1988 Season
1987 / 1989
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Top HitterWade
Boggs
Top PitcherMark
Gubicza

1988 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Orel Hershiser
LAN
SP
29.8
7.1
25.1
16.9
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Wade Boggs
BOS
3B
30.0
8.2
33.9
20.4
2 Mark Gubicza
KCA
SP
25.9
7.8
24.5
16.2
3 Frank Viola
MIN
SP
28.2
7.7
25.1
17.3
4 Kirby Puckett
MIN
CF
28.3
7.7
31.1
17.6
5 Mike Greenwell
BOS
LF
25.0
7.5
29.5
17.6
6 Teddy Higuera
ML4
SP
29.6
7.4
22.3
15.3
7 Jose Canseco
OAK
RF
24.0
7.3
39.2
27.1
8 Roger Clemens
BOS
SP
25.9
7.1
21.6
13.5
9 Orel Hershiser
LAN
SP
29.8
7.1
25.1
16.9
10 Barry Larkin
CIN
SS
24.2
7.0
27.0
12.4
11 Brett Butler
SFN
CF
31.0
6.8
29.3
15.3
12 Will Clark
SFN
1B
24.3
6.6
34.0
21.8
13 Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
33.5
6.6
22.4
7.3
14 Kirk Gibson
LAN
LF
31.1
6.5
33.2
21.4
15 Andy Van Slyke
PIT
CF
27.5
6.4
31.0
17.3
16 Rickey Henderson
NYA
LF
29.5
6.3
28.2
17.0
17 Dave Henderson
OAK
CF
29.9
6.3
28.1
16.9
18 Fred McGriff
TOR
1B
24.7
6.2
26.9
16.4
19 Barry Bonds
PIT
LF
23.9
6.2
26.8
15.5
20 Alan Trammell
DET
SS
30.4
6.0
24.8
13.4
21 Greg Swindell
CLE
SP
23.5
5.9
19.6
12.2
22 David Cone
NYN
SP
25.5
5.8
19.6
12.2
23 Cal Ripken
BAL
SS
27.9
5.7
24.1
9.1
24 Tom Candiotti
CLE
SP
30.8
5.7
17.3
10.7
25 Robin Yount
ML4
CF
32.8
5.7
31.0
17.4
26 Andres Galarraga
MON
1B
27.0
5.7
25.6
13.9
27 Mark Langston
SEA
SP
27.9
5.7
18.9
10.9
28 Greg Maddux
CHN
SP
22.2
5.6
19.3
11.7
29 Kal Daniels
CIN
LF
24.9
5.6
25.4
14.5
30 Darryl Strawberry
NYN
RF
26.3
5.4
32.0
20.1
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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