1942 Season
1941 / 1943
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Williams
Top PitcherMort
Cooper

1942 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ted Williams
BOS
LF
23.8
10.6
46.2
33.4
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
23.8
10.6
46.2
33.4
2 Mort Cooper
SLN
SP
29.3
8.4
28.3
18.5
3 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
27.4
8.2
31.0
17.6
4 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
25.8
6.7
34.3
21.7
5 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
33.3
6.3
35.2
23.0
6 Tex Hughson
BOS
SP
26.4
6.2
27.0
17.3
7 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
26.2
6.2
37.3
24.8
8 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
27.6
6.1
32.2
18.2
9 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
29.5
6.1
31.6
21.1
10 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
27.6
5.8
27.5
15.2
11 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
25.8
5.7
25.3
11.2
12 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
23.9
5.6
27.7
12.8
13 Johnny Pesky*
BOS
SS
22.8
5.5
28.3
12.9
14 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
24.2
5.5
24.2
10.9
15 Hal White*
DET
SP
23.3
5.3
18.4
10.9
16 Stan Musial*
SLN
LF
21.6
5.3
28.5
18.3
17 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
31.9
5.2
23.3
10.3
18 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
41.5
5.1
20.5
14.3
19 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
25.4
5.1
28.1
13.9
20 Wally Judnich
SLA
CF
25.4
5.1
25.1
14.0
21 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
26.3
5.0
25.2
14.4
22 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
32.6
4.9
26.2
12.8
23 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
35.2
4.8
27.7
16.8
24 Ray Starr
CIN
SP
36.2
4.8
21.5
11.8
25 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
24.6
4.7
22.6
9.4
26 Les Fleming*
CLE
1B
26.9
4.6
28.4
16.6
27 Al Benton
DET
SP
31.3
4.6
17.8
10.1
28 Larry French
BRO
SP
34.7
4.5
16.3
10.9
29 Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
27.7
4.5
21.0
12.4
30 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
25.0
4.5
22.0
7.9
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James