1878 Season
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1878 National League 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 Sam Weaver
ML2
SP
23.0
10.1
15.9
2.1
2 John Ward
PRO
SP
18.3
4.8
22.6
10.7
3 Abner Dalrymple
ML2
LF
20.8
2.3
9.3
4.3
4 Jim McCormick
IN1
SP
21.7
2.1
6.8
2.5
5 Chub Sullivan
CN1
1B
22.5
1.7
4.6
0.2
6 Silver Flint
IN1
C
22.9
1.4
3.6
-2.4
7 King Kelly
CN1
RF
20.5
1.2
7.7
2.8
8 Will White
CN1
SP
23.7
1.0
29.8
13.0
9 Ned Williamson
IN1
3B
20.7
0.9
5.0
-0.5
10 Frank Hankinson
CHN
3B
22.2
0.8
5.1
-0.3
11 Buttercup Dickerson
CN1
CF
19.7
0.8
4.5
2.1
12 The Only Nolan
IN1
SP
20.7
0.6
15.7
3.2
13 Fred Warner
IN1
SS
23.6
0.6
3.4
-0.6
14 Fred Corey
PRO
SP
23.6
0.3
1.4
0.4
15 Charlie Bennett
ML2
C
23.6
0.2
2.1
-2.3
16 Jake Goodman
ML2
1B
24.8
0.1
2.0
-2.6
17 Bill McClellan
CHN
2B
22.3
-0.0
0.9
-3.4
18 Bill Sullivan
CHN
LF
25.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
19 Phil Powers
CHN
C
23.9
-0.1
0.3
-0.4
20 Frank Bliss
ML2
3B
25.6
-0.2
0.1
-0.1
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James