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	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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						0.0%
1884						0.0%
1885						0.0%
1886	3	Jim O'Rourke	NY	35	17.29	7.1%			62	100	11	9	1	.925			244	75	14	3	1	59	19	22		12				8			.307	.365	.402	.767	50			10.8	2.2	13.0	.174	.035	.210
1887	2	Paul Hines	WAS	35	17.81	11.0%			109	180	14	25	5	.886			417	128	28	4	9	72	63	42		21	7			40			.307	.380	.458	.838	92			14.4	1.4	15.8	.132	.013	.145
1888	4	Paul Hines	IND	36	16.47	12.0%			125	255	13	26	3	.912			482	135	24	3	4	79	55	39		42	8			29			.280	.344	.367	.711	85			16.0	1.1	17.1	.128	.009	.137
1889						0.0%
1890	9	Paul Hines	PIT/BOS	38	4.33	8.0%			82	141	6	21	3	.875			317	76	10	2	2	42	46	35		22	4			12			.240	.323	.303	.626	43			4.4	1.5	5.9	.054	.018	.072
1891						0.0%
1892	9	George Gore	NY/STL	35	11.36	4.2%			70	133	10	14	2	.911			255	61	11	3	0	54	14	64		21	3			21			.239	.398	.306	.704	52			9.0	1.7	10.7	.129	.024	.153
1893	12	Harry Stovey	BRO	36	4.43	1.9%			26	70	2	6	0	.923			95	24	3	3	1	23	16	24		6	0			12			.253	.403	.379	.782	22			3.4	0.7	4.1	.131	.027	.158
1894	14	George Shoch	BRO	35	2.99	1.8%			28	69	4	6	1	.924			105	34	3	2	0	21	16	11		3	2	4		7			.324	.398	.390	.788	22			2.5	0.8	3.3	.089	.029	.118
1895						0.0%
1896	9	Tom Brown	WAS	35	9.83	7.7%			114	259	7	21	2	.927			428	126	17	6	2	86	58	57		48	6	14		28			.294	.385	.376	.761	79			10.6	0.9	11.5	.093	.008	.101
1897	9	Tom Brown	WAS	36	8.70	6.7%			115	252	17	21	5	.928			469	137	17	2	5	91	45	52			1	8		25			.292	.364	.369	.733	78			8.2	2.4	10.6	.071	.021	.092
1898	3	Dummy Hoy	LOU	35	25.04	9.1%			148	348	19	21	6	.946			582	177	15	16	6	104	66	49			9	19		37			.304	.367	.416	.783	110			20.9	3.1	24.0	.141	.021	.162
1899	4	Dummy Hoy	LOU	36	19.57	8.9%			154	321	21	27	8	.927			633	194	17	13	5	116	49	61			10	15		32			.306	.376	.398	.774	117			15.7	3.9	19.6	.102	.025	.127
1900						0.0%
1901	4	George Van Haltren	NY	35	24.64	21.9%			233	493	30	32	9	.942			883	280	34	8	4	151	85	114			8	16		44			.317	.400	.387	.787	165			33.2	6.0	39.2	.142	.026	.168
1902	6	Dummy Hoy	CIN	39	10.17	7.0%			72	149	4	11	1	.933			279	81	15	2	2	48	20	41			4	12		11			.290	.389	.380	.769	48			8.6	1.9	10.5	.119	.026	.146
1903	10	George Van Haltren	NY	37	3.97	6.1%			70	129	3	6	1	.957			261	67	6	1	0	39	26	26			1	7		13			.257	.326	.287	.613	35			3.7	1.7	5.4	.053	.024	.077
1904	6	Jack McCarthy	CHI	35	8.88	8.1%			90	176	6	7	0	.963			338	89	11	2	0	28	40	18			3	13		11			.263	.306	.308	.614	37			6.5	3.6	10.1	.072	.040	.112
1905						0.0%
1906						0.0%
1907						0.0%
1908	2	Cy Seymour	NY	35	19.00	13.2%			155	340	29	20	9	.949			587	157	23	2	5	60	92	30			3	33		18			.267	.306	.339	.645	66			13.4	5.6	19.0	.086	.036	.123
1909	3	Cy Seymour	NY	36	15.16	5.9%			71	135	11	5	3	.967			272	85	12	5	1	36	29	24			1	9		14			.313	.370	.404	.774	42			10.3	2.2	12.5	.145	.031	.176
1910	9	Cy Seymour	NY	37	5.14	7.7%			96	175	11	12	1	.939			358	89	9	6	1	39	44	30		23	3	12		14			.249	.312	.316	.628	38			5.5	1.1	6.6	.057	.011	.069
1911						0.0%
1912						0.0%
1913	1	Tommy Leach	CHI	35	29.62	13.0%			149	331	17	9	5	.975			553	155	29	12	6	111	42	88		59	1	8		29			.280	.380	.409	.789	99			22.4	3.9	26.3	.150	.026	.177
1914	1	Tommy Leach	CHI	36	29.07	12.0%			136	321	16	11	5	.968			516	136	21	8	6	72	41	71		45	1	17		14	0		.264	.354	.370	.724	77			17.6	6.3	23.9	.129	.046	.176
1915	12	Tommy Leach	CIN	37	5.07	6.6%			81	173	7	7	2	.963			277	62	6	4	0	35	14	46		31	2	2		17	12		.224	.338	.274	.612	28			4.0	2.2	6.2	.049	.027	.077
1916						0.0%
1917	4	Dode Paskert	PHI	35	18.72	11.4%			138	286	19	5	4	.984			546	137	27	11	4	78	43	62		63	3	9		19	0		.251	.331	.363	.694	71			15.0	4.2	19.2	.109	.030	.139
1918	2	Dode Paskert	CHI	36	25.44	12.2%			121	283	12	6	1	.980			439	126	23	3	3	66	56	50		47	2	22		19	0		.287	.363	.374	.737	67			16.8	5.4	22.2	.139	.045	.183
	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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	12	Dode Paskert	CHI	37	2.17	6.5%			76	138	11	5	1	.968			250	49	10	3	2	19	27	26		31	1	9		6	0		.196	.274	.284	.558	19			1.1	2.6	3.7	.014	.034	.049
1920	5	Dode Paskert	CHI	38	20.33	11.4%			136	304	23	15	3	.956			483	135	22	10	5	57	70	64		58	3	18		16	14		.280	.367	.398	.765	75			17.4	2.6	20.0	.128	.019	.147
1921						0.0%
1922	14	Al Nixon	BOS	36	0.79	1.8%			22	63	1	1	0	.985			86	23	4	1	1	10	6	2		5	0	1		2	2		.267	.284	.372	.656	8			0.6	0.6	1.2	.027	.027	.055
1923	4	Cy Williams	PHI	35	16.16	16.3%			197	526	19	9	6	.984			784	225	31	6	41	139	129	78		68	11	9		13	12		.287	.360	.499	.859	139			17.8	3.7	21.5	.090	.019	.109
1924	3	Cy Williams	PHI	36	22.67	16.2%			181	465	20	20	3	.960			705	221	38	12	25	117	105	83		71	4	10		8	14		.313	.389	.508	.897	129			21.1	3.1	24.2	.117	.017	.134
1925	1	Max Carey	PIT	35	33.31	11.6%			130	363	20	20	2	.950			542	186	39	13	5	109	44	66		19	4	8		46	11		.343	.418	.491	.909	115			20.8	5.2	26.0	.160	.040	.200
1926	10	Al Nixon	PHI	40	4.73	16.4%			197	501	15	24	6	.956			735	189	35	8	4	102	76	51		39	1	24		15			.257	.306	.343	.649	78			7.1	5.1	12.2	.036	.026	.062
1927	10	Max Carey	BRO	37	3.61	6.7%			82	227	7	7	1	.971			294	85	15	3	0	37	32	22		10	0	10		9			.289	.339	.361	.700	37			4.3	2.3	6.6	.052	.028	.080
1928	7	Max Carey	BRO	38	3.45	15.9%			205	491	18	16	4	.970			715	185	31	5	5	83	63	62		42	7	18		17			.259	.324	.337	.661	77			7.5	5.9	13.4	.037	.029	.065
1929	5	Edd Roush	NY	36	14.59	8.9%			107	248	18	5	5	.982			450	146	19	7	8	76	52	45		16	3	11		6			.324	.390	.451	.841	83			11.6	3.0	14.6	.108	.028	.136
1930						0.0%
1931	13	Edd Roush	CIN	38	2.10	3.8%			45	115	2	2	1	.983			192	52	6	3	1	24	21	9		3	2	2		1			.271	.310	.349	.659	19			2.1	0.9	3.0	.047	.020	.067
1932						0.0%
1933						0.0%
1934	3	Kiki Cuyler	CHI	35	24.03	11.3%			136	309	14	10	3	.970			535	181	40	8	6	77	66	30		59	4	12		14		10	.338	.378	.477	.855	93			18.0	3.9	21.9	.132	.029	.161
1935	7	Kiki Cuyler	CHI/CIN	36	8.39	9.0%			110	261	11	6	4	.978			423	110	15	5	7	63	46	38		41	7	6		7		6	.260	.331	.369	.700	55			8.1	3.2	11.3	.074	.029	.103
1936	2	Kiki Cuyler	CIN	37	21.39	22.5%			289	719	18	11	6	.985			1163	342	46	16	6	169	102	79		85	2	15		16		20	.294	.340	.377	.717	156			23.3	9.7	33.0	.081	.034	.114
1937	9	Johnny Cooney	BRO	36	7.49	16.0%			202	462	12	14	3	.971			734	207	33	7	1	107	58	55		41	2	11		11		22	.282	.334	.350	.684	85			9.8	5.3	15.1	.049	.026	.075
1938	5	Carl Reynolds	CHI	35	10.79	6.7%			83	204	5	3	3	.986			275	83	15	6	2	33	37	12		18	2	4		5		6	.302	.336	.422	.758	39			6.8	3.7	10.5	.082	.045	.127
1939	11	Pepper Martin	STL	35	5.09	14.7%			200	441	15	7	3	.985			684	186	23	8	6	84	74	46		52	6	20		9		17	.272	.323	.355	.678	76			9.9	4.8	14.7	.050	.024	.074
1940	5	Johnny Cooney	BOS	39	10.98	7.6%			98	236	5	2	0	.992			337	107	13	3	0	37	19	23		8	1	12		4		6	.318	.363	.374	.737	49			9.2	2.1	11.3	.094	.021	.115
1941	4	Johnny Cooney	BOS	40	13.34	11.2%			136	324	11	2	3	.994			518	163	26	2	0	61	33	31		14	0	10		3		14	.315	.353	.373	.726	70			12.2	3.7	15.9	.089	.027	.117
1942	13	Lloyd Waner	PHI	36	2.32	6.0%			75	170	6	6	0	.967			287	75	7	3	0	23	10	16		6	0	2		1		3	.261	.300	.307	.607	23			2.5	1.1	3.6	.033	.015	.048
1943	9	Estel Crabtree	CIN	39	4.83	9.7%			119	277	8	9	3	.969			478	123	24	1	3	51	56	25		39	3	4		5	0	17	.257	.298	.331	.629	46			6.6	2.9	9.5	.055	.024	.080
1944	9	Gee Walker	CIN	36	6.38	4.9%			59	164	1	5	0	.971			233	65	10	1	2	27	30	11		23	2	2		3	0	7	.279	.317	.356	.673	26			4.7	2.0	6.7	.080	.034	.114
1945						0.0%
1946						0.0%
1947	7	Terry Moore	STL	35	11.12	9.2%			120	292	6	5	2	.983			460	130	17	1	7	61	45	38		39	1	9		1	0	10	.283	.339	.370	.709	59			7.5	4.4	11.9	.063	.037	.099
1948	16	Terry Moore	STL	36	3.21	4.6%			71	131	2	1	0	.993			207	48	11	0	4	30	18	27		12	0	6		0	0	4	.232	.321	.343	.664	25			3.0	1.5	4.5	.042	.021	.063
1949						0.0%
1950						0.0%
1951						0.0%
1952						0.0%
1953						0.0%
1954	8	Frankie Baumholtz	CHI	35	4.27	4.7%			62	139	2	1	0	.993			240	68	10	5	3	29	23	15	0	12	0	0	1	1	2	4	.283	.324	.404	.728	29			4.1	1.5	5.6	.066	.024	.090
1955						0.0%
1956						0.0%
1957						0.0%
1958						0.0%
1959	10	Bobby Thomson	CHI	35	3.33	5.1%			72	152	3	0	2	1.000			226	54	7	2	5	25	29	20	2	29	1	0	2	0	0	5	.239	.301	.354	.655	23			2.9	2.0	4.9	.040	.028	.068
1960						0.0%
1961						0.0%
	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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	11	Richie Ashburn	NY	35	5.73	3.2%			54	110	2	5	1	.957			183	55	3	2	3	27	14	41	2	20	0	1	1	8	4	2	.301	.427	.388	.815	37			5.3	0.8	6.1	.098	.015	.113
1963						0.0%
1964						0.0%
1965						0.0%
1966	1	Willie Mays	SF	35	44.91	9.3%			145	358	8	7	2	.981			534	153	29	4	36	98	100	65	10	80	2	1	4	5	1	13	.287	.364	.558	.922	103			26.7	6.4	33.1	.184	.044	.228
1967	6	Willie Mays	SF	36	22.16	8.1%			134	277	3	7	0	.976			475	127	22	2	22	83	68	49	7	89	2	2	2	6	0	9	.267	.337	.461	.798	71			15.1	5.3	20.4	.113	.040	.152
1968	2	Willie Mays	SF	37	34.53	8.4%			141	301	7	7	2	.978			487	140	19	5	23	84	76	62	7	80	2	0	5	11	6	13	.287	.367	.489	.856	84			23.6	4.5	28.1	.167	.032	.199
1969	7	Willie Mays	SF	38	15.87	5.4%			106	202	4	5	0	.976			380	109	16	2	11	61	51	46	6	61	3	0	4	6	2	8	.287	.365	.426	.791	59			12.6	2.5	15.1	.119	.024	.142
1970	2	Willie Mays	SF	39	28.76	6.5%			128	269	6	7	3	.975			451	133	15	2	26	88	78	75	2	84	3	0	5	4	0	6	.295	.395	.510	.905	95			20.9	2.5	23.4	.163	.020	.183
1971	1	Willie Mays	SF	40	28.64	4.2%			84	192	2	6	1	.970			269	74	18	4	12	58	45	66	3	87	1	1	2	13	1	3	.275	.417	.506	.923	67			17.6	2.1	19.7	.210	.025	.235
1972	8	Willie Mays	SF/NY	41	11.75	3.4%			64	137	3	3	1	.979			201	48	8	1	6	27	17	48	4	37	0	2	0	4	3	6	.239	.386	.378	.764	34			8.7	1.5	10.2	.136	.023	.159
1973	14	Willie Mays	NY	42	2.96	2.3%			45	103	2	1	0	.991			156	32	9	0	4	19	14	17	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	5	.205	.287	.340	.627	15			2.1	1.4	3.5	.047	.031	.078
1974						0.0%
1975						0.0%
1976	6	Willie Davis	SD	36	15.33	6.6%			128	349	6	3	2	.992			481	130	18	10	5	57	44	18	1	33	2	3	5	13	2	6	.270	.296	.380	.676	52			11.2	4.1	15.3	.088	.032	.120
1977						0.0%
1978						0.0%
1979	24	Paul Blair	CIN	35	0.41	2.2%			55	103	1	1	0	.990			125	20	4	1	2	5	13	7	2	23	0	2	1	0	0	4	.160	.203	.256	.459	4			-	1.0	1.0	.000	.018	.018
1980						0.0%
1981	19	Bobby Bonds	CHI	35	2.30	3.3%			42	104	2	2	0	.981			156	33	7	1	6	25	18	22	5	43	1	1	0	5	5	4	.212	.313	.385	.698	17			2.1	0.9	3.0	.050	.021	.071
1982						0.0%
1983	17	Lee Lacy	PIT	35	4.70	1.1%			24	62	0	0	0	1.000			69	28	4	1	1	10	3	9	0	8	0	0	0	6	4	0	.406	.474	.536	1.010	18			3.3	0.6	3.9	.138	.025	.163
1984						0.0%
1985	19	Davey Lopes	CHI	40	3.16	4.4%			119	181	3	4	0	.979			267	71	9	1	5	33	27	26	2	30	0	2	3	18	5	8	.266	.328	.363	.691	32			4.4	1.7	6.1	.037	.014	.051
1986						0.0%
1987						0.0%
1988						0.0%
1989						0.0%
1990						0.0%
1991						0.0%
1992	5	Brett Butler	LA	35	26.02	7.8%			155	353	9	2	3	.995			550	170	14	11	3	85	39	94	2	66	3	24	1	39	21	4	.309	.412	.391	.803	91			20.9	3.3	24.2	.135	.021	.156
1993	3	Brett Butler	LA	36	26.14	9.5%			237	478	7	1	0	.998			790	229	30	12	2	103	49	94	2	100	8	14	4	44	21	7	.290	.369	.366	.735	112			19.4	5.6	25.0	.082	.024	.105
1994	1	Brett Butler	LA	37	23.81	7.4%			111	260	8	2	2	.993			417	131	13	9	8	79	33	68	0	52	2	7	2	27	8	2	.314	.411	.446	.857	77			16.9	2.5	19.4	.152	.023	.175
1995	5	Brett Butler	NY/LA	38	18.46	6.6%			128	282	6	2	1	.993			512	153	18	9	1	77	38	67	2	51	0	10	6	32	8	5	.299	.376	.375	.751	78			13.1	3.4	16.5	.102	.027	.129
1996	25	Brett Butler	LA	39	1.57	3.9%			98	183	3	3	0	.984			322	80	6	3	1	46	22	26	1	41	1	1	6	10	4	4	.248	.301	.295	.596	29			2.4	2.1	4.5	.024	.021	.046
1997	19	Brett Butler	LA	40	5.48	4.0%			91	192	3	1	1	.995			353	106	10	4	1	54	26	41	0	38	0	7	1	22	8	3	.300	.372	.360	.732	51			6.5	2.7	9.2	.071	.030	.101
1998	5	Devon White	ARI	35	19.34	7.9%			220	486	5	6	0	.988			763	201	44	1	25	103	98	59	4	131	11	10	7	24	11	15	.263	.323	.422	.745	99			15.3	5.3	20.6	.070	.024	.094
1999	9	Devon White	LA	36	11.29	9.2%			246	561	11	7	2	.988			884	246	36	10	17	119	109	73	2	116	10	5	4	35	8	19	.278	.339	.399	.738	116			15.2	6.0	21.2	.062	.024	.086
2000	4	Steve Finley	ARI	35	24.96	6.8%			188	412	12	5	2	.988			680	191	32	6	39	125	108	74	7	115	8	2	9	15	12	11	.281	.354	.518	.872	118			16.7	5.7	22.4	.089	.030	.119
2001	8	Steve Finley	ARI	36	15.33	8.7%			240	510	9	4	4	.992			862	240	50	6	29	118	111	67	10	143	13	3	4	28	10	13	.278	.338	.451	.789	127			11.5	7.2	18.7	.048	.030	.078
2002	5	Steve Finley	ARI	37	27.82	9.3%			260	550	8	5	2	.991			886	251	48	10	41	146	143	102	8	129	4	2	6	23	8	13	.283	.358	.499	.857	156			30.8	7.7	38.5	.118	.030	.148
2003	4	Craig Biggio	HOU	37	21.21	22.4%			574	1241	29	17	6	.987			2258	648	132	23	68	362	253	179	10	339	39	13	16	64	24	29	.287	.348	.456	.804	348			56.2	18.6	74.8	.098	.032	.130
2004	8	Steve Finley	ARI/LA	39	15.37	17.9%			455	986	14	8	5	.992			1770	495	90	8	83	257	272	137	8	276	16	14	11	15	13	44	.280	.335	.480	.815	278			33.9	10.7	44.6	.075	.024	.098
	Pos					Pct. of			Center Field Fielding Statistics								Batting Statistics as Center Fielder																							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	Jim Edmonds	STL	35	32.38	17.7%			490	996	20	12	3	.988			1668	476	92	10	69	274	253	201	18	315	10	12	15	31	10	32	.285	.363	.477	.840	295			54.4	10.2	64.6	.111	.021	.132
2006	5	Ken Lofton	LA	39	13.51	17.9%			508	1070	21	17	1	.985			1763	467	78	24	51	274	225	192	14	287	5	10	15	48	5	48	.265	.336	.423	.759	253			34.1	10.0	44.1	.067	.020	.087
2007	12	Dave Roberts	SF	35	8.57	10.0%			284	630	16	9	6	.986			960	243	40	8	15	96	81	86	3	159	1	9	3	29	8	18	.253	.314	.358	.672	113			15.4	6.7	22.1	.054	.024	.078
2008	3	Mike Cameron	MIL	35	20.47	8.5%			222	535	4	7	1	.987			776	187	43	4	45	122	124	108	4	221	8	2	5	18	6	12	.241	.338	.481	.819	132			20.2	7.7	27.9	.091	.035	.126
2009	7	Mike Cameron	MIL	36	16.74	6.6%			169	427	5	4	2	.991			595	149	34	3	24	82	77	78	3	166	4	0	5	7	3	12	.250	.339	.439	.778	92			14.1	3.8	17.9	.083	.022	.106
2010	21	Jim Edmonds	MIL/CIN	40	4.43	2.0%			52	135	5	1	3	.993			173	45	14	0	5	29	10	14	0	43	0	0	0	1	0	1	.260	.316	.428	.744	24			3.7	1.1	4.8	.071	.021	.092
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia