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Pos Pct. of Third Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Third Baseman   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1876    4 Harry Schafer BOS 29     7.78 13.8%   70 147.4 176.5 76.1 16.6 .810   591.7 149.0 22.8 0.0 0.0 97.2 72.4 8.3 22.8 .252 .262 .290 .552 86.9     11.4   4.8    16.1 .079 .033 .111
1877    1 Cap Anson CHI 25     8.08 50.0%   153 164.2 174.2 61.6 19.6 .846   584.1 158.6 22.4 7.5 1.9 91.4 64.4 15.9 30.8 .272 .291 .345 .636 88.6      9.1   4.0    13.1 .063 .028 .092
1878    1 Cal McVey CIN 27    13.91 51.2%   182 131.3 220.3 48.4 15.1 .879   590.5 145.4 17.5 5.6 2.4 73.1 62.0 9.5 46.1 .246 .258 .307 .565 76.3     10.3   6.1    16.4 .071 .042 .113
1879    6 Bill Hague PRO 27     2.60 30.6%   168 122.3 201.0 76.7 14.1 .808   594.7 127.8 15.0 2.6 0.0 54.6 48.5 5.3 54.6 .215 .222 .249 .471 54.6      3.6   4.1     7.7 .024 .027 .052
                       
1880    3 Hardy Richardson BUF 25    10.91 40.7%   261 134.1 210.6 55.3 17.1 .862   582.9 139.5 20.7 11.0 0.6 75.5 41.4 17.1 52.4 .239 .261 .316 .577 73.1     11.6   5.4    17.0 .073 .034 .107
1881    5 Frank Hankinson TRO 25     3.70 37.6%   215 164.5 185.3 50.2 28.3 .874   589.0 126.2 24.1 2.1 3.4 62.8 44.1 11.0 55.2 .214 .229 .280 .509 60.7      2.6   5.5     8.1 .018 .037 .055
1882    7 Joe Farrell DET 25     3.18 10.9%   64 143.1 189.7 67.2 22.6 .832   595.5 146.6 20.3 2.3 2.3 60.9 54.1 4.5 49.6 .246 .252 .299 .551 69.9      6.8   5.2    12.0 .047 .036 .083
1883    2 Ned Williamson CHI 25    18.79 64.3%   473 119.9 209.7 70.4 19.3 .824   579.5 141.5 34.2 6.8 1.2 85.8 55.6 20.5 56.9 .244 .270 .333 .603 80.8      7.7   4.9    12.6 .053 .033 .086
1884    3 Ned Williamson CHI 26    20.46 74.7%   622 135.4 205.3 59.3 20.2 .852   574.3 138.3 20.9 8.3 9.0 75.8 66.5 25.7 80.6 .241 .273 .353 .626 86.5      9.7   4.8    14.4 .065 .032 .098
1885    2 Ned Williamson CHI 27    22.05 50.5%   387 136.3 212.9 50.8 20.4 .873   565.3 140.2 25.6 7.5 5.3 92.3 72.7 34.7 58.8 .248 .291 .348 .639 91.6     13.9   6.1    20.1 .096 .042 .138
1886    1 Dude Esterbrook NY 29    18.05 55.7%   512 135.0 219.2 45.8 15.9 .886   583.2 152.0 24.4 10.7 5.2 79.2 68.7 16.8 62.1 23.2 .261 .281 .366 .647 88.2     11.7   5.9    17.6 .079 .040 .118
1887    2 Jerry Denny IND 28    20.38 43.0%   397 147.8 208.1 44.1 20.3 .890   558.7 163.6 26.2 10.5 5.6 100.0 87.4 37.8 26.2 3.5 34.3 .293 .341 .407 .748 102.1     13.0   5.6    18.5 .093 .040 .134
1888    3 Jerry Denny IND 29    16.90 35.6%   353 135.6 216.3 48.1 18.2 .880   581.8 141.1 22.4 8.9 7.2 76.1 65.1 15.2 70.1 3.0 32.1 .243 .265 .349 .614 74.8     10.9   5.9    16.8 .073 .040 .112
1889    7 John Irwin WAS 27     6.22 10.5%   105 138.6 197.2 64.2 26.3 .840   542.2 141.8 23.6 9.2 1.3 70.9 61.7 47.3 51.2 10.5 23.6 .262 .333 .346 .679 80.1      9.5   1.6    11.0 .069 .011 .080
                       
1890    1 George Pinkney BRO 28    43.60 38.7%   392 144.2 215.1 40.7 17.7 .898   534.5 148.3 18.7 8.3 3.5 96.0 71.7 61.0 26.3 4.5 43.3 .277 .356 .363 .719 101.5     14.1   5.2    19.4 .104 .039 .143
1891    2 Billy Nash BOS 26    22.26 53.8%   586 136.5 220.5 43.0 20.2 .892   538.4 139.6 20.2 6.3 3.1 81.8 74.5 55.5 38.8 6.1 28.9 .259 .335 .337 .672 86.0     10.7   5.0    15.7 .077 .037 .114
1892    1 Billy Nash BOS 27    28.19 58.4%   972 135.0 219.5 45.5 21.4 .886   538.7 129.5 17.3 10.0 5.3 88.6 65.8 55.9 48.4 5.4 22.5 .240 .318 .339 .657 81.8     11.0   5.1    16.1 .079 .036 .115
1893    1 Billy Nash BOS 28    31.96 53.8%   783 144.8 215.3 39.9 23.4 .900   514.9 142.5 21.2 10.8 4.2 101.5 89.3 78.2 30.6 6.9 23.5 .277 .379 .384 .763 102.5     11.7   6.2    18.0 .088 .047 .136
1894    3 Lave Cross PHI 28    21.70 47.4%   698 150.8 200.9 48.3 24.2 .879   514.9 166.4 24.6 11.0 8.8 111.2 95.9 67.6 24.0 7.7 9.8 24.0 .323 .410 .465 .875 116.6     12.0   5.4    17.4 .089 .040 .130
1895    2 Bill Everitt CHI 26    20.21 47.6%   667 141.4 209.6 49.0 18.4 .878   528.1 156.5 22.3 9.4 5.9 104.2 87.2 54.1 37.2 8.0 9.8 28.6 .296 .370 .408 .778 99.3     10.3   5.2    15.5 .075 .038 .114
1896    4 Charlie Irwin CIN 27    15.63 39.4%   569 149.6 212.4 38.0 23.4 .905   537.3 152.4 17.6 9.4 2.5 91.2 69.6 48.5 35.3 5.0 9.2 31.1 .284 .348 .365 .713 88.0      9.0   6.2    15.2 .064 .044 .108
1897    1 Jimmy Collins BOS 27    34.07 41.1%   636 149.4 211.7 38.9 18.6 .903   542.4 162.8 23.6 10.7 3.9 89.3 85.8 42.0 6.6 9.0 22.5 .300 .358 .405 .763 93.9     11.6   5.4    17.0 .083 .039 .122
1898    1 Jimmy Collins BOS 28    47.17 45.0%   760 145.9 217.2 36.9 18.6 .908   527.8 147.7 17.7 6.3 3.9 86.0 67.7 49.1 10.8 12.3 19.9 .280 .353 .360 .713 85.0     12.3   5.6    18.0 .087 .040 .127
1899    1 John McGraw BAL 26    51.94 61.4%   1069 132.8 230.3 36.9 24.7 .908   534.3 154.4 20.0 8.8 2.9 86.2 69.1 48.9 9.1 7.7 26.8 .289 .359 .376 .735 88.9     12.1   5.3    17.4 .086 .037 .123
                       
1900    1 John McGraw STL 27    28.85 25.8%   276 122.3 235.5 42.2 15.5 .894   510.6 145.2 14.0 7.8 3.1 83.7 60.5 65.1 14.5 9.8 22.2 .284 .381 .360 .741 86.3     13.2   4.5    17.7 .092 .032 .124
1901    3 Harry Wolverton PHI 27    18.37 26.1%   244 133.7 225.0 41.3 10.9 .897   557.6 158.2 20.1 5.2 1.1 62.5 68.2 25.2 6.9 10.3 24.1 .284 .323 .344 .667 67.0      9.5   5.7    15.2 .068 .041 .109
1902    2 Ed Gremminger BOS 28    22.65 42.2%   410 155.4 209.1 35.5 21.1 .911   553.1 133.6 17.6 6.4 1.1 56.6 54.4 31.5 3.9 11.5 17.6 .242 .287 .302 .589 54.4      6.7   5.0    11.7 .046 .034 .080
1903    1 Tommy Leach PIT 25    24.19 82.3%   819 149.5 217.4 33.1 15.9 .917   539.7 155.5 21.5 9.7 2.9 83.0 67.9 40.2 5.5 14.6 23.0 .288 .344 .380 .724 82.8     12.9   5.5    18.4 .091 .039 .130
1904    2 Tommy Leach PIT 26    30.37 55.9%   649 143.0 215.2 41.8 14.9 .896   547.7 132.9 19.1 7.7 1.9 60.4 57.9 32.8 7.2 12.3 20.2 .243 .294 .316 .610 60.4      9.7   5.6    15.3 .064 .037 .102
1905    1 Art Devlin NY 25    29.38 49.0%   572 142.8 222.7 34.5 20.1 .914   540.9 135.5 17.7 10.8 3.1 64.8 56.3 40.9 4.9 13.3 28.5 .250 .309 .340 .649 66.8     11.3   5.6    16.9 .077 .038 .115
1906    1 Art Devlin NY 26    48.94 68.1%   795 142.8 230.6 26.6 17.7 .934   527.3 147.4 20.4 8.2 3.0 66.9 58.7 47.0 6.7 19.0 28.3 .280 .346 .366 .712 76.4     17.1   5.9    23.0 .116 .040 .156
1907    1 Dave Brain BOS 28    26.93 43.4%   511 134.7 239.7 25.6 18.4 .936   522.6 144.0 20.1 6.2 3.7 60.7 59.2 44.5 8.2 24.7 23.8 .275 .342 .359 .701 69.2     16.2   6.0    22.2 .112 .042 .153
1908    2 Art Devlin NY 28    27.73 37.7%   448 149.9 223.3 26.8 17.4 .933   529.7 134.2 15.2 7.7 1.9 60.6 41.0 44.8 5.8 19.7 25.8 .253 .319 .322 .641 61.9     13.6   6.0    19.6 .094 .042 .136
1909    2 Art Devlin NY 29    26.97 51.5%   612 145.2 227.6 27.2 17.5 .932   521.3 126.3 17.3 4.8 1.6 65.5 44.1 53.2 7.1 18.4 27.8 .242 .321 .303 .624 58.9     10.3   5.3    15.6 .074 .038 .112
                       
1910    1 Bobby Byrne PIT 25    31.95 53.9%   626 149.5 222.5 28.0 21.3 .930   522.3 146.5 22.2 7.5 2.3 71.3 59.6 53.0 40.5 2.7 22.0 30.1 .281 .350 .365 .715 74.1     14.4   4.8    19.3 .102 .034 .136
1911    1 Jim Doyle CHI 29    22.50 71.4%   830 151.7 224.0 24.3 20.2 .939   516.9 137.8 22.9 10.0 3.7 75.8 61.2 55.1 45.5 5.4 22.6 26.0 .267 .343 .371 .714 73.9     11.3   4.8    16.1 .080 .034 .114
1912    1 Heinie Zimmerman CHI 25    40.48 64.4%   719 142.8 230.7 26.5 19.0 .934   519.0 146.9 25.6 10.1 4.5 83.6 57.0 57.8 56.2 5.2 18.0 24.4 .283 .361 .397 .758 81.0     13.4   4.9    18.4 .096 .035 .132
1913    1 Heinie Zimmerman CHI 26    33.08 43.2%   540 146.0 228.5 25.5 22.7 .936   530.7 146.9 25.5 6.7 5.0 74.3 67.3 47.4 41.3 6.7 15.2 22.2 .277 .344 .378 .722 75.7     14.6   5.5    20.2 .098 .037 .135
1914    2 Heinie Zimmerman CHI 27    20.67 27.0%   324 142.2 227.7 30.1 25.0 .925   550.9 138.5 22.1 10.1 3.4 61.5 63.0 28.4 44.2 4.8 15.9 13.9 0.5 .251 .294 .346 .640 58.2     10.8   5.2    16.0 .069 .034 .103
1915    1 Red Smith BOS 25    29.90 52.5%   624 134.8 244.3 20.9 24.5 .948   533.9 137.3 23.7 7.0 2.2 56.4 50.8 42.9 38.7 4.1 19.1 13.8 12.8 .257 .317 .340 .657 60.8     11.9   6.0    17.9 .079 .040 .119
1916    1 Red Smith BOS 26    27.99 41.0%   511 128.4 247.4 24.2 22.3 .940   539.0 143.8 20.8 7.5 2.6 60.8 54.1 42.2 44.3 2.9 15.9 17.9 5.2 .267 .323 .348 .671 63.4     13.4   5.2    18.6 .091 .035 .126
1917    1 Heine Groh CIN 27    49.39 55.5%   652 135.6 243.7 20.7 29.5 .948   527.9 142.6 24.9 8.1 0.9 62.3 51.6 47.9 47.9 4.2 20.0 16.5 .270 .336 .353 .689 66.5     15.7   5.6    21.3 .103 .037 .140
1918    1 Heine Groh CIN 28    38.80 59.0%   565 131.3 248.4 20.3 25.7 .949   532.4 141.6 19.6 4.6 2.0 64.3 46.8 38.4 36.4 6.6 22.6 16.5 .266 .323 .331 .654 60.3     12.9   5.7    18.6 .090 .040 .129
Pos Pct. of Third Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Third Baseman   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1919    1 Heine Groh CIN 29    43.92 62.6%   667 144.7 236.8 18.5 23.0 .954   528.6 145.6 21.7 8.2 2.4 65.0 60.4 47.1 34.5 3.3 21.0 21.0 .275 .339 .361 .700 67.3     14.7   5.7    20.4 .100 .039 .138
                       
1920    2 Milt Stock STL 26    21.60 42.6%   512 143.6 234.9 21.5 24.4 .946   543.6 150.5 19.9 5.1 2.8 66.0 55.6 32.0 35.9 3.6 20.8 11.5 12.4 .277 .321 .348 .669 58.4      9.2   4.4    13.6 .064 .031 .095
1921    2 Tony Boeckel BOS 28    25.77 63.0%   761 136.2 242.0 21.8 21.2 .946   538.8 156.0 21.4 9.1 5.2 77.6 71.7 36.8 29.8 1.5 22.9 9.3 9.3 .289 .337 .392 .729 68.9     10.0   4.9    15.0 .071 .035 .106
1922    1 Babe Pinelli CIN 26    18.84 42.7%   527 146.7 232.2 21.1 19.2 .947   532.1 159.1 24.4 7.8 4.3 77.4 67.7 44.6 33.0 3.0 20.3 12.4 14.1 .299 .357 .399 .756 76.0     10.0   4.9    14.9 .070 .035 .105
1923    4 Milt Stock STL 29    14.14 38.3%   447 140.9 238.2 20.9 23.2 .948   533.9 146.3 24.5 5.6 2.6 60.6 68.1 42.5 34.4 2.0 21.6 8.2 8.8 .274 .330 .356 .686 62.8      7.4   5.3    12.7 .050 .036 .087
1924    4 Babe Pinelli CIN 28    16.67 32.3%   384 134.4 248.0 17.6 27.3 .956   542.2 147.0 21.2 9.0 1.2 55.4 63.5 33.8 46.8 4.9 19.1 13.0 11.8 .271 .320 .350 .670 57.0      6.4   5.5    11.9 .041 .035 .076
1925    1 Pie Traynor PIT 25    33.71 52.2%   628 134.6 245.4 20.0 25.8 .950   542.4 159.0 30.9 7.6 5.8 79.5 65.4 38.9 27.6 2.3 16.4 9.7 10.6 .293 .343 .410 .753 74.4      9.2   6.7    15.9 .063 .046 .110
1926    2 Pie Traynor PIT 26    23.37 40.7%   467 133.7 249.7 16.6 27.5 .958   532.2 150.7 25.0 12.8 2.8 73.5 66.3 47.2 25.0 2.2 18.4 5.9 .283 .344 .394 .738 74.1     11.3   6.2    17.5 .077 .042 .120
1927    1 Pie Traynor PIT 27    34.04 75.3%   906 139.2 238.9 21.9 21.6 .945   530.3 149.4 24.7 7.3 4.5 70.0 63.3 44.6 39.8 2.2 22.9 6.2 .282 .340 .381 .721 70.5     10.3   5.3    15.5 .071 .037 .108
1928    2 Pie Traynor PIT 28    24.33 54.4%   641 131.0 246.4 22.6 25.6 .943   532.9 152.9 29.7 6.7 4.1 75.1 76.1 41.3 29.7 2.6 23.2 6.0 .287 .341 .391 .732 70.3     10.1   5.2    15.3 .073 .038 .111
1929    1 Pie Traynor PIT 29    25.86 43.4%   515 129.5 251.7 18.8 18.5 .953   532.7 159.0 24.7 6.2 5.1 78.3 72.4 43.4 31.4 3.5 20.4 7.8 .298 .355 .397 .752 75.3      9.1   4.7    13.9 .066 .034 .101
                       
1930    4 Pinky Whitney PHI 25    15.63 48.1%   560 131.6 249.4 19.0 27.4 .952   537.4 160.2 31.9 6.2 5.2 75.2 77.9 43.8 39.8 1.5 17.3 6.2 .298 .353 .409 .762 77.1      7.4   5.5    13.0 .054 .040 .094
1931    3 Joe Stripp CIN 28    16.38 36.3%   431 131.4 247.9 20.7 26.6 .948   552.5 154.3 33.7 5.1 6.1 74.8 61.0 35.4 46.2 3.0 9.1 4.7 .279 .326 .391 .717 68.1      8.8   4.9    13.7 .061 .033 .094
1932    2 Pinky Whitney PHI 27    18.00 57.2%   681 126.4 254.6 19.0 26.1 .952   546.4 149.0 28.1 6.6 6.0 72.9 70.6 40.4 53.3 1.5 11.7 6.2 .273 .324 .381 .705 68.2      9.2   4.8    14.0 .064 .033 .097
1933    1 Pepper Martin STL 29    37.83 51.6%   616 120.4 258.6 21.0 20.1 .947   540.1 147.6 26.5 5.9 9.0 75.3 62.3 50.2 52.1 1.9 7.8 9.2 15.2 .273 .337 .394 .731 73.2     14.1   4.5    18.6 .096 .031 .127
1934    3 Pinky Whitney BOS 29    11.75 47.1%   564 125.3 255.9 18.8 18.4 .953   555.0 139.3 29.3 3.8 7.3 61.5 62.9 34.7 69.1 2.4 7.9 4.6 13.8 .251 .298 .357 .655 58.3      6.0   4.8    10.8 .040 .031 .071
1935    1 Stan Hack CHI 25    27.54 49.7%   577 135.1 242.5 22.4 25.3 .944   540.5 148.7 27.6 6.6 6.1 72.0 63.1 49.5 43.2 2.6 7.4 8.2 10.2 .275 .339 .385 .724 74.1     10.7   4.9    15.6 .072 .033 .106
1936    1 Stan Hack CHI 26    21.81 58.8%   715 138.3 238.7 23.0 15.5 .943   538.2 145.7 22.2 5.9 5.1 70.8 67.7 48.1 55.3 3.9 9.8 6.7 13.9 .271 .335 .362 .697 67.1      8.5   4.5    13.0 .058 .031 .089
1937    1 Stan Hack CHI 27    28.83 77.1%   936 139.7 241.6 18.7 17.5 .953   541.3 143.7 22.6 5.8 7.4 73.1 61.9 48.1 51.4 2.1 8.5 8.6 9.9 .265 .328 .370 .698 68.7     10.2   4.8    15.0 .072 .034 .106
1938    1 Stan Hack CHI 28    41.79 61.3%   698 132.0 246.7 21.3 22.8 .947   524.7 148.4 25.4 9.1 9.5 77.1 70.9 67.2 36.4 2.4 5.7 9.3 9.5 .283 .367 .420 .787 85.4     15.9   4.7    20.6 .113 .033 .146
1939    2 Cookie Lavagetto BRO 26    26.84 68.2%   812 134.9 243.9 21.2 22.7 .947   536.2 151.1 25.2 4.4 6.6 75.5 61.0 47.0 42.5 2.1 14.7 10.7 12.4 .282 .342 .382 .724 69.8     10.3   4.4    14.6 .072 .031 .103
                       
1940    4 Pinky May PHI 29    14.80 38.6%   477 141.4 235.7 22.9 14.2 .943   528.9 143.7 21.9 4.3 4.3 70.8 49.8 61.5 44.5 2.2 7.4 6.5 9.0 .272 .350 .354 .704 68.6      9.9   4.4    14.3 .067 .030 .097
1941    3 Cookie Lavagetto BRO 28    16.23 26.0%   314 130.4 248.6 21.0 23.3 .947   525.5 140.0 24.2 5.8 1.8 71.8 61.0 65.1 42.2 0.9 8.5 10.8 11.2 .266 .348 .345 .693 67.3     10.5   3.8    14.4 .075 .027 .102
1942    2 Bob Elliott PIT 25    25.21 26.0%   315 136.0 235.8 28.2 27.8 .930   539.9 142.9 22.3 5.9 6.8 61.0 65.6 51.0 42.8 1.4 7.7 3.6 10.0 .265 .330 .366 .696 68.3     12.3   4.1    16.4 .086 .029 .115
1943    1 Bob Elliott PIT 26    29.07 52.3%   624 132.4 245.1 22.5 31.7 .944   544.4 145.6 23.9 7.1 6.4 63.2 65.6 43.8 45.9 1.4 10.4 5.0 0.7 15.2 .268 .324 .373 .697 64.2     11.0   4.7    15.7 .075 .032 .107
1944    1 Bob Elliott PIT 27    38.73 53.1%   640 135.5 243.4 21.1 22.8 .947   535.6 138.6 24.2 6.8 8.2 63.0 73.2 54.3 38.0 1.9 8.2 3.4 0.0 11.1 .259 .329 .376 .705 67.4     11.6   4.5    16.1 .075 .029 .104
1945    2 Whitey Kurowski STL 27    31.75 52.5%   635 139.8 241.3 18.9 29.8 .953   543.0 151.8 25.2 3.7 7.8 63.0 70.4 42.9 33.0 4.2 9.9 3.2 0.0 15.5 .280 .337 .383 .720 70.4     11.3   5.6    16.9 .077 .038 .116
1946    1 Whitey Kurowski STL 28    35.50 58.6%   697 140.0 242.2 17.8 21.2 .956   534.3 140.3 22.0 3.9 7.9 62.0 61.5 53.5 52.2 2.6 9.6 4.1 0.7 11.6 .263 .333 .363 .696 63.5     11.4   4.2    15.6 .075 .028 .103
1947    2 Whitey Kurowski STL 29    31.14 47.8%   557 132.5 246.2 21.3 27.0 .947   525.4 152.5 27.0 6.4 12.7 85.1 72.3 63.9 51.2 3.8 6.9 4.1 0.8 12.0 .290 .371 .439 .810 85.8     14.3   4.5    18.8 .101 .031 .132
1948    2 Andy Pafko CHI 27    27.48 44.4%   525 122.5 253.9 23.6 24.9 .941   528.9 143.3 24.9 3.0 14.4 76.3 65.0 63.3 62.0 2.5 5.3 5.8 0.0 12.7 .271 .352 .411 .763 75.5     12.3   4.7    17.0 .085 .032 .117
1949    3 Grady Hatton CIN 26    18.14 60.5%   720 117.6 263.0 19.4 33.9 .952   536.6 139.4 28.0 3.9 10.8 67.1 61.4 52.8 47.1 2.9 7.7 3.5 0.4 10.8 .260 .329 .387 .716 68.7      9.8   4.1    13.9 .067 .028 .095
                       
1950    4 Tommy Glaviano STL 26    19.87 39.9%   482 126.7 250.9 22.4 23.1 .944   513.6 134.3 23.7 4.1 13.3 79.3 59.2 79.0 66.9 3.3 4.1 4.7 0.0 8.6 .262 .363 .401 .764 78.7     11.7   3.0    14.7 .082 .021 .103
1951    1 Willie Jones PHI 25    24.80 50.2%   577 145.8 236.5 17.7 30.7 .956   531.9 143.8 21.7 6.1 16.5 74.9 69.8 58.6 47.4 2.0 7.5 7.1 4.1 12.4 .270 .345 .427 .772 78.1     12.9   4.2    17.0 .092 .030 .121
1952    2 Bobby Thomson NY 28    18.55 49.3%   584 137.7 244.6 17.7 23.1 .956   530.7 133.5 18.0 5.9 16.4 71.1 68.3 57.8 63.9 5.6 5.9 5.1 3.9 14.9 .252 .331 .401 .732 70.3     12.0   4.6    16.6 .080 .031 .111
1953    2 Hank Thompson NY 27    20.06 56.8%   729 129.4 251.3 19.3 27.9 .952   533.8 144.4 21.1 6.4 20.3 73.2 82.8 59.8 58.4 2.0 4.4 4.0 3.4 14.0 .270 .346 .448 .794 80.0     11.6   4.2    15.7 .079 .028 .108
1954    2 Hank Thompson NY 28    25.13 61.6%   739 125.6 255.1 19.3 24.3 .952   524.8 142.5 24.3 4.3 15.1 72.1 71.9 57.8 3.1 56.8 2.5 8.2 6.7 5.3 2.0 11.8 .271 .343 .420 .763 75.8     11.2   3.9    15.1 .077 .027 .104
1955    2 Hank Thompson NY 29    17.40 53.8%   680 133.2 245.7 21.1 24.6 .947   515.4 130.2 17.4 4.2 15.4 68.3 65.4 70.8 4.0 62.5 3.3 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.3 12.3 .253 .344 .393 .737 71.5     10.7   4.2    14.8 .070 .028 .098
1956    3 Ken Boyer STL 25    27.46 52.5%   703 139.3 243.2 17.5 23.7 .956   548.8 142.2 24.4 3.5 18.1 69.2 70.4 38.7 4.5 65.9 3.1 4.2 5.2 4.9 2.8 14.1 .259 .309 .415 .724 66.6      9.4   3.7    13.1 .057 .022 .079
1957    1 Eddie Mathews MIL 25    48.03 50.7%   608 137.9 245.9 16.2 25.9 .960   530.3 149.0 27.3 4.8 19.4 79.1 71.6 61.1 6.5 68.5 1.7 3.1 3.8 6.0 5.0 10.8 .281 .355 .460 .815 84.1     16.3   4.0    20.3 .112 .027 .140
1958    1 Ken Boyer STL 27    28.97 46.3%   531 110.5 268.0 21.5 32.3 .946   528.9 148.5 21.0 5.1 25.3 87.8 83.0 57.4 3.8 65.7 4.3 3.2 6.2 7.0 3.0 12.9 .281 .352 .483 .835 87.3     16.7   4.5    21.2 .117 .031 .148
1959    1 Eddie Mathews MIL 27    51.51 45.7%   552 120.3 261.7 18.0 22.8 .955   533.3 153.8 17.1 5.6 25.4 85.4 79.6 57.3 3.8 70.4 3.2 4.0 2.2 5.9 3.5 7.0 .288 .360 .485 .845 91.6     18.1   4.2    22.3 .122 .028 .151
                       
1960    1 Eddie Mathews MIL 28    54.26 56.0%   725 127.3 253.7 19.0 25.2 .953   523.6 140.2 21.8 7.2 19.4 79.2 75.1 62.5 4.1 80.1 5.0 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.4 10.7 .268 .349 .448 .797 82.0     17.8   4.4    22.3 .113 .028 .141
1961    1 Eddie Mathews MIL 29    42.68 38.4%   485 132.5 250.6 16.9 26.2 .958   532.9 152.9 25.3 4.4 22.8 82.4 79.6 54.6 2.8 81.1 1.2 6.6 4.7 7.5 4.7 12.8 .287 .352 .479 .831 87.7     16.9   4.7    21.6 .112 .031 .143
Pos Pct. of Third Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Third Baseman   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
1962    3 Jim Davenport SF 28    23.22 25.6%   437 122.3 253.6 24.1 29.5 .940   536.1 152.0 22.7 3.4 16.3 76.7 71.8 44.2 2.3 87.0 6.4 5.7 7.6 3.4 6.0 10.6 .283 .341 .429 .770 77.9     12.9   4.0    16.9 .078 .024 .102
1963   10 Gene Freese CIN 29     5.88 25.9%   467 132.9 243.5 23.6 15.7 .941   547.8 125.0 17.2 4.5 10.8 49.3 53.7 39.9 5.2 91.4 2.2 6.4 3.7 3.4 3.7 14.2 .228 .282 .335 .617 49.6      7.4   3.7    11.0 .042 .021 .063
1964    6 Bob Aspromonte HOU 26    16.25 31.2%   525 128.0 252.6 19.4 18.7 .952   544.2 139.9 18.7 3.6 10.6 56.1 53.1 40.7 7.5 73.0 7.3 4.2 3.6 6.6 4.5 13.0 .257 .315 .363 .678 61.2      9.7   4.1    13.7 .061 .026 .087
1965    2 Ron Santo CHI 25    41.97 40.5%   647 116.4 265.9 17.7 25.3 .956   544.1 144.8 22.1 3.9 19.4 65.5 78.4 45.9 5.2 91.7 3.4 2.3 4.3 1.6 1.8 12.1 .266 .325 .428 .753 75.3     13.8   4.4    18.2 .093 .030 .123
1966    2 Ron Santo CHI 26    38.46 42.2%   704 121.0 263.0 16.0 26.8 .960   541.8 146.4 19.6 4.4 14.7 66.8 62.6 45.9 4.7 71.5 3.0 5.1 4.2 1.4 4.0 15.1 .270 .328 .404 .732 68.2     10.5   4.5    15.0 .064 .027 .092
1967    1 Ron Santo CHI 27    48.05 58.1%   928 112.9 264.8 22.3 21.1 .944   532.0 149.7 24.4 5.6 18.6 74.8 80.9 58.0 10.9 88.9 2.8 2.0 5.2 4.1 3.6 13.0 .281 .352 .453 .805 84.5     18.8   4.2    23.0 .130 .029 .158
1968    1 Ron Santo CHI 28    34.02 47.5%   771 112.3 269.1 18.6 26.3 .954   534.8 133.0 19.3 3.5 15.4 63.2 71.8 54.7 8.2 94.1 2.9 2.3 5.3 2.9 2.7 14.8 .249 .319 .384 .703 65.2     14.3   4.7    18.9 .095 .031 .126
1969    1 Tony Perez CIN 27    43.60 47.5%   949 110.8 267.1 22.1 24.7 .945   533.4 142.7 20.9 2.2 18.2 64.7 77.9 54.7 5.7 92.3 2.7 3.3 5.9 1.9 2.7 13.6 .268 .335 .418 .753 74.1     13.5   3.7    17.2 .089 .025 .114
                       
1970    1 Tony Perez CIN 28    43.99 45.2%   909 119.2 257.9 22.9 26.2 .943   522.1 140.4 24.2 3.5 20.6 75.9 84.0 64.6 9.1 92.8 4.7 3.7 4.9 7.4 3.7 14.7 .269 .352 .447 .799 82.3     14.8   3.9    18.7 .096 .025 .122
1971    2 Tony Perez CIN 29    25.23 39.8%   875 102.3 278.0 19.7 24.8 .951   534.8 137.2 20.8 3.4 13.6 58.6 67.4 56.0 7.2 99.4 2.0 3.0 4.2 5.0 2.8 15.4 .257 .327 .385 .712 67.4     13.0   4.6    17.6 .074 .026 .101
1972    3 Darrell Evans ATL 25    24.58 44.7%   798 109.8 270.8 19.4 26.8 .952   525.9 122.9 16.4 2.6 15.8 60.3 65.1 59.6 6.2 97.5 2.8 5.8 5.9 5.3 4.7 11.9 .234 .312 .365 .677 59.6      9.4   4.9    14.3 .062 .033 .095
1973    1 Darrell Evans ATL 26    41.71 48.7%   917 99.6 278.1 22.3 29.6 .944   528.7 143.3 23.6 2.7 22.7 76.0 76.7 59.9 6.1 80.3 2.5 4.1 4.8 4.1 2.5 10.5 .271 .345 .455 .800 83.2     16.4   4.5    20.9 .114 .031 .145
1974    2 Darrell Evans ATL 27    35.00 53.7%   1104 107.8 272.5 19.7 29.9 .951   515.9 126.7 19.3 2.7 15.6 69.9 64.6 71.4 7.5 83.8 4.4 3.4 4.9 3.1 2.8 11.8 .246 .339 .384 .723 69.5     12.7   5.3    18.0 .078 .033 .111
1975    1 Darrell Evans ATL 28    35.78 46.9%   935 107.7 272.3 20.0 27.7 .950   516.7 129.2 22.7 3.1 17.8 69.1 70.6 71.1 8.0 86.7 4.2 3.6 4.4 9.3 3.4 9.7 .250 .343 .409 .752 73.8     14.4   4.9    19.3 .090 .031 .121
1976    1 Mike Schmidt PHI 26    49.32 56.5%   1088 108.6 275.3 16.1 24.7 .960   528.7 142.8 22.0 2.8 13.5 69.7 67.4 59.0 7.7 68.4 4.7 2.9 4.7 11.1 6.5 13.0 .270 .346 .399 .745 73.7     14.6   4.7    19.3 .096 .031 .127
1977    1 Mike Schmidt PHI 27    46.64 66.2%   1271 104.9 280.0 15.1 25.4 .962   531.9 146.2 28.3 4.3 17.0 75.9 68.2 57.8 5.8 70.1 4.0 2.8 3.5 14.3 9.0 13.6 .275 .348 .440 .788 78.6     13.5   4.4    17.9 .091 .029 .121
1978    4 Mike Schmidt PHI 28    27.76 49.7%   1028 103.2 279.7 17.1 24.3 .957   536.7 136.0 24.3 5.6 8.1 64.0 57.4 52.2 7.1 78.7 2.4 3.2 5.5 15.2 7.8 10.3 .253 .319 .365 .684 63.2     10.3   4.3    14.7 .063 .027 .090
1979    1 Mike Schmidt PHI 29    44.02 57.7%   1126 111.3 270.8 17.9 24.4 .955   538.2 153.8 31.5 3.0 14.6 71.3 71.9 49.1 6.8 75.0 3.1 4.6 5.0 12.5 5.2 14.4 .286 .346 .437 .783 77.7     14.6   4.2    18.7 .099 .028 .127
                       
1980    5 Ray Knight CIN 27    16.02 34.7%   761 105.5 276.4 18.1 20.4 .955   548.4 144.8 30.4 3.3 11.3 60.8 62.7 39.9 7.5 63.9 4.0 3.3 4.4 5.3 5.3 16.4 .264 .316 .393 .709 63.9      9.7   3.8    13.5 .058 .022 .080
1981    6 Ken Oberkfell STL 25    13.00 37.3%   486 109.1 270.3 20.6 24.9 .948   546.2 148.7 27.2 5.3 6.2 59.1 56.1 41.0 4.3 79.8 2.3 6.2 4.3 9.8 6.2 17.7 .272 .323 .376 .699 63.3     11.0   3.9    14.9 .069 .024 .093
1982    6 Ken Oberkfell STL 26    14.44 35.5%   748 99.9 280.6 19.5 27.9 .951   549.2 146.5 22.2 4.8 6.0 57.7 54.6 35.3 6.2 72.2 3.3 6.2 6.0 14.5 6.0 12.9 .267 .312 .357 .669 61.0      9.3   4.6    13.9 .052 .026 .078
1983    2 Pedro Guerrero LA 27    42.14 49.0%   984 111.8 268.9 19.3 26.6 .952   539.3 147.7 25.1 3.4 15.5 66.2 67.5 49.1 7.0 81.6 3.4 4.2 4.0 10.2 5.2 11.5 .274 .336 .420 .756 74.7     13.9   4.5    18.4 .087 .028 .115
1984    2 Hubie Brooks NY 27    23.01 35.1%   717 101.6 278.2 20.2 25.2 .950   544.1 148.3 27.0 3.2 12.8 60.3 62.8 46.3 8.7 78.6 2.5 2.5 4.6 5.7 6.0 11.5 .273 .330 .405 .735 70.1     12.6   5.4    18.0 .077 .033 .109
1985    1 Tim Wallach MON 27    28.41 23.2%   470 95.1 285.0 19.9 29.5 .950   531.5 139.5 30.8 3.1 14.4 58.6 63.7 53.5 7.2 71.6 6.8 3.8 4.4 6.9 5.5 17.1 .262 .335 .413 .748 70.9     13.4   5.7    19.1 .083 .035 .119
1986    8 Tim Wallach MON 28    13.41 21.7%   464 96.5 284.8 18.7 31.5 .953   545.2 130.1 23.3 2.2 10.0 56.7 60.0 41.9 9.3 74.9 4.8 3.3 4.8 14.1 4.4 15.9 .239 .296 .345 .641 54.8      7.0   6.8    13.9 .041 .040 .081
1987    1 Tim Wallach MON 29    35.77 38.9%   800 99.3 277.9 22.8 23.8 .943   533.9 149.5 26.3 2.8 22.4 77.8 85.7 55.4 6.9 89.3 4.7 1.6 4.4 12.9 6.9 10.9 .280 .350 .465 .815 87.5     16.0   4.5    20.5 .101 .028 .129
1988    1 Bobby Bonilla PIT 25    40.62 47.9%   967 93.6 286.0 20.4 24.3 .949   533.4 136.0 26.2 3.5 14.3 66.2 67.5 53.8 9.8 78.2 4.0 3.0 5.8 13.0 6.5 9.5 .255 .325 .398 .723 69.5     13.9   4.3    18.2 .086 .027 .113
1989    1 Howard Johnson NY 28    40.86 58.2%   1203 102.7 276.4 20.9 23.5 .948   540.4 139.8 29.9 4.2 14.0 71.9 62.8 50.6 7.5 81.8 2.0 3.2 3.8 10.8 5.3 9.0 .259 .322 .407 .729 70.9     14.3   4.9    19.2 .092 .031 .123
                       
1990    3 Chris Sabo CIN 28    23.92 61.0%   1266 105.8 272.6 21.6 21.4 .946   548.5 140.7 25.8 2.2 13.0 67.5 62.3 42.0 4.7 80.5 2.0 2.5 5.0 14.0 6.4 11.6 .256 .309 .382 .691 62.2      8.8   4.2    13.0 .055 .026 .081
1991    2 Chris Sabo CIN 29    25.29 61.1%   1239 108.0 273.5 18.5 23.9 .954   543.6 146.0 27.9 3.2 16.8 67.0 74.3 44.0 4.5 89.1 4.3 4.2 3.9 8.2 5.3 14.4 .269 .326 .424 .750 72.5     13.5   4.5    18.0 .084 .028 .112
1992    3 Dave Hollins PHI 26    32.87 44.4%   930 105.7 274.0 20.3 24.6 .949   532.0 137.9 22.4 3.0 13.3 66.0 64.6 57.2 7.3 85.1 4.9 2.2 3.7 8.8 6.2 11.3 .259 .335 .388 .723 66.0     13.0   3.4    16.4 .083 .022 .105
1993    1 Matt Williams SF 27    37.64 49.6%   1170 101.0 276.8 22.2 23.7 .945   534.8 151.2 31.7 2.9 18.5 81.4 85.9 52.3 3.9 79.1 3.6 2.2 7.1 6.8 4.3 15.1 .283 .347 .457 .804 82.6     14.6   4.0    18.6 .093 .026 .119
1994    2 Matt Williams SF 28    23.04 51.7%   826 99.4 278.5 22.1 25.3 .945   540.2 145.0 28.8 2.6 19.2 68.1 74.1 48.1 4.7 81.8 4.2 1.5 6.0 5.7 3.0 13.4 .268 .330 .438 .768 74.9     10.6   4.0    14.6 .068 .026 .093
1995    1 Matt Williams SF 29    32.29 42.6%   945 87.4 292.7 19.9 27.0 .950   539.7 150.7 30.1 2.7 19.9 68.7 75.3 47.2 6.4 109.1 4.0 3.1 6.0 3.8 4.9 12.9 .279 .338 .455 .793 79.3     11.9   4.3    16.2 .069 .025 .094
1996    3 Vinny Castilla COL 28    26.42 27.3%   709 97.5 278.7 23.8 30.8 .940   547.1 153.4 29.3 1.3 17.1 69.5 72.8 41.5 5.7 97.2 3.9 3.4 4.1 5.4 3.4 15.0 .280 .333 .432 .765 77.0      9.6   5.1    14.7 .052 .028 .080
1997    4 Chipper Jones ATL 25    25.86 37.9%   951 97.1 282.0 20.9 24.1 .948   531.0 152.8 27.8 4.4 18.8 77.6 79.7 57.0 4.4 95.4 4.8 3.2 4.0 6.3 3.5 14.1 .288 .359 .463 .822 87.1     14.6   3.7    18.3 .087 .022 .109
1998    2 Chipper Jones ATL 26    36.30 43.1%   1168 98.9 284.5 16.6 29.0 .958   523.5 147.7 28.3 2.3 16.5 80.7 66.8 65.7 3.0 99.7 3.8 2.6 4.4 7.2 4.0 13.0 .282 .364 .439 .803 84.2     13.3   4.7    18.1 .085 .030 .115
1999    1 Chipper Jones ATL 27    44.35 43.0%   1155 103.6 278.1 18.3 21.9 .954   524.2 147.3 30.7 1.4 19.7 74.5 79.5 63.9 4.9 95.1 4.4 2.2 5.3 7.4 2.4 15.0 .281 .361 .457 .818 86.6     13.6   3.6    17.2 .087 .023 .110
                       
2000    1 Chipper Jones ATL 28    34.40 51.2%   1388 98.1 283.0 18.9 24.5 .953   529.4 147.2 31.3 2.7 24.3 84.0 86.3 56.9 4.9 97.2 6.6 1.5 5.6 6.0 2.3 10.7 .278 .352 .485 .837 90.7     13.6   3.7    17.4 .090 .025 .114
2001    3 Chipper Jones ATL 29    34.44 44.4%   1229 100.9 280.0 19.1 21.4 .952   529.9 149.3 29.5 2.0 18.4 75.6 76.2 51.1 5.3 93.2 7.9 4.0 7.1 7.0 4.5 12.2 .282 .349 .449 .798 83.0     13.1   3.2    16.3 .081 .020 .101
2002    1 Scott Rolen PHI/STL 27    35.74 52.7%   1428 103.6 281.0 15.4 31.1 .962   530.2 139.4 29.9 2.9 18.7 71.7 71.9 54.5 3.8 87.5 7.0 3.7 4.6 7.1 2.7 14.3 .263 .337 .436 .773 77.1     12.3   4.9    17.2 .079 .032 .110
2003    1 Scott Rolen STL 28    32.54 53.6%   1464 98.1 284.4 17.5 24.8 .956   531.0 139.4 29.7 2.2 20.6 72.0 81.5 53.6 3.8 97.7 7.1 2.0 6.3 5.8 2.0 16.3 .262 .335 .443 .778 78.5     12.1   4.1    16.2 .079 .026 .105
2004    1 Scott Rolen STL 29    52.85 44.9%   1220 102.2 279.8 18.0 25.0 .955   536.3 153.4 29.4 2.4 24.7 79.6 88.7 50.6 4.3 95.6 5.2 2.5 5.4 5.9 2.7 15.5 .286 .350 .488 .838 90.4     14.7   4.0    18.7 .094 .026 .120
Pos Pct. of Third Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Third Baseman   Win Shares
Year Rank WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC   B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
2005    1 Morgan Ensberg HOU 29    35.53 42.4%   1139 95.3 286.0 18.7 28.4 .953   531.7 151.3 31.2 2.2 22.1 75.5 82.1 57.6 4.6 97.7 5.4 1.7 3.6 3.5 2.9 12.0 .285 .358 .477 .835 90.1     14.2   3.9    18.1 .090 .024 .114
2006    6 Garrett Atkins COL 26    24.10 25.0%   650 99.0 283.5 17.5 24.8 .956   536.6 161.1 38.8 2.2 22.4 87.3 90.3 49.0 4.6 76.0 7.2 1.1 6.1 3.3 1.3 14.8 .300 .363 .506 .869 98.2     13.9   3.0    17.0 .098 .022 .120
2007    5 Aramis Ramirez CHI 29    24.75 30.0%   817 105.0 277.8 17.2 21.9 .957   536.7 150.0 34.8 2.5 18.7 71.4 81.0 51.2 4.0 97.9 4.2 1.3 6.6 3.0 0.8 14.5 .279 .343 .458 .801 84.4     12.2   3.5    15.7 .079 .023 .102
2008    1 David Wright NY 25    35.39 41.2%   1077 100.9 279.9 19.2 25.8 .952   541.5 147.1 32.3 2.1 21.8 76.3 77.6 46.1 2.9 108.3 5.9 1.1 5.4 4.3 2.5 13.8 .272 .332 .460 .792 82.3     11.2   3.5    14.7 .075 .023 .099
2009    2 David Wright NY 26    23.86 47.1%   1308 100.5 281.6 17.9 28.0 .955   533.0 134.8 28.9 2.5 17.4 65.2 72.6 54.0 3.6 118.4 6.2 2.5 4.3 7.5 3.2 17.1 .253 .326 .414 .740 71.4     11.2   4.1    15.3 .069 .025 .095
                       
2010    1 David Wright NY 27    31.23 50.3%   1303 90.8 288.7 20.5 27.4 .949   536.0 145.4 29.5 1.8 18.8 71.3 78.0 52.6 4.8 129.8 4.6 0.8 6.0 6.8 3.3 13.5 .271 .338 .438 .776 80.0     13.8   3.8    17.6 .093 .025 .118
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