Major League Baseball History
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Left Field
1885
1888
-0.1
1896
1899
-0.2

Center Field
1920
1920
6.8
0
0
-0.6


Right Field
1959
1960
0.3
1882
1882
-0.7
Shortstop
1927
1927
-1.4
Catcher
1950
1950
0.7
1904
1905
0.1
1915
1921
-0.1
Starting Pitcher
1907
1908
0.1
1924
1926
-0.1
1968
1970
-0.7
1909
1911
-0.9
1961
1961
-1.0
1952
1952
-1.4
Swingman
1959
1961
19.1
1902
1903
13.0
1937
1939
11.0
1897
1901
0.2
1963
1963
0.2
Relief Pitcher
1942
1942
0.1
1883
1887
-0.8
1952
1952
-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