1956 Season
1955 / 1957
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Left Field
Tm
CIN
6.5
6.1
-0.2
SLN
1.1
1.3
-0.6

Center Field
Tm
CIN
1.8
4.7
-2.8
BRO
7.6
6.7
1.0
NY1
7.6
6.7
1.0


Right Field
Tm
SLN
5.5
5.7
-0.8
ML1
7.1
6.0
0.6
Shortstop
Tm
CIN
4.2
2.4
2.9
CHN
5.3
5.5
0.8
Second Base
Tm
CIN
1.8
1.9
0.8
BRO
6.2
4.1
2.4
Third Base
Tm
SLN
6.3
4.9
1.7
ML1
5.7
6.4
-0.4
First Base
Tm
PIT
2.1
2.9
-1.5
CIN
3.0
3.8
-1.4
 
Catcher
Tm
CIN
4.8
4.4
1.0
PHI
4.3
5.5
-0.7
ML1
2.1
1.9
0.7
BRO
0.6
1.1
0.2
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
PIT
314.3
5.3
5.6
-0.3
NY1
258.3
6.3
6.4
0.0
ML1
281.3
5.9
5.4
0.6
PHI
297.3
3.0
2.5
0.6
CIN
200.7
2.4
2.1
0.4
CIN
218.7
2.0
2.2
-0.1
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
BRO
115.7
1.8
2.0
-0.2
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James