1937 Season
1936 / 1938
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1937 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Johnny Allen
CLE
SP
32.8
5.5
21.3
15.2
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lefty Grove
BOS
SP
37.3
9.2
27.0
17.9
2 Lefty Gomez
NYA
SP
28.6
9.2
28.9
19.2
3 Joe Medwick
SLN
LF
25.6
8.5
38.4
25.9
4 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
22.6
8.2
38.0
24.2
5 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
34.0
7.7
35.2
23.4
6 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
26.5
7.7
32.9
21.1
7 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
34.1
7.4
29.6
16.3
8 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
24.9
6.7
23.2
9.4
9 Dick Bartell
NY1
SS
29.6
6.6
28.0
14.9
10 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
24.5
6.6
32.8
22.0
11 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
32.2
6.5
23.1
14.2
12 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
28.3
6.4
32.1
19.4
13 Dolph Camilli
PHI
1B
30.2
6.2
24.4
14.4
14 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
30.1
6.2
32.9
19.1
15 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
30.2
6.2
28.0
13.2
16 Jim Turner*
BSN
SP
33.9
6.1
26.0
16.7
17 Billy Herman
CHN
2B
28.0
5.7
28.7
15.5
18 Johnny Allen
CLE
SP
32.8
5.5
21.3
15.2
19 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
31.6
5.4
18.7
8.3
20 Gene Moore
BSN
RF
27.8
5.3
27.4
15.7
21 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
25.3
5.1
25.3
13.6
22 Tony Cuccinello
BSN
2B
29.6
5.0
22.3
8.6
23 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
36.5
4.9
24.4
14.9
24 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
23.9
4.8
22.0
9.3
25 Monty Stratton
CHA
SP
25.1
4.8
19.5
13.8
26 Jack Wilson
BOS
SP
25.2
4.7
20.5
12.6
27 Dizzy Dean
SLN
SP
27.5
4.7
16.6
9.5
28 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
34.2
4.6
27.5
14.8
29 Van Mungo
BRO
SP
26.1
4.6
15.0
9.2
30 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
26.7
4.6
19.3
6.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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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