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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           0.0%                        
1877    6 Art Croft STL   22     0.75 13.3%   54 290 7 9 10 .971   220 51 3 1 0 12 14 1 8 .232 .235 .255 .490 12      0.8   0.4     1.2 .015 .007 .022
1878           0.0%                        
1879    6 Jim O'Rourke PRO   28     4.61 17.5%   99 1002 29 51 42 .953   415 120 21 8 0 68 49 14 26 .289 .312 .378 .690 74     12.4   1.0    13.4 .125 .010 .135
                               
1880    5 Harry Stovey WOR   23     6.63 19.9%   124 1273 35 76 72 .945   477 109 16 9 5 67 41 15 61 .229 .252 .331 .583 61      9.2   1.0    10.2 .074 .008 .082
1881    9 Deacon White BUF   33     3.64 16.9%   112 1160 35 57 55 .954   459 124 21 3 2 73 52 14 34 .270 .292 .342 .634 67      9.3   1.1    10.4 .083 .010 .093
1882    9 John Smith TRO   24     1.40 8.6%   54 558 19 29 31 .952   219 53 7 5 0 37 19 8 34 .242 .269 .320 .589 29      2.9   0.5     3.4 .054 .009 .063
1883           0.0%                        
1884           0.0%                        
1885    9 Milt Scott DET   19     1.35 4.5%   38 394 18 14 17 .967   148 39 7 0 0 14 12 4 62 .264 .283 .311 .594 18      1.4   0.9     2.3 .037 .023 .059
1886    7 John Morrill BOS   31     4.63 10.4%   100 971 36 32 46 .969   373 90 19 6 3 52 57 28 54 9 .241 .294 .349 .643 56      6.8   1.3     8.1 .068 .013 .081
1887    8 Alex McKinnon PIT   30     6.74 5.2%   48 483 25 12 27 .977   200 68 16 4 1 26 30 8 9 0 6 .340 .365 .475 .840 38      6.1   0.6     6.7 .127 .013 .140
1888    8 Jumbo Schoeneck IND   26     1.68 10.4%   111 1126 28 30 52 .975   387 87 11 3 0 36 41 26 57 5 19 .225 .282 .269 .551 44      5.2   1.3     6.5 .047 .012 .059
1889    8 Connie Mack WAS   26     1.44 5.9%   62 557 25 25 25 .959   214 49 7 0 2 29 23 30 23 3 17 .229 .332 .290 .622 30      2.9   0.6     3.5 .047 .010 .056
                               
1890    5 Jake Virtue CLE   25    10.74 15.9%   151 1513 52 31 81 .981   603 170 26 8 4 92 78 71 37 5 33 .282 .362 .371 .733 110     14.9   2.2    17.1 .099 .015 .113
1891    9 Ed Delahanty PHI   23     1.93 6.4%   68 721 38 29 36 .963   250 56 8 5 3 35 36 25 31 4 6 .224 .305 .332 .637 32      3.4   0.8     4.2 .050 .012 .062
1892   10 Lew Whistler BAL   24     3.57 19.5%   336 3343 154 78 152 .978   1267 321 36 38 6 195 164 146 125 11 39 .253 .336 .356 .692 206     30.0   5.9    35.9 .089 .018 .107
1893   10 Patsy Tebeau CLE   28     6.94 17.6%   264 2554 159 55 134 .980   1075 293 51 17 9 169 182 81 55 12 43 .273 .330 .377 .707 172     17.1   3.4    20.5 .065 .013 .078
1894    9 Candy LaChance BRO   24     6.56 12.6%   182 1597 82 39 113 .977   714 218 34 13 12 132 142 51 44 5 11 38 .305 .356 .440 .796 137     12.5   2.1    14.6 .069 .012 .080
1895   10 White Wings Tebeau CLE   33     6.92 12.8%   187 1724 110 41 106 .978   717 206 36 13 2 94 118 67 40 2 9 16 .287 .350 .382 .732 121     12.1   2.4    14.5 .065 .013 .078
1896    9 Ed Delahanty PHI   28     8.84 25.7%   394 3776 202 82 224 .980   1526 431 71 40 17 245 252 90 92 16 19 68 .282 .329 .415 .744 286     27.5   4.9    32.4 .070 .012 .082
1897   13 Jack Rothfuss PIT   25     2.59 19.0%   301 2804 145 59 122 .980   1120 296 46 16 10 162 171 85 0 16 14 39 .264 .325 .361 .686 156     13.7   3.7    17.4 .046 .012 .058
1898    9 Harry Davis PIT   24     6.61 28.7%   503 4863 246 116 292 .978   1871 499 65 33 5 225 218 103 0 30 37 44 .267 .315 .345 .660 240     27.1   8.7    35.8 .054 .017 .071
1899    8 Hughie Jennings BRO   30     8.56 27.5%   478 4560 204 121 252 .975   1764 479 67 26 8 242 256 93 0 31 45 67 .272 .319 .353 .672 236     25.8   6.4    32.2 .054 .013 .067
                               
1900    7 Joe Kelley BRO   28     6.79 16.3%   175 1755 63 42 91 .977   668 177 26 8 7 95 93 46 0 3 21 32 .265 .315 .359 .674 91     12.1   2.5    14.6 .069 .014 .083
1901    4 Ed Delahanty PHI   33    18.76 10.9%   112 1052 61 22 48 .981   435 135 20 9 3 64 75 34 0 5 6 22 .310 .367 .418 .785 77     13.8   1.8    15.6 .123 .016 .139
1902    4 Honus Wagner PIT   28    10.34 29.3%   301 2967 163 50 149 .984   1102 279 46 10 4 124 119 73 0 12 30 55 .253 .307 .324 .631 129     21.1   4.1    25.2 .070 .014 .084
1903    9 Shad Barry PHI   24     1.97 5.5%   55 570 16 16 21 .973   208 50 6 1 0 26 20 16 0 3 4 13 .240 .304 .279 .583 23      2.2   0.4     2.6 .040 .007 .047
1904    7 Johnny Lush PHI   18     6.79 8.1%   94 807 51 34 38 .962   336 92 16 4 2 43 38 29 0 5 7 12 .274 .341 .363 .704 50     10.0   0.6    10.6 .106 .006 .113
1905    9 Mike Grady STL   35     3.94 11.3%   129 1301 75 32 69 .977   481 108 19 6 3 51 58 27 0 8 11 15 .225 .277 .308 .585 45      6.4   1.4     7.8 .050 .011 .060
1906    7 Shad Barry CIN   27     3.86 15.4%   186 1756 110 29 80 .985   653 161 20 11 3 75 68 55 0 7 17 16 .247 .312 .325 .637 75     11.8   2.8    14.6 .063 .015 .078
1907    8 Ernie Courtney PHI   32     4.82 20.3%   247 2254 121 35 100 .985   843 198 21 9 2 67 77 54 0 10 22 14 .235 .289 .288 .577 73     12.0   2.9    14.9 .049 .012 .060
1908    8 Alan Storke PIT   23     3.66 15.1%   183 1766 92 36 69 .981   639 157 15 11 2 69 68 48 0 10 37 19 .246 .308 .313 .621 70     14.8   2.7    17.5 .081 .015 .096
1909    8 John Hummel BRO   26     4.08 23.0%   284 2804 137 54 123 .982   979 207 27 8 3 85 89 69 0 11 59 28 .211 .271 .265 .536 78      6.5   3.9    10.4 .023 .014 .037
                               
1910    7 Solly Hofman CHI   27     6.90 14.6%   174 1580 89 36 87 .979   638 156 25 16 3 75 90 40 61 6 23 14 .245 .295 .348 .643 72     13.5   2.8    16.3 .078 .016 .094
1911    6 Honus Wagner PIT   37     7.37 16.4%   198 1843 92 41 100 .979   685 178 26 12 5 104 100 86 65 9 32 30 .260 .350 .355 .705 103     15.9   2.5    18.4 .080 .013 .093
1912    8 Heinie Zimmerman CHI   25     6.84 10.0%   118 1149 58 16 60 .987   429 129 20 9 3 64 58 48 42 4 12 18 .301 .376 .410 .786 71     10.8   1.5    12.3 .092 .013 .104
1913    9 Butch Schmidt BOS   26     3.11 3.5%   44 395 21 11 23 .974   157 47 3 3 1 15 21 5 10 2 4 8 .299 .329 .376 .705 20      4.0   0.4     4.4 .091 .009 .100
1914    8 Sherry Magee PHI   29     8.17 18.0%   244 2113 134 38 105 .983   771 185 25 11 4 96 67 60 93 4 25 29 0 .240 .298 .316 .614 76     12.9   2.3    15.2 .053 .009 .062
1915    7 Ham Hyatt STL   30     6.97 10.4%   130 1190 63 11 68 .991   439 108 15 9 2 45 57 40 50 4 8 8 8 .246 .315 .335 .650 51     10.1   1.8    11.9 .078 .014 .092
1916    7 Walter Holke NY   23     7.49 17.3%   223 1933 93 32 100 .984   758 209 22 13 1 63 77 48 66 4 21 27 0 .276 .322 .343 .665 84     17.3   2.8    20.1 .078 .013 .090
1917    8 Dots Miller STL   30     3.47 13.7%   160 1555 92 18 94 .989   583 139 18 8 4 65 52 46 59 3 27 14 .238 .297 .317 .614 56      8.1   2.2    10.3 .051 .014 .064
1918    4 Sherry Magee CIN   33    12.95 12.6%   129 1180 68 28 72 .978   455 124 19 9 1 47 62 34 30 7 14 14 .273 .333 .360 .693 56     12.6   1.3    13.9 .098 .010 .108
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    7 Possum Whitted PIT   29     6.85 16.0%   180 1830 96 15 102 .992   618 149 23 10 2 56 62 41 49 3 16 21 .241 .292 .320 .612 61     11.0   2.3    13.3 .061 .013 .074
                               
1920    9 Turner Barber CHI   26     3.10 9.2%   114 1122 60 13 78 .989   417 110 13 6 0 39 55 15 30 2 20 7 8 .264 .293 .324 .617 39      4.8   1.3     6.1 .042 .011 .054
1921    4 Ed Konetchy BRO   35     4.68 11.8%   140 1462 71 26 102 .983   518 150 20 8 5 61 51 34 54 1 11 7 6 .290 .335 .388 .723 65      8.6   1.3     9.9 .061 .009 .071
1922    6 Jim Bottomley STL   22     6.91 9.7%   122 1048 57 15 69 .987   427 128 21 12 10 68 85 37 33 3 11 5 2 .300 .360 .475 .835 74     13.2   1.4    14.6 .108 .011 .120
1923    9 Gabby Hartnett CHI   22     3.20 10.2%   127 1122 52 17 82 .986   444 119 19 4 8 64 69 35 29 6 15 8 6 .268 .330 .383 .713 58      8.1   1.6     9.7 .064 .013 .076
1924    5 Ray Grimes CHI   30    10.35 13.3%   162 1523 66 23 122 .986   633 185 24 16 13 93 95 62 48 5 8 13 10 .292 .360 .442 .802 100     18.8   2.3    21.1 .116 .014 .130
1925    7 Rube Bressler CIN   30     9.00 20.6%   261 2362 132 31 202 .988   941 296 61 12 9 128 141 72 59 6 23 11 12 .315 .367 .434 .801 150     22.9   3.9    26.8 .088 .015 .103
1926    6 Jack Fournier BRO   36    10.11 19.6%   254 2203 146 39 190 .984   893 263 42 8 18 120 146 80 53 2 25 9 .295 .354 .420 .774 134     22.5   3.1    25.6 .089 .012 .101
1927    8 Dick Burrus BOS   29     7.91 16.5%   218 1848 128 32 168 .984   757 221 34 13 9 100 92 63 69 5 23 19 .292 .350 .407 .757 108     16.8   4.1    20.9 .077 .019 .096
1928    9 Paul Waner PIT   25     6.38 14.3%   176 1658 95 22 162 .988   673 191 32 9 8 87 73 66 48 5 19 4 .284 .352 .394 .746 94     15.0   2.5    17.5 .085 .014 .099
1929    9 Harvey Hendrick BRO   31     7.45 5.8%   70 669 49 14 49 .981   272 86 16 3 7 42 54 22 24 2 6 6 .316 .372 .474 .846 45      6.8   0.8     7.6 .097 .011 .109
                               
1930    9 Johnny Neun BOS   29     6.13 19.5%   236 2159 164 19 195 .992   928 295 50 9 11 142 122 68 92 3 33 11 .318 .366 .427 .793 142     15.9   3.5    19.4 .067 .015 .082
1931    8 Ripper Collins STL   27    10.54 15.2%   203 1548 95 11 151 .993   722 181 39 18 9 86 110 71 71 4 7 7 .251 .321 .392 .713 93     13.3   2.7    16.0 .066 .013 .079
1932    5 Jim Bottomley STL   32     9.74 23.4%   280 2659 195 29 257 .990   1104 322 49 14 16 140 138 70 85 3 18 7 .292 .336 .405 .741 149     24.3   4.2    28.5 .087 .015 .102
1933    7 Harvey Hendrick CHI   35     7.82 13.5%   162 1496 102 21 129 .987   643 174 37 7 7 75 77 40 55 4 11 7 17 .271 .317 .383 .700 79     14.1   1.7    15.8 .087 .010 .098
1934    8 Randy Moore BOS   28     4.58 12.3%   151 1363 75 18 117 .988   544 138 29 1 11 65 74 39 55 2 3 3 7 .254 .306 .371 .677 64      7.9   2.0     9.9 .052 .013 .066
1935    8 Billy Sullivan Jr. CIN   24     2.85 8.5%   100 912 68 8 68 .992   392 101 17 5 3 40 42 25 26 1 4 4 8 .258 .304 .349 .653 40      4.2   1.4     5.6 .042 .014 .056
1936    4 Ripper Collins STL   32    16.06 17.1%   215 1898 155 15 183 .993   840 232 34 12 16 110 124 88 80 2 11 2 18 .276 .346 .402 .748 121     20.7   3.0    23.7 .096 .014 .110
1937    8 Sam Leslie NY   31     7.17 16.2%   195 1800 148 26 177 .987   786 222 35 9 9 90 107 56 64 4 11 10 28 .282 .333 .384 .717 99     14.1   2.5    16.6 .072 .013 .085
1938    9 Sam Leslie NY   32     1.27 6.7%   82 690 42 6 51 .992   323 67 12 2 3 29 33 22 26 2 1 1 7 .207 .262 .285 .547 25      2.2   0.8     3.0 .027 .010 .037
1939    6 Gus Suhr PIT   33     5.70 13.1%   153 1462 78 21 129 .987   596 169 27 2 7 72 64 60 44 4 8 11 6 .284 .353 .371 .724 81     14.5   1.6    16.1 .095 .010 .105
                               
1940    7 Max West BOS   23     3.41 11.1%   131 1264 82 19 89 .986   512 131 28 3 11 52 69 34 39 1 4 2 20 .256 .303 .387 .690 54      7.3   1.6     8.9 .056 .012 .068
1941    9 Johnny Hopp STL   24     5.31 10.5%   132 1208 63 15 102 .988   448 122 23 5 9 63 62 50 42 3 7 6 14 .272 .349 .406 .755 63     12.2   1.9    14.1 .092 .014 .107
1942    8 Ray Sanders STL   25     7.96 21.6%   273 2325 129 32 184 .987   967 216 43 2 15 103 105 100 124 2 8 5 29 .223 .297 .319 .616 90     12.9   2.8    15.7 .047 .010 .058
1943    7 Babe Dahlgren PHI   31     6.79 27.2%   337 3140 221 33 284 .990   1251 332 54 12 10 120 151 85 102 5 20 14 3 41 .265 .315 .352 .667 134     20.8   4.8    25.6 .062 .014 .076
1944    7 Jack Bolling BRO   27     9.93 12.7%   162 1375 94 24 112 .984   635 187 35 6 8 73 84 32 36 4 5 6 2 15 .294 .332 .406 .738 86     15.6   2.0    17.6 .096 .012 .109
1945    6 Ed Stevens BRO   20     9.22 28.7%   342 2976 236 35 243 .989   1335 352 67 13 23 174 201 138 148 7 20 8 0 30 .264 .336 .385 .721 181     27.0   4.3    31.3 .079 .013 .092
1946    6 Johnny Hopp BOS   29    12.63 27.3%   369 2930 229 37 245 .988   1252 347 62 10 17 145 148 132 137 5 21 19 2 25 .277 .348 .383 .731 167     34.2   4.0    38.2 .093 .011 .104
1947    8 Frank McCormick BOS   36     8.07 16.9%   215 1772 104 20 155 .989   814 226 43 7 8 96 126 76 75 3 6 8 0 21 .278 .342 .377 .719 105     16.8   2.2    19.0 .078 .010 .088
1948    9 Jackie Robinson BRO   29     5.01 25.5%   346 2591 188 23 236 .992   1251 313 57 17 20 141 161 135 116 3 14 13 0 21 .250 .325 .371 .696 155     22.4   4.6    27.0 .065 .013 .078
1949    5 Phil Cavarretta CHI   32    11.83 29.4%   372 3129 228 23 300 .993   1341 354 63 16 25 175 181 130 111 4 20 11 4 21 .264 .331 .391 .722 176     26.1   4.8    30.9 .070 .013 .083
                               
1950    7 Monte Irvin NY   31     8.99 24.6%   306 2543 223 40 270 .986   1094 299 48 15 27 160 143 134 107 8 8 8 0 21 .273 .357 .419 .776 163     23.9   4.7    28.6 .078 .015 .093
1951    3 Stan Musial STL   30    21.99 25.5%   326 2719 215 39 294 .987   1184 335 49 18 25 164 146 115 100 3 8 17 13 21 .283 .348 .418 .766 171     28.5   4.0    32.5 .087 .012 .100
1952    8 Stan Musial STL   31     7.63 13.7%   172 1387 111 17 126 .989   631 174 37 5 13 76 68 59 64 8 5 4 3 15 .276 .345 .412 .757 89     15.3   2.0    17.3 .089 .012 .101
1953    8 Wayne Belardi BRO   22     4.55 17.7%   222 1815 139 30 195 .985   901 231 26 10 19 90 104 74 106 4 10 4 1 13 .256 .316 .371 .687 111     12.0   2.9    14.9 .054 .013 .067
1954    9 Preston Ward PIT   26     2.53 13.8%   184 1440 163 17 148 .990   595 141 32 2 12 64 72 71 8 104 2 6 4 2 5 17 .237 .318 .358 .676 67      8.3   2.0    10.3 .045 .011 .056
1955    7 Joe Adcock MIL   27     8.07 29.7%   389 3256 229 26 303 .993   1348 353 55 11 51 187 176 152 13 168 5 10 4 8 13 45 .262 .338 .432 .770 190     33.8   4.8    38.6 .087 .012 .099
1956    7 Wally Moon STL   26    13.84 19.9%   301 2041 187 25 201 .989   825 203 29 6 32 119 119 95 11 100 3 5 6 11 6 27 .246 .324 .412 .736 112     18.2   3.1    21.3 .060 .010 .071
1957    6 Joe Adcock MIL   29    10.33 26.3%   369 2804 235 34 259 .989   1212 328 57 9 45 155 164 90 16 174 13 3 16 5 3 26 .271 .324 .444 .768 168     30.5   4.5    35.0 .083 .012 .095
1958    5 Dick Stuart PIT   25     9.22 30.5%   463 2949 240 42 313 .987   1289 346 57 17 70 180 235 124 10 272 12 3 18 4 2 37 .268 .334 .502 .836 212     38.6   4.8    43.4 .083 .010 .094
1959    6 Willie McCovey SF   21    17.38 35.5%   537 3605 270 30 342 .992   1539 403 85 11 44 201 205 169 14 170 14 15 14 8 5 41 .262 .338 .417 .755 220     38.2   6.9    45.1 .071 .013 .084
                               
1960    4 Orlando Cepeda SF   22    13.55 32.7%   471 3238 262 35 295 .990   1343 349 62 7 42 176 177 140 21 195 16 10 9 8 10 19 .260 .335 .410 .745 188     33.6   5.3    38.9 .071 .011 .083
1961    2 Orlando Cepeda SF   23    22.66 23.5%   352 2330 187 19 230 .993   965 281 40 5 52 153 165 102 15 160 10 3 10 14 7 18 .291 .362 .505 .867 180     30.8   3.9    34.7 .088 .011 .099
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    9 Donn Clendenon PIT   26     6.12 23.8%   525 2892 255 38 297 .988   1130 298 47 11 30 149 138 134 6 202 7 7 7 19 5 27 .264 .344 .404 .748 160     25.4   4.5    29.9 .048 .009 .057
1963   10 Joe Torre MIL   22     5.93 26.8%   523 3421 274 33 295 .991   1359 311 52 9 32 141 145 121 14 216 17 21 8 4 14 43 .229 .298 .351 .649 140     20.9   5.9    26.8 .040 .011 .051
1964    7 Joe Torre MIL   23     9.99 28.0%   507 3750 298 42 345 .990   1552 396 64 11 44 155 221 94 9 222 14 10 13 7 12 47 .255 .301 .396 .697 175     29.8   5.8    35.6 .059 .011 .070
1965   10 Jim Gentile HOU   31     7.01 20.3%   417 2526 200 27 222 .990   1029 256 51 5 38 133 131 109 18 230 11 3 5 1 8 30 .249 .326 .419 .745 138     23.7   3.7    27.4 .057 .009 .066
1966   10 Joe Torre ATL   25     5.66 21.5%   410 2583 203 30 232 .989   1127 273 39 3 45 109 158 105 16 198 8 6 6 4 10 22 .242 .310 .402 .712 137     21.5   4.9    26.4 .052 .012 .064
1967    7 Willie Stargell PIT   27     8.44 30.0%   521 4050 280 48 339 .989   1683 432 72 18 33 197 204 136 26 294 10 18 14 5 9 40 .257 .314 .380 .694 205     36.8   6.1    42.9 .071 .012 .082
1968    9 John Briggs PHI   24     7.95 20.9%   394 2854 172 23 227 .992   1111 303 46 8 23 115 148 109 15 153 10 7 8 3 8 26 .273 .341 .391 .732 147     29.6   3.8    33.4 .075 .010 .085
1969   11 Carl Taylor PIT   25     7.30 13.9%   288 2103 150 24 218 .989   864 229 35 7 36 109 129 88 7 168 4 7 4 5 5 22 .265 .334 .447 .781 130     24.8   2.6    27.4 .086 .009 .095
                               
1970   13 Al Oliver PIT   23     5.99 24.0%   538 3757 300 30 370 .993   1525 387 56 11 55 192 212 152 30 214 16 11 15 9 8 35 .254 .325 .413 .738 203     28.6   6.8    35.4 .053 .013 .066
1971   11 Willie Mays SF   40    10.43 30.0%   643 4895 334 52 446 .990   2033 535 82 13 79 258 293 215 35 358 12 8 26 33 17 66 .263 .333 .433 .766 286     56.4   8.4    64.8 .088 .013 .101
1972   12 Ron Fairly MON   33     5.78 33.6%   699 5146 350 49 435 .991   2087 525 65 6 78 214 286 210 26 381 19 4 24 21 12 53 .252 .322 .401 .723 273     47.8   8.1    55.9 .068 .012 .080
1973    6 Hal Breeden MON   29     9.90 34.3%   776 5563 382 56 504 .991   2244 618 111 12 64 272 304 216 31 289 11 12 20 16 7 54 .275 .339 .421 .760 323     61.0   8.8    69.8 .079 .011 .090
1974   10 Billy Williams CHI   36    11.35 31.8%   720 5124 358 53 470 .990   2052 529 96 11 60 260 300 270 47 265 9 6 12 21 15 54 .258 .345 .403 .748 289     51.2   7.9    59.1 .071 .011 .082
1975   11 Ron Fairly STL   36     7.50 32.2%   779 5304 446 61 484 .990   2089 523 100 5 74 249 290 231 27 302 14 7 19 15 25 64 .250 .326 .409 .735 269     43.9   8.4    52.3 .056 .011 .067
1976   10 Joe Torre NY   35     7.83 35.8%   778 5844 499 60 526 .991   2422 620 109 13 54 285 316 253 35 319 14 9 26 29 16 65 .256 .327 .379 .706 299     48.0   8.4    56.4 .062 .011 .072
1977   11 Willie Stargell PIT   37     9.85 22.5%   546 3408 274 39 257 .990   1357 378 74 7 58 196 200 152 20 240 10 10 11 29 15 32 .279 .353 .472 .825 225     39.8   5.2    45.0 .073 .010 .082
1978   11 Mike Ivie SF   25    10.63 23.0%   567 3641 232 39 328 .990   1375 356 63 7 21 149 167 149 20 161 4 10 16 27 12 30 .259 .330 .361 .691 168     28.3   6.0    34.3 .050 .011 .060
1979    5 Mike Ivie SF   26    15.78 26.9%   632 4373 310 40 340 .992   1762 468 59 11 65 228 274 161 28 257 8 9 17 17 19 37 .266 .327 .422 .749 244     43.6   6.2    49.8 .069 .010 .079
                               
1980    9 Denny Walling HOU   26    11.20 23.8%   543 3943 248 38 312 .991   1532 409 71 9 40 185 197 165 21 258 5 7 12 9 11 32 .267 .338 .403 .741 208     37.0   5.6    42.6 .068 .010 .078
1981    8 Johnny Bench CIN   33     8.71 22.1%   331 2309 168 26 194 .990   926 230 33 2 25 70 96 98 11 107 2 6 3 4 5 31 .248 .321 .369 .690 109     20.6   3.2    23.8 .062 .010 .072
1982   12 Darrell Evans SF   35     7.14 12.3%   311 1912 139 18 153 .991   687 170 30 3 18 86 94 74 10 85 2 5 9 19 4 14 .247 .319 .378 .697 88     17.7   3.1    20.8 .057 .010 .067
1983    2 Keith Hernandez STL   29     8.64 24.3%   568 3758 283 33 322 .992   1523 392 65 11 46 176 206 148 12 256 5 11 9 34 11 35 .257 .323 .405 .728 202     37.9   6.6    44.5 .067 .012 .078
1984    7 Tim Corcoran PHI   31    10.81 33.0%   747 5018 339 42 434 .992   2041 568 78 13 47 251 276 230 32 271 7 13 18 22 26 52 .278 .351 .398 .749 284     51.1   7.8    58.9 .068 .010 .079
1985   11 Tony Perez CIN   43     9.97 28.8%   665 4673 344 38 404 .992   1814 473 96 3 31 208 189 178 18 221 2 11 11 22 21 33 .261 .326 .368 .694 221     33.9   7.9    41.8 .051 .012 .063
1986    8 Mike Schmidt PHI   36    10.88 24.9%   572 3747 302 36 351 .991   1518 413 83 5 41 163 194 178 11 244 5 6 15 19 19 23 .272 .347 .414 .761 230     37.5   6.3    43.8 .066 .011 .077
1987   10 Pedro Guerrero LA   31     9.58 19.9%   454 3001 274 30 273 .991   1291 366 66 3 36 165 170 128 9 166 9 8 9 12 7 34 .284 .350 .423 .773 197     30.5   4.7    35.2 .067 .010 .078
1988    8 Ricky Jordan PHI   23    12.53 28.0%   592 4517 330 34 332 .993   1830 463 86 3 45 221 217 178 26 300 5 8 17 10 9 44 .253 .318 .377 .695 214     42.9   7.2    50.1 .072 .012 .085
1989   12 Von Hayes PHI   30     6.00 18.8%   455 2794 233 28 219 .991   1126 265 41 6 34 130 126 163 13 211 8 6 9 15 12 18 .235 .334 .373 .707 148     24.1   3.9    28.0 .053 .009 .062
                               
1990    8 Hal Morris CIN   25    12.30 27.0%   655 3851 339 32 319 .992   1677 451 104 13 54 225 230 155 15 296 8 8 14 33 18 31 .269 .331 .443 .774 244     43.7   5.7    49.4 .067 .009 .075
1991   11 Larry Walker MON   24     8.15 20.4%   436 3139 222 42 223 .988   1352 350 71 12 38 172 178 107 6 210 7 2 11 34 14 27 .259 .314 .413 .727 176     30.9   4.7    35.6 .071 .011 .082
1992   11 Brian R. Hunter ATL   24     5.86 23.4%   536 3693 280 24 278 .994   1600 427 85 9 33 175 173 95 11 273 7 8 18 20 17 22 .267 .308 .393 .701 192     31.1   6.4    37.5 .058 .012 .070
1993    5 Fred McGriff ATL   29    13.54 23.0%   635 3978 320 38 374 .991   1697 448 67 12 60 245 249 174 13 311 10 4 13 12 10 28 .264 .334 .424 .758 239     39.4   7.1    46.5 .062 .011 .073
1994    6 Larry Walker MON   27    11.92 23.7%   438 2960 230 30 278 .991   1303 354 70 9 52 170 195 96 9 220 6 4 6 15 4 26 .272 .323 .459 .782 192     29.3   5.5    34.8 .067 .013 .079
1995   10 Scott Livingstone SD   29     8.16 22.1%   506 3379 255 30 321 .992   1431 382 91 5 42 191 201 149 17 256 6 5 13 17 9 31 .267 .336 .426 .762 211     28.8   5.1    33.9 .057 .010 .067
1996    9 Jeff King PIT   31    12.52 21.5%   555 3714 276 28 342 .993   1626 437 82 6 60 209 239 139 10 351 10 5 15 12 5 38 .269 .327 .437 .764 229     33.3   5.8    39.1 .060 .010 .070
1997   11 Mark McGwire STL   33     9.84 19.6%   526 3478 252 24 317 .994   1439 376 77 4 67 218 218 199 19 368 15 2 15 12 9 27 .261 .354 .460 .814 236     34.2   7.0    41.2 .065 .013 .078
1998   16 Charlie Hayes SF   33     5.00 17.4%   563 3353 272 40 319 .989   1443 372 74 6 36 155 201 134 4 270 16 7 10 6 9 47 .258 .326 .392 .718 180     26.3   5.4    31.7 .047 .010 .056
1999   11 Erubiel Durazo ARI   25    12.42 20.7%   695 3880 308 28 351 .993   1690 466 90 10 48 220 219 190 13 353 16 7 12 14 8 36 .276 .352 .426 .778 252     34.9   7.2    42.1 .050 .010 .061
                               
2000   13 Will Clark STL   36    11.17 23.2%   698 4498 334 45 451 .991   1981 539 136 3 85 293 305 266 14 403 17 6 17 9 5 42 .272 .360 .472 .832 341     46.0   7.7    53.7 .066 .011 .077
2001   12 Fred McGriff CHI   37     8.97 19.6%   594 3771 265 42 349 .990   1646 434 88 6 65 206 273 191 19 359 25 5 21 9 13 50 .264 .345 .443 .788 251     39.7   7.3    47.0 .067 .012 .079
2002   10 Erubiel Durazo ARI   28    13.25 19.9%   594 3945 289 44 392 .990   1653 421 93 8 85 278 260 256 22 388 23 4 16 11 9 30 .255 .359 .475 .834 299     51.3   5.6    56.9 .086 .009 .096
2003    7 Albert Pujols STL   23    14.67 27.4%   885 5494 390 47 547 .992   2326 618 126 7 116 347 369 256 27 495 21 3 15 13 11 75 .266 .342 .475 .817 372     56.3   8.2    64.5 .064 .009 .073
2004   13 Julio Franco ATL   45     8.12 22.7%   638 4599 365 28 478 .994   1951 491 110 10 63 251 274 207 18 387 24 0 16 15 12 59 .252 .328 .415 .743 262     37.3   6.7    44.0 .058 .011 .069
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    6 Tony Clark ARI   33    19.10 29.2%   858 6135 397 57 595 .991   2579 646 127 9 123 345 395 278 19 597 18 6 29 11 6 87 .250 .324 .450 .774 369     59.7   9.4    69.1 .070 .011 .081
2006   14 Rich Aurilia CIN   34     7.04 23.7%   723 4588 350 33 466 .993   2066 579 113 14 79 293 310 189 18 405 30 7 17 10 9 53 .280 .347 .463 .810 336     45.3   7.7    53.0 .063 .011 .073
2007    8 Mark Teixeira ATL   27    19.99 21.5%   683 4132 263 38 426 .991   1785 477 75 8 61 215 264 166 15 336 28 3 21 8 3 40 .267 .336 .421 .757 258     38.0   5.8    43.8 .056 .008 .064
2008   15 Travis Ishikawa SF   24     4.16 20.9%   621 4088 253 34 411 .992   1780 458 95 1 50 209 252 201 20 338 19 2 17 6 1 46 .257 .336 .396 .732 241     32.0   6.0    38.0 .052 .010 .061
2009   13 Adam Dunn WAS   29    10.28 22.9%   641 4584 354 43 454 .991   2065 543 116 5 77 279 305 283 27 461 28 6 16 13 6 46 .263 .357 .436 .793 338     51.9   6.8    58.7 .081 .011 .092
                               
2010   16 Buster Posey SF   23     5.40 15.4%   509 2764 213 21 258 .993   1220 314 66 3 36 143 158 100 10 298 21 3 12 5 2 40 .257 .322 .405 .727 154     20.3   5.1    25.4 .040 .010 .050
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia