1916 Season
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1916 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 Pete Alexander
PHI
SP
29.3
11.7
42.4
28.9
2 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
28.7
10.7
34.3
21.6
3 Babe Ruth
BOS
SP
21.4
10.4
35.4
24.3
4 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
28.2
8.6
40.9
27.4
5 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
29.5
8.0
42.0
28.8
6 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
29.2
7.1
31.0
16.9
7 Joe Jackson
CHA
LF
27.0
7.1
33.3
20.6
8 Jeff Pfeffer
BRO
SP
28.3
7.1
30.5
19.2
9 Bob Shawkey
NYA
SP
25.6
6.8
26.0
16.4
10 Harry Coveleski
DET
SP
30.2
6.5
26.2
15.1
11 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
31.5
6.2
24.2
11.3
12 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
28.1
6.1
31.0
18.6
13 Wilbur Cooper
PIT
SP
24.4
6.0
18.8
10.3
14 Hippo Vaughn
CHN
SP
28.2
5.9
22.4
12.2
15 Amos Strunk
PHA
CF
27.4
5.5
21.9
9.1
16 Carl Mays
BOS
SP
24.6
5.3
21.3
12.8
17 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
26.8
5.3
23.4
9.1
18 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
24.6
5.2
27.8
12.0
19 Joe Bush
PHA
SP
23.6
5.2
8.2
-1.6
20 Dutch Leonard
BOS
SP
24.2
5.2
21.7
12.3
21 George Sisler
SLA
1B
23.3
5.2
24.6
12.1
22 Max Carey
PIT
CF
26.5
5.1
26.8
12.7
23 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
28.0
5.0
27.4
14.9
24 Harry Harper
WS1
SP
21.2
4.9
18.3
9.7
25 Rogers Hornsby*
SLN
3B
20.2
4.8
27.4
15.1
26 Larry Gardner
BOS
3B
30.1
4.8
26.3
13.6
27 Del Pratt
SLA
2B
28.5
4.7
23.2
9.1
28 Burt Shotton
SLA
LF
31.7
4.7
26.5
12.6
29 Carl Weilman
SLA
SP
26.6
4.5
18.9
9.4
30 Roger Peckinpaugh
NYA
SS
25.4
4.4
20.6
5.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie
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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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James