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1897 1899 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 Bill Joyce     NY 7 L 32   130 1252 87 47 73 .966   452 117 18 8 9 81 81 78 16 4 30 .259 .386 .394 .780 102     20.4   1.3   21.7 .157 .010 .167   27.57 1 1 Bill Joyce
2 2 Dan McGann     BAL 2 B 26   145 1416 68 26 78 .983   535 161 18 8 5 99 106 53 39 8 33 .301 .404 .393 .797 109     18.2   2.9   21.1 .126 .020 .146   25.03 2 2 Dan McGann
3 3 Fred Tenney     BOS 1 L 26   117 1090 66 23 71 .980   484 159 25 5 0 105 61 33 0 15 23 .329 .371 .401 .772 89     15.7   1.4   17.1 .134 .012 .146   20.33 3 3 Fred Tenney
4 4 Bill Everitt     CHI 4 L 29   149 1519 70 42 123 .974   596 190 15 6 0 102 69 53 3 9 28 .319 .377 .364 .741 106     16.4   1.5   17.9 .110 .010 .120   19.30 4 4 Bill Everitt
5 5   Jake Beckley Vet           CIN 3 L 30       118 1167 53 21 76 .983     459 135 20 12 4 86 72 28     10 9   6     .294 .348 .416 .764 80       12.5   1.8   14.3 .106 .015 .121   15.48 5 5   Jake Beckley
6 6 Honus Wagner BBW     LOU 9 R 24 3B   75 729 41 22 44 .972   294 88 15 2 5 40 53 16 3 5 14 .299 .342 .415 .757 49      8.7   1.1    9.8 .116 .015 .131   11.02 6 6 Honus Wagner
7 7 Willie Clark     PIT 8 L 25   57 601 27 10 29 .984   209 64 9 7 1 29 31 22 2 3 0 .306 .378 .431 .809 39      7.2   1.4    8.6 .126 .025 .151   10.39 7 7 Willie Clark
8 8 Klondike Douglas     PHI 6 L 25   146 1236 73 32 74 .976   582 150 26 4 2 105 48 55 11 25 18 .258 .333 .326 .659 78     10.1   1.1   11.2 .069 .008 .077    9.65 8 8 Klondike Douglas
9 Harry Davis     PIT/LOU/WAS 8/9/11 R 24   88 899 42 25 53 .974   329 86 13 14 2 44 36 17 1 8 12 .261 .300 .404 .704 48      6.9   1.6    8.5 .078 .018 .097    8.22 9 Harry Davis
10 9 Patsy Tebeau     CLE 5 R 33 2B   91 956 43 16 43 .984   322 83 7 3 1 36 42 36 5 6 3 .258 .342 .307 .649 42      5.7   1.6    7.3 .063 .018 .080    6.43 10 9 Patsy Tebeau
                                 
11 Tommy Tucker     BRO/STL 10/12 B 34   145 1552 85 30 84 .982   535 139 16 6 1 53 54 30 19 7 2 .260 .322 .318 .640 63      5.8   2.5    8.3 .040 .017 .057    6.18 11 Tommy Tucker
12 12 George Decker     STL/LOU 12/9 L 29   107 1051 29 18 49 .984   411 112 13 3 1 50 61 27 4 8 12 .273 .324 .326 .650 51      5.0   1.5    6.5 .047 .014 .061    4.98 12 12 George Decker
13 11 Jack Doyle     WAS/NY 11/7 R 28 RF   62 556 28 18 32 .970   231 67 8 2 1 33 34 9 2 2 11 .290 .322 .355 .677 34      4.8   0.5    5.3 .077 .008 .085    4.82 13 11 Jack Doyle
14 10 Candy LaChance     BRO 10 B 28 SS   74 807 20 10 53 .988   288 71 13 4 3 34 36 17 4 6 13 .247 .298 .351 .649 38      4.8   0.7    5.5 .065 .009 .074    4.66 14 10 Candy LaChance
15     Farmer Vaughn             CIN 3 R 34 C     39 359 9 8 24 .979     149 46 7 2 1 19 25 6     2 3   2     .309 .344 .403 .747 23        3.4   0.8    4.2 .087 .021 .108    4.29 15     Farmer Vaughn
16 Duke Farrell     WAS 11 B 31 C   28 242 12 6 18 .977   106 33 4 2 0 15 17 11 1 1 4 .311 .381 .387 .768 18      2.7   0.4    3.1 .096 .014 .111    3.21 16 Duke Farrell
17 Jack O'Connor     CLE 5 R 29 C   69 586 36 11 33 .983   250 62 9 2 1 26 29 14 1 6 4 .248 .291 .312 .603 27      2.3   1.6    3.9 .033 .023 .057    2.88 17 Jack O'Connor
18 Tom O'Brien     PIT 8 U 25 CF   21 198 4 6 12 .971   80 21 2 2 0 10 9 5 2 4 3 .263 .322 .338 .660 10      1.2   0.3    1.5 .057 .014 .071    1.25 18 Tom O'Brien
19 Deacon McGuire     WAS 11 R 34 C   37 336 27 13 26 .965   139 37 5 1 0 17 16 7 2 3 3 .266 .311 .317 .628 15      1.0   0.6    1.6 .027 .016 .043    1.03 19 Deacon McGuire
20 Charlie Carr   R   WAS 11 R 21   20 200 8 11 15 .950   73 14 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 2 .192 .213 .219 .432 3      -     0.2    0.2 .000 .010 .010    0.06 20 Charlie Carr
League Average Age 28.6 League Avg WS/Game .089 .014 .103
League Avg per 1500 Chances 1397.9 69.1 33.0 84.3 .978 Offense Share of WS 86.0%
League Average per 600 PA 536.0 150.8 20.1 7.6 3.0 81.3 72.6 42.6 10.4 10.9 18.3 .281 .346 .364 .710 84.1 Average WS/Team  14.80
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   48.2%   824 7916 405 193 495 .977     3193 927 126 45 17 558 423 296     46 73   117     .290 .359 .374 .733 545       87.3  10.0   97.3 .106 .012 .118 Bats Left
Bats Right 27.5%   481 4621 234 124 270 .975   1797 488 64 27 12 223 240 107 16 33 52 .272 .318 .357 .675 241     32.8   8.0   40.8 .068 .017 .085 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both 23.1%   392 4017 185 72 233 .983   1464 404 51 20 9 201 213 111 63 22 52 .276 .353 .357 .710 228     31.5   6.5   38.0 .080 .017 .097 Bats Both
Bats Unknown   1.2%     21 198 4 6 12 .971     80 21 2 2 0 10 9 5     2 4   3     .263 .322 .338 .660 10        1.2   0.3    1.5 .057 .014 .071 Bats Unknown
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 24 & under 10.6%   183 1828 91 58 112 .971   696 188 30 16 7 90 93 35 4 14 28 .270 .309 .389 .698 100     15.6   2.9   18.5 .085 .016 .101 Age 24 & under
Win Shares Digital Update Age 25-29 55.1%   947 9060 421 196 554 .980   3676 1062 136 44 15 595 485 288 68 85 146 .289 .352 .362 .714 581     85.7  12.9   98.6 .090 .014 .104 Age 25-29
baseball-reference.com Age 30-34 34.3%   588 5864 316 141 344 .978   2162 590 77 34 16 307 307 196 55 33 50 .273 .349 .362 .711 343     51.5   9.0   60.5 .088 .015 .103 Age 30-34
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Rookie     1.1%     20 200 8 11 15 .950     73 14 2 0 0 6 4 2     0 1   2     .192 .213 .219 .432 3        -     0.2    0.2 .000 .010 .010 Rookie  
Starter 71.3%   1215 11889 582 279 718 .978   4663 1341 178 61 33 767 667 416 0 97 95 180 .288 .358 .373 .731 784    125.7  16.1  141.8 .103 .013 .117 Starter  
Reserve     28.7%     503 4863 246 116 292 .978     1871 499 65 33 5 225 218 103   0 30 37   44     .267 .315 .345 .660 240       27.1   8.7   35.8 .054 .017 .071 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   48.2%   824 1394.6 71.4 34.0 87.2 .977     531.0 154.2 21.0 7.5 2.8 92.8 70.3 49.2     7.7 12.1   19.5     .290 .359 .374 .733 90.6       14.5   1.7   16.2 .106 .012 .118 Bats Left
Bats Right 27.5%   481 1392.1 70.5 37.4 81.3 .975   552.1 149.9 19.7 8.3 3.7 68.5 73.7 32.9 4.9 10.1 16.0 .272 .318 .357 .675 74.0     10.1   2.5   12.5 .068 .017 .085 Bats Right
Bats Both 23.1%   392 1409.8 64.9 25.3 81.8 .983   529.2 146.0 18.4 7.2 3.3 72.7 77.0 40.1 22.8 7.9 18.8 .276 .353 .357 .710 82.4     11.4   2.3   13.7 .080 .017 .097 Bats Both
Bats Unknown   1.2%     21 1427.9 28.8 43.3 86.5 .971     527.5 138.5 13.2 13.2 0.0 65.9 59.3 32.9     13.2 26.4   19.8     .263 .322 .338 .660 65.9        7.9   2.0    9.9 .057 .014 .071 Bats Unknown
Age 24 & under 10.6%   183 1387.0 69.0 44.0 85.0 .971   557.6 150.6 24.0 12.8 5.6 72.1 74.5 28.0 3.2 11.2 22.4 .270 .309 .389 .698 80.1     12.5   2.3   14.8 .085 .016 .101 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 55.1%   947 1404.4 65.2 30.4 85.9 .980   535.7 154.8 19.8 6.4 2.2 86.7 70.7 42.0 9.9 12.4 21.3 .289 .352 .362 .714 84.7     12.5   1.9   14.4 .090 .014 .104 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 34.3%   588 1391.5 75.0 33.5 81.6 .978   530.3 144.7 18.9 8.3 3.9 75.3 75.3 48.1 13.5 8.1 12.3 .273 .349 .362 .711 84.1     12.6   2.2   14.8 .088 .015 .103 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Rookie     1.1%     20 1369.9 54.8 75.3 102.7 .950     576.3 110.5 15.8 0.0 0.0 47.4 31.6 15.8     0.0 7.9   15.8     .192 .213 .219 .432 23.7        -     1.6    1.6 .000 .010 .010 Rookie  
Starter 71.3%   1215 1398.7 68.5 32.8 84.5 .978   530.8 152.6 20.3 6.9 3.8 87.3 75.9 47.4 0.0 11.0 10.8 20.5 .288 .358 .373 .731 89.2     14.3   1.8   16.1 .103 .013 .117 Starter  
Reserve     28.7%     503 1396.1 70.6 33.3 83.8 .978     550.0 146.7 19.1 9.7 1.5 66.1 64.1 30.3   0.0 8.8 10.9   12.9     .267 .315 .345 .660 70.6        8.0   2.6   10.5 .054 .017 .071 Reserve