1943 Season
1942 / 1944
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Top PitcherSpud
Chandler

1943 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
35.8
7.3
27.8
19.2
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
RF
22.6
9.4
39.5
26.8
2 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
26.0
8.0
31.0
16.1
3 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
36.2
7.6
40.2
24.8
4 Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
35.8
7.3
27.8
19.2
5 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
28.6
6.9
30.9
18.4
6 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
28.4
6.8
28.0
14.3
7 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
26.8
6.7
35.4
23.8
8 Rudy York
DET
1B
29.9
6.4
25.6
14.0
9 Schoolboy Rowe
PHI
SP
33.5
6.1
18.4
11.1
10 Lou Klein*
SLN
2B
24.7
5.8
25.7
11.6
11 Rip Sewell
PIT
SP
36.1
5.8
22.7
13.3
12 Mort Cooper
SLN
SP
30.3
5.7
28.2
18.4
13 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
28.0
5.6
22.3
13.5
14 Augie Galan
BRO
CF
31.1
5.4
28.2
16.6
15 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
36.5
5.3
16.4
9.8
16 Hi Bithorn
CHN
SP
27.3
5.3
18.9
10.0
17 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
25.2
5.1
23.7
9.4
18 Nate Andrews*
BSN
SP
29.8
5.0
25.7
15.6
19 Tiny Bonham
NYA
SP
29.9
5.0
19.9
12.2
20 Tex Hughson
BOS
SP
27.4
5.0
19.7
10.6
21 Whit Wyatt
BRO
SP
35.8
4.9
14.8
8.4
22 Roy Cullenbine
CLE
RF
29.7
4.8
26.5
15.5
23 Billy Herman
BRO
2B
34.0
4.7
26.4
12.7
24 Arky Vaughan
BRO
SS
31.3
4.6
28.5
14.0
25 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
32.9
4.5
25.1
11.6
26 Bob Elliott
PIT
3B
26.6
4.5
24.8
11.5
27 Jesse Flores*
PHA
SP
28.7
4.5
14.3
6.3
28 Max Lanier
SLN
SP
27.9
4.4
23.0
15.4
29 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
28.3
4.4
27.9
14.6
30 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
25.6
4.3
17.7
6.6
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