1956 Season
1955 / 1957
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Left Field
Tm
CIN
6.5
6.1
-0.2
CHA
6.2
5.9
-0.4
BOS
6.0
5.8
-0.3
DET
5.9
5.2
0.1

Center Field
Tm
NYA
11.3
10.7
0.5
BRO
7.6
6.7
1.0
NY1
7.6
6.7
1.0
PHI
5.7
4.4
1.4


Right Field
Tm
ML1
7.1
6.0
0.6
DET
6.6
5.3
0.5
BOS
3.7
3.2
-0.2
CHN
3.7
3.1
-0.0
Shortstop
Tm
ML1
5.5
4.7
1.9
CHN
5.3
5.5
0.8
NYA
5.1
4.4
1.4
DET
4.6
4.6
0.7
Second Base
Tm
BRO
6.2
4.1
2.4
SLN
3.5
2.4
2.0
CHN
2.2
1.7
1.3
BOS
2.1
1.4
1.0
Third Base
Tm
SLN
6.3
4.9
1.7
ML1
5.7
6.4
-0.4
BRO
4.6
2.7
2.0
PHI
3.5
4.6
-0.8
First Base
Tm
SLN
5.5
5.7
-0.8
ML1
4.9
5.0
-0.7
NYA
4.3
4.0
-0.3
BRO
3.5
3.0
-0.3
 
Catcher
Tm
NYA
6.3
5.8
1.2
CIN
4.8
4.4
1.0
PHI
4.3
5.5
-0.7
CHA
3.7
3.3
0.9
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
CLE
277.7
8.3
7.8
0.5
CLE
249.3
7.5
7.3
0.2
DET
294.0
6.6
6.2
0.4
NY1
258.3
6.3
6.4
0.0
ML1
281.3
5.9
5.4
0.6
CLE
255.3
5.9
5.2
0.7
BOS
244.3
5.7
4.9
0.7
NYA
225.7
5.6
5.2
0.4
BRO
268.0
5.4
4.5
1.0
PIT
314.3
5.3
5.6
-0.3
Swingman
Tm
IP
CIN
83.7
2.7
2.8
-0.1
KC1
171.3
2.0
2.4
-0.4
ML1
87.7
1.8
2.1
-0.2
MULT
73.3
1.4
1.3
0.1
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
NY1
80.7
3.8
3.9
-0.1
CLE
59.3
2.7
2.6
0.1
CIN
108.7
2.5
2.6
-0.1
PIT
135.3
2.5
2.5
-0.0
BRO
79.3
2.4
2.7
-0.2
CLE
87.7
1.9
1.9
0.1
CHN
110.7
1.9
1.7
0.2
PHI
122.3
1.8
2.0
-0.2
BRO
115.7
1.8
2.0
-0.2
WS1
51.7
1.7
1.8
-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