1898 Season
1897 / 1899














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1898 National League MVP Award

by Votes
 
Total
Player
Tm
Pos
The MVP Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
28.8
11.1
46.3
32.0
2 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
28.6
10.5
31.2
19.3
3 Al Maul
BLN
SP
32.7
7.8
23.4
14.6
4 Jesse Tannehill
PIT
SP
24.0
7.7
33.3
21.0
5 Cy Young
CL4
SP
31.3
7.6
35.2
21.3
6 Doc McJames
BLN
SP
23.8
7.5
30.1
16.5
7 Hughie Jennings
BLN
SS
29.2
7.5
31.6
17.1
8 John McGraw
BLN
3B
25.2
7.1
30.3
16.7
9 Bert Cunningham
LS3
SP
32.6
6.9
29.8
16.7
10 Jimmy Collins
BSN
3B
28.5
6.9
32.2
18.1
11 Ted Lewis
BSN
SP
25.5
6.8
32.8
21.2
12 Ed Delahanty
PHI
LF
30.7
6.1
30.9
18.8
13 Bill Dahlen
CHN
SS
28.5
5.7
27.8
13.8
14 Pink Hawley
CIN
SP
25.6
5.4
27.5
15.4
15 Jack Powell
CL4
SP
24.0
5.4
28.0
15.6
16 Dan McGann
BLN
1B
27.0
5.2
20.9
10.0
17 Wiley Piatt *
PHI
SP
24.0
5.1
20.5
9.4
18 Gene DeMontreville
BLN
2B
25.3
5.0
23.6
10.0
19 Elmer Flick *
PHI
RF
22.5
4.9
24.1
14.0
20 Bobby Wallace
CL4
3B
24.7
4.7
23.6
9.3
21 Billy Hamilton
BSN
CF
32.4
4.6
28.9
18.9
22 Willie Keeler
BLN
RF
26.3
4.5
23.8
13.1
23 Lave Cross
SLN
3B
32.1
4.5
18.7
4.9
24 Al Orth
PHI
SP
25.8
4.4
17.9
8.6
25 Vic Willis *
BSN
SP
22.2
4.3
28.6
17.2
26 Ted Breitenstein
CIN
SP
29.1
4.3
23.7
12.1
27 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
LF
35.4
4.3
27.3
14.9
28 Bill Joyce
NY1
1B
32.8
4.3
23.1
12.2
29 Amos Rusie
NY1
SP
27.1
4.2
19.6
8.6
30 Jesse Burkett
CL4
LF
29.6
4.2
27.0
13.8
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James