1897 Season
1896 / 1898














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1897 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 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
27.8
11.2
41.1
27.6
2 Amos Rusie
NY1
SP
26.1
8.8
30.2
18.4
3 Ted Breitenstein
CIN
SP
28.1
8.2
33.4
21.7
4 Hughie Jennings
BLN
SS
28.2
7.3
28.4
16.8
5 Willie Keeler
BLN
RF
25.3
7.2
30.6
19.9
6 Cy Young
CL4
SP
30.3
6.9
24.7
12.3
7 George Davis
NY1
SS
26.9
6.9
30.7
18.3
8 Fred Clarke
LS3
LF
24.7
6.5
29.5
18.8
9 Ed Delahanty
PHI
LF
29.7
5.7
22.8
12.0
10 Jack Powell*
CL4
SP
23.0
5.5
19.1
10.8
11 Win Mercer
WSN
SP
23.0
5.4
24.9
12.6
12 Frank Dwyer
CIN
SP
29.3
5.3
23.3
14.2
13 Jimmy Collins
BSN
3B
27.5
5.2
26.3
14.2
14 Nap Lajoie
PHI
1B
22.8
5.2
20.0
10.2
15 Joe Kelley
BLN
LF
25.6
5.1
25.0
14.2
16 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
27.6
5.0
22.0
9.1
17 Billy Hamilton
BSN
CF
31.4
4.8
28.5
16.5
18 Brickyard Kennedy
BRO
SP
29.7
4.8
22.8
10.1
19 Jouett Meekin
NY1
SP
30.4
4.7
21.9
10.7
20 Billy Rhines
CIN
SP
28.3
4.5
25.1
14.5
21 Kip Selbach
WSN
LF
25.3
4.5
19.3
8.9
22 John McGraw
BLN
3B
24.2
4.4
19.1
8.9
23 Mike Griffin
BRO
CF
32.3
4.4
23.7
11.2
24 Cy Seymour
NY1
SP
24.6
4.3
19.8
9.4
25 Nixey Callahan*
CHN
2B
23.3
4.3
19.0
5.2
26 Joe Corbett
BLN
SP
21.6
4.2
25.7
14.2
27 Jesse Burkett
CL4
LF
28.6
4.2
24.0
13.1
28 Bobby Wallace
CL4
3B
23.7
4.2
22.2
10.4
29 Hugh Duffy
BSN
LF
30.6
4.1
25.1
13.8
30 Arlie Pond
BLN
SP
24.5
4.0
20.1
11.0
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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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