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Top season WAA players from 1899.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McGraw | BLN | NL | 3B | 0.775 | 7.56 | 6.48 | 1.19 |
| Ed Delahanty | PHI | NL | LF | 0.948 | 6.95 | 6.12 | 0.84 |
| Chick Stahl | BSN | NL | RF | 0.967 | 5.82 | 4.08 | 1.89 |
| Tom Daly | BRO | NL | 2B | 0.953 | 5.16 | 4.34 | 0.85 |
| Willie Keeler | BRO | NL | RF | 0.953 | 4.99 | 2.35 | 2.58 |
| Jimmy Williams | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.987 | 4.95 | 4.89 | -0.14 |
| Bobby Wallace | SLN | NL | SS | 0.974 | 4.86 | 3.18 | 1.47 |
| Honus Wagner | LS3 | NL | 3B | 0.949 | 4.80 | 4.13 | 0.50 |
| Nap Lajoie | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.500 | 4.58 | 3.79 | 0.89 |
| George Davis | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.717 | 4.38 | 3.03 | 1.49 |
| Fred Tenney | BSN | NL | 1B | 0.980 | 4.08 | 2.64 | 1.30 |
| Joe Kelley | BRO | NL | LF | 0.966 | 3.88 | 1.77 | 2.17 |
| Bill Lange | CHN | NL | CF | 0.704 | 3.65 | 1.48 | 2.17 |
| Jesse Burkett | SLN | NL | LF | 0.910 | 3.43 | 3.97 | -0.56 |
| Roy Thomas | PHI | NL | CF | 0.974 | 3.30 | 1.66 | 1.51 |
| Bill Dahlen | BRO | NL | SS | 0.818 | 3.14 | 2.61 | 0.36 |
| Fred Clarke | LS3 | NL | LF | 0.955 | 3.07 | 1.81 | 1.45 |
| Mike Grady | NY1 | NL | C | 0.572 | 2.91 | 3.08 | -0.22 |
| Jake Beckley | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.860 | 2.68 | 2.60 | 0.33 |
| Buck Freeman | WAS | NL | RF | 1.000 | 2.54 | 3.80 | -1.39 |
| Ed McFarland | PHI | NL | C | 0.602 | 2.53 | 2.75 | -0.13 |
| Steve Brodie | BLN | NL | CF | 0.907 | 2.44 | -0.68 | 3.17 |
| Duke Farrell | WAS | NL | C | 0.502 | 2.43 | 2.27 | 0.23 |
| Lave Cross | CL4 | NL | 3B | 0.916 | 2.40 | -0.60 | 2.96 |
| Elmer Flick | PHI | NL | RF | 0.825 | 2.36 | 2.04 | 0.11 |
| Jimmy Collins | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.987 | 2.24 | -0.15 | 2.79 |
| Dan McGann | BRO | NL | 1B | 0.946 | 2.24 | 2.12 | 0.32 |
| Bill Keister | BLN | NL | SS | 0.901 | 2.23 | 3.13 | -0.93 |
| Jack Doyle | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.783 | 2.15 | 1.11 | 1.04 |
| Jimmy Sheckard | BLN | NL | RF | 0.974 | 2.12 | 1.00 | 1.25 |
| Charles Zimmer | CL4 | NL | C | 0.617 | 2.11 | 1.45 | 0.72 |
| Pearce Chiles | PHI | NL | RF | 0.578 | 1.72 | 0.91 | 0.67 |
| Algie McBride | CIN | NL | CF | 0.408 | 1.72 | 1.41 | 0.22 |
| Ossee Schrecongost | SLN | NL | C | 0.731 | 1.67 | 1.09 | 0.52 |
| Ginger Beaumont | PIT | NL | CF | 0.716 | 1.63 | 2.50 | -1.04 |
| Bob Wood | CIN | NL | C | 0.361 | 1.63 | 1.84 | -0.05 |
| Bid McPhee | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.688 | 1.41 | 1.14 | 0.29 |
| Kip Selbach | CIN | NL | LF | 0.898 | 1.37 | -0.08 | 1.45 |
| Deacon McGuire | WAS | NL | C | 0.629 | 1.28 | 1.01 | 0.27 |
| Claude Ritchey | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.949 | 1.27 | 1.39 | -0.12 |
| Hughie Jennings | BRO | NL | 1B | 0.465 | 1.01 | 0.81 | 0.23 |
| Billy Clingman | LS3 | NL | SS | 0.684 | 1.00 | 0.16 | 0.92 |
| Gene DeMontreville | CHN | NL | SS | 0.934 | 0.94 | -0.11 | 1.04 |
| Bill Everitt | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.895 | 0.81 | -0.29 | 0.96 |
| Harry Blake | SLN | NL | CF | 0.556 | 0.81 | -1.05 | 1.82 |
| Joe Quinn | CL4 | NL | 2B | 0.955 | 0.73 | 0.26 | 0.58 |
| Jimmy Barrett | CIN | NL | RF | 0.166 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.03 |
| Heinie Peitz | CIN | NL | C | 0.559 | 0.59 | 0.23 | 0.41 |
| Dick Padden | WAS | NL | SS | 0.806 | 0.58 | 0.58 | -0.03 |
| Pop Schriver | PIT | NL | C | 0.552 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.09 |
| Fritz Buelow | SLN | NL | C | 0.029 | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.09 |
| Tommy Dowd | CL4 | NL | CF | 0.955 | 0.48 | -1.06 | 1.62 |
| Frank Chance | CHN | NL | C | 0.350 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.06 |
| Tommy Leach | LS3 | NL | 3B | 0.679 | 0.43 | -0.30 | 0.77 |
| Billy Hamilton | BSN | NL | CF | 0.549 | 0.42 | 0.65 | -0.17 |
| Aleck Smith | BRO | NL | C | 0.328 | 0.37 | 0.48 | -0.14 |
| Willie Clark | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.523 | 0.32 | 0.96 | -0.45 |
| Pete Cassidy | BRO | NL | 1B | 0.351 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.01 |
| George LaChance | BLN | NL | 1B | 0.828 | 0.28 | 0.98 | -0.81 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHN | NL | LF | 0.822 | 0.28 | -0.40 | 0.71 |
| Frank McManus | WAS | NL | C | 0.037 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.02 |
| Pete Woodruff | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.115 | 0.24 | -0.06 | 0.38 |
| Frank Bonner | WAS | NL | 2B | 0.548 | 0.24 | 0.27 | -0.06 |
| Lefty Houtz | CIN | NL | CF | 0.032 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.18 |
| Lou Criger | SLN | NL | C | 0.474 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Sam Crawford | CIN | NL | CF | 0.197 | 0.14 | -0.08 | 0.21 |
| Jack Ryan | BLN | NL | C | 0.007 | 0.10 | 0.12 | -0.04 |
| George Fox | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.074 | 0.08 | -0.02 | 0.14 |
| Jimmy Burke | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.011 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rudy Hulswitt | LS3 | NL | SS | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pete Cregan | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.003 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mike Hickey | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.005 | -0.02 | 0.00 | -0.02 |
| Bill Bradley | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.230 | -0.03 | 0.03 | -0.17 |
| George Bristow | CL4 | NL | RF | 0.015 | -0.04 | -0.10 | 0.05 |
| Fred Ketchum | LS3 | NL | RF | 0.096 | -0.04 | -0.32 | 0.33 |
| Charlie Ziegler | CL4 | NL | 2B | 0.013 | -0.05 | -0.06 | 0.02 |
| Bill Merritt | BSN | NL | C | 0.005 | -0.05 | -0.04 | 0.00 |
| Arlie Latham | WAS | NL | 2B | 0.011 | -0.07 | -0.06 | -0.02 |
| George Yeager | BSN | NL | CF | 0.015 | -0.07 | -0.11 | 0.04 |
| Tacks Latimer | LS3 | NL | C | 0.051 | -0.07 | -0.11 | 0.02 |
| Mike Heydon | WAS | NL | C | 0.008 | -0.07 | -0.03 | -0.05 |
| Jack Clements | CL4 | NL | C | 0.021 | -0.09 | -0.07 | -0.03 |
| Joe Yeager | BRO | NL | SS | 0.100 | -0.09 | -0.27 | 0.07 |
| Harry Croft | LS3 | NL | 2B | 0.016 | -0.09 | -0.10 | 0.01 |
| Bob Langsford | LS3 | NL | SS | 0.006 | -0.12 | -0.11 | -0.01 |
| Art Madison | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.213 | -0.12 | 0.18 | -0.22 |
| Ira Davis | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.028 | -0.13 | 0.01 | -0.17 |
| Bill Stuart | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.005 | -0.14 | -0.13 | 0.01 |
| Dick Butler | WAS | NL | C | 0.061 | -0.15 | 0.07 | -0.18 |
| Billy Sullivan | BSN | NL | C | 0.127 | -0.15 | -0.03 | -0.02 |
| John Puhl | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.005 | -0.16 | -0.07 | -0.09 |
| Jim Duncan | WAS | NL | C | 0.260 | -0.16 | -0.38 | 0.22 |
| Jimmy Slagle | WAS | NL | CF | 0.948 | -0.16 | -1.84 | 1.51 |
| Freddy Parent | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.013 | -0.16 | -0.16 | -0.01 |
| Tom Messitt | LS3 | NL | C | 0.018 | -0.18 | -0.27 | 0.09 |
| Henry Reitz | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.226 | -0.19 | -0.27 | 0.21 |
| Tim Donahue | CHN | NL | C | 0.549 | -0.20 | -0.60 | 0.15 |
| John O'Neil | NY1 | NL | C | 0.012 | -0.21 | -0.22 | 0.01 |
| Kid Elberfeld | CIN | NL | SS | 0.261 | -0.21 | 0.34 | -0.55 |
| Cupid Childs | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.806 | -0.22 | 1.18 | -1.13 |
| Burley Bayer | LS3 | NL | SS | 0.005 | -0.22 | -0.13 | -0.08 |
| Jake Gettman | WAS | NL | CF | 0.108 | -0.24 | -0.80 | 0.61 |
| Jake Stenzel | SLN | NL | CF | 0.284 | -0.24 | -0.12 | -0.07 |
| Farmer Steelman | LS3 | NL | C | 0.026 | -0.24 | -0.19 | -0.06 |
| Art Nichols | CHN | NL | C | 0.082 | -0.24 | -0.17 | -0.04 |
| Tim Flood | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.060 | -0.27 | -0.07 | -0.24 |
| Ducky Holmes | BLN | NL | LF | 0.914 | -0.27 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| Duff Cooley | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.610 | -0.28 | -0.18 | -0.16 |
| Barry McCormick | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.671 | -0.30 | -1.21 | 0.91 |
| Parke Wilson | NY1 | NL | C | 0.635 | -0.30 | 0.50 | -0.88 |
| Hugh Duffy | BSN | NL | LF | 0.961 | -0.31 | -1.91 | 1.50 |
| Klondike Douglass | PHI | NL | C | 0.479 | -0.32 | -0.55 | 0.01 |
| Harry Davis | WAS | NL | 1B | 0.116 | -0.35 | -0.28 | -0.15 |
| Bobby Lowe | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.993 | -0.36 | -0.77 | 0.16 |
| Tommy Corcoran | CIN | NL | SS | 0.879 | -0.36 | -0.80 | 0.50 |
| Charlie Kuhns | BSN | NL | 3B | 0.033 | -0.38 | -0.12 | -0.29 |
| John Grim | BRO | NL | C | 0.084 | -0.38 | -0.37 | -0.03 |
| Clarence Foster | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.539 | -0.38 | -0.16 | -0.27 |
| Kid Gleason | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.967 | -0.40 | -1.60 | 1.06 |
| Frank Scheibeck | WAS | NL | SS | 0.174 | -0.43 | -0.10 | -0.28 |