2011 Season
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Top HitterBen
Zobrist
Top PitcherRoy
Halladay

2011 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Justin Verlander
DET
SP
28.4
8.4
26.9
19.6
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cliff Lee
PHI
SP
32.8
9.2
22.1
15.5
2 Ben Zobrist
TBA
2B
30.1
8.8
27.0
13.6
3 Roy Halladay
PHI
SP
34.1
8.7
23.1
16.5
4 Justin Verlander
DET
SP
28.4
8.4
26.9
19.6
5 Matt Kemp
LAN
CF
26.8
8.1
36.5
22.5
6 Jacoby Ellsbury
BOS
CF
27.8
8.1
32.0
18.3
7 Jose Bautista
TOR
RF
30.7
8.1
38.4
27.0
8 Dustin Pedroia
BOS
2B
27.9
7.9
26.8
12.0
9 Ryan Braun
MIL
LF
27.6
7.8
35.7
24.2
10 Miguel Cabrera
DET
1B
28.2
7.6
36.0
24.7
11 Evan Longoria
TBA
3B
25.7
7.5
24.0
13.2
12 C.C. Sabathia
NYA
SP
30.9
7.4
18.8
11.9
13 Alex Gordon
KCA
LF
27.4
7.3
24.8
13.0
14 Clayton Kershaw
LAN
SP
23.3
7.2
22.3
15.6
15 Jered Weaver
LAA
SP
28.7
7.0
23.7
16.9
16 Ian Kinsler
TEX
2B
29.0
7.0
24.5
10.3
17 Adrian Gonzalez
BOS
1B
29.1
6.9
27.7
15.9
18 Cole Hamels
PHI
SP
27.5
6.5
18.0
11.8
19 Joey Votto
CIN
1B
27.8
6.4
29.3
16.6
20 Ricky Romero
TOR
SP
26.7
6.3
19.1
12.5
21 Troy Tulowitzki
COL
SS
26.7
6.2
24.2
10.7
22 Justin Upton
ARI
RF
23.9
6.1
29.4
16.9
23 Pablo Sandoval
SFN
3B
24.9
6.0
24.1
14.7
24 Adrian Beltre
TEX
3B
32.2
5.8
18.0
8.2
25 Josh Beckett
BOS
SP
31.1
5.7
15.9
10.3
26 Hunter Pence
MULT
RF
28.2
5.6
24.8
12.4
27 Robinson Cano
NYA
2B
28.7
5.5
31.1
17.2
28 Andrew McCutchen
PIT
CF
24.7
5.4
26.8
13.0
29 Albert Pujols
SLN
1B
31.5
5.4
25.9
14.3
30 Curtis Granderson
NYA
CF
30.3
5.4
27.8
14.7
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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