Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Most Home Runs hit while playing centerfield: Mays, Griffey, Mantle ... and all their other stats in center.

These three recent posts led to this one:

Salvador Perez: 45 home runs! But only 30 as catcher; 15 as DH. Who says catching 75% of games is OK to say all count as a catcher? Saturday, September 18, 2021

How to determine the primary fielding position: games, plate appearances, innings, ...? Was Mickey Mantle a centerfielder? Sunday, September 19, 2021

Catchers hitting 40 home runs matrix of homers by position, plus DH & PH. Monday, September 20, 2021

Most Home Runs hit while playing centerfield: Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr, Mickey Mantle.

Note: Mantle is the only one of the three to enter a game as a pinch runner.

Mantle and Mays 1968 NEA, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Two sets of data for all positions, then two more sets with just their data playing center. Data from baseball-reference.com

ISplitGGSPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOISplit
Mantleas 1B2611,0728541182022713810373206209Mantleas 1B
Mantleas 2B1111110000000Mantleas 2B
Mantleas 3B1221200000000Mantleas 3B
Mantleas SS4842200110041Mantleas SS
Mantleas LF130515425611141412968538992Mantleas LF
Mantleas CF1,7267,4896,1121,3681,901268634301,190129281,3211,262Mantleas CF
Mantleas RF146632546103152255291109883109Mantleas RF
Mantleas PH12512510692570730101833Mantleas PH
Mantleas PR100Mantleas PR
ISplitGGSPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOISplit
Maysas 1B753072384160811333946056Maysas 1B
Maysas 3B122000000000Maysas 3B
Maysas SS111000000000Maysas SS
Maysas LF1551200000001Maysas LF
Maysas CF2,74411,82410,3401,9623,1325021346331,816313961,3501,425Maysas CF
Maysas RF11423371220240097Maysas RF
Maysas PH12912997162521526302827Maysas PH
ISplitGGSPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOISplit
Griffeyas LF11403631030280046Griffeyas LF
Griffeyas CF2,1259,2848,0761,4242,348442365421,566173661,0451,432Griffeyas CF
Griffeyas RF2301,0158581272314424514462141154Griffeyas RF
Griffeyas DH200852742102169320359551102158Griffeyas DH
Griffeyas PH1161169262430623002030Griffeyas PH
Griffeyas PH for DH333100000001Griffeyas PH for DH

ISplitBAOBPSLGOPSTBGDPHBPSHSFIBBROEBAbiptOPS+I
Mantleas 1B.237.383.404.787345152191314.26664Mantle
Mantleas 2B1.0001.0002.0003.00020000001.000497Mantle
Mantleas 3B1.0001.0001.0002.00020000001.000318Mantle
Mantleas SS.500.7501.2502.0005000010.500303Mantle
Mantleas LF.268.394.511.90521715001103.27986Mantle
Mantleas CF.311.432.5871.0193,5857810113511683.330108Mantle
Mantleas RF.278.373.502.8752743021810.30179Mantle
Mantleas PH.236.344.500.84453200111.26972Mantle
Mantleas PRMantle
ISplitBAOBPSLGOPSTBGDPHBPSHSFIBBROEBAbiptOPS+I
Maysas 1B.252.403.458.8611091132482.27287Mays
Maysas 3B.000.000.000.0000000000.000-100Mays
Maysas SS.000.000.000.0000000000.000-100Mays
Maysas LF.400.400.400.8002000000.50076Mays
Maysas CF.303.383.561.9445,801233411182193163.299100Mays
Maysas RF.364.500.6061.10620000020.417139Mays
Maysas PH.258.411.454.86444600485.29089Mays
ISplitBAOBPSLGOPSTBGDPHBPSHSFIBBROEBAbiptOPS+I
Griffeyas LF.278.350.528.87819000000.28693Griffey
Griffeyas CF.291.374.556.9294,4881657288320173.292104Griffey
Griffeyas RF.269.370.483.853414214012264.27790Griffey
Griffeyas DH.228.323.412.73530611404138.24264Griffey
Griffeyas PH.261.388.489.87745210360.30596Griffey
Griffeyas PH for DH.333.333.333.6671000000.50052Griffey

ISplitGGSPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOI
Mantleas CF1,7267,4896,1121,3681,901268634301,190129281,3211,262Mantle
Maysas CF2,74411,82410,3401,9623,1325021346331,816313961,3501,425Mays
Griffeyas CF2,1259,2848,0761,4242,348442365421,566173661,0451,432Griffey

ISplitBAOBPSLGOPSTBGDPHBPSHSFIBBROEBAbiptOPS+I
Mantleas CF.311.432.5871.0193,5857810113511683.330108Mantle
Maysas CF.303.383.561.9445,801233411182193163.299100Mays
Griffeyas CF.291.374.556.9294,4881657288320173.292104Griffey

Mays dominates totals while Mantle sweeps averages, including tOPS+, which is relative to the player, not relative to all players.

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