1884 Season
1883 / 1885














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1884 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 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
29.6
19.3
88.3
60.0
2 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
27.5
18.4
55.7
30.1
3 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
28.2
17.8
80.2
55.5
4 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
SP
23.0
16.2
64.0
39.0
5 Jim McCormick
MULT
SP
27.7
14.8
51.7
29.1
6 Tony Mullane
TL1
SP
25.4
13.4
56.8
34.7
7 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
25.0
12.3
45.9
23.2
8 Billy Taylor
MULT
SP
29.6
11.6
63.8
43.9
9 Charlie Sweeney
MULT
SP
21.2
11.3
66.9
46.4
10 Ed Morris*
CL5
SP
21.8
8.5
41.4
25.5
11 Tim Keefe
NY4
SP
27.5
8.4
46.4
28.6
12 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
26.6
8.4
38.1
22.9
13 Dupee Shaw
MULT
SP
25.1
7.8
39.5
18.1
14 Fred Dunlap
SLU
2B
25.1
7.8
42.4
33.1
15 Bill Sweeney
BLU
SP
0.0
7.7
45.1
24.6
16 Hardie Henderson
BL2
SP
21.7
6.6
33.2
17.1
17 Larry Corcoran
CHN
SP
24.9
6.6
35.2
13.9
18 Bob Emslie
BL2
SP
25.4
6.3
32.3
15.8
19 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
33.8
6.2
28.7
18.4
20 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
26.7
5.8
20.2
10.4
21 Dave Orr*
NY4
1B
24.8
5.8
30.1
21.9
22 Will White
CN2
SP
29.7
5.7
30.0
13.5
23 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
24.3
5.5
19.1
9.2
24 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
26.1
5.3
23.3
15.9
25 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
24.7
4.9
22.6
13.4
26 Jim O'Rourke
BFN
LF
33.8
4.9
25.4
16.2
27 Deacon White
BFN
3B
36.6
4.9
21.2
11.1
28 Frank Mountain
CL5
SP
24.1
4.9
34.9
21.2
29 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
32.2
4.8
19.8
11.1
30 Dude Esterbrook
NY4
3B
27.0
4.8
26.6
16.1
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James