1874 Season
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1874 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 Jack Manning
MULT
SP
20.5
1.9
11.9
3.9
2 John Peters
CH2
SS
24.2
1.1
6.3
1.3
3 Jack Chapman
BR2
RF
31.1
0.9
6.0
2.4
4 Tommy Bond
BR2
SP
18.2
0.6
27.2
8.4
5 Joe Gerhardt
BL1
SS
19.4
0.3
1.6
0.3
6 Jim Tipper
HR1
LF
25.0
0.3
2.9
-1.2
7 Jim Devlin
CH2
1B
25.1
0.2
3.2
-0.1
8 Pop Snyder
BL1
C
19.7
0.2
0.5
-2.9
9 Tom Miller
PH1
C
0.0
0.2
1.2
0.8
10 Joe Battin
PH1
2B
22.6
0.2
1.8
-2.6
11 Jack Farrell
HR1
CF
18.5
0.1
0.5
0.2
12 Henry Kessler
BR2
C
27.6
0.1
1.9
0.6
13 Gavern
BR2
2B
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
14 John Farrow
BR2
C
20.6
0.0
1.8
-0.7
15 Charlie Sweasy
MULT
2B
26.7
0.0
1.3
-0.2
16 Mike Ledwith
BR2
C
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
17 Ed McKenna
PH2
1B
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
18 Quinlan
PH2
SS
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
19 Billy West
BR2
2B
20.9
-0.0
0.4
-0.4
20 Billy Geer
NY2
LF
14.9
-0.0
0.4
0.3
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James