1927 Season
1926 / 1928
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1927 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
RF
32.4
12.4
44.2
31.9
2 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
24.0
11.8
43.4
31.3
3 Rogers Hornsby
NY1
2B
31.2
10.1
39.3
25.1
4 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
28.8
9.2
35.8
21.5
5 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
26.5
8.0
29.4
18.2
6 Tommy Thomas
CHA
SP
27.5
8.0
28.5
17.3
7 Dazzy Vance
BRO
SP
36.3
7.5
24.6
15.6
8 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
32.9
7.2
31.5
20.7
9 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
24.2
6.9
35.4
22.4
10 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
28.1
6.9
31.3
17.0
11 Ray Kremer
PIT
SP
34.3
6.5
22.2
14.7
12 Pete Alexander
SLN
SP
40.3
6.4
27.7
18.8
13 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
23.6
6.3
24.1
10.5
14 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
27.2
6.0
30.5
17.1
15 Al Simmons
PHA
CF
25.1
5.8
25.1
16.0
16 Waite Hoyt
NYA
SP
27.8
5.8
23.3
13.9
17 Red Lucas
CIN
SP
25.2
5.8
23.0
14.6
18 Jesse Petty
BRO
SP
32.6
5.5
21.3
12.3
19 George Harper
NY1
RF
35.0
5.4
26.0
14.9
20 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
28.7
5.3
26.4
15.0
21 Bump Hadley*
WS1
SP
23.0
5.3
18.1
10.9
22 Jesse Haines
SLN
SP
33.9
5.3
28.5
18.6
23 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
26.7
5.3
27.5
15.5
24 Willis Hudlin*
CLE
SP
21.1
5.3
18.8
9.1
25 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
23.7
5.2
24.1
12.0
26 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
27.3
5.0
24.2
14.5
27 Earl Whitehill
DET
SP
28.4
4.9
17.9
9.2
28 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
29.5
4.9
26.6
13.9
29 Wilcy Moore*
NYA
SW
30.1
4.7
24.4
16.2
30 Bibb Falk
CHA
LF
28.4
4.7
20.5
9.2
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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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