1959 Season
1958 / 1960
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Top HitterErnie
Banks
Top PitcherCamilo
Pascual

1959 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Early Wynn
CHA
SP
39.5
3.9
22.2
13.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
28.4
10.2
33.2
17.9
2 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
25.4
8.6
37.4
24.5
3 Camilo Pascual
WS1
SP
25.4
8.5
22.9
14.7
4 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
27.7
8.1
36.1
22.4
5 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
28.2
7.8
32.0
18.5
6 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
28.1
7.5
23.9
11.0
7 Hoyt Wilhelm
BAL
SP
36.9
6.8
23.4
15.7
8 Larry Jackson
SLN
SP
28.1
6.8
21.2
12.2
9 Vern Law
PIT
SP
29.3
6.7
23.9
14.6
10 Don Newcombe
CIN
SP
33.0
6.7
20.4
12.6
11 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
27.7
6.6
29.4
16.3
12 Vada Pinson*
CIN
CF
20.9
6.5
26.8
12.2
13 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
38.2
6.3
22.2
12.0
14 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
22.9
6.2
20.5
11.0
15 Al Kaline
DET
CF
24.5
6.0
26.8
14.8
16 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
31.5
6.0
30.3
14.9
17 Frank Robinson
CIN
1B
23.8
5.8
25.2
14.1
18 Jim Landis
CHA
CF
25.3
5.7
25.8
12.8
19 Wally Moon
LAN
LF
29.2
5.5
25.9
14.1
20 Minnie Minoso
CLE
LF
33.6
5.5
28.9
17.1
21 Eddie Yost
DET
3B
32.7
5.4
26.3
13.1
22 Rocky Colavito
CLE
RF
25.9
5.3
28.1
16.1
23 Pete Runnels
BOS
2B
31.4
5.3
23.5
10.2
24 Gene Conley
PHI
SP
28.6
5.1
15.9
9.6
25 Sam Jones
SFN
SP
33.5
5.1
22.0
12.3
26 Bud Daley
KC1
SP
26.7
5.0
17.1
9.5
27 Johnny Antonelli
SFN
SP
29.2
4.8
20.6
10.7
28 Tito Francona
CLE
CF
25.7
4.8
27.1
18.7
29 Bob Shaw
CHA
SP
26.0
4.6
23.2
15.1
30 Charlie Neal
LAN
2B
28.4
4.5
24.6
9.6
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