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Top actual-season own-league WAA rows under the public range-medium fielding lens.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Hornsby | CHN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 8.29 | 7.08 | 1.35 |
| Al Simmons | PHA | AL | LF | 0.947 | 7.66 | 5.12 | 2.49 |
| Babe Ruth | NYA | AL | RF | 0.877 | 6.87 | 5.89 | 0.94 |
| Charlie Gehringer | DET | AL | 2B | 1.000 | 5.02 | 4.88 | 0.05 |
| Marty McManus | DET | AL | 3B | 0.994 | 4.94 | 3.09 | 1.74 |
| Lefty O'Doul | PHI | NL | LF | 1.000 | 4.92 | 4.94 | 0.17 |
| Travis Jackson | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.980 | 4.82 | 3.04 | 1.51 |
| Tony Lazzeri | NYA | AL | 2B | 0.955 | 4.78 | 4.81 | 0.03 |
| Pinky Whitney | PHI | NL | 3B | 1.000 | 4.68 | 2.99 | 1.61 |
| Mickey Cochrane | PHA | AL | C | 0.894 | 4.59 | 4.62 | 0.01 |
| Chick Hafey | SLN | NL | LF | 0.870 | 3.97 | 3.34 | 0.80 |
| Bill Dickey | NYA | AL | C | 0.768 | 3.79 | 3.69 | 0.09 |
| Bill Terry | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.987 | 3.73 | 2.62 | 1.24 |
| Heinie Manush | SLA | AL | LF | 0.922 | 3.53 | 2.24 | 1.38 |
| Red Kress | SLA | AL | SS | 0.955 | 3.51 | 2.21 | 1.34 |
| Mel Ott | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.987 | 3.38 | 3.05 | 0.28 |
| Lou Gehrig | NYA | AL | 1B | 1.000 | 3.37 | 3.38 | 0.11 |
| Jimmie Wilson | SLN | NL | C | 0.729 | 3.31 | 3.20 | 0.13 |
| Jimmie Foxx | PHA | AL | 1B | 0.987 | 3.29 | 3.98 | -1.00 |
| Chuck Klein | PHI | NL | RF | 0.968 | 3.28 | 3.65 | -0.17 |
| Lloyd Waner | PIT | NL | CF | 0.981 | 3.26 | 1.33 | 1.85 |
| Bing Miller | PHA | AL | RF | 0.974 | 3.20 | 2.15 | 1.20 |
| Jimmy Dykes | PHA | AL | SS | 0.788 | 3.03 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| George Grantham | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.714 | 3.02 | 2.79 | 0.12 |
| Riggs Stephenson | CHN | NL | LF | 0.872 | 2.96 | 2.56 | 0.49 |
| Joe Sewell | CLE | AL | 3B | 1.000 | 2.96 | 1.31 | 1.64 |
| Earl Averill | CLE | AL | CF | 0.993 | 2.95 | 3.26 | -0.18 |
| Joe Cronin | WS1 | AL | SS | 0.948 | 2.79 | 2.11 | 0.71 |
| Wally Schang | SLA | AL | C | 0.542 | 2.65 | 2.49 | 0.12 |
| Taylor Douthit | SLN | NL | CF | 0.974 | 2.64 | 1.98 | 0.78 |
| Freddie Lindstrom | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.855 | 2.54 | 1.14 | 1.23 |
| Lew Fonseca | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.974 | 2.50 | 1.21 | 1.12 |
| Hack Wilson | CHN | NL | CF | 0.962 | 2.47 | 4.09 | -1.38 |
| Paul Waner | PIT | NL | RF | 0.981 | 2.42 | 1.49 | 1.18 |
| Don Hurst | PHI | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 2.41 | 1.47 | 0.97 |
| Earle Combs | NYA | AL | CF | 0.922 | 2.40 | 2.80 | -0.31 |
| Frankie Frisch | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.896 | 2.28 | 2.29 | -0.01 |
| Willie Kamm | CHA | AL | 3B | 0.967 | 2.22 | 1.40 | 0.66 |
| Pie Traynor | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.844 | 2.14 | 2.44 | -0.14 |
| Dale Alexander | DET | AL | 1B | 1.000 | 2.00 | 2.06 | -0.07 |
| Bob Fothergill | DET | AL | LF | 0.473 | 1.97 | 2.81 | -0.75 |
| Fred Schulte | SLA | AL | CF | 0.786 | 1.96 | -0.07 | 1.91 |
| Bob O'Farrell | NY1 | NL | C | 0.464 | 1.95 | 1.71 | 0.14 |
| Johnny Frederick | BRO | NL | CF | 0.967 | 1.92 | 2.19 | -0.26 |
| Johnny Hodapp | CLE | AL | 2B | 0.520 | 1.91 | 0.93 | 0.73 |
| Virgil Davis | PHI | NL | C | 0.469 | 1.87 | 2.15 | -0.19 |
| Harry Heilmann | DET | AL | RF | 0.806 | 1.86 | 2.77 | -0.83 |
| Rabbit Maranville | BSN | NL | SS | 0.948 | 1.78 | 0.42 | 1.26 |
| Kiki Cuyler | CHN | NL | RF | 0.891 | 1.75 | 1.59 | 0.29 |
| Dick Bartell | PIT | NL | SS | 0.929 | 1.64 | 1.42 | 0.00 |
| Fresco Thompson | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.961 | 1.63 | 0.58 | 1.16 |
| Jim Bottomley | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.948 | 1.48 | 2.60 | -1.06 |
| Clyde Sukeforth | CIN | NL | C | 0.423 | 1.45 | 1.58 | 0.07 |
| Johnny Gooch | BRO | NL | C | 0.513 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 0.20 |
| Bill Cissell | CHA | AL | SS | 1.000 | 1.29 | 0.23 | 1.05 |
| Buddy Myer | WS1 | AL | 2B | 0.922 | 1.23 | 1.18 | -0.01 |
| Gabby Hartnett | CHN | NL | C | 0.045 | 1.18 | 0.82 | 0.28 |
| Harvey Hendrick | BRO | NL | LF | 0.693 | 1.11 | 1.46 | -0.48 |
| Lyn Lary | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.435 | 1.09 | 1.12 | -0.11 |
| Johnnie Heving | BOS | AL | C | 0.323 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.17 |
| Ossie Bluege | WS1 | AL | 3B | 0.402 | 0.90 | 0.31 | 0.58 |
| Pinky Hargrave | DET | AL | C | 0.339 | 0.82 | 1.07 | -0.33 |
| Sam Rice | WS1 | AL | RF | 0.980 | 0.78 | 0.34 | 0.47 |
| Horace Ford | CIN | NL | SS | 0.952 | 0.71 | -0.49 | 1.24 |
| Bennie Tate | WS1 | AL | C | 0.472 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.07 |
| Lu Blue | SLA | AL | 1B | 0.981 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.26 |
| Mark Koenig | NYA | AL | SS | 0.649 | 0.59 | 1.69 | -0.78 |
| Jim Mosolf | PIT | NL | LF | 0.023 | 0.59 | 0.48 | 0.15 |
| Bernie Friberg | PHI | NL | SS | 0.831 | 0.59 | 2.06 | -1.41 |
| Mule Haas | PHA | AL | CF | 0.921 | 0.58 | -0.11 | 0.62 |
| Oscar Melillo | SLA | AL | 2B | 0.883 | 0.56 | -0.56 | 1.06 |
| Merv Shea | DET | AL | C | 0.294 | 0.55 | 0.55 | -0.02 |
| Gene Robertson | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.614 | 0.51 | 0.88 | -0.53 |
| Val Picinich | BRO | NL | C | 0.515 | 0.45 | 0.63 | -0.13 |
| Goose Goslin | WS1 | AL | LF | 0.948 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
| Roy Johnson | DET | AL | LF | 0.955 | 0.42 | 1.89 | -1.58 |
| Eric McNair | PHA | AL | SS | 0.013 | 0.38 | 0.37 | -0.02 |
| Tripp Sigman | PHI | NL | CF | 0.052 | 0.34 | 0.61 | -0.27 |
| Shanty Hogan | NY1 | NL | C | 0.581 | 0.32 | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| Bevo LeBourveau | PHA | AL | CF | 0.036 | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
| Grover Hartley | CLE | AL | C | 0.058 | 0.28 | -0.01 | 0.26 |
| Carl Reynolds | CHA | AL | RF | 0.862 | 0.27 | 0.25 | -0.09 |
| Hank Gowdy | BSN | NL | C | 0.026 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| Ethan Allen | CIN | NL | CF | 0.916 | 0.22 | -1.49 | 1.76 |
| Joe Cicero | BOS | AL | CF | 0.052 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Buck Jordan | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.003 | 0.19 | 0.19 | -0.02 |
| Earl Smith | SLN | NL | C | 0.266 | 0.18 | 0.25 | -0.17 |
| George Susce | PHI | NL | C | 0.031 | 0.16 | 0.46 | -0.37 |
| Nick Altrock | WS1 | AL | RF | 0.002 | 0.15 | 0.18 | -0.03 |
| Buck Crouse | CHA | AL | C | 0.192 | 0.14 | 0.19 | -0.10 |
| Johnny Cooney | BSN | NL | CF | 0.123 | 0.13 | -0.39 | 0.55 |
| Pat Veltman | NY1 | NL | C | 0.005 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Arndt Jorgens | NYA | AL | C | 0.067 | 0.08 | 0.12 | -0.02 |
| Julie Wera | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.023 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Stu Clarke | PIT | NL | SS | 0.333 | 0.07 | 0.26 | -0.21 |
| Wally Shaner | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.052 | 0.05 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| Joe Boley | PHA | AL | SS | 0.556 | 0.03 | 0.18 | -0.07 |
| Harry Rice | DET | AL | CF | 0.839 | 0.02 | 0.43 | -0.62 |
| Wally Gilbert | BRO | NL | 3B | 0.935 | 0.02 | -0.09 | -0.03 |
| Harry Riconda | PIT | NL | SS | 0.028 | 0.01 | 0.17 | -0.18 |
| Doc Marshall | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.028 | 0.01 | 0.06 | -0.03 |
| Terry Lyons | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Johnny Evers | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| George Sisler | BSN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | -0.00 | -0.78 | 0.96 |
| Bill Akers | DET | AL | SS | 0.155 | -0.01 | 0.12 | -0.26 |
| Rudy Miller | PHA | AL | 3B | 0.012 | -0.03 | 0.06 | -0.10 |
| Bill Dunlap | BSN | NL | LF | 0.054 | -0.03 | 0.42 | -0.43 |
| Ken Williams | BOS | AL | CF | 0.260 | -0.04 | 0.76 | -0.77 |
| John O'Connell | PIT | NL | C | 0.013 | -0.04 | -0.04 | 0.02 |
| Muddy Ruel | WS1 | AL | C | 0.366 | -0.06 | -0.14 | 0.12 |
| Doc Land | WS1 | AL | CF | 0.007 | -0.09 | -0.07 | 0.00 |
| Charlie Gelbert | SLN | NL | SS | 0.938 | -0.09 | -0.14 | -0.06 |
| Babe Herman | BRO | NL | RF | 0.954 | -0.10 | 3.31 | -3.38 |
| Hugh McMullen | CIN | NL | C | 0.002 | -0.10 | -0.13 | 0.03 |
| Sam Leslie | NY1 | NL | LF | 0.003 | -0.11 | -0.11 | 0.00 |
| Jimmy Austin | SLA | AL | 3B | 0.002 | -0.12 | -0.13 | 0.02 |
| Ivey Wingo | CIN | NL | C | 0.002 | -0.12 | -0.12 | -0.02 |
| Cloy Mattox | PHA | AL | C | 0.012 | -0.12 | -0.10 | -0.05 |
| Ben Sankey | PIT | NL | SS | 0.013 | -0.13 | -0.13 | -0.01 |
| Rick Ferrell | SLA | AL | C | 0.294 | -0.14 | -0.06 | -0.14 |