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Top season WAA players from 1878.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orator Shafer | IN1 | NL | RF | 1.000 | 4.03 | 2.55 | 1.48 |
| Bob Ferguson | CHN | NL | SS | 1.000 | 3.19 | 2.70 | 0.57 |
| Joe Start | CHN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 3.00 | 3.33 | -0.50 |
| Jack Burdock | BSN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 2.90 | 1.46 | 1.30 |
| Paul Hines | PRO | NL | CF | 1.000 | 2.89 | 2.72 | 0.17 |
| Charley Jones | CN1 | NL | LF | 1.000 | 2.17 | 0.34 | 1.81 |
| Dick Higham | PRO | NL | RF | 1.000 | 1.88 | 1.68 | 0.24 |
| Lew Brown | PRO | NL | C | 0.935 | 1.72 | 1.77 | -0.09 |
| Jack Remsen | CHN | NL | CF | 0.918 | 1.72 | -0.80 | 2.54 |
| Joe Gerhardt | CN1 | NL | 2B | 0.984 | 1.66 | 1.03 | 0.62 |
| Deacon White | CN1 | NL | C | 1.000 | 1.54 | 0.90 | 0.52 |
| Tom York | PRO | NL | LF | 1.000 | 1.47 | 0.80 | 0.60 |
| Jim O'Rourke | BSN | NL | CF | 1.000 | 1.15 | 1.05 | 0.08 |
| John Peters | ML2 | NL | 2B | 0.902 | 0.89 | 0.77 | 0.07 |
| Chub Sullivan | CN1 | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 0.71 | 0.02 | 0.64 |
| John Clapp | IN1 | NL | LF | 1.000 | 0.70 | -0.56 | 1.31 |
| Cal McVey | CN1 | NL | 3B | 1.000 | 0.46 | 1.98 | -1.59 |
| Buttercup Dickerson | CN1 | NL | CF | 0.475 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 0.45 |
| Abner Dalrymple | ML2 | NL | LF | 1.000 | 0.44 | 0.30 | 0.15 |
| Frank Hankinson | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.951 | 0.40 | -0.37 | 0.64 |
| Bill Harbridge | CHN | NL | C | 0.885 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.08 |
| Charlie Bennett | ML2 | NL | C | 0.795 | 0.26 | -0.11 | 0.39 |
| Tom Carey | PRO | NL | SS | 0.984 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.29 |
| George Wright | BSN | NL | SS | 0.983 | 0.24 | -1.12 | 1.32 |
| John Morrill | BSN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 0.14 | -0.31 | 0.43 |
| Tim Murnane | PRO | NL | 1B | 0.790 | 0.07 | -0.17 | 0.32 |
| Harry Schafer | BSN | NL | RF | 0.033 | 0.00 | -0.12 | 0.15 |
| Frank Bliss | ML2 | NL | C | 0.033 | 0.00 | -0.11 | 0.11 |
| Bill Sullivan | CHN | NL | LF | 0.025 | -0.01 | -0.05 | 0.06 |
| George Creamer | ML2 | NL | 2B | 0.811 | -0.02 | 0.14 | -0.15 |
| Doug Allison | PRO | NL | C | 0.306 | -0.04 | -0.16 | 0.03 |
| Al Spalding | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.016 | -0.07 | 0.06 | -0.12 |
| Billy Geer | CN1 | NL | SS | 1.000 | -0.19 | 0.38 | -0.54 |
| Phil Powers | CHN | NL | C | 0.131 | -0.20 | -0.19 | -0.05 |
| Ezra Sutton | BSN | NL | 3B | 1.000 | -0.21 | -0.40 | 0.20 |
| Fred Warner | IN1 | NL | SS | 0.663 | -0.21 | -0.43 | 0.04 |
| Alamazoo Jennings | ML2 | NL | C | 0.012 | -0.25 | -0.02 | -0.23 |
| Bill Hague | PRO | NL | 3B | 1.000 | -0.26 | -2.08 | 1.70 |
| John Cassidy | CHN | NL | RF | 0.984 | -0.31 | -0.81 | 0.67 |
| Jake Knodell | ML2 | NL | C | 0.057 | -0.36 | -0.12 | -0.22 |
| Lip Pike | CN1 | NL | CF | 0.590 | -0.43 | 0.22 | -0.68 |
| Bill Traffley | CHN | NL | C | 0.033 | -0.43 | -0.13 | -0.33 |
| Joe Ellick | ML2 | NL | C | 0.049 | -0.45 | -0.14 | -0.32 |
| Ed Williamson | IN1 | NL | 3B | 1.000 | -0.57 | -0.12 | -0.41 |
| Bill McClellan | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.787 | -0.65 | -0.54 | -0.12 |
| Will Foley | ML2 | NL | 3B | 0.918 | -0.68 | 0.73 | -1.42 |
| Cap Anson | CHN | NL | LF | 0.984 | -0.69 | 0.05 | -0.77 |
| Jimmy Hallinan | CHN | NL | LF | 0.311 | -0.78 | -0.23 | -0.49 |
| Jake Goodman | ML2 | NL | 1B | 0.984 | -0.79 | -0.26 | -0.50 |
| Pidgey Morgan | ML2 | NL | RF | 0.230 | -0.84 | -0.57 | -0.32 |
| Pop Snyder | BSN | NL | C | 0.979 | -0.87 | -1.67 | 0.85 |
| Silver Flint | IN1 | NL | C | 1.000 | -0.90 | -1.32 | 0.41 |
| Candy Nelson | IN1 | NL | SS | 0.302 | -1.05 | -0.74 | -0.44 |
| Russ McKelvy | IN1 | NL | CF | 1.000 | -1.35 | -1.52 | 0.20 |
| Joe Quest | IN1 | NL | 2B | 0.984 | -1.36 | -1.08 | -0.46 |
| King Kelly | CN1 | NL | RF | 0.984 | -1.70 | -0.54 | -1.29 |
| Billy Redmond | ML2 | NL | SS | 0.787 | -2.03 | -0.20 | -1.83 |
| Bill Holbert | ML2 | NL | RF | 0.721 | -2.15 | -2.13 | 0.00 |
| Charlie Sweasy | PRO | NL | 2B | 0.883 | -2.18 | -1.69 | -0.47 |
| Jack Manning | BSN | NL | RF | 1.000 | -2.30 | -0.74 | -1.57 |
| Art Croft | IN1 | NL | 1B | 0.901 | -2.80 | -2.38 | -0.30 |
| Mike Golden | ML2 | NL | CF | 0.889 | -2.90 | -2.01 | -0.85 |
| Andy Leonard | BSN | NL | LF | 1.000 | -3.05 | -1.20 | -1.93 |