1885 Season
1884 / 1886














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1885 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 John Clarkson
CHN
SP
24.0
12.9
62.7
38.8
2 Ed Morris
PT1
SP
22.8
12.9
50.4
30.1
3 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
26.0
10.7
54.8
36.0
4 Bob Caruthers
SL4
SP
21.5
10.0
56.9
39.7
5 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
29.2
8.5
41.5
24.0
6 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
30.6
8.4
41.0
23.1
7 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
28.0
8.1
34.4
25.4
8 Charlie Ferguson
PHI
SP
22.2
8.1
41.0
24.5
9 Hardie Henderson
BL2
SP
22.7
7.6
33.4
14.5
10 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
28.5
6.7
40.7
25.4
11 Ed Daily*
PHI
SP
22.8
6.5
31.9
15.2
12 Henry Porter
BR3
SP
27.1
6.2
32.6
15.8
13 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
SP
24.0
6.1
27.1
8.9
14 Bobby Mathews
PH4
SP
33.6
5.8
26.3
11.5
15 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
24.0
5.2
31.1
20.6
16 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
27.1
5.2
27.7
19.9
17 Jack Glasscock
SL5
SS
27.9
5.2
16.9
6.1
18 Dave Foutz
SL4
SP
28.8
5.1
42.5
27.7
19 George Gore
CHN
CF
28.2
4.9
31.9
21.5
20 Dave Orr
NY4
1B
25.8
4.5
31.2
22.7
21 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
27.7
4.5
20.7
9.9
22 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
30.6
4.5
15.9
7.3
23 Fred Dunlap
SL5
2B
26.1
4.4
14.6
4.9
24 Lady Baldwin*
DTN
SP
26.2
4.3
13.6
6.2
25 Henry Larkin
PH4
CF
25.5
4.2
24.8
15.3
26 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
34.8
4.1
23.6
13.4
27 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
CF
34.8
4.0
25.7
15.0
28 Charley Jones
CN2
LF
35.2
4.0
25.3
15.8
29 Candy Nelson
NY4
SS
36.6
3.9
18.4
7.6
30 Larry McKeon
CN2
SP
19.3
3.9
22.2
12.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James