1950 Season
1949 / 1951
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Stanky
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Garver

1950 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
33.8
6.7
35.4
19.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ned Garver
SLA
SP
24.5
8.2
24.2
14.9
2 Eddie Stanky
NY1
2B
33.8
8.1
29.9
15.0
3 Jackie Robinson
BRO
2B
31.4
7.5
29.9
16.3
4 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
29.6
7.3
31.4
19.9
5 Ewell Blackwell
CIN
SP
27.7
6.9
24.8
15.4
6 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
23.8
6.8
25.9
15.1
7 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
33.8
6.7
35.4
19.5
8 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
26.6
6.6
30.2
18.0
9 Andy Pafko
CHN
CF
29.4
6.6
27.0
14.7
10 Sid Gordon
BSN
LF
32.9
6.3
28.2
17.7
11 Earl Torgeson
BSN
1B
26.5
5.9
31.6
19.4
12 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
23.8
5.9
29.7
15.8
13 Al Rosen*
CLE
3B
26.3
5.8
29.1
15.9
14 Art Houtteman
DET
SP
22.9
5.7
25.8
16.1
15 Mel Parnell
BOS
SP
28.1
5.6
21.5
12.7
16 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
25.1
5.6
32.2
17.5
17 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
29.2
5.6
20.3
9.9
18 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
27.7
5.6
22.5
10.0
19 Larry Jansen
NY1
SP
30.0
5.3
24.7
14.9
20 Murry Dickson
PIT
SP
33.9
5.3
14.9
6.7
21 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
35.6
5.3
29.2
17.1
22 Hank Thompson
NY1
3B
24.6
5.1
22.9
10.8
23 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
28.5
5.0
19.3
4.4
24 Del Ennis
PHI
RF
25.1
5.0
26.1
14.3
25 George Kell
DET
3B
27.9
4.9
26.5
12.5
26 Preacher Roe
BRO
SP
35.3
4.8
21.6
12.7
27 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
29.8
4.8
24.5
14.2
28 Bob Elliott
BSN
3B
33.6
4.6
26.0
14.0
29 Hoot Evers
DET
LF
29.4
4.6
25.5
14.3
30 Sal Maglie
NY1
SP
33.2
4.6
21.2
13.6
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