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Baseball value
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Awards
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.
Sim award
The overall yearly leader in total wins, across both leagues.
| Player | League | Primary Pos | Total Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mookie Betts | AL | RF | 7.72 |
Sim award
The total-wins leader in each league. This naturally follows whatever leagues exist in that season.
| League | Player | Primary Pos | Total Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mookie Betts | RF | 7.72 |
| NL | Trevor Story | SS | 6.43 |
Sim award
The batting-wins leader in each league.
| League | Player | Primary Pos | Batting Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Mike Trout | CF | 7.56 |
| NL | Trevor Story | SS | 5.56 |
Sim award
The fielding-wins leader at each league position.
| League | Player | Primary Pos | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Salvador Perez | C | 0.76 |
| AL | Mitch Moreland | 1B | 0.71 |
| AL | Whit Merrifield | 2B | 0.96 |
| AL | Mike Moustakas | 3B | 0.99 |
| AL | Andrelton Simmons | SS | 0.88 |
| AL | Trey Mancini | LF | 1.42 |
| AL | Leonys Martin | CF | 0.76 |
| AL | Max Kepler | RF | 1.51 |
| NL | Pedro Severino | C | 0.28 |
| NL | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 0.96 |
| NL | Scooter Gennett | 2B | 0.94 |
| NL |
Sim award
The total-wins leader at each league position.
| League | Primary Pos | Player | Total Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | C | Wilson Ramos | 3.55 |
| AL | 1B | Steve Pearce | 1.97 |
| AL | 2B | Whit Merrifield | 3.59 |
| AL | 3B | Jose Ramirez | 4.92 |
| AL | SS | Manny Machado | 3.60 |
| AL | LF | Justin Upton | 2.23 |
| AL | CF | Mike Trout | 7.63 |
| AL | RF | Mookie Betts | 7.72 |
| AL | DH | J. D. Martinez | 4.46 |
| NL | C | J. T. Realmuto | 3.11 |
| NL | 1B | Paul Goldschmidt | 3.10 |
| NL | 2B | Javier Baez | 5.19 |
| NL | 3B | Nolan Arenado | 5.15 |
| NL | SS | Trevor Story | 6.43 |
| NL | LF | Christian Yelich | 5.31 |
| NL | CF | Charlie Blackmon |
Official context
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.
| Nolan Arenado |
| 3B |
| 1.02 |
| NL | Nick Ahmed | SS | 0.99 |
| NL | Corey Dickerson | LF | 1.38 |
| NL | Billy Hamilton | CF | 1.40 |
| NL | Brandon Nimmo | RF | 1.41 |
| 3.54 |
| NL | RF | Brandon Nimmo | 4.60 |
| NL | DH | Ji-Man Choi | 0.00 |
| Award | League | Player | Primary Pos | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Slugger | AL | Abreu, Jose | 1B | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Altuve, Jose | 2B | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Betts, Mookie | OF | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Lindor, Francisco | SS | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Martinez, J. D. | DH | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Martinez, J. D. | OF | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Perez, Salvador | C | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Ramirez, Jose | 3B | - |
| Silver Slugger | AL | Trout, Mike | OF | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Arenado, Nolan | 3B | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Baez, Javier | 2B | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Goldschmidt, Paul | 1B | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Markakis, Nick | OF | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Peralta, David | OF | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Realmuto, J. T. | C | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Story, Trevor | SS | - |
| Silver Slugger | NL | Yelich, Christian | OF | - |