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Best Fielding Team
Reds

LF - Pete Rose
CF - Billy Hamilton
RF - Pop Corkhill
3B - Don Hoak
SS - Ray McMillian
2B - Bid McPhee
1B - Frank McCormick
C - Johnny Bench
P - Mat Latos

Cincinnati Reds 1910

All-Time Best Player Fielding - Career


First Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

McCormick

Frank

1.3536

1945

1206

0.995

10.44


2

Pipp

Wally

1.2520

1928

341

0.993

10.93


3

May

Lee

1.2134

1971

671

0.993

9.26


4

Comiskey

Charlie

1.2128

1894

265

0.980

10.56


5

Kluszewski

Ted

1.2040

1957

1255

0.993

9.19


6

Kelly

George

1.1840

1930

345

0.992

10.52


7

Benzinger

Todd

1.1730

1991

274

0.994

8.70



Second Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

McPhee

Bid

1.4438

1899

2126

0.944

6.33


2

Rath

Morrie

1.4236

1920

264

0.975

5.70


3

Boone

Bret

1.4110

1998

677

0.990

4.69


4

Morgan

Joe

1.3792

1979

1116

0.986

5.10


5

Helms

Tommy

1.3705

1971

658

0.982

5.30


6

Frey

Lonny

1.3550

1946

889

0.974

5.65


7

Reese

Pokey

1.3400

2001

341

0.985

4.99



Shortstop

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

McMillan

Roy

1.6660

1960

1302

0.971

4.94


2

Miller

Eddie

1.6534

1947

697

0.972

5.39


3

Herzog

Buck

1.6508

1916

355

0.940

5.82


4

Smith

Germany

1.6265

1896

781

0.920

5.57


5

Beard

Ollie

1.5955

1890

254

0.896

5.18


6

Concepcion

Dave

1.5849

1988

2178

0.971

4.71


7

Cardenas

Leo

1.5787

1968

1138

0.969

4.54



Third Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Hoak

Don

1.6457

1958

261

0.968

3.21


2

Bell

Buddy

1.5906

1988

373

0.971

2.46


3

Groh

Heinie

1.5619

1921

883

0.965

3.24


4

Irwin

Charlie

1.5440

1900

603

0.928

3.47


5

Pinelli

Babe

1.5315

1927

579

0.949

3.41


6

Werber

Billy

1.5233

1941

397

0.950

3.21


7

Suarez

Eugenio

1.5095

2017

305

0.959

2.44





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Catcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

CS%

1

Bench

Johnny

1.9703

1983

1742

0.990

5.80

0.432

2

Edwards

Johnny

1.9417

1967

731

0.991

7.10

0.396

3

Mueller

Ray

1.8982

1949

491

0.988

4.31

0.520

4

Hanigan

Ryan

1.8812

2013

460

0.995

6.93

0.404

5

Oliver

Joe

1.8715

1997

738

0.990

6.50

0.328

6

Barnhart

Tucker

1.8670

2019

531

0.997

8.07

0.325

7

Diaz

Bo

1.8543

1989

453

0.988

6.02

0.348

Outfield

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

ApG

1

Hamilton

Billy

1.6301

2018

664

0.994

2.42

0.078

2

Corkhill

Pop

1.6199

1891

644

0.941

2.19

0.225

3

Rose

Pete

1.5910

1978

1264

0.992

2.04

0.077

4

Pinson

Vada

1.5599

1968

1551

0.981

2.37

0.071

5

Craft

Harry

1.5459

1942

552

0.986

2.61

0.083

6

Jones

Charley

1.5447

1887

653

0.878

2.14

0.168

7

Bell

Gus

1.5349

1961

1186

0.987

2.36

0.073

8

Geronimo

Cesar

1.5283

1980

1141

0.989

2.32

0.065

9

Tolan

Bobby

1.5187

1973

569

0.978

2.50

0.054

10

Clay

Dain

1.5141

1946

403

0.987

2.72

0.065

11

Robinson

Frank

1.5137

1965

1278

0.986

2.05

0.070

12

Milner

Eddie

1.5106

1988

635

0.986

2.52

0.069

13

Seymour

Cy

1.5098

1905

554

0.937

2.51

0.143

14

Paskert

Dode

1.5094

1921

377

0.961

2.46

0.149

15

Stubbs

Drew

1.5040

2012

481

0.989

2.40

0.050

16

Allen

Ethan

1.5036

1930

388

0.985

2.73

0.077

17

Hatcher

Billy

1.4999

1992

275

0.988

2.18

0.051

18

Mitchell

Mike

1.4932

1912

842

0.960

1.95

0.160

19

Bescher

Bob

1.4911

1913

733

0.959

2.26

0.123

20

Roush

Edd

1.4865

1931

1360

0.971

2.63

0.111

21

O'Neill

Paul

1.4858

1992

711

0.988

2.04

0.073

Pitcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

IP

FPCT

RF

1

Latos

Mat

1.1004

2014

522

0.991

1.86


2

Arroyo

Bronson

1.0931

2017

1761

0.980

2.05


3

Purkey

Bob

1.0871

1964

1588

0.966

2.74


4

Suggs

George

1.0795

1913

1029

0.967

3.09


5

Starr

Ray

1.0726

1943

528

0.978

2.23


6

Walters

Bucky

1.0705

1948

2356

0.971

2.42


7

Parrott

Tom

1.0700

1895

726

0.923

2.96



    Franchise When and Where

    Cincinnati Reds (1890-1953); (1960 to Present)
    Cincinnati Redlegs (1954-1959)
    Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882-1889)



Fielding Ratings in the Stat Geek Baseball PEVA system are meant to give a grade that relates to value for payroll purposes. A player with a low amount of innings played at a position may be rated lower for that purpose, but be a better defensive player. They would be rated higher in the PEVA/FV system with higher innings played, but their FV is lower due to lack of use.

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What is Field Value?


Field Value (FV) is the fielding rating for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This rating is given to each player at each position they play during the season with over 1 inning played per max games for the season (162 for modern baseball) at that position, as well as a total fielding rating given to a player for each season for players who played more than one position. A minimum grade is given per position to any player with under max games.

Each position has different maximum, average, and minimum rating values per the difficulty and value of that position, which folds into the overall value of PEVA for that season.

FV Scale Maximums

Catcher - 2.10
Shortstop - 1.75
Outfield - 1.70
Third Base - 1.70
Second Base - 1.50
First Base - 1.40
Pitcher - 1.15

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