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Top season WAA players from 1887.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Thompson | DTN | NL | RF | 1.000 | 8.06 | 5.12 | 3.04 |
| Hardy Richardson | DTN | NL | 2B | 0.945 | 7.88 | 3.39 | 4.57 |
| John Ward | NY1 | NL | SS | 1.000 | 5.96 | 0.59 | 5.15 |
| Jim Fogarty | PHI | NL | RF | 0.984 | 5.30 | 1.53 | 3.78 |
| Cap Anson | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.961 | 3.69 | 2.74 | 0.97 |
| Fred Dunlap | DTN | NL | 2B | 0.512 | 3.66 | 0.84 | 2.69 |
| Jerry Denny | IN3 | NL | 3B | 0.961 | 3.62 | 2.06 | 1.44 |
| Art Whitney | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.952 | 3.53 | -0.76 | 4.35 |
| Danny Richardson | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.946 | 2.74 | 1.39 | 1.37 |
| Dan Brouthers | DTN | NL | 1B | 0.969 | 2.63 | 3.50 | -0.93 |
| John Coleman | PIT | NL | RF | 0.920 | 2.48 | 0.15 | 2.34 |
| Billy Nash | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.953 | 2.40 | 1.96 | 0.36 |
| Joe Hornung | BSN | NL | LF | 0.772 | 2.36 | -0.40 | 2.80 |
| Fred Pfeffer | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.969 | 2.11 | 1.99 | 0.10 |
| Roger Connor | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.984 | 2.11 | 1.71 | 0.29 |
| Jim O'Rourke | NY1 | NL | C | 0.798 | 1.95 | 2.52 | -0.65 |
| Charlie Bennett | DTN | NL | C | 0.362 | 1.63 | 1.00 | 0.71 |
| Ed Andrews | PHI | NL | CF | 0.813 | 1.61 | 1.28 | 0.33 |
| Sam Wise | BSN | NL | SS | 0.890 | 1.61 | 2.08 | -0.46 |
| Jack Glasscock | IN3 | NL | SS | 0.961 | 1.37 | 0.16 | 1.32 |
| Deacon White | DTN | NL | 3B | 0.874 | 1.37 | 1.34 | 0.21 |
| Dick Johnston | BSN | NL | CF | 1.000 | 1.36 | -1.73 | 3.06 |
| Paul Hines | WS8 | NL | CF | 0.976 | 1.33 | 2.58 | -1.27 |
| King Kelly | BSN | NL | RF | 0.913 | 1.31 | 2.71 | -1.40 |
| Patrick Gillespie | NY1 | NL | LF | 0.589 | 1.19 | -0.28 | 1.41 |
| Deacon McGuire | PHI | NL | C | 0.318 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 0.03 |
| George Miller | PIT | NL | C | 0.696 | 1.08 | 0.86 | 0.35 |
| Jack Clements | PHI | NL | C | 0.506 | 1.05 | 0.61 | 0.37 |
| Buck Ewing | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.597 | 1.05 | 1.40 | -0.27 |
| George Wood | PHI | NL | LF | 0.883 | 0.97 | 2.38 | -1.46 |
| Dell Darling | CHN | NL | C | 0.299 | 0.95 | 1.50 | -0.58 |
| Jack Rowe | DTN | NL | SS | 0.976 | 0.85 | 1.19 | -0.45 |
| Ned Hanlon | DTN | NL | CF | 0.929 | 0.84 | -0.46 | 1.24 |
| Alex McKinnon | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.384 | 0.63 | 0.28 | 0.38 |
| Jocko Fields | PIT | NL | CF | 0.344 | 0.62 | -0.41 | 1.06 |
| Larry Twitchell | DTN | NL | LF | 0.512 | 0.59 | 0.99 | -0.55 |
| Emmett Seery | IN3 | NL | LF | 0.961 | 0.59 | -0.44 | 1.09 |
| Charlie Ganzel | DTN | NL | C | 0.449 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.32 |
| Ezra Sutton | BSN | NL | SS | 0.606 | 0.49 | -0.07 | 0.35 |
| Abner Dalrymple | PIT | NL | LF | 0.736 | 0.46 | -0.88 | 1.16 |
| Edward Tate | BSN | NL | C | 0.472 | 0.45 | -0.22 | 0.45 |
| Gid Gardner | IN3 | NL | RF | 0.142 | 0.44 | -0.47 | 0.90 |
| Pat Deasley | NY1 | NL | C | 0.233 | 0.41 | 0.45 | -0.02 |
| George Gore | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.860 | 0.37 | 0.69 | -0.23 |
| Tom Burns | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.904 | 0.37 | -0.46 | 0.93 |
| Silver Flint | CHN | NL | C | 0.376 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
| Mike Tiernan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.798 | 0.23 | 0.84 | -0.66 |
| Tom Gunning | PHI | NL | C | 0.217 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.03 |
| Pat Dealy | WS8 | NL | C | 0.440 | 0.20 | 0.14 | -0.19 |
| John Irwin | WS8 | NL | SS | 0.063 | 0.16 | 0.26 | -0.09 |
| Gil Hatfield | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.014 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
| Hiram Wright | WS8 | NL | C | 0.006 | 0.08 | 0.12 | -0.02 |
| Al Maul | PHI | NL | LF | 0.125 | 0.05 | 0.62 | -0.58 |
| Fatty Briody | DTN | NL | C | 0.260 | 0.00 | -0.23 | 0.32 |
| Jocko Flynn | CHN | NL | RF | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Candy Nelson | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.004 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Joe Gerhardt | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.008 | -0.07 | -0.10 | 0.04 |
| Sam Crane | WS8 | NL | SS | 0.056 | -0.09 | -0.09 | -0.02 |
| Fred Carroll | PIT | NL | CF | 0.816 | -0.12 | 2.47 | -2.72 |
| Roger Carey | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.008 | -0.13 | -0.11 | -0.02 |
| Otto Schomberg | IN3 | NL | 1B | 0.882 | -0.14 | 0.81 | -1.13 |
| Pete O'Brien | WS8 | NL | 2B | 0.008 | -0.16 | -0.12 | -0.03 |
| Buck Becannon | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.008 | -0.18 | -0.13 | -0.04 |
| Bob Pettit | CHN | NL | RF | 0.252 | -0.20 | -0.27 | 0.17 |
| Harry Lyons | PHI | NL | LF | 0.008 | -0.22 | -0.06 | -0.17 |
| Charley Bassett | IN3 | NL | 2B | 0.937 | -0.27 | -1.86 | 1.35 |
| Andy Cusick | PHI | NL | C | 0.055 | -0.28 | 0.03 | -0.33 |
| Pat Murphy | NY1 | NL | C | 0.112 | -0.30 | -0.37 | -0.02 |
| Bobby Wheelock | BSN | NL | RF | 0.356 | -0.33 | -0.42 | 0.09 |
| George Myers | IN3 | NL | C | 0.516 | -0.36 | -0.29 | 0.04 |
| Billy Shindle | DTN | NL | 3B | 0.173 | -0.36 | -0.00 | -0.37 |
| Tommy McCarthy | PHI | NL | LF | 0.141 | -0.41 | -0.63 | 0.19 |
| Mert Hackett | IN3 | NL | C | 0.307 | -0.43 | -0.26 | -0.09 |
| George Shoch | WS8 | NL | RF | 0.556 | -0.43 | -1.37 | 0.81 |
| Ed Beecher | PIT | NL | CF | 0.328 | -0.44 | -0.85 | 0.44 |
| Bill Krieg | WS8 | NL | 1B | 0.198 | -0.52 | -0.48 | 0.01 |
| Tom Daly | CHN | NL | C | 0.547 | -0.53 | -0.59 | 0.06 |
| Henry Jackson | IN3 | NL | 1B | 0.075 | -0.57 | -0.49 | -0.17 |
| Ed Williamson | CHN | NL | SS | 1.000 | -0.59 | 0.37 | -0.89 |
| George Van Haltren | CHN | NL | RF | 0.354 | -0.63 | -1.36 | 0.68 |
| John Rainey | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.122 | -0.64 | -0.29 | -0.25 |
| Jim Manning | DTN | NL | LF | 0.102 | -0.68 | -0.37 | -0.27 |
| Tom O'Rourke | BSN | NL | C | 0.169 | -0.83 | -0.58 | -0.22 |
| Sid Farrar | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.906 | -0.85 | -0.82 | 0.02 |
| Patsy Tebeau | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.142 | -0.87 | -0.87 | -0.08 |
| William Brown | NY1 | NL | C | 0.355 | -0.92 | -0.69 | -0.22 |
| Barney Gilligan | WS8 | NL | C | 0.188 | -1.01 | -0.68 | -0.33 |
| Bill Kuehne | PIT | NL | SS | 0.816 | -1.08 | -0.94 | -0.08 |
| Cliff Carroll | WS8 | NL | LF | 0.817 | -1.09 | -1.04 | 0.04 |
| Joe Mulvey | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.867 | -1.10 | -0.08 | -0.97 |
| Marty Sullivan | CHN | NL | LF | 0.906 | -1.11 | 0.92 | -2.07 |
| Con Daily | BSN | NL | C | 0.258 | -1.12 | -1.01 | -0.15 |
| Jack McGeachey | IN3 | NL | CF | 0.780 | -1.15 | -1.86 | 0.79 |
| Lefty Johnson | IN3 | NL | RF | 0.085 | -1.18 | -0.54 | -0.54 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHN | NL | CF | 0.992 | -1.21 | 1.89 | -2.87 |
| Jack Burdock | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.510 | -1.24 | -0.81 | -0.41 |
| Mike Dorgan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.550 | -1.24 | -1.62 | 0.31 |
| Billy O'Brien | WS8 | NL | 1B | 0.897 | -1.26 | -0.39 | -0.67 |
| Al Myers | WS8 | NL | 2B | 0.802 | -1.44 | -0.55 | -0.83 |
| Charlie Bastian | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.469 | -1.57 | -1.26 | -0.30 |
| Tug Arundel | IN3 | NL | C | 0.327 | -1.61 | -1.22 | -0.33 |
| Barney McLaughlin | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.391 | -1.69 | -0.94 | -0.65 |
| Arthur Irwin | PHI | NL | SS | 0.781 | -1.71 | -0.94 | -0.77 |
| Mark Polhemus | IN3 | NL | RF | 0.152 | -1.83 | -0.76 | -1.12 |
| John Morrill | BSN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | -1.98 | -2.24 | 0.31 |
| Pop Smith | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.976 | -2.00 | -2.06 | 0.17 |
| Ed Daily | PHI | NL | RF | 0.813 | -2.03 | -1.50 | -0.55 |
| Billy Sunday | CHN | NL | RF | 0.394 | -2.23 | 0.48 | -2.62 |
| Jack Farrell | WS8 | NL | SS | 0.690 | -2.83 | -2.53 | -0.14 |
| Connie Mack | WS8 | NL | C | 0.645 | -3.06 | -2.69 | -0.40 |
| Tom Brown | PIT | NL | CF | 0.664 | -3.26 | -3.05 | -0.33 |
| Jim Donnelly | WS8 | NL | 3B | 0.881 | -3.28 | -4.17 | 0.86 |
| Sam Barkley | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.712 | -3.70 | -2.87 | -0.57 |
| John Cahill | IN3 | NL | RF | 0.535 | -4.05 | -2.47 | -1.78 |