Major League Baseball History
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Left Field
1945
1947
19.6
1933
1936
0.1

Center Field
1953
1955
-1.2


Right Field
1985
1987
6.5
1987
1990
0.1
Shortstop
1942
1944
-0.3
1954
1957
-1.5
1941
1941
-2.1
Second Base
1946
1949
7.2
2002
2005
1.9
1959
1960
-0.4
Third Base
1921
1924
-0.0
First Base
1971
1973
0.5
1952
1954
0.4
Catcher
1930
1933
0.0
1976
1978
-0.2
1939
1943
-0.6
Starting Pitcher
1938
1941
9.4
1958
1959
7.6
1954
1954
3.9
2000
2003
0.5
1963
1963
0.1
1979
1982
-2.3
Swingman
1912
1915
2.7
1933
1936
2.3
1916
1917
0.6
1993
1995
-0.1
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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