Center Fielders
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          American League 1908
         
         
             
1907 1909 Chronology Home CF Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Center Field Fielding Stats 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 Fielder Jones     CHI 3 L 36   149 288 17 10 5 .968   529 134 11 7 1 92 50 86 8 28 26 .253 .366 .306 .672 83     25.0   6.8  31.8 .168 .046 .213   39.62 1 1 Fielder Jones
2 2 Sam Crawford Vet     DET 1 L 28   134 252 9 8 2 .970   524 163 29 14 6 91 71 33 3 20 13 .311 .355 .454 .809 92     26.4   2.3  28.7 .197 .017 .214   35.83 2 2 Sam Crawford
3 3 Charlie Hemphill     NY 8 L 32   130 267 12 18 2 .939   462 137 11 8 0 57 40 54 3 13 38 .297 .374 .355 .729 71     24.3   1.2  25.5 .187 .009 .196   30.46 3 3 Charlie Hemphill
4 4 Clyde Milan     WAS 7 L 21   122 265 18 12 6 .959   485 116 10 12 1 55 32 38 7 10 29 .239 .304 .315 .619 54     11.6   3.6  15.2 .095 .030 .125   14.47 4 4 Clyde Milan
5 5 Joe Birmingham     CLE 2 R 23   119 247 20 12 6 .957   403 86 10 1 2 31 37 19 3 11 15 .213 .254 .258 .512 29      2.3   7.4   9.7 .019 .062 .082    7.47 5 5 Joe Birmingham
6 6 Denny Sullivan     BOS 5 L 25   92 184 16 4 4 .980   337 81 7 8 0 31 24 13 4 14 13 .240 .277 .309 .586 33      5.6   3.0   8.6 .061 .033 .093    7.09 6 6 Denny Sullivan
7 Danny Hoffman     STL 4 L 28 RF   46 99 8 3 4 .973   169 42 4 3 0 19 12 11 2 5 8 .249 .302 .308 .610 20      4.1   2.4   6.5 .089 .052 .141    6.59 7 Danny Hoffman
8 Al Schweitzer   R   STL 4 R 25 RF   28 50 6 2 1 .966   93 27 2 1 1 11 7 10 2 4 3 .290 .371 .366 .737 15      4.0   1.3   5.3 .143 .046 .189    6.22 8 Al Schweitzer
9 7 Charlie Jones     STL 4 R 32   70 114 13 5 2 .962   256 59 11 2 0 36 17 14 3 6 14 .230 .278 .289 .567 24      4.1   2.5   6.6 .059 .036 .094    5.47 9 7 Charlie Jones
10 8 Rube Oldring     PHI 6 R 24 LF   95 211 7 13 3 .944   355 79 11 2 1 31 32 15 7 16 11 .223 .268 .273 .541 29      2.5   3.3   5.8 .026 .035 .061    3.87 10 8 Rube Oldring
                                 
11 Birdie Cree   R   NY 8 R 25   21 35 4 0 2 1.000   78 21 0 2 0 5 4 7 2 1 1 .269 .345 .321 .666 10      2.5   0.2   2.7 .119 .010 .129    2.61 11 Birdie Cree
12 Tris Speaker BBW   R   BOS 5 L 20   30 57 9 0 3 1.000   112 25 2 2 0 12 9 4 2 3 3 .223 .263 .277 .540 10      1.0   1.2   2.2 .033 .040 .073    1.61 12 Tris Speaker
13 Davy Jones     DET 1 L 28   26 57 4 2 2 .968   98 20 2 1 0 14 8 11 0 3 9 .204 .284 .245 .529 9      1.3   0.7   2.0 .050 .027 .077    1.50 13 Davy Jones
14 Ollie Pickering     WAS 7 L 38 RF   27 45 1 2 0 .958   103 23 2 1 1 12 8 8 1 1 4 .223 .286 .291 .577 9      1.6   0.4   2.0 .059 .015 .074    1.47 14 Ollie Pickering
15 Dave Altizer     CLE 2 L 31 2B   20 48 4 2 2 .963   66 14 1 1 0 8 4 5 1 9 5 .212 .278 .258 .536 7      0.8   0.8   1.6 .040 .040 .080    1.22 15 Dave Altizer
16 Emmett Heidrick     STL 4 L 31   23 40 3 2 1 .956   86 18 2 2 1 7 6 1 0 3 3 .209 .218 .314 .532 6      0.6   0.8   1.4 .026 .035 .061    0.93 16 Emmett Heidrick
League Average Age 27.9 League Avg WS/G .104 .033 .137
League Avg per 400 Chances 360.7 24.1 15.2 7.2 .962 Offense Share of WS 75.6%
League Average per 600 PA 532.8 134.0 14.7 8.6 1.8 65.6 46.3 42.2 6.2 18.8 25.0 .251 .314 .321 .635 64.2 Average WS/Team  19.45
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia