1896 Season
1895 / 1897














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Left Field
Tm
PHI
7.3
6.9
-0.2
BLN
7.0
6.6
-0.3
PIT
5.7
5.0
0.1

Center Field
Tm
BSN
5.7
5.7
-0.6
NY1
4.4
4.1
-0.6
CHN
4.2
3.6
0.0


Right Field
Tm
NY1
5.5
5.4
-0.5
BLN
5.3
4.9
-0.2
LS3
3.3
3.7
-0.6
Shortstop
Tm
BLN
8.3
7.2
1.8
CHN
7.1
6.3
1.5
BSN
3.9
3.5
1.1
Second Base
Tm
CL4
6.2
5.1
1.4
CIN
3.3
2.4
1.1
NY1
2.2
2.2
0.3
Third Base
Tm
MULT
6.2
6.6
-0.1
NY1
4.6
4.1
0.9
PIT
2.8
3.5
-0.4
First Base
Tm
SLN
2.8
2.4
0.5
BLN
2.8
3.4
-0.6
CHN
2.2
2.4
-0.1
 
Catcher
Tm
WSN
2.5
2.5
0.6
PHI
2.3
2.3
0.4
PHI
2.0
1.9
0.4
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
CL4
414.3
10.7
10.1
0.7
CL4
358.0
10.5
9.8
0.7
PIT
432.3
8.3
7.5
0.8
PIT
378.0
8.1
8.0
0.1
BLN
309.0
8.0
7.1
1.0
CIN
288.7
7.6
7.2
0.4
BSN
372.3
6.7
7.2
-0.4
CHN
317.7
6.3
6.0
0.4
Swingman
Tm
IP
NY1
27.0
0.5
0.5
-0.0
MULT
30.3
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
SLN
10.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.1
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
WSN
2.0
0.1
0.1
-0.0
PHI
4.7
0.0
-0.0
0.0
SLN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
CIN
4.3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
CIN
6.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
BLN
1.7
-0.1
-0.2
0.1
LS3
2.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
PIT
13.3
-1.1
-1.0
-0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James