1934 Season
1933 / 1935
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1934 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 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
31.0
10.4
40.9
29.3
2 Dizzy Dean
SLN
SP
24.5
9.1
36.0
25.1
3 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
26.7
9.0
31.4
20.2
4 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
31.1
8.5
36.9
22.5
5 Curt Davis*
PHI
SP
30.8
8.3
24.2
14.6
6 Lefty Gomez
NYA
SP
25.6
7.7
30.9
20.5
7 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
25.3
7.3
37.7
25.1
8 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
31.0
7.2
32.4
21.5
9 Schoolboy Rowe
DET
SP
24.5
7.1
26.4
16.6
10 Mel Harder
CLE
SP
24.7
7.1
27.6
18.2
11 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
32.1
6.9
32.5
18.7
12 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
22.3
6.6
36.2
21.2
13 Ripper Collins
SLN
1B
30.3
6.3
31.5
19.9
14 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
23.5
6.2
30.8
19.5
15 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
35.7
5.9
28.8
16.9
16 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
31.2
5.8
30.3
17.9
17 Hal Trosky*
CLE
1B
21.6
5.5
27.7
16.2
18 Bobo Newsom*
SLA
SP
26.9
5.5
21.2
11.6
19 Billy Werber
BOS
3B
26.0
5.4
26.2
11.7
20 Van Mungo
BRO
SP
23.1
5.2
21.2
10.1
21 Paul Dean*
SLN
SP
21.9
5.1
20.8
12.7
22 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
39.4
5.1
20.0
11.9
23 Fritz Ostermueller*
BOS
SP
26.8
5.1
16.5
9.1
24 Wally Berger
BSN
CF
28.7
5.1
32.9
19.3
25 Lon Warneke
CHN
SP
25.3
5.1
25.6
15.4
26 Len Koenecke
BRO
CF
30.5
5.0
23.2
12.2
27 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
28.6
5.0
21.5
10.6
28 Wes Ferrell
BOS
SP
26.4
5.0
17.4
10.7
29 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
27.5
4.9
22.8
12.7
30 Waite Hoyt
PIT
SP
34.8
4.8
17.9
11.4
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James