1948 Season
1947 / 1949
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Musial
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Brecheen

1948 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
31.0
10.4
34.4
19.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
RF
27.6
11.1
46.5
33.3
2 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
31.0
10.4
34.4
19.3
3 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
33.7
8.5
26.8
18.2
4 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
30.8
8.5
27.8
16.2
5 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
29.8
8.5
39.4
28.0
6 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
33.6
7.1
34.1
20.6
7 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
27.1
6.6
27.5
17.8
8 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
35.5
6.6
29.6
18.1
9 Bob Elliott
BSN
3B
31.6
6.6
27.0
13.4
10 Joe Gordon
CLE
2B
33.4
6.6
24.2
10.5
11 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
27.8
6.5
25.5
15.0
12 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
25.7
6.2
29.4
16.9
13 Andy Pafko
CHN
3B
27.4
6.2
22.7
10.5
14 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
31.7
6.1
24.9
11.9
15 Dutch Leonard
PHI
SP
39.3
5.9
19.5
11.2
16 Sid Gordon
NY1
3B
30.9
5.5
25.4
13.5
17 Ray Scarborough
WS1
SP
30.9
5.5
18.7
12.1
18 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
35.4
5.4
28.9
17.3
19 Jackie Robinson
BRO
2B
29.4
5.4
25.3
11.8
20 Ned Garver*
SLA
SP
22.5
5.3
17.0
10.0
21 Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
33.7
5.3
20.0
11.5
22 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
30.2
5.2
26.8
13.6
23 Enos Slaughter
SLN
LF
32.2
5.2
26.3
14.6
24 Gene Bearden*
CLE
SP
27.8
5.1
21.2
12.9
25 Johnny Schmitz
CHN
SP
27.6
5.0
22.4
13.5
26 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
29.9
4.9
23.2
8.3
27 Jeff Heath
BSN
LF
33.3
4.8
20.2
12.4
28 Ted Wilks
SLN
RP
32.6
4.8
16.1
10.9
29 Larry Doby*
CLE
CF
24.6
4.6
18.3
8.9
30 Vern Stephens
BOS
SS
27.7
4.5
25.6
9.7
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James