1972 Season
1971 / 1973
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Top HitterJoe
Morgan
Top PitcherSteve
Carlton

1972 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Billy Williams
CHN
LF
34.0
6.2
32.2
20.4
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Carlton
PHI
SP
27.5
12.5
39.3
27.5
2 Gaylord Perry
CLE
SP
33.8
11.2
38.6
26.9
3 Wilbur Wood
CHA
SP
30.7
10.3
28.9
16.1
4 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
28.8
9.3
37.9
23.3
5 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
24.6
8.6
39.5
24.8
6 Dick Allen
CHA
1B
30.3
8.6
41.0
29.9
7 Bobby Murcer
NYA
CF
26.1
8.1
35.3
21.5
8 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
21.4
8.0
33.4
20.6
9 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
36.6
7.7
27.2
17.7
10 Carlton Fisk*
BOS
C
24.5
7.3
32.1
19.5
11 Mickey Lolich
DET
SP
31.8
7.1
26.3
15.2
12 Nolan Ryan
CAL
SP
25.4
6.3
24.3
14.7
13 Claude Osteen
LAN
SP
32.9
6.3
21.1
12.5
14 Luis Tiant
BOS
SP
31.6
6.3
18.6
12.0
15 Don Sutton
LAN
SP
27.2
6.3
23.8
14.5
16 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
26.7
6.2
23.9
14.5
17 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
34.0
6.2
32.2
20.4
18 Joe Rudi
OAK
LF
25.8
6.1
29.1
16.9
19 Pete Rose
CIN
LF
31.2
6.1
31.2
18.1
20 Jon Matlack*
NYN
SP
22.5
6.0
21.7
13.3
21 Chris Speier
SFN
SS
22.0
6.0
24.2
9.4
22 Bobby Grich*
BAL
SS
23.5
6.0
22.4
10.4
23 Fergie Jenkins
CHN
SP
29.6
5.9
21.4
11.5
24 Catfish Hunter
OAK
SP
26.2
5.8
23.2
13.1
25 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
33.3
5.7
21.8
12.2
26 Reggie Jackson
OAK
CF
26.1
5.6
26.4
14.6
27 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
28.4
5.6
22.7
9.4
28 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
32.2
5.6
25.9
12.4
29 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
27.6
5.6
21.2
12.2
30 Jimmy Wynn
HOU
RF
30.3
5.5
28.4
16.3
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James