1946 Season
1945 / 1947
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1946 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Stan Musial
SLN
1B
25.6
8.6
44.6
32.1
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
27.8
10.9
49.6
37.0
2 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
27.7
9.6
35.7
22.4
3 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
25.1
9.3
32.9
22.3
4 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
25.6
8.6
44.6
32.1
5 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
28.8
7.8
25.1
15.6
6 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
31.0
7.6
26.3
16.4
7 Fritz Ostermueller
PIT
SP
38.8
6.6
17.9
11.0
8 Howie Pollet
SLN
SP
25.0
6.6
25.9
16.3
9 Johnny Pesky
BOS
SS
26.8
6.5
35.0
19.2
10 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
35.5
6.5
30.6
20.0
11 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
33.5
6.4
21.5
13.7
12 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
29.8
6.1
30.6
18.3
13 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
27.9
6.0
26.3
11.4
14 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
39.2
6.0
25.8
10.8
15 Eddie Stanky
BRO
2B
29.8
5.8
27.3
13.3
16 Tex Hughson
BOS
SP
30.4
5.6
25.3
15.3
17 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
28.2
5.6
27.9
13.4
18 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
28.2
5.5
33.2
22.0
19 Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
38.8
5.4
24.5
15.3
20 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
RF
30.0
5.1
24.7
13.5
21 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
31.6
5.1
24.3
12.7
22 Johnny Schmitz
CHN
SP
25.6
5.1
17.0
9.0
23 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
31.7
5.1
19.6
11.3
24 Roy Cullenbine
DET
RF
32.7
5.0
25.3
17.5
25 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
26.9
4.9
18.3
10.9
26 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
28.2
4.9
26.5
14.3
27 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
31.3
4.9
29.8
16.4
28 Del Ennis*
PHI
LF
21.1
4.8
26.0
14.9
29 Ed Lopat
CHA
SP
28.0
4.7
18.6
10.2
30 Jesse Flores
PHA
SP
31.7
4.5
14.5
9.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie
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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