2008 Season
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Top HitterAlbert
Pujols
Top PitcherTim
Lincecum

2008 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Albert Pujols
SLN
1B
28.5
9.2
34.3
23.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Albert Pujols
SLN
1B
28.5
9.2
34.3
23.3
2 Chase Utley
PHI
2B
29.5
9.0
31.4
16.3
3 Tim Lincecum
SFN
SP
24.0
8.1
25.3
18.7
4 Mark Teixeira
MULT
1B
28.2
7.8
30.1
18.4
5 Nick Markakis
BAL
RF
24.6
7.5
23.7
11.6
6 Chipper Jones
ATL
3B
36.2
7.4
25.6
15.3
7 C.C. Sabathia
MULT
SP
27.9
7.2
23.7
16.2
8 Johan Santana
NYN
SP
29.3
7.1
21.2
14.5
9 Ryan Dempster
CHN
SP
31.2
6.9
18.3
12.3
10 Dustin Pedroia
BOS
2B
24.9
6.9
27.3
12.6
11 Carlos Beltran
NYN
CF
31.2
6.9
29.0
14.8
12 Cliff Lee
CLE
SP
29.8
6.8
23.6
16.7
13 Alex Rodriguez
NYA
3B
32.9
6.8
27.2
16.2
14 David Wright
NYN
3B
25.5
6.8
30.5
16.1
15 Lance Berkman
HOU
1B
32.4
6.8
34.5
23.0
16 Hanley Ramirez
FLO
SS
24.5
6.8
34.0
19.0
17 Dan Haren
ARI
SP
27.8
6.6
19.0
12.8
18 John Danks
CHA
SP
23.2
6.4
17.0
11.0
19 Kevin Youkilis
BOS
1B
29.3
6.3
23.8
13.3
20 Roy Halladay
TOR
SP
31.1
6.2
22.9
15.3
21 Jon Lester
BOS
SP
24.5
6.0
17.7
11.2
22 Grady Sizemore
CLE
CF
25.9
5.9
28.6
14.7
23 Manny Ramirez
MULT
LF
36.1
5.9
29.0
18.1
24 Alex Rios
TOR
RF
27.4
5.9
20.6
8.2
25 Matt Holliday
COL
LF
28.5
5.9
22.6
11.4
26 Rich Harden
MULT
SP
26.6
5.8
16.1
11.6
27 Carlos Zambrano
CHN
SP
27.1
5.6
14.7
9.3
28 Joe Mauer
MIN
C
25.2
5.6
30.8
17.2
29 Brandon Webb
ARI
SP
29.1
5.6
20.8
14.3
30 Adrian Beltre
SEA
3B
29.2
5.5
16.1
4.6
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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