1899 Season
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1899 National League MVP Award

by Votes
 
Total
Player
Tm
Pos
The MVP Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Vic Willis
BSN
SP
23.2
10.2
41.3
29.3
2 Cy Young
SLN
SP
32.3
8.4
34.0
21.0
3 Jesse Tannehill
PIT
SP
25.0
8.4
26.9
15.7
4 Jay Hughes
BRO
SP
25.4
8.0
33.4
23.2
5 John McGraw
BLN
3B
26.2
8.0
34.3
23.2
6 Ed Delahanty
PHI
LF
31.7
8.0
40.5
27.8
7 Joe McGinnity *
BLN
SP
28.3
8.0
33.7
20.7
8 Noodles Hahn *
CIN
SP
20.2
7.8
28.9
18.1
9 Frank Kitson
BLN
SP
29.8
7.8
28.8
17.3
10 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
29.8
6.9
33.5
21.4
11 Jimmy Williams *
PIT
3B
22.5
6.9
31.2
16.9
12 Sam Leever *
PIT
SP
27.5
6.8
26.0
12.4
13 Jack Powell
SLN
SP
25.0
6.1
27.6
14.4
14 Honus Wagner
LS3
3B
25.4
5.8
26.0
13.7
15 Jesse Burkett
SLN
LF
30.6
5.7
30.4
17.9
16 Brickyard Kennedy
BRO
SP
31.7
5.6
28.5
18.7
17 Chick Stahl
BSN
RF
26.5
5.6
30.2
17.9
18 Cy Seymour
NY1
SP
26.6
5.6
20.7
11.0
19 Bobby Wallace
SLN
SS
25.7
5.5
24.7
10.3
20 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
27.6
5.4
23.8
12.1
21 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
29.6
5.0
25.0
13.8
22 Roy Thomas *
PHI
CF
25.3
4.9
29.0
15.6
23 George Davis
NY1
SS
28.9
4.9
20.4
10.1
24 Willie Keeler
BRO
RF
27.3
4.8
28.8
17.3
25 Bill Dahlen
BRO
SS
29.5
4.6
22.0
10.3
26 Tom Daly
BRO
2B
33.4
4.6
26.0
14.1
27 Jake Beckley
CIN
1B
31.9
4.5
20.8
10.9
28 Ted Breitenstein
CIN
SP
30.1
4.5
18.7
11.1
29 Joe Kelley
BRO
LF
27.6
4.5
29.0
16.7
30 Fred Clarke
LS3
LF
26.7
4.4
25.3
12.1
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James