1986 Season
1985 / 1987
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Higuera

1986 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Roger Clemens
BOS
SP
23.9
8.9
29.5
21.9
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Teddy Higuera
ML4
SP
27.6
9.4
25.0
17.5
2 Roger Clemens
BOS
SP
23.9
8.9
29.5
21.9
3 Mike Scott
HOU
SP
31.2
8.2
26.6
18.0
4 Wade Boggs
BOS
3B
28.0
7.9
35.7
22.7
5 Rick Rhoden
PIT
SP
33.1
7.7
19.0
11.1
6 Jesse Barfield
TOR
RF
26.7
7.6
27.7
15.8
7 Mark Eichhorn*
TOR
RP
25.6
7.4
21.4
12.9
8 Don Mattingly
NYA
1B
25.2
7.2
34.0
21.7
9 Tony Gwynn
SDN
RF
26.1
6.6
28.3
15.4
10 Cal Ripken
BAL
SS
25.9
6.6
28.1
12.8
11 Alan Trammell
DET
SS
28.4
6.3
25.4
11.5
12 Rickey Henderson
NYA
CF
27.5
6.3
26.2
12.9
13 Mike Witt
CAL
SP
25.9
6.2
22.6
14.5
14 Fernando Valenzuela
LAN
SP
25.7
6.2
20.6
12.2
15 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
36.8
6.1
31.2
18.3
16 Joe Carter
CLE
RF
26.3
5.7
28.0
15.8
17 Gary Gaetti
MIN
3B
27.9
5.7
23.3
10.5
18 Kirby Puckett
MIN
CF
26.3
5.6
26.8
12.7
19 Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
31.5
5.6
22.6
8.6
20 Jim Rice
BOS
LF
33.3
5.5
26.8
14.7
21 Tim Raines
MON
LF
26.8
5.5
32.1
19.9
22 Keith Hernandez
NYN
1B
32.7
5.5
28.9
17.4
23 Eric Davis
CIN
LF
24.1
5.3
24.5
15.0
24 Kevin Bass
HOU
RF
27.1
5.3
26.5
14.2
25 Jack Morris
DET
SP
31.1
5.2
20.0
12.0
26 Gary Pettis
CAL
CF
28.2
5.1
17.7
5.2
27 Jimmy Key
TOR
SP
25.2
5.0
15.1
8.1
28 Tony Fernandez
TOR
SS
24.0
4.9
24.4
8.8
29 Von Hayes
PHI
1B
27.8
4.9
25.8
13.5
30 Tom Candiotti
CLE
SP
28.8
4.9
17.2
9.6
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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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