1958 Season
1957 / 1959
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Top HitterWillie
Mays
Top PitcherFrank
Lary

1958 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Turley
NYA
SP
27.8
3.5
18.0
9.9
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
27.2
10.2
39.0
25.0
2 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
27.4
9.5
31.4
16.0
3 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
26.7
8.7
39.4
25.9
4 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
24.4
7.3
31.2
18.6
5 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
31.3
7.1
28.3
13.6
6 Frank Lary
DET
SP
28.2
6.7
21.5
12.9
7 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
31.8
6.5
19.6
10.2
8 Al Kaline
DET
RF
23.5
6.5
22.7
11.4
9 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
26.7
6.4
23.7
10.6
10 Bob Cerv
KC1
LF
32.2
6.3
29.3
18.8
11 Rocky Colavito
CLE
RF
24.9
6.0
30.9
20.0
12 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
27.1
6.0
25.5
12.6
13 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
37.2
6.0
27.3
17.2
14 Pete Runnels
BOS
2B
30.4
5.5
25.5
11.9
15 Sam Jones
SLN
SP
32.5
5.3
22.8
14.2
16 Jack Harshman
BAL
SP
31.0
5.3
21.3
13.4
17 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
31.2
5.1
21.5
13.4
18 Stu Miller
SFN
SP
30.5
5.0
14.8
8.2
19 Minnie Minoso
CLE
LF
32.6
4.9
24.4
12.7
20 Jackie Jensen
BOS
RF
31.3
4.9
26.7
14.6
21 Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
21.8
4.9
20.1
6.5
22 Norm Siebern
NYA
LF
24.9
4.8
21.1
11.2
23 Vic Power
MULT
1B
30.7
4.8
22.9
11.1
24 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
29.7
4.8
18.8
11.6
25 Del Crandall
ML1
C
28.3
4.7
21.9
10.2
26 Dick Hyde
WS1
RP
29.9
4.5
18.7
14.5
27 Camilo Pascual
WS1
SP
24.4
4.5
13.4
7.5
28 Bob Purkey
CIN
SP
29.0
4.5
17.7
9.0
29 Lee Walls
CHN
RF
25.5
4.5
19.6
9.0
30 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
23.9
4.4
15.6
5.3
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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