1932 Season
1931 / 1933
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1932 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 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
24.7
10.4
40.5
28.5
2 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
32.3
8.8
32.2
22.7
3 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
37.4
8.3
35.7
25.5
4 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
23.3
7.9
32.1
19.7
5 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
29.0
7.9
37.8
25.9
6 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
27.2
7.9
25.4
16.9
7 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
29.0
7.3
24.2
14.3
8 Wes Ferrell
CLE
SP
24.4
7.2
25.6
16.2
9 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
33.7
7.2
31.3
19.6
10 Lon Warneke
CHN
SP
23.3
6.9
30.5
20.8
11 Alvin Crowder
WS1
SP
33.5
6.7
29.6
18.9
12 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
27.7
6.6
31.4
18.5
13 Babe Herman
CIN
RF
29.0
6.6
24.4
12.6
14 Dizzy Dean*
SLN
SP
22.5
6.6
23.0
12.9
15 Lefty O'Doul
BRO
LF
35.3
6.4
33.0
20.9
16 Red Lucas
CIN
SP
30.2
6.3
22.6
13.1
17 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
25.7
6.1
30.9
16.9
18 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
31.5
5.8
14.5
7.0
19 Mel Harder
CLE
SP
22.7
5.6
20.5
12.2
20 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
29.2
5.6
30.3
16.2
21 Clint Brown
CLE
SP
29.0
5.6
20.3
11.7
22 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
29.2
5.5
31.4
18.7
23 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
28.6
5.2
27.0
14.5
24 Heinie Manush
WS1
LF
30.9
5.1
27.9
15.7
25 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
29.1
4.8
24.4
10.2
26 Huck Betts
BSN
SP
35.4
4.7
18.1
10.3
27 Don Hurst
PHI
1B
26.9
4.7
22.8
11.3
28 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
30.1
4.7
30.2
16.0
29 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
33.1
4.7
24.5
11.7
30 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
25.5
4.4
15.8
9.3
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James