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Top season WAA players from 1989.
| Player | Team | League | Primary Pos | Season Fraction | Total Wins | Batting Wins | Fielding Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Mitchell | SFN | NL | LF | 0.951 | 6.03 | 6.08 | -0.02 |
| Lonnie Smith | ATL | NL | LF | 0.832 | 5.63 | 4.09 | 1.36 |
| Ryne Sandberg | CHN | NL | 2B | 0.969 | 5.50 | 4.84 | 0.83 |
| Will Clark | SFN | NL | 1B | 0.981 | 5.24 | 5.29 | 0.05 |
| Bobby Bonilla | PIT | NL | 3B | 0.994 | 5.03 | 4.02 | 0.76 |
| Howard Johnson | NYN | NL | 3B | 0.944 | 5.02 | 6.77 | -1.67 |
| Rickey Henderson | NYA | AL | LF | 0.932 | 4.94 | 3.60 | 1.33 |
| Eric Davis | CIN | NL | CF | 0.809 | 4.48 | 4.37 | 0.06 |
| Paul Molitor | ML4 | AL | 3B | 0.957 | 4.44 | 3.20 | 1.30 |
| Robin Yount | ML4 | AL | CF | 0.988 | 4.28 | 4.43 | -0.08 |
| Von Hayes | PHI | NL | RF | 0.945 | 3.92 | 4.04 | 0.22 |
| Mickey Tettleton | BAL | AL | C | 0.722 | 3.75 | 3.61 | 0.15 |
| Kirby Puckett | MIN | AL | CF | 0.981 | 3.61 | 2.03 | 1.49 |
| Fred McGriff | TOR | AL | 1B | 0.994 | 3.53 | 3.30 | -0.20 |
| Lou Whitaker | DET | AL | 2B | 0.914 | 3.44 | 3.50 | 0.03 |
| Ozzie Smith | SLN | NL | SS | 0.945 | 3.26 | 2.23 | 1.24 |
| Barry Larkin | CIN | NL | SS | 0.551 | 3.26 | 2.61 | 0.57 |
| Dickie Thon | PHI | NL | SS | 0.724 | 3.23 | 2.47 | 0.67 |
| Harold Reynolds | SEA | AL | 2B | 0.944 | 3.23 | 2.29 | 1.09 |
| Ruben Sierra | TEX | AL | RF | 1.000 | 3.14 | 4.77 | -1.37 |
| Wade Boggs | BOS | AL | 3B | 0.963 | 3.13 | 4.00 | -0.55 |
| Craig Biggio | HOU | NL | C | 0.785 | 3.07 | 3.17 | 0.04 |
| Mark Grace | CHN | NL | 1B | 0.877 | 2.99 | 2.16 | 0.93 |
| Steve Sax | NYA | AL | 2B | 0.981 | 2.69 | 1.87 | 0.78 |
| Jose Oquendo | SLN | NL | 2B | 0.991 | 2.66 | 1.50 | 1.20 |
| Shawon Dunston | CHN | NL | SS | 0.790 | 2.65 | 1.93 | 0.75 |
| Barry Bonds | PIT | NL | LF | 0.970 | 2.65 | 1.45 | 1.28 |
| Tim Raines | MON | NL | LF | 0.895 | 2.63 | 2.62 | 0.11 |
| Julio Franco | TEX | AL | 2B | 0.926 | 2.55 | 3.52 | -0.99 |
| Darryl Strawberry | NYN | NL | RF | 0.827 | 2.50 | 2.13 | 0.31 |
| Kelly Gruber | TOR | AL | 3B | 0.833 | 2.48 | 1.45 | 0.68 |
| Tony Fernandez | TOR | AL | SS | 0.864 | 2.46 | 1.36 | 1.21 |
| Tony Gwynn | SDN | NL | CF | 0.975 | 2.43 | 3.37 | -0.82 |
| Brian Downing | CAL | AL | DH | 0.877 | 2.37 | 2.18 | 0.00 |
| Joe Orsulak | BAL | AL | RF | 0.688 | 2.33 | 0.99 | 1.45 |
| Brett Butler | SFN | NL | CF | 0.951 | 2.23 | 1.06 | 1.12 |
| Glenn Davis | HOU | NL | 1B | 0.975 | 2.21 | 2.01 | -0.06 |
| Jack Clark | SDN | NL | 1B | 0.877 | 2.21 | 2.32 | -0.05 |
| Kevin Bass | HOU | NL | RF | 0.537 | 2.17 | 1.53 | 0.57 |
| Kent Hrbek | MIN | AL | 1B | 0.670 | 2.12 | 2.07 | 0.05 |
| Paul O'Neill | CIN | NL | RF | 0.722 | 2.11 | 1.96 | 0.19 |
| Carlton Fisk | CHA | AL | C | 0.640 | 2.11 | 2.26 | 0.07 |
| Nick Esasky | BOS | AL | 1B | 0.951 | 2.04 | 2.13 | 0.03 |
| Ernie Whitt | TOR | AL | C | 0.679 | 1.89 | 1.68 | 0.03 |
| Don Mattingly | NYA | AL | 1B | 0.981 | 1.84 | 1.57 | 0.13 |
| Dwight Evans | BOS | AL | RF | 0.901 | 1.82 | 2.62 | -0.79 |
| Carney Lansford | OAK | AL | 3B | 0.914 | 1.81 | 2.46 | -0.77 |
| Jack Howell | CAL | AL | 3B | 0.823 | 1.79 | 0.15 | 1.47 |
| Harold Baines | CHA | AL | DH | 0.905 | 1.78 | 1.88 | 0.00 |
| Jerome Walton | CHN | NL | CF | 0.716 | 1.73 | 1.20 | 0.45 |
| Andre Dawson | CHN | NL | RF | 0.708 | 1.70 | 0.65 | 1.09 |
| Gary Redus | PIT | NL | 1B | 0.494 | 1.69 | 1.15 | 0.49 |
| Roberto Alomar | SDN | NL | 2B | 0.975 | 1.63 | 1.09 | -0.29 |
| Jody Reed | BOS | AL | SS | 0.901 | 1.60 | 2.45 | -1.06 |
| Alan Trammell | DET | AL | SS | 0.747 | 1.57 | 0.68 | 0.97 |
| Phil Bradley | BAL | AL | LF | 0.889 | 1.56 | 1.07 | 0.83 |
| Robby Thompson | SFN | NL | 2B | 0.914 | 1.56 | 0.84 | 0.68 |
| Randy Milligan | BAL | AL | 1B | 0.685 | 1.54 | 1.54 | 0.07 |
| Lenny Dykstra | NYN | NL | CF | 0.901 | 1.53 | 0.58 | 0.94 |
| Dwight Smith | CHN | NL | LF | 0.588 | 1.48 | 1.81 | -0.05 |
| Ellis Burks | BOS | AL | CF | 0.599 | 1.47 | 1.75 | -0.22 |
| Spike Owen | MON | NL | SS | 0.806 | 1.38 | 1.22 | -0.10 |
| Randy Bush | MIN | AL | RF | 0.685 | 1.32 | 0.40 | 0.65 |
| Alvin Davis | SEA | AL | 1B | 0.877 | 1.31 | 1.24 | 0.00 |
| Terry Pendleton | SLN | NL | 3B | 0.988 | 1.30 | -0.21 | 1.66 |
| Milt Thompson | SLN | NL | CF | 0.901 | 1.22 | 1.34 | -0.33 |
| Roberto Kelly | NYA | AL | CF | 0.770 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 0.16 |
| Jose Canseco | OAK | AL | RF | 0.398 | 1.16 | 1.38 | -0.03 |
| Ken Caminiti | HOU | NL | 3B | 0.994 | 1.15 | -0.22 | 1.29 |
| Jim Eisenreich | KCA | AL | CF | 0.801 | 1.13 | 1.66 | -0.51 |
| Jim Dwyer | MIN | AL | DH | 0.409 | 1.12 | 1.09 | 0.00 |
| Greg Gagne | MIN | AL | SS | 0.758 | 1.10 | 1.21 | -0.02 |
| Dan Pasqua | CHA | AL | LF | 0.430 | 1.09 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| Tom Herr | PHI | NL | 2B | 0.926 | 1.06 | 0.66 | 0.05 |
| Brook Jacoby | CLE | AL | 3B | 0.907 | 1.05 | 0.78 | 0.08 |
| Gerald Young | HOU | NL | CF | 0.901 | 1.03 | -1.01 | 2.29 |
| Brian Harper | MIN | AL | C | 0.636 | 1.02 | 0.94 | 0.05 |
| Mackey Sasser | NYN | NL | C | 0.295 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 0.03 |
| Kal Daniels | CIN | NL | LF | 0.336 | 0.92 | 0.69 | 0.27 |
| Mike Fitzgerald | MON | NL | C | 0.511 | 0.91 | 0.86 | -0.06 |
| Mike Scioscia | LAN | NL | C | 0.736 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.08 |
| Kurt Stillwell | KCA | AL | SS | 0.796 | 0.89 | 1.65 | -0.83 |
| Bip Roberts | SDN | NL | LF | 0.597 | 0.88 | 0.97 | -0.15 |
| Bill Spiers | ML4 | AL | SS | 0.576 | 0.87 | 0.41 | 0.41 |
| Andy Van Slyke | PIT | NL | CF | 0.793 | 0.87 | -0.23 | 0.94 |
| Mike LaValliere | PIT | NL | C | 0.340 | 0.85 | 0.80 | -0.04 |
| Jerry Browne | CLE | AL | 2B | 0.944 | 0.84 | 1.79 | -1.01 |
| Gary Gaetti | MIN | AL | 3B | 0.802 | 0.84 | -0.57 | 1.46 |
| R. J. Reynolds | PIT | NL | RF | 0.614 | 0.84 | -0.41 | 1.18 |
| Luis Salazar | SDN | NL | 3B | 0.539 | 0.84 | 0.01 | 0.75 |
| Benito Santiago | SDN | NL | C | 0.762 | 0.82 | 0.98 | -0.39 |
| Tom Foley | MON | NL | 2B | 0.665 | 0.81 | -0.09 | 0.77 |
| Pedro Guerrero | SLN | NL | 1B | 0.988 | 0.81 | 2.04 | -0.90 |
| John Moses | MIN | AL | RF | 0.412 | 0.79 | 0.01 | 0.59 |
| Bo Jackson | KCA | AL | LF | 0.833 | 0.77 | 1.05 | -0.13 |
| Lance Johnson | CHA | AL | LF | 0.309 | 0.77 | 0.39 | 0.35 |
| Luis Polonia | OAK | AL | LF | 0.719 | 0.74 | -0.51 | 1.02 |
| Darren Daulton | PHI | NL | C | 0.650 | 0.73 | 0.69 | -0.04 |
| Eddie Murray | LAN | NL | 1B | 1.000 | 0.72 | -0.19 | 1.29 |
| Danny Tartabull | KCA | AL | RF | 0.795 | 0.71 | 1.48 | -0.63 |
| Ken Griffey | SEA | AL | CF | 0.781 | 0.70 | 0.97 | -0.35 |
| Jim Gantner | ML4 | AL | 2B | 0.699 | 0.68 | -0.17 | 0.66 |
| Brad Komminsk | CLE | AL | CF | 0.350 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.64 |
| Terry Puhl | HOU | NL | RF | 0.627 | 0.65 | -0.07 | 0.93 |
| Ivan Calderon | CHA | AL | RF | 0.975 | 0.64 | 0.76 | -0.17 |
| Jay Buhner | SEA | AL | RF | 0.349 | 0.61 | 1.03 | -0.34 |
| Tony Armas | CAL | AL | RF | 0.326 | 0.57 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Dave Magadan | NYN | NL | 1B | 0.662 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.03 |
| Randy Velarde | NYA | AL | 3B | 0.172 | 0.56 | 0.58 | -0.10 |
| Bob Geren | NYA | AL | C | 0.349 | 0.56 | 0.56 | -0.02 |
| Henry Cotto | SEA | AL | LF | 0.478 | 0.54 | -0.20 | 0.68 |
| Mike Devereaux | BAL | AL | CF | 0.670 | 0.52 | -0.14 | 0.39 |
| Oddibe McDowell | CLE | AL | CF | 0.892 | 0.51 | 0.72 | -0.28 |
| Alex Trevino | HOU | NL | C | 0.218 | 0.51 | 0.57 | -0.08 |
| Rex Hudler | MON | NL | 2B | 0.250 | 0.50 | 0.38 | -0.12 |
| Steve Jeltz | PHI | NL | SS | 0.483 | 0.49 | 0.72 | -0.48 |
| Mike Heath | DET | AL | C | 0.662 | 0.49 | 0.33 | 0.08 |
| Dan Gladden | MIN | AL | LF | 0.747 | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.13 |
| Lance Parrish | CAL | AL | C | 0.744 | 0.49 | 0.48 | -0.02 |
| Don Slaught | NYA | AL | C | 0.609 | 0.49 | 0.30 | 0.19 |