1931 Season
1930 / 1932
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1931 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 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
36.4
10.3
37.8
26.4
2 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
31.3
9.7
41.6
30.8
3 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
28.0
8.8
35.9
23.6
4 Wes Ferrell
CLE
SP
23.4
8.0
27.8
17.5
5 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
29.1
7.5
33.8
23.7
6 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
24.7
6.8
34.9
19.6
7 Watty Clark
BRO
SP
29.1
6.3
20.7
12.1
8 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
32.7
6.2
28.2
16.6
9 Ed Brandt
BSN
SP
26.4
6.1
25.2
15.9
10 George Uhle
DET
SP
32.8
6.1
17.8
10.5
11 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
29.1
6.1
30.1
16.2
12 Ray Benge
PHI
SP
29.2
6.0
20.8
11.7
13 Ben Chapman
NYA
LF
22.5
6.0
22.8
10.8
14 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
31.8
5.9
24.9
12.6
15 Wally Berger
BSN
CF
25.7
5.7
30.7
16.7
16 George Earnshaw
PHA
SP
31.4
5.7
28.1
17.5
17 Mel Ott
NY1
CF
22.3
5.7
25.8
14.3
18 Goose Goslin
SLA
LF
30.7
5.6
25.0
13.0
19 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
27.7
5.5
22.1
8.4
20 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
28.2
5.4
28.3
16.6
21 Earl Webb
BOS
RF
33.8
5.4
24.8
12.9
22 Lefty Gomez
NYA
SP
22.6
5.2
20.6
11.5
23 Rogers Hornsby
CHN
2B
35.2
5.2
19.8
11.3
24 Tony Cuccinello
CIN
2B
23.6
5.2
22.1
8.5
25 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
28.2
5.0
25.5
13.6
26 Rube Walberg
PHA
SP
34.9
5.0
25.4
14.5
27 Lloyd Brown
WS1
SP
26.5
4.9
18.5
8.9
28 Woody English
CHN
SS
25.3
4.9
24.6
8.6
29 Lyn Lary
NYA
SS
25.4
4.9
23.7
8.2
30 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
28.0
4.8
20.0
10.8
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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