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		This ranking lists only the fielding positions for the original 16 pre-expansion teams. These positions are absolutely comparable to each other and are easily examined here.
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		for each year as well as the all of the statistical detail for each year's starter or top rated pitcher for that position.
	Table	Total					Cumulative		Table	Total					Cumulative
	Rank	Rank	Franchise	City	Lg	Pos	WS Rate		Rank	Rank	Franchise	City	Lg	Pos	WS Rate
	1	1	New York Yankees	New York	AL	C	129.724		66	139	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	1B	100.529
	2	4	New York Yankees	New York	AL	CF	125.105		67	141	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	CF	100.321
	3	13	New York Yankees	New York	AL	RF	117.922		68	142	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	LF	100.251
	4	14	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	LF	116.987		69	143	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	1B	100.120
	5	16	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	1B	116.161		70	144	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	LF	100.109
	6	17	New York Yankees	New York	AL	1B	115.764		71	145	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	C	100.061
	7	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	SS	115.071		72	146	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	SS	100.031
	8	19	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	1B	114.708		73	147	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	SS	99.992
	9	20	New York Yankees	New York	AL	2B	114.656		74	148	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	LF	99.960
	10	26	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	3B	113.014		75	149	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	RF	99.810
	11	27	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	CF	112.793		76	151	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	C	99.661
	12	32	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	RF	112.193		77	152	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	3B	99.634
	13	33	New York Yankees	New York	AL	SS	111.833		78	153	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	3B	99.550
	14	34	New York Yankees	New York	AL	3B	111.491		79	154	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	RF	99.476
	15	35	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	C	111.323		80	155	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	CF	99.384
	16	37	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	SS	110.906		81	157	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	3B	99.300
	17	38	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	C	110.849		82	160	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	C	99.163
	18	42	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	2B	109.637		83	161	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	SS	99.139
	19	43	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	LF	109.267		84	163	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	C	99.029
	20	44	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	RF	109.184		85	164	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	CF	98.997
	21	48	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	SS	108.877		86	166	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	1B	98.917
	22	49	New York Yankees	New York	AL	LF	108.793		87	167	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	2B	98.877
	23	51	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	2B	108.740		88	170	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	C	98.699
	24	54	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	2B	108.442		89	172	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	3B	98.421
	25	57	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	C	108.321		90	173	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	1B	98.322
	26	61	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	3B	107.589		91	174	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	RF	98.317
	27	62	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	1B	107.313		92	175	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	1B	97.933
	28	67	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	CF	106.689		93	184	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	CF	97.446
	29	69	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	LF	106.592		94	185	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	1B	97.421
	30	72	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	C	106.423		95	189	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	RF	97.196
	31	75	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	3B	106.193		96	190	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	2B	97.185
	32	76	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	RF	106.022		97	197	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	C	96.435
	33	77	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	2B	105.935		98	198	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	LF	96.371
	34	81	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	CF	105.404		99	200	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	2B	96.353
	35	85	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	SS	105.139		100	203	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	3B	95.898
	36	87	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	1B	105.068		101	204	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	RF	95.734
	37	88	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	3B	104.909		102	T205	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	RF	95.712
	38	89	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	2B	104.868		103	207	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	C	95.704
	39	90	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	LF	104.845		104	209	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	RF	95.652
	40	91	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	RF	104.751		105	212	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	3B	95.511
	41	94	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	LF	104.620		106	214	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	RF	95.094
	42	96	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	2B	104.452		107	221	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	RF	94.726
	43	97	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	2B	104.356		108	239	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland	AL	LF	93.610
	44	98	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	2B	104.332		109	241	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	2B	93.280
	45	99	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	3B	104.294		110	242	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	2B	93.132
	46	101	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	SS	103.929		111	243	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	3B	93.126
	47	104	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	RF	103.584		112	244	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	C	93.052
	48	105	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco	NL	3B	103.409		113	247	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	C	92.947
	49	108	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	SS	103.197		114	248	Chicago White Sox	Chicago	AL	CF	92.836
	50	109	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	C	103.105		115	257	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	1B	91.979
	51	111	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis	NL	C	103.012		116	258	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	1B	91.937
	52	113	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	RF	102.816		117	259	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	1B	91.829
	53	117	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	CF	102.217		118	261	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta	NL	LF	91.736
	54	122	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	LF	101.536		119	266	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	LF	91.439
	55	123	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	SS	101.535		120	269	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota	AL	SS	90.970
	56	124	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	SS	101.513		121	277	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	CF	90.426
	57	125	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	LF	101.477		122	284	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	2B	89.810
	58	126	Chicago Cubs	Chicago	NL	1B	101.358		123	286	Detroit Tigers	Detroit	AL	3B	89.487
	59	127	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	SS	101.297		124	287	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	1B	89.445
	60	128	Boston Red Sox	Boston	AL	CF	101.275		125	291	Oakland Athletics	Oakland	AL	SS	89.069
	61	130	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	CF	101.212		126	297	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore	AL	CF	88.426
	62	131	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati	NL	3B	101.187		127	311	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	2B	86.493
	63	134	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles	NL	CF	101.070		128	321	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	SS	84.233
	64	137	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh	NL	CF	100.711
	65	138	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia	NL	LF	100.612
			Copyright © 2009-11 by Andre Lower
			Sources:
			All-Time Major League Handbook
			Win Shares Digital Update
			baseball-reference.com
			ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia