1919 Season
1918 / 1920
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1919 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
31.7
10.8
25.7
16.0
2 Babe Ruth
BOS
LF
24.4
10.3
42.6
28.2
3 Eddie Cicotte
CHA
SP
35.0
9.6
31.6
21.5
4 Pete Alexander
CHN
SP
32.3
7.6
25.3
17.8
5 Hippo Vaughn
CHN
SP
31.2
7.3
30.2
20.5
6 Babe Adams
PIT
SP
37.1
7.3
26.8
18.3
7 Stan Coveleski
CLE
SP
30.0
6.9
27.4
18.0
8 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
3B
23.2
6.8
25.5
12.8
9 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
31.0
6.7
31.1
19.7
10 Jim Shaw
WS1
SP
25.9
6.2
18.8
8.7
11 Roger Peckinpaugh
NYA
SS
28.4
6.2
23.7
11.4
12 George Sisler
SLA
1B
26.3
6.1
24.6
14.7
13 Joe Jackson
CHA
LF
30.0
5.9
30.7
19.3
14 Allen Sothoron
SLA
SP
26.2
5.9
24.0
15.2
15 Leon Cadore
BRO
SP
28.6
5.7
18.6
10.6
16 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
32.5
5.5
31.8
20.6
17 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
29.8
5.4
30.4
18.9
18 Lefty Williams
CHA
SP
26.3
5.4
23.0
13.2
19 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
34.5
5.3
19.8
7.6
20 Del Pratt
NYA
2B
31.5
5.3
20.8
8.5
21 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
32.2
5.2
27.5
14.5
22 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
26.1
5.2
32.3
20.2
23 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
31.2
5.2
26.7
14.5
24 Art Nehf
MULT
SP
26.9
5.2
19.8
11.1
25 George Burns
NY1
LF
29.6
5.1
32.9
20.9
26 Wilbur Cooper
PIT
SP
27.4
5.0
24.6
15.4
27 Milt Stock
SLN
2B
26.0
4.9
19.8
7.7
28 Dick Rudolph
BSN
SP
31.9
4.8
19.0
10.3
29 Jeff Pfeffer
BRO
SP
31.3
4.7
18.0
9.4
30 Urban Shocker
SLA
SP
28.9
4.7
16.7
9.7
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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