1880 Season
1879 / 1881














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1880 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Clapp
CN1
C
29.0
3.1
9.6
4.4
2 Emil Gross
PRO
C
22.3
2.7
9.5
4.0
3 Jack Rowe*
BFN
C
23.6
1.5
5.6
0.6
4 Charlie Bennett
WOR
C
25.6
0.6
2.8
-0.3
5 Doc Kennedy
CL2
C
26.9
0.5
0.0
-3.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim O'Rourke
BSN
1B
29.8
3.7
16.7
10.9
2 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
28.2
3.6
18.1
12.6
3 Joe Start
PRO
1B
37.7
2.3
11.0
5.6
4 Bill Phillips
CL2
1B
23.3
1.7
9.1
4.0
5 John Morrill
BSN
1B
25.4
1.7
6.9
1.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Dunlap*
CL2
2B
21.1
3.1
15.4
9.6
2 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
23.0
2.5
10.4
5.1
3 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
28.3
1.9
7.5
2.0
4 Bob Ferguson
TRN
2B
35.4
1.6
6.7
1.3
5 Joe Quest
CHN
2B
27.6
0.7
3.3
-1.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Connor*
TRN
3B
23.0
3.9
17.2
11.9
2 Hardy Richardson
BFN
3B
25.2
2.1
8.4
3.0
3 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
22.7
1.5
7.1
2.2
4 Hick Carpenter
CN1
3B
24.9
0.9
2.2
-2.3
5 Art Whitney*
WOR
3B
22.5
0.9
3.4
-1.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom Burns*
CHN
SS
23.3
3.0
13.1
7.9
2 Arthur Irwin*
WOR
SS
22.4
2.0
7.5
2.0
3 Ezra Sutton
BSN
SS
29.8
1.5
4.2
-0.2
4 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
22.9
1.4
4.4
-0.1
5 Mike Moynahan*
BFN
SS
24.6
1.2
4.4
2.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Gore
CHN
CF
23.2
3.7
21.2
16.0
2 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
22.8
3.1
19.1
13.3
3 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
25.3
3.0
16.1
10.2
4 John O'Rourke
BSN
CF
30.9
2.4
13.5
8.5
5 King Kelly
CHN
RF
22.5
2.3
13.3
7.9
6 Charley Jones
BSN
LF
30.2
2.2
12.9
8.5
7 Harry Stovey*
WOR
CF
23.5
2.2
12.4
6.9
8 Blondie Purcell
CN1
CF
26.3
2.1
8.7
3.7
9 Bill Crowley
BFN
RF
23.2
1.7
8.9
3.3
10 Orator Shaffer
CL2
RF
28.8
1.6
11.6
6.2
11 Joe Hornung
BFN
LF
23.1
1.4
8.2
2.9
12 Pete Hotaling
CL2
CF
23.5
1.0
7.4
2.4
13 Deacon White
CN1
RF
32.6
1.0
4.3
2.1
14 Pete Gillespie*
TRN
LF
28.6
0.9
7.1
1.6
15 John Cassidy
TRN
CF
23.6
0.8
6.7
1.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Curry Foley
BSN
SP
24.5
1.7
10.8
8.0
2 Mickey Welch*
TRN
SP
21.0
1.2
7.6
5.5
3 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
23.7
0.4
4.0
1.6
4 John Ward
PRO
SP
20.3
0.2
2.9
-0.1
5 Fred Goldsmith
CHN
SP
24.1
0.1
2.6
1.4
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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