2001 Season
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Top HitterBarry
Bonds
Top PitcherRandy
Johnson

2001 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
36.9
11.9
50.2
38.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
36.9
11.9
50.2
38.5
2 Sammy Sosa
CHN
RF
32.6
10.3
43.8
31.0
3 Randy Johnson
ARI
SP
37.8
9.4
26.2
18.9
4 Jason Giambi
OAK
1B
30.5
9.1
38.4
27.5
5 Bret Boone
SEA
2B
32.2
8.8
35.0
20.8
6 Curt Schilling
ARI
SP
34.6
8.5
24.5
17.1
7 Alex Rodriguez
TEX
SS
25.9
8.4
34.7
19.2
8 Luis Gonzalez
ARI
LF
33.8
7.9
35.1
22.0
9 Larry Walker
COL
RF
34.6
7.8
23.1
12.4
10 Todd Helton
COL
1B
27.9
7.8
25.3
13.3
11 Ichiro Suzuki*
SEA
RF
27.7
7.7
31.9
19.3
12 Roberto Alomar
CLE
2B
33.4
7.3
35.2
21.3
13 Mike Mussina
NYA
SP
32.6
7.1
19.9
13.1
14 Shawn Green
LAN
RF
28.6
7.0
34.4
21.6
15 Rich Aurilia
SFN
SS
29.8
6.7
32.4
17.4
16 Joe Mays
MIN
SP
25.6
6.6
22.3
15.4
17 Albert Pujols*
SLN
3B
21.5
6.6
31.4
19.0
18 Cliff Floyd
FLO
LF
28.6
6.5
25.9
14.6
19 Lance Berkman
HOU
LF
25.4
6.5
33.3
20.6
20 Carlos Beltran
KCA
CF
24.2
6.4
24.7
11.6
21 Corey Koskie
MIN
3B
28.0
6.3
22.4
10.0
22 Javier Vazquez
MON
SP
24.9
6.2
20.4
13.9
23 Eric Chavez
OAK
3B
23.6
6.0
25.0
13.3
24 Mark Buehrle
CHA
SP
22.3
5.9
18.1
11.5
25 Chipper Jones
ATL
3B
29.2
5.9
30.3
17.0
26 Mike Cameron
SEA
CF
28.5
5.9
26.6
14.3
27 Jim Edmonds
SLN
CF
31.0
5.9
27.7
15.5
28 Phil Nevin
SDN
3B
30.5
5.9
32.6
20.3
29 Jeff Bagwell
HOU
1B
33.1
5.8
26.7
14.3
30 Mark Mulder
OAK
SP
23.9
5.6
18.2
11.4
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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