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Pittsburgh Pirates Best Fielders

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All-Time Best Player Fielding - Career


First Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Fletcher

Elbie

1.2989

1947

894

0.993

10.29


2

Clendenon

Donn

1.2888

1968

910

0.988

10.38


3

Beckley

Jake

1.2403

1896

924

0.980

10.60


4

Young

Kevin

1.2276

2003

1022

0.992

8.80


5

Grimm

Charlie

1.2260

1924

768

0.994

10.47


6

Dahlgren

Babe

1.2144

1945

302

0.992

10.05


7

LaRoche

Adam

1.2065

2009

367

0.996

9.33



Second Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Lind

Jose

1.4309

1992

774

0.987

5.23


2

Mazeroski

Bill

1.4054

1972

2094

0.983

5.57


3

Ritchey

Claude

1.3543

1906

973

0.958

5.22


4

Bierbauer

Lou

1.3523

1896

707

0.947

6.00


5

Ray

Johnny

1.3337

1987

914

0.982

5.07


6

Walker

Neil

1.3226

2015

802

0.989

4.69


7

Womack

Tony

1.3226

1998

311

0.974

4.95



Shortstop

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Maranville

Rabbit

1.7047

1923

432

0.963

5.79


2

Bell

Jay

1.6713

1996

1103

0.976

4.69


3

Groat

Dick

1.6218

1962

1242

0.962

5.12


4

Wilson

Jack

1.6186

2009

1128

0.978

4.68


5

Foli

Tim

1.6127

1985

351

0.976

4.87


6

Mercer

Jordy

1.6018

2016

511

0.981

4.02


7

Ely

Bones

1.5998

1900

671

0.930

5.63



Third Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Hoak

Don

1.5484

1962

569

0.957

2.92


2

Lyons

Denny

1.5220

1897

320

0.906

3.65


3

Traynor

Pie

1.5164

1937

1863

0.947

3.12


4

Gustine

Frankie

1.5033

1948

321

0.938

3.30


5

Williams

Jimmy

1.4954

1900

255

0.896

3.97


6

Byrne

Bobby

1.4817

1913

586

0.940

2.96


7

Wills

Maury

1.4801

1968

285

0.952

2.88





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Catcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

CS%

1

Pena

Tony

1.9783

1986

787

0.987

6.61

0.388

2

Gibson

George

1.9030

1916

1155

0.977

5.59

0.463

3

Schmidt

Walter

1.8878

1924

703

0.981

4.75

0.500

4

Mack

Connie

1.8834

1896

287

0.943

5.47

0.402

5

Todd

Al

1.8828

1938

330

0.978

5.23

0.412

6

Lopez

Al

1.8710

1946

650

0.988

3.80

0.530

7

Sanguillen

Manny

1.8512

1979

1037

0.986

5.93

0.381

Outfield

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

ApG

1

Carey

Max

1.6009

1926

2154

0.966

2.82

0.145

2

Moreno

Omar

1.5773

1982

926

0.982

2.81

0.069

3

Waner

Lloyd

1.5532

1945

1680

0.984

2.82

0.084

4

Van Slyke

Andy

1.5516

1994

1024

0.989

2.54

0.065

5

Sunday

Billy

1.5504

1890

287

0.924

2.45

0.233

6

Virdon

Bill

1.5503

1968

1376

0.983

2.53

0.066

7

DiMaggio

Vince

1.5466

1944

654

0.980

2.68

0.104

8

Bonds

Barry

1.5355

1992

986

0.985

2.34

0.075

9

Southworth

Billy

1.5214

1920

327

0.981

2.35

0.125

10

Leach

Tommy

1.5148

1918

653

0.975

2.54

0.126

11

Wilson

Chief

1.5144

1913

897

0.965

2.03

0.129

12

Waner

Paul

1.5030

1940

2019

0.976

2.29

0.109

13

McCarthy

Jack

1.5000

1899

275

0.948

2.23

0.135

14

McCutchen

Andrew

1.4933

2017

1327

0.988

2.27

0.048

15

Thomas

Frank

1.4901

1958

575

0.985

2.45

0.108

16

Clarke

Fred

1.4897

1915

1431

0.971

2.23

0.101

17

Cuyler

Kiki

1.4881

1927

509

0.964

2.56

0.130

18

Alou

Matty

1.4865

1970

729

0.979

2.04

0.073

19

Clemente

Roberto

1.4832

1972

2370

0.973

2.09

0.112

20

Wynne

Marvell

1.4620

1985

355

0.987

2.37

0.051

21

Russell

Jim

1.4592

1947

679

0.979

2.45

0.085

Pitcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

IP

FPCT

RF

1

Galvin

Pud

1.0902

1892

2085

0.915

2.60


2

Reuschel

Rick

1.0895

1987

587

0.978

2.76


3

Rhoden

Rick

1.0878

1986

1448

0.991

2.16


4

Dickson

Murry

1.0801

1953

1216

0.961

2.75


5

Willis

Vic

1.0800

1909

1209

0.963

3.29


6

Friend

Bob

1.0707

1965

3480

0.972

2.14


7

Drabek

Doug

1.0689

1992

1363

0.948

2.31



    Franchise When and Where

    Pittsburgh Pirates (1891 to Present)
    Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1882-1890),
    also known as Innocents 1890



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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