1939 Season
1938 / 1940
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Top HitterJoe
DiMaggio
Top PitcherBob
Feller

1939 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
24.6
8.1
34.0
23.6
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
20.7
9.8
31.4
21.7
2 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
30.2
9.8
36.1
25.6
3 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
24.6
8.1
34.0
23.6
4 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
26.5
7.9
32.4
20.7
5 Bobo Newsom
MULT
SP
31.9
7.9
26.1
16.6
6 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
31.7
6.9
30.8
21.2
7 Lefty Grove
BOS
SP
39.3
6.8
23.0
16.7
8 Ted Williams*
BOS
RF
20.8
6.7
32.5
20.4
9 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
33.6
6.5
28.7
16.9
10 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
32.2
6.4
27.2
15.2
11 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
24.4
6.3
24.8
11.4
12 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
28.9
5.9
25.3
13.1
13 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
30.7
5.9
29.6
15.0
14 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
30.3
5.7
27.0
17.5
15 Claude Passeau
MULT
SP
30.2
5.7
21.5
12.4
16 Buddy Lewis
WS1
3B
22.9
5.7
22.2
9.6
17 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
28.5
5.5
23.8
13.6
18 George Selkirk
NYA
LF
31.5
5.4
25.0
15.3
19 Hugh Casey*
BRO
SP
25.7
5.4
20.0
12.3
20 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
34.2
5.3
22.0
14.4
21 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
28.1
5.3
25.0
13.0
22 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
26.6
5.2
23.3
14.6
23 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
30.9
5.2
25.2
15.0
24 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
27.3
5.2
25.6
10.0
25 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
28.9
5.1
23.2
9.0
26 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
32.1
5.1
27.2
14.5
27 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
36.1
4.9
19.8
10.0
28 Dutch Leonard
WS1
SP
30.3
4.9
21.0
12.2
29 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
32.5
4.9
18.9
12.4
30 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
38.5
4.9
19.5
13.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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