Major League Baseball History
All-Time



Links
Baseball-Reference Wikipedia Retrosheet Hall of Fame
MLB.com BR Bullpen Baseball Databank Negro Leagues
Baseball-Almanac SABR Baseball1 Seamheads
The Baseball Page SABR Bio Project Baseball-Fever MiLB

North Carolina State University Wolfpack
Filters
School
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
1923
1925
0.5
1986
1986
0.4
1992
1995
0.2
1980
1982
-0.8



Right Field
1910
1912
10.6
1968
1970
-0.6
Shortstop
1996
1996
12.6
1921
1924
-1.7
Second Base
1932
1932
8.6
Third Base
1983
1985
0.5
1924
1924
-0.0
2005
2006
-0.2
1982
1984
-1.1
First Base
1919
1919
1.1
2005
2006
0.0
Catcher
1927
1928
1.0
1984
1986
-0.2
2001
2003
-0.3
1982
1984
-0.4
Starting Pitcher
1968
1971
18.6
1925
1930
0.1
2002
2003
-1.2
1934
1936
-2.3
Swingman
1981
1983
17.6
1949
1950
13.3
1931
1932
9.1
1972
1974
4.8
2003
2005
2.1
Relief Pitcher
1987
1990
0.1
1934
1936
-2.3
Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

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.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

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