1903 Season
1902 / 1904
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1903 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 Joe McGinnity
NY1
SP
32.3
11.3
39.2
24.2
2 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
22.9
10.2
35.3
22.6
3 Cy Young
BOS
SP
36.3
8.6
35.2
23.4
4 Rube Waddell
PHA
SP
26.7
8.0
27.7
16.5
5 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
28.8
8.0
31.2
20.0
6 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
29.4
7.6
35.2
22.2
7 Bill Donovan
DET
SP
26.7
7.4
22.1
11.3
8 Noodles Hahn
CIN
SP
24.2
7.4
24.0
13.8
9 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
27.8
7.2
27.6
15.9
10 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
25.4
7.1
29.1
16.1
11 Jimmy Sheckard
BRO
LF
24.6
7.1
32.8
20.8
12 Willie Sudhoff
SLA
SP
28.8
6.5
24.7
14.6
13 Bill Dinneen
BOS
SP
27.2
6.5
25.2
14.9
14 Freddy Parent
BOS
SS
27.6
6.4
27.5
13.6
15 Sam Leever
PIT
SP
31.5
6.1
27.6
17.8
16 George Mullin
DET
SP
23.0
6.0
23.5
12.4
17 Vic Willis
BSN
SP
27.2
5.9
19.5
9.8
18 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
26.8
5.7
28.4
18.8
19 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
23.2
5.7
25.3
13.9
20 Jake Weimer*
CHN
SP
29.6
5.6
23.7
13.9
21 Roy Thomas
PHI
CF
29.3
5.5
22.0
9.8
22 Doc White
CHA
SP
24.2
5.4
21.8
11.4
23 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
33.5
5.3
27.0
14.4
24 Bill Dahlen
BRO
SS
33.5
5.0
22.5
9.2
25 Deacon Phillippe
PIT
SP
31.1
5.0
25.7
15.7
26 Jack Taylor
CHN
SP
29.5
5.0
24.8
14.0
27 Jimmy Barrett
DET
CF
28.3
4.9
25.7
13.0
28 Jack Chesbro
NYA
SP
29.1
4.7
22.3
11.1
29 Kid Elberfeld
MULT
SS
28.2
4.6
24.6
11.9
30 Roger Bresnahan
NY1
CF
24.1
4.5
27.0
17.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James