1883 Season
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1883 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
23.7
45.4
3.6
1.6
2 Fatty Briody
CL2
C
24.9
28.5
2.0
0.9
3 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
26.6
19.2
2.0
0.5
4 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
28.6
15.9
3.3
1.0
5 Barney Gilligan
PRO
C
27.5
13.6
4.3
1.8
6 Mert Hackett*
BSN
C
23.6
7.2
2.1
0.8
7 Silver Flint
CHN
C
27.9
6.9
2.8
0.3
8 Doc Bushong
CL2
C
26.8
1.8
4.2
2.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
25.1
10.2
2.1
1.1
2 John Morrill
BSN
1B
28.4
9.3
1.9
1.1
3 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
26.0
8.6
1.3
0.3
4 Joe Start
PRO
1B
40.7
5.4
1.2
0.3
5 Sid Farrar*
PHI
1B
23.9
0.8
0.5
-0.5
6 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
31.2
-4.4
1.0
-0.0
7 Bill Phillips
CL2
1B
26.3
-8.1
1.3
0.3
8 Martin Powell
DTN
1B
27.3
-11.7
0.9
-0.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
26.0
26.7
4.9
2.8
2 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
24.1
20.1
3.5
1.5
3 Hardy Richardson
BFN
2B
28.2
19.3
4.2
2.2
4 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
23.3
15.6
2.9
1.2
5 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
31.3
7.4
4.1
2.0
6 Art Benedict*
PHI
2B
21.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
7 Dasher Troy
NY1
2B
27.1
-2.5
1.7
-0.0
8 Sam Trott
DTN
2B
24.3
-7.1
0.5
-0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
25.7
31.7
4.2
1.7
2 Jerry Denny
PRO
3B
24.3
6.4
4.7
2.2
3 Joe Farrell
DTN
3B
26.6
3.5
4.6
2.0
4 Piggy Ward*
PHI
3B
16.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
5 C.B. White*
PHI
3B
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Buck Gladman*
PHI
3B
19.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Charlie Kelly*
PHI
3B
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
8 Mike Muldoon
CL2
3B
25.2
-0.1
2.8
0.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
25.9
36.5
6.2
3.4
2 Arthur Irwin
PRO
SS
25.4
13.9
3.7
0.8
3 Sadie Houck
DTN
SS
27.3
12.8
4.4
1.3
4 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
26.3
5.4
3.5
1.1
5 Davy Force
BFN
SS
33.9
0.8
3.4
1.0
6 Jim Pirie*
PHI
SS
30.3
-0.6
0.0
-0.1
7 Joe Mulvey*
MULT
SS
24.7
-0.9
0.0
-0.2
8 Ed Caskin
NY1
SS
31.5
-4.5
3.7
1.2
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cliff Carroll*
PRO
LF
23.7
11.7
2.6
1.8
2 Joe Hornung
BSN
LF
26.1
10.9
4.9
3.3
3 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
25.8
8.9
0.9
-0.3
4 Pete Gillespie
NY1
LF
31.6
5.9
4.1
2.6
5 George Wood
DTN
LF
24.6
2.9
1.7
0.3
6 Tom York
CL2
LF
33.0
2.2
2.8
1.2
7 Tony Suck*
BFN
LF
25.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Edgar (EE) Smith*
MULT
LF
21.1
-0.3
0.1
0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Gore
CHN
CF
26.2
17.4
6.6
4.8
2 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
25.9
14.5
1.9
0.2
3 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
28.3
12.7
4.9
3.1
4 John Ward
NY1
CF
23.3
5.1
3.3
2.4
5 Edgar (AE) Smith*
BSN
CF
22.7
1.6
1.1
0.6
6 Charlie Waitt
PHI
CF
29.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Ben Guiney*
DTN
CF
24.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Curry Foley
BFN
CF
27.5
-0.2
0.3
-0.1
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jake Evans
CL2
RF
26.8
22.1
4.5
3.0
2 King Kelly
CHN
RF
25.5
17.3
3.0
1.8
3 Orator Shaffer
BFN
RF
31.8
13.4
4.1
2.4
4 Mike Dorgan
NY1
RF
29.7
5.3
0.6
-0.2
5 Paul Radford*
BSN
RF
21.7
2.3
0.7
-0.2
6 Dick Cramer*
NY1
RF
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Charlie Cady*
CL2
RF
17.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Billy Sunday*
CHN
RF
20.6
-0.4
0.0
-0.2
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1883 American Association Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Holbert
NY4
C
28.3
45.2
7.2
4.7
2 Pat Deasley
SL4
C
25.6
13.3
3.2
1.4
3 Rudy Kemmler*
CL5
C
23.6
12.7
2.5
-0.2
4 Jackie Hayes
PT1
C
22.0
11.4
0.7
-1.3
5 Pop Snyder
CN2
C
28.7
10.9
3.6
1.6
6 Phil Baker*
BL2
C
26.8
9.6
0.2
-0.4
7 Dan Sullivan
LS2
C
26.1
6.0
1.4
0.4
8 Jack O'Brien
PH4
C
23.1
4.6
2.3
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Comiskey
SL4
1B
23.9
13.7
1.7
0.7
2 Steve Brady
NY4
1B
32.0
12.0
2.0
1.1
3 Ecky Stearns
BL2
1B
21.7
1.0
1.3
0.3
4 Harry Stovey
PH4
1B
26.5
0.4
1.9
1.0
5 Bill Schwartz*
CL5
1B
19.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Sam Childs*
CL5
1B
21.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Walter Prince*
LS2
1B
22.1
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
8 Henry Luff
LS2
1B
26.8
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pop Smith
CL5
2B
26.7
25.2
1.9
0.3
2 Joe Gerhardt
LS2
2B
28.4
24.9
4.5
2.7
3 Sam Crane*
NY4
2B
29.5
5.4
3.1
0.9
4 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
23.7
4.6
3.7
1.6
5 Tom O'Brien*
BL2
2B
23.0
2.1
0.4
-0.3
6 Tim Manning*
BL2
2B
29.6
0.5
1.1
0.3
7 George Strief
SL4
2B
26.7
0.2
2.7
1.1
8 George Creamer
PT1
2B
28.6
-2.0
1.7
-0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arlie Latham*
SL4
3B
23.3
49.5
5.5
3.0
2 Joe Battin
PT1
3B
31.6
21.5
4.2
1.7
3 Bill Kuehne*
CL5
3B
24.7
4.3
1.1
-0.6
4 Fred Corey
PH4
3B
28.6
4.2
1.5
0.7
5 Dude Esterbrook
NY4
3B
26.0
3.2
4.0
1.5
6 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
27.9
-1.7
4.2
1.8
7 Jerry McCormick*
BL2
3B
22.6
-5.5
1.8
-0.5
8 Jack Gleason
MULT
3B
29.0
-16.4
0.4
-1.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Richmond
CL5
SS
28.3
12.7
3.5
0.8
2 Lou Say
BL2
SS
29.4
4.5
2.6
0.4
3 Tom McLaughlin*
LS2
SS
23.3
4.0
1.7
1.1
4 Chick Fulmer
CN2
SS
32.4
3.7
5.3
2.5
5 John Peters
PT1
SS
33.2
0.1
0.2
-0.0
6 Bill Farrell*
BL2
SS
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Al Hubbard*
PH4
SS
22.6
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
8 Denny Mack
PT1
SS
32.6
-0.2
0.8
-0.2
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Sommer
CN2
LF
24.6
13.2
1.7
0.4
2 Jud Birchall
PH4
LF
28.6
8.5
2.3
0.8
3 Harry Wheeler
CL5
LF
25.3
5.5
0.1
-1.2
4 Ed Kennedy*
NY4
LF
27.3
5.4
2.2
0.8
5 Leech Maskrey
LS2
LF
29.4
3.2
0.9
0.2
6 Henry Oberbeck*
MULT
LF
25.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
7 Jack Gorman*
SL4
LF
24.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
8 George Winkleman*
LS2
LF
24.6
0.1
0.0
-0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John O'Rourke
NY4
CF
33.9
3.1
1.9
0.3
2 Charley Jones
CN2
CF
33.2
1.9
2.8
1.3
3 Gid Gardner*
BL2
CF
24.2
0.6
0.8
0.1
4 Tom Loftus*
SL4
CF
26.6
0.6
0.4
0.2
5 Bob Blakiston
PH4
CF
27.7
0.6
0.7
0.1
6 John Reccius
LS2
CF
23.7
0.1
0.0
-0.3
7 Harry McCaffery
SL4
CF
24.6
0.0
0.2
0.1
8 Podge Weihe*
CN2
CF
20.6
0.0
0.3
0.2
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hugh Nicol
SL4
RF
25.5
23.9
5.5
4.0
2 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
21.1
14.5
2.3
0.9
3 Tom Brown
CL5
RF
22.8
8.8
0.3
-1.4
4 Pop Corkhill*
CN2
RF
25.2
4.4
3.8
2.5
5 Dave Rowe*
BL2
RF
28.7
0.2
0.0
-0.8
6 Phil Reccius*
LS2
RF
21.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Loughlin*
BL2
RF
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Charlie Mason*
PH4
RF
30.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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