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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       0.0%                      
1877       0.0%                        
1878       0.0%                      
1879       0.0%                      
                       
1880       0.0%                        
1881       0.0%                        
1882       0.0%                        
1883    4 Deacon White BUF 35     9.68 9.9%   77 84 128 54 8 .797   304 89 11 4 0 48 37 18 14 .293 .332 .355 .687 51      7.2   2.2     9.4 .094 .029 .122
1884    2 Deacon White BUF 36    24.48 12.8%   108 113 198 66 11 .825   440 143 16 11 5 80 72 31 13 .325 .369 .445 .814 101     16.8   3.5    20.3 .156 .032 .188
1885    4 Deacon White BUF 37    12.53 12.7%   98 118 198 40 12 .888   404 118 6 6 0 54 57 12 11 .292 .313 .337 .650 56      8.9   3.4    12.3 .091 .035 .126
1886    3 Deacon White DET 38    15.68 16.6%   152 165 308 82 23 .852   610 175 24 6 2 85 87 37 40 13 .287 .328 .356 .684 100     13.2   5.5    18.7 .087 .036 .123
1887    3 Deacon White DET 39    16.06 15.3%   144 179 275 82 20 .847   571 171 24 16 4 94 104 38 18 11 35 .299 .355 .419 .774 112     14.4   5.3    19.7 .100 .037 .137
1888    2 Deacon White DET 40    20.57 16.0%   152 178 291 78 23 .857   633 180 25 6 5 90 86 28 27 11 22 .284 .326 .367 .693 98     15.7   4.4    20.1 .103 .029 .132
1889    9 Deacon White PIT 41     3.89 5.0%   52 68 95 24 7 .872   213 54 9 1 0 33 25 15 17 4 2 .254 .315 .305 .620 26      2.8   1.5     4.3 .054 .029 .083
                       
1890         0.0%                        
1891         0.0%                        
1892         0.0%                        
1893   12 Sam Wise WAS 35     5.10 4.3%   65 77 143 44 10 .833   252 76 10 7 3 50 39 29 12 3 14 .302 .380 .433 .813 53      7.9   1.2     9.1 .122 .018 .140
1894   16 Jerry Denny LOU 35     2.26 3.9%   60 85 124 30 12 .874   221 61 11 7 0 26 32 13 12 3 6 10 .276 .325 .389 .714 34      2.3   1.1     3.4 .038 .018 .057
1895    8 Arlie Latham CIN 35    10.50 7.4%   108 126 197 52 13 .861   444 138 14 6 2 90 67 41 24 5 7 46 .311 .376 .383 .759 87      8.2   3.1    11.3 .076 .029 .105
1896         0.0%                        
1897         0.0%                        
1898         0.0%                        
1899   22 Jim Connor CHI 36     0.49 1.4%   25 19 64 12 5 .874   85 17 3 0 0 9 9 7 0 4 2 .200 .261 .235 .496 7      -     0.9     0.9 .000 .036 .036
                       
1900         0.0%                        
1901         0.0%                        
1902    5 Bill Hallman PHI 35     6.08 6.8%   72 71 147 16 3 .932   254 63 8 4 0 14 35 14 0 9 9 .248 .287 .311 .598 26      3.3   3.2     6.5 .046 .044 .090
1903         0.0%                        
1904         0.0%                        
1905    4 Doc Casey CHI 35    12.69 11.6%   142 160 252 22 7 .949   522 121 21 10 1 66 56 41 6 21 22 .232 .295 .316 .611 63      7.8   5.3    13.1 .055 .037 .092
1906    3 Doc Casey BRO 36    14.69 12.7%   149 172 272 39 11 .919   571 133 17 8 0 71 34 52 8 17 22 .233 .306 .291 .597 58     13.4   3.0    16.4 .090 .020 .110
1907    5 Doc Casey BRO 37     9.95 11.7%   141 176 274 21 16 .955   527 122 19 3 0 55 19 34 3 32 16 .231 .282 .279 .561 44      5.7   6.1    11.8 .040 .043 .084
1908         0.0%                      
1909         0.0%                        
                       
1910         0.0%                        
1911         0.0%                      
1912         0.0%                        
1913         0.0%                        
1914         0.0%                        
1915         0.0%                        
1916         0.0%                        
1917   13 Hans Lobert NY 35     0.44 1.3%   21 10 19 3 2 .906   52 10 1 0 1 4 5 5 5 1 1 2 .192 .276 .269 .545 4      0.4   0.4     0.8 .019 .019 .038
1918         0.0%                        
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         0.0%                        
                       
1920         0.0%                        
1921         0.0%                        
1922         0.0%                      
1923         0.0%                        
1924         0.0%                        
1925    8 Jimmy Johnston BRO 35     6.24 6.5%   81 76 110 24 10 .886   315 93 9 2 1 46 31 33 11 3 7 5 4 .295 .368 .346 .714 43      6.1   0.7     6.8 .075 .009 .084
1926         0.0%                        
1927         0.0%                        
1928   10 Johnny Butler CHI 35     3.80 4.5%   59 51 120 9 9 .950   168 45 7 0 0 16 15 18 7 3 6 2 .268 .349 .310 .659 19      2.4   2.3     4.7 .041 .039 .080
1929         0.0%                        
                       
1930    6 Sparky Adams STL 35    10.34 8.3%   104 66 159 8 18 .966   436 137 28 7 0 75 42 34 21 1 11 5 .314 .365 .411 .776 69      7.6   3.4    11.0 .073 .033 .106
1931    2 Sparky Adams STL 36    21.61 13.7%   164 139 273 19 35 .956   681 203 54 5 5 111 63 55 29 2 7 15 .298 .352 .414 .766 104     18.0   6.1    24.1 .110 .037 .147
1932   11 Sparky Adams STL 37     2.67 2.5%   30 25 42 5 11 .931   127 35 3 1 0 22 13 14 5 1 0 0 .276 .352 .315 .667 15      1.8   0.9     2.7 .060 .030 .090
1933    6 Sparky Adams STL/CIN 38    12.43 11.6%   135 121 278 17 16 .959   518 133 20 1 1 55 20 41 30 3 14 3 11 .257 .315 .305 .620 53      8.6   4.7    13.3 .064 .035 .099
1934   10 Frankie Frisch STL 35     3.88 5.3%   63 62 112 10 16 .946   256 70 14 2 1 35 21 19 8 1 3 3 4 .273 .326 .355 .681 30      3.5   2.0     5.5 .056 .032 .087
1935   11 Pie Traynor PIT 35     2.90 4.5%   49 59 84 18 2 .888   204 57 10 3 1 24 36 10 17 3 3 2 9 .279 .323 .373 .696 22      2.1   1.4     3.5 .043 .029 .071
1936   12 Frankie Frisch STL 37     1.92 1.8%   22 35 16 3 5 .944   80 22 3 0 0 11 7 10 3 0 2 1 2 .275 .356 .313 .669 10      1.4   0.5     1.9 .064 .023 .086
1937         0.0%                        
1938    7 Joe Stripp STL/BOS 35     8.51 9.3%   109 114 187 9 9 .971   428 120 17 0 1 43 37 28 17 1 14 2 11 .280 .326 .327 .653 46      6.3   3.8    10.1 .058 .035 .093
1939   10 Pepper Martin STL 35     2.99 3.0%   43 24 51 5 6 .938   146 40 7 3 1 20 15 13 16 0 2 2 3 .274 .333 .384 .717 18      2.5   1.2     3.7 .058 .028 .086
                       
1940         0.0%                        
1941         0.0%                        
1942         0.0%                        
1943    7 Dick Bartell NY 35     8.73 8.7%   105 107 209 12 24 .963   396 101 14 1 4 48 30 45 28 6 5 3 3 8 .255 .340 .326 .666 46      7.4   3.3    10.7 .070 .031 .102
1944   12 Billy Jurges NY 36     1.10 6.3%   82 62 140 8 8 .962   279 58 3 1 1 32 21 25 21 0 11 3 1 8 .208 .273 .237 .510 17      -     2.3     2.3 .000 .028 .028
1945    1 Stan Hack CHI 35    43.17 23.4%   279 312 541 44 41 .951   1034 323 42 14 6 166 111 161 51 1 10 19 0 11 .312 .406 .397 .803 183     38.8  11.4    50.2 .139 .041 .180
1946    2 Stan Hack CHI 36    22.79 13.7%   155 185 281 17 21 .965   568 158 27 5 1 81 50 111 45 0 7 7 0 13 .278 .396 .349 .745 86     19.6   4.3    23.9 .126 .028 .154
1947    7 Stan Hack CHI 37     7.61 5.7%   66 64 136 8 11 .962   240 65 11 2 0 28 12 41 19 0 2 0 0 4 .271 .377 .333 .710 31      5.0   2.8     7.8 .076 .042 .118
1948         0.0%                        
1949         0.0%                        
                       
1950         0.0%                        
1951         0.0%                        
1952         0.0%                        
1953         0.0%                        
1954    7 Jackie Robinson BRO 35     9.05 8.7%   121 89 209 17 16 .946   310 90 14 1 9 51 43 54 1 28 5 6 6 4 1 7 .290 .397 .429 .826 60     12.3   2.7    15.0 .102 .022 .124
1955    6 Jackie Robinson BRO 36    11.44 9.8%   123 109 259 9 28 .976   394 102 8 2 15 60 55 70 4 25 2 6 6 9 2 11 .259 .369 .404 .773 63     10.6   5.2    15.8 .086 .042 .128
1956    4 Jackie Robinson BRO 37    15.65 6.0%   72 61 173 8 15 .967   238 72 10 2 8 45 38 37 1 24 2 8 1 9 3 5 .303 .399 .462 .861 47      8.8   3.6    12.4 .122 .050 .172
1957   12 Bobby Adams CHI 35     2.35 9.8%   122 94 234 19 10 .945   423 103 12 3 1 42 34 44 1 54 3 9 2 2 5 7 .243 .318 .293 .611 41      2.7   3.2     5.9 .022 .026 .048
1958    5 Al Dark STL/CHI 36    10.07 12.2%   140 129 274 23 26 .946   579 172 19 4 7 70 59 41 1 34 5 5 8 1 1 20 .297 .344 .380 .724 69      9.2   3.6    12.8 .066 .026 .091
1959    6 Al Dark CHI 37    12.46 11.0%   131 111 255 20 20 .948   462 122 22 9 6 60 45 50 9 48 3 6 3 1 1 3 .264 .338 .390 .728 64      9.8   3.8    13.6 .075 .029 .104
                       
1960   10 Al Dark PHI/MIL 38     3.39 4.4%   57 59 86 7 7 .954   200 48 5 1 3 29 16 19 2 14 2 2 0 1 1 5 .240 .312 .320 .632 20      3.1   1.2     4.3 .054 .021 .075
1961         0.0%                        
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         0.0%                        
1963   12 Don Hoak PHI 35     5.29 8.2%   135 115 251 21 14 .946   470 111 15 3 6 39 28 42 1 65 1 8 3 9 6 12 .236 .298 .319 .617 43      5.9   4.1    10.0 .044 .030 .074
1964   11 Jim Gilliam LA 35     2.93 4.6%   86 54 121 12 7 .936   248 58 7 2 2 36 24 31 0 14 3 7 1 3 3 6 .234 .325 .302 .627 26      3.7   0.9     4.6 .043 .010 .053
1965    6 Jim Gilliam LA 36    13.69 4.7%   80 55 135 8 13 .960   283 76 14 2 2 38 28 38 4 27 4 1 1 6 4 1 .269 .362 .353 .715 39     10.3   1.8    12.1 .129 .023 .151
1966    4 Ken Boyer NY 35    16.49 13.4%   220 171 432 29 43 .954   766 199 42 3 15 98 81 64 9 82 1 4 6 5 3 23 .260 .315 .381 .696 88     15.8   5.5    21.3 .072 .025 .097
1967   12 Ken Boyer NY 36     4.09 3.9%   68 49 117 9 10 .949   221 50 9 2 6 25 22 28 4 36 0 1 5 2 0 4 .226 .307 .367 .674 26      4.8   1.6     6.4 .071 .024 .094
1968    5 Maury Wills PIT 35    14.90 16.8%   281 204 529 37 50 .952   1017 277 24 7 14 114 89 68 7 121 3 16 7 55 25 17 .272 .318 .351 .669 115     22.9   6.8    29.7 .081 .024 .106
1969   18 Jim Davenport SF 35     2.21 6.8%   156 114 244 15 24 .960   439 99 17 2 5 36 52 42 1 61 1 4 4 4 3 16 .226 .292 .308 .600 38      3.2   3.1     6.3 .021 .020 .040
                       
1970   17 Jose Pagan PIT 35     4.72 2.6%   53 43 91 6 14 .957   186 50 12 1 7 22 23 14 1 15 0 0 1 1 1 5 .269 .318 .457 .775 26      4.2   1.0     5.2 .079 .019 .098
1971   18 Jose Pagan PIT 36     2.30 1.9%   41 34 62 2 8 .980   127 29 1 0 3 13 8 14 2 20 1 0 2 0 0 4 .228 .306 .307 .613 12      1.9   0.9     2.8 .046 .022 .068
1972   21 Jose Pagan PIT 37     1.99 2.2%   58 26 51 7 5 .917   120 29 10 0 2 14 8 8 0 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 .242 .292 .375 .667 13      2.0   0.9     2.9 .034 .016 .050
1973         0.0%                        
1974         0.0%                        
1975         0.0%                        
1976    2 Pete Rose CIN 35    37.87 9.4%   181 123 320 16 29 .965   697 223 44 7 10 132 65 89 7 57 6 1 2 9 5 17 .320 .401 .446 .847 118     26.2   4.9    31.1 .145 .027 .172
1977    2 Pete Rose CIN 36    26.91 8.1%   161 98 268 16 18 .958   654 204 38 7 9 95 64 66 7 42 5 1 4 16 4 9 .312 .377 .433 .810 104     20.0   3.2    23.2 .124 .020 .144
1978    1 Pete Rose CIN 37    34.02 9.9%   206 142 329 27 29 .946   769 229 57 4 11 122 70 69 7 51 6 2 9 13 10 9 .298 .356 .425 .781 117     25.8   5.6    31.4 .125 .027 .152
1979         0.0%                        
                       
1980         0.0%                        
1981         0.0%                        
1982    9 Darrell Evans SF 35    10.89 7.9%   156 112 303 21 25 .952   518 129 21 4 11 61 50 75 16 66 2 4 4 4 3 8 .249 .344 .369 .713 69     13.7   3.3    17.0 .088 .021 .109
1983    7 Ron Cey CHI 35    14.85 12.9%   271 146 430 31 22 .949   922 255 53 3 33 120 144 106 19 126 6 1 13 7 5 28 .277 .351 .448 .799 141     24.4   3.9    28.3 .090 .014 .104
1984    4 Ron Cey CHI 36    17.52 21.3%   444 312 738 44 61 .960   1394 328 58 6 50 200 212 168 16 236 13 7 23 9 6 32 .235 .319 .393 .712 181     34.1  11.1    45.2 .077 .025 .102
1985    2 Graig Nettles SD 40    19.79 25.7%   543 361 959 82 73 .942   1783 434 81 10 54 237 215 210 20 299 6 4 13 10 5 38 .243 .323 .391 .714 229     42.8  10.9    53.7 .079 .020 .099
1986    1 Mike Schmidt PHI 36    34.29 28.4%   643 400 976 90 78 .939   1928 512 95 4 81 290 301 242 37 298 17 4 24 27 13 45 .266 .349 .445 .794 306     59.6  14.7    74.3 .093 .023 .116
1987    2 Mike Schmidt PHI 37    34.04 21.9%   481 278 825 35 71 .969   1466 398 65 3 65 218 228 205 29 183 4 4 13 12 6 41 .271 .360 .453 .813 237     39.0  13.4    52.4 .081 .028 .109
1988    7 Mike Schmidt PHI 38    15.70 11.2%   225 133 414 35 29 .940   758 179 32 3 19 87 105 88 12 87 6 1 11 5 2 20 .236 .316 .361 .677 89     17.3   5.5    22.8 .077 .024 .101
1989   17 Mike Schmidt PHI 39     2.07 3.2%   70 31 112 12 13 .923   225 45 9 0 11 31 42 32 4 29 0 0 7 0 1 6 .200 .292 .387 .679 26      3.3   1.0     4.3 .047 .014 .061
                       
1990         0.0%                        
1991   15 Luis Salazar CHI 35     4.36 4.2%   86 46 151 9 5 .956   308 84 13 1 14 35 36 13 1 43 1 2 0 0 3 7 .273 .304 .458 .762 34      4.0   1.6     5.6 .047 .019 .065
1992   25 Luis Salazar CHI 36     0.41 1.7%   40 19 68 6 7 .935   112 21 4 1 2 7 10 3 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 .188 .209 .295 .504 7      -     0.9     0.9 .000 .023 .023
1993   16 Tim Wallach LA 35     3.60 6.6%   153 124 265 20 17 .951   535 120 22 1 12 49 66 36 2 77 3 1 10 0 2 10 .224 .272 .336 .608 45      2.7   3.5     6.2 .018 .023 .041
1994    3 Tim Wallach LA 36    22.36 7.1%   113 81 176 11 11 .959   413 116 21 1 23 68 78 46 2 80 4 0 2 0 2 12 .281 .357 .504 .861 72     15.5   2.5    18.0 .137 .022 .159
1995   13 Tim Wallach LA 37     8.20 4.2%   96 50 156 5 10 .976   323 87 22 2 9 24 38 27 4 68 4 0 4 0 0 9 .269 .330 .433 .763 40      6.3   2.3     8.6 .066 .024 .090
1996    6 Gary Gaetti STL 37    16.85 13.7%   327 211 582 31 46 .962   1209 304 54 6 36 137 169 87 12 237 12 5 9 4 5 28 .251 .306 .395 .701 145     18.8   7.2    26.0 .057 .022 .080
1997   14 Gary Gaetti STL 38     6.88 7.6%   194 94 314 12 27 .971   630 164 33 1 17 79 86 44 3 104 6 6 7 9 3 22 .260 .311 .397 .708 71      6.5   5.1    11.6 .034 .026 .060
1998    5 Ken Caminiti SD 35    24.11 12.2%   330 206 553 43 47 .946   1161 305 73 2 53 184 181 151 10 223 14 1 17 7 5 31 .263 .350 .466 .816 188     35.2   5.4    40.6 .107 .016 .123
1999   12 Ken Caminiti HOU 36    11.79 7.5%   208 110 349 24 30 .950   647 166 25 2 22 83 118 82 5 122 5 0 16 6 6 19 .257 .337 .403 .740 88     10.8   4.9    15.7 .052 .024 .075
                       
2000   10 Ken Caminiti HOU 37    11.26 8.1%   232 129 351 32 22 .938   750 204 35 3 26 98 107 91 11 110 2 1 11 11 1 21 .272 .348 .431 .779 118     17.1   4.3    21.4 .074 .019 .092
2001   13 Matt Williams ARI 35     9.06 6.0%   164 94 256 16 22 .956   578 150 39 0 18 78 81 48 4 102 6 3 3 1 1 20 .260 .321 .420 .741 74      8.8   4.7    13.5 .054 .029 .082
2002   11 Todd Zeile COL 36     9.68 9.1%   283 139 400 26 33 .954   788 205 32 2 32 97 134 95 5 142 1 0 11 4 3 39 .260 .336 .428 .764 109     13.7   4.9    18.6 .048 .017 .066
2003   10 Vinny Castilla ATL 35    13.71 9.4%   258 151 491 31 41 .954   879 228 40 5 32 101 114 62 5 143 8 1 11 2 2 26 .259 .310 .425 .735 111     13.5   6.2    19.7 .052 .024 .076
2004    9 Vinny Castilla COL 36    14.16 8.2%   215 172 400 18 37 .969   765 201 48 3 40 110 143 71 6 153 6 1 9 0 0 28 .263 .327 .490 .817 118     12.2   5.1    17.3 .057 .024 .080
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    6 Joe Randa CIN/SD 35    15.34 14.1%   382 322 574 37 57 .960   1310 346 96 5 33 161 167 126 11 204 18 8 8 9 5 32 .264 .335 .421 .756 184     24.2   9.4    33.6 .063 .025 .088
2006   17 Jeff Cirillo MIL 36     3.97 7.2%   204 138 326 27 40 .945   678 185 41 0 12 78 77 48 4 100 7 4 6 1 1 16 .273 .325 .386 .711 105      8.6   5.3    13.9 .042 .026 .068
2007    3 Chipper Jones ATL 35    32.57 8.8%   244 150 409 15 36 .974   813 239 51 5 32 144 132 111 13 130 7 3 7 7 3 27 .294 .381 .487 .868 158     24.1   6.4    30.5 .099 .026 .125
2008    3 Chipper Jones ATL 36    31.92 11.2%   311 166 517 24 40 .966   1002 296 55 3 32 139 124 127 16 142 6 2 12 5 1 25 .295 .374 .452 .826 179     28.5   7.6    36.1 .092 .024 .116
2009    4 Casey Blake LA 35    21.00 16.1%   435 267 724 41 85 .960   1466 397 71 11 45 225 213 208 29 269 17 1 23 5 8 41 .271 .363 .426 .789 232     37.4  10.1    47.5 .086 .023 .109
                       
2010    4 Scott Rolen CIN 35    21.01 21.4%   580 299 981 53 88 .960   1959 510 105 9 56 235 265 200 13 352 20 6 20 12 7 44 .260 .332 .409 .741 275     41.2  15.6    56.8 .071 .027 .098
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