2003 Season
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2003 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Albert Pujols
SLN
LF
23.5
8.6
38.1
26.0
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
38.9
9.2
40.3
30.4
2 Albert Pujols
SLN
LF
23.5
8.6
38.1
26.0
3 Alex Rodriguez
TEX
SS
27.9
8.4
32.8
17.9
4 Roy Halladay
TOR
SP
26.1
8.1
23.1
15.2
5 Pedro Martinez
BOS
SP
31.7
8.0
19.9
14.4
6 Mark Prior
CHN
SP
22.8
8.0
23.0
16.5
7 Marcus Giles
ATL
2B
25.1
7.8
30.0
16.5
8 Tim Hudson
OAK
SP
28.0
7.5
23.2
16.1
9 Esteban Loaiza
CHA
SP
31.5
7.2
23.1
16.4
10 Gary Sheffield
ATL
RF
34.6
6.8
34.1
21.7
11 Javy Lopez
ATL
C
32.7
6.8
29.1
17.8
12 Mike Mussina
NYA
SP
34.6
6.6
18.6
12.2
13 Livan Hernandez
MON
SP
28.4
6.4
21.1
13.9
14 Hank Blalock
TEX
3B
22.6
6.4
18.3
6.9
15 Kerry Wood
CHN
SP
26.0
6.3
18.1
11.7
16 Todd Helton
COL
1B
29.9
6.2
32.9
20.6
17 Nomar Garciaparra
BOS
SS
29.9
6.1
25.1
10.2
18 Carlos Zambrano
CHN
SP
22.1
6.1
17.5
10.9
19 Jim Edmonds
SLN
CF
33.0
6.0
24.3
13.6
20 Javier Vazquez
MON
SP
26.9
6.0
20.0
12.9
21 Jason Schmidt
SFN
SP
30.4
6.0
23.2
16.8
22 Bret Boone
SEA
2B
34.2
5.9
31.4
17.1
23 Jorge Posada
NYA
C
31.9
5.9
27.5
14.9
24 Carlos Delgado
TOR
1B
31.0
5.9
31.2
19.9
25 Brandon Webb*
ARI
SP
24.1
5.9
17.0
11.4
26 Darrell May
KCA
SP
31.1
5.9
17.1
10.8
27 Carlos Beltran
KCA
CF
26.2
5.8
27.8
16.5
28 Mark Mulder
OAK
SP
25.9
5.7
17.3
11.7
29 Curt Schilling
ARI
SP
36.6
5.7
15.5
10.4
30 Richard Hidalgo
HOU
RF
28.0
5.7
24.5
13.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie
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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.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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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