1873 Season
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1873 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Mathews
NY2
SP
21.6
9.6
35.5
19.2
2 Al Spalding
BS1
SP
22.8
8.9
43.8
25.0
3 Candy Cummings
BL1
SP
24.7
7.9
26.1
12.0
4 George Zettlein
PH2
SP
29.0
7.8
41.9
24.9
5 Dick McBride
PH1
SP
28.6
6.5
29.2
14.8
6 Ross Barnes
BS1
2B
23.1
4.9
21.8
15.9
7 George Wright
BS1
SS
26.4
3.4
16.4
10.0
8 Deacon White
BS1
C
25.6
2.7
14.3
8.3
9 Davy Force
BL1
3B
23.9
2.2
11.9
6.9
10 Cap Anson
PH1
1B
21.2
1.9
10.4
6.2
11 Jim O'Rourke*
BS1
1B
22.8
1.9
9.7
5.1
12 Dave Eggler
NY2
CF
24.2
1.8
8.7
4.1
13 Cal McVey
BL1
C
23.8
1.7
9.0
5.2
14 Levi Meyerle
PH2
3B
28.0
1.7
11.2
7.1
15 Everett Mills
BL1
1B
28.4
1.7
8.4
4.4
16 Charlie Pabor
BR2
LF
26.8
1.6
8.4
3.4
17 Dickey Pearce
BR2
SS
37.3
1.6
4.4
-1.0
18 Tom Carey
BL1
2B
27.3
1.6
8.9
3.8
19 Ezra Sutton
PH1
3B
22.8
1.5
7.8
3.4
20 Wes Fisler
PH1
2B
32.0
1.4
7.4
3.6
21 Tom York
BL1
LF
23.0
1.4
10.0
4.4
22 Cherokee Fisher
PH1
RF
28.7
1.4
8.1
1.1
23 Fergy Malone
PH2
C
31.6
1.4
9.9
4.5
24 Chick Fulmer
PH2
SS
22.4
1.3
8.5
3.5
25 Count Gedney*
NY2
LF
24.1
1.2
8.8
3.9
26 George Hall
BL1
CF
24.3
1.1
5.1
2.2
27 Lip Pike
BL1
RF
28.1
1.1
8.0
3.7
28 Jim Holdsworth*
NY2
SS
23.0
1.1
8.0
3.2
29 Bob Ferguson
BR2
3B
28.4
1.0
3.3
-1.5
30 Jimmy Wood
PH2
2B
30.6
0.9
8.6
4.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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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