Major League Baseball History
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Left Field
1958
1958
96.0
1899
1902
21.4
1908
1909
8.5
1944
1947
-1.1

Center Field
1910
1912
37.1
2007
2009
1.4
1900
1905
0.4
1902
1904
0.1
1963
1964
0.1


Right Field
1905
1906
16.2
1909
1910
-0.1
1987
1989
-0.8
Second Base
1989
1992
22.4
1908
1908
16.1
1910
1910
1.6
1914
1915
0.0
1984
1986
-0.0
Third Base
1906
1908
3.8
2002
2004
-0.1
1954
1954
-0.1
1901
1901
-0.1
1900
1901
-1.3
First Base
1867
1868
93.8
1913
1915
0.0
1943
1943
-0.7
1913
1915
-1.1
Catcher
1930
1931
8.0
1907
1907
0.1
1899
1902
0.0
1925
1927
0.0
1909
1910
-0.1
Starting Pitcher
1903
1904
36.5
1907
1908
10.7
2006
2008
2.7
1990
1993
2.1
1958
1959
1.0
1939
1941
0.7
1926
1928
0.5
1898
1905
0.3
1961
1963
0.2
1915
1916
-0.2
1912
1914
-0.2
1896
1900
-0.5
1954
1955
-0.8
2005
2006
-0.9
1900
1901
-1.0
Swingman
1962
1965
25.5
2004
2006
4.3
Relief Pitcher
1996
1998
8.2
2002
2005
2.7
2000
2002
1.8
1907
1909
0.2
1949
1951
0.1
1909
1909
0.0
1912
1913
-0.1
1958
1958
-0.2
1954
1955
-0.8
1963
1966
-4.1
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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