1990 Season
1989 / 1991
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Henderson
Top PitcherRoger
Clemens

1990 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Barry Bonds
PIT
LF
25.9
9.7
34.4
22.8
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Clemens
BOS
SP
27.9
10.6
28.4
21.8
2 Rickey Henderson
OAK
LF
31.5
9.9
40.4
30.2
3 Barry Bonds
PIT
LF
25.9
9.7
34.4
22.8
4 Lenny Dykstra
PHI
CF
27.4
8.9
32.4
18.6
5 Chuck Finley
CAL
SP
27.6
7.7
22.9
16.0
6 Cal Ripken
BAL
SS
29.9
7.5
24.1
8.9
7 Ryne Sandberg
CHN
2B
30.8
7.1
32.9
18.3
8 Ed Whitson
SDN
SP
35.1
7.1
19.0
12.1
9 Julio Franco
TEX
2B
31.9
6.8
25.6
11.7
10 Alan Trammell
DET
SS
32.4
6.7
25.1
11.5
11 Cecil Fielder
DET
1B
26.8
6.6
29.7
18.6
12 Frank Viola
NYN
SP
30.2
6.3
20.1
12.6
13 Darryl Strawberry
NYN
RF
28.3
6.3
25.5
13.9
14 Mike Boddicker
BOS
SP
32.9
6.1
19.0
12.4
15 Dave Stieb
TOR
SP
32.9
5.9
17.4
11.3
16 Jose Rijo
CIN
SP
25.1
5.8
16.9
11.0
17 Bip Roberts
SDN
LF
26.7
5.7
22.1
9.9
18 Mark McGwire
OAK
1B
26.8
5.6
26.2
15.3
19 Barry Larkin
CIN
SS
26.2
5.6
24.3
8.9
20 Ron Gant
ATL
CF
25.3
5.5
24.1
11.6
21 Edgar Martinez
SEA
3B
27.5
5.5
19.3
8.2
22 Roberto Kelly
NYA
CF
25.8
5.5
20.7
7.4
23 Jose Canseco
OAK
RF
26.0
5.4
26.7
17.4
24 Danny Darwin
HOU
SP
34.7
5.3
16.6
10.8
25 Kevin Appier*
KCA
SP
22.6
5.3
13.1
7.3
26 Mike Harkey*
CHN
SP
23.7
5.2
14.2
9.0
27 Dave Stewart
OAK
SP
33.4
5.2
21.5
13.7
28 Willie McGee
MULT
CF
31.7
5.2
21.6
8.2
29 Fred McGriff
TOR
1B
26.7
5.2
28.9
18.0
30 Jesse Barfield
NYA
RF
30.7
5.2
20.0
9.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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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