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Top season WAA players from 1894.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hamilton | PHI | NL | CF | 1.000 | 7.87 | 4.73 | 3.34 |
| Sam Thompson | PHI | NL | RF | 0.773 | 6.47 | 4.61 | 1.89 |
| Hugh Duffy | BSN | NL | CF | 0.940 | 5.65 | 5.57 | 0.07 |
| Ed Delahanty | PHI | NL | LF | 0.879 | 5.19 | 3.25 | 1.90 |
| Joe Kelley | BLN | NL | LF | 1.000 | 5.13 | 2.72 | 2.49 |
| Mike Griffin | BRO | NL | CF | 0.800 | 4.83 | 1.90 | 2.89 |
| Bill Dahlen | CHN | NL | SS | 0.897 | 4.79 | 3.83 | 1.11 |
| Bill Joyce | WAS | NL | 3B | 0.750 | 3.94 | 4.03 | -0.21 |
| Lave Cross | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.924 | 3.72 | 1.60 | 1.98 |
| Cupid Childs | CL4 | NL | 2B | 0.908 | 3.66 | 3.90 | -0.32 |
| Willie Keeler | BLN | NL | RF | 1.000 | 3.62 | 2.35 | 1.43 |
| George Davis | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.892 | 3.43 | 2.74 | 0.91 |
| Bid McPhee | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.955 | 3.40 | 2.22 | 1.33 |
| Roger Connor | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.871 | 3.32 | 2.34 | 1.00 |
| Thomas Burns | BRO | NL | RF | 0.933 | 3.31 | 1.84 | 1.14 |
| Jake Stenzel | PIT | NL | CF | 0.992 | 3.25 | 3.01 | 0.26 |
| John McGraw | BLN | NL | 3B | 0.961 | 2.98 | 1.63 | 1.26 |
| Hughie Jennings | BLN | NL | SS | 0.992 | 2.89 | 1.40 | 1.66 |
| Elmer Smith | PIT | NL | LF | 0.947 | 2.86 | 1.45 | 1.44 |
| Bobby Lowe | BSN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 2.69 | 2.70 | -0.12 |
| Cap Anson | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.618 | 2.51 | 2.23 | 0.26 |
| Jack Doyle | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.770 | 2.45 | 2.59 | -0.29 |
| Jake Beckley | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.992 | 2.34 | 1.32 | 1.08 |
| Dan Brouthers | BLN | NL | 1B | 0.953 | 2.30 | 2.27 | -0.04 |
| Henry Reitz | BLN | NL | 2B | 0.837 | 2.26 | 0.84 | 1.37 |
| Wilbert Robinson | BLN | NL | C | 0.845 | 2.17 | 1.76 | 0.45 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHN | NL | RF | 0.809 | 1.94 | 1.34 | 0.73 |
| Herman Long | BSN | NL | SS | 0.782 | 1.82 | 1.09 | 0.72 |
| Billy Nash | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.992 | 1.74 | 0.22 | 1.63 |
| Jack Clements | PHI | NL | C | 0.364 | 1.72 | 1.60 | 0.13 |
| Ed McKean | CL4 | NL | SS | 1.000 | 1.65 | 2.69 | -0.91 |
| Bug Holliday | CIN | NL | LF | 0.918 | 1.37 | 1.03 | 0.32 |
| Tommy McCarthy | BSN | NL | LF | 0.955 | 1.33 | 0.38 | 0.86 |
| Tommy Tucker | BSN | NL | 1B | 0.925 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 0.27 |
| Frank Connaughton | BSN | NL | SS | 0.346 | 0.94 | 0.64 | 0.29 |
| Mike Grady | PHI | NL | C | 0.403 | 0.89 | 1.51 | -0.70 |
| Jesse Burkett | CL4 | NL | LF | 0.962 | 0.84 | 1.10 | -0.33 |
| Ed Cartwright | WAS | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 0.81 | 1.01 | -0.19 |
| Jim Canavan | CIN | NL | RF | 0.769 | 0.79 | 0.54 | -0.02 |
| Jimmy Bannon | BSN | NL | RF | 0.962 | 0.76 | 2.35 | -1.58 |
| Bill Hassamaer | WAS | NL | RF | 0.894 | 0.71 | 0.51 | 0.10 |
| Duke Farrell | NY1 | NL | C | 0.806 | 0.70 | 0.93 | -0.22 |
| Fred Tenney | BSN | NL | C | 0.188 | 0.70 | 0.76 | -0.07 |
| Fred Pfeffer | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.808 | 0.69 | -0.27 | 0.99 |
| Deacon McGuire | WAS | NL | C | 0.788 | 0.67 | 0.71 | -0.08 |
| Steve Brodie | BLN | NL | CF | 1.000 | 0.64 | -0.97 | 1.55 |
| Farmer Vaughn | CIN | NL | C | 0.537 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.06 |
| Joe Sugden | PIT | NL | C | 0.293 | 0.53 | 0.61 | -0.16 |
| Charles Zimmer | CL4 | NL | C | 0.692 | 0.48 | -0.33 | 0.88 |
| Monte Cross | PIT | NL | SS | 0.098 | 0.47 | 0.60 | -0.08 |
| Kip Selbach | WAS | NL | LF | 0.735 | 0.47 | 0.01 | 0.47 |
| John Houseman | CHN | NL | SS | 0.029 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.05 |
| Sam Dungan | CHN | NL | RF | 0.132 | 0.40 | -0.26 | 0.69 |
| John Grim | LS3 | NL | C | 0.838 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.15 |
| Tuck Turner | PHI | NL | LF | 0.621 | 0.35 | 1.10 | -0.69 |
| Denny Lyons | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.541 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.32 |
| Bill Merritt | BSN | NL | C | 0.543 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.13 |
| Patsy Donovan | PIT | NL | RF | 1.000 | 0.32 | -1.95 | 2.14 |
| Billy Earle | LS3 | NL | C | 0.260 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Jack O'Connor | CL4 | NL | C | 0.662 | 0.32 | 0.51 | -0.33 |
| Joe Peitz | SLN | NL | RF | 0.053 | 0.31 | 0.50 | -0.24 |
| Henry Cote | LS3 | NL | C | 0.069 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
| Malachi Kittridge | CHN | NL | C | 0.366 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.02 |
| Tom Kinslow | BRO | NL | C | 0.454 | 0.21 | 0.30 | -0.24 |
| Pete Browning | SLN | NL | CF | 0.019 | 0.02 | -0.02 | 0.05 |
| John Ricks | SLN | NL | 3B | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tom Murray | PHI | NL | SS | 0.004 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Arthur Irwin | PHI | NL | SS | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| George Paynter | SLN | NL | CF | 0.008 | -0.04 | -0.05 | 0.03 |
| Charles Yingling | PHI | NL | SS | 0.008 | -0.06 | -0.05 | 0.02 |
| Con Daily | BRO | NL | C | 0.496 | -0.08 | -0.19 | 0.24 |
| Gene DeMontreville | PIT | NL | SS | 0.015 | -0.09 | -0.09 | -0.01 |
| Count Campau | WAS | NL | LF | 0.015 | -0.10 | -0.20 | 0.08 |
| Art Ball | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.006 | -0.10 | -0.03 | -0.07 |
| Tom Delahanty | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.008 | -0.11 | -0.07 | -0.04 |
| Jim Ritz | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.008 | -0.12 | -0.03 | -0.06 |
| Joe Sullivan | WAS | NL | SS | 0.712 | -0.13 | 0.77 | -0.78 |
| George Treadway | BRO | NL | LF | 0.919 | -0.15 | -0.06 | 0.16 |
| Connie Murphy | CIN | NL | C | 0.007 | -0.16 | -0.08 | -0.08 |
| Parke Wilson | NY1 | NL | C | 0.360 | -0.17 | 0.66 | -0.77 |
| Kid Mohler | WAS | NL | 2B | 0.021 | -0.19 | -0.21 | 0.00 |
| Lou Bierbauer | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.985 | -0.28 | -1.47 | 1.29 |
| Art Twineham | SLN | NL | C | 0.269 | -0.30 | -0.17 | -0.18 |
| Bones Ely | SLN | NL | SS | 0.955 | -0.31 | -0.54 | -0.00 |
| Fred Hartman | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.368 | -0.31 | -0.25 | -0.11 |
| Bill Lange | CHN | NL | CF | 0.831 | -0.33 | 0.12 | -0.54 |
| Jack Ryan | BSN | NL | C | 0.398 | -0.33 | -0.15 | -0.18 |
| Fred Lake | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.110 | -0.35 | 0.24 | -0.58 |
| Paul Russell | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.021 | -0.39 | -0.27 | -0.16 |
| Bill Massey | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.097 | -0.40 | -0.40 | 0.03 |
| Frank Motz | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.134 | -0.41 | -0.62 | 0.18 |
| Charlie Reilly | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.295 | -0.41 | -0.71 | 0.26 |
| Charlie Ganzel | BSN | NL | C | 0.526 | -0.42 | -0.39 | -0.16 |
| William Clarke | BLN | NL | C | 0.217 | -0.42 | -0.42 | -0.07 |
| George LaChance | BRO | NL | 1B | 0.511 | -0.47 | 0.17 | -0.57 |
| George Decker | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.684 | -0.53 | 0.38 | -0.84 |
| Germany Smith | CIN | NL | SS | 0.963 | -0.58 | -2.11 | 1.23 |
| Bob Allen | PHI | NL | SS | 0.311 | -0.61 | -0.48 | -0.04 |
| Pop Schriver | CHN | NL | C | 0.721 | -0.62 | -0.75 | 0.06 |
| Gene Steere | PIT | NL | SS | 0.075 | -0.62 | -0.57 | -0.07 |
| Jack Glasscock | PIT | NL | SS | 0.654 | -0.63 | -1.06 | 0.42 |
| Charlie Abbey | WAS | NL | CF | 0.977 | -0.64 | -0.04 | -0.81 |
| Tim O'Rourke | LS3 | NL | 1B | 0.615 | -0.66 | -1.43 | 0.67 |
| Ollie Smith | LS3 | NL | RF | 0.300 | -0.67 | 0.12 | -0.78 |
| Frank Bonner | BLN | NL | 2B | 0.256 | -0.69 | 0.51 | -1.15 |
| George Shoch | BRO | NL | CF | 0.481 | -0.70 | -0.78 | 0.23 |
| Buck Ewing | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.408 | -0.72 | -0.64 | -0.01 |
| William Brown | LS3 | NL | 1B | 0.123 | -0.74 | -0.85 | 0.15 |
| Fred Zahner | LS3 | NL | C | 0.100 | -0.80 | -0.57 | -0.32 |
| Tommy Corcoran | BRO | NL | SS | 0.956 | -0.81 | -0.69 | 0.12 |
| Jimmy McAleer | CL4 | NL | CF | 0.492 | -0.91 | -2.14 | 1.27 |
| Lew Camp | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.059 | -0.94 | -0.53 | -0.38 |
| Mike Tiernan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.813 | -0.94 | -0.34 | -0.73 |
| Jack Boyle | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.886 | -0.98 | -1.14 | 0.11 |
| Shorty Fuller | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.683 | -0.98 | -0.07 | -0.83 |
| Harry Blake | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.562 | -1.04 | -1.57 | 0.64 |
| Dan Dugdale | WAS | NL | C | 0.278 | -1.07 | -0.72 | -0.40 |
| James Stafford | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.101 | -1.19 | -0.32 | -0.96 |
| Piggy Ward | WAS | NL | 2B | 0.742 | -1.20 | 1.37 | -2.87 |
| Dick Buckley | SLN | NL | C | 0.530 | -1.22 | -1.70 | 0.46 |