1873 Season
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1873 National Association Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim O'Rourke
BS1
1B
22.8
1.9
9.7
5.1
2 Count Gedney
NY2
LF
24.1
1.2
8.8
3.9
3 Jim Holdsworth
NY2
SS
23.0
1.1
8.0
3.2
4 Bob Addy
MULT
RF
28.4
0.8
5.2
2.1
5 John Clapp
PH1
C
22.0
0.8
5.3
1.0
6 Candy Nelson
NY2
2B
24.6
0.7
4.6
1.6
7 Paul Hines
WS5
LF
18.3
0.6
4.6
0.8
8 Tommy Beals
WS5
2B
22.9
0.6
3.2
0.0
9 Oscar Bielaski
WS5
RF
26.3
0.2
2.1
-0.6
10 Jones
BL4
CF
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
11 Joe Battin
PH1
CF
21.6
0.1
0.5
0.4
12 Warren White
WS5
3B
29.6
0.1
1.7
-1.2
13 Howard Wall
WS5
SS
18.6
0.1
0.0
-0.1
14 Bill Lennon
BL4
1B
25.6
0.0
0.0
-0.3
15 Joe Kernan
BL4
CF
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
16 Fred Crane
ELI
2B
32.7
0.0
0.0
-0.1
17
WS5
SS
0.0
0.0
0.9
-1.6
18 Charlie Sweasy
BS1
2B
25.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
19 Johnny Ryan
PH2
1B
19.8
-0.0
0.2
0.0
20 Henry Kessler
BR2
1B
26.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James