1956 Season
1955 / 1957
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Top HitterMickey
Mantle
Top PitcherEarly
Wynn

1956 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
24.7
11.3
48.4
35.3
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
24.7
11.3
48.4
35.3
2 Early Wynn
CLE
SP
36.5
8.3
27.4
17.6
3 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
29.8
7.6
33.2
19.8
4 Willie Mays
NY1
CF
25.2
7.6
25.7
12.2
5 Herb Score
CLE
SP
23.1
7.5
24.7
15.9
6 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
22.4
7.1
29.6
17.6
7 Frank Lary
DET
SP
26.2
6.6
22.6
12.2
8 Al Kaline
DET
RF
21.5
6.6
26.0
13.6
9 Frank Robinson*
CIN
LF
20.8
6.5
26.1
13.8
10 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
31.1
6.3
31.0
17.4
11 Johnny Antonelli
NY1
SP
26.2
6.3
24.9
16.6
12 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
25.1
6.3
23.3
10.4
13 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
30.6
6.2
28.1
16.3
14 Jim Gilliam
BRO
2B
27.7
6.2
27.7
13.4
15 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
37.8
6.0
24.8
16.0
16 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
35.2
5.9
22.8
13.8
17 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
35.8
5.9
22.5
13.4
18 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
29.2
5.9
24.2
13.7
19 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
24.7
5.7
29.0
15.8
20 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
29.3
5.7
27.8
13.2
21 Tom Brewer
BOS
SP
24.8
5.7
22.7
14.1
22 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
27.7
5.6
21.1
13.1
23 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
29.3
5.5
23.3
8.9
24 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
35.6
5.5
26.2
14.1
25 Don Newcombe
BRO
SP
30.0
5.4
25.4
16.9
26 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
25.4
5.3
21.3
7.7
27 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
25.6
5.3
20.1
10.0
28 Jack Harshman
CHA
SP
29.0
5.2
19.4
11.4
29 Gil McDougald
NYA
SS
28.1
5.1
23.9
12.6
30 Larry Doby
CHA
CF
32.6
4.9
22.7
10.2
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