Major League Baseball History
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Left Field
1977
1979
0.2
1988
1990
-0.2
1922
1922
-0.8
1929
1931
-1.0



Right Field
1993
1995
-0.6
1988
1990
-0.7
Second Base
1970
1971
-0.7
1947
1950
-0.8
Third Base
1932
1934
-0.9
First Base
1869
1870
93.8
Catcher
1970
1972
40.3
Starting Pitcher
1976
1977
31.8
1987
1989
16.2
1963
1965
6.0
1933
1935
-0.4
1963
1965
-1.3
Swingman
1926
1929
10.8
1918
1918
5.5
1946
1949
0.2
1937
1937
0.2
1927
1928
0.0
Relief Pitcher
1997
1999
-0.9
1904
1907
-1.4
1896
1903
-1.5
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James