Major League Baseball History
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Left Field
1956
1957
37.5
2006
2008
0.4

Center Field
1970
1971
1.9
1972
1974
1.7
2005
2007
-0.3


Right Field
2000
2002
21.7
1920
1921
0.6
1964
1966
-0.3
1925
1927
-1.2
Shortstop
1925
1927
-0.1
1931
1938
-1.3
1918
1920
-1.6
Third Base
1888
1892
1.1
1964
1964
0.6
1910
1917
0.0
First Base
1924
1924
12.4
1920
1920
-0.1
1947
1950
-0.2
Catcher
1958
1958
14.9
2005
2007
0.2
1989
1991
-0.0
1964
1966
-1.0
1949
1949
-1.3
Starting Pitcher
1985
1987
16.7
2005
2007
2.4
1915
1917
1.7
1920
1920
-0.0
1923
1925
-0.4
2001
2004
-0.4
2007
2008
-0.5
1962
1963
-0.5
Swingman
1963
1963
4.2
1893
1904
4.0
1947
1947
1.4
1955
1957
1.1
1965
1966
0.8
Relief Pitcher
1944
1945
-0.3
1990
1992
-1.4
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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