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1953 Top 25 Players WAR Data Model

WAR calculated by Baseball Reference.

Rank	WAR	Name	Tm	Pos
+001+	10.1	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	MVP,AS
+002+	9.8	Robin Roberts	PHI	PITCH	AS
+003+	9.3	Duke Snider	LAN	CF-OF	AS
+004+	8.9	Warren Spahn	ATL	PITCH	AS
+005+	8.3	Eddie Mathews	ATL	3B	AS
+006+	7.7	Stan Musial	SLN	OF-LF-RF	AS
+007+	7.1	Roy Campanella	LAN	CR	MVP,AS
+008+	6.9	Jackie Robinson	LAN	OF-LF-3B	AS
+009+	6.5	Red Schoendienst	SLN	2B	AS
+010+	6.4	Harvey Haddix	SLN	PITCH	AS
+011+	6.3	Billy Pierce	CHA	PITCH	AS
+012+	6.1	Richie Ashburn	PHI	CF-OF	AS
+012+	6.1	Virgil Trucks	TOT	PITCH
+014+	5.9	Ray Boone	TOT	3B
+015+	5.5	Solly Hemus	SLN	SS
+016+	5.3	Mickey Vernon	MIN	1B	AS
+016+	5.3	Mickey Mantle	NYA	OF-CF	AS
+018+	5.2	Eddie Yost	MIN	3B
+018+	5.2	Jim Busby	MIN	CF-OF
+020+	5.1	Pee Wee Reese	LAN	SS	AS
+021+	5.0	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	1B	AS
+022+	4.9	Yogi Berra	NYA	CR	AS
+023+	4.8	Hank Bauer	NYA	OF-RF	AS
+023+	4.8	Al Dark	SFN	SS-2B-OF-LF
+025+	4.7	Hank Thompson	SFN	3B

1953 Awards

Type	Lg	Name
MVP	NL	Roy Campanella
MVP	AL	Al Rosen
HOF	X	Chief Bender
HOF	X	Dizzy Dean
HOF	X	Al Simmons
HOF	X	Bobby Wallace

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