1885 Season
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1885 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Daily
PHI
SP
22.8
6.5
31.9
15.2
2 Lady Baldwin
DTN
SP
26.2
4.3
13.6
6.2
3 Sam Thompson
DTN
RF
25.3
2.4
10.6
5.3
4 Con Daily
PRO
C
20.8
1.1
7.9
2.5
5 John Kirby
SL5
SP
20.5
1.1
7.1
2.2
6 Charlie Bastian
PHI
SS
25.0
1.0
6.8
-3.0
7 Dan Casey
DTN
SP
22.6
0.6
4.3
0.4
8 Pat Dealy
BSN
C
23.6
0.5
2.4
-0.8
9 Ed Seward
PRO
RP
18.0
0.3
0.8
0.5
10 Edgar (EE) Smith
PRO
SP
23.1
0.3
1.0
0.7
11 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
SS
22.4
0.2
1.2
0.8
12 Al Myers
PHI
2B
21.7
0.2
3.2
-4.7
13 Bill Stemmeyer
BSN
SP
20.2
0.2
1.4
1.0
14 John Healy
SL5
SP
18.7
0.2
3.3
0.8
15 Tom Lynch
PHI
LF
25.2
0.2
1.6
0.4
16 Trick McSorley
SL5
3B
32.6
0.1
0.7
0.6
17 Fred Wood
BFN
C
19.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
18 Charlie Ganzel
PHI
C
23.0
-0.0
1.2
-2.1
19 Joe Fogarty
SL5
LF
21.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
20 Wiman Andrus
PRO
3B
26.7
-0.1
0.1
0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1885 American Association Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Pechiney
CN2
SP
23.8
1.7
8.6
5.2
2 Toad Ramsey
LS2
SP
20.9
1.3
6.1
3.3
3 Norm Baker
LS2
SP
21.7
0.6
12.0
4.4
4 Amos Cross
LS2
C
24.6
0.3
3.1
0.0
5 Dave Oldfield
BR3
C
20.5
0.3
1.4
0.6
6 Jim McTamany
BR3
LF
22.0
0.2
4.4
1.8
7 Tom Lovett
PH4
SP
21.6
0.2
6.1
1.2
8 Al Mays
LS2
SP
20.1
0.1
8.2
3.0
9 Gene Derby
BL2
C
25.4
0.1
0.4
-0.5
10 Reddy Mack
LS2
2B
19.2
0.1
0.8
-0.1
11 Jones
NY4
3B
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
12 Joe Visner
BL2
RF
25.8
0.0
0.2
-0.1
13 Sandy McDermott
BL2
2B
29.3
0.0
0.0
-0.0
14 George McVey
BR3
1B
19.8
-0.0
0.1
-0.4
15 John Hofford
PT1
SP
22.1
-0.0
1.0
0.1
16 Joe Strauss
LS2
LF
26.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
17 George Mappes
BL2
2B
19.5
-0.1
0.3
-0.2
18 John Tener
BL2
RF
21.9
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
19 John Henry
BL2
SP
21.8
-0.2
3.0
0.5
20 Charlie Robinson
BR3
C
28.9
-0.2
0.3
-0.7
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James