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1938 Top 25 Players WAR Data Model

WAR calculated by Baseball Reference.

Rank	WAR	Name	Tm	Pos
+001+	8.9	Mel Ott	SFN	3B-OF-RF	AS
+002+	8.6	Arky Vaughan	PIT	SS	AS
+003+	7.7	Bill Lee	CHN	PITCH	AS
+004+	7.6	Jimmie Foxx	BOS	1B	MVP,AS
+005+	7.0	Hank Greenberg	DET	1B	AS
+006+	6.8	Johnny Mize	SLN	1B
+007+	6.3	Joe Cronin	BOS	SS	AS
+008+	6.1	Harlond Clift	BAL	3B
+009+	5.9	Ival Goodman	CIN	OF-RF	AS
+010+	5.6	Ernie Lombardi	CIN	CR	MVP,AS
+011+	5.4	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	CF-OF	AS
+011+	5.4	Buddy Myer	MIN	2B
+011+	5.4	Paul Derringer	CIN	PITCH	AS
+011+	5.4	Thornton Lee	CHA	PITCH
+015+	5.3	Red Ruffing	NYA	PITCH	AS
+016+	5.2	Mel Harder	CLE	PITCH
+016+	5.2	Stan Hack	CHN	3B	AS
+018+	5.1	Charlie Gehringer	DET	2B	AS
+018+	5.1	Bob Feller	CLE	PITCH	AS
+018+	5.1	Bill Dickey	NYA	CR	AS
+018+	5.1	Lefty Grove	BOS	PITCH	AS
+022+	5.0	Cecil Travis	MIN	SS	AS
+022+	5.0	Earl Averill	CLE	OF-CF-RF	AS
+024+	4.9	Clay Bryant	CHN	PITCH
+025+	4.8	George Caster	OAK	PITCH

1938 Awards

Type	Lg	Name
MVP	NL	Ernie Lombardi
MVP	AL	Jimmie Foxx
HOF	X	Pete Alexander

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