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Top season WAA players from 1891.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hamilton | PHI | NL | LF | 0.964 | 5.36 | 4.69 | 0.39 |
| Arlie Latham | CIN | NL | 3B | 0.978 | 4.36 | 3.50 | 0.92 |
| Mike Griffin | BRO | NL | CF | 0.978 | 4.19 | 1.01 | 3.35 |
| Sam Thompson | PHI | NL | RF | 0.964 | 4.06 | 0.97 | 3.22 |
| Herman Long | BSN | NL | SS | 0.993 | 3.97 | 3.79 | 0.18 |
| Harry Stovey | BSN | NL | RF | 0.957 | 3.88 | 2.32 | 1.48 |
| Jack Clements | PHI | NL | C | 0.775 | 3.81 | 3.32 | 0.18 |
| Roger Connor | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.949 | 3.27 | 3.09 | 0.20 |
| George Davis | CL4 | NL | CF | 0.965 | 3.18 | 1.44 | 1.61 |
| Bill Dahlen | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.985 | 3.17 | 2.00 | 1.16 |
| Bid McPhee | CIN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 3.14 | 1.53 | 1.41 |
| Cap Anson | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.993 | 3.13 | 1.96 | 1.11 |
| George Miller | PIT | NL | C | 0.985 | 3.11 | 2.94 | -0.07 |
| Bug Holliday | CIN | NL | CF | 0.804 | 2.68 | 2.45 | 0.14 |
| Thomas Burns | BRO | NL | RF | 0.898 | 2.52 | 0.61 | 2.00 |
| Jake Beckley | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.971 | 2.32 | 1.44 | 1.09 |
| Mike Tiernan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.985 | 2.29 | 3.13 | -0.69 |
| Ed McKean | CL4 | NL | SS | 1.000 | 2.24 | 2.37 | -0.21 |
| Fred Pfeffer | CHN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1.16 | 0.81 |
| George Pinkney | BRO | NL | 3B | 0.985 | 1.90 | 2.46 | -0.44 |
| Billy Nash | BSN | NL | 3B | 1.000 | 1.57 | 2.41 | -0.74 |
| Walt Wilmot | CHN | NL | LF | 0.883 | 1.44 | 0.95 | 0.51 |
| Steve Brodie | BSN | NL | CF | 0.950 | 1.38 | -0.64 | 1.84 |
| Danny Richardson | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.904 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 1.45 |
| Pop Schriver | CHN | NL | C | 0.186 | 0.98 | 1.06 | -0.05 |
| Con Daily | BRO | NL | C | 0.411 | 0.97 | 0.49 | 0.41 |
| Charles Zimmer | CL4 | NL | C | 0.823 | 0.95 | 0.53 | 0.29 |
| Charlie Ganzel | BSN | NL | C | 0.500 | 0.93 | 0.69 | 0.19 |
| Frank Shugart | PIT | NL | SS | 0.547 | 0.92 | 1.15 | -0.15 |
| Tom Daly | BRO | NL | C | 0.407 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.20 |
| Darby O'Brien | BRO | NL | LF | 0.752 | 0.87 | -0.63 | 1.89 |
| Pete Browning | PIT | NL | LF | 0.766 | 0.84 | 0.69 | 0.10 |
| Charley Bassett | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.956 | 0.69 | 0.01 | 0.47 |
| Charlie Bennett | BSN | NL | C | 0.536 | 0.67 | -0.03 | 0.67 |
| John Ward | BRO | NL | SS | 0.766 | 0.63 | 0.87 | -0.17 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHN | NL | CF | 0.861 | 0.54 | 1.39 | -0.80 |
| Bobby Lowe | BSN | NL | LF | 0.893 | 0.52 | -0.55 | 0.93 |
| Patsy Tebeau | CL4 | NL | 3B | 0.433 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0.40 |
| Jack Doyle | CL4 | NL | C | 0.489 | 0.36 | 1.07 | -1.06 |
| Alexander Donoghue | PHI | NL | CF | 0.043 | 0.19 | -0.04 | 0.20 |
| Dude Esterbrook | BRO | NL | RF | 0.016 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.09 |
| Jack Glasscock | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.713 | 0.08 | 0.25 | -0.20 |
| Ed Spurney | PIT | NL | SS | 0.016 | 0.04 | 0.04 | -0.01 |
| Buck Ewing | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.099 | 0.01 | 0.44 | -0.40 |
| Charlie Bastian | PHI | NL | SS | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Frank Foreman | CIN | NL | LF | 0.007 | -0.01 | -0.00 | -0.02 |
| George Rooks | BSN | NL | LF | 0.036 | -0.02 | -0.20 | 0.21 |
| Fred Lake | BSN | NL | C | 0.016 | -0.05 | -0.07 | 0.01 |
| Tun Berger | PIT | NL | C | 0.272 | -0.07 | -0.29 | 0.17 |
| Joe Daly | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.005 | -0.09 | -0.15 | 0.02 |
| Bill Collins | CL4 | NL | C | 0.005 | -0.11 | -0.09 | -0.01 |
| Elmer Foster | CHN | NL | CF | 0.029 | -0.12 | -0.07 | -0.11 |
| Piggy Ward | PIT | NL | LF | 0.040 | -0.13 | 0.12 | -0.18 |
| Marty Honan | CHN | NL | C | 0.024 | -0.17 | -0.03 | -0.12 |
| Sam LaRocque | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.007 | -0.18 | -0.12 | -0.05 |
| Jack Burdock | BRO | NL | 2B | 0.022 | -0.18 | -0.19 | 0.03 |
| Walter Plock | PHI | NL | CF | 0.011 | -0.29 | 0.02 | -0.33 |
| Billy Graulich | PHI | NL | C | 0.049 | -0.34 | -0.13 | -0.22 |
| Bill Merritt | CHN | NL | C | 0.080 | -0.39 | -0.38 | -0.06 |
| Jake Virtue | CL4 | NL | 1B | 0.986 | -0.39 | 0.93 | -1.25 |
| Jesse Burkett | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.284 | -0.40 | -0.07 | -0.40 |
| King Kelly | BSN | NL | C | 0.105 | -0.41 | -0.27 | -0.14 |
| Harry Morelock | PHI | NL | SS | 0.029 | -0.41 | -0.21 | -0.21 |
| Marty Sullivan | BSN | NL | LF | 0.129 | -0.42 | -0.37 | -0.03 |
| John Newell | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.035 | -0.46 | -0.30 | -0.20 |
| Jocko Fields | PIT | NL | C | 0.219 | -0.49 | -0.00 | -0.46 |
| Tom Nagle | CHN | NL | C | 0.047 | -0.51 | -0.45 | -0.09 |
| Billy Alvord | CL4 | NL | 3B | 0.092 | -0.51 | 0.21 | -0.57 |
| Fred Carroll | PIT | NL | RF | 0.664 | -0.57 | -1.87 | 1.21 |
| George Gore | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.956 | -0.58 | 1.00 | -1.42 |
| Mike Slattery | CIN | NL | CF | 0.297 | -0.58 | -1.12 | 0.61 |
| Joe Kelley | BSN | NL | LF | 0.084 | -0.64 | -0.27 | -0.39 |
| Jimmy McAleer | CL4 | NL | LF | 0.965 | -0.71 | -2.17 | 1.61 |
| Jocko Halligan | CIN | NL | RF | 0.442 | -0.80 | 0.70 | -1.43 |
| John Corkhill | CIN | NL | CF | 0.284 | -0.81 | -1.36 | 0.48 |
| Malachi Kittridge | CHN | NL | C | 0.571 | -0.81 | -1.20 | 0.18 |
| Bill Gray | PHI | NL | C | 0.147 | -0.87 | -0.48 | -0.37 |
| Jimmy Cooney | CHN | NL | SS | 0.861 | -0.89 | -2.19 | 1.41 |
| Bob Clark | CIN | NL | C | 0.111 | -0.91 | -0.79 | -0.05 |
| Jerry Harrington | CIN | NL | C | 0.639 | -0.93 | -0.75 | -0.12 |
| Jim Keenan | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.522 | -0.96 | -1.50 | 0.56 |
| Bill Bowman | CHN | NL | C | 0.093 | -0.98 | -0.88 | -0.06 |
| Jim Curtiss | CIN | NL | CF | 0.196 | -1.01 | -0.14 | -0.89 |
| Cliff Carroll | CHN | NL | RF | 0.949 | -1.01 | -1.08 | 0.08 |
| Dick Buckley | NY1 | NL | C | 0.491 | -1.11 | -1.59 | 0.47 |
| Tommy Tucker | BSN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | -1.19 | -0.25 | -1.08 |
| Jerry Denny | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.434 | -1.25 | -1.12 | 0.07 |
| Frank Burrell | NY1 | NL | C | 0.105 | -1.26 | -0.99 | -0.26 |
| Bob Allen | PHI | NL | SS | 0.855 | -1.33 | -2.36 | 0.89 |
| Dave Foutz | BRO | NL | 1B | 0.949 | -1.36 | -0.33 | -1.05 |
| Tom Burns | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.431 | -1.52 | -1.15 | -0.33 |
| Cupid Childs | CL4 | NL | 2B | 1.000 | -1.53 | 3.39 | -4.92 |
| Artie Clarke | NY1 | NL | C | 0.347 | -1.59 | -1.11 | -0.60 |
| Jim O'Rourke | NY1 | NL | LF | 1.000 | -1.67 | -0.37 | -1.19 |
| William Brown | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.833 | -1.74 | -2.04 | 0.28 |
| Tom Kinslow | BRO | NL | C | 0.432 | -1.77 | -1.82 | 0.01 |
| Al Myers | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.978 | -1.83 | -2.09 | 0.29 |
| Joe Quinn | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.886 | -1.83 | -1.03 | -0.78 |
| Connie Mack | PIT | NL | C | 0.547 | -1.92 | -1.76 | -0.19 |
| Ed Mayer | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.493 | -1.96 | -2.14 | 0.09 |
| Germany Smith | CIN | NL | SS | 0.998 | -1.99 | -3.37 | 1.40 |
| Dan Lally | PIT | NL | RF | 0.297 | -2.19 | -0.86 | -1.39 |
| Al Maul | PIT | NL | LF | 0.308 | -2.20 | -1.42 | -0.82 |
| Ed Delahanty | PHI | NL | CF | 0.928 | -2.21 | -1.64 | -0.60 |
| Bones Ely | BRO | NL | SS | 0.215 | -2.42 | -1.63 | -0.76 |
| Billy Shindle | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.746 | -2.59 | -3.37 | 0.47 |
| Ned Hanlon | PIT | NL | CF | 0.869 | -2.92 | -0.25 | -2.78 |
| John O'Brien | BRO | NL | 2B | 0.314 | -2.93 | -0.62 | -2.32 |
| Spud Johnson | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.567 | -2.93 | -1.50 | -1.54 |
| John Shearon | CL4 | NL | CF | 0.213 | -2.99 | -1.44 | -1.60 |
| Lou Bierbauer | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.883 | -3.09 | -2.97 | -0.04 |
| John Reilly | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.978 | -3.23 | -2.20 | -1.13 |
| Lew Whistler | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.529 | -3.29 | -0.04 | -3.33 |
| Hub Collins | BRO | NL | 2B | 0.781 | -3.34 | 1.13 | -4.44 |
| Lefty Marr | CIN | NL | RF | 0.522 | -3.59 | -0.77 | -2.64 |
| Charlie Reilly | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.818 | -6.01 | -2.23 | -4.09 |