Major League Baseball History
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Left Field
1936
1949
37.1
1883
1892
25.5
2003
2013
24.4
1908
1922
14.2
1987
2001
3.4

Center Field
1937
1946
10.6
2009
2013
2.2
1909
1910
0.8
1912
1912
0.2
1884
1887
0.0


Right Field
1989
2005
72.6
1977
1991
28.4
1934
1942
22.2
1992
2011
14.3
1902
1907
5.6
Shortstop
1880
1894
15.0
2000
2000
0.1
1973
1973
-0.1
1884
1884
-1.1
Second Base
1880
1891
12.9
2005
2012
0.8
1888
1891
0.3
1891
1899
-0.0
2001
2001
-0.1
Third Base
1998
2006
24.6
1962
1970
20.3
2011
2013
8.5
1884
1892
3.9
1882
1891
1.8
First Base
2007
2013
30.6
2003
2013
22.3
1879
1888
12.5
1961
1964
1.8
1890
1890
0.4
Manager
1884
1899
15.6
1889
1899
11.7
1920
1934
10.0
1908
1910
2.1
Catcher
2006
2013
22.2
1905
1918
14.9
1901
1915
11.2
1905
1920
8.9
2008
2013
2.3
Designated Hitter
1993
1996
-0.4
Starting Pitcher
1965
1983
84.9
1998
2013
19.5
2003
2011
17.6
2002
2013
16.8
1985
1996
14.6
2004
2013
10.4
1969
1981
9.0
1883
1885
5.9
1883
1885
3.4
2011
2013
2.5
1937
1946
2.0
1977
1977
0.5
1890
1890
0.4
1902
1902
0.2
2001
2001
0.2
Swingman
1909
1915
32.6
1965
1980
30.9
1992
2005
18.1
2004
2013
11.1
1940
1950
9.7
Relief Pitcher
1999
2008
11.9
1999
2001
7.7
2009
2013
2.1
2012
2013
1.5
1985
1985
0.4
1890
1890
0.1
1996
1996
0.0
2008
2012
-0.2
1951
1952
-0.3
1902
1903
-0.3
1975
1976
-0.4
1994
2000
-0.5
1967
1968
-0.6
1976
1977
-0.8
1888
1888
-0.8
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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