1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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Top HitterFred
Lynn
Top PitcherPhil
Niekro

1979 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Willie Stargell
PIT
1B
39.3
2.5
17.7
9.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Lynn
BOS
CF
27.4
8.9
34.4
22.2
2 George Brett
KCA
3B
26.1
8.6
32.5
19.3
3 Dave Winfield
SDN
RF
27.7
8.3
32.7
20.0
4 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
40.3
8.0
23.2
12.3
5 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
29.8
7.9
32.3
18.7
6 Darrell Porter
KCA
C
27.5
7.6
32.7
18.2
7 Keith Hernandez
SLN
1B
25.7
7.6
30.4
18.1
8 Dennis Eckersley
BOS
SP
24.7
7.3
23.5
15.6
9 Jerry Koosman
MIN
SP
36.5
7.2
22.8
14.3
10 Buddy Bell
TEX
3B
27.8
6.8
21.7
7.8
11 Dave Parker
PIT
RF
28.1
6.7
30.7
17.6
12 Ron Guidry
NYA
SP
28.8
6.5
22.4
14.7
13 Jim Rice
BOS
LF
26.3
6.4
28.0
16.5
14 Willie Wilson
KCA
LF
24.0
6.3
23.6
12.3
15 Jim Kern
TEX
RP
30.3
6.2
25.3
17.9
16 Gary Carter
MON
C
25.2
6.0
29.0
15.7
17 Bobby Grich
CAL
2B
30.5
5.9
28.7
15.7
18 Gene Tenace
SDN
C
32.7
5.9
24.9
12.8
19 Rick Reuschel
CHN
SP
30.1
5.9
17.1
9.4
20 Jack Morris
DET
SP
24.1
5.9
16.9
10.6
21 Chet Lemon
CHA
CF
24.4
5.8
25.3
12.8
22 Sid Monge
CLE
RP
28.2
5.7
21.2
14.4
23 Paul Molitor
ML4
2B
22.9
5.6
26.8
13.6
24 Sixto Lezcano
ML4
RF
25.6
5.6
27.2
17.2
25 Brian Downing
CAL
C
28.7
5.6
23.9
11.2
26 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
31.6
5.6
21.8
9.4
27 Tommy John
NYA
SP
36.1
5.5
23.5
14.6
28 Aurelio Lopez
DET
RP
30.8
5.4
19.3
12.7
29 J.R. Richard
HOU
SP
29.3
5.4
23.5
14.2
30 Ken Singleton
BAL
RF
32.1
5.3
31.7
20.0
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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