1882 Season
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1882 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Will White
CN2
SP
27.7
11.1
53.0
36.0
2 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
25.7
10.9
43.0
19.7
3 Stump Wiedman
DTN
SP
21.4
9.8
32.9
16.7
4 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
24.6
8.1
41.5
24.2
5 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
27.6
8.1
46.3
26.2
6 Sam Weaver
PH4
SP
27.0
6.7
32.1
19.0
7 Tony Mullane*
LS2
SP
23.4
6.4
35.0
17.7
8 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
24.1
5.9
23.5
17.2
9 Larry Corcoran
CHN
SP
22.9
5.8
27.7
13.7
10 Tim Keefe
TRN
SP
25.5
5.2
25.1
9.9
11 Denny Driscoll*
PT1
SP
26.6
4.9
17.1
10.0
12 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
24.9
4.9
19.5
11.3
13 Fred Goldsmith
CHN
SP
26.1
4.6
28.3
12.4
14 Roger Connor
TRN
1B
25.0
4.5
21.3
14.7
15 Pete Browning*
LS2
2B
21.0
4.4
23.6
16.7
16 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
30.2
4.4
19.3
13.1
17 Joe Start
PRO
1B
39.7
4.1
16.3
10.1
18 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
27.6
4.1
21.3
13.1
19 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
24.7
4.0
16.6
8.7
20 John Ward
PRO
RF
22.3
3.9
28.7
12.6
21 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
25.5
3.9
26.7
9.2
22 Bobby Mathews
BSN
SP
30.6
3.6
19.3
7.5
23 George Gore
CHN
CF
25.2
3.3
17.2
9.8
24 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
27.3
3.3
19.9
12.7
25 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
23.1
3.2
14.1
6.4
26 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
26.9
3.2
19.8
11.9
27 John Morrill
BSN
1B
27.4
3.2
14.3
7.9
28 Buck Ewing
TRN
3B
22.7
3.0
13.3
6.2
29 Harry McCormick
CN2
SP
26.7
2.9
20.5
12.7
30 Ed Swartwood*
PT1
RF
23.5
2.8
17.1
10.5
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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