1938 Season
1937 / 1939
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1938 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
23.7
3.2
16.1
8.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mel Ott
NY1
3B
29.3
8.9
35.2
22.0
2 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
26.3
8.6
34.0
19.2
3 Bill Lee
CHN
SP
28.7
7.9
28.1
18.3
4 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
30.7
7.6
33.6
22.1
5 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
27.5
7.0
32.4
20.9
6 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
25.5
6.8
27.9
17.3
7 Joe Cronin
BOS
SS
31.7
6.3
28.8
14.8
8 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
33.2
6.1
24.3
15.5
9 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
25.9
6.1
24.6
11.2
10 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
29.9
5.9
27.4
15.6
11 Thornton Lee
CHA
SP
31.8
5.9
19.2
10.4
12 Ernie Lombardi
CIN
C
30.2
5.6
23.8
11.4
13 Clay Bryant
CHN
SP
26.6
5.6
22.7
13.5
14 Paul Derringer
CIN
SP
31.7
5.5
24.6
14.3
15 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
23.6
5.4
30.0
16.9
16 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
34.3
5.4
23.4
12.4
17 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
28.6
5.3
33.3
18.7
18 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
19.7
5.2
22.0
12.2
19 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
31.1
5.1
26.2
14.0
20 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
35.1
5.1
26.9
12.9
21 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
36.1
5.0
25.6
14.4
22 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
24.9
5.0
22.8
8.6
23 Bobo Newsom
SLA
SP
30.9
5.0
20.7
9.0
24 George Caster
PHA
SP
30.9
5.0
18.5
8.6
25 Lefty Grove
BOS
SP
38.3
4.9
17.5
11.7
26 Bob Johnson
PHA
CF
32.6
4.8
22.9
10.0
27 Joe Medwick
SLN
LF
26.6
4.8
21.9
10.3
28 Rudy York
DET
C
24.9
4.6
26.0
13.7
29 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
37.5
4.5
14.2
7.3
30 Mel Harder
CLE
SP
28.7
4.4
21.4
12.8
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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