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Pos St All- Other 1st Base Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as First Baseman Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos 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 WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 1 George Sisler BBW     STL 5 L 23   141 1510 83 24 85 .985   549 167 20 10 4 79 72 38 35 5 18 32 25 .304 .355 .399 .754 81     18.6   2.4  21.0 .132 .017 .149   24.86 1 1 George Sisler
2 2 Wally Pipp     NY 4 L 23   148 1513 99 13 89 .992   545 143 20 14 12 70 93 54 82 2 16 16 .262 .331 .417 .748 76     17.0   3.0  20.0 .115 .020 .135   22.55 2 2 Wally Pipp
3 3 George H. Burns     DET 3 R 23   124 1355 54 22 71 .985   479 137 22 6 4 60 73 22 30 7 19 12 .286 .327 .382 .709 62     12.6   2.0  14.6 .102 .016 .118   15.37 3 3 George H. Burns
4 4 Doc Hoblitzell     BOS 1 R 27   126 1225 67 15 64 .989   417 108 17 1 0 57 39 47 28 3 21 10 .259 .338 .305 .643 48     10.7   2.8  13.5 .085 .022 .107   13.56 4 4 Doc Hoblitzell
5 5   Chick Gandil             CLE 6 R 29       145 1557 105 9 84 .995     533 138 26 9 0 51 72 36   48 5 27   13     .259 .312 .341 .653 63       10.3   1.9  12.2 .071 .013 .084   10.86 5 5   Chick Gandil
6 6 Stuffy McInnis     PHI 8 R 25   140 1404 96 12 87 .992   512 151 25 3 1 42 60 25 19 3 26 7 .295 .331 .361 .692 57     10.6   0.9  11.5 .076 .006 .082   10.11 6 6 Stuffy McInnis
7 7 Jack Fournier     CHI 2 L 26   85 855 49 20 47 .978   309 74 13 9 3 36 43 36 40 5 8 19 .239 .329 .369 .698 41      8.0   1.1   9.1 .094 .013 .107    9.13 7 7 Jack Fournier
8 8 Joe Judge   R   WAS 7 L 22   103 935 69 14 53 .986   336 74 10 8 0 42 28 54 44 3 6 18 .220 .333 .298 .631 37      6.5   1.0   7.5 .063 .010 .073    6.21 8 8 Joe Judge
9 Harry Heilmann BBW     DET 3 R 21 RF   30 316 17 3 16 .991   117 33 8 3 1 15 19 11 10 1 4 2 .282 .349 .427 .776 18      4.0   0.4   4.4 .133 .013 .147    5.17 9 Harry Heilmann
10 Jack Ness   R   CHI 2 R 30   69 655 31 15 45 .979   258 69 7 5 1 32 34 9 32 7 7 4 .267 .310 .345 .655 29      4.8   0.8   5.6 .070 .012 .081    4.89 10 Jack Ness
                         
11 Del Gainer     BOS 1 R 29   48 362 23 1 18 .997   136 35 6 0 3 13 17 10 23 0 6 5 .257 .308 .368 .676 15      3.4   0.8   4.2 .071 .017 .088    3.81 11 Del Gainer
12 Babe Borton     STL 5 L 27   22 205 8 2 7 .991   98 22 1 2 1 10 12 19 13 0 2 1 .224 .350 .306 .656 13      2.3   0.3   2.6 .105 .014 .118    2.74 12 Babe Borton
13 Rip Williams     WAS 7 R 34 C   34 269 11 5 18 .982   118 32 6 1 0 9 12 9 11 1 6 3 .271 .328 .339 .667 13      2.5   0.4   2.9 .074 .012 .085    2.60 13 Rip Williams
League Average Age 25.5  League Avg WS/Game  .092 .015 .106
League Avg per 1500 Chances 1400.2 82.0 17.8 78.8 .988  Offense Share of WS  86.2%
League Average per 600 PA 530.4 142.4 21.8 8.5 3.6 62.1 69.1 44.5 49.9 5.1 20.0 17.1 .268 .331 .362 .693 66.6  Average WS/Team  16.14
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time 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
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   41.6%   499 5018 308 73 281 .986     1837 480 64 43 20 237 248 201   214 15 50   86     .261 .339 .376 .715 248     52.4 7.8 60.2 .105 .016 .121 Bats Left
Bats Right 58.4%   716 7143 404 82 403 .989   2570 703 117 28 10 279 326 169 201 27 116 56 .274 .325 .353 .678 305   58.9 10.0 68.9 .082 .014 .096 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 45.7%   546 5629 322 76 314 .987   2026 554 80 41 21 266 285 179 201 18 63 80 25 .273 .329 .385 .714 274   58.7 8.8 67.5 .108 .016 .124 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 46.2%   566 5608 348 59 307 .990   2005 528 88 24 8 209 243 173 171 16 90 55 .263 .314 .343 .657 237   45.3 7.8 53.1 .080 .014 .094 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 8.1%   103 924 42 20 63 .980   376 101 13 6 1 41 46 18 43 8 13 7 .269 .306 .343 .649 42   7.3 1.2 8.5 .071 .012 .083 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                                                                               Age 35 & over
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     13.7%     172 1590 100 29 98 .983     594 143 17 13 1 74 62 63   76 10 13   22     .241 .324 .318 .642 66     11.3 1.8 13.1 .066 .010 .076 Rookie  
Starter 84.1%   1012 10354 622 129 580 .988   3680 992 153 60 24 437 480 312 326 33 141 127 25 .270 .332 .363 .695 465   94.3 15.1 109.4 .093 .015 .108 Starter  
Reserve     15.9%     203 1807 90 26 104 .986     727 191 28 11 6 79 94 58   89 9 25   15     .263 .325 .356 .681 88     17.0 2.7 19.7 .084 .013 .097 Reserve  
Splits per 1500 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 1500 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 1500 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time 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
Bats Left   41.6%   499 1394.1 85.6 20.3 78.1 .986     524.1 136.9 18.3 12.3 5.7 67.6 70.8 57.3   61.1 4.3 14.3   24.5     .261 .339 .376 .715 70.8     15.0 2.2 17.2 .105 .016 .121 Bats Left
Bats Right 58.4%   716 1404.5 79.4 16.1 79.2 .989   535.0 146.4 24.4 5.8 2.1 58.1 67.9 35.2 41.8 5.6 24.2 11.7 .274 .325 .353 .678 63.5   12.3 2.0 14.3 .082 .014 .096 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 45.7%   546 1401.0 80.1 18.9 78.1 .987   531.8 145.4 21.0 10.8 5.5 69.8 74.8 47.0 52.8 4.7 16.5 21.0 6.6 .273 .329 .385 .714 71.9   15.4 2.3 17.7 .108 .016 .124 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.2%   566 1398.5 86.8 14.7 76.6 .990   526.7 138.7 23.1 6.3 2.1 54.9 63.8 45.5 44.9 4.2 23.6 14.4 .263 .314 .343 .657 62.3   11.9 2.0 13.9 .080 .014 .094 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 8.1%   103 1405.7 63.9 30.4 95.8 .980   543.6 146.0 18.8 8.7 1.4 59.3 66.5 26.0 62.2 11.6 18.8 10.1 .269 .306 .343 .649 60.7   10.6 1.7 12.3 .071 .012 .083 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                                                               Age 35 & over
Rookie     13.7%     172 1387.4 87.3 25.3 85.5 .983     524.1 126.2 15.0 11.5 0.9 65.3 54.7 55.6   67.1 8.8 11.5   19.4     .241 .324 .318 .642 58.2     10.0 1.6 11.6 .066 .010 .076 Rookie  
Starter 84.1%   1012 1398.6 84.0 17.4 78.3 .988   530.0 142.9 22.0 8.6 3.5 62.9 69.1 44.9 47.0 4.8 20.3 18.3 3.6 .270 .332 .363 .695 67.0   13.6 2.2 15.8 .093 .015 .108 Starter  
Reserve     15.9%     203 1409.5 70.2 20.3 81.1 .986     532.6 139.9 20.5 8.1 4.4 57.9 68.9 42.5   65.2 6.6 18.3   11.0     .263 .325 .356 .681 64.5     12.5 2.0 14.4 .084 .013 .097 Reserve