1897 Season
1896 / 1898














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Left Field
Tm
LS3
6.5
6.2
-0.4
PHI
5.7
5.4
-0.4
BLN
5.1
4.8
-0.4

Center Field
Tm
BSN
4.8
4.4
-0.1
BRO
4.4
3.8
0.0
BLN
3.8
4.2
-0.9


Right Field
Tm
BLN
7.2
6.5
0.0
NY1
3.1
3.2
-0.8
BRO
3.0
2.8
-0.4
Shortstop
Tm
BLN
7.3
6.3
1.7
NY1
6.9
6.0
1.6
SLN
3.5
3.2
1.1
Second Base
Tm
CHN
4.3
0.4
-0.1
CL4
3.7
3.2
0.7
BLN
3.4
1.7
1.9
Third Base
Tm
BSN
5.2
4.0
1.6
BLN
4.4
4.4
0.3
CL4
4.2
3.7
0.8
First Base
Tm
PHI
5.2
5.0
0.1
BLN
3.7
3.3
0.4
LS3
3.7
2.5
1.1
 
Catcher
Tm
SLN
2.8
3.3
-0.4
WSN
2.6
2.6
0.4
CL4
1.9
1.4
0.9
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
BSN
368.0
11.2
10.8
0.4
NY1
322.3
8.8
8.4
0.3
CIN
320.3
8.2
7.8
0.4
CL4
333.7
6.9
7.5
-0.6
CL4
225.0
5.5
6.0
-0.4
WSN
333.0
5.4
4.5
0.9
CIN
247.3
5.3
5.2
0.1
CHN
343.7
5.0
4.6
0.5
Swingman
Tm
IP
WSN
83.7
-0.1
-0.5
0.4
SLN
19.7
-0.3
-0.4
0.1
MULT
72.3
-0.5
-0.3
-0.2
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
BSN
7.7
0.2
0.1
0.1
WSN
0.7
0.0
0.0
-0.0
BSN
1.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
BLN
2.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
LS3
6.7
-0.4
-0.4
0.1
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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