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Top season WAA players from 1978.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rice | BOS | AL | LF | 1.000 | 6.52 | 4.94 | 1.42 |
| Amos Otis | KCA | AL | CF | 0.870 | 5.80 | 4.26 | 1.51 |
| Davey Lopes | LAN | NL | 2B | 0.932 | 5.20 | 4.35 | 0.71 |
| Ted Simmons | SLN | NL | C | 0.932 | 4.92 | 5.02 | 0.08 |
| Mike Schmidt | PHI | NL | 3B | 0.895 | 4.16 | 3.07 | 1.15 |
| Dave Parker | PIT | NL | RF | 0.919 | 4.12 | 5.27 | -1.12 |
| Carlton Fisk | BOS | AL | C | 0.963 | 4.04 | 4.04 | -0.15 |
| George Foster | CIN | NL | LF | 0.981 | 4.03 | 3.45 | 0.35 |
| Roy Smalley | MIN | AL | SS | 0.975 | 3.98 | 2.53 | 1.09 |
| Leon Roberts | SEA | AL | RF | 0.825 | 3.76 | 3.37 | 0.63 |
| Jeff Burroughs | ATL | NL | LF | 0.943 | 3.65 | 4.58 | -1.12 |
| George Brett | KCA | AL | 3B | 0.790 | 3.62 | 2.29 | 0.94 |
| Sal Bando | ML4 | AL | 3B | 0.938 | 3.53 | 2.19 | 1.34 |
| Jack Clark | SFN | NL | RF | 0.963 | 3.48 | 2.32 | 1.31 |
| Greg Luzinski | PHI | NL | LF | 0.957 | 3.45 | 3.96 | -0.44 |
| Bill Madlock | SFN | NL | 2B | 0.753 | 3.32 | 3.93 | -0.58 |
| Robin Yount | ML4 | AL | SS | 0.784 | 3.19 | 2.34 | 0.74 |
| Craig Reynolds | SEA | AL | SS | 0.925 | 3.12 | 2.30 | 0.92 |
| John Stearns | NYN | NL | C | 0.869 | 3.07 | 2.93 | 0.04 |
| Larry Hisle | ML4 | AL | LF | 0.877 | 3.00 | 2.55 | 0.07 |
| Willie Stargell | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.699 | 2.94 | 3.52 | -0.82 |
| Ivan de Jesus | CHN | NL | SS | 0.988 | 2.88 | 1.71 | 1.02 |
| Gary Carter | MON | NL | C | 0.937 | 2.87 | 2.43 | 0.29 |
| Sixto Lezcano | ML4 | AL | RF | 0.801 | 2.85 | 2.21 | 0.60 |
| Dave Concepcion | CIN | NL | SS | 0.950 | 2.83 | 2.58 | -0.13 |
| Ben Oglivie | ML4 | AL | LF | 0.790 | 2.75 | 1.93 | 0.81 |
| Don Baylor | CAL | AL | DH | 0.975 | 2.75 | 2.68 | 0.00 |
| Al Oliver | TEX | AL | LF | 0.821 | 2.73 | 2.18 | 0.83 |
| Darrell Porter | KCA | AL | C | 0.926 | 2.66 | 2.37 | 0.08 |
| Rod Carew | MIN | AL | 1B | 0.938 | 2.65 | 2.69 | -0.02 |
| Darrell Evans | SFN | NL | 3B | 0.981 | 2.50 | 1.74 | 0.91 |
| Andre Thornton | CLE | AL | 1B | 0.912 | 2.48 | 2.53 | 0.20 |
| Johnny Bench | CIN | NL | C | 0.700 | 2.46 | 2.53 | -0.05 |
| Garry Maddox | PHI | NL | CF | 0.957 | 2.41 | 1.64 | 0.69 |
| Bob Horner | ATL | NL | 3B | 0.549 | 2.38 | 1.78 | 0.70 |
| Lee Mazzilli | NYN | NL | CF | 0.914 | 2.38 | 2.13 | 0.10 |
| Jose Cruz | HOU | NL | RF | 0.944 | 2.33 | 2.30 | 0.04 |
| Fred Lynn | BOS | AL | CF | 0.920 | 2.32 | 3.11 | -0.42 |
| Dave Winfield | SDN | NL | RF | 0.975 | 2.29 | 2.16 | 0.22 |
| Garry Templeton | SLN | NL | SS | 0.957 | 2.23 | 1.58 | 0.67 |
| Chet Lemon | CHA | AL | CF | 0.646 | 2.20 | 1.57 | 0.62 |
| Larry Bowa | PHI | NL | SS | 0.963 | 2.19 | 1.77 | 0.44 |
| Willie Randolph | NYA | AL | 2B | 0.822 | 2.16 | 2.16 | 0.04 |
| Doug DeCinces | BAL | AL | 3B | 0.871 | 2.16 | 1.75 | 0.37 |
| Andre Dawson | MON | NL | CF | 0.969 | 2.13 | 1.35 | 0.73 |
| Jason Thompson | DET | AL | 1B | 0.944 | 2.13 | 2.02 | 0.14 |
| Bump Wills | TEX | AL | 2B | 0.955 | 2.08 | 1.05 | 1.07 |
| Eddie Murray | BAL | AL | 1B | 1.000 | 2.06 | 1.92 | 0.09 |
| Reggie Jackson | NYA | AL | RF | 0.853 | 2.05 | 2.32 | -0.41 |
| Cecil Cooper | ML4 | AL | 1B | 0.660 | 2.03 | 1.25 | 0.74 |
| Joe Morgan | CIN | NL | 2B | 0.820 | 2.02 | 2.79 | -0.83 |
| Graig Nettles | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.975 | 2.01 | 1.28 | 0.50 |
| Steve Garvey | LAN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 1.96 | 2.79 | -0.97 |
| Bobby Bonds | CHA | AL | RF | 0.969 | 1.95 | 2.77 | -0.62 |
| Gene Tenace | SDN | NL | 1B | 0.795 | 1.94 | 1.89 | -0.03 |
| Lou Whitaker | DET | AL | 2B | 0.858 | 1.88 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| Ron LeFlore | DET | AL | CF | 0.957 | 1.85 | 2.36 | -0.47 |
| Dave Kingman | CHN | NL | LF | 0.691 | 1.84 | 2.00 | -0.31 |
| Bob Boone | PHI | NL | C | 0.764 | 1.69 | 1.39 | 0.31 |
| Bob Watson | HOU | NL | 1B | 0.813 | 1.67 | 0.75 | 0.85 |
| Rico Carty | TOR | AL | DH | 0.901 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 0.00 |
| Dwight Evans | BOS | AL | RF | 0.877 | 1.62 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| Phil Garner | PIT | NL | 2B | 0.946 | 1.60 | 1.72 | 0.02 |
| George Hendrick | SDN | NL | CF | 0.833 | 1.58 | 1.75 | -0.21 |
| John Milner | PIT | NL | LF | 0.517 | 1.54 | 0.17 | 1.39 |
| Lyman Bostock | CAL | AL | RF | 0.907 | 1.54 | -0.18 | 1.59 |
| Pete Rose | CIN | NL | 3B | 0.988 | 1.52 | 2.57 | -0.77 |
| Warren Cromartie | MON | NL | LF | 0.981 | 1.51 | 0.06 | 1.67 |
| Hal McRae | KCA | AL | DH | 0.963 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 0.00 |
| Mike Cubbage | MIN | AL | 3B | 0.685 | 1.48 | 0.60 | 1.02 |
| Mitchell Page | OAK | AL | LF | 0.894 | 1.44 | 1.46 | -0.09 |
| Terry Puhl | HOU | NL | CF | 0.920 | 1.43 | 0.87 | 0.54 |
| Rusty Staub | DET | AL | DH | 1.000 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 0.00 |
| Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | AL | LF | 0.883 | 1.41 | 1.09 | 0.23 |
| Jim Sundberg | TEX | AL | C | 0.914 | 1.41 | 1.02 | 0.34 |
| Ellis Valentine | MON | NL | RF | 0.932 | 1.38 | 0.96 | 0.36 |
| Johnny Grubb | CLE | AL | LF | 0.775 | 1.35 | 1.62 | -0.10 |
| Jim Norris | CLE | AL | RF | 0.574 | 1.34 | 0.55 | 0.70 |
| Rick Monday | LAN | NL | CF | 0.613 | 1.32 | 1.61 | -0.31 |
| Cesar Cedeno | HOU | NL | CF | 0.309 | 1.30 | 0.92 | 0.34 |
| Otto Velez | TOR | AL | LF | 0.466 | 1.28 | 0.32 | 0.94 |
| Gene Richards | SDN | NL | LF | 0.951 | 1.27 | 2.13 | -0.97 |
| Reggie Smith | LAN | NL | RF | 0.790 | 1.22 | 3.34 | -2.11 |
| Bill Russell | LAN | NL | SS | 0.957 | 1.18 | 0.21 | 1.08 |
| Bob Stinson | SEA | AL | C | 0.661 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 0.04 |
| Jerry Remy | BOS | AL | 2B | 0.908 | 1.10 | 0.21 | 1.01 |
| Tony Perez | MON | NL | 1B | 0.910 | 1.10 | 1.07 | -0.10 |
| Rick Burleson | BOS | AL | SS | 0.890 | 1.06 | -0.33 | 1.18 |
| Art Howe | HOU | NL | 2B | 0.711 | 1.05 | 1.77 | -0.62 |
| Ron Cey | LAN | NL | 3B | 0.981 | 1.04 | 0.79 | 0.57 |
| Alan Trammell | DET | AL | SS | 0.778 | 1.02 | 0.68 | 0.18 |
| Steve Kemp | DET | AL | LF | 0.981 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.05 |
| Manny Trillo | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.938 | 0.96 | -0.14 | 1.01 |
| Jerry Martin | PHI | NL | RF | 0.460 | 0.91 | 0.26 | 0.66 |
| Richie Hebner | PHI | NL | 1B | 0.779 | 0.91 | 1.62 | -0.81 |
| Don Money | ML4 | AL | 1B | 0.846 | 0.88 | 0.84 | -0.05 |
| Ed Ott | PIT | NL | C | 0.637 | 0.88 | 1.02 | -0.30 |
| Julio Cruz | SEA | AL | 2B | 0.919 | 0.86 | -0.15 | 1.30 |
| Bill Buckner | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.722 | 0.84 | -0.01 | 0.85 |
| Ken Singleton | BAL | AL | RF | 0.925 | 0.83 | 2.65 | -1.96 |
| Al Cowens | KCA | AL | RF | 0.815 | 0.82 | 0.29 | 0.67 |
| Billy Smith | BAL | AL | 2B | 0.439 | 0.78 | 0.66 | 0.18 |
| Dan Driessen | CIN | NL | 1B | 0.950 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.09 |
| Mike Ivie | SFN | NL | 1B | 0.543 | 0.77 | 1.40 | -0.45 |
| Joel Youngblood | NYN | NL | RF | 0.443 | 0.74 | -0.45 | 1.19 |
| Ron Jackson | CAL | AL | 1B | 0.645 | 0.73 | 0.14 | 0.73 |
| Roy Howell | TOR | AL | 3B | 0.870 | 0.71 | -0.13 | 0.77 |
| Buddy Bell | CLE | AL | 3B | 0.893 | 0.71 | -0.72 | 1.27 |
| Lee Lacy | LAN | NL | RF | 0.426 | 0.70 | 0.79 | -0.04 |
| Bill Robinson | PIT | NL | LF | 0.845 | 0.69 | -0.90 | 1.40 |
| Rick Auerbach | CIN | NL | SS | 0.101 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.07 |
| Elliott Maddox | NYN | NL | RF | 0.724 | 0.60 | -1.65 | 2.05 |
| Mickey Rivers | NYA | AL | CF | 0.865 | 0.59 | -0.03 | 0.68 |
| Bake McBride | PHI | NL | RF | 0.753 | 0.58 | -0.42 | 1.13 |
| Frank White | KCA | AL | 2B | 0.773 | 0.57 | 1.30 | -0.64 |
| Tim McCarver | PHI | NL | C | 0.278 | 0.57 | 0.31 | -0.02 |
| Denny Walling | HOU | NL | LF | 0.432 | 0.56 | 0.13 | 0.65 |
| Jorge Orta | CHA | AL | 2B | 0.727 | 0.56 | 1.36 | -0.73 |
| Ozzie Smith | SDN | NL | SS | 0.981 | 0.56 | -0.70 | 1.00 |
| Paul Molitor | ML4 | AL | 2B | 0.772 | 0.54 | 0.72 | -0.13 |