1940 Season
1939 / 1941
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Top HitterJohnny
Mize
Top PitcherBob
Feller

1940 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Feller
CLE
SP
21.7
9.8
34.6
22.7
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
21.7
9.8
34.6
22.7
2 Bobo Newsom
DET
SP
32.9
7.4
26.2
16.4
3 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
27.5
7.4
32.4
20.8
4 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
25.6
7.3
31.1
19.6
5 Claude Passeau
CHN
SP
31.2
7.1
26.4
16.2
6 Hank Greenberg
DET
LF
29.5
7.1
31.1
18.7
7 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
31.2
6.7
31.5
20.5
8 Johnny Rigney
CHA
SP
25.7
6.6
23.2
12.8
9 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
28.3
6.4
31.0
15.5
10 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
21.8
6.4
30.1
17.9
11 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
23.0
6.0
29.8
14.1
12 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
29.9
5.9
25.2
11.4
13 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
25.4
5.9
26.3
12.1
14 Schoolboy Rowe
DET
SP
30.5
5.8
17.1
10.8
15 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
29.1
5.7
25.9
14.2
16 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
30.6
5.4
26.3
12.3
17 Charlie Keller
NYA
RF
23.8
5.4
24.4
13.2
18 Rudy York
DET
1B
26.9
5.4
25.7
13.8
19 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
33.2
5.3
29.1
14.5
20 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
31.3
5.2
23.6
11.3
21 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
32.7
5.2
24.2
12.6
22 Larry French
CHN
SP
32.7
5.1
17.6
8.7
23 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
33.2
5.0
25.0
14.5
24 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
24.3
5.0
25.7
14.7
25 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
33.5
4.9
16.7
9.4
26 Dutch Leonard
WS1
SP
31.3
4.8
20.7
10.0
27 Eddie Miller
BSN
SS
23.6
4.8
20.5
6.3
28 Ken Chase
WS1
SP
26.7
4.7
20.5
10.7
29 Elden Auker
SLA
SP
29.8
4.7
21.0
11.2
30 Rip Sewell
PIT
SP
33.1
4.6
14.4
7.5
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James