1907 Season
1906 / 1908
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1907 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 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
33.4
8.9
44.3
30.6
2 Ed Killian
DET
SP
30.6
8.1
29.2
18.5
3 Cy Young
BOS
SP
40.3
7.9
26.1
14.5
4 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
26.9
7.8
27.1
16.1
5 Ed Walsh
CHA
SP
26.1
7.6
35.0
20.8
6 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
32.8
7.6
30.2
18.4
7 Ed Karger
SLN
SP
24.2
6.9
21.2
10.2
8 Sherry Magee
PHI
LF
22.9
6.9
37.7
26.3
9 Ty Cobb
DET
RF
20.5
6.8
40.2
28.1
10 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
31.8
6.6
27.7
16.1
11 Bob Ewing
CIN
SP
34.2
6.2
22.5
10.8
12 Orval Overall
CHN
SP
26.4
6.0
31.0
21.6
13 Sam Crawford
DET
CF
27.2
5.9
35.6
22.5
14 Addie Joss
CLE
SP
27.2
5.7
30.5
19.1
15 Ed Siever
DET
SP
32.2
5.6
19.2
9.9
16 Elmer Flick
CLE
RF
31.5
5.6
34.4
22.3
17 Bill Donovan
DET
SP
30.7
5.6
23.2
14.0
18 George Stone
SLA
LF
30.8
5.4
27.4
14.4
19 Johnny Evers
CHN
2B
25.9
5.3
20.8
8.2
20 Tommy Leach
PIT
CF
29.7
5.3
30.3
16.8
21 Chief Bender
PHA
SP
23.2
5.3
21.1
13.5
22 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
33.7
5.2
19.6
5.5
23 Harry Howell
SLA
SP
30.6
5.2
22.3
11.5
24 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
34.7
5.2
28.9
17.0
25 Mordecai Brown
CHN
SP
30.7
5.1
28.4
20.2
26 Dave Brain
BSN
3B
28.4
4.9
21.8
9.4
27 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
30.8
4.8
21.9
13.5
28 Carl Lundgren
CHN
SP
27.4
4.7
25.6
18.4
29 Harry Steinfeldt
CHN
3B
29.8
4.7
21.1
7.2
30 George Davis
CHA
SS
36.9
4.6
16.8
4.3
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James