1952 Season
1951 / 1953
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Top PitcherBobby
Shantz

1952 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
25.8
8.5
31.6
20.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Shantz
PHA
SP
26.8
9.6
30.9
22.0
2 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
25.8
8.5
31.6
20.3
3 Jackie Robinson
BRO
2B
33.4
8.5
33.9
19.8
4 Stan Musial
SLN
CF
31.6
8.0
36.8
23.3
5 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
25.2
7.2
22.4
14.3
6 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
31.2
7.1
20.6
10.6
7 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
28.6
7.0
33.6
21.0
8 Solly Hemus
SLN
SS
29.2
6.7
26.6
11.2
9 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
20.7
6.4
32.6
19.9
10 Al Rosen
CLE
3B
28.3
6.0
31.8
18.7
11 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
30.5
5.8
27.7
12.8
12 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
31.8
5.7
24.2
14.3
13 Bob Rush
CHN
SP
26.5
5.7
22.4
13.8
14 Hank Sauer
CHN
LF
35.3
5.7
28.2
16.1
15 Ken Raffensberger
CIN
SP
34.9
5.7
22.8
14.3
16 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
28.2
5.5
25.7
14.6
17 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
27.1
5.5
28.8
14.8
18 Warren Hacker
CHN
SP
27.6
5.5
19.0
12.3
19 Murry Dickson
PIT
SP
35.9
5.3
16.6
6.9
20 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
29.4
5.3
24.9
10.1
21 Bob Porterfield
WS1
SP
28.9
5.3
18.8
11.4
22 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
35.8
5.3
21.1
5.9
23 Mike Garcia
CLE
SP
28.6
5.2
23.4
14.0
24 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
33.9
5.0
23.3
8.4
25 Sid Gordon
BSN
LF
34.9
4.9
25.0
13.6
26 Ferris Fain
PHA
1B
31.3
4.8
27.9
16.6
27 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
36.2
4.8
22.7
11.9
28 Allie Reynolds
NYA
SP
35.4
4.7
23.6
15.8
29 Bobby Avila
CLE
2B
28.2
4.7
24.4
9.6
30 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
25.8
4.6
24.7
12.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James