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Top season WAA players from 1961.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Mantle | NYA | AL | CF | 0.939 | 9.42 | 9.33 | 0.16 |
| Norm Cash | DET | AL | 1B | 0.975 | 7.65 | 7.72 | 0.10 |
| Frank Robinson | CIN | NL | RF | 0.994 | 7.39 | 4.91 | 2.59 |
| Rocky Colavito | DET | AL | LF | 1.000 | 6.72 | 6.17 | 0.84 |
| Ernie Banks | CHN | NL | SS | 0.885 | 5.31 | 4.34 | 0.87 |
| Jim Gentile | BAL | AL | 1B | 0.908 | 5.08 | 5.10 | 0.11 |
| Ken Boyer | SLN | NL | 3B | 0.987 | 4.97 | 4.11 | 1.10 |
| Eddie Mathews | ML1 | NL | 3B | 0.981 | 4.78 | 4.26 | 0.17 |
| Willie Mays | SFN | NL | CF | 0.994 | 4.78 | 5.04 | -0.04 |
| Hank Aaron | ML1 | NL | CF | 1.000 | 4.54 | 4.41 | 0.06 |
| Al Kaline | DET | AL | RF | 0.939 | 4.36 | 2.46 | 1.89 |
| Elston Howard | NYA | AL | C | 0.739 | 4.33 | 4.03 | 0.18 |
| Tito Francona | CLE | AL | LF | 0.963 | 3.69 | 1.74 | 1.88 |
| John Roseboro | LAN | NL | C | 0.750 | 3.66 | 3.52 | 0.03 |
| Vada Pinson | CIN | NL | CF | 1.000 | 3.54 | 2.72 | 0.94 |
| Al Smith | CHA | AL | 3B | 0.902 | 3.52 | 3.62 | -0.10 |
| Harmon Killebrew | MIN | AL | 1B | 0.932 | 3.50 | 4.55 | -0.88 |
| Jerry Lumpe | KC1 | AL | 2B | 0.914 | 3.25 | 2.61 | 0.98 |
| George Altman | CHN | NL | RF | 0.885 | 3.18 | 2.17 | 0.79 |
| Roger Maris | NYA | AL | RF | 0.988 | 3.11 | 4.67 | -1.55 |
| Floyd Robinson | CHA | AL | RF | 0.755 | 3.07 | 1.83 | 1.55 |
| Smoky Burgess | PIT | NL | C | 0.578 | 2.96 | 2.92 | 0.03 |
| Orlando Cepeda | SFN | NL | 1B | 0.981 | 2.92 | 3.75 | -0.82 |
| Roberto Clemente | PIT | NL | RF | 0.948 | 2.92 | 2.30 | 0.37 |
| Leon Wagner | LAA | AL | LF | 0.789 | 2.82 | 3.06 | -0.47 |
| Dick Howser | KC1 | AL | SS | 0.975 | 2.80 | 2.84 | -0.01 |
| Johnny Blanchard | NYA | AL | C | 0.422 | 2.71 | 2.68 | 0.12 |
| Jim Landis | CHA | AL | CF | 0.859 | 2.69 | 1.21 | 1.18 |
| Wally Moon | LAN | NL | LF | 0.870 | 2.43 | 3.49 | -0.91 |
| Stan Musial | SLN | NL | LF | 0.695 | 2.39 | 1.88 | 0.51 |
| Yogi Berra | NYA | AL | LF | 0.670 | 2.36 | 1.56 | 0.75 |
| Roy Sievers | CHA | AL | 1B | 0.863 | 2.29 | 2.34 | 0.14 |
| Woodie Held | CLE | AL | SS | 0.907 | 2.00 | 2.69 | -0.53 |
| Chuck Schilling | BOS | AL | 2B | 0.969 | 1.95 | 0.77 | 1.16 |
| Dick Stuart | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.896 | 1.94 | 2.02 | 0.01 |
| Ron Fairly | LAN | NL | RF | 0.489 | 1.89 | 1.41 | 0.55 |
| Bill Mazeroski | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.966 | 1.88 | 1.08 | 1.08 |
| Luis Aparicio | CHA | AL | SS | 0.957 | 1.87 | 0.87 | 1.04 |
| Maury Wills | LAN | NL | SS | 0.961 | 1.77 | 1.90 | -0.15 |
| Earl Averill | LAA | AL | C | 0.605 | 1.75 | 1.93 | -0.38 |
| Don Buddin | BOS | AL | SS | 0.644 | 1.74 | 1.74 | -0.09 |
| Pumpsie Green | BOS | AL | SS | 0.405 | 1.72 | 1.35 | 0.36 |
| Don Hoak | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.942 | 1.70 | 1.42 | 0.02 |
| Frank Bolling | ML1 | NL | 2B | 0.955 | 1.69 | 0.42 | 1.19 |
| Jim Piersall | CLE | AL | CF | 0.752 | 1.69 | 0.41 | 1.21 |
| Wayne Causey | KC1 | AL | 3B | 0.557 | 1.64 | 1.08 | 0.59 |
| Danny O'Connell | WS2 | AL | 3B | 0.857 | 1.60 | 1.09 | 0.56 |
| Norm Siebern | KC1 | AL | 1B | 0.944 | 1.58 | 1.76 | -0.00 |
| John Romano | CLE | AL | C | 0.882 | 1.57 | 1.35 | 0.04 |
| Wally Post | CIN | NL | LF | 0.497 | 1.55 | 1.70 | -0.12 |
| Ruben Amaro | PHI | NL | SS | 0.721 | 1.54 | 0.73 | 0.81 |
| Joe Torre | ML1 | NL | C | 0.711 | 1.49 | 1.56 | 0.06 |
| Julian Javier | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.729 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 0.59 |
| Steve Bilko | LAA | AL | 1B | 0.546 | 1.43 | 1.39 | 0.03 |
| Carl Sawatski | SLN | NL | C | 0.323 | 1.42 | 1.49 | 0.01 |
| Curt Flood | SLN | NL | CF | 0.613 | 1.33 | 0.32 | 0.94 |
| Tony Kubek | NYA | AL | SS | 0.939 | 1.31 | 0.46 | 0.90 |
| Ed Bailey | CIN | NL | C | 0.713 | 1.31 | 1.00 | 0.25 |
| Lenny Green | MIN | AL | CF | 0.969 | 1.30 | 1.52 | -0.06 |
| Duke Snider | LAN | NL | RF | 0.432 | 1.28 | 1.06 | 0.39 |
| Gene Woodling | WS2 | AL | RF | 0.615 | 1.24 | 1.20 | 0.01 |
| Jerry Lynch | CIN | NL | LF | 0.341 | 1.20 | 2.05 | -0.91 |
| Willie Kirkland | CLE | AL | RF | 0.907 | 1.19 | 0.79 | 0.64 |
| Billy Klaus | WS2 | AL | 3B | 0.446 | 1.05 | 0.47 | 0.60 |
| Jerry Adair | BAL | AL | 2B | 0.656 | 1.03 | 1.38 | -0.61 |
| Gordy Coleman | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.938 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.15 |
| Leo Cardenas | CIN | NL | SS | 0.351 | 0.95 | 1.27 | -0.34 |
| Sherm Lollar | CHA | AL | C | 0.589 | 0.94 | 0.50 | 0.36 |
| Joe Adcock | ML1 | NL | 1B | 0.981 | 0.93 | 0.74 | -0.06 |
| Bob Johnson | WS2 | AL | SS | 0.379 | 0.90 | 0.52 | 0.38 |
| Gary Geiger | BOS | AL | CF | 0.859 | 0.89 | 0.28 | 0.51 |
| Al Spangler | ML1 | NL | LF | 0.202 | 0.88 | 0.34 | 0.59 |
| Jake Wood | DET | AL | 2B | 0.994 | 0.87 | 2.10 | -1.19 |
| Bill Bruton | DET | AL | CF | 0.982 | 0.87 | -0.62 | 1.43 |
| Bob Nieman | SLN | NL | LF | 0.144 | 0.85 | 0.90 | 0.00 |
| Elio Chacon | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.256 | 0.80 | 0.71 | -0.00 |
| Johnny Callison | PHI | NL | LF | 0.868 | 0.80 | 0.57 | 0.25 |
| Jim King | WS2 | AL | RF | 0.475 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.03 |
| Dick Groat | PIT | NL | SS | 0.961 | 0.72 | -0.19 | 0.93 |
| Marty Keough | WS2 | AL | LF | 0.669 | 0.68 | -0.13 | 1.02 |
| John Orsino | SFN | NL | C | 0.140 | 0.66 | 0.72 | -0.11 |
| Zoilo Versalles | MIN | AL | SS | 0.801 | 0.66 | 0.69 | -0.18 |
| Whitey Herzog | BAL | AL | RF | 0.578 | 0.63 | 0.18 | 0.51 |
| Don Zimmer | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.821 | 0.62 | -0.02 | 0.62 |
| Steve Boros | DET | AL | 3B | 0.712 | 0.61 | 1.36 | -0.63 |
| Minnie Minoso | CHA | AL | LF | 0.933 | 0.57 | 1.57 | -1.03 |
| Gene Green | WS2 | AL | C | 0.629 | 0.57 | 0.91 | -0.20 |
| Red Schoendienst | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.215 | 0.55 | 0.73 | -0.36 |
| Chuck Hinton | WS2 | AL | LF | 0.595 | 0.52 | 0.27 | 0.11 |
| Jerry Kindall | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.534 | 0.52 | 0.59 | -0.13 |
| George Thomas | DET | AL | LF | 0.486 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.17 |
| Clete Boyer | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.887 | 0.51 | -0.75 | 1.14 |
| Bob Allison | MIN | AL | RF | 0.988 | 0.49 | -0.39 | 0.77 |
| Lee Thomas | NYA | AL | RF | 0.776 | 0.49 | 0.66 | 0.05 |
| Don Taussig | SLN | NL | LF | 0.339 | 0.49 | -0.11 | 0.71 |
| Ron Santo | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.987 | 0.48 | 0.70 | -0.31 |
| Sammy Taylor | CHN | NL | C | 0.423 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 0.01 |
| Willie McCovey | SFN | NL | 1B | 0.603 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.10 |
| Chuck Cottier | DET | AL | 2B | 0.594 | 0.47 | -0.13 | 0.66 |
| Bill White | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.987 | 0.46 | 0.52 | -0.04 |
| Charlie Maxwell | DET | AL | LF | 0.235 | 0.45 | 0.32 | 0.14 |
| Jimmie Coker | PHI | NL | C | 0.053 | 0.45 | 0.52 | -0.08 |
| Gene Oliver | SLN | NL | C | 0.098 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.07 |
| Brooks Robinson | BAL | AL | 3B | 1.000 | 0.38 | 0.36 | -0.08 |
| Lee Maye | ML1 | NL | RF | 0.673 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.36 |
| Earl Robinson | BAL | AL | RF | 0.393 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.34 |
| Ken Retzer | WS2 | AL | C | 0.089 | 0.34 | 0.34 | -0.04 |
| Tim Harkness | LAN | NL | 1B | 0.018 | 0.28 | 0.30 | -0.00 |
| Felipe Alou | SFN | NL | RF | 0.721 | 0.28 | -0.50 | 0.78 |
| Albie Pearson | LAA | AL | RF | 0.826 | 0.26 | 1.43 | -1.11 |
| Bob Cerv | LAA | AL | LF | 0.295 | 0.23 | -0.41 | 0.47 |
| Eddie Kasko | CIN | NL | SS | 0.818 | 0.22 | 0.87 | -0.84 |
| Chuck Essegian | BAL | AL | CF | 0.290 | 0.21 | 0.47 | -0.37 |
| Johnny Temple | CLE | AL | 2B | 0.801 | 0.21 | 1.14 | -1.05 |
| Danny Murphy | CHN | NL | RF | 0.022 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.03 |
| Dick Brown | DET | AL | C | 0.515 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.08 |
| Russ Snyder | BAL | AL | LF | 0.523 | 0.18 | -0.29 | 0.23 |
| Tony Taylor | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.684 | 0.14 | -0.31 | 0.44 |
| Donn Clendenon | PIT | NL | RF | 0.058 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
| Charlie Shoemaker | KC1 | AL | 2B | 0.043 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.02 |