1917 Season
1916 / 1918
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1917 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 Eddie Cicotte
CHA
SP
33.0
11.6
34.2
21.1
2 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
30.5
11.4
46.9
33.5
3 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
SS
21.2
9.9
36.4
22.5
4 Pete Alexander
PHI
SP
30.3
9.9
37.9
24.7
5 Jim Bagby
CLE
SP
27.7
8.7
31.8
19.8
6 Babe Ruth
BOS
SP
22.4
8.7
35.9
23.5
7 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
29.7
8.0
27.3
14.9
8 Ray Chapman
CLE
SS
26.5
7.8
30.7
15.2
9 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
29.2
7.7
36.4
23.8
10 Stan Coveleski
CLE
SP
28.0
7.7
29.4
18.1
11 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
32.5
7.4
27.0
12.5
12 Wilbur Cooper
PIT
SP
25.4
7.3
20.4
10.2
13 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
27.8
7.0
35.7
20.8
14 Hippo Vaughn
CHN
SP
29.2
6.7
23.8
13.7
15 Carl Mays
BOS
SP
25.6
6.6
29.3
18.4
16 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
29.0
6.6
30.3
17.8
17 George Burns
NY1
LF
27.6
6.1
34.6
21.4
18 George Sisler
SLA
1B
24.3
5.9
28.4
18.1
19 Joe Jackson
CHA
LF
28.0
5.8
29.2
17.5
20 Leon Cadore*
BRO
SP
26.6
5.4
20.1
11.1
21 Heinie Zimmerman
NY1
3B
30.4
5.3
26.1
12.2
22 Max Carey
PIT
CF
27.5
5.1
23.5
9.5
23 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
30.2
5.0
32.3
18.2
24 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
24.1
4.9
29.6
17.6
25 Happy Felsch
CHA
CF
25.9
4.7
30.0
16.9
26 Benny Kauff
NY1
CF
27.5
4.7
30.8
17.1
27 Jeff Pfeffer
BRO
SP
29.3
4.6
18.6
9.5
28 Frank Baker
NYA
3B
31.3
4.6
21.0
7.8
29 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
25.6
4.5
22.8
8.5
30 Ferdie Schupp
NY1
SP
26.5
4.5
22.1
12.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James