1985 Season
1984 / 1986
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Top HitterRickey
Henderson
Top PitcherDwight
Gooden

1985 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Don Mattingly
NYA
1B
24.2
6.4
32.5
20.5
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dwight Gooden
NYN
SP
20.6
13.2
32.0
23.0
2 Rickey Henderson
NYA
CF
26.5
9.9
37.4
24.7
3 Wade Boggs
BOS
3B
27.0
9.1
30.2
16.0
4 John Tudor
SLN
SP
31.4
8.3
26.5
17.6
5 George Brett
KCA
3B
32.1
8.2
37.1
24.3
6 Willie McGee
SLN
CF
26.7
8.2
36.1
22.7
7 Pedro Guerrero
LAN
LF
29.0
7.9
34.2
23.2
8 Tim Raines
MON
LF
25.8
7.6
35.5
23.3
9 Bret Saberhagen
KCA
SP
21.2
7.3
24.5
17.6
10 Gary Carter
NYN
C
31.2
6.9
33.5
18.9
11 Dave Stieb
TOR
SP
27.9
6.9
24.2
16.4
12 Jesse Barfield
TOR
RF
25.7
6.9
26.2
15.3
13 Bert Blyleven
MULT
SP
34.2
6.8
22.9
14.3
14 Charlie Leibrandt
KCA
SP
28.7
6.7
23.5
16.6
15 Don Mattingly
NYA
1B
24.2
6.4
32.5
20.5
16 Rick Reuschel
PIT
SP
36.1
6.4
18.4
12.0
17 Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
30.5
6.4
25.4
10.9
18 Orel Hershiser
LAN
SP
26.8
6.3
22.0
14.2
19 Charlie Hough
TEX
SP
37.5
6.3
19.5
12.1
20 Mike Moore
SEA
SP
25.6
6.3
19.5
12.2
21 Oil Can Boyd
BOS
SP
25.7
6.2
17.8
9.8
22 Tim Wallach
MON
3B
27.8
6.1
23.2
10.5
23 Fernando Valenzuela
LAN
SP
24.7
5.9
20.7
11.9
24 Ryne Sandberg
CHN
2B
25.8
5.8
27.6
12.9
25 Eddie Murray
BAL
1B
29.4
5.6
28.5
17.2
26 Tom Herr
SLN
2B
29.2
5.6
30.1
14.9
27 Cal Ripken
BAL
SS
24.9
5.6
26.1
10.6
28 Rich Gedman
BOS
C
25.8
5.4
21.2
8.7
29 Mike Scioscia
LAN
C
26.6
5.4
26.8
14.3
30 Bill Doran
HOU
2B
27.1
5.3
27.4
13.3
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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