1944 Season
1943 / 1945
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1944 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Marty Marion
SLN
SS
26.6
4.7
19.1
5.9
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
29.0
11.1
39.7
27.0
2 Stan Musial
SLN
RF
23.6
8.8
37.0
25.0
3 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
23.1
8.6
33.3
21.9
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
2B
25.7
8.4
35.6
20.6
5 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
27.0
8.0
30.2
15.0
6 Jim Tobin
BSN
SP
31.5
6.3
22.7
11.9
7 Rip Sewell
PIT
SP
37.1
6.3
22.7
12.5
8 Bob Johnson
BOS
LF
38.6
6.3
30.8
19.2
9 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
33.1
6.1
27.5
16.4
10 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
35.2
6.1
32.1
21.9
11 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
29.3
6.0
33.1
19.4
12 Augie Galan
BRO
LF
32.1
6.0
31.9
19.8
13 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
29.6
6.0
31.0
18.6
14 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
26.2
5.9
27.3
16.0
15 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
27.7
5.7
23.1
9.7
16 Fritz Ostermueller
MULT
SP
36.8
5.7
18.9
10.1
17 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
33.8
5.7
33.4
22.5
18 Tex Hughson
BOS
SP
28.4
5.6
19.6
12.2
19 Nels Potter
SLA
SP
32.9
5.5
20.3
11.9
20 Johnny Hopp
SLN
CF
28.0
5.5
27.8
15.8
21 Mort Cooper
SLN
SP
31.3
5.5
24.6
15.6
22 Jack Kramer
SLA
SP
26.5
5.4
21.5
12.3
23 Johnny Lindell
NYA
CF
27.8
5.3
25.8
12.5
24 Nick Etten
NYA
1B
30.8
5.3
25.2
13.4
25 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
35.3
5.3
24.8
16.0
26 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
23.7
5.2
34.2
20.0
27 Claude Passeau
CHN
SP
35.2
5.1
17.1
9.0
28 Buster Adams
PHI
CF
29.0
5.0
21.7
7.9
29 Jim Russell
PIT
LF
25.8
4.7
30.8
18.6
30 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
26.6
4.7
19.1
5.9
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James