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1920 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Nicholson
PIT
LF
25.8
2.7
13.9
8.7
2 Pat Duncan
CIN
LF
26.7
2.4
20.8
8.3
3 Jesse Haines
SLN
SP
26.9
1.7
14.1
3.2
4 Mickey O'Neil
BSN
C
20.2
1.6
11.7
3.3
5 Hod Ford
BSN
2B
22.9
1.5
5.6
-0.7
6 Earl Smith
NY1
C
23.4
1.5
9.7
2.8
7 John Sullivan
BSN
RF
30.3
1.5
9.8
4.3
8 Buddy Napier
CIN
SP
30.5
1.3
5.0
3.3
9 Eddie Eayrs
BSN
LF
29.6
1.3
10.4
4.3
10 Leo Townsend
BSN
RP
29.5
1.1
2.8
1.9
11 Clyde Barnhart
PIT
3B
24.5
0.6
2.3
1.3
12 Al Pierotti
BSN
SP
24.7
0.5
1.6
0.8
13 George Lyons
SLN
SW
29.4
0.5
1.5
0.7
14 Johnny Morrison
PIT
SP
24.7
0.4
1.4
1.1
15 Jack Wisner
PIT
RP
20.7
0.4
2.2
0.6
16 Johnny Miljus
BRO
RP
25.0
0.4
1.9
1.1
17 Jimmy Zinn
PIT
SP
25.4
0.3
1.6
0.5
18 Lou North
SLN
SW
29.0
0.3
3.7
0.6
19 William Marriott
CHN
2B
27.2
0.3
2.1
1.0
20 Homer Summa
PIT
CF
21.7
0.3
1.3
0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1920 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Rommel
PHA
SP
22.8
5.9
13.8
7.5
2 Dave Keefe
PHA
SP
23.5
3.2
9.2
4.5
3 Bob Meusel
NYA
RF
24.0
3.2
19.7
10.3
4 Duster Mails
CLE
SP
25.8
2.1
7.6
5.3
5 Rip Collins
NYA
SP
24.3
2.1
14.0
7.2
6 Aaron Ward
NYA
3B
23.8
1.8
15.6
3.6
7 Slim Harriss
PHA
SP
23.6
1.8
9.2
2.2
8 Jose Acosta
WS1
SW
29.3
1.6
4.7
1.7
9 Bill Burwell
SLA
RP
25.3
1.3
7.8
3.9
10 Roy Wilkinson
CHA
SP
27.1
1.3
7.6
2.4
11 Bucky Harris
WS1
2B
23.6
1.1
14.6
2.3
12 Jim O'Neill
WS1
SS
27.4
0.9
8.1
0.6
13 Bill Bayne
SLA
SP
21.2
0.9
5.9
2.3
14 Roy Moore
PHA
SP
21.7
0.6
3.3
-1.5
15 Joe Sewell
CLE
SS
21.7
0.6
3.6
1.6
16 Frank Ellerbe
WS1
3B
24.5
0.6
7.1
-1.2
17 Bob Clark
CLE
SW
22.9
0.5
2.6
1.1
18 Sammy Hale
DET
3B
23.8
0.5
2.7
0.4
19 Benn Karr
BOS
RP
26.6
0.5
4.0
0.7
20 Frank Brower
WS1
RF
27.3
0.5
3.9
1.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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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