1909 Season
1908 / 1910
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1909 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 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
28.9
10.2
31.2
21.5
2 Ty Cobb
DET
RF
22.5
9.8
45.0
32.5
3 Eddie Collins
PHA
2B
22.2
9.7
42.6
28.4
4 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
35.4
9.1
41.7
28.0
5 Mordecai Brown
CHN
SP
32.7
8.8
36.7
24.6
6 Orval Overall
CHN
SP
28.4
8.1
30.3
20.3
7 Nap Rucker
BRO
SP
24.8
7.3
21.8
10.9
8 Frank Smith
CHA
SP
29.7
7.2
29.5
17.2
9 Ed Walsh
CHA
SP
28.1
6.6
22.6
14.9
10 Donie Bush*
DET
SS
21.7
6.5
28.3
12.4
11 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
34.8
6.4
27.0
15.7
12 Tris Speaker
BOS
CF
21.2
6.3
33.2
20.3
13 Cy Morgan
MULT
SP
30.6
6.2
22.9
13.1
14 Art Fromme
CIN
SP
25.8
5.9
18.7
8.8
15 Frank Baker*
PHA
3B
23.3
5.7
27.4
13.8
16 Sam Crawford
DET
CF
29.2
5.7
33.4
19.4
17 Al Bridwell
NY1
SS
25.5
5.5
24.7
11.2
18 Chief Bender
PHA
SP
25.2
5.5
20.4
12.0
19 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
33.8
5.5
20.6
11.7
20 Mike Mitchell
CIN
RF
29.6
5.5
27.5
16.4
21 Howie Camnitz
PIT
SP
27.9
5.4
29.6
19.6
22 George Mullin
DET
SP
29.0
5.4
26.1
15.9
23 Harry Krause*
PHA
SP
21.0
5.4
19.3
12.1
24 Freddy Parent
CHA
SS
33.6
5.3
22.5
9.8
25 Ed Reulbach
CHN
SP
26.6
5.2
22.8
13.5
26 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
36.7
5.2
31.0
18.1
27 Earl Moore
PHI
SP
29.9
5.0
23.6
13.0
28 Addie Joss
CLE
SP
29.2
5.0
19.9
11.8
29 Ed Konetchy
SLN
1B
23.8
4.8
24.3
12.4
30 Joe Tinker
CHN
SS
28.9
4.7
23.6
10.3
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James