1961 Season
1960 / 1962
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Players
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
Tm
DET
7.7
6.0
0.9
LAN
3.3
4.5
-1.9
CLE
3.2
3.0
-0.6
MULT
2.8
2.3
-0.3

Center Field
Tm
NYA
10.5
10.6
-0.1
ML1
9.3
6.9
2.0
SFN
8.7
7.3
1.4
CIN
7.6
5.7
1.8


Right Field
Tm
DET
8.4
5.6
2.2
CIN
7.7
7.0
0.0
NYA
6.9
7.0
-0.8
PIT
6.3
6.3
-0.6
Shortstop
Tm
CHN
4.6
3.9
1.2
CLE
3.9
4.1
0.9
NYA
3.4
2.1
2.2
KC1
2.9
4.7
-0.8
Second Base
Tm
ML1
4.2
2.8
1.9
BOS
2.7
1.3
2.0
KC1
2.6
2.6
0.5
BAL
2.2
1.3
1.3
Third Base
Tm
SLN
8.0
6.7
1.6
ML1
7.2
7.3
0.2
NYA
3.8
0.9
3.4
BAL
3.5
2.1
1.9
First Base
Tm
DET
9.2
8.5
-0.2
BAL
6.9
6.3
-0.1
SFN
5.7
5.8
-1.0
MIN
5.6
6.0
-0.9
 
Catcher
Tm
NYA
5.3
5.1
0.8
CLE
4.6
4.9
0.6
ML1
3.3
2.5
1.5
PIT
3.2
2.9
0.8
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
LAN
244.0
5.9
5.4
0.6
CHN
259.3
5.9
6.1
-0.2
MIN
242.0
5.8
6.1
-0.2
MIN
252.3
5.2
5.4
-0.2
ML1
262.7
5.2
4.0
1.2
LAN
255.7
5.0
5.7
-0.7
CHA
194.7
5.0
4.3
0.7
DET
275.3
4.8
4.3
0.5
LAN
235.3
4.6
4.7
-0.1
CIN
252.7
4.6
5.1
-0.5
SLN
211.3
4.5
4.4
0.1
Swingman
Tm
IP
PIT
89.3
2.1
1.6
0.4
CHN
152.0
1.9
1.8
0.1
MULT
120.7
1.5
1.8
-0.2
CHN
98.0
1.2
1.1
0.2
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
LAN
91.7
3.5
3.6
-0.0
NYA
119.0
3.5
3.3
0.2
SFN
122.0
3.3
3.2
0.2
LAA
91.7
2.8
2.9
-0.1
DET
57.3
2.6
2.6
0.0
BAL
109.7
2.6
2.8
-0.2
CHA
101.0
2.2
2.5
-0.3
BOS
51.7
2.1
2.2
-0.0
BOS
78.0
2.1
2.2
-0.1
CLE
92.3
1.8
2.0
-0.2
LAN
94.7
1.5
1.5
0.0
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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