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Top season WAA players from 1897.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Keeler | BLN | NL | RF | 0.949 | 7.62 | 4.66 | 2.91 |
| Ed Delahanty | PHI | NL | LF | 0.970 | 5.36 | 3.04 | 2.30 |
| Jimmy Collins | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.993 | 4.96 | 3.12 | 1.85 |
| Fred Clarke | LS3 | NL | LF | 0.963 | 4.76 | 3.87 | 0.73 |
| Hughie Jennings | BLN | NL | SS | 0.860 | 4.75 | 3.47 | 1.32 |
| George Davis | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.956 | 4.75 | 4.43 | 0.42 |
| Billy Hamilton | BSN | NL | CF | 0.941 | 4.41 | 3.27 | 1.31 |
| Cupid Childs | CL4 | NL | 2B | 0.877 | 4.10 | 3.04 | 0.90 |
| Joe Kelley | BLN | NL | LF | 0.963 | 3.86 | 2.28 | 1.83 |
| Hugh Duffy | BSN | NL | LF | 0.993 | 3.68 | 0.71 | 2.75 |
| Bobby Wallace | CL4 | NL | 3B | 1.000 | 3.51 | 2.48 | 1.01 |
| Deacon McGuire | WAS | NL | C | 0.660 | 3.31 | 3.31 | -0.16 |
| Mike Griffin | BRO | NL | CF | 0.985 | 3.29 | 1.25 | 1.95 |
| Jack Doyle | BLN | NL | 1B | 0.838 | 3.21 | 2.39 | 0.90 |
| Kip Selbach | WAS | NL | LF | 0.932 | 3.16 | 0.86 | 2.31 |
| Henry Reitz | BLN | NL | 2B | 0.941 | 2.81 | 1.45 | 1.65 |
| Nap Lajoie | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.955 | 2.76 | 3.83 | -0.99 |
| Duff Cooley | PHI | NL | CF | 1.000 | 2.75 | 0.72 | 2.03 |
| Bill Lange | CHN | NL | CF | 0.855 | 2.73 | 2.39 | 0.27 |
| Klondike Douglass | SLN | NL | C | 0.947 | 2.73 | 2.71 | -0.06 |
| Charles Zimmer | CL4 | NL | C | 0.615 | 2.19 | 1.80 | 0.53 |
| Jesse Burkett | CL4 | NL | LF | 0.977 | 2.15 | 2.06 | 0.14 |
| Perry Werden | LS3 | NL | 1B | 0.985 | 1.90 | 0.73 | 1.35 |
| Monte Cross | SLN | NL | SS | 0.992 | 1.88 | 0.72 | 1.27 |
| Bid McPhee | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.604 | 1.87 | 0.71 | 0.90 |
| John McGraw | BLN | NL | 3B | 0.779 | 1.86 | 2.74 | -0.96 |
| Jake Stenzel | BLN | NL | CF | 0.963 | 1.83 | 3.27 | -1.55 |
| Bobby Lowe | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.911 | 1.78 | 1.32 | 0.26 |
| Duke Farrell | WAS | NL | C | 0.534 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 0.03 |
| Bill Dahlen | CHN | NL | SS | 0.543 | 1.71 | 0.74 | 0.91 |
| Heinie Peitz | CIN | NL | C | 0.545 | 1.61 | 1.03 | 0.59 |
| Kid Gleason | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.964 | 1.60 | 1.50 | -0.14 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHN | NL | RF | 0.986 | 1.55 | 0.55 | 0.72 |
| Fielder Jones | BRO | NL | RF | 0.993 | 1.49 | 0.26 | 1.34 |
| Jack Stivetts | BSN | NL | RF | 0.402 | 1.47 | 1.34 | 0.04 |
| Jim Connor | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.558 | 1.47 | 0.87 | 0.58 |
| Pop Schriver | CIN | NL | C | 0.377 | 1.40 | 1.17 | 0.14 |
| Chick Stahl | BSN | NL | RF | 0.844 | 1.28 | 2.31 | -0.93 |
| Steve Brodie | PIT | NL | CF | 0.746 | 1.23 | -0.63 | 2.00 |
| Bill Joyce | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.803 | 1.01 | 2.82 | -1.80 |
| Jake Beckley | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.832 | 0.95 | 2.06 | -0.91 |
| Charlie Reilly | WAS | NL | 3B | 0.759 | 0.85 | -0.31 | 1.17 |
| Tommy Tucker | BSN | NL | 1B | 0.719 | 0.83 | 1.49 | -0.82 |
| William Nance | LS3 | NL | RF | 0.259 | 0.78 | -0.18 | 1.09 |
| Jake Gettman | WAS | NL | RF | 0.271 | 0.69 | 0.29 | 0.47 |
| Parke Wilson | NY1 | NL | C | 0.318 | 0.62 | 0.93 | -0.46 |
| Mike Tiernan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.934 | 0.62 | 2.11 | -1.45 |
| Jack Warner | NY1 | NL | C | 0.810 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.19 |
| Fred Hartman | SLN | NL | 3B | 0.940 | 0.53 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Joe Quinn | BLN | NL | 3B | 0.551 | 0.45 | -1.22 | 1.42 |
| Patsy Donovan | PIT | NL | RF | 0.896 | 0.44 | -0.57 | 0.91 |
| Cap Anson | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.826 | 0.37 | -0.47 | 0.82 |
| Herman Long | BSN | NL | SS | 0.793 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.08 |
| Bob Allen | BSN | NL | SS | 0.252 | 0.33 | -0.03 | 0.42 |
| Jack Clements | PHI | NL | C | 0.389 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
| Gene DeMontreville | WAS | NL | SS | 1.000 | 0.30 | 0.66 | -0.34 |
| John Anderson | BRO | NL | LF | 0.860 | 0.28 | -0.64 | 1.02 |
| Charlie Ganzel | BSN | NL | C | 0.209 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.05 |
| Ira Belden | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.062 | 0.14 | -0.17 | 0.27 |
| Harry Blake | CL4 | NL | CF | 0.246 | 0.14 | -0.81 | 0.94 |
| Ed McFarland | SLN | NL | C | 0.517 | 0.11 | 0.38 | -0.26 |
| Ed Biecher | SLN | NL | LF | 0.023 | 0.09 | -0.02 | 0.11 |
| Jimmy Callahan | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.681 | 0.08 | 0.30 | -0.21 |
| George Yeager | BSN | NL | C | 0.194 | 0.06 | 0.05 | -0.04 |
| Tuck Turner | SLN | NL | RF | 0.774 | 0.03 | -0.51 | 0.54 |
| Buck Ewing | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.004 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dave Zearfoss | NY1 | NL | C | 0.018 | -0.00 | 0.05 | -0.04 |
| Bug Holliday | CIN | NL | LF | 0.420 | -0.01 | -0.05 | 0.12 |
| Charlie Irwin | CIN | NL | 3B | 1.000 | -0.02 | -0.07 | 0.38 |
| Tom Leahy | PIT | NL | CF | 0.315 | -0.04 | 0.39 | -0.45 |
| Ed Abbaticchio | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.021 | -0.12 | -0.02 | -0.10 |
| Ossee Schrecongost | LS3 | NL | C | 0.006 | -0.12 | -0.12 | -0.01 |
| George Stallings | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.015 | -0.13 | -0.09 | -0.03 |
| Bill Fox | WAS | NL | 2B | 0.028 | -0.13 | -0.05 | -0.06 |
| Tom Delahanty | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.007 | -0.13 | 0.00 | -0.12 |
| Charlie Kuhns | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.007 | -0.15 | -0.07 | -0.08 |
| Dusty Miller | CIN | NL | RF | 0.888 | -0.16 | -0.67 | 0.77 |
| Frank Martin | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.015 | -0.18 | -0.08 | -0.11 |
| Charlie Abbey | WAS | NL | RF | 0.602 | -0.20 | -0.74 | 0.55 |
| Kohly Miller | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.023 | -0.22 | -0.08 | -0.15 |
| Sam Thompson | PHI | NL | RF | 0.023 | -0.22 | -0.04 | -0.18 |
| Billy Lush | WAS | NL | RF | 0.023 | -0.22 | -0.30 | 0.06 |
| George Van Haltren | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.949 | -0.23 | 1.01 | -1.13 |
| George LaChance | BRO | NL | 1B | 0.926 | -0.24 | -0.07 | -0.00 |
| Jimmy Sheckard | BRO | NL | SS | 0.096 | -0.24 | 0.51 | -0.73 |
| Roger Connor | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.165 | -0.25 | -0.31 | 0.06 |
| Tom Hernon | CHN | NL | LF | 0.029 | -0.25 | -0.40 | 0.16 |
| Yale Murphy | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.018 | -0.26 | -0.17 | -0.11 |
| Fred Cooke | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.038 | -0.28 | -0.06 | -0.20 |
| Fred Lake | BSN | NL | C | 0.120 | -0.28 | -0.32 | -0.01 |
| Walt Wilmot | NY1 | NL | LF | 0.068 | -0.30 | -0.24 | -0.06 |
| Denny Lyons | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.276 | -0.31 | -0.17 | -0.17 |
| Win Clark | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.030 | -0.34 | -0.15 | -0.24 |
| George Shoch | BRO | NL | 2B | 0.625 | -0.35 | -0.27 | 0.09 |
| Marty Bergen | BSN | NL | C | 0.644 | -0.36 | -0.45 | 0.05 |
| Irv Hach | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.115 | -0.37 | -0.26 | -0.09 |
| Wilbert Robinson | BLN | NL | C | 0.351 | -0.37 | -0.63 | 0.17 |
| Pat Hannivan | BRO | NL | CF | 0.048 | -0.37 | -0.15 | -0.19 |
| Billy Hoy | CIN | NL | CF | 0.955 | -0.38 | -1.12 | 0.57 |
| Dick Padden | PIT | NL | 2B | 1.000 | -0.39 | 0.54 | -0.96 |
| Lou Bierbauer | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.090 | -0.44 | -0.37 | -0.01 |
| George Smith | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.150 | -0.45 | -0.32 | -0.17 |
| Chief Sockalexis | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.508 | -0.46 | 0.49 | -0.98 |
| Frank Burrell | BRO | NL | C | 0.211 | -0.46 | -0.32 | -0.12 |
| John Houseman | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.596 | -0.47 | -0.23 | -0.22 |
| Willie Clark | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.854 | -0.47 | -0.54 | 0.18 |
| Billy Clingman | LS3 | NL | 3B | 0.839 | -0.47 | -2.54 | 2.42 |
| Lou Criger | CL4 | NL | C | 0.300 | -0.48 | -0.46 | 0.05 |
| Frank Bowerman | BLN | NL | C | 0.246 | -0.48 | -0.06 | -0.28 |
| Jack Boyle | PHI | NL | C | 0.564 | -0.49 | -0.79 | 0.37 |
| Bill Everitt | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.667 | -0.55 | 0.68 | -1.29 |
| Tim Donahue | CHN | NL | C | 0.368 | -0.55 | -0.59 | 0.01 |
| Aleck Smith | BRO | NL | C | 0.458 | -0.59 | -0.04 | -0.67 |
| Joe Dolan | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.267 | -0.60 | -0.83 | 0.19 |
| Mike Grady | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.662 | -0.62 | -0.52 | -0.07 |
| Honus Wagner | LS3 | NL | CF | 0.459 | -0.64 | 0.60 | -1.22 |
| Jack Rothfuss | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.229 | -0.64 | -0.34 | -0.25 |
| Frank Huelsman | SLN | NL | LF | 0.013 | -0.66 | -0.07 | -0.64 |
| Dick Butler | LS3 | NL | C | 0.072 | -0.69 | -0.42 | -0.21 |
| Tommy Corcoran | CIN | NL | SS | 0.813 | -0.70 | -0.89 | 0.07 |