Left Fielders
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          National League 1898
         
         
             
1897 1899 Chronology Home LF Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Left Field Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Left 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 Ed Delahanty Vet     PHI 6 R 30   144 302 20 12 5 .964   548 183 36 9 4 115 92 77 11 4 58 .334 .426 .454 .880 137     30.4   2.4  32.8 .211 .017 .228   40.67 1 1 Ed Delahanty
2 2 Jesse Burkett Vet     CLE 5 L 29   148 264 17 19 3 .937   616 210 18 9 0 112 41 68 9 4 19 .341 .414 .399 .813 125     25.6   3.1  28.7 .173 .021 .194   32.83 2 2 Jesse Burkett
3 3 Elmer Smith     CIN 3 L 30   123 280 15 16 5 .949   482 165 21 10 1 78 65 68 2 6 20 .342 .426 .434 .860 113     22.1   4.4  26.5 .180 .036 .215   31.96 3 3 Elmer Smith
4 4 Jimmy Ryan     CHI 4 R 35   134 248 18 25 2 .914   532 172 30 12 4 114 74 68 5 7 27 .323 .405 .447 .852 122     22.2   3.9  26.1 .166 .029 .195   29.93 4 4 Jimmy Ryan
5 5 Fred Clarke Vet     LOU 9 L 25   148 339 19 23 3 .940   591 182 23 12 3 114 46 47 15 5 39 .308 .374 .403 .777 111     21.6   3.0  24.6 .146 .020 .166   26.06 5 5 Fred Clarke
6 6 Hugh Duffy Vet     BOS 1 R 31 CF   115 229 14 12 1 .953   416 124 10 2 6 71 79 43 1 12 21 .298 .365 .375 .740 75     12.7   4.9  17.6 .110 .043 .153   17.89 6 6 Hugh Duffy
7 7 Mike Tiernan     NY 7 L 31   96 121 11 4 2 .971   387 108 14 10 5 84 46 40 7 9 18 .279 .357 .406 .763 75     13.7   1.1  14.8 .143 .011 .154   15.10 7 7 Mike Tiernan
8 8 Kip Selbach     WAS 11 R 26   127 307 23 19 6 .946   495 150 27 11 3 85 58 62 3 7 24 .303 .384 .420 .804 92     14.0   2.0  16.0 .110 .016 .126   14.75 8 8 Kip Selbach
9 9 Jack McCarthy     PIT 8 L 29   137 296 19 22 4 .935   537 155 13 12 4 75 78 34 4 21 7 .289 .336 .380 .716 78     11.3   4.5  15.8 .082 .033 .115   13.94 9 9 Jack McCarthy
10 10 Jimmy Sheckard   R   BRO 10 L 19   101 202 12 17 2 .926   389 108 16 9 4 49 61 35 8 6 8 .278 .350 .396 .746 66     10.9   1.6  12.5 .108 .016 .124   11.42 10 10 Jimmy Sheckard
                                 
11 11 Ducky Holmes     STL/BAL 12/2 L 29   124 266 16 21 5 .931   499 138 10 9 1 58 59 23 9 8 27 .277 .320 .339 .659 67      7.9   4.8  12.7 .064 .039 .102   10.43 11 11 Ducky Holmes
12 Joe Kelley Vet     BAL 2 R 26 CF   39 61 6 3 1 .957   146 47 6 5 1 22 35 18 1 2 8 .322 .400 .452 .852 31      5.3   1.3   6.6 .136 .033 .169    7.05 12 Joe Kelley
13 John Anderson     BRO/WAS 10/11 B 24 CF   32 54 7 4 1 .938   141 41 9 6 2 22 22 8 4 2 5 .291 .346 .482 .828 27      3.2   0.4   3.6 .100 .013 .113    3.14 13 John Anderson
14 12 Dick Harley     STL 12 L 25   135 294 25 26 3 .925   526 129 6 5 0 71 40 33 21 6 12 .245 .316 .276 .592 55      2.4   2.5   4.9 .018 .019 .036    2.43 14 12 Dick Harley
League Average Age 28.2 League Avg WS/Game .127 .025 .152
League Avg per 300 Chances 264.0 18.0 18.0 3.5 .940 Offense Share of WS 83.6%
League Average per 600 PA 530.7 160.9 20.1 10.2 3.2 90.1 67.0 52.5 8.4 8.4 24.7 .303 .375 .398 .773 98.8 Average WS/Team  20.27
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia