1875 Season
1874 / 1876














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Spalding

1875 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 Deacon White
BS1
C
27.6
4.1
17.3
12.4
2 John Clapp
PH1
C
24.0
1.4
5.9
1.9
3 Dick Higham
MULT
C
24.6
1.2
4.6
1.0
4 Tim McGinley*
MULT
C
0.0
1.0
1.7
-0.7
5 Nat Hicks
NY2
C
30.2
1.0
2.5
-1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cal McVey
BS1
1B
25.8
4.5
20.8
15.7
2 Cap Anson
PH1
1B
23.2
2.2
11.4
7.0
3 Jim Devlin
CH2
1B
26.1
2.0
8.9
4.7
4 Joe Start
NY2
1B
32.7
2.0
7.5
3.3
5 Tim Murnane
PH2
1B
23.1
1.1
8.0
3.8
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
25.1
4.3
19.6
14.4
2 Bill Craver
MULT
2B
31.1
2.9
12.9
8.6
3 Levi Meyerle
PH2
2B
30.0
2.5
13.9
10.0
4 Jack Burdock
HR1
2B
23.3
1.6
9.8
5.2
5 Joe Battin
SL2
2B
23.6
1.4
5.0
1.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ezra Sutton
PH1
3B
24.8
2.5
12.0
7.2
2 Mike McGeary
PH2
3B
24.6
1.7
9.3
5.2
3 Henry Luff*
NH1
3B
18.8
1.3
2.9
0.7
4 Harry Schafer
BS1
3B
28.9
1.1
4.2
1.3
5 Bob Ferguson
HR1
3B
30.4
0.8
4.0
-0.9
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
28.4
3.8
15.8
10.4
2 Davy Force
PH1
SS
25.9
2.9
13.2
8.0
3 John Peters
CH2
SS
25.2
1.9
6.4
2.5
4 Dickey Pearce
SL2
SS
39.3
1.8
5.5
1.3
5 Jimmy Hallinan*
MULT
SS
26.1
1.7
5.1
1.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lip Pike
SL2
CF
30.1
3.7
20.8
16.6
2 Jim O'Rourke
BS1
CF
24.8
2.7
12.6
7.8
3 Andy Leonard
BS1
LF
29.1
2.3
12.5
7.3
4 Paul Hines
CH2
CF
20.3
2.1
9.6
5.5
5 George Hall
PH1
LF
26.3
2.0
12.2
7.5
6 Tom York
HR1
LF
25.0
1.6
11.7
6.8
7 Jim Holdsworth
NY2
CF
25.0
1.4
5.6
1.3
8 Dave Eggler
PH1
CF
26.2
1.3
8.6
4.7
9 Ned Cuthbert
SL2
LF
30.0
1.1
6.0
1.7
10 George Bechtel
MULT
RF
27.6
0.9
4.8
2.2
11 Jack Remsen
HR1
CF
25.3
0.8
7.2
2.5
12 Jack Manning
BS1
RF
21.5
0.8
5.3
0.7
13 Tommy Beals
BS1
CF
24.9
0.6
3.3
1.2
14 Charlie Pabor
MULT
LF
28.8
0.6
1.1
-1.3
15 John McKelvey*
NH1
RF
27.8
0.4
0.9
-1.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Al Spalding
BS1
SP
24.8
1.8
9.8
7.4
2 Dick McBride
PH1
SP
30.6
0.6
4.4
2.5
3 George Bradley*
SL2
SP
23.0
0.6
3.4
1.6
4 Tommy Bond
HR1
SP
19.2
0.5
5.7
3.7
5 Pidgey Morgan*
SL1
SP
22.2
0.4
1.0
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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