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Top season WAA players from 1888.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Nash | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.985 | 9.16 | 3.70 | 5.64 |
| Cap Anson | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.993 | 5.97 | 4.83 | 1.27 |
| Mike Tiernan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.825 | 5.43 | 3.32 | 2.29 |
| Bill Kuehne | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.969 | 5.03 | -0.65 | 5.65 |
| Tom Burns | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.948 | 4.89 | -0.00 | 4.89 |
| King Kelly | BSN | NL | C | 0.781 | 4.18 | 4.19 | -0.23 |
| Dan Brouthers | DTN | NL | 1B | 0.963 | 4.07 | 4.22 | -0.25 |
| Emmett Seery | IN3 | NL | LF | 0.978 | 4.00 | 1.05 | 2.90 |
| Buck Ewing | NY1 | NL | C | 0.752 | 3.46 | 3.45 | -0.15 |
| Jim O'Rourke | NY1 | NL | LF | 0.781 | 3.31 | 1.35 | 1.97 |
| Fred Pfeffer | CHN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 3.20 | 2.14 | 1.17 |
| Ed Williamson | CHN | NL | SS | 0.969 | 2.83 | 2.65 | 0.13 |
| Roger Connor | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.978 | 2.79 | 3.85 | -0.89 |
| Deacon White | DTN | NL | 3B | 0.933 | 2.51 | 2.87 | -0.61 |
| Jack Glasscock | IN3 | NL | SS | 0.831 | 2.47 | 1.37 | 1.24 |
| Jerry Denny | IN3 | NL | 3B | 0.926 | 2.41 | 1.11 | 1.24 |
| Charlie Bennett | DTN | NL | C | 0.543 | 2.40 | 1.38 | 1.01 |
| Billy Hoy | WS8 | NL | CF | 1.000 | 2.33 | 1.96 | 0.36 |
| Jim Fogarty | PHI | NL | RF | 0.924 | 2.24 | 0.45 | 1.72 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHN | NL | CF | 0.956 | 2.18 | 4.58 | -2.33 |
| Dick Johnston | BSN | NL | CF | 0.985 | 1.91 | 2.14 | -0.35 |
| Fred Dunlap | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.594 | 1.73 | 0.65 | 0.89 |
| Hardy Richardson | DTN | NL | 2B | 0.433 | 1.30 | 1.52 | -0.33 |
| Paul Hines | IN3 | NL | CF | 0.978 | 1.26 | 0.62 | 0.51 |
| George Miller | PIT | NL | C | 0.746 | 1.17 | 1.25 | -0.34 |
| Sam Wise | BSN | NL | SS | 0.766 | 1.10 | 1.02 | 0.10 |
| Jack Rowe | DTN | NL | SS | 0.784 | 1.08 | 1.46 | -0.44 |
| Jake Beckley | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.514 | 0.88 | 1.09 | -0.44 |
| Joe Hornung | BSN | NL | LF | 0.781 | 0.85 | -0.49 | 1.48 |
| Joe Quinn | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.277 | 0.81 | 1.11 | -0.27 |
| Dick Buckley | IN3 | NL | C | 0.489 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.01 |
| Sam Thompson | DTN | NL | RF | 0.418 | 0.54 | 1.68 | -1.22 |
| Fred Carroll | PIT | NL | C | 0.703 | 0.54 | 0.98 | -0.52 |
| Bob Pettit | CHN | NL | RF | 0.319 | 0.52 | 0.20 | 0.19 |
| George Wood | PHI | NL | LF | 0.809 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.08 |
| Elmer Sutcliffe | DTN | NL | SS | 0.366 | 0.41 | -0.08 | 0.53 |
| Marty Sullivan | CHN | NL | LF | 0.556 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.30 |
| Hugh Duffy | CHN | NL | RF | 0.526 | 0.32 | 0.69 | -0.46 |
| Parson Nicholson | DTN | NL | 2B | 0.164 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| Bill George | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.066 | 0.24 | -0.05 | 0.34 |
| Ned Hanlon | DTN | NL | CF | 0.813 | 0.23 | -0.35 | 0.77 |
| George Myers | IN3 | NL | C | 0.485 | 0.20 | -0.01 | 0.18 |
| Danny Richardson | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.985 | 0.17 | -0.65 | 0.49 |
| Mike Hines | BSN | NL | LF | 0.029 | 0.12 | -0.08 | 0.20 |
| Henry Yaik | PIT | NL | C | 0.013 | 0.05 | 0.07 | -0.01 |
| Sam LaRocque | DTN | NL | 2B | 0.015 | 0.04 | 0.08 | -0.05 |
| Gid Gardner | WS8 | NL | 2B | 0.015 | 0.01 | 0.08 | -0.04 |
| John Coleman | PIT | NL | RF | 0.841 | 0.01 | -1.59 | 1.63 |
| Pete McShannic | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.183 | 0.00 | -0.79 | 0.76 |
| Jim Banning | WS8 | NL | C | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Irv Ray | BSN | NL | SS | 0.365 | -0.01 | -0.07 | -0.01 |
| Charley Bassett | IN3 | NL | 2B | 0.941 | -0.03 | 0.03 | 0.13 |
| Barney Gilligan | DTN | NL | C | 0.007 | -0.04 | -0.06 | 0.02 |
| Ed Glenn | BSN | NL | LF | 0.126 | -0.05 | -0.55 | 0.55 |
| Cal Broughton | DTN | NL | C | 0.007 | -0.05 | -0.11 | 0.06 |
| George Van Haltren | CHN | NL | LF | 0.600 | -0.05 | 1.65 | -1.58 |
| George Shoch | WS8 | NL | SS | 0.645 | -0.05 | -0.83 | 0.88 |
| Andy Sommers | BSN | NL | C | 0.024 | -0.06 | -0.08 | 0.04 |
| Jack Clements | PHI | NL | C | 0.649 | -0.08 | -0.44 | 0.36 |
| Nick Wise | BSN | NL | C | 0.005 | -0.08 | -0.10 | 0.01 |
| Edward Tate | BSN | NL | C | 0.288 | -0.09 | -0.11 | -0.10 |
| Perry Werden | WS8 | NL | LF | 0.020 | -0.10 | -0.02 | -0.04 |
| Cupid Childs | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.008 | -0.10 | -0.10 | -0.01 |
| Bill Farmer | PIT | NL | C | 0.007 | -0.11 | -0.10 | -0.00 |
| Frank Scheibeck | DTN | NL | SS | 0.007 | -0.16 | -0.10 | -0.08 |
| Bill Hallman | PHI | NL | C | 0.122 | -0.16 | -0.29 | 0.18 |
| Deacon McGuire | PHI | NL | C | 0.115 | -0.16 | 0.08 | -0.25 |
| John Grim | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.013 | -0.17 | -0.13 | -0.08 |
| Woody Wagenhorst | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.015 | -0.17 | -0.11 | -0.04 |
| Charlie Ganzel | DTN | NL | 2B | 0.709 | -0.23 | 0.02 | -0.57 |
| Billy Sunday | PIT | NL | CF | 0.870 | -0.23 | -3.12 | 2.69 |
| Dell Darling | CHN | NL | C | 0.146 | -0.26 | -0.14 | -0.12 |
| Ezra Sutton | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.204 | -0.27 | -0.05 | -0.16 |
| John Irwin | WS8 | NL | SS | 0.244 | -0.31 | -0.20 | -0.14 |
| Sam Nicholl | PIT | NL | CF | 0.043 | -0.40 | -0.54 | 0.13 |
| William Brown | NY1 | NL | C | 0.109 | -0.43 | -0.17 | -0.20 |
| Bill Higgins | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.100 | -0.43 | -0.47 | 0.03 |
| Charlie Bastian | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.590 | -0.47 | -1.37 | 0.93 |
| Connie Mack | WS8 | NL | C | 0.597 | -0.55 | -0.71 | 0.15 |
| Tug Arundel | WS8 | NL | C | 0.103 | -0.60 | -0.24 | -0.34 |
| Elmer Cleveland | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.277 | -0.60 | -0.05 | -0.64 |
| Miah Murray | WS8 | NL | C | 0.079 | -0.64 | -0.78 | 0.14 |
| Jack Burdock | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.150 | -0.65 | -0.57 | -0.08 |
| Pete Sweeney | WS8 | NL | 3B | 0.081 | -0.65 | -0.35 | -0.29 |
| Otto Schomberg | IN3 | NL | 1B | 0.221 | -0.70 | -0.42 | -0.25 |
| Tom Brown | BSN | NL | RF | 0.781 | -0.74 | 0.49 | -1.07 |
| Arthur Irwin | PHI | NL | SS | 0.924 | -0.74 | -1.23 | 0.41 |
| Count Campau | DTN | NL | RF | 0.504 | -0.76 | -1.08 | 0.31 |
| Jake Wells | DTN | NL | C | 0.106 | -0.80 | -0.82 | 0.01 |
| Ed Daily | WS8 | NL | RF | 0.809 | -0.80 | -1.38 | 0.70 |
| Silver Flint | CHN | NL | C | 0.146 | -0.81 | -0.78 | -0.02 |
| Tom O'Rourke | BSN | NL | C | 0.137 | -0.83 | -0.73 | -0.09 |
| Tom Daly | CHN | NL | C | 0.426 | -0.88 | -1.10 | 0.27 |
| Billy Klusman | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.204 | -0.91 | -0.73 | -0.20 |
| Cliff Carroll | PIT | NL | RF | 0.036 | -1.09 | -0.59 | -0.57 |
| Pop Schriver | PHI | NL | C | 0.275 | -1.11 | -0.58 | -0.43 |
| Abner Dalrymple | PIT | NL | LF | 0.413 | -1.11 | -1.04 | -0.21 |
| John Ward | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.891 | -1.12 | 0.06 | -1.22 |
| Pop Smith | PIT | NL | SS | 0.920 | -1.13 | -2.36 | 1.41 |
| Pat Murphy | NY1 | NL | C | 0.204 | -1.13 | -0.99 | -0.09 |
| Jocko Fields | PIT | NL | LF | 0.321 | -1.14 | -0.95 | -0.37 |
| Sid Farrar | PHI | NL | 1B | 1.000 | -1.17 | -1.11 | -0.07 |
| Jumbo Schoeneck | IN3 | NL | 1B | 0.331 | -1.22 | -1.17 | -0.03 |
| Shorty Fuller | WS8 | NL | SS | 0.333 | -1.23 | -0.93 | -0.30 |
| Ted Scheffler | DTN | NL | CF | 0.196 | -1.33 | -0.53 | -0.91 |
| Art Whitney | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.615 | -1.36 | -1.56 | 0.13 |
| Mike Slattery | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.739 | -1.46 | -1.17 | 0.03 |
| Duke Farrell | CHN | NL | C | 0.454 | -1.53 | -0.93 | -0.65 |
| Gil Hatfield | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.199 | -1.54 | -0.92 | -0.60 |
| Jim Donnelly | WS8 | NL | 3B | 0.829 | -1.56 | -1.49 | -0.08 |
| Con Daily | IN3 | NL | C | 0.390 | -1.58 | -1.17 | -0.50 |
| Pat Deasley | WS8 | NL | C | 0.237 | -1.65 | -1.58 | -0.19 |
| Ed Delahanty | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.565 | -1.73 | -0.47 | -1.29 |
| Jack McGeachey | IN3 | NL | RF | 0.844 | -1.73 | -2.75 | 1.13 |
| Walt Wilmot | WS8 | NL | LF | 0.875 | -1.80 | -0.67 | -1.19 |
| John Morrill | BSN | NL | 1B | 0.985 | -1.80 | -2.71 | 1.14 |
| Al Myers | WS8 | NL | 2B | 0.971 | -2.02 | -1.18 | -0.87 |
| Joe Mulvey | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.763 | -2.09 | -1.68 | -0.43 |
| Larry Twitchell | DTN | NL | LF | 0.978 | -2.20 | -0.33 | -2.00 |
| Al Maul | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.513 | -2.23 | -1.67 | -0.38 |