1962 Season
1961 / 1963
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Top HitterWillie
Mays
Top PitcherBob
Purkey

1962 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
25.9
5.7
22.9
12.6
Maury Wills
LAN
SS
29.7
6.1
31.8
14.8
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
31.2
10.5
41.1
26.3
2 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
26.8
8.7
40.7
27.5
3 Hank Aaron
ML1
CF
28.4
8.5
34.2
21.0
4 Turk Farrell
HOU
SP
28.2
7.3
18.6
10.4
5 Bob Purkey
CIN
SP
33.0
7.1
26.4
17.0
6 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
26.6
6.4
20.7
13.0
7 Camilo Pascual
MIN
SP
28.4
6.2
21.9
13.4
8 Hank Aguirre
DET
SP
31.4
6.1
23.1
15.4
9 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
29.7
6.1
31.8
14.8
10 Ernie Broglio
SLN
SP
26.8
6.1
18.1
10.7
11 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
25.1
6.1
26.8
12.7
12 Tommy Davis
LAN
LF
23.3
6.0
35.9
22.5
13 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
30.7
6.0
32.0
22.0
14 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
23.3
6.0
27.2
14.7
15 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
22.2
5.9
26.3
12.3
16 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
41.2
5.9
21.9
13.1
17 Rocky Colavito
DET
LF
28.9
5.8
25.4
12.6
18 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
23.7
5.8
21.3
12.4
19 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
25.9
5.7
22.9
12.6
20 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
31.1
5.6
21.6
7.5
21 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
30.7
5.6
26.0
13.1
22 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
31.6
5.5
21.4
12.7
23 Norm Siebern
KC1
1B
28.9
5.5
27.1
14.5
24 Felipe Alou
SFN
RF
27.1
5.3
25.6
14.2
25 Ray Herbert
CHA
SP
32.5
5.2
19.5
11.7
26 Dick Radatz*
BOS
RP
25.2
5.2
20.4
14.3
27 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
30.7
5.2
20.0
11.4
28 Bob Shaw
ML1
SP
29.0
5.1
19.8
12.3
29 Joey Jay
CIN
SP
26.9
5.0
18.8
9.8
30 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
33.7
5.0
19.8
11.3
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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