1980 Season
1979 / 1981
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Top HitterGeorge
Brett
Top PitcherSteve
Carlton

1980 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
George Brett
KCA
3B
27.1
9.5
36.2
26.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Carlton
PHI
SP
35.5
10.2
28.8
19.4
2 George Brett
KCA
3B
27.1
9.5
36.2
26.5
3 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
30.8
8.8
37.7
24.6
4 Rickey Henderson
OAK
LF
21.5
8.7
33.0
20.6
5 Willie Wilson
KCA
LF
25.0
8.5
31.5
18.2
6 Robin Yount
ML4
SS
24.8
7.1
25.4
12.0
7 Britt Burns*
CHA
SP
21.1
7.0
21.5
14.0
8 Andre Dawson
MON
CF
26.0
6.9
29.3
16.0
9 Cecil Cooper
ML4
1B
30.5
6.8
26.8
15.9
10 Dwayne Murphy
OAK
CF
25.3
6.8
26.2
12.4
11 Keith Hernandez
SLN
1B
26.7
6.6
28.0
15.9
12 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
26.0
6.6
29.7
16.6
13 Dale Murphy
ATL
CF
24.3
6.5
27.7
14.6
14 Ben Oglivie
ML4
LF
31.4
6.5
27.1
15.7
15 Gary Carter
MON
C
26.2
6.5
30.9
16.4
16 Buddy Bell
TEX
3B
28.8
6.5
21.8
11.7
17 Steve Rogers
MON
SP
30.7
6.2
19.3
10.6
18 Terry Puhl
HOU
RF
24.0
6.2
23.0
11.7
19 Larry Gura
KCA
SP
32.6
6.2
22.0
13.2
20 Al Bumbry
BAL
CF
33.2
6.1
32.5
18.1
21 Mike Norris
OAK
SP
25.3
5.9
25.0
16.2
22 Tony Armas
OAK
RF
27.0
5.8
22.0
10.4
23 Doug Corbett*
MIN
RP
27.7
5.7
23.9
16.3
24 Rick Reuschel
CHN
SP
31.1
5.6
15.4
7.5
25 Jim Clancy
TOR
SP
24.5
5.6
18.7
10.9
26 Don Sutton
LAN
SP
35.2
5.5
20.3
13.7
27 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
30.9
5.2
22.6
9.8
28 Jerry Reuss
LAN
SP
31.0
5.1
20.8
13.3
29 Ozzie Smith
SDN
SS
25.5
5.0
16.6
0.7
30 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
29.4
5.0
26.5
14.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James