1871 Season
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1871 National Association Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cal McVey
BS1
C
21.8
1.7
6.9
5.1
2 Fergy Malone
PH1
C
29.6
0.9
4.0
2.3
3 Deacon White
CL1
C
23.6
0.9
2.5
0.7
4 Doug Allison
WS3
C
25.0
0.9
2.8
1.2
5 Charlie Hodes
CH1
C
23.6
0.4
2.6
1.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Start
NY2
1B
28.7
1.2
4.5
2.5
2 Clipper Flynn
TRO
1B
22.2
0.6
2.5
0.8
3 Jim Foran
FW1
1B
23.6
0.5
2.9
1.8
4 Charlie Gould
BS1
1B
23.9
0.3
2.3
0.5
5 Everett Mills
WS3
1B
26.4
0.3
1.4
-0.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ross Barnes
BS1
2B
21.1
1.7
7.4
5.4
2 Jimmy Wood
CH1
2B
28.6
1.5
8.4
6.7
3 Al Reach
PH1
2B
31.1
1.0
4.5
2.8
4 Dick Higham
NY2
2B
20.6
0.7
2.5
1.4
5 Andy Leonard
WS3
2B
25.1
0.6
2.1
0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Levi Meyerle
PH1
3B
26.0
2.0
8.9
7.3
2 Fred Waterman
WS3
3B
25.6
1.1
3.3
1.3
3 Ezra Sutton
CL1
3B
20.8
1.1
3.3
1.8
4 Cap Anson
RC1
3B
19.2
0.7
1.2
-0.2
5 Ed Pinkham
CH1
3B
24.9
0.7
3.7
2.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Wright
BS1
SS
24.4
1.1
4.5
3.5
2 Davy Force
WS3
SS
21.9
0.8
2.1
0.2
3 John Bass
CL1
SS
23.6
0.7
2.4
1.3
4 John Radcliffe
PH1
SS
25.0
0.7
3.1
1.3
5 Dickie Flowers
TRO
SS
21.6
0.6
2.3
1.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lip Pike
TRO
RF
26.1
1.2
5.6
4.0
2 Steve King
TRO
LF
29.6
1.1
4.9
3.2
3 Dave Eggler
NY2
CF
22.2
0.8
3.6
1.8
4 George Bechtel
PH1
RF
23.6
0.6
3.2
2.0
5 George Hall
WS3
CF
22.3
0.6
2.3
0.6
6 Fred Treacey
CH1
LF
24.6
0.6
5.4
3.9
7 Harry Wright
BS1
CF
36.5
0.6
3.0
1.1
8 Gat Stires
RC1
RF
21.7
0.5
1.1
-0.3
9 John Glenn
WS3
RF
21.5
0.4
1.5
0.1
10 Dave Birdsall
BS1
RF
33.0
0.3
2.4
0.5
11 Ned Cuthbert
PH1
LF
26.0
0.3
2.9
1.0
12 Art Allison
CL1
CF
22.4
0.3
1.4
-0.2
13 Charlie Pabor
CL1
LF
24.8
0.3
1.2
-0.5
14 Tom York
TRO
CF
21.0
0.3
2.1
0.2
15 Count Sensenderfer
PH1
CF
23.5
0.3
2.0
0.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rynie Wolters
NY2
SP
28.5
1.3
6.2
5.0
2 John McMullin
TRO
SP
23.6
0.1
2.0
0.9
3 Al Pratt
CL1
SP
22.6
0.1
1.2
0.2
4 Al Spalding
BS1
SP
20.8
0.1
2.0
0.8
5 Frank Fleet
NY2
SP
23.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James