1904 Season
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1904 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 Jack Chesbro
NYA
SP
30.1
11.0
53.5
37.5
2 Cy Young
BOS
SP
37.3
9.8
34.7
21.4
3 Rube Waddell
PHA
SP
27.7
9.7
33.5
20.0
4 Joe McGinnity
NY1
SP
33.3
9.6
43.3
29.5
5 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
28.8
9.0
29.0
16.5
6 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
29.8
8.6
40.9
27.9
7 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
30.4
8.2
41.0
27.9
8 Kid Nichols
SLN
SP
34.8
7.5
26.6
15.7
9 George Davis
CHA
SS
33.9
7.2
27.9
13.2
10 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
26.4
6.6
28.1
13.7
11 Noodles Hahn
CIN
SP
25.2
6.5
24.6
14.4
12 Elmer Flick
CLE
RF
28.5
6.5
30.3
17.8
13 Harry Howell
SLA
SP
27.6
6.3
21.2
10.7
14 Freddy Parent
BOS
SS
28.6
6.2
29.4
14.2
15 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
23.9
6.1
34.4
21.8
16 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
27.8
5.9
29.0
19.4
17 Jesse Tannehill
BOS
SP
30.0
5.8
24.9
14.9
18 Jake Weimer
CHN
SP
30.6
5.8
27.7
17.2
19 Jack Taylor
SLN
SP
30.5
5.7
25.3
13.3
20 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
30.7
5.7
23.1
9.3
21 Bill Dahlen
NY1
SS
34.5
5.6
23.4
9.4
22 Sam Leever
PIT
SP
32.5
5.4
22.4
13.7
23 Kid Elberfeld
NYA
SS
29.2
5.4
17.6
5.7
24 Patsy Flaherty
MULT
SP
28.0
5.3
25.0
15.0
25 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
34.5
5.3
27.3
12.6
26 Bill Dinneen
BOS
SP
28.2
5.2
25.8
14.0
27 George Mullin
DET
SP
24.0
5.1
25.1
11.6
28 Danny Murphy
PHA
2B
27.9
5.1
25.5
12.8
29 Willie Keeler
NYA
RF
32.3
5.0
26.7
15.1
30 Bill Bernhard
CLE
SP
33.3
5.0
21.7
10.4
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James