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Top season WAA players from 1972.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Murcer | NYA | AL | CF | 0.987 | 7.59 | 6.21 | 1.29 |
| Joe Morgan | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.968 | 7.00 | 6.93 | 0.32 |
| Johnny Bench | CIN | NL | C | 0.955 | 6.12 | 5.82 | 0.46 |
| Dick Allen | CHA | AL | 1B | 0.961 | 5.74 | 6.65 | -0.80 |
| Cesar Cedeno | HOU | NL | CF | 0.908 | 5.63 | 5.04 | 0.49 |
| Carlton Fisk | BOS | AL | C | 0.829 | 5.61 | 5.52 | -0.00 |
| Chris Speier | SFN | NL | SS | 0.968 | 5.25 | 4.36 | 0.85 |
| Billy Williams | CHN | NL | LF | 0.962 | 5.03 | 5.27 | -0.22 |
| Jim Wynn | HOU | NL | RF | 0.948 | 4.39 | 4.14 | 0.21 |
| Pete Rose | CIN | NL | LF | 1.000 | 4.30 | 1.46 | 2.89 |
| Dusty Baker | ATL | NL | CF | 0.811 | 4.10 | 2.98 | 0.96 |
| Roy White | NYA | AL | LF | 1.000 | 4.07 | 2.50 | 1.69 |
| Ron Santo | CHN | NL | 3B | 0.853 | 4.00 | 3.28 | 0.90 |
| Rod Carew | MIN | AL | 2B | 0.922 | 3.95 | 3.01 | 0.84 |
| Bobby Grich | BAL | AL | SS | 0.857 | 3.94 | 4.14 | -0.40 |
| Reggie Smith | BOS | AL | RF | 0.845 | 3.92 | 4.03 | 0.10 |
| Amos Otis | KCA | AL | CF | 0.929 | 3.76 | 2.69 | 1.12 |
| John Mayberry | KCA | AL | 1B | 0.955 | 3.61 | 3.57 | 0.14 |
| Darrell Evans | ATL | NL | 3B | 0.806 | 3.43 | 2.85 | 0.80 |
| Bobby Bonds | SFN | NL | RF | 0.987 | 3.28 | 2.25 | 0.97 |
| Richie Hebner | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.794 | 3.27 | 3.64 | -0.40 |
| Carlos May | CHA | AL | LF | 0.961 | 3.14 | 3.87 | -1.00 |
| Ted Simmons | SLN | NL | C | 0.974 | 3.06 | 2.88 | -0.11 |
| Roberto Clemente | PIT | NL | RF | 0.658 | 3.02 | 1.26 | 1.59 |
| Don Kessinger | CHN | NL | SS | 0.955 | 2.97 | 1.95 | 0.88 |
| Willie Stargell | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.890 | 2.95 | 3.93 | -0.99 |
| Mike Epstein | OAK | AL | 1B | 0.866 | 2.95 | 2.85 | 0.07 |
| Hank Aaron | ATL | NL | 1B | 0.832 | 2.88 | 3.06 | -0.06 |
| Bill Russell | LAN | NL | SS | 0.769 | 2.83 | 2.21 | 0.58 |
| Matty Alou | SLN | NL | RF | 0.897 | 2.74 | 0.66 | 2.28 |
| John Briggs | ML4 | AL | LF | 0.771 | 2.62 | 2.19 | 0.43 |
| Willie Davis | LAN | NL | CF | 0.961 | 2.57 | 1.62 | 1.06 |
| Horace Clarke | NYA | AL | 2B | 0.948 | 2.50 | 1.42 | 0.97 |
| Ron Fairly | MON | NL | RF | 0.800 | 2.42 | 1.27 | 1.01 |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | KCA | AL | C | 0.687 | 2.38 | 2.43 | 0.04 |
| Dave Kingman | SFN | NL | 3B | 0.856 | 2.32 | 1.51 | 0.69 |
| Nate Colbert | SDN | NL | 1B | 0.987 | 2.29 | 2.15 | 0.23 |
| Earl Williams | ATL | NL | C | 0.974 | 2.28 | 3.15 | -0.86 |
| Manny Sanguillen | PIT | NL | C | 0.877 | 2.26 | 1.93 | 0.23 |
| Jim Hickman | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.681 | 2.18 | 1.51 | 0.74 |
| Bill Freehan | DET | AL | C | 0.689 | 2.17 | 2.08 | 0.06 |
| Larry Bowa | PHI | NL | SS | 0.974 | 2.12 | 0.64 | 1.33 |
| Tommy Harper | BOS | AL | CF | 0.929 | 2.04 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| Harmon Killebrew | MIN | AL | 1B | 0.864 | 2.04 | 1.19 | 0.78 |
| Sal Bando | OAK | AL | 3B | 0.981 | 2.02 | 1.95 | 0.15 |
| Ron Hunt | MON | NL | 2B | 0.827 | 1.97 | 1.12 | 0.78 |
| Terry Harmon | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.402 | 1.95 | 1.32 | 0.67 |
| Ken Berry | CAL | AL | CF | 0.740 | 1.83 | 0.71 | 1.25 |
| Joe Rudi | OAK | AL | LF | 0.948 | 1.78 | 2.21 | -0.24 |
| Bill Buckner | LAN | NL | RF | 0.653 | 1.78 | 0.53 | 1.17 |
| Dick McAuliffe | DET | AL | 2B | 0.753 | 1.77 | 2.43 | -0.74 |
| Rico Petrocelli | BOS | AL | 3B | 0.948 | 1.67 | 2.23 | -0.30 |
| Dave Cash | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.639 | 1.66 | 0.91 | 0.78 |
| Reggie Jackson | OAK | AL | CF | 0.871 | 1.63 | 3.15 | -1.52 |
| Brooks Robinson | BAL | AL | 3B | 0.994 | 1.62 | 0.42 | 1.18 |
| Doug Rader | HOU | NL | 3B | 0.993 | 1.62 | 0.42 | 1.25 |
| Ellie Rodriguez | ML4 | AL | C | 0.676 | 1.57 | 1.66 | 0.20 |
| Bobby Tolan | CIN | NL | CF | 0.968 | 1.56 | 0.31 | 1.24 |
| Bert Campaneris | OAK | AL | SS | 0.961 | 1.53 | 1.29 | 0.11 |
| Al Oliver | PIT | NL | CF | 0.903 | 1.49 | 1.21 | 0.11 |
| Tommy McCraw | CLE | AL | LF | 0.708 | 1.48 | -0.15 | 1.48 |
| Gene Alley | PIT | NL | SS | 0.627 | 1.47 | 0.71 | 0.64 |
| Johnny Edwards | HOU | NL | C | 0.641 | 1.46 | 1.49 | -0.05 |
| Leron Lee | SDN | NL | LF | 0.660 | 1.43 | 0.70 | 0.57 |
| Al Kaline | DET | AL | RF | 0.503 | 1.41 | 1.36 | -0.08 |
| Vic Davalillo | PIT | NL | LF | 0.650 | 1.40 | 0.58 | 0.81 |
| Danny Thompson | MIN | AL | SS | 0.935 | 1.33 | 1.56 | -0.17 |
| Tony Perez | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.883 | 1.31 | 2.13 | -0.76 |
| Rick Monday | CHN | NL | CF | 0.833 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 0.05 |
| Freddie Patek | KCA | AL | SS | 0.883 | 1.17 | 0.21 | 0.83 |
| Bob Watson | HOU | NL | LF | 0.961 | 1.13 | 1.75 | -0.61 |
| Toby Harrah | TEX | AL | SS | 0.680 | 1.13 | 1.51 | -0.47 |
| Cesar Tovar | MIN | AL | RF | 0.916 | 1.12 | 0.31 | 0.78 |
| Tommy Helms | HOU | NL | 2B | 0.908 | 1.11 | 0.18 | 0.84 |
| Thurman Munson | NYA | AL | C | 0.903 | 1.10 | 1.10 | -0.08 |
| Lee May | HOU | NL | 1B | 0.967 | 1.08 | 1.85 | -0.62 |
| Ted Sizemore | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.769 | 1.06 | 0.40 | 0.65 |
| Ken Henderson | SFN | NL | LF | 0.781 | 1.02 | -0.21 | 1.10 |
| Ron Blomberg | NYA | AL | 1B | 0.550 | 1.02 | 1.64 | -0.60 |
| Jose Cardenal | CHN | NL | RF | 0.917 | 1.01 | 2.08 | -1.15 |
| Cesar Geronimo | CIN | NL | RF | 0.463 | 1.01 | 0.23 | 0.82 |
| Lou Piniella | KCA | AL | LF | 0.981 | 0.98 | 1.56 | -0.42 |
| Graig Nettles | CLE | AL | 3B | 0.962 | 0.97 | 1.11 | 0.04 |
| Willie Montanez | PHI | NL | CF | 0.942 | 0.92 | 0.29 | 0.74 |
| Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | AL | LF | 0.806 | 0.90 | 0.97 | -0.07 |
| Davey Johnson | BAL | AL | 2B | 0.708 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| Don Baylor | BAL | AL | RF | 0.589 | 0.85 | 1.24 | -0.22 |
| Larry Biittner | TEX | AL | RF | 0.685 | 0.83 | -0.60 | 1.45 |
| Ted Ford | TEX | AL | RF | 0.781 | 0.80 | -0.14 | 0.88 |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | DET | AL | 3B | 0.981 | 0.79 | -0.60 | 1.33 |
| John Ellis | NYA | AL | C | 0.232 | 0.70 | 0.69 | -0.08 |
| John Kennedy | BOS | AL | 2B | 0.382 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.24 |
| Boog Powell | BAL | AL | 1B | 0.875 | 0.66 | 0.71 | -0.02 |
| Tony Taylor | DET | AL | 2B | 0.396 | 0.66 | 1.12 | -0.47 |
| Johnny Oates | BAL | AL | C | 0.468 | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.14 |
| Joe Lahoud | ML4 | AL | RF | 0.582 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.26 |
| Rico Carty | ATL | NL | LF | 0.508 | 0.60 | -0.02 | 0.61 |
| Ralph Garr | ATL | NL | LF | 0.865 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.04 |
| Darrel Chaney | CIN | NL | SS | 0.373 | 0.59 | 0.85 | -0.39 |
| Rennie Stennett | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.615 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.57 |
| Joe Torre | SLN | NL | 3B | 0.955 | 0.55 | 1.21 | -0.67 |
| John Lowenstein | CLE | AL | LF | 0.276 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 0.49 |
| Steve Yeager | LAN | NL | C | 0.200 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.04 |
| Steve Hovley | KCA | AL | RF | 0.367 | 0.47 | 0.24 | 0.35 |
| Johnny Callison | NYA | AL | RF | 0.484 | 0.46 | 0.06 | 0.44 |
| Pat Kelly | CHA | AL | RF | 0.753 | 0.46 | 1.54 | -1.28 |
| Tito Fuentes | SFN | NL | 2B | 0.981 | 0.45 | 1.41 | -1.06 |
| Manny Mota | LAN | NL | LF | 0.661 | 0.44 | 0.18 | 0.25 |
| Gene Clines | PIT | NL | RF | 0.539 | 0.41 | 0.84 | -0.69 |
| Frank Robinson | LAN | NL | RF | 0.653 | 0.39 | 1.17 | -0.88 |
| Wayne Garrett | NYN | NL | 3B | 0.604 | 0.37 | 0.16 | 0.25 |
| Luis Aparicio | BOS | AL | SS | 0.710 | 0.36 | 1.02 | -0.65 |
| Glenn Beckert | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.769 | 0.35 | -0.33 | 0.60 |
| Jack Hiatt | HOU | NL | C | 0.131 | 0.35 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| Billy Conigliaro | ML4 | AL | RF | 0.322 | 0.33 | -0.43 | 0.77 |
| Bernie Carbo | CIN | NL | RF | 0.643 | 0.31 | 0.60 | -0.26 |
| Tom Haller | DET | AL | C | 0.223 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.21 |
| Dave Nelson | TEX | AL | 3B | 0.942 | 0.30 | 0.89 | -0.63 |
| Garry Maddox | SFN | NL | CF | 0.777 | 0.30 | 0.27 | -0.18 |
| Ken McMullen | CAL | AL | 3B | 0.844 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.23 |