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Top season WAA players from 1928.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Ruth | NYA | AL | RF | 1.000 | 9.06 | 8.08 | 1.06 |
| Rogers Hornsby | BSN | NL | 2B | 0.915 | 6.53 | 6.40 | -0.00 |
| Heinie Manush | SLA | AL | LF | 1.000 | 6.35 | 4.23 | 2.50 |
| Lou Gehrig | NYA | AL | 1B | 1.000 | 6.15 | 7.10 | -1.08 |
| Paul Waner | PIT | NL | RF | 1.000 | 5.95 | 4.55 | 1.50 |
| Freddie Lindstrom | NY1 | NL | 3B | 0.987 | 5.80 | 4.08 | 1.65 |
| Gabby Hartnett | CHN | NL | C | 0.753 | 5.00 | 4.85 | 0.14 |
| Earle Combs | NYA | AL | CF | 0.968 | 4.93 | 3.36 | 1.52 |
| Charlie Gehringer | DET | AL | 2B | 1.000 | 4.74 | 3.59 | 1.22 |
| Joe Sewell | CLE | AL | SS | 1.000 | 4.10 | 2.60 | 1.60 |
| Jimmie Foxx | PHA | AL | 3B | 0.771 | 3.94 | 3.56 | 0.66 |
| Tony Lazzeri | NYA | AL | 2B | 0.752 | 3.59 | 3.76 | -0.02 |
| Travis Jackson | NY1 | NL | SS | 0.968 | 3.57 | 2.53 | 1.17 |
| Lloyd Waner | PIT | NL | CF | 1.000 | 3.51 | 2.27 | 0.35 |
| Goose Goslin | WS1 | AL | LF | 0.850 | 3.48 | 4.33 | -0.56 |
| Shanty Hogan | NY1 | NL | C | 0.758 | 3.45 | 3.47 | -0.06 |
| Chick Hafey | SLN | NL | LF | 0.896 | 3.43 | 3.62 | -0.21 |
| Mickey Cochrane | PHA | AL | C | 0.856 | 3.38 | 3.69 | -0.27 |
| Riggs Stephenson | CHN | NL | LF | 0.890 | 3.27 | 3.14 | 0.24 |
| Al Simmons | PHA | AL | LF | 0.778 | 3.21 | 2.46 | 0.69 |
| Jim Bottomley | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.968 | 2.99 | 4.11 | -1.06 |
| Wally Schang | SLA | AL | C | 0.528 | 2.93 | 2.51 | 0.34 |
| Max Bishop | PHA | AL | 2B | 0.824 | 2.78 | 3.18 | -0.44 |
| Frankie Frisch | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.916 | 2.75 | 1.82 | 0.85 |
| Harvey Hendrick | BRO | NL | 3B | 0.795 | 2.75 | 2.77 | 0.17 |
| Freddy Leach | PHI | NL | LF | 0.954 | 2.63 | 0.99 | 1.83 |
| Woody English | CHN | NL | SS | 0.753 | 2.57 | 1.87 | 0.75 |
| Mark Koenig | NYA | AL | SS | 0.857 | 2.56 | 2.67 | -0.26 |
| Red Barnes | WS1 | AL | CF | 0.735 | 2.39 | 2.17 | 0.30 |
| Glenn Wright | PIT | NL | SS | 0.711 | 2.38 | 2.61 | -0.31 |
| Ossie Bluege | WS1 | AL | 3B | 0.942 | 2.06 | 0.78 | 1.42 |
| Buddy Myer | BOS | AL | 3B | 0.955 | 2.01 | 0.31 | 1.66 |
| Taylor Douthit | SLN | NL | CF | 1.000 | 1.99 | 0.41 | 1.64 |
| Hack Wilson | CHN | NL | CF | 0.942 | 1.99 | 4.32 | -2.26 |
| Del Bissonette | BRO | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 1.98 | 2.99 | -1.08 |
| Lance Richbourg | BSN | NL | RF | 0.967 | 1.97 | 1.23 | 0.86 |
| Bill Terry | NY1 | NL | 1B | 0.961 | 1.96 | 1.79 | 0.01 |
| Jackie Tavener | DET | AL | SS | 0.857 | 1.82 | 0.68 | 0.88 |
| Pinky Hargrave | DET | AL | C | 0.583 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 0.02 |
| Wally Roettger | SLN | NL | LF | 0.442 | 1.66 | 0.90 | 0.90 |
| Bobby Reeves | WS1 | AL | SS | 0.632 | 1.64 | 1.26 | 0.26 |
| Pie Traynor | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.947 | 1.63 | 0.85 | 0.19 |
| Don Hurst | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.704 | 1.61 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Johnny Hodapp | CLE | AL | 3B | 0.748 | 1.60 | 0.91 | 0.71 |
| Chuck Klein | PHI | NL | RF | 0.421 | 1.50 | 1.33 | 0.26 |
| Lu Blue | SLA | AL | 1B | 1.000 | 1.45 | 1.70 | 0.09 |
| George Sisler | WS1 | AL | 1B | 0.890 | 1.42 | 0.46 | 0.96 |
| Carl Reynolds | CHA | AL | RF | 0.515 | 1.27 | 1.23 | -0.03 |
| Bing Miller | PHA | AL | RF | 0.908 | 1.24 | 0.62 | 0.44 |
| Willie Kamm | CHA | AL | 3B | 1.000 | 0.99 | 1.11 | 0.07 |
| Pete Scott | PIT | NL | LF | 0.334 | 0.99 | 0.63 | 0.33 |
| Ed Morgan | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.477 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 0.30 |
| Pinky Whitney | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.993 | 0.96 | 0.41 | 0.13 |
| Bill Cissell | CHA | AL | SS | 0.781 | 0.96 | -0.20 | 0.81 |
| Harry Heilmann | DET | AL | RF | 0.981 | 0.95 | 1.77 | -1.14 |
| Rabbit Maranville | SLN | NL | SS | 0.669 | 0.94 | 0.63 | 0.33 |
| Marty McManus | DET | AL | 3B | 0.903 | 0.93 | 0.71 | 0.03 |
| Mel Ott | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.800 | 0.92 | 1.69 | -0.73 |
| Sammy Hale | PHA | AL | 3B | 0.549 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.21 |
| Harry Rice | DET | AL | CF | 0.851 | 0.89 | 0.58 | 0.33 |
| Carl Lind | CLE | AL | 2B | 0.994 | 0.88 | 0.08 | 1.03 |
| Horace Ford | CIN | NL | SS | 0.933 | 0.84 | -0.52 | 1.37 |
| Jimmy Welsh | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.800 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.27 |
| Walt Lerian | PHI | NL | C | 0.480 | 0.83 | 0.69 | -0.01 |
| Sam West | WS1 | AL | CF | 0.653 | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.42 |
| Joe Judge | WS1 | AL | 1B | 0.987 | 0.75 | 0.59 | 0.27 |
| Lew Fonseca | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.465 | 0.73 | 0.04 | 0.65 |
| Rube Bressler | BRO | NL | LF | 0.935 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.13 |
| George Grantham | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.816 | 0.68 | 0.71 | -0.08 |
| Fred Schulte | SLA | AL | CF | 0.948 | 0.67 | -0.41 | 1.04 |
| George Harper | NY1 | NL | RF | 0.658 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.21 |
| Val Picinich | CIN | NL | C | 0.585 | 0.64 | 0.70 | -0.16 |
| Bubbles Hargrave | CIN | NL | C | 0.351 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.07 |
| Andy Cohen | NY1 | NL | 2B | 0.832 | 0.61 | -0.24 | 1.11 |
| Ethan Allen | CIN | NL | CF | 0.843 | 0.60 | 0.26 | 0.32 |
| Bill Hunnefield | CHA | AL | 2B | 0.594 | 0.55 | 0.46 | -0.05 |
| Art Shires | CHA | AL | 1B | 0.213 | 0.54 | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| Hughie Critz | CIN | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 0.51 | -0.16 | 0.70 |
| Kiki Cuyler | CHN | NL | RF | 0.864 | 0.47 | -0.27 | 0.93 |
| Red Kress | SLA | AL | SS | 0.974 | 0.47 | 0.56 | -0.16 |
| Fresco Thompson | PHI | NL | 2B | 1.000 | 0.46 | -0.17 | 0.73 |
| Dave Bancroft | BRO | NL | SS | 0.953 | 0.45 | 0.49 | -0.01 |
| Jimmie Wilson | PHI | NL | C | 0.908 | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.14 |
| Glenn Myatt | CLE | AL | C | 0.223 | 0.40 | 0.51 | -0.11 |
| Bill Regan | BOS | AL | 2B | 0.896 | 0.37 | -0.79 | 1.10 |
| Lefty O'Doul | NY1 | NL | LF | 0.629 | 0.34 | 1.06 | -0.98 |
| Frank McGowan | SLA | AL | RF | 0.305 | 0.34 | 0.28 | -0.02 |
| Mike Gonzalez | CHN | NL | C | 0.284 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.08 |
| Charlie Jamieson | CLE | AL | LF | 0.723 | 0.29 | -1.13 | 1.39 |
| Eddie Kenna | WS1 | AL | C | 0.216 | 0.29 | 0.60 | -0.26 |
| Pat Collins | NYA | AL | C | 0.282 | 0.24 | 0.22 | -0.03 |
| Ty Cobb | PHA | AL | RF | 0.621 | 0.24 | 0.87 | -0.70 |
| Ira Flagstead | BOS | AL | CF | 0.909 | 0.24 | -0.13 | 0.15 |
| Martin Autry | CLE | AL | C | 0.102 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.03 |
| Charlie Berry | BOS | AL | C | 0.328 | 0.21 | 0.26 | -0.10 |
| Adam Comorosky | PIT | NL | LF | 0.326 | 0.20 | -0.24 | 0.30 |
| Joe Cronin | WS1 | AL | SS | 0.406 | 0.16 | -0.30 | 0.45 |
| John Stone | DET | AL | LF | 0.169 | 0.15 | 0.49 | -0.27 |
| Pat Veltman | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.006 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.02 |
| Larry Bettencourt | SLA | AL | 3B | 0.305 | 0.12 | 0.45 | -0.44 |
| Johnny Burnett | CLE | AL | SS | 0.016 | 0.08 | 0.10 | -0.01 |
| Ben Paschal | NYA | AL | LF | 0.146 | 0.06 | -0.05 | 0.16 |
| Jack Cummings | NY1 | NL | C | 0.052 | 0.04 | 0.25 | -0.18 |
| Fred Brickell | PIT | NL | LF | 0.370 | 0.02 | 0.41 | -0.32 |
| Ike Danning | SLA | AL | C | 0.011 | 0.01 | 0.10 | -0.14 |
| Joe Price | NY1 | NL | CF | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Elmer Yoter | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Freddie Moncewicz | BOS | AL | SS | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ed Crowley | WS1 | AL | 3B | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bill Windle | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bill Haeffner | NY1 | NL | C | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| John O'Connell | PIT | NL | C | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ray Schalk | CHA | AL | C | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cobe Jones | PIT | NL | SS | 0.003 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Earl Williams | BSN | NL | C | 0.003 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Johnny Schulte | PHI | NL | C | 0.215 | -0.00 | 0.17 | -0.12 |
| Bill Dickey | NYA | AL | C | 0.024 | -0.01 | -0.01 | 0.02 |
| Johnny Mostil | CHA | AL | CF | 0.858 | -0.01 | -1.23 | 1.19 |
| Johnny Mann | CHA | AL | 3B | 0.011 | -0.01 | -0.03 | 0.00 |
| Steve O'Neill | SLA | AL | C | 0.057 | -0.02 | 0.00 | -0.02 |