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All-Time Best Player Fielding - Career


First Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Terry

Bill

1.3118

1936

1579

0.992

10.82


2

Mize

Johnny

1.2811

1949

646

0.993

9.93


3

Kelly

George

1.2771

1926

919

0.992

11.25


4

Clark

Will

1.2489

1993

1124

0.992

9.81


5

Tenney

Fred

1.2395

1909

254

0.988

11.26


6

McGann

Dan

1.2340

1907

681

0.991

10.64


7

Connor

Roger

1.2239

1894

1002

0.977

10.60



Second Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Whitehead

Burgess

1.4021

1941

557

0.972

6.09


2

Critz

Hughie

1.3634

1935

658

0.976

6.02


3

Kent

Jeff

1.3208

2002

854

0.981

4.80


4

Richardson

Danny

1.3159

1891

483

0.939

5.99


5

Stanky

Eddie

1.3148

1951

291

0.977

5.47


6

Frisch

Frankie

1.3066

1926

622

0.971

5.93


7

Gleason

Kid

1.3028

1900

660

0.937

5.73



Shortstop

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Bancroft

Dave

1.6770

1930

521

0.947

6.30


2

Davis

George

1.6759

1903

635

0.936

6.23


3

Lanier

Hal

1.6303

1971

620

0.971

4.91


4

Bartell

Dick

1.6236

1943

621

0.956

5.69


5

Jackson

Travis

1.6075

1936

1326

0.952

5.67


6

Kerr

Buddy

1.6007

1949

820

0.967

5.22


7

Speier

Chris

1.5930

1989

910

0.969

4.80



Third Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Williams

Matt

1.5688

1996

1011

0.959

2.75


2

Groh

Heinie

1.5293

1926

404

0.973

2.78


3

Devlin

Art

1.5227

1911

1097

0.935

3.26


4

Mueller

Bill

1.4966

2002

560

0.961

2.49


5

Evans

Darrell

1.4962

1983

697

0.948

2.98


6

Lindstrom

Freddie

1.4773

1932

776

0.959

2.97


7

Davis

George

1.4744

1901

426

0.899

3.61





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Catcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

CS%

1

Warner

John

2.0003

1904

606

0.966

5.88

0.479

2

Bresnahan

Roger

1.9856

1908

430

0.976

6.22

0.498

3

Ewing

Buck

1.9624

1892

475

0.933

7.03

0.353

4

Molina

Bengie

1.9411

2010

446

0.994

7.57

0.279

5

Meyers

Chief

1.9326

1915

769

0.973

6.08

0.461

6

Danning

Harry

1.9003

1942

801

0.985

4.63

0.469

7

Bowerman

Frank

1.8943

1907

554

0.968

6.09

0.493

Outfield

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

ApG

1

Lewis

Darren

1.5541

1995

479

0.998

2.55

0.033

2

Mays

Willie

1.5498

1972

2748

0.981

2.57

0.069

3

Winn

Randy

1.5494

2009

724

0.994

2.07

0.036

4

Butler

Brett

1.5466

1990

466

0.986

2.66

0.039

5

Selbach

Kip

1.5249

1901

266

0.948

2.17

0.135

6

Van Haltren

George

1.5168

1903

1212

0.932

2.20

0.185

7

Rowand

Aaron

1.5025

2011

480

0.993

2.25

0.038

8

Burns

George

1.5018

1921

1356

0.969

2.21

0.106

9

Snodgrass

Fred

1.4936

1915

690

0.962

2.25

0.165

10

Thomson

Bobby

1.4931

1953

851

0.979

2.71

0.081

11

Bonds

Bobby

1.4858

1974

1005

0.976

2.22

0.070

12

Roush

Edd

1.4782

1929

299

0.974

2.47

0.154

13

Marshall

Willard

1.4627

1949

667

0.976

2.16

0.112

14

Ott

Mel

1.4610

1946

2313

0.980

2.06

0.111

15

Seymour

Cy

1.4449

1910

556

0.953

2.14

0.131

16

Kauff

Benny

1.4381

1920

559

0.961

2.37

0.131

17

Davis

Chili

1.4359

1987

824

0.974

2.38

0.069

18

Maddox

Garry

1.4357

1975

405

0.979

2.59

0.042

19

Demaree

Frank

1.4336

1941

279

0.984

2.15

0.065

20

Clark

Jack

1.4286

1986

995

0.978

2.04

0.094

21

North

Billy

1.4212

1981

282

0.982

2.52

0.053

Pitcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

IP

FPCT

RF

1

Hernandez

Livan

1.1217

2002

746

0.986

2.52


2

Mathewson

Christy

1.1059

1916

4772

0.972

3.36


3

Gumbert

Harry

1.1036

1941

1113

0.980

3.51


4

Barnes

Jesse

1.0973

1923

1150

0.973

3.34


5

Jansen

Larry

1.0933

1954

1731

0.977

2.42


6

Fitzsimmons

Freddie

1.0926

1937

2514

0.974

3.28


7

Perry

Gaylord

1.0876

1971

2295

0.972

2.34



    Franchise When and Where

    San Francisco Giants (1958 to Present)
    New York Giants (1885-1957)
    New York Gothams (1883-1884)



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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