Shortstops
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          American Association 1888
         
         
             
1887 1889 Chronology Home SS Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Shortstop Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Shortstop 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 2 Frank Fennelly     CIN/PHI 4/3 R 28   127 168 463 100 41 .863   466 93 9 8 3 72 64 68 1 45 .200 .303 .273 .576 69      8.0   9.3  17.3 .063 .073 .136   19.39 1 2 Frank Fennelly
2 1 Ed McKean     CLE 6 R 24 LF   78 120 240 36 13 .909   314 94 12 9 3 54 39 16 3 30 .299 .339 .424 .763 63     12.3   2.4  14.7 .158 .031 .188   19.38 2 1 Ed McKean
3 Oyster Burns     BAL/BRO 5/2 R 23 LF   59 93 159 46 14 .846   223 65 11 6 3 40 28 16 2 19 .291 .344 .435 .779 46      8.5   2.1  10.6 .144 .036 .180   13.64 3 Oyster Burns
4 3 Germany Smith     BRO 2 R 25   103 155 352 94 29 .844   398 85 10 7 3 47 60 22 0 27 .214 .255 .296 .551 51      4.8   7.2  12.0 .047 .070 .117   12.44 4 3 Germany Smith
5 8 Bill White     LOU/STL 7/1 U 28   112 184 335 82 15 .864   424 92 7 7 3 59 54 25 4 19 .217 .267 .288 .555 54      5.1   4.5   9.6 .046 .040 .086    8.54 5 8 Bill White
6 4 Bill Gleason     PHI 3 R 29   121 112 370 80 32 .858   491 110 10 2 0 54 60 12 9 27 .224 .256 .253 .509 58      4.8   3.9   8.7 .040 .032 .072    7.08 6 4 Bill Gleason
7 Yank Robinson     STL 1 R 28 2B   34 54 94 19 6 .886   114 26 4 2 1 28 13 29 3 14 .228 .397 .325 .722 25      4.2   1.1   5.3 .124 .032 .156    6.35 7 Yank Robinson
8 5 Chicken Wolf     LOU 7 R 26 RF   39 62 131 41 9 .825   159 46 8 3 0 24 20 7 1 12 .289 .323 .377 .700 26      4.4   0.9   5.3 .113 .023 .136    5.93 8 5 Chicken Wolf
9 6 Jack Farrell     BAL 5 R 30 2B   54 75 173 27 11 .902   203 41 10 3 2 37 18 13 1 15 .202 .253 .310 .563 26      2.9   2.5   5.4 .054 .046 .100    5.19 9 6 Jack Farrell
10 7 Henry Easterday   R   KC 8 R 23   115 120 459 73 30 .888   401 76 7 6 3 42 37 31 5 23 .190 .256 .259 .515 45      2.4   4.5   6.9 .021 .039 .060    5.13 10 7 Henry Easterday
                                 
11 Gus Alberts   R   CLE 6 R 20 3B   53 58 174 37 15 .862   189 39 5 3 1 27 25 21 4 14 .206 .299 .280 .579 27      3.5   1.7   5.2 .066 .032 .098    4.95 11 Gus Alberts
12 Ed Herr   R   STL 1 R 26   28 46 70 17 4 .872   112 30 5 1 2 14 28 7 2 6 .268 .322 .384 .706 20      3.1   1.1   4.2 .111 .039 .150    4.94 12 Ed Herr
13 Heinie Kappel   R   CIN 4 R 24   25 25 69 25 5 .790   99 26 3 3 1 13 10 1 1 14 .263 .277 .384 .661 15      2.0   0.5   2.5 .080 .020 .100    2.40 13 Heinie Kappel
14 Joe Sommer     BAL 5 R 29 LF   34 53 98 20 12 .883   125 27 4 0 0 13 15 8 0 5 .216 .263 .248 .511 14      1.3   0.9   2.2 .038 .026 .065    1.70 14 Joe Sommer
15 Bill Greenwood     BAL 5 B 31 2B   28 45 56 21 8 .828   100 19 3 0 0 17 7 7 1 11 .190 .250 .220 .470 10      0.7   0.9   1.6 .025 .032 .057    1.16 15 Bill Greenwood
16 Phil Tomney   R   LOU 7 R 25   34 40 117 21 7 .882   120 18 3 0 0 15 4 7 0 11 .150 .197 .175 .372 8      -     1.7   1.7 .000 .050 .050    1.15 16 Phil Tomney
League Average Age 26.2 League Avg WS/G .065 .043 .108
League Avg per 700 Chances 179.2 426.9 93.9 31.9 .866 Offense Share of WS 60.1%
League Average per 600 PA 554.0 124.8 15.6 8.4 3.5 78.2 67.8 40.8 5.2 41.1 .225 .285 .303 .588 78.4 Average WS/Team  14.15
Copyright © 2009 by Andre Lower
Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia