1957 Season
1956 / 1958
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Mantle
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Sullivan

1957 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ted Williams
BOS
LF
38.8
9.7
37.6
27.9
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
25.7
11.3
50.6
37.7
2 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
38.8
9.7
37.6
27.9
3 Willie Mays
NY1
CF
26.2
8.3
32.9
19.1
4 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
23.4
8.0
35.2
22.3
5 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
29.5
7.9
32.0
16.6
6 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
25.7
7.4
32.6
19.3
7 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
25.7
7.0
25.4
16.2
8 Frank Robinson
CIN
LF
21.8
6.9
27.0
14.5
9 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
26.4
6.4
27.3
12.7
10 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
36.6
6.1
30.2
20.2
11 Frank Sullivan
BOS
SP
27.4
6.1
23.1
15.1
12 Don Drysdale
BRO
SP
20.9
6.0
20.5
12.9
13 Johnny Podres
BRO
SP
24.8
5.9
18.7
12.0
14 Gil McDougald
NYA
SS
29.1
5.8
27.0
13.1
15 Red Schoendienst
MULT
2B
34.4
5.7
25.7
11.0
16 Al Kaline
DET
RF
22.5
5.5
19.4
7.7
17 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
30.3
5.5
26.9
12.1
18 Don Blasingame
SLN
2B
25.3
5.5
23.5
8.0
19 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
31.6
5.4
26.2
13.9
20 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
30.2
5.1
20.7
10.1
21 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
30.8
5.0
24.8
12.6
22 Moe Drabowsky
CHN
SP
21.9
4.7
14.6
6.4
23 Roy Sievers
WS1
LF
30.6
4.6
32.5
20.7
24 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
36.2
4.6
21.3
12.1
25 Gene Woodling
CLE
LF
34.9
4.5
25.5
16.5
26 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
26.7
4.4
16.1
3.8
27 Jack Sanford*
PHI
SP
28.1
4.4
20.3
12.3
28 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
33.2
4.4
21.6
10.2
29 Ed Bouchee*
PHI
1B
24.3
4.4
26.7
15.1
30 Dick Donovan
CHA
SP
29.6
4.1
17.7
10.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie
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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