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1886 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 Jocko Flynn
CHN
SP
22.0
4.3
26.9
16.5
2 Bill Stemmeyer
BSN
SP
21.2
2.6
22.3
9.4
3 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
LF
23.4
1.5
12.4
4.8
4 Frank Gilmore
WS8
SP
22.2
1.4
3.5
0.8
5 Connie Mack
WS8
C
23.5
0.7
1.5
0.4
6 Phenomenal Smith
DTN
SP
21.6
0.5
2.4
1.5
7 Billy Shindle
DTN
SS
25.6
0.1
0.5
-0.1
8 Tom Gillen
DTN
C
24.1
0.1
0.4
0.2
9 George Shoch
WS8
RF
27.5
0.1
1.6
-0.3
10 Pop Tate
BSN
C
25.5
0.0
1.4
-1.3
11 George Mappes
SL5
C
20.5
0.0
0.1
-0.3
12 Walt Goldsby
WS8
CF
24.5
0.0
0.1
-0.3
13 Joyce
WS8
CF
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
14 Jim Gallagher
WS8
SS
0.0
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
15 Charlie Parsons
BSN
SP
23.0
-0.1
0.7
0.1
16 Myron Allen
BSN
2B
32.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
17 Frank Devin
NY1
RF
26.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
18 Louis Pelouze
SL5
CF
22.8
-0.1
0.1
0.0
19 Tom Kinslow
WS8
C
20.5
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
20 Bill Smith
DTN
SP
25.3
-0.2
4.3
1.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1886 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 Matt Kilroy
BL2
SP
20.0
5.9
34.7
13.2
2 Nat Hudson
SL4
SP
27.5
2.6
20.3
10.8
3 Reddy Mack
LS2
2B
20.2
2.5
14.1
3.0
4 John Shaffer
NY4
SP
22.4
2.0
6.6
4.1
5 Otto Schomberg
PT1
1B
21.6
1.7
11.8
6.5
6 Amos Cross
LS2
C
25.6
1.5
11.0
4.6
7 Joe Werrick
LS2
3B
24.7
0.9
11.1
-1.2
8 Jim Handiboe
PT1
SP
20.0
0.7
6.7
2.4
9 Chippy McGarr
PH4
SS
23.1
0.5
8.5
2.2
10 Ernie Burch
BR3
LF
29.8
0.4
13.0
4.1
11 Hub Collins
LS2
LF
22.2
0.3
2.9
0.8
12 Frank Houseman
BL2
SP
26.8
0.3
0.5
0.2
13 Elmer Smith
CN2
SP
18.3
0.2
4.3
1.6
14 Len Sowders
BL2
CF
25.0
0.2
3.9
2.2
15 John Meister
NY4
2B
23.1
0.0
2.8
-0.9
16 Smith
CN2
SP
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.1
17 Jim McCauley
BR3
C
23.3
-0.0
2.0
1.0
18 Lefty Marr
CN2
CF
23.8
-0.0
0.8
0.2
19 Farmer Vaughn
CN2
C
22.3
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
20 Bill Conway
BL2
C
24.6
-0.0
0.7
0.2
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James