2002 Season
2001 / 2003
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2002 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Alex Rodriguez
TEX
SS
26.9
8.8
32.4
17.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
37.9
11.8
47.9
36.9
2 Randy Johnson
ARI
SP
38.8
10.7
28.9
21.5
3 Alex Rodriguez
TEX
SS
26.9
8.8
32.4
17.3
4 Curt Schilling
ARI
SP
35.6
8.6
23.7
16.3
5 Jim Thome
CLE
1B
31.8
7.4
37.1
27.3
6 Roy Halladay
TOR
SP
25.1
7.3
21.7
14.4
7 Derek Lowe
BOS
SP
29.1
7.3
22.3
15.7
8 Barry Zito
OAK
SP
24.1
7.1
25.1
18.1
9 Jason Giambi
NYA
1B
31.5
7.1
33.6
23.1
10 Vladimir Guerrero
MON
RF
27.4
7.0
30.7
17.6
11 Jeff Kent
SFN
2B
34.3
7.0
29.9
15.4
12 Tim Hudson
OAK
SP
27.0
7.0
22.6
15.4
13 Roy Oswalt
HOU
SP
24.8
6.9
19.9
13.3
14 Shawn Green
LAN
RF
29.6
6.9
32.1
19.4
15 Bartolo Colon
MULT
SP
29.1
6.9
22.0
15.1
16 Nomar Garciaparra
BOS
SS
28.9
6.8
26.0
11.5
17 Jim Edmonds
SLN
CF
32.0
6.7
31.4
19.6
18 Andruw Jones
ATL
CF
25.2
6.6
28.5
14.9
19 Scott Rolen
MULT
3B
27.2
6.5
24.9
11.5
20 Pedro Martinez
BOS
SP
30.7
6.5
21.1
15.1
21 Darin Erstad
ANA
CF
28.1
6.4
18.8
6.3
22 Todd Helton
COL
1B
28.9
6.2
30.3
18.6
23 Manny Ramirez
BOS
LF
30.1
6.0
25.5
17.4
24 Larry Walker
COL
RF
35.6
6.0
26.7
16.6
25 Bobby Abreu
PHI
RF
28.3
5.8
27.2
14.4
26 Chipper Jones
ATL
LF
30.2
5.7
30.8
18.7
27 Sammy Sosa
CHN
RF
33.6
5.7
26.0
13.8
28 Jamie Moyer
SEA
SP
39.6
5.7
16.1
9.1
29 Miguel Tejada
OAK
SS
28.1
5.6
27.9
12.9
30 Paul Byrd
KCA
SP
31.6
5.5
18.0
11.2
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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