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1923 1925 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 Ty Cobb BBW     DET 3 L 37   155 417 12 6 8 .986   625 211 38 10 4 115 78 85 18 1 15 23 14 .338 .418 .450 .868 118     22.8   4.7   27.5 .147 .030 .177   31.97 1 1 Ty Cobb
2 2 Baby Doll Jacobson 8     STL 4 R 33   152 488 7 7 4 .986   579 184 41 12 19 103 97 35 45 4 24 6 8 .318 .361 .528 .889 105     16.6   6.4   23.0 .109 .042 .151   24.69 2 2 Baby Doll Jacobson
3 3 Tris Speaker BBW     CLE 6 L 36   127 321 20 13 3 .963   482 166 36 9 9 93 64 71 13 4 13 5 7 .344 .433 .512 .945 98     17.7   2.8   20.5 .139 .022 .161   22.73 3 3 Tris Speaker
4 4 Ira Flagstead T15     BOS 7 R 30   143 372 9 10 2 .974   556 171 35 7 5 105 43 76 41 11 13 10 13 .308 .401 .423 .824 95     13.4   5.3   18.7 .094 .037 .131   18.66 4 4 Ira Flagstead
5 5   Johnny Mostil             CHI 8 R 28       90 254 11 7 2 .974     336 109 19 4 3 66 43 39   36 3 18   6 10   .324 .399 .432 .831 59        9.5   2.1   11.6 .106 .023 .129   11.49 5 5   Johnny Mostil
6 6 Whitey Witt     NY 2 L 28   143 362 11 9 1 .976   600 178 26 5 1 88 36 45 20 0 15 9 7 .297 .346 .362 .708 77      9.8   3.7   13.5 .068 .026 .094   11.45 6 6 Whitey Witt
7 7 Al Simmons BBW T11   R   PHI 5 R 22 LF   101 283 11 6 3 .980   395 122 21 6 5 46 68 20 40 1 12 11 10 .309 .344 .430 .774 56      7.5   4.4   11.9 .074 .044 .118   11.27 7 7 Al Simmons
8 Maurice Archdeacon   R   CHI 8 L 25   77 173 8 8 2 .958   288 92 9 3 0 59 25 40 30 4 11 11 7 .319 .410 .372 .782 49      7.5   1.1    8.6 .097 .014 .112    7.93 8 Maurice Archdeacon
9 8 Nemo Leibold     WAS 1 L 32   52 117 5 1 0 .992   183 53 4 3 0 30 15 31 7 1 8 5 4 .290 .395 .344 .739 27      4.3   2.1    6.4 .083 .040 .123    6.20 9 8 Nemo Leibold
10 Sam Rice Vet     WAS 1 L 34 RF   34 89 3 2 1 .979   140 47 8 3 0 23 16 10 5 1 3 5 3 .336 .384 .436 .820 23      4.0   1.5    5.5 .118 .044 .162    6.11 10 Sam Rice
                                       
11 Earl McNeely   R   WAS 1 R 26   42 101 3 3 1 .972   171 56 5 6 0 30 14 5 20 2 7 3 1 .327 .354 .427 .781 25      4.0   1.6    5.6 .095 .038 .133    5.64 11 Earl McNeely
12 Wid Matthews     WAS 1 L 27   43 119 7 2 2 .984   165 50 10 4 0 24 13 11 4 3 12 3 8 .303 .358 .412 .770 22      2.6   2.5    5.1 .060 .058 .119    4.85 12 Wid Matthews
13 Pat McNulty   R   CLE 6 L 25 RF   20 45 2 1 1 .979   78 21 3 1 0 12 7 9 6 1 3 3 2 .269 .352 .333 .685 9      0.8   0.4    1.2 .040 .020 .060    0.81 13 Pat McNulty
14 Paul Strand     PHI 5 L 30   39 73 3 1 2 .987   148 34 8 4 0 13 12 4 8 2 2 3 3 .230 .260 .338 .598 12      -     0.8    0.8 .000 .021 .021    0.32 14 Paul Strand
League Average Age 30.4 League Avg WS/G .099 .032 .131
League Avg per 400 Chances 377.9 13.2 8.9 3.8 .978 Offense Share of WS 75.4%
League Average per 600 PA 525.3 165.4 29.1 8.5 5.1 89.3 58.8 53.2 32.4 4.2 17.3 11.4 10.7 .315 .382 .432 .814 85.8 Average WS/Team  19.99
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 © 2009-2010 by Andre Lower Bats Left   56.0%   690 1716 71 43 20 .977     2709 852 142 42 14 457 266 306   111 17 82   67 55   .315 .388 .413 .801 435       69.5  19.6   89.1 .101 .028 .129 Bats Left
Bats Right 44.0%   528 1498 41 33 12 .979   2037 642 121 35 32 350 265 175 182 21 74 36 42 .315 .375 .456 .831 340     51.0  19.8   70.8 .097 .038 .134 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 8.3%   101 283 11 6 3 .980   395 122 21 6 5 46 68 20 40 1 12 11 10 .309 .344 .430 .774 56      7.5   4.4   11.9 .074 .044 .118 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 33.9%   415 1054 42 30 9 .973   1638 506 72 23 4 279 138 149 116 13 66 35 35 .309 .371 .388 .759 241     34.2  11.4   45.6 .082 .027 .110 Age 25-29
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 34.4%   420 1139 27 21 9 .982   1606 489 96 29 24 274 183 156 106 19 50 29 31 .304 .373 .445 .818 262     38.3  16.1   54.4 .091 .038 .130 Age 30-34
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   23.4%   282 738 32 19 11 .976   1107 377 74 19 13 208 142 156 31 5 28 28 21 .341 .424 .477 .901 216     40.5   7.5   48.0 .144 .027 .170 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     19.3%     240 602 24 18 7 .972     932 291 38 16 5 147 114 74   96 8 33   28 20   .312 .368 .403 .771 139       19.8   7.5   27.3 .083 .031 .114 Rookie  
Starter 79.8%   963 2614 86 59 23 .979   3756 1194 220 56 46 646 444 402 220 25 118 75 73 .318 .388 .443 .831 635    101.6  31.5  133.1 .106 .033 .138 Starter  
Reserve     20.2%     255 600 26 17 9 .974     990 300 43 21 0 161 87 79   73 13 38   28 24   .303 .362 .389 .751 140       18.9   7.9   26.8 .074 .031 .105 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   56.0%   690 375.1 15.5 9.4 4.4 .977     522.0 164.2 27.4 8.1 2.7 88.1 51.3 58.9   21.4 3.3 15.8   12.9 10.6   .315 .388 .413 .801 83.8       13.4   3.8   17.2 .101 .028 .129 Bats Left
Bats Right 44.0%   528 381.2 10.4 8.4 3.1 .979   529.8 167.0 31.5 9.1 8.3 91.0 68.9 45.5 47.3 5.5 19.2 9.4 10.9 .315 .375 .456 .831 88.4     13.3   5.1   18.4 .097 .038 .134 Bats Right
Bats Both   0.0%                                                                               Bats Both
Age 24 & under 8.3%   101 377.3 14.7 8.0 4.0 .980   553.8 171.0 29.4 8.4 7.0 64.5 95.3 28.0 56.1 1.4 16.8 15.4 14.0 .309 .344 .430 .774 78.5     10.5   6.2   16.7 .074 .044 .118 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 33.9%   415 374.4 14.9 10.7 3.2 .973   526.7 162.7 23.2 7.4 1.3 89.7 44.4 47.9 37.3 4.2 21.2 11.3 11.3 .309 .371 .388 .759 77.5     11.0   3.7   14.7 .082 .027 .110 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 34.4%   420 383.8 9.1 7.1 3.0 .982   526.3 160.2 31.5 9.5 7.9 89.8 60.0 51.1 34.7 6.2 16.4 9.5 10.2 .304 .373 .445 .818 85.9     12.6   5.3   17.8 .091 .038 .130 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   23.4%   282 374.2 16.2 9.6 5.6 .976   512.5 174.5 34.3 8.8 6.0 96.3 65.7 72.2 14.4 2.3 13.0 13.0 9.7 .341 .424 .477 .901 100.0     18.8   3.5   22.2 .144 .027 .170 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     19.3%     240 373.9 14.9 11.2 4.3 .972     534.1 166.8 21.8 9.2 2.9 84.2 65.3 42.4   55.0 4.6 18.9   16.0 11.5   .312 .368 .403 .771 79.7       11.3   4.3   15.6 .083 .031 .114 Rookie  
Starter 79.8%   963 379.0 12.5 8.5 3.3 .979   524.0 166.6 30.7 7.8 6.4 90.1 61.9 56.1 30.7 3.5 16.4 10.5 10.2 .318 .388 .443 .831 88.6     14.2   4.4   18.6 .106 .033 .138 Starter  
Reserve     20.2%     255 373.2 16.2 10.6 5.6 .974     530.4 160.7 23.0 11.3 0.0 86.3 46.6 42.3   39.1 7.0 20.3   15.0 12.9   .303 .362 .389 .751 75.0       10.1   4.2   14.4 .074 .031 .105 Reserve