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          Third Base
             
Pos St All- Other 3rd Base Fielding Statistics Pos St Batting Statistics as Third Baseman Win Shares Pos St
Year Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. Year Rank Rank Name 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  Adj WSQ  Year Rank Rank Name
1998 14 12 Bobby Smith R TB 5E R 24   97 71 164 9 11 .963   1998 14 12 Bobby Smith 314 86 11 3 10 34 43 27 0 91 6 2 3 5 3 7 .274 .340 .424 .764 45      4.2   2.4    6.6 .043 .025 .068     5.37 1998 14 12 Bobby Smith
1998 18 Wade Boggs BBW TB 5E L 40 DH   78 52 131 5 12 .973   1998 18 Wade Boggs 289 75 14 2 4 35 31 34 4 33 0 0 1 1 2 12 .260 .336 .363 .699 33      2.4   1.9    4.3 .031 .024 .055     3.15 1998 18 Wade Boggs
     
1999 15 14 Wade Boggs BBW TB 5E L 41   74 45 100 9 14 .942   1999 15 14 Wade Boggs 250 79 12 0 2 37 26 33 1 18 0 0 3 1 0 12 .316 .392 .388 .780 38      4.0   1.2    5.2 .054 .016 .070     4.41 1999 15 14 Wade Boggs
1999 25 Bobby Smith TB 5E R 25   59 26 100 9 13 .933   1999 25 Bobby Smith 160 30 3 1 3 15 18 10 0 49 1 2 1 2 2 7 .188 .238 .275 .513 9      -     1.3    1.3 .000 .022 .022     0.62 1999 25 Bobby Smith
1999 19 Herbert Perry TB 5E R 29   42 32 75 5 11 .955   1999 19 Herbert Perry 140 37 9 0 2 19 25 11 1 28 6 0 4 0 0 8 .264 .335 .371 .706 17      1.4   0.9    2.3 .033 .021 .055     1.73 1999 19 Herbert Perry
1999 29 Aaron Ledesma TB 5E R 28 SS   26 11 28 4 1 .907   1999 29 Aaron Ledesma 48 14 3 0 0 4 5 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 .320 .354 .674 5      0.1   0.5    0.6 .004 .019 .023     0.29 1999 29 Aaron Ledesma
     
2000 19 13 Vinny Castilla TB 5E R 32   83 50 185 8 20 .967   2000 19 13 Vinny Castilla 330 73 9 1 6 22 42 13 2 41 3 0 6 1 2 9 .221 .253 .309 .562 24      -     3.3    3.3 .000 .040 .040     2.04 2000 19 13 Vinny Castilla
2000 20 Russ Johnson TB 5E R 27   49 14 74 3 6 .967   2000 20 Russ Johnson 106 26 7 0 1 15 14 15 0 22 1 3 0 1 1 3 .245 .344 .340 .684 13      1.2   1.1    2.3 .024 .022 .047     1.54 2000 20 Russ Johnson
2000 17 Aubrey Huff R TB 5E L 23   37 24 53 5 4 .939   2000 17 Aubrey Huff 119 33 7 0 4 14 13 5 1 18 1 0 1 0 0 5 .277 .310 .437 .747 15      2.0   0.9    2.9 .054 .024 .078     2.51 2000 17 Aubrey Huff
     
2001 22 14 Aubrey Huff R TB 5E L 24 DH   73 41 126 15 13 .918   2001 22 14 Aubrey Huff 267 68 16 1 5 27 25 20 1 47 0 0 0 1 2 12 .255 .307 .378 .685 27      1.6   1.7    3.3 .022 .023 .045     2.12 2001 22 14 Aubrey Huff
2001 26 Jared Sandberg R TB 5E R 23   38 33 68 6 7 .944   2001 26 Jared Sandberg 135 27 7 0 1 12 15 10 0 45 1 2 0 1 0 2 .200 .260 .274 .534 9      0.2   1.1    1.3 .005 .029 .034     0.72 2001 26 Jared Sandberg
2001 10 Russ Johnson TB 5E R 28 2B   36 21 50 6 6 .922   2001 10 Russ Johnson 104 35 12 0 2 16 15 10 0 22 1 2 1 1 1 1 .337 .397 .510 .907 22      5.0   0.8    5.8 .139 .022 .161     7.04 2001 10 Russ Johnson
2001 23 Vinny Castilla TB 5E R 33 NL-3B   24 26 45 5 5 .934   2001 23 Vinny Castilla 93 20 6 0 2 7 9 3 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 3 .215 .247 .344 .591 7      0.9   0.8    1.7 .038 .033 .071     1.37 2001 23 Vinny Castilla
     
2002 10 10 Jared Sandberg TB 5E R 24   97 83 173 14 19 .948   2002 10 10 Jared Sandberg 336 78 20 1 16 52 49 39 3 129 1 1 2 3 2 6 .232 .312 .440 .752 47      6.0   2.2    8.2 .062 .023 .085     7.11 2002 10 10 Jared Sandberg
2002 20 Russ Johnson TB 5E R 29   27 23 38 1 5 .984   2002 20 Russ Johnson 92 20 3 0 1 12 10 11 0 14 0 2 0 5 2 2 .217 .301 .283 .584 8      1.0   0.6    1.6 .037 .022 .059     1.16 2002 20 Russ Johnson
     
2003 14 13 Damian Rolls TB 5E R 25 RF   73 75 135 6 16 .972   2003 14 13 Damian Rolls 258 65 16 0 4 28 31 13 1 55 5 1 2 7 2 4 .252 .299 .360 .659 28      3.1   2.4    5.5 .042 .033 .075     4.62 2003 14 13 Damian Rolls
2003 18 Jared Sandberg TB 5E R 25   50 34 75 5 4 .956   2003 18 Jared Sandberg 126 27 9 1 6 15 22 16 1 48 2 2 0 0 0 3 .214 .313 .444 .757 17      2.0   1.1    3.1 .040 .022 .062     2.36 2003 18 Jared Sandberg
2003 T28 Damion Easley TB 5E R 33   23 12 35 4 2 .922   2003 T28 Damion Easley 80 17 3 0 1 7 6 1 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 3 .213 .222 .288 .510 4      -     0.4    0.4 .000 .017 .017     0.16 2003 T28 Damion Easley
     
2004 7 7 Aubrey Huff TB 4E L 27 1B,DH   87 69 129 12 12 .943   2004 7 7 Aubrey Huff 322 98 17 1 17 53 60 26 2 38 3 0 3 4 0 3 .304 .359 .522 .881 63      9.8   1.8   11.6 .113 .021 .133    12.11 2004 7 7 Aubrey Huff
2004 25 Geoff Blum TB 4E B 31 2B   59 35 78 8 8 .934   2004 25 Geoff Blum 156 39 12 0 3 15 22 10 0 25 0 1 1 0 1 4 .250 .293 .385 .678 17      0.6   1.0    1.6 .010 .017 .027     0.75 2004 25 Geoff Blum
     
2005 17 13 Alex S. Gonzalez TB 5E R 32   98 65 173 14 10 .944   2005 17 13 Alex S. Gonzalez 313 83 16 1 7 41 29 22 1 66 3 2 2 2 1 9 .265 .318 .390 .708 38      3.7   1.4    5.1 .038 .014 .052     3.42 2005 17 13 Alex S. Gonzalez
2005 9 Jorge Cantu T27 TB 5E R 23 2B   62 31 93 12 7 .912   2005 9 Jorge Cantu 222 69 19 1 8 33 43 10 0 30 3 0 3 0 0 7 .311 .345 .514 .859 37      7.5   0.6    8.1 .121 .010 .131     8.62 2005 9 Jorge Cantu
     
2006 17 14 Aubrey Huff TB 5E L 29 3B,RF   60 38 109 3 14 .980   2006 17 14 Aubrey Huff 221 62 15 0 8 23 27 21 3 23 0 0 2 0 0 4 .281 .340 .457 .797 35      3.0   1.6    4.6 .050 .027 .077     3.73 2006 17 14 Aubrey Huff
2006 23 B.J. Upton TB 5E R 21   50 38 88 13 6 .906   2006 23 B.J. Upton 175 43 5 0 1 20 10 13 0 40 1 0 0 11 3 1 .246 .302 .291 .593 15      0.7   1.0    1.7 .014 .020 .034     0.91 2006 23 B.J. Upton
2006 13 Ty Wigginton TB 5E R 28 1B,2B   34 16 63 5 6 .940   2006 13 Ty Wigginton 119 40 7 0 11 18 33 8 0 22 2 0 1 1 1 4 .336 .385 .672 1.057 29      4.2   0.8    5.0 .124 .024 .147     5.61 2006 13 Ty Wigginton
2006 26 Tomas Perez TB 5E B 32 2B,SS   40 15 37 2 4 .963   2006 26 Tomas Perez 52 16 4 0 0 8 6 1 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 .308 .304 .385 .689 7      -     0.5    0.5 .000 .013 .013     0.16 2006 26 Tomas Perez
     
2007 6 6 Akinori Iwamura R TB 5E L 28   120 79 197 7 17 .975   2007 6 6 Akinori Iwamura 481 137 21 9 7 82 33 57 0 110 1 4 5 12 8 2 .285 .358 .410 .768 75      9.9   2.4   12.3 .083 .020 .103    11.12 2007 6 6 Akinori Iwamura
2007 22 Ty Wigginton TB 5E R 29 2B   32 23 52 5 3 .938   2007 22 Ty Wigginton 116 26 4 0 6 12 13 5 0 24 2 0 1 1 1 1 .224 .266 .414 .680 13      1.2   0.6    1.8 .038 .019 .056     1.20 2007 22 Ty Wigginton
     
2008 2 2 Evan Longoria 11 a R-1 TB 1E R 22   119 86 230 12 26 .963   2008 2 2 Evan Longoria 441 119 31 2 26 66 82 45 4 122 6 0 7 7 0 8 .270 .341 .526 .867 82     14.3   5.7   20.0 .120 .048 .168    24.02 2008 2 2 Evan Longoria
2008 17 Willy Aybar TB 1E B 25   41 29 84 5 12 .958   2008 17 Willy Aybar 155 46 9 2 6 13 20 15 2 23 2 0 1 0 2 5 .297 .364 .497 .861 26      1.8   2.1    3.9 .044 .051 .095     3.52 2008 17 Willy Aybar
     
2009 1 1 Evan Longoria 19 A-INJ G S TB 3E R 23   151 112 302 13 43 .970   2009 1 1 Evan Longoria 572 164 44 0 33 101 113 70 10 138 8 0 7 9 0 26 .287 .368 .537 .905 108     18.8   6.9   25.7 .125 .046 .170    30.70 2009 1 1 Evan Longoria
     
2010 1 1 Evan Longoria 6 A G TB 1E R 24   151 127 276 14 46 .966   2010 1 1 Evan Longoria 574 169 46 5 22 96 104 72 12 124 5 0 10 15 5 15 .294 .372 .507 .879 110     21.9   6.6   28.5 .145 .044 .189    35.56 2010 1 1 Evan Longoria
Copyright © 2009-11 by Andre Lower
Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia