1912 Season
1911 / 1913
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1912 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 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
24.7
14.6
47.3
33.8
2 Ed Walsh
CHA
SP
31.1
12.2
39.4
25.0
3 Joe Wood
BOS
SP
22.7
11.7
43.6
31.0
4 Tris Speaker
BOS
CF
24.2
10.1
51.5
37.8
5 Joe Jackson
CLE
RF
23.0
9.6
37.0
25.2
6 Frank Baker
PHA
3B
26.3
9.2
38.4
24.8
7 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
25.5
9.2
38.8
26.5
8 Eddie Collins
PHA
2B
25.2
8.7
36.5
22.8
9 Nap Rucker
BRO
SP
27.8
8.4
22.9
12.2
10 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
38.4
8.1
35.8
21.3
11 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
31.9
7.8
30.6
19.3
12 Heinie Zimmerman
CHN
3B
25.4
7.0
34.2
21.2
13 Vean Gregg
CLE
SP
27.2
6.8
22.9
13.0
14 Jack Warhop
NYA
SP
28.0
6.7
17.1
7.7
15 Pete Alexander
PHI
SP
25.3
6.4
23.8
12.6
16 Johnny Evers
CHN
2B
30.9
5.9
27.0
14.9
17 Claude Hendrix
PIT
SP
23.2
5.9
27.9
17.3
18 Rube Marquard
NY1
SP
25.7
5.8
25.5
14.7
19 Stuffy McInnis
PHA
1B
21.8
5.7
24.0
12.6
20 Larry Gardner
BOS
3B
26.1
5.6
28.4
15.8
21 Ray Collins
BOS
SP
25.4
5.6
18.8
11.5
22 Slim Sallee
SLN
SP
27.4
5.5
21.2
10.6
23 Eddie Foster*
WS1
3B
25.4
5.4
25.2
10.9
24 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
37.8
5.4
21.8
11.9
25 Clyde Milan
WS1
CF
25.3
5.4
32.5
18.8
26 Bill Sweeney
BSN
2B
26.3
5.3
22.5
8.2
27 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
36.8
5.1
23.9
14.4
28 George Suggs
CIN
SP
30.0
5.1
22.0
10.9
29 Russ Ford
NYA
SP
29.2
5.0
16.2
5.4
30 Donie Bush
DET
SS
24.7
5.0
18.7
4.3
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James