1902 Season
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1902 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 Rube Waddell
PHA
SP
25.7
10.3
31.5
22.4
2 Jack Taylor
CHN
SP
28.5
10.2
31.2
19.6
3 Cy Young
BOS
SP
35.3
10.1
38.0
25.4
4 Noodles Hahn
CIN
SP
23.2
9.0
27.7
16.8
5 Joe McGinnity
MULT
SP
31.3
8.5
24.3
12.4
6 Vic Willis
BSN
SP
26.2
8.1
31.2
17.4
7 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
28.4
7.3
34.6
22.4
8 Doc White
PHI
SP
23.2
7.0
24.8
13.9
9 Ed Delahanty
WS1
LF
34.7
6.7
29.8
19.7
10 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
24.4
6.7
25.6
12.8
11 Togie Pittinger
BSN
SP
30.5
6.5
27.6
14.6
12 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
26.8
6.4
24.3
14.5
13 Jack Powell
SLA
SP
28.0
6.0
28.8
18.0
14 Bill Dinneen
BOS
SP
26.2
5.9
28.4
16.2
15 Tommy Leach
PIT
3B
24.7
5.9
26.3
13.9
16 George Davis
CHA
SS
31.9
5.7
25.6
12.6
17 Win Mercer
DET
SP
28.0
5.7
19.3
10.1
18 Bill Bernhard
MULT
SP
31.3
5.6
19.7
12.3
19 Jack Chesbro
PIT
SP
28.1
5.3
25.4
15.7
20 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
30.6
5.1
23.7
13.3
21 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
28.7
5.1
22.2
9.4
22 Nap Lajoie
MULT
2B
27.8
5.1
21.1
13.0
23 Ginger Beaumont
PIT
CF
25.9
5.1
31.0
18.6
24 Ed Siever
DET
SP
27.2
5.0
16.1
9.9
25 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
29.7
5.0
27.7
17.9
26 Sam Crawford
CIN
RF
22.2
4.9
22.5
11.4
27 Charlie Hickman
MULT
1B
26.3
4.9
23.4
13.1
28 Red Donahue
SLA
SP
29.4
4.7
29.9
19.5
29 Lave Cross
PHA
3B
36.1
4.4
26.9
14.0
30 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
21.9
4.4
20.2
10.7
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James