1953 Season
1952 / 1954
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Top HitterAl
Rosen
Top PitcherRobin
Roberts

1953 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Al Rosen
CLE
3B
29.3
10.1
43.6
30.0
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Al Rosen
CLE
3B
29.3
10.1
43.6
30.0
2 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
26.8
9.8
34.8
22.7
3 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
26.8
9.3
36.9
23.0
4 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
32.2
9.1
29.4
20.2
5 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
21.7
8.3
38.9
25.3
6 Stan Musial
SLN
LF
32.6
7.7
33.6
21.0
7 Harvey Haddix*
SLN
SP
27.8
7.4
25.3
16.4
8 Roy Campanella
BRO
C
31.6
7.1
33.0
19.2
9 Jackie Robinson
BRO
LF
34.4
7.0
25.3
14.8
10 Virgil Trucks
MULT
SP
36.2
6.5
24.4
15.7
11 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
30.4
6.5
26.7
13.2
12 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
26.3
6.1
25.9
11.5
13 Ray Boone
MULT
3B
29.9
5.9
27.8
15.9
14 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
26.2
5.7
23.9
15.0
15 Solly Hemus
SLN
SS
30.2
5.5
23.3
8.0
16 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
35.2
5.4
28.9
17.2
17 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
21.7
5.3
25.8
14.8
18 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
26.7
5.2
23.9
10.0
19 Bob Porterfield
WS1
SP
29.9
5.2
19.7
11.3
20 Jim Busby
WS1
CF
26.5
5.2
24.7
11.6
21 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
34.9
5.1
21.3
7.4
22 Ted Kluszewski
CIN
1B
28.8
5.0
24.0
13.1
23 Ellis Kinder
BOS
RP
38.9
5.0
23.1
18.8
24 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
28.1
4.9
27.9
14.9
25 Mel Parnell
BOS
SP
31.1
4.9
22.8
14.8
26 Mickey McDermott
BOS
SP
24.2
4.8
21.0
14.2
27 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
30.9
4.8
19.7
10.5
28 Hank Thompson
NY1
3B
27.6
4.7
18.5
9.6
29 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
31.5
4.7
20.6
5.4
30 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
31.3
4.7
23.2
13.7
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