1970 Season
1969 / 1971
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Top HitterCarl
Yastrzemski
Top PitcherBob
Gibson

1970 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Johnny Bench
CIN
C
22.6
7.5
36.1
21.0
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
34.6
10.1
27.3
17.6
2 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
1B
30.9
9.5
35.8
23.5
3 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
27.8
7.9
29.5
19.9
4 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
28.2
7.7
32.8
17.7
5 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
22.6
7.5
36.1
21.0
6 Tommy Harper
ML4
3B
29.7
7.4
33.1
19.3
7 Tony Perez
CIN
3B
28.1
7.2
33.7
20.1
8 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
31.8
7.1
23.3
12.5
9 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
31.9
7.0
30.1
17.5
10 Fergie Jenkins
CHN
SP
27.6
6.9
26.4
16.1
11 Roy White
NYA
LF
26.5
6.8
33.3
20.3
12 Reggie Smith
BOS
CF
25.2
6.8
25.4
12.4
13 Ken Holtzman
CHN
SP
24.7
6.7
23.2
13.6
14 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
32.0
6.6
28.1
15.2
15 Billy Grabarkewitz*
LAN
3B
24.5
6.5
28.8
15.3
16 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
32.5
6.5
33.9
22.8
17 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
24.7
6.5
24.8
15.2
18 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
25.6
6.4
23.8
14.2
19 Aurelio Rodriguez
MULT
3B
22.5
6.4
16.9
3.3
20 Rusty Staub
MON
RF
26.3
6.4
28.9
16.0
21 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
26.4
6.1
24.0
11.1
22 Paul Blair
BAL
CF
26.4
5.9
21.3
10.1
23 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
28.3
5.8
26.6
12.2
24 Rico Carty
ATL
LF
30.8
5.8
26.1
16.0
25 Tommy John
CHA
SP
27.1
5.7
17.9
9.5
26 Joe Torre
SLN
C
30.0
5.5
25.5
10.1
27 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
35.9
5.5
22.4
13.9
28 Thurman Munson*
NYA
C
23.1
5.5
27.0
14.7
29 Bill Hands
CHN
SP
30.2
5.4
20.1
11.4
30 Tommie Agee
NYN
CF
27.9
5.4
22.9
8.8
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