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Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Joe DiMaggio

ML Rookie of the Year: Jackie Robinson

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Team Fielding - CF

Team Fielding - CF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Boston Red Sox	3	4.26	157	157	153	508	478	19	11	4	.978
Chicago White Sox	3	4.26	155	155	150	417	399	9	9	4	.978
Cleveland Indians	5	3.75	157	157	142	483	467	7	9	3	.981
Detroit Tigers	4	4.06	158	158	153	409	390	9	10	2	.976
New York Yankees	4	3.66	155	155	145	364	359	4	1	0	.997
Philadelphia Athletics	3	3.94	156	156	154	455	435	13	7	2	.985
St. Louis Browns	4	4.83	154	154	145	426	415	3	8	1	.981
Washington Nationals	6	4.38	154	154	146	456	435	12	9	3	.980
League Average	4	4.14	156	156	148	440	422	10	8	2	.982
	31	4.14	1246	1246	1188	3518	3378	76	64	19	.982

Team Advanced Fielding - CF*

Team Advanced Fielding - CF* Table
	Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
Boston Red Sox	11	1	10	0	2	12	0	4	3	4	66	35	3	44	4	1	10	1	2	23	5	1	49	38	0	192	83	43.2%	102	7	3.6%	5	4857	56%	78%	29%	605	67%
Chicago White Sox	6	0	5	1	2	7	0	2	1	2	66	38	1	51	5	1	7	0	1	15	3	0	32	28	1	171	74	43.3%	93	4	2.3%	3	4617	61%	79%	27%	551	59%
Cleveland Indians	9	0	9	0	3	7	0	1	3	2	81	49	2	50	4	0	15	8	0	29	6	1	37	31	1	212	98	46.2%	110	4	1.9%	3	5916	54%	77%	29%	795	59%
Detroit Tigers	7	0	6	1	2	9	0	2	3	2	56	42	3	48	5	1	7	3	0	15	3	0	30	25	1	156	78	50.0%	73	5	3.2%	4	4271	60%	78%	27%	513	59%
New York Yankees	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	51	34	0	30	6	0	3	2	0	15	3	0	39	32	0	138	77	55.8%	61	0	0.0%	4	5560	54%	75%	31%	545	65%
Philadelphia Athletics	6	0	6	0	1	9	0	2	6	1	54	33	4	42	8	0	6	1	1	23	4	0	39	25	1	164	71	43.3%	87	6	3.7%	3	4769	52%	79%	31%	589	65%
St. Louis Browns	7	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	40	29	0	34	3	0	7	0	0	27	6	0	36	26	0	144	64	44.4%	80	0	0.0%	1	4344	59%	78%	29%	512	64%
Washington Nationals	8	0	8	0	0	10	0	3	1	4	75	38	1	39	4	1	9	3	0	19	0	1	36	28	2	178	73	41.0%	100	5	2.8%	5	5129	58%	79%	29%	637	59%
League Average	7	0	6	1	1	7	0	2	2	2	61	37	2	42	5	0	8	2	0	21	4	0	37	29	1	169	77	45.6%	88	4	2.3%	4	4933	56%	78%	29%	593	62%
	55	1	48	6	11	59	0	17	17	16	489	298	14	338	39	4	64	18	4	166	30	3	298	233	6	1355	618	45.6%	706	31	2.3%	28	39463	56%	78%	29%	4747	62%

Player Fielding - CF

Player Fielding - CF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1	Bobby Brown	22	NYY	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
2	Willard Brown	32	SLB	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
3	George Case	31	WSH	4	3	3		12	12	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
4	Sam Chapman	31	PHA	134	134	133		397	379	12	6	2	.985	2.92
5	Doc Cramer	41	DET	35	34	30		83	77	3	3	0	.964	2.29
6	Leon Culberson	28	BOS	4	2	2		9	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
7	Dom DiMaggio	30	BOS	133	133	130		430	401	19	10	4	.977	3.16
8	Joe DiMaggio	32	NYY	139	139	129		310	307	2	1	0	.997	2.22
9	Hoot Evers	26	DET	122	118	117		312	299	6	7	2	.978	2.50
10	Joe Grace	33	WSH	3	1	1		7	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.33
11	Tommy Henrich	34	NYY	8	5	5		10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.25
12	Wally Judnich	31	SLB	14	13	12		33	33	0	0	0	1.000	2.36
13	Bob Kennedy	26	CHW	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0.00
14	Austin Knickerbocker	28	PHA	2	2	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
15	Paul Lehner	26	SLB	125	117	116		323	315	1	7	0	.978	2.53
16	Bob Lemon	26	CLE	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0.00
17	Johnny Lindell	30	NYY	16	11	11		43	42	1	0	0	1.000	2.69
18	Felix Mackiewicz	29	TOT	5	3	2		8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.60
19	Felix Mackiewicz	29	CLE	2	1	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
20	Felix Mackiewicz	29	WSH	3	2	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
21	Tom McBride	32	WSH	4	2	1		6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
22	Barney McCosky	30	PHA	22	20	20		53	51	1	1	0	.981	2.36
23	Sam Mele	25	BOS	24	22	21		69	68	0	1	0	.986	2.83
24	George Metkovich	26	CLE	119	111	104		355	348	3	4	2	.989	2.95
25	Dale Mitchell	25	CLE	50	45	37		120	113	3	4	1	.967	2.32
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
26	Jimmy Outlaw	34	DET	4	4	4		10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
27	Dave Philley	27	CHW	94	93	90		255	246	4	5	2	.980	2.66
28	Pat Seerey	24	CLE	1	0	0		3	1	1	1	0	.667	2.00
29	Stan Spence	32	WSH	142	140	136		410	391	12	7	3	.983	2.84
30	Thurman Tucker	29	CHW	65	62	60		162	153	5	4	2	.975	2.43
31	Vic Wertz	22	DET	2	2	2		4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
32	Junior Wooten	23	WSH	6	6	4		18	16	0	2	0	.889	2.67
33	Al Zarilla	28	SLB	23	23	16		67	64	2	1	1	.985	2.87

Player Advanced Fielding - cf

Player Advanced Fielding - cf Table
				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1	Bobby Brown	22	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	17	47%	82%	6%	1	100%
2	Willard Brown	32	SLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	35	69%	80%	49%	4	75%
3	George Case	31	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	91	59%	80%	31%	16	69%
4	Sam Chapman	31	PHA	5	0	5	0	1	8	0	1	6	1	46	28	4	36	8	0	6	1	1	21	4	0	34	23	1	143	64	44.8%	73	6	4.2%	2	4126	52%	80%	32%	516	64%
5	Doc Cramer	41	DET	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	8	7	1	9	3	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	3	3	0	25	15	60.0%	9	1	4.0%	2	834	59%	77%	29%	93	58%
6	Leon Culberson	28	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	78	67%	81%	26%	9	89%
7	Dom DiMaggio	30	BOS	10	1	9	0	2	12	0	4	3	4	57	32	3	39	3	1	10	1	2	19	5	1	40	31	0	165	72	43.6%	86	7	4.2%	5	4102	56%	79%	28%	512	66%
8	Joe DiMaggio	32	NYY	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	46	31	0	29	6	0	3	2	0	14	3	0	31	26	0	123	68	55.3%	55	0	0.0%	2	4864	54%	75%	31%	479	63%
9	Hoot Evers	26	DET	6	0	5	1	2	6	0	1	1	2	48	35	2	37	2	1	5	2	0	9	1	0	26	21	1	125	61	48.8%	60	4	3.2%	2	3283	60%	78%	27%	405	60%
10	Joe Grace	33	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	5	2	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	44	64%	89%	34%	9	67%
11	Tommy Henrich	34	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	3	60.0%	2	0	0.0%	1	209	51%	75%	35%	12	83%
12	Wally Judnich	31	SLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	11	5	45.5%	6	0	0.0%	0	357	57%	78%	26%	43	58%
13	Austin Knickerbocker	28	PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	64	61%	75%	25%	7	71%
14	Paul Lehner	26	SLB	6	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	21	0	27	2	0	6	0	0	25	6	0	29	21	0	118	50	42.4%	68	0	0.0%	0	3347	59%	78%	29%	385	65%
15	Bob Lemon	26	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	25%	75%	25%	0
16	Johnny Lindell	30	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	0	10	6	60.0%	4	0	0.0%	1	470	64%	79%	32%	53	81%
17	Felix Mackiewicz	29	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	47	45%	64%	26%	5	100%
18	Felix Mackiewicz	29	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	71	59%	79%	17%	3	100%
19	Tom McBride	32	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	21	62%	67%	19%	2	100%
20	Barney McCosky	30	PHA	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	20	7	35.0%	13	0	0.0%	1	579	48%	76%	30%	66	70%
21	Sam Mele	25	BOS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	9	7	0	27	11	40.7%	16	0	0.0%	0	677	57%	74%	32%	84	67%
22	George Metkovich	26	CLE	4	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	55	32	1	34	2	0	11	6	0	20	4	1	27	22	0	147	66	44.9%	79	2	1.4%	1	4182	56%	77%	29%	578	61%
23	Dale Mitchell	25	CLE	4	0	4	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	24	17	1	14	2	0	4	2	0	8	2	0	9	8	1	59	31	52.5%	26	2	3.4%	1	1670	51%	79%	30%	208	55%
24	Jimmy Outlaw	34	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	76	54%	80%	30%	8	50%
25	Dave Philley	27	CHW	5	0	4	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	36	20	1	30	4	0	5	0	0	11	2	0	24	21	1	106	47	44.3%	57	2	1.9%	1	2970	60%	80%	28%	360	59%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
26	Pat Seerey	24	CLE	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	16.7%	5	0	0.0%	1	13	46%	62%	8%	4	25%
27	Stan Spence	32	WSH	6	0	6	0	0	10	0	3	1	4	71	37	1	36	4	1	9	3	0	14	0	1	29	22	2	159	66	41.5%	88	5	3.1%	5	4707	58%	79%	29%	578	59%
28	Thurman Tucker	29	CHW	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	2	30	18	0	21	1	1	2	0	1	4	1	0	8	7	0	65	27	41.5%	36	2	3.1%	2	1647	62%	78%	24%	191	58%
29	Vic Wertz	22	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5	1	20.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	78	65%	76%	23%	7	57%
30	Junior Wooten	23	WSH	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	12.5%	7	0	0.0%	0	195	52%	83%	35%	29	55%
31	Al Zarilla	28	SLB	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	15	9	60.0%	6	0	0.0%	1	605	57%	76%	30%	80	65%
	LgAvg			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	19	9	45.6%	10	0	2.3%	0	548	56%	78%	29%	66	62%