 282 43 462 23 11 23 21 22 56 .270 .339 .425 .764 400     73.5  11.5    85.0 .088 .014 .101
1974    2 Steve Garvey LA 25    33.83 47.5%   1023 7978 511 66 711 .992   3207 871 156 16 101 416 503 330 48 466 17 12 30 33 29 70 .272 .340 .425 .765 462     88.6  13.3   101.9 .087 .013 .100
1975    1 Andre Thornton CHI 25    32.05 54.3%   1164 9523 679 81 860 .992   3897 1101 194 13 140 517 612 422 56 525 33 13 40 33 30 109 .283 .354 .447 .801 598    114.4  15.2   129.6 .098 .013 .111
1976    2 Steve Garvey LA 27    31.48 35.4%   714 6218 454 56 571 .992   2465 677 112 11 60 289 317 260 40 295 7 8 20 35 17 64 .275 .343 .402 .745 337     60.3  10.1    70.4 .084 .014 .099
1977    3 Steve Garvey LA 28    23.00 40.2%   792 6835 399 53 595 .993   2908 835 156 15 116 388 466 284 38 386 10 12 26 62 38 75 .287 .350 .471 .821 456     76.7  10.5    87.2 .097 .013 .110
1978    1 Steve Garvey LA 29    30.70 29.8%   643 5071 311 30 390 .994   2007 580 105 16 50 247 306 191 31 224 6 10 25 53 19 51 .289 .349 .432 .781 292     61.7   9.6    71.3 .096 .015 .111
1979    1 Keith Hernandez STL 25    38.19 39.4%   818 6783 506 59 596 .992   2772 779 148 31 75 398 400 285 43 344 14 7 30 63 40 53 .281 .348 .438 .786 415     80.8  12.4    93.2 .099 .015 .114
                       
1980    1 Keith Hernandez STL 26    35.14 38.1%   772 6592 430 57 561 .992   2634 759 154 24 57 374 343 338 56 318 14 8 22 74 38 61 .288 .369 .430 .799 419     88.2  10.9    99.1 .114 .014 .128
1981    1 Keith Hernandez STL 27    26.55 37.0%   503 4101 300 26 388 .994   1572 416 85 9 43 213 204 234 27 199 4 10 18 17 14 36 .265 .358 .412 .770 240     51.7   6.3    58.0 .103 .013 .115
1982    1 Jason Thompson PIT 27    33.23 30.8%   621 5403 399 46 434 .992   1990 564 102 16 45 266 288 278 45 235 9 4 32 36 17 36 .283 .369 .419 .788 315     68.2   9.1    77.3 .110 .015 .124
1983    2 Keith Hernandez STL/NY 29    27.66 26.9%   543 4435 388 41 422 .992   1768 472 72 13 54 253 232 289 31 310 5 11 14 43 9 35 .267 .369 .414 .783 282     58.0   7.2    65.2 .107 .013 .120
1984    2 Leon Durham CHI 26    27.43 30.9%   622 5058 388 37 419 .993   1986 547 97 9 71 270 292 275 40 282 7 2 19 32 14 44 .275 .362 .441 .803 323     62.9   8.0    70.9 .101 .013 .114
1985    2 Jack Clark STL 29    28.09 29.5%   585 5239 379 35 470 .994   1990 549 109 8 88 264 317 242 45 315 2 5 14 14 18 38 .276 .353 .471 .824 322     65.3   7.6    72.9 .112 .013 .125
1986    2 Glenn Davis HOU 25    29.09 55.3%   1122 8982 799 71 762 .993   3601 966 192 21 150 511 548 422 49 549 16 4 46 53 40 76 .268 .344 .458 .802 562    103.6  16.0   119.6 .092 .014 .107
1987    3 Von Hayes PHI 28    25.36 68.1%   1384 11316 877 104 945 .992   4670 1300 258 24 187 656 716 508 81 788 24 16 33 106 52 113 .278 .350 .464 .814 737    118.6  19.8   138.4 .086 .014 .100
1988    2 Andres Galarraga MON 26    29.77 61.9%   1235 10203 820 91 816 .992   4134 1098 235 13 122 505 571 402 70 713 32 14 56 94 49 98 .266 .331 .417 .748 556    113.6  17.5   131.1 .092 .014 .106
1989    1 Will Clark SF 25    60.70 54.2%   1110 8943 698 70 676 .993   3745 1032 189 20 125 507 513 426 78 675 34 11 34 54 34 60 .276 .352 .437 .789 580    129.1  16.3   145.4 .116 .015 .131
                       
1990    2 Will Clark SF 26    30.10 66.5%   1356 10634 948 76 863 .993   4570 1276 246 25 132 579 684 453 68 771 33 14 57 78 29 81 .279 .345 .431 .776 689    132.7  18.3   151.0 .098 .013 .111
1991    1 Will Clark SF 27    45.12 48.1%   905 7813 684 60 604 .993   3289 907 166 20 104 455 471 390 59 519 14 17 36 26 20 52 .276 .352 .433 .785 485     98.5  15.1   113.6 .109 .017 .126
1992    2 Will Clark SF 28    34.59 45.5%   931 7574 666 45 636 .995   3171 898 192 19 85 395 435 365 69 469 17 10 32 42 26 64 .283 .357 .436 .793 493    108.2  13.7   121.9 .116 .015 .131
1993    1 Gregg Jefferies STL 25    38.69 58.2%   1403 10761 892 99 975 .992   4750 1379 233 25 159 695 714 477 52 627 26 5 52 86 30 124 .290 .355 .450 .805 727    135.4  18.1   153.5 .097 .013 .109
1994    1 Jeff Bagwell HOU 26    46.64 54.5%   907 7108 629 60 676 .992   3135 937 198 18 145 493 557 285 49 447 20 6 42 44 16 88 .299 .357 .512 .869 533     97.6  12.9   110.5 .108 .014 .122
1995    1 Eric Karros LA 27    31.87 53.8%   1086 8627 727 62 788 .993   3788 1067 207 14 159 580 600 410 46 701 32 9 30 44 25 79 .282 .354 .470 .824 612    102.6  14.8   117.4 .094 .014 .108
1996    1 Jeff Bagwell HOU 28    60.42 52.4%   1227 9438 797 76 872 .993   4141 1154 246 14 148 582 631 444 50 763 40 7 41 59 29 124 .279 .351 .452 .803 638    113.1  17.1   130.2 .092 .014 .106
1997    1 Jeff Bagwell HOU 29    41.53 47.6%   1123 8921 795 57 809 .994   3840 1071 237 6 191 592 706 498 58 806 37 2 54 77 33 78 .279 .363 .493 .856 688    129.2  15.1   144.3 .115 .013 .128
1998    2 John Olerud NY 29    43.77 29.0%   838 5960 517 50 575 .992   2611 731 155 15 91 352 424 274 22 495 23 7 30 29 22 76 .280 .350 .455 .805 414     68.0  12.3    80.3 .081 .015 .096
1999    8 Todd Helton COL 25    16.55 26.2%   753 5231 441 33 517 .994   2470 729 135 21 97 395 405 272 19 437 21 8 26 29 15 56 .295 .366 .485 .851 446     64.4   9.5    73.9 .086 .013 .098
                       
2000    1 Todd Helton COL 26    36.54 28.7%   774 5798 520 48 593 .992   2597 791 190 8 136 470 484 389 43 467 23 3 26 34 13 64 .305 .396 .541 .937 563     85.4  10.6    96.0 .110 .014 .124
2001    3 Todd Helton COL 27    31.79 36.8%   984 7710 591 41 725 .995   3354 954 216 14 170 520 595 374 41 682 39 4 32 23 18 91 .284 .360 .509 .869 614     93.4  14.9   108.3 .095 .015 .110
2002    2 Todd Helton COL 28    33.42 37.3%   1001 7846 620 57 807 .993   3339 915 202 17 148 527 533 483 59 737 39 4 31 35 19 76 .274 .369 .478 .847 595     95.5  14.2   109.7 .095 .014 .110
2003    1 Todd Helton COL 29    45.95 44.8%   1227 9806 771 79 933 .993   4185 1203 239 16 187 628 701 514 62 723 42 1 37 35 21 122 .287 .368 .486 .854 747    133.5  17.5   150.7 .109 .014 .123
2004    3 Sean Casey CIN 29    33.40 46.6%   1206 9664 694 73 911 .993   4257 1170 292 17 167 621 641 456 43 769 57 7 37 34 15 102 .275 .350 .469 .819 695    104.9  15.8   120.7 .087 .013 .100
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    1 Albert Pujols STL 25    46.72 50.7%   1366 11021 825 78 1080 .993   4650 1331 295 20 245 742 753 590 97 865 52 9 38 42 25 134 .286 .370 .516 .886 889    156.1  18.9   175.0 .114 .014 .128
2006    1 Albert Pujols STL 26    54.57 33.7%   879 7143 546 58 716 .993   3074 902 201 8 200 536 596 450 92 672 44 4 23 21 7 73 .293 .389 .559 .948 651    114.3  11.0   125.3 .130 .013 .143
2007    1 Albert Pujols STL 27    40.60 39.5%   1024 8397 645 67 847 .993   3690 1041 239 10 189 560 629 463 82 814 35 3 33 9 13 92 .282 .365 .506 .871 685    121.9  15.0   136.9 .119 .015 .134
2008    2 Albert Pujols STL 28    45.73 47.0%   1216 9905 735 70 910 .993   4283 1172 250 16 232 662 821 542 98 892 40 1 45 16 7 112 .274 .357 .502 .859 777    136.9  15.3   152.2 .113 .013 .125
2009    1 Albert Pujols STL 29    51.78 66.2%   1750 13836 1131 92 1352 .994   6120 1731 368 19 305 926 1073 892 158 1250 57 4 49 54 20 149 .283 .377 .499 .876 1174    223.0  24.0   247.0 .127 .014 .141
                       
2010    1 Adrian Gonzalez SD 28    48.60 39.4%   1063 7795 636 47 685 .994   3614 991 210 9 152 496 556 448 73 739 40 7 26 34 11 87 .274 .358 .463 .821 618    123.2  14.6   137.8 .116 .014 .130
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia