1953 Season
1952 / 1954
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Left Field
Tm
SLN
7.7
7.9
-0.8
BRO
7.0
5.9
0.8
NY1
4.5
3.9
0.1
NYA
4.1
3.8
-0.2

Center Field
Tm
BRO
9.3
8.7
0.6
PHI
6.1
4.5
1.7
NYA
5.3
5.1
-0.0
WS1
5.2
3.1
1.9


Right Field
Tm
NYA
4.8
4.0
0.2
BRO
4.7
4.6
-0.4
SLN
2.5
3.1
-1.1
BOS
2.5
0.3
1.4
Shortstop
Tm
SLN
5.5
5.1
1.4
BRO
5.1
4.6
1.4
NY1
4.7
4.9
0.8
CLE
4.2
2.6
2.4
Second Base
Tm
SLN
6.5
6.1
1.1
CLE
4.6
3.2
2.0
WS1
4.0
1.9
2.7
PHI
4.0
3.1
1.9
Third Base
Tm
CLE
10.1
9.1
1.0
ML1
8.3
8.2
0.3
MULT
5.9
6.1
0.0
WS1
5.2
4.8
0.4
First Base
Tm
WS1
5.4
5.0
-0.4
CIN
5.0
5.3
-0.9
BRO
4.5
4.4
-0.5
PHI
2.4
2.3
-0.3
 
Catcher
Tm
BRO
7.1
6.5
1.1
NYA
4.9
4.7
0.7
CHA
2.8
2.4
0.8
ML1
2.3
1.8
0.9
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
PHI
346.7
9.8
9.8
0.1
ML1
265.7
9.1
8.9
0.3
SLN
253.0
7.4
6.4
1.0
MULT
264.3
6.5
6.1
0.3
CHA
271.3
5.7
6.3
-0.6
WS1
255.0
5.2
4.0
1.2
BOS
241.0
4.9
4.4
0.4
BOS
206.3
4.8
3.6
1.2
NY1
204.0
4.3
4.3
0.0
CLE
271.7
4.3
3.8
0.5
Swingman
Tm
IP
MULT
129.0
2.6
2.9
-0.3
BRO
110.3
2.6
2.8
-0.2
MULT
136.0
1.7
1.4
0.3
BRO
117.7
1.6
1.7
-0.1
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
BOS
107.0
5.0
4.5
0.4
NY1
145.0
3.6
3.6
-0.0
MULT
95.0
2.7
2.9
-0.3
SLA
117.3
2.6
3.0
-0.4
CHA
145.7
2.2
2.5
-0.3
PIT
118.3
2.1
1.9
0.1
BRO
85.7
1.7
1.6
0.1
ML1
81.0
1.3
1.5
-0.2
CHN
62.7
1.3
1.2
0.1
SLN
92.0
1.2
1.0
0.2
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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