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1887 1889 Chronology Home CF Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Center Field Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Center Fielder 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 Curt Welch     PHI 3 R 26   135 272 23 15 6 .952   537 152 22 8 1 122 60 32 28 93 .283 .355 .359 .714 109     18.2   6.7   24.9 .135 .050 .184   27.17 1 1 Curt Welch
2 3 Pop Corkhill     CIN/BRO 4/2 L 30   131 296 18 13 5 .960   529 151 14 11 2 80 88 18 6 28 .285 .316 .365 .681 90     13.4   6.9   20.3 .102 .053 .155   20.30 2 3 Pop Corkhill
3 2 Mike Griffin     BAL 5 L 23   137 274 27 20 6 .938   542 139 21 11 0 103 46 55 5 46 .256 .331 .336 .667 93     15.7   2.3   18.0 .115 .017 .131   16.57 3 2 Mike Griffin
4 4 Pete Browning     LOU 7 R 27 LF   79 146 13 19 7 .893   306 96 18 6 2 46 57 30 3 29 .314 .381 .431 .812 65     12.6   0.7   13.3 .159 .009 .168   13.86 4 4 Pete Browning
5 5   Jim McTamany             KC 8 R 24 RF     80 167 15 15 3 .924     318 78 7 6 2 58 25 41     7     34     .245 .344 .324 .668 56        8.2   2.0   10.2 .103 .025 .128    9.25 5 5   Jim McTamany
6 6 Paul Radford     BRO 2 R 26   83 172 20 11 2 .946   284 62 8 3 2 44 27 32 4 30 .218 .306 .289 .595 42      5.2   4.5    9.7 .063 .054 .117    8.42 6 6 Paul Radford
7 7 Pete Hotaling     CLE 6 R 31   98 170 10 25 7 .878   403 101 7 6 0 67 55 26 7 35 .251 .307 .298 .605 59      8.7   0.5    9.2 .089 .005 .094    7.16 7 7 Pete Hotaling
8 Hub Collins     LOU 7 R 24 2B,LF   26 66 6 7 2 .911   108 33 6 2 0 26 11 9 1 14 .306 .364 .398 .762 22      4.1   0.5    4.6 .158 .019 .177    4.92 8 Hub Collins
9 8 Harry Lyons   R   STL 1 R 22   112 222 29 30 4 .893   444 86 9 4 4 59 56 18 3 32 .194 .230 .259 .489 47      2.1   4.8    6.9 .019 .043 .062    4.35 9 8 Harry Lyons
10 Farmer Weaver   R   LOU 7 L 23   26 37 6 6 0 .878   112 28 1 1 0 12 8 3 1 12 .250 .276 .277 .553 13      1.4   0.2    1.6 .054 .008 .062    1.01 10 Farmer Weaver
                             
11 Bob Gilks     CLE 6 R 23 3B,CF   27 50 3 4 1 .930   105 24 3 1 0 13 14 2 1 3 .229 .250 .276 .526 12      1.1   0.3    1.4 .041 .011 .052    0.81 11 Bob Gilks
12 Jack O'Connor   R   CIN 4 R 19   21 37 5 9 0 .824   80 16 2 1 1 8 10 4 1 7 .200 .247 .288 .535 9      0.5   0.5    1.0 .024 .024 .048    0.55 12 Jack O'Connor
13 Dave Rowe     KC 8 R 33   32 54 10 6 1 .914   122 21 3 4 0 14 13 6 1 2 .172 .217 .262 .479 12      0.2   0.7    0.9 .006 .022 .028    0.38 13 Dave Rowe
League Average Age 25.9 League Avg WS/G .093 .031 .124
League Avg per 400 Chances 337.3 31.8 30.9 7.6 .923 Offense Share of WS 74.9%
League Average per 600 PA 551.3 139.9 17.1 9.1 2.0 92.4 66.6 39.1 9.6 51.7 .254 .314 .329 .643 89.1 Average WS/Team  15.25
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   29.9%   294 607 51 39 11 .944     1183 318 36 23 2 195 142 76     12     86     .269 .319 .343 .662 196       30.5   9.4   39.9 .104 .032 .136 Bats Left
Bats Right 70.1%   693 1356 134 141 33 .914   2707 669 85 41 12 457 328 200 56 279 .247 .312 .322 .634 433     60.9  21.2   82.1 .088 .031 .118 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 43.9%   429 853 91 91 16 .912   1709 404 49 26 7 279 170 132 19 148 .236 .298 .308 .606 252     33.1  10.6   43.7 .077 .025 .102 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 29.8%   297 590 56 45 15 .935   1127 310 48 17 5 212 144 94 35 152 .275 .350 .361 .711 216     36.0  11.9   47.9 .121 .040 .161 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 26.3%   261 520 38 44 13 .927   1054 273 24 21 2 161 156 50 14 65 .259 .301 .327 .628 161     22.3   8.1   30.4 .085 .031 .116 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   0.0%                                       Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     12.4%     159 296 40 45 4 .882     636 130 12 6 5 79 74 25     5     51     .204 .240 .266 .506 69        4.0   5.5    9.5 .025 .035 .060 Rookie  
Starter 85.0%   836 1671 153 147 40 .925   3291 838 102 52 12 562 395 248 61 324 .255 .319 .328 .647 541     81.1  27.3  108.4 .097 .033 .130 Starter  
Reserve     15.0%     151 292 32 33 4 .908     599 149 19 12 2 90 75 28     7     41     .249 .290 .331 .621 88       10.3   3.3   13.6 .068 .022 .090 Reserve  
Splits per 400 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 400 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 400 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   29.9%   294 348.3 29.3 22.4 6.3 .944     558.4 150.1 17.0 10.9 0.9 92.1 67.0 35.9     5.7     40.6     .269 .319 .343 .662 92.5       14.4   4.4   18.8 .104 .032 .136 Bats Left
Bats Right 70.1%   693 332.5 32.9 34.6 8.1 .914   548.2 135.5 17.2 8.3 2.4 92.5 66.4 40.5 11.3 56.5 .247 .312 .322 .634 87.7     12.3   4.3   16.6 .088 .031 .118 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 43.9%   429 329.6 35.2 35.2 6.2 .912   551.3 130.3 15.8 8.4 2.3 90.0 54.8 42.6 6.1 47.7 .236 .298 .308 .606 81.3     10.7   3.4   14.1 .077 .025 .102 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 29.8%   297 341.5 32.4 26.1 8.7 .935   538.4 148.1 22.9 8.1 2.4 101.3 68.8 44.9 16.7 72.6 .275 .350 .361 .711 103.2     17.2   5.7   22.9 .121 .040 .161 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 26.3%   261 345.5 25.3 29.2 8.6 .927   565.7 146.5 12.9 11.3 1.1 86.4 83.7 26.8 7.5 34.9 .259 .301 .327 .628 86.4     12.0   4.3   16.3 .085 .031 .116 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                       Age 35 & over  
Rookie     12.4%     159 310.8 42.0 47.2 4.2 .882     573.0 117.1 10.8 5.4 4.5 71.2 66.7 22.5     4.5     45.9     .204 .240 .266 .506 62.2        3.6   5.0    8.6 .025 .035 .060 Rookie  
Starter 85.0%   836 339.1 31.1 29.8 8.1 .925   548.5 139.7 17.0 8.7 2.0 93.7 65.8 41.3 10.2 54.0 .255 .319 .328 .647 90.2     13.5   4.6   18.1 .097 .033 .130 Starter  
Reserve     15.0%     151 327.2 35.8 37.0 4.5 .908     566.9 141.0 18.0 11.4 1.9 85.2 71.0 26.5     6.6     38.8     .249 .290 .331 .621 83.3        9.7   3.1   12.9 .068 .022 .090 Reserve