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Awards

Awards and season leaders

This page starts with the site's own WAA-based award picks for each season.

Official awards still matter here as context. They show where baseball history agreed, disagreed, or simply used different standards.

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2023 MLB Player of the Year

The overall yearly leader in total wins, across both leagues.

Player	League	Primary Pos	Total Wins
Freddie Freeman	NL	1B	6.24

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2023 League MVP winners

The total-wins leader in each league. This naturally follows whatever leagues exist in that season.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Total Wins
AL	Corey Seager	SS	5.71
NL	Freddie Freeman	1B	6.24

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2023 Silver Slugger winners

The batting-wins leader in each league.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Batting Wins
AL	Shohei Ohtani	DH	5.35
NL	Ronald Acuna	RF	5.82

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2023 Gold Glove winners

The fielding-wins leader at each league position.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Fielding Wins
AL	Cal Raleigh	C	0.30
AL	Nathaniel Lowe	1B	0.91
AL	Andres Gimenez	2B	0.80
AL	DJ LeMahieu	3B	1.10
AL	Jorge Mateo	SS	0.75
AL	Daulton Varsho	LF	1.30
AL	Leody Taveras	CF	1.34
AL	Zach McKinstry	RF	1.41
NL	Carson Kelly	C	0.40
NL	Carlos Santana	1B	0.99
NL	Nico Hoerner	2B	0.87
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2023 All-Star teams

The total-wins leader at each league position.

League	Primary Pos	Player	Total Wins
AL	C	Ryan Jeffers	1.85
AL	1B	Triston Casas	2.67
AL	2B	Marcus Semien	3.69
AL	3B	Jose Ramirez	3.36
AL	SS	Corey Seager	5.71
AL	LF	Chas McCormick	3.15
AL	CF	Luis Robert	3.40
AL	RF	Kyle Tucker	3.74
AL	DH	Shohei Ohtani	5.20
NL	C	William Contreras	2.83
NL	1B	Freddie Freeman	6.24
NL	2B	Ozzie Albies	3.01
NL	3B	Austin Riley	3.06
NL	SS	Francisco Lindor	3.13
NL	LF	Corbin Carroll	4.41
NL	CF	Cody Bellinger

Official context

2023 official awards

Official awards remain here as comparison material. They help show where the site's value-based results line up with baseball history and where they do not.