1955 Season
1954 / 1956
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Top HitterMickey
Mantle
Top PitcherBilly
Pierce

1955 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Duke Snider
BRO
CF
28.8
8.6
35.6
22.6
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
23.7
9.5
41.0
28.1
2 Willie Mays
NY1
CF
24.2
9.0
37.5
24.0
3 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
28.8
8.6
35.6
22.6
4 Al Kaline
DET
RF
20.5
8.3
30.9
18.6
5 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
24.4
8.2
31.7
16.8
6 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
23.7
7.3
33.4
21.1
7 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
36.8
6.9
23.7
16.3
8 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
28.2
6.9
23.0
16.2
9 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
28.3
6.3
28.9
16.2
10 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
21.4
6.2
28.6
16.1
11 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
34.6
6.1
28.6
17.0
12 Early Wynn
CLE
SP
35.5
6.1
20.4
12.9
13 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
28.3
6.0
25.9
10.5
14 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
24.6
5.9
19.2
11.4
15 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
28.8
5.8
26.4
15.0
16 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
32.9
5.4
21.6
11.3
17 Billy Hoeft
DET
SP
23.1
5.3
17.8
10.6
18 Wally Post
CIN
RF
26.0
5.3
23.1
11.0
19 Don Newcombe
BRO
SP
29.0
5.3
24.5
15.7
20 Herb Score*
CLE
SP
22.1
5.3
20.0
12.6
21 Roy Campanella
BRO
C
33.6
5.3
27.4
15.5
22 Ted Kluszewski
CIN
1B
30.8
5.3
24.7
12.9
23 Bob Rush
CHN
SP
29.5
5.2
19.5
10.9
24 Gil McDougald
NYA
2B
27.1
5.2
24.3
11.0
25 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
27.5
5.1
25.5
10.2
26 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
33.3
5.1
21.6
11.0
27 Joe Nuxhall
CIN
SP
26.9
4.8
19.4
9.6
28 Al Smith
CLE
RF
27.4
4.7
28.0
14.5
29 Jim Piersall
BOS
CF
25.6
4.6
20.1
7.7
30 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
30.1
4.5
23.4
9.3
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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