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Record	9990 - 9876 (.503)
Home +/-	+26.2
Away +/-	+27.4

	#	Last	Since
World Series	5	1979	34 yrs
League	9	1979	34 yrs
Division	9	1992	21 yrs
Wild Card	0		19 yrs

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Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

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Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Elmer Smith	7	1892	1901	22.5
Jim Russell	6	1942	1947	13.2
Clyde Barnhart	9	1920	1928	8.8
Bill Robinson	8	1975	1982	7.5
Adam Comorosky	8	1926	1933	5.8

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Thomas	8	1951	1958	13.7
Tom McCreery	3	1898	1900	3.4
Roy Thomas	1	1908	1908	2.7
Tom O'Brien	2	1898	1900	1.4
Al Gionfriddo	4	1944	1947	0.6

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Hinchman	5	1915	1920	7.7
Jimmy Sebring	3	1902	1904	3.8
Cal Abrams	2	1953	1954	1.5
Otis Clymer	3	1905	1907	0.8
Tun Berger	2	1890	1891	0.8

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Honus Wagner	18	1900	1917	119.9
Dick Groat	9	1952	1962	22.3
Bones Ely	6	1896	1901	8.1
Frank Shugart	3	1891	1893	5.4
Billy Cox	3	1941	1947	3.6

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Claude Ritchey	7	1900	1906	25.2
Lou Bierbauer	6	1891	1896	7.5
Neil Walker	5	2009	2013	6.7
Ed Abbaticchio	4	1907	1910	6.1
Tony Piet	3	1931	1933	5.7

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Don Hoak	4	1959	1962	13.4
Joe Battin	3	1882	1884	1.6
Mike Mowrey	1	1914	1914	1.5
Fred Hartman	1	1894	1894	0.8
Art Howe	2	1974	1975	0.4

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Sid Bream	6	1985	1990	8.9
Willie Clark	2	1898	1899	3.8
Joe Harris	2	1927	1928	3.3
Harry Davis	3	1896	1898	2.2
Jim Field	1	1885	1885	0.8

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Danny Murtaugh	15	1957	1976	47.1
Chuck Tanner	9	1977	1985	22.4
Bill McKechnie	5	1922	1926	19.4
Al Pratt	2	1882	1883	0.6
Tom Burns	1	1892	1892	0.3

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ed Ott	7	1974	1980	5.6
Joe Sugden	5	1893	1897	2.6
Billy Earle	2	1892	1893	0.9
Lance Parrish	1	1994	1994	0.2
George Susce	1	1939	1939	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Killen	6	1893	1898	24.2
Al Mamaux	5	1913	1917	8.9
Bob Moose	10	1967	1976	7.5
John Smiley	6	1986	1991	6.2
Patsy Flaherty	3	1900	1905	5.8
Marty O'Toole	4	1911	1914	3.3
Rube Waddell	2	1900	1901	2.9
Mark Baldwin	3	1891	1893	2.8
Jim Gardner	4	1895	1899	2.7
Billy Rhines	2	1898	1899	2.2
Ad Gumbert	2	1893	1894	1.9
Doc Medich	1	1976	1976	0.9
Phenomenal Smith	2	1884	1890	0.8
Alex Jones	1	1889	1889	0.1
Pete Conway	1	1889	1889	-0.0

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ron Kline	8	1952	1969	9.3
Steve Swetonic	6	1929	1935	7.4
Bob Purkey	5	1954	1966	3.0
Bobby Shantz	1	1961	1961	2.1
Don Schwall	4	1963	1966	2.0

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Stan Belinda	5	1989	1993	2.4
Nellie King	4	1954	1957	2.3
Bruce Dal Canton	4	1967	1970	1.8
Terry Mulholland	1	2001	2001	0.6
Joel Johnston	2	1993	1994	0.4
Josh Sharpless	2	2006	2007	0.2
Bob Priddy	2	1962	1964	0.1
Bob Garber	1	1956	1956	0.1
Bill Hughes	1	1921	1921	0.0
Mark Corey	2	2003	2004	0.0
Gussie Gannon	1	1895	1895	-0.1
Harry Gumbert	2	1949	1950	-0.2
Joe Vitelli	2	1944	1945	-0.2
Gene Garber	3	1969	1972	-0.3
Dave Wickersham	1	1968	1968	-0.3

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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