1956 Season
1955 / 1957
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Left Field
Tm
PIT
2.5
2.5
-0.5
CHN
2.5
1.6
0.5
CHN
1.8
1.1
0.3
BRO
1.7
2.6
-1.2
ML1
1.6
0.7
0.4

Center Field
Tm
PHI
5.7
4.4
1.4
ML1
3.3
2.3
1.0
MULT
2.8
3.5
-0.6
PIT
2.8
3.6
-0.8
CHN
1.0
0.7
0.3


Right Field
Tm
CHN
3.7
3.1
-0.0
SLN
3.6
4.0
-1.0
CIN
3.5
3.0
-0.1
PIT
2.3
2.3
-0.5
BRO
2.3
2.1
-0.4
Shortstop
Tm
ML1
5.5
4.7
1.9
BRO
2.7
2.6
1.2
MULT
2.5
2.7
0.9
SLN
2.4
2.1
1.0
PIT
0.7
1.1
0.7
Second Base
Tm
SLN
3.5
2.4
2.0
CHN
2.2
1.7
1.3
MULT
2.1
2.2
0.5
ML1
2.0
2.1
0.6
MULT
2.0
2.3
-0.2
Third Base
Tm
BRO
4.6
2.7
2.0
PHI
3.5
4.6
-0.8
BRO
3.0
1.3
1.9
PIT
2.0
2.7
-0.7
NY1
1.1
1.0
0.1
First Base
Tm
ML1
4.9
5.0
-0.7
BRO
3.5
3.0
-0.3
NY1
3.1
2.1
0.4
CIN
0.9
0.6
0.1
PHI
0.8
0.9
-0.6
 
Catcher
Tm
CIN
1.9
2.1
0.1
MULT
1.3
1.2
0.8
MULT
1.2
1.0
0.6
NY1
1.1
0.6
0.6
SLN
0.8
0.9
0.1
Starting Pitcher
Tm
IP
BRO
268.0
5.4
4.5
1.0
PIT
264.0
4.5
5.0
-0.5
BRO
191.0
4.3
5.0
-0.6
MULT
219.3
4.3
3.9
0.5
SLN
196.3
4.3
3.9
0.4
ML1
256.3
4.0
4.1
-0.0
CHN
239.7
3.3
3.7
-0.4
PHI
206.7
3.3
2.8
0.6
MULT
230.3
3.2
2.6
0.6
PHI
198.0
2.7
2.4
0.4
Swingman
Tm
IP
CIN
83.7
2.7
2.8
-0.1
ML1
87.7
1.8
2.1
-0.2
CHN
120.3
1.4
1.3
0.1
PIT
51.0
1.2
1.3
-0.2
ML1
50.7
1.0
1.1
-0.1
Relief Pitcher
Tm
IP
NY1
80.7
3.8
3.9
-0.1
CIN
108.7
2.5
2.6
-0.1
PIT
135.3
2.5
2.5
-0.0
BRO
79.3
2.4
2.7
-0.2
CHN
110.7
1.9
1.7
0.2
PHI
122.3
1.8
2.0
-0.2
PIT
60.0
1.3
1.4
-0.1
NY1
92.3
1.2
1.1
0.1
NY1
77.3
0.8
0.9
-0.0
CHN
95.3
0.6
0.7
-0.2
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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