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Top season WAA players from 1958.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Mays | SFN | NL | CF | 0.987 | 7.49 | 6.47 | 1.05 |
| Ernie Banks | CHN | NL | SS | 1.000 | 7.15 | 7.35 | -0.12 |
| Mickey Mantle | NYA | AL | CF | 0.968 | 6.39 | 7.82 | -1.31 |
| Rocky Colavito | CLE | AL | RF | 0.935 | 6.02 | 4.98 | 0.96 |
| Pete Runnels | BOS | AL | 2B | 0.948 | 5.61 | 4.52 | 0.89 |
| Jackie Jensen | BOS | AL | RF | 0.994 | 4.82 | 3.91 | 0.75 |
| Bob Cerv | KC1 | AL | LF | 0.904 | 4.74 | 3.07 | 1.80 |
| Richie Ashburn | PHI | NL | CF | 0.987 | 4.44 | 3.71 | 0.85 |
| Frank Robinson | CIN | NL | LF | 0.961 | 4.16 | 2.44 | 1.83 |
| Ken Boyer | SLN | NL | 3B | 0.974 | 4.01 | 2.82 | 1.16 |
| Al Kaline | DET | AL | RF | 0.948 | 3.83 | 1.39 | 2.80 |
| Stan Musial | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.877 | 3.82 | 2.84 | 0.87 |
| Hank Aaron | ML1 | NL | RF | 0.994 | 3.70 | 3.29 | 0.45 |
| Luis Aparicio | CHA | AL | SS | 0.935 | 3.64 | 2.48 | 0.79 |
| Andy Carey | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.589 | 3.14 | 2.45 | 0.77 |
| Don Buddin | BOS | AL | SS | 0.877 | 3.13 | 2.27 | 0.64 |
| Vic Power | KC1 | AL | 1B | 0.929 | 2.89 | 1.72 | 0.82 |
| Yogi Berra | NYA | AL | C | 0.768 | 2.83 | 2.26 | 0.60 |
| Frank Bolling | DET | AL | 2B | 1.000 | 2.81 | 1.82 | 0.89 |
| Eddie Mathews | ML1 | NL | 3B | 0.968 | 2.79 | 2.05 | 0.97 |
| Roy Sievers | WS1 | AL | LF | 0.949 | 2.61 | 2.35 | 0.25 |
| Lee Walls | CHN | NL | RF | 0.883 | 2.59 | 1.95 | 0.78 |
| Sherm Lollar | CHA | AL | C | 0.792 | 2.48 | 2.35 | 0.26 |
| Harry Anderson | PHI | NL | LF | 0.909 | 2.44 | 2.59 | -0.03 |
| Bob Skinner | PIT | NL | LF | 0.935 | 2.33 | 2.87 | -0.35 |
| Charlie Neal | LAN | NL | 2B | 0.891 | 2.31 | 1.95 | 0.62 |
| Ted Williams | BOS | AL | LF | 0.832 | 2.29 | 4.38 | -1.80 |
| Frank Malzone | BOS | AL | 3B | 1.000 | 2.20 | 1.34 | 0.94 |
| Joe Cunningham | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.688 | 2.14 | 2.50 | -0.60 |
| Walt Moryn | CHN | NL | LF | 0.929 | 2.11 | 2.12 | 0.23 |
| Del Crandall | ML1 | NL | C | 0.787 | 2.08 | 1.88 | 0.17 |
| Elston Howard | NYA | AL | C | 0.655 | 1.90 | 1.62 | 0.39 |
| Solly Hemus | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.651 | 1.85 | 1.96 | -0.13 |
| Daryl Spencer | SFN | NL | SS | 0.961 | 1.85 | 1.14 | 0.89 |
| John Roseboro | LAN | NL | C | 0.700 | 1.83 | 1.76 | 0.19 |
| Tony Kubek | NYA | AL | SS | 0.890 | 1.69 | 0.89 | 0.71 |
| Harvey Kuenn | DET | AL | CF | 0.903 | 1.68 | 1.98 | -0.03 |
| Dick Groat | PIT | NL | SS | 0.981 | 1.66 | 0.49 | 1.06 |
| Bill Mazeroski | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.985 | 1.59 | 0.45 | 1.01 |
| Bob Boyd | BAL | AL | 1B | 0.701 | 1.59 | 1.39 | -0.04 |
| Johnny Temple | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.916 | 1.56 | 2.26 | -0.81 |
| Jim Landis | CHA | AL | CF | 0.916 | 1.56 | 1.40 | 0.08 |
| Hector Lopez | KC1 | AL | 2B | 0.968 | 1.56 | 0.67 | 0.88 |
| Gail Harris | DET | AL | 1B | 0.808 | 1.49 | 1.49 | -0.10 |
| Rocky Bridges | WS1 | AL | SS | 0.659 | 1.49 | 0.52 | 0.59 |
| Larry Doby | CLE | AL | CF | 0.451 | 1.47 | 1.04 | 0.41 |
| Gus Triandos | BAL | AL | C | 0.883 | 1.39 | 1.38 | 0.00 |
| Earl Torgeson | CHA | AL | 1B | 0.381 | 1.37 | 1.42 | -0.03 |
| Wes Covington | ML1 | NL | LF | 0.526 | 1.24 | 2.53 | -1.17 |
| Ed Bailey | CIN | NL | C | 0.672 | 1.11 | 1.18 | 0.05 |
| Frank Torre | ML1 | NL | 1B | 0.698 | 1.09 | 0.15 | 0.71 |
| Don Zimmer | LAN | NL | SS | 0.804 | 1.05 | 0.15 | 0.77 |
| Don Blasingame | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.929 | 1.05 | 0.66 | 0.47 |
| Nellie Fox | CHA | AL | 2B | 1.000 | 1.03 | 1.02 | -0.02 |
| Mickey Vernon | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.660 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.02 |
| Red Wilson | DET | AL | C | 0.557 | 0.93 | 0.76 | -0.03 |
| Roberto Clemente | PIT | NL | RF | 0.903 | 0.92 | -0.89 | 1.77 |
| Bill Virdon | PIT | NL | CF | 0.935 | 0.88 | -0.34 | 1.45 |
| Orlando Cepeda | SFN | NL | 1B | 0.961 | 0.86 | 0.99 | 0.03 |
| Jim Gilliam | LAN | NL | LF | 0.955 | 0.84 | -0.55 | 1.23 |
| Frank Thomas | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.968 | 0.83 | 2.39 | -1.57 |
| Norm Siebern | NYA | AL | LF | 0.860 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.23 |
| Bob Bowman | PHI | NL | RF | 0.328 | 0.76 | 0.58 | 0.12 |
| Dick Stuart | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.435 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 0.24 |
| Dick Gernert | BOS | AL | 1B | 0.787 | 0.73 | -0.01 | 0.67 |
| Charlie Maxwell | DET | AL | LF | 0.756 | 0.72 | 0.33 | 0.38 |
| Billy Goodman | CHA | AL | 3B | 0.748 | 0.72 | 0.86 | 0.04 |
| Leon Wagner | SFN | NL | LF | 0.390 | 0.70 | 1.62 | -0.97 |
| Gil McDougald | NYA | AL | 2B | 0.890 | 0.68 | 0.58 | 0.11 |
| Minnie Minoso | CLE | AL | LF | 0.974 | 0.66 | 1.00 | -0.20 |
| Dale Long | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.899 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.02 |
| R C Stevens | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.157 | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.18 |
| Pete Whisenant | CIN | NL | RF | 0.372 | 0.63 | -0.16 | 0.82 |
| Smoky Burgess | CIN | NL | C | 0.445 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.03 |
| Hal Smith | KC1 | AL | 3B | 0.563 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.05 |
| Dick Gray | LAN | NL | 3B | 0.359 | 0.58 | 0.44 | 0.08 |
| Joe Pignatano | LAN | NL | C | 0.265 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.11 |
| Bob Lillis | LAN | NL | SS | 0.125 | 0.55 | 0.71 | -0.04 |
| Cal Neeman | CHN | NL | C | 0.367 | 0.54 | 0.60 | -0.02 |
| Billy Harrell | CLE | AL | 3B | 0.405 | 0.53 | -0.32 | 0.59 |
| Pete Daley | BOS | AL | C | 0.103 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.05 |
| Duke Snider | LAN | NL | CF | 0.593 | 0.36 | 0.87 | -0.44 |
| Earl Battey | CHA | AL | C | 0.319 | 0.35 | 0.33 | -0.04 |
| Felipe Alou | SFN | NL | RF | 0.331 | 0.33 | -0.19 | 0.50 |
| Bobby Avila | CLE | AL | 2B | 0.727 | 0.33 | 0.74 | -0.54 |
| Herb Plews | WS1 | AL | 2B | 0.643 | 0.30 | -0.46 | 0.52 |
| Jerry Lynch | CIN | NL | RF | 0.719 | 0.29 | 1.11 | -0.99 |
| Willie Jones | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.740 | 0.28 | 0.62 | -0.58 |
| Walt Dropo | CHA | AL | 1B | 0.384 | 0.28 | -0.10 | 0.51 |
| Russ Nixon | CLE | AL | C | 0.645 | 0.26 | 0.14 | -0.02 |
| Vada Pinson | CIN | NL | RF | 0.175 | 0.25 | -0.12 | 0.37 |
| Leo Burke | BAL | AL | LF | 0.019 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.01 |
| Jerry Lumpe | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.423 | 0.21 | -0.12 | 0.31 |
| Johnny Callison | CHA | AL | LF | 0.115 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.17 |
| Bill Renna | BOS | AL | LF | 0.100 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.15 |
| Granny Hamner | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.227 | 0.17 | -0.05 | 0.22 |
| Marv Throneberry | NYA | AL | 1B | 0.277 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| Reno Bertoia | DET | AL | 3B | 0.443 | 0.13 | -0.40 | 0.55 |
| Jim Busby | BAL | AL | CF | 0.398 | 0.13 | -0.40 | 0.43 |
| Jim King | SFN | NL | LF | 0.109 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Danny O'Connell | SFN | NL | 2B | 0.597 | 0.12 | -0.52 | 0.62 |
| Preston Ward | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.758 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.06 |
| John DeMerit | ML1 | NL | CF | 0.005 | 0.08 | 0.09 | -0.00 |
| Mel Roach | ML1 | NL | 2B | 0.239 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Hank Foiles | PIT | NL | C | 0.510 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| Jackie Brandt | SFN | NL | LF | 0.096 | 0.06 | -0.18 | 0.19 |
| Bill White | SFN | NL | 1B | 0.058 | 0.06 | 0.09 | -0.06 |
| Joe Koppe | ML1 | NL | SS | 0.016 | 0.06 | 0.08 | -0.04 |
| Moe Thacker | CHN | NL | C | 0.042 | 0.05 | 0.00 | -0.00 |
| Ellis Burton | SLN | NL | LF | 0.052 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Vic Wertz | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.078 | 0.04 | 0.15 | -0.01 |
| Stan Lopata | PHI | NL | C | 0.523 | 0.03 | 0.25 | -0.13 |
| Joe Adcock | ML1 | NL | 1B | 0.567 | 0.03 | 0.10 | -0.05 |
| Hardy Peterson | PIT | NL | C | 0.011 | 0.01 | 0.04 | -0.01 |
| Bob Hale | BAL | AL | 1B | 0.036 | 0.01 | 0.00 | -0.01 |
| Andy Pafko | ML1 | NL | LF | 0.300 | 0.01 | -0.63 | 0.81 |
| John Romano | CHA | AL | C | 0.013 | 0.01 | -0.01 | 0.02 |
| George Alusik | DET | AL | LF | 0.003 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Charlie Lindstrom | CHA | AL | C | 0.003 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Milt Graff | KC1 | AL | 2B | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |