1966 Season
1965 / 1967
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Top HitterWillie
Mays
Top PitcherSandy
Koufax

1966 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Frank Robinson
BAL
RF
30.8
7.6
40.2
27.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
30.5
9.8
35.8
25.8
2 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
28.7
9.8
31.9
22.4
3 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
35.2
9.0
37.1
24.0
4 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
26.4
8.9
29.1
15.4
5 Jim Bunning
PHI
SP
34.7
8.9
29.6
19.8
6 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
31.9
8.2
29.2
16.4
7 Earl Wilson
MULT
SP
31.7
7.9
22.7
14.7
8 Hank Aaron
ATL
RF
32.4
7.8
26.6
13.9
9 Frank Robinson
BAL
RF
30.8
7.6
40.2
27.5
10 Dick Allen
PHI
3B
24.3
7.5
34.6
22.9
11 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
26.1
7.4
19.5
12.5
12 Jim Ray Hart
SFN
3B
24.7
6.6
27.6
14.7
13 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
30.6
6.5
25.4
16.8
14 Tommie Agee*
CHA
CF
23.9
6.4
28.7
14.2
15 Joe Torre
ATL
C
26.0
6.4
29.4
15.9
16 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
27.9
6.4
28.0
15.1
17 Felipe Alou
ATL
1B
31.1
6.3
28.2
15.1
18 Gary Peters
CHA
SP
29.2
6.1
18.5
12.2
19 Dick McAuliffe
DET
SS
26.6
6.0
26.5
15.1
20 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
28.5
5.9
33.4
23.0
21 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
3B
30.0
5.9
32.5
19.2
22 Al Kaline
DET
CF
31.5
5.6
30.3
18.9
23 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
24.2
5.5
26.4
10.3
24 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
26.9
5.5
21.6
9.0
25 Tom Tresh
NYA
LF
28.8
5.4
20.8
8.4
26 Mike Cuellar
HOU
SP
29.1
5.4
19.8
12.5
27 Bill White
PHI
1B
32.4
5.3
23.4
11.7
28 Gene Alley
PIT
SS
26.0
5.3
21.9
7.5
29 Jim Lefebvre
LAN
2B
24.5
5.3
25.3
12.0
30 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
27.8
5.1
20.9
13.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James