1974 Season
1973 / 1975
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Top HitterMike
Schmidt
Top PitcherJon
Matlack

1974 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Lou Brock
SLN
LF
35.0
3.5
21.8
9.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
24.8
9.7
38.2
24.3
2 Jon Matlack
NYN
SP
24.5
8.7
23.7
14.8
3 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
30.8
8.6
36.4
22.7
4 Gaylord Perry
CLE
SP
35.8
8.6
29.2
18.9
5 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
35.3
8.0
28.4
18.1
6 Bert Blyleven
MIN
SP
23.2
7.9
23.2
14.3
7 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
26.6
7.8
35.4
19.6
8 Luis Tiant
BOS
SP
33.6
7.8
28.5
18.6
9 Fergie Jenkins
TEX
SP
31.6
7.8
26.3
15.8
10 Jimmy Wynn
LAN
CF
32.3
7.7
32.2
18.6
11 Rod Carew
MIN
2B
28.8
7.4
31.5
17.4
12 Bobby Grich
BAL
2B
25.5
7.3
31.9
17.1
13 Darrell Evans
ATL
3B
27.1
7.2
28.0
13.7
14 Jim Kaat
CHA
SP
35.7
7.1
21.5
12.6
15 Jim Barr
SFN
SP
26.4
6.9
22.1
13.6
16 Catfish Hunter
OAK
SP
28.2
6.9
26.8
16.6
17 Andy Messersmith
LAN
SP
28.9
6.6
24.1
14.2
18 Steve Busby
KCA
SP
24.8
6.6
21.2
11.9
19 Jim Rooker
PIT
SP
31.8
6.0
20.6
11.8
20 Nolan Ryan
CAL
SP
27.4
6.0
21.1
10.5
21 Pete Rose
CIN
LF
33.2
5.9
26.3
12.6
22 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
29.6
5.8
16.4
8.5
23 Reggie Jackson
OAK
RF
28.1
5.7
30.1
19.7
24 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
23.4
5.7
27.0
12.6
25 Wilbur Wood
CHA
SP
32.7
5.6
18.7
8.5
26 Reggie Smith
SLN
RF
29.2
5.5
24.9
14.0
27 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
26.0
5.5
24.9
9.8
28 Elliott Maddox
NYA
CF
26.5
5.4
22.9
12.1
29 Buzz Capra
ATL
SP
26.8
5.3
21.0
13.4
30 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
32.3
5.3
22.0
9.3
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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