1905 Season
1904 / 1906
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1905 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 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
31.4
10.1
44.9
30.5
2 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
24.9
10.1
39.0
26.9
3 Irv Young *
BSN
SP
27.9
8.0
29.0
15.6
4 Cy Seymour
CIN
CF
32.6
8.0
40.5
27.0
5 Ed Reulbach *
CHN
SP
22.6
7.3
30.3
19.8
6 Bob Ewing
CIN
SP
32.2
6.8
23.2
12.0
7 Mike Donlin
NY1
CF
27.1
6.5
37.6
23.5
8 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
28.8
5.6
24.7
15.5
9 Bill Dahlen
NY1
SS
35.5
5.5
22.5
8.3
10 John Titus
PHI
RF
29.4
5.5
28.7
16.8
11 Roy Thomas
PHI
CF
31.3
5.5
30.8
16.7
12 Sherry Magee
PHI
LF
20.9
5.1
27.9
14.8
13 Dan McGann
NY1
1B
34.0
5.0
23.6
12.9
14 Tully Sparks
PHI
SP
30.6
4.9
19.6
10.2
15 Deacon Phillippe
PIT
SP
33.1
4.4
26.2
16.2
16 Bob Wicker
CHN
SP
27.1
4.3
17.3
10.9
17 Art Devlin
NY1
3B
25.7
4.2
21.7
7.8
18 Joe Tinker
CHN
SS
24.9
4.2
18.4
3.9
19 Jake Weimer
CHN
SP
31.6
4.1
20.9
11.9
20 Jimmy Sheckard
BRO
LF
26.6
3.9
21.7
10.8
21 Miller Huggins
CIN
2B
27.3
3.8
25.2
10.9
22 Orval Overall *
CIN
SP
24.4
3.7
18.4
7.0
23 Roger Bresnahan
NY1
C
26.1
3.7
18.7
9.5
24 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
33.6
3.7
16.6
5.0
25 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
32.7
3.6
24.2
12.5
26 Sam Mertes
NY1
LF
32.9
3.5
24.9
12.6
27 Hooks Wiltse
NY1
SP
25.8
3.4
18.4
11.1
28 Homer Smoot
SLN
CF
27.3
3.4
23.1
10.7
29 Chick Fraser
BSN
SP
31.8
3.2
17.8
5.7
30 Mike Grady
SLN
C
35.5
3.1
15.3
7.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1905 American 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 Rube Waddell
PHA
SP
28.7
9.2
33.8
21.9
2 Ed Killian
DET
SP
28.6
7.9
28.8
17.5
3 Cy Young
BOS
SP
38.3
7.6
28.0
16.4
4 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
29.8
7.3
28.6
16.1
5 George Davis
CHA
SS
34.9
7.2
27.3
12.2
6 Harry Howell
SLA
SP
28.6
6.6
19.1
7.3
7 Jesse Tannehill
BOS
SP
31.0
6.4
24.8
15.0
8 Addie Joss
CLE
SP
25.2
5.9
23.5
13.2
9 Harry Davis
PHA
1B
32.0
5.9
26.4
14.5
10 Al Orth
NYA
SP
32.8
5.9
19.6
8.5
11 Jack Chesbro
NYA
SP
31.1
5.5
21.7
10.8
12 Elmer Flick
CLE
RF
29.5
5.3
28.4
17.8
13 Danny Murphy
PHA
2B
28.9
5.3
25.6
12.4
14 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
25.2
5.3
34.0
22.2
15 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
31.7
5.2
20.0
4.9
16 Doc White
CHA
SP
26.2
5.2
21.3
12.0
17 Jiggs Donahue
CHA
1B
26.0
5.0
22.5
11.4
18 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
27.4
5.0
22.4
8.9
19 Fielder Jones
CHA
CF
33.9
4.9
27.3
13.3
20 George Mullin
DET
SP
25.0
4.9
25.5
12.9
21 George Stone *
SLA
LF
28.8
4.8
26.2
12.8
22 Nick Altrock
CHA
SP
28.8
4.8
25.2
13.7
23 Bill Donovan
DET
SP
28.7
4.7
20.1
9.7
24 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
35.5
4.6
22.8
10.5
25 Topsy Hartsel
PHA
LF
31.0
4.5
28.3
15.1
26 Socks Seybold
PHA
RF
34.6
4.5
20.7
10.2
27 Tom Hughes
WS1
SP
26.6
4.3
19.1
8.6
28 Frank Isbell
CHA
2B
29.9
4.0
17.7
9.9
29 Frank Smith
CHA
SP
25.7
3.9
21.9
11.3
30 Harry Bay
CLE
CF
27.5
3.8
23.3
10.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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