2009 Season
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Pujols
Top PitcherZack
Greinke

2009 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Albert Pujols
SLN
1B
29.5
9.7
39.5
27.2
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Zack Greinke
KCA
SP
25.7
10.4
25.7
18.9
2 Albert Pujols
SLN
1B
29.5
9.7
39.5
27.2
3 Ben Zobrist
TBA
2B
28.1
8.6
26.2
14.6
4 Chase Utley
PHI
2B
30.5
8.2
32.1
17.3
5 Joe Mauer
MIN
C
26.2
7.8
33.9
21.9
6 Chone Figgins
LAA
3B
31.4
7.7
26.3
12.9
7 Tim Lincecum
SFN
SP
25.0
7.6
22.2
15.7
8 Josh Johnson
FLO
SP
25.4
7.4
17.2
11.2
9 Hanley Ramirez
FLO
SS
25.5
7.3
34.2
19.7
10 Ryan Zimmerman
WAS
3B
24.8
7.3
23.3
9.6
11 Dan Haren
ARI
SP
28.8
7.1
19.1
12.5
12 Evan Longoria
TBA
3B
23.7
7.1
25.4
12.9
13 Adrian Gonzalez
SDN
1B
27.1
6.9
33.8
21.8
14 Roy Halladay
TOR
SP
32.1
6.9
21.2
14.1
15 Adam Wainwright
SLN
SP
27.8
6.8
21.6
14.9
16 Jair Jurrjens
ATL
SP
23.4
6.8
17.5
11.4
17 Chris Carpenter
SLN
SP
34.2
6.7
20.8
15.3
18 Franklin Gutierrez
SEA
CF
26.4
6.6
18.5
6.2
19 Derek Jeter
NYA
SS
35.0
6.6
27.4
12.8
20 Javier Vazquez
ATL
SP
32.9
6.5
17.1
10.8
21 Troy Tulowitzki
COL
SS
24.7
6.5
25.7
11.5
22 Kevin Youkilis
BOS
1B
30.3
6.5
25.8
15.6
23 Matt Cain
SFN
SP
24.8
6.4
19.2
13.0
24 Prince Fielder
MIL
1B
25.1
6.3
35.4
22.7
25 Jon Lester
BOS
SP
25.5
6.2
17.5
11.5
26 C.C. Sabathia
NYA
SP
28.9
6.2
18.6
11.8
27 Jason Bartlett
TBA
SS
29.7
6.2
22.7
10.6
28 Ryan Braun
MIL
LF
25.6
6.2
33.3
20.4
29 Ian Kinsler
TEX
2B
27.0
6.0
21.8
8.9
30 Felix Hernandez
SEA
SP
23.2
6.0
27.0
20.0
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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.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James