1893 Season
1892 / 1894














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1893 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Amos Rusie
NY1
SP
22.1
11.8
38.4
22.7
2 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
23.8
11.5
40.8
26.9
3 Cy Young
CL4
SP
26.3
11.1
35.7
21.9
4 Ted Breitenstein
SLN
SP
24.1
10.8
30.0
17.4
5 Frank Killen
PIT
SP
22.6
8.5
38.4
24.8
6 Ed Delahanty
PHI
LF
25.7
6.9
29.4
17.7
7 Brickyard Kennedy
BRO
SP
25.7
5.9
29.1
16.6
8 George Davis
NY1
3B
22.9
5.7
23.0
10.7
9 Sadie McMahon
BLN
SP
25.8
5.6
24.8
13.5
10 Willie McGill
CHN
SP
19.6
5.5
19.2
9.2
11 Elmer Smith
PIT
LF
25.3
5.3
27.2
16.5
12 Billy Hamilton
PHI
CF
27.4
5.0
20.3
12.3
13 Denny Lyons
PIT
3B
27.3
5.0
22.4
10.1
14 Kid Gleason
SLN
SP
26.7
4.7
22.1
9.3
15 Cupid Childs
CL4
2B
25.9
4.7
23.5
11.7
16 Jack Stivetts
BSN
SP
25.3
4.6
25.4
15.6
17 Jake Beckley
PIT
1B
25.9
4.5
18.2
8.0
18 Tony Mullane
MULT
SP
34.4
4.5
25.1
13.0
19 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
36.0
4.4
16.8
6.8
20 Sam Thompson
PHI
RF
33.3
4.2
23.1
11.9
21 John McGraw
BLN
SS
20.2
4.2
21.3
8.7
22 Elton Chamberlain
CIN
SP
25.7
4.1
19.4
11.5
23 Frank Dwyer
CIN
SP
25.3
4.1
21.6
12.1
24 Jack Glasscock
MULT
SS
35.9
4.0
18.3
6.6
25 Bid McPhee
CIN
2B
33.7
3.9
21.4
9.8
26 Jesse Burkett
CL4
LF
24.6
3.9
23.7
12.8
27 Ed Stein
BRO
SP
23.8
3.8
21.3
11.6
28 Dan Brouthers
BRO
1B
35.1
3.8
16.1
10.5
29 John Ward
NY1
2B
33.3
3.7
17.2
4.8
30 Bill Hutchison
CHN
SP
33.5
3.6
18.7
7.2
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James