1920 Season
1919 / 1921
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1920 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
CHN
SP
33.3
12.8
35.3
22.3
2 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
25.4
11.8
52.0
40.3
3 George Sisler
SLA
1B
27.3
9.8
33.4
21.3
4 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
2B
24.2
9.6
38.2
24.4
5 Jim Bagby
CLE
SP
30.7
8.9
32.9
20.5
6 Stan Coveleski
CLE
SP
31.0
8.7
31.0
19.4
7 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
32.2
8.5
38.9
25.3
8 Burleigh Grimes
BRO
SP
26.9
8.1
31.3
20.3
9 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
33.2
8.0
38.3
23.8
10 Bob Shawkey
NYA
SP
29.6
7.7
25.5
15.7
11 Joe Jackson
CHA
LF
31.0
7.6
36.0
23.9
12 Dave Bancroft
MULT
SS
29.2
6.8
25.6
10.3
13 Urban Shocker
SLA
SP
29.9
6.7
22.7
13.8
14 Ross Youngs
NY1
RF
23.2
6.4
32.4
20.0
15 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
27.1
6.0
33.0
19.8
16 Dixie Davis
SLA
SP
29.7
6.0
20.7
10.8
17 Wilbur Cooper
PIT
SP
28.4
6.0
30.0
18.3
18 Hippo Vaughn
CHN
SP
32.2
5.9
21.5
10.7
19 Baby Doll Jacobson
SLA
CF
29.9
5.9
25.0
11.6
20 Carl Mays
NYA
SP
28.6
5.9
26.2
14.8
21 Eddie Rommel*
PHA
SP
22.8
5.9
13.8
7.5
22 Cy Williams
PHI
CF
32.5
5.8
24.7
11.5
23 Happy Felsch
CHA
CF
28.9
5.6
29.2
16.6
24 Babe Adams
PIT
SP
38.1
5.3
25.6
16.2
25 Harry Hooper
BOS
RF
32.9
5.2
24.1
12.5
26 Red Faber
CHA
SP
31.8
5.2
25.7
14.0
27 Eddie Cicotte
CHA
SP
36.0
4.9
23.8
12.7
28 Steve O'Neill
CLE
C
29.0
4.8
25.1
11.2
29 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
32.1
4.7
28.7
16.5
30 Leon Cadore
BRO
SP
29.6
4.7
19.8
10.6
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