What is Seasons Fielding ?

The number of year in an MLB player's career where the player had at least one defensive appearance. When used in the context of yearly statistics it's the specific year being measure, for career or all time it would refer to all years that make up the given time frame. Generally, for Seasons Fielding, higher is better. (Source)

What is a good Seasons Fielding?

What does good Seasons Fielding mean? "Good" baseball stats can be very subjective and mean different things to different people. I have attempted to quantify good and bad by taking season and career stats for MLB players with a minimum number of played outs. In this case 100 for career and 50 for a season. To find good and bad within this cohort of players I calculated the first and third quartiles, anything between these quartiles I consider average. This makes up the middle 50% of players. In an example where higher is better for a stat, below the first quartile (bottom 25% of players) would be bad and above the 3rd quartile (top 25% of players) would be good. For stats where lower is better, flip around good and bad.
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Career, Season, and Season Average Seasons Fielding Records

For my hot take on Seasons Fielding records most of the same rules apply from the first section. To be considered for my prestigious lists the player must meet a certain threshold of played outs. Since this is a Fielding stat to be considered for the career list the player must have over 100 played outs, for a season consideration the player must have had 75 played outs. Additionally, the player's final game must have been after 1899.
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Distribution of Career Seasons Fielding by Player Generation

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Distribution of Season Seasons Fielding by Player Generation

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Distribution of Career Seasons Fielding by Player Position

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Distribution of Season Seasons Fielding by Player Position

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