1930 Season
1929 / 1931
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1930 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
35.4
10.5
37.9
25.7
2 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
27.0
9.6
38.0
26.2
3 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
30.3
9.4
37.1
26.5
4 Wes Ferrell
CLE
SP
22.4
9.1
32.2
21.3
5 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
23.7
8.5
32.9
17.6
6 Lefty Stewart
SLA
SP
29.8
7.9
26.9
17.0
7 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
28.1
7.8
35.7
24.7
8 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
31.7
7.6
31.5
19.6
9 George Uhle
DET
SP
31.8
7.4
22.7
13.8
10 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
30.2
7.4
34.4
20.2
11 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
22.7
7.1
32.8
21.4
12 Babe Herman
BRO
RF
27.0
7.0
32.6
19.9
13 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
27.1
6.5
28.5
14.1
14 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
25.7
6.5
27.2
14.2
15 Dazzy Vance
BRO
SP
39.3
6.5
26.0
17.2
16 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
21.3
6.4
27.9
16.1
17 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
24.6
6.4
27.3
13.6
18 Carl Reynolds
CHA
CF
27.4
6.3
24.8
13.6
19 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
29.5
6.3
25.5
14.5
20 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
31.8
5.9
29.7
16.3
21 Ed Morgan
CLE
1B
26.1
5.7
27.0
15.7
22 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
27.2
5.5
30.2
17.3
23 Phil Collins
PHI
SP
28.8
5.5
15.6
7.4
24 Woody English
CHN
3B
24.3
5.5
28.1
12.3
25 Vic Sorrell
DET
SP
29.2
5.5
19.0
10.5
26 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
29.5
5.4
29.0
15.6
27 Goose Goslin
MULT
LF
29.7
5.3
26.0
14.1
28 Glenn Wright
BRO
SS
29.4
5.3
21.3
8.2
29 Milt Gaston
BOS
SP
34.4
5.3
19.6
9.7
30 Earle Combs
NYA
LF
31.1
5.2
22.4
11.2
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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