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1960 1962 Chronology Home 1B Index Guide
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 Norm Cash 4 A(2)   DET 2 L 26   157 1231 127 11 121 .992   534 193 22 8 41 119 132 123 19 84 9 2 2 11 5 16 .361 .487 .663 1.150 158     39.1   3.2  42.3 .249 .020 .269   62.06 1 1 Norm Cash
2 2 Jim Gentile 3 a(2)   BAL 3 L 27   144 1209 100 14 129 .989   475 144 25 2 45 95 136 96 5 102 11 0 8 1 1 12 .303 .425 .648 1.073 125     29.9   2.5  32.4 .208 .017 .225   43.44 2 2 Jim Gentile
3 3 Roy Sievers a   CHI 4 R 34   132 1096 94 8 93 .993   482 141 25 6 25 77 82 59 4 60 6 0 4 1 0 11 .293 .374 .525 .899 96     20.9   2.1  23.0 .158 .016 .174   27.14 3 3 Roy Sievers
4 4 Harmon Killebrew BBW 11 a(2)(3B)   MIN 7 R 25 3B   119 972 67 14 91 .987   407 105 13 6 30 63 84 78 4 93 3 0 5 0 1 9 .258 .377 .541 .918 87     16.7   1.3  18.0 .140 .011 .151   19.79 4 4 Harmon Killebrew
5 5   Norm Siebern   T14         KC T9 L 27 LF     109 907 76 11 88 .989     398 118 25 2 12 50 69 57 3 70 1 0 4 2 3 3 .296 .383 .460 .843 74       13.9   1.2  15.1 .128 .011 .139   15.89 5 5   Norm Siebern
6 6 Bill Skowron a   NY 1 R 30   149 1228 102 10 146 .993   560 150 23 4 28 78 89 36 9 107 8 0 3 0 0 23 .268 .320 .473 .793 78     14.5   2.0  16.5 .097 .013 .111   15.52 6 6 Bill Skowron
7 7 Pete Runnels   BOS 6 L 33   113 701 50 4 92 .995   290 91 16 3 3 35 29 33 0 22 2 2 3 5 1 11 .314 .384 .421 .805 47      8.6   1.6  10.2 .076 .014 .090    8.66 7 7 Pete Runnels
8 8 Steve Bilko   LA 8 R 32   86 577 61 7 56 .989   261 71 13 1 19 46 53 47 2 72 0 0 2 1 1 8 .272 .381 .548 .929 55      8.3   0.9   9.2 .097 .010 .107    8.51 8 8 Steve Bilko
9 9 Dale Long   WAS T9 L 35   95 827 62 15 87 .983   353 91 20 4 17 52 47 37 4 37 1 0 5 0 1 5 .258 .326 .482 .808 55      8.5   0.6   9.1 .089 .006 .096    7.96 9 9 Dale Long
10 Vic Wertz   BOS 6 L 36   86 664 67 7 65 .991   305 81 16 2 11 40 56 36 3 40 2 0 3 0 0 11 .266 .344 .439 .783 45      7.1   1.4   8.5 .083 .016 .099    7.55 10 Vic Wertz
                           
11 10 Vic Power G   CLE 5 R 33   141 1154 142 8 101 .994   537 146 33 4 5 62 63 37 5 15 1 8 12 4 3 16 .272 .313 .376 .689 61      6.9   2.6   9.5 .049 .018 .067    6.97 11 10 Vic Power
12 Ted Kluszewski   LA 8 L 36   66 520 28 6 51 .989   220 55 10 0 14 32 31 23 5 18 0 0 2 0 0 1 .250 .318 .486 .804 35      3.7   0.8   4.5 .056 .012 .068    3.32 12 Ted Kluszewski
13 Lee Thomas T24 R-T3   LA 8 L 25 LF,RF   34 267 10 5 26 .982   119 29 1 3 8 22 23 13 0 21 1 0 0 0 1 2 .244 .323 .504 .827 19      2.4   0.5   2.9 .071 .015 .085    2.39 13 Lee Thomas
14 J.C. Martin R   CHI 4 L 24 3B   60 314 29 4 27 .988   135 35 5 1 3 15 19 9 1 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 .259 .310 .378 .688 16      1.6   0.7   2.3 .027 .012 .038    1.27 14 J.C. Martin
15     Marv Throneberry             KC/BAL T9/3 L 27       41 302 35 3 37 .991     115 24 2 1 4 15 17 18 1 28 0 1 0 0 1 4 .209 .316 .348 .664 12        1.6   0.4   2.0 .039 .010 .049    1.25 15     Marv Throneberry
16 Don Mincher R   MIN 7 L 23   29 234 18 8 28 .969   93 19 5 1 5 18 11 19 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 .204 .339 .441 .780 13      1.3   0.3   1.6 .045 .010 .055    1.06 16 Don Mincher
17 Bud Zipfel R   WAS T9 L 22   44 429 25 8 40 .983   165 34 7 5 4 17 18 14 0 47 0 3 2 1 1 3 .206 .265 .382 .647 16      1.1   0.3   1.4 .025 .007 .032    0.71 17 Bud Zipfel
18 Dick Williams Other   BAL 3 R 32 LF   20 123 12 0 10 1.000   41 7 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .171 .222 .341 .563 3      0.1   0.3   0.4 .005 .015 .020    0.16 18 Dick Williams
19 Julio Becquer   LA/MIN 8/7 L 29   23 66 4 0 8 1.000   27 5 0 1 2 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .185 .179 .481 .660 2      0.2   0.2   0.4 .009 .009 .017    0.15 19 Julio Becquer
20 R.C. Stevens R   WAS T9 R 26   25 147 20 0 18 1.000   56 7 1 0 0 2 2 6 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .210 .143 .353 0      -     0.1   0.1 .000 .004 .004    0.02 20 R.C. Stevens
League Average Age 29.7  League Avg WS/Game  .111 .014 .125
League Avg per 1500 Chances 1366.0 118.9 15.1 138.4 .990  Offense Share of WS  89.0%
League Average per 600 PA 519.3 144.1 24.5 5.0 25.9 78.6 90.7 69.3 6.1 80.1 4.3 1.8 5.3 2.5 1.9 13.4 .277 .364 .494 .858 96.4  Average WS/Team   20.94
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   59.2%   1001 7671 631 96 799 .989     3229 919 154 33 169 513 595 478 41 495 28 10 30 20 15 74 .285 .378 .510 .888 617     119.0 13.7 132.7 .119 .014 .133 Bats Left
Bats Right 40.8%   672 5297 498 47 515 .992   2344 627 109 21 109 331 378 266 24 365 18 9 27 7 5 70 .267 .343 .471 .814 380   67.4 9.3 76.7 .100 .014 .114 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 7.4%   133 977 72 20 95 .981   393 88 17 7 12 50 48 42 1 72 1 5 2 1 2 9 .224 .297 .394 .691 45   4.0 1.3 5.3 .030 .010 .040 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 39.4%   652 5101 439 58 518 .990   2131 625 89 23 142 369 470 391 32 412 25 3 20 15 12 49 .293 .408 .557 .965 477   103.8 9.4 113.2 .159 .014 .174 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 38.0%   641 4879 461 37 498 .993   2171 606 111 18 82 301 321 215 20 281 17 11 25 11 5 69 .279 .347 .460 .807 340   59.3 9.5 68.8 .093 .015 .107 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   15.2%     247 2011 157 28 203 .987     878 227 46 6 42 124 134 96 12 95 3 0 10 0 1 17 .259 .334 .468 .802 135     19.3 2.8 22.1 .078 .011 .089 Age 35 & over
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     10.7%     192 1391 102 25 139 .984     568 124 19 10 20 74 73 61 1 106 2 5 2 2 3 14 .218 .295 .393 .688 64     6.4 1.9 8.3 .033 .010 .043 Rookie  
Starter 76.1%   1245 9902 881 102 1004 .991   4297 1250 215 40 225 677 784 603 55 662 42 12 48 25 16 114 .291 .380 .517 .897 836   167.3 18.0 185.3 .134 .014 .149 Starter  
Reserve     23.9%     428 3066 248 41 310 .988     1276 296 48 14 53 167 189 141 10 198 4 7 9 2 4 30 .232 .308 .416 .724 161     19.1 5.0 24.1 .045 .012 .056 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   59.2%   1001 1370.2 112.7 17.1 142.7 .989     513.2 146.1 24.5 5.2 26.9 81.5 94.6 76.0 6.5 78.7 4.4 1.6 4.8 3.2 2.4 11.8 .285 .378 .510 .888 98.1     18.9 2.4 21.3 .119 .014 .133 Bats Left
Bats Right 40.8%   672 1360.0 127.9 12.1 132.2 .992   527.9 141.2 24.5 4.7 24.5 74.5 85.1 59.9 5.4 82.2 4.1 2.0 6.1 1.6 1.1 15.8 .267 .343 .471 .814 85.6   15.2 2.4 17.6 .100 .014 .114 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 7.4%   133 1370.9 101.0 28.1 133.3 .981   532.3 119.2 23.0 9.5 16.3 67.7 65.0 56.9 1.4 97.5 1.3 6.8 2.7 1.4 2.7 12.2 .224 .297 .394 .691 60.9   5.4 1.8 7.2 .030 .010 .040 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 39.4%   652 1366.8 117.6 15.6 138.8 .990   497.5 145.9 20.8 5.4 33.2 86.1 109.7 91.3 7.5 96.2 5.8 0.7 4.7 3.5 2.8 11.4 .293 .408 .557 .965 111.4   24.2 2.2 26.4 .159 .014 .174 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 38.0%   641 1361.1 128.6 10.3 138.9 .993   534.1 149.1 27.3 4.4 20.2 74.0 79.0 52.9 4.9 69.1 4.2 2.7 6.1 2.7 1.2 17.0 .279 .347 .460 .807 83.6   14.6 2.3 16.9 .093 .015 .107 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   15.2%     247 1373.6 107.3 19.1 138.7 .987     533.7 138.0 28.0 3.6 25.5 75.4 81.5 58.4 7.3 57.8 1.8 0.0 6.1 0.0 0.6 10.3 .259 .334 .468 .802 82.1     11.7 1.7 13.4 .078 .011 .089 Age 35 & over
Rookie     10.7%     192 1374.5 100.8 24.7 137.4 .984     534.2 116.6 17.9 9.4 18.8 69.6 68.7 57.3 0.9 99.7 1.9 4.7 1.9 1.9 2.8 13.2 .218 .295 .393 .688 60.2     6.0 1.8 7.8 .033 .010 .043 Rookie  
Starter 76.1%   1245 1364.5 121.4 14.1 138.4 .991   515.4 149.9 25.8 4.8 27.0 81.2 94.0 72.3 6.6 79.4 5.0 1.5 5.8 3.0 1.9 13.7 .291 .380 .517 .897 100.3   20.1 2.2 22.2 .134 .014 .149 Starter  
Reserve     23.9%     428 1370.8 110.9 18.3 138.6 .988     532.8 123.6 20.0 5.8 22.1 69.7 78.9 58.9 4.2 82.7 1.7 2.9 3.7 0.8 1.7 12.5 .232 .308 .416 .724 67.2     8.0 2.1 10.1 .045 .012 .056 Reserve