1886 Season
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1886 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
26.7
2.5
12.8
8.4
2 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
31.6
2.4
7.6
3.3
3 Barney Gilligan
WS8
C
30.5
0.8
1.3
-3.4
4 Con Daily
BSN
C
21.8
0.8
2.9
-0.1
5 Charlie Ganzel
MULT
C
24.0
0.7
3.0
-0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Brouthers
DTN
1B
28.1
8.0
31.8
23.3
2 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
34.2
6.9
29.0
20.4
3 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
29.0
6.4
33.1
25.0
4 Alex McKinnon
SL5
1B
29.9
4.1
13.3
5.5
5 Sam Wise
BSN
1B
28.9
3.5
17.3
10.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Dunlap
MULT
2B
27.1
3.5
12.6
4.5
2 Al Myers
KCN
2B
22.7
2.4
7.5
-0.0
3 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
26.3
2.1
10.4
2.6
4 Jack Farrell
MULT
2B
29.0
1.1
3.2
-0.6
5 Charlie Bastian
PHI
2B
26.0
1.1
7.1
0.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Deacon White
DTN
3B
38.6
2.8
10.3
2.3
2 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
35.8
2.7
13.5
5.5
3 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
21.0
2.6
11.5
4.8
4 Jerry Denny
SL5
3B
27.3
2.5
8.1
0.6
5 Joe Mulvey
PHI
3B
27.7
2.3
11.1
4.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
SL5
SS
28.9
6.1
18.2
10.2
2 Jack Rowe
DTN
SS
29.6
4.0
13.9
6.3
3 John Morrill
BSN
SS
31.4
3.1
14.1
6.7
4 John Ward
NY1
SS
26.3
2.6
12.5
4.7
5 Charley Bassett
KCN
SS
23.4
2.3
6.5
0.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 King Kelly
CHN
RF
28.5
7.6
32.0
23.8
2 Hardy Richardson
DTN
LF
31.2
6.3
27.5
18.5
3 Paul Hines
WS8
CF
31.3
4.8
14.4
6.5
4 George Gore
CHN
CF
29.2
4.6
22.2
13.9
5 Sam Thompson
DTN
RF
26.3
3.6
17.2
8.9
6 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
CF
35.8
3.4
19.0
11.7
7 Jim Fogarty
PHI
RF
22.4
2.9
15.0
10.1
8 Mike Dorgan
NY1
RF
32.7
1.7
14.0
6.8
9 George Wood
PHI
LF
27.6
1.6
13.7
6.5
10 Emmett Seery
SL5
LF
25.4
1.5
8.8
1.0
11 Jimmy Ryan*
CHN
LF
23.4
1.5
8.9
3.7
12 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
28.9
1.4
8.8
0.4
13 Ed Andrews
PHI
CF
27.2
1.3
11.5
4.4
14 Tom Poorman
BSN
RF
28.7
1.3
10.2
4.2
15 Cliff Carroll
WS8
LF
26.7
1.3
5.3
-2.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Ferguson
PHI
SP
23.2
1.4
7.7
6.4
2 Jim Whitney
KCN
SP
28.6
0.8
3.5
2.3
3 Bill Stemmeyer*
BSN
SP
21.2
0.8
3.7
3.0
4 Charley Radbourn
BSN
SP
31.6
0.5
3.1
1.9
5 Henry Boyle
SL5
SP
25.8
0.3
1.2
0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1886 American Association Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Carroll
PT1
C
22.0
3.7
19.6
11.7
2 John Kerins
LS2
C
28.0
2.7
13.6
5.5
3 Chris Fulmer
BL2
C
28.0
2.0
12.9
8.2
4 Amos Cross*
LS2
C
25.6
1.9
8.8
4.0
5 Doggie Miller
PT1
C
21.9
1.9
10.0
4.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Orr
NY4
1B
26.8
5.4
27.0
18.3
2 Harry Stovey
PH4
1B
29.5
4.2
26.3
18.2
3 Otto Schomberg*
PT1
1B
21.6
2.3
11.2
6.7
4 Bill Phillips
BR3
1B
29.3
1.8
14.9
5.9
5 John Reilly
CN2
1B
27.7
1.6
12.2
5.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Yank Robinson
SL4
2B
26.8
3.8
17.4
9.3
2 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
26.7
3.3
19.4
10.4
3 Sam Barkley
PT1
2B
28.1
2.7
15.4
7.6
4 Bill McClellan
BR3
2B
30.3
2.4
16.8
7.3
5 Reddy Mack*
LS2
2B
20.2
1.9
10.4
2.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
26.3
3.9
18.9
9.6
2 George Pinkney
BR3
3B
27.5
2.4
16.5
6.8
3 Frank Hankinson
NY4
3B
30.2
1.4
8.2
-0.2
4 Art Whitney
PT1
3B
28.5
1.3
8.2
-0.1
5 Joe Werrick*
LS2
3B
24.7
1.0
8.2
-0.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Fennelly
CN2
SS
26.4
3.5
17.3
8.9
2 Bill Gleason
SL4
SS
27.6
1.9
9.7
1.3
3 Pop Smith
PT1
SS
29.7
1.6
8.5
0.8
4 Bill White
LS2
SS
26.2
1.3
7.6
-1.1
5 Candy Nelson
NY4
SS
37.6
1.1
6.9
-0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Henry Larkin
PH4
LF
26.5
4.2
28.9
19.7
2 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
28.1
3.6
21.1
11.9
3 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
25.0
2.9
18.0
10.6
4 Ed Swartwood
BR3
RF
27.5
2.6
20.4
12.5
5 Charley Jones
CN2
LF
36.2
2.2
16.3
8.1
6 Curt Welch
SL4
CF
24.4
2.2
16.1
7.3
7 Tom Brown
PT1
RF
25.8
2.2
16.7
9.2
8 Jim McTamany
BR3
CF
23.0
1.8
15.0
8.0
9 Fred Mann
PT1
CF
28.3
1.6
13.4
6.2
10 Fred Lewis
CN2
CF
27.7
1.6
12.0
7.0
11 Ernie Burch*
BR3
LF
29.8
0.8
11.7
4.4
12 John Coleman
MULT
RF
23.3
0.8
12.3
4.0
13 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
24.1
0.5
10.1
1.7
14 Len Sowders*
BL2
CF
25.0
0.3
3.6
2.3
15 Blondie Purcell
BL2
LF
32.3
0.3
3.8
2.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Caruthers
SL4
SP
22.5
4.6
19.4
15.6
2 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
30.2
3.3
14.5
10.7
3 Dave Foutz
SL4
SP
29.8
1.4
7.9
3.7
4 Adonis Terry
BR3
SP
21.9
0.7
4.8
1.7
5 Tony Mullane
CN2
SP
27.4
0.4
4.4
0.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James