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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 7 L 24   133 1384 101 22 97 .985   531 187 30 9 2 59 51 30 19 3 15 36 .352 .390 .454 .844 91     27.0   1.3  28.3 .203 .010 .213   37.07 1 1 George Sisler
2 2 Joe Judge     WAS 5 L 23   100 906 60 12 59 .988   393 112 15 15 2 62 30 50 40 2 6 17 .285 .369 .415 .784 64     17.5   1.0  18.5 .175 .010 .185   22.59 2 2 Joe Judge
3 3 Joe Harris   R   CLE 3 R 25   95 1019 86 17 58 .985   347 105 21 4 0 38 61 52 30 3 8 10 .303 .398 .386 .784 58     13.8   1.4  15.2 .145 .015 .160   17.26 3 3 Joe Harris
4 4 Stuffy McInnis     PHI 8 R 26   150 1658 95 12 81 .993   567 172 19 4 0 50 44 33 19 0 21 18 .303 .342 .351 .693 67     14.7   2.6  17.3 .098 .017 .115   16.68 4 4 Stuffy McInnis
5 5   Wally Pipp             NY 6 L 24       155 1609 109 17 97 .990     587 143 29 12 9 82 70 60   66 6 15   11     .244 .320 .380 .700 75       13.9   3.1  17.0 .090 .020 .110   15.99 5 5   Wally Pipp
6 6 Chick Gandil     CHI 1 R 30   149 1405 77 8 84 .995   553 151 9 7 0 53 57 30 36 5 13 16 .273 .316 .315 .631 64     12.4   3.1  15.5 .083 .021 .104   14.20 6 6 Chick Gandil
7 7 Doc Hoblitzell     BOS 2 R 28   118 1274 52 14 58 .990   420 108 19 7 1 49 47 46 22 4 22 12 .257 .336 .343 .679 53     11.6   2.2  13.8 .098 .019 .117   13.40 7 7 Doc Hoblitzell
8 Del Gainer     BOS 2 R 30   50 490 27 6 29 .989   172 53 10 2 2 28 19 15 21 3 7 1 .308 .374 .424 .798 29      7.3   0.9   8.2 .146 .018 .164    9.43 8 Del Gainer
9 Patsy Gharrity   R   WAS 5 R 25   46 371 29 8 19 .980   156 44 4 0 0 13 16 12 16 0 5 6 .282 .333 .308 .641 18      3.8   0.3   4.1 .083 .007 .089    3.48 9 Patsy Gharrity
10 8 George H. Burns     DET 4 R 24   104 1127 57 12 44 .990   407 92 14 10 1 42 40 15 33 6 14 3 .226 .264 .317 .581 35      3.8   1.4   5.2 .037 .013 .050    3.30 10 8 George H. Burns
                             
11 Harry Heilmann BBW     DET 4 R 22 CF,RF   27 266 23 4 9 .986   100 28 4 2 1 10 15 7 10 1 3 2 .280 .333 .390 .723 14      2.8   0.3   3.1 .104 .011 .115    2.98 11 Harry Heilmann
12 Lou Guisto   R   CLE 3 R 22   59 611 33 7 45 .989   200 37 4 2 0 9 29 25 18 2 6 3 .185 .282 .225 .507 14      0.2   0.7   0.9 .003 .012 .015    0.32 12 Lou Guisto
League Average Age 25.5  League Avg WS/Game  .109 .015 .124
League Avg per 1500 Chances 1397.6 86.4 16.0 78.4 .989  Offense Share of WS  87.6%
League Average per 600 PA 534.3 148.5 21.5 8.9 2.2 59.7 57.7 45.2 39.8 4.2 16.3 16.3 .278 .339 .364 .703 70.1  Average WS/Team  18.39
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   33.1%   388 3899 270 51 253 .988     1511 442 74 36 13 203 151 140   125 11 36   64     .293 .357 .415 .772 230     58.4 5.4 63.8 .151 .014 .164 Bats Left
Bats Right 66.9%   798 8221 479 88 427 .990   2922 790 104 38 5 292 328 235 205 24 99 71 .270 .330 .337 .667 352   70.4 12.9 83.3 .088 .016 .104 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 49.2%   578 5903 383 74 351 .988   2218 599 96 50 15 264 235 187 186 20 59 72 .270 .324 .379 .703 293   65.2 7.8 73.0 .113 .013 .126 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 34.7%   409 4322 262 51 216 .989   1490 429 63 15 1 150 168 143 87 7 56 46 .288 .341 .352 .693 196   43.9 6.5 50.4 .107 .016 .123 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 16.1%   199 1895 104 14 113 .993   725 204 19 9 2 81 76 45 57 8 20 17 .281 .322 .341 .663 93   19.7 4.0 23.7 .099 .020 .119 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                                                                               Age 35 & over
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     16.7%     200 2001 148 32 122 .985     703 186 29 6 0 60 106 89   64 5 19   19     .265 .351 .323 .674 90     17.8 2.4 20.2 .089 .012 .101 Rookie  
Starter 85.3%   1004 10382 637 114 578 .990   3805 1070 156 68 15 435 400 316 265 29 114 123 .281 .341 .370 .711 507   114.7 16.1 130.8 .114 .016 .130 Starter  
Reserve     14.7%     182 1738 112 25 102 .987     628 162 22 6 3 60 79 59   65 6 21   12     .258 .328 .326 .654 75     14.1 2.2 16.3 .077 .012 .090 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   33.1%   388 1385.9 96.0 18.1 89.9 .988     533.9 156.2 26.1 12.7 4.6 71.7 53.4 49.5   44.2 3.9 12.7   22.6     .293 .357 .415 .772 81.3     20.6 1.9 22.5 .151 .014 .164 Bats Left
Bats Right 66.9%   798 1403.2 81.8 15.0 72.9 .990   534.5 144.5 19.0 7.0 0.9 53.4 60.0 43.0 37.5 4.4 18.1 13.0 .270 .330 .337 .667 64.4   12.9 2.2 15.1 .088 .016 .104 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 49.2%   578 1392.2 90.3 17.5 82.8 .988   535.7 144.7 23.2 12.1 3.6 63.8 56.8 45.2 44.9 4.8 14.3 17.4 .270 .324 .379 .703 70.8   15.7 1.9 17.6 .113 .013 .126 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 34.7%   409 1398.7 84.8 16.5 69.9 .989   527.1 151.8 22.3 5.3 0.4 53.1 59.4 50.6 30.8 2.5 19.8 16.3 .288 .341 .352 .693 69.3   15.5 2.3 17.8 .107 .016 .123 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 16.1%   199 1412.1 77.5 10.4 84.2 .993   545.1 153.4 14.3 6.8 1.5 60.9 57.1 33.8 42.9 6.0 15.1 12.8 .281 .322 .341 .663 69.9   14.8 3.0 17.8 .099 .020 .119 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                                                               Age 35 & over
Rookie     16.7%     200 1376.2 101.8 22.0 83.9 .985     516.9 136.8 21.3 4.4 0.0 44.1 77.9 65.4   47.1 3.7 14.0   14.0     .265 .351 .323 .674 66.2     13.1 1.8 14.9 .089 .012 .101 Rookie  
Starter 85.3%   1004 1398.8 85.8 15.4 77.9 .990   535.4 150.6 22.0 9.6 2.1 61.2 56.3 44.5 37.3 4.1 16.0 17.3 .281 .341 .370 .711 71.3   16.1 2.3 18.4 .114 .016 .130 Starter  
Reserve     14.7%     182 1390.4 89.6 20.0 81.6 .987     527.7 136.1 18.5 5.0 2.5 50.4 66.4 49.6   54.6 5.0 17.7   10.1     .258 .328 .326 .654 63.0     11.8 1.8 13.7 .077 .012 .090 Reserve