1926 Season
1925 / 1927
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1926 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 Babe Ruth
NYA
LF
31.4
11.5
44.6
32.5
2 Hal Carlson
PHI
SP
34.1
8.8
22.8
13.0
3 George Uhle
CLE
SP
27.8
8.7
31.6
20.9
4 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
23.0
6.8
30.1
18.0
5 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
25.7
6.8
32.6
20.2
6 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
26.3
6.5
25.6
16.8
7 Johnny Mostil
CHA
CF
30.1
6.3
28.2
14.2
8 Ray Kremer
PIT
SP
33.3
6.2
23.8
15.3
9 Joe Sewell
CLE
SS
27.7
6.0
28.9
13.6
10 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
25.5
5.6
22.7
13.2
11 Bibb Falk
CHA
LF
27.4
5.6
24.1
11.8
12 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
38.2
5.4
28.2
14.8
13 Paul Waner*
PIT
RF
23.2
5.3
28.3
16.9
14 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
26.2
5.2
25.6
13.2
15 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
31.9
5.2
26.7
15.6
16 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
26.4
5.1
21.9
9.2
17 Heinie Manush
DET
CF
24.9
5.1
26.0
14.9
18 Al Simmons
PHA
CF
24.1
5.0
27.0
13.9
19 George Burns
CLE
1B
33.4
5.0
23.9
12.4
20 Jesse Petty
BRO
SP
31.6
5.0
23.7
13.7
21 Tom Zachary
SLA
SP
30.2
4.8
18.0
9.8
22 Charley Root
CHN
SP
27.3
4.8
23.1
13.2
23 Urban Shocker
NYA
SP
35.9
4.7
19.1
10.4
24 Frankie Frisch
NY1
2B
27.8
4.6
20.2
8.2
25 Topper Rigney
BOS
SS
29.5
4.6
16.2
1.4
26 Kiki Cuyler
PIT
CF
27.8
4.6
27.4
14.1
27 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
22.7
4.5
17.2
7.3
28 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
2B
30.2
4.5
20.7
8.4
29 Les Bell
SLN
3B
24.5
4.5
25.2
10.9
30 Eddie Rommel
PHA
SP
28.8
4.4
17.8
10.3
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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.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James