1880 Season
1879 / 1881














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1880 National League MVP Award

by Votes
 
Total
Player
Tm
Pos
The MVP Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
23.7
10.7
52.0
26.9
2 John Ward
PRO
SP
20.3
7.4
52.2
28.1
3 Lee Richmond *
WOR
SP
23.2
7.2
41.3
18.0
4 Larry Corcoran *
CHN
SP
20.9
6.9
52.6
31.3
5 Mickey Welch *
TRN
SP
21.0
6.5
41.2
19.3
6 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
28.2
5.0
20.3
13.6
7 George Bradley
PRO
3B
28.0
4.9
24.0
10.7
8 Tim Keefe *
TRN
SP
23.5
4.6
10.3
6.3
9 George Gore
CHN
CF
23.2
4.6
25.9
19.2
10 Will White
CN1
SP
25.7
4.3
17.2
-2.4
11 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
25.3
4.2
21.4
13.7
12 Fred Dunlap *
CL2
2B
21.1
3.8
19.0
11.3
13 John Clapp
CN1
C
29.0
3.6
12.9
5.0
14 Arthur Irwin *
WOR
SS
22.4
3.6
13.6
5.3
15 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
22.8
3.4
23.5
16.0
16 Fred Goldsmith
CHN
SP
24.1
3.3
24.0
15.3
17 Roger Connor *
TRN
3B
23.0
3.2
19.3
11.7
18 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
23.0
3.1
13.0
5.8
19 Emil Gross
PRO
C
22.3
3.0
12.0
3.4
20 Orator Shaffer
CL2
RF
28.8
2.8
16.2
9.6
21 Jim O'Rourke
BSN
1B
29.8
2.8
18.2
10.5
22 Joe Start
PRO
1B
37.7
2.7
12.2
5.9
23 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
23.5
2.6
15.2
-3.1
24 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
22.7
2.5
11.2
4.2
25 John O'Rourke
BSN
CF
30.9
2.5
14.4
7.7
26 Tom Burns *
CHN
SS
23.3
2.3
14.3
6.4
27 Harry Stovey *
WOR
CF
23.5
2.2
14.4
7.3
28 Bill Phillips
CL2
1B
23.3
1.9
10.5
4.5
29 John Morrill
BSN
1B
25.4
1.7
9.0
1.7
30 King Kelly
CHN
RF
22.5
1.7
16.2
9.1
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James