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1979 Top 25 Players WAA Data Model

Click on a Rank link to see long form WAA record for that player.

Rank	WAA	Name	Tm	Pos
+001+	10.44	Don Baylor	ANA	LF-DH-RF	MVP,AS
+002+	10.25	Fred Lynn	BOS	CF	AS,GG
+003+	9.64	Jim Rice	BOS	LF-DH	AS
+004+	8.69	J.R. Richard	HOU	PITCH
+005+	8.29	Dave Kingman	CHN	LF	AS
+006+	8.15	Jim Kern	TEX	PITCH	AS
+007+	7.56	George Brett	KCA	3B	AS
+008+	7.52	Mike Schmidt	PHI	3B	AS,GG
+009+	7.39	Gorman Thomas	MIL	CF
+010+	7.10	Keith Hernandez	SLN	1B	MVP,AS,GG
+011+	6.89	Ron Guidry	NYA	PITCH	AS
+012+	6.87	Tommy John	NYA	PITCH	AS
+013+	6.70	Darrell Porter	KCA	CR-DH	AS
+014+	6.53	Dan Ford	ANA	RF-CF
+015+	6.53	Steve Kemp	DET	LF-DH	AS
+016+	6.28	Dave Winfield	SDN	RF	AS,GG
+017+	6.11	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	RF	GG
+018+	6.05	Joe Niekro	HOU	PITCH	AS
+019+	5.98	Dennis Eckersley	BOS	PITCH
+020+	5.84	Mike Flanagan	BAL	PITCH	CY
+021+	5.71	Steve Rogers	WAS	PITCH	AS
+022+	5.63	Phil Niekro	ATL	PITCH	GG
+023+	5.54	George Foster	CIN	LF	AS
+024+	5.06	Burt Hooton	LAN	PITCH
+026+	4.98	Sid Monge	CLE	PITCH	AS

1979 Awards

Type	Lg	Name
CY	NL	Bruce Sutter
CY	AL	Mike Flanagan
MVP	NL	Willie Stargell
MVP	AL	Don Baylor
HOF	X	Willie Mays
HOF	X	Hack Wilson

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