1947 Season
1946 / 1948
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Williams
Top PitcherEwell
Blackwell

1947 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ted Williams
BOS
LF
28.8
9.9
44.6
31.7
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
28.8
9.9
44.6
31.7
2 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
26.2
9.3
32.0
22.1
3 Ewell Blackwell
CIN
SP
24.7
8.7
28.6
19.3
4 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
24.7
8.3
29.4
16.9
5 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
30.0
7.4
27.5
13.2
6 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
34.5
7.1
31.5
20.0
7 Joe Gordon
CLE
2B
32.4
6.9
25.2
11.2
8 Bob Elliott
BSN
3B
30.6
6.7
29.1
16.1
9 Dutch Leonard
PHI
SP
38.3
6.5
22.7
14.7
10 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
26.1
6.4
24.1
14.1
11 Ralph Branca
BRO
SP
21.5
6.3
25.7
16.2
12 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
28.9
6.1
26.3
12.7
13 Harry Walker
MULT
CF
30.7
6.0
24.0
11.9
14 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
29.2
5.9
25.8
13.4
15 Ed Lopat
CHA
SP
29.0
5.7
21.1
12.2
16 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
27.9
5.5
22.1
14.1
17 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
29.8
5.5
22.6
13.5
18 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
28.7
5.4
22.4
11.9
19 Willard Marshall
NY1
RF
26.4
5.4
24.4
12.2
20 Walker Cooper
NY1
C
32.5
5.3
23.1
10.2
21 Walt Masterson
WS1
SP
27.0
5.1
21.2
12.3
22 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
32.7
5.0
17.7
10.1
23 Larry Jansen*
NY1
SP
27.0
5.0
20.5
12.1
24 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
32.6
4.9
29.3
17.2
25 Joe Dobson
BOS
SP
30.4
4.7
19.6
11.6
26 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
26.6
4.6
24.7
13.0
27 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
34.4
4.6
26.6
15.2
28 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
40.2
4.6
21.9
9.0
29 Early Wynn
WS1
SP
27.5
4.5
19.2
10.4
30 George McQuinn
NYA
1B
37.1
4.5
24.3
13.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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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