1929 Season
1928 / 1930
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1929 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 Rogers Hornsby
CHN
2B
33.2
10.4
40.5
26.2
2 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
34.4
8.1
32.3
21.8
3 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
27.1
7.9
33.3
21.9
4 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
21.7
7.9
33.5
22.5
5 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
25.6
7.8
30.1
17.1
6 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
26.0
7.7
31.6
19.8
7 Lefty O'Doul
PHI
LF
32.3
7.4
30.0
17.2
8 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
20.3
7.4
30.2
18.0
9 Willis Hudlin
CLE
SP
23.1
7.4
25.7
15.3
10 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
29.3
7.2
27.5
17.2
11 Firpo Marberry
WS1
SP
30.6
6.8
25.2
15.9
12 Wes Ferrell*
CLE
SP
21.4
6.6
24.0
14.9
13 Red Lucas
CIN
SP
27.2
6.4
25.3
15.4
14 Dolly Gray
SLA
SP
31.7
6.3
23.8
12.4
15 Rube Walberg
PHA
SP
32.9
6.1
22.0
12.0
16 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
29.2
6.1
31.4
17.8
17 Burleigh Grimes
PIT
SP
35.9
5.9
22.1
13.6
18 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
26.1
5.8
26.7
12.4
19 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
25.7
5.7
23.4
9.0
20 Lew Fonseca
CLE
1B
30.4
5.5
24.9
13.9
21 Watty Clark
BRO
SP
27.1
5.4
22.3
12.2
22 George Earnshaw
PHA
SP
29.4
5.2
22.8
13.3
23 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
24.7
5.1
25.8
13.4
24 Dale Alexander*
DET
1B
26.2
5.0
23.9
12.0
25 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
30.1
4.9
24.6
11.2
26 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
30.8
4.9
26.5
15.7
27 Pat Malone
CHN
SP
26.8
4.8
22.0
12.3
28 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
26.2
4.8
28.0
15.4
29 Milt Gaston
BOS
SP
33.4
4.8
17.9
8.9
30 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
30.7
4.8
23.3
12.0
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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