1964 Season
1963 / 1965
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Top HitterWillie
Mays
Top PitcherDean
Chance

1964 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
33.1
6.1
28.3
13.9
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
33.2
11.1
38.2
24.2
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
24.4
8.9
34.3
20.2
3 Dick Allen*
PHI
3B
22.3
8.8
40.4
26.0
4 Dean Chance
LAA
SP
23.1
8.6
32.1
23.2
5 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
27.9
8.4
25.9
15.2
6 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
24.2
8.4
25.1
11.2
7 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
27.1
8.0
33.9
19.9
8 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
28.8
7.9
32.4
20.1
9 Jim Fregosi
LAA
SS
22.2
7.9
26.5
13.1
10 Ron Hansen
CHA
SS
26.2
7.6
29.4
14.1
11 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
29.9
7.2
29.5
16.6
12 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
28.5
7.1
23.5
16.0
13 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
30.4
6.8
32.3
20.4
14 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
35.7
6.8
23.3
15.7
15 Tony Oliva*
MIN
RF
25.9
6.8
27.1
13.7
16 Denis Menke
ML1
SS
23.9
6.7
28.7
15.1
17 Bob Allison
MIN
1B
30.0
6.4
24.8
13.9
18 Pete Ward
CHA
3B
26.9
6.3
26.8
14.6
19 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
26.7
6.2
24.6
15.7
20 Larry Jackson
CHN
SP
33.1
6.1
25.2
15.2
21 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
25.3
6.1
29.1
15.8
22 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
33.1
6.1
28.3
13.9
23 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
28.6
6.0
23.7
14.0
24 Dick Radatz
BOS
RP
27.2
6.0
23.4
15.1
25 Chris Short
PHI
SP
26.8
5.9
20.8
13.2
26 Lou Brock
MULT
LF
25.0
5.9
25.5
12.7
27 Bob Veale
PIT
SP
28.7
5.8
21.0
11.7
28 Boog Powell
BAL
LF
22.9
5.7
28.8
19.7
29 Elston Howard
NYA
C
35.4
5.6
33.4
19.1
30 Al Kaline
DET
RF
29.5
5.5
23.4
12.2
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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