1888 Season
1887 / 1889














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1888 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 King Kelly
BSN
C
30.5
5.4
20.6
13.2
2 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
28.7
5.3
22.0
15.2
3 Doggie Miller
PIT
C
23.9
3.1
13.7
7.1
4 Fred Carroll
PIT
C
24.0
2.6
12.0
5.7
5 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
33.6
2.5
7.9
3.3
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
30.1
6.8
25.9
16.5
2 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
36.2
6.4
27.3
18.6
3 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
31.0
6.3
28.5
19.8
4 Jake Beckley*
PIT
1B
20.9
2.9
14.5
9.9
5 Sid Farrar
PHI
1B
28.9
1.8
10.8
2.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
28.3
3.2
13.8
5.2
2 Hardy Richardson
DTN
2B
33.2
2.3
9.0
4.6
3 Fred Dunlap
PIT
2B
29.1
2.0
9.6
4.3
4 Charley Bassett
IN3
2B
25.4
1.7
7.9
-0.1
5 Danny Richardson
NY1
2B
25.4
1.5
8.0
-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 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
23.0
4.3
16.2
7.2
2 Deacon White
DTN
3B
40.6
3.9
14.1
5.5
3 Jerry Denny
IN3
3B
29.3
3.0
12.4
4.1
4 Bill Kuehne
PIT
3B
29.7
2.3
10.0
1.7
5 Tom Burns
CHN
3B
31.3
1.4
6.4
-1.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ned Williamson
CHN
SS
30.7
4.1
15.0
6.9
2 Jack Glasscock
IN3
SS
30.9
3.0
10.2
3.0
3 Jack Rowe
DTN
SS
31.6
3.0
9.7
2.3
4 Sam Wise
BSN
SS
30.9
2.8
9.8
2.7
5 John Ward
NY1
SS
28.3
2.3
8.5
0.5
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
CF
25.4
6.2
29.6
20.4
2 Dummy Hoy*
WS8
CF
26.1
4.5
28.2
19.2
3 Dick Johnston
BSN
CF
25.2
4.2
19.3
10.0
4 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
21.4
4.2
22.8
15.2
5 Paul Hines
IN3
CF
33.3
2.9
15.9
7.2
6 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
LF
37.8
2.2
13.2
6.4
7 Sam Thompson
DTN
RF
28.3
2.1
9.1
5.0
8 Emmett Seery
IN3
LF
27.4
2.1
14.6
5.8
9 George Van Haltren
CHN
LF
22.3
2.1
11.0
5.7
10 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
30.9
1.6
9.4
2.0
11 Tom Brown
BSN
RF
27.8
1.5
10.0
3.0
12 Jim Fogarty
PHI
RF
24.4
1.4
12.9
5.0
13 Hugh Duffy*
CHN
RF
21.6
1.2
7.8
3.0
14 George Wood
PHI
LF
29.6
0.9
10.1
2.6
15 Walt Wilmot*
WS8
LF
24.7
0.9
10.7
3.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Conway
DTN
SP
21.7
1.4
3.8
3.3
2 Ben Sanders*
PHI
SP
23.4
1.1
3.9
3.2
3 Charlie Getzien
DTN
SP
24.4
0.8
2.3
1.8
4 Ed Beatin*
DTN
SP
21.9
0.6
1.7
1.6
5 Ad Gumbert*
CHN
SP
19.7
0.2
0.8
0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1888 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 Chief Zimmer*
CL3
C
27.6
1.1
5.2
1.7
2 Jocko Milligan
SL4
C
26.9
0.8
4.2
0.7
3 Jack O'Brien
BL2
C
28.1
0.8
4.8
1.6
4 Sam Trott
BL2
C
29.3
0.7
3.7
2.1
5 Jim Keenan
CN2
C
30.4
0.7
4.6
-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 John Reilly
CN2
1B
29.7
5.1
27.8
19.5
2 Tommy Tucker
BL2
1B
24.7
3.2
20.3
12.1
3 Henry Larkin
PH4
1B
28.5
2.8
16.3
7.5
4 Dave Orr
BR3
1B
28.8
1.7
11.4
5.3
5 Jay Faatz*
CL3
1B
27.7
1.5
11.6
4.1
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
28.8
3.6
17.9
9.2
2 Cub Stricker
CL3
2B
28.4
1.7
11.6
3.5
3 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
28.7
1.6
11.5
4.0
4 Lou Bierbauer
PH4
2B
22.8
1.6
11.1
2.8
5 Reddy Mack
LS2
2B
22.2
1.2
6.9
-0.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Pinkney
BR3
3B
29.5
3.8
20.1
10.5
2 Denny Lyons
PH4
3B
22.3
3.7
18.1
10.7
3 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
28.3
2.2
16.4
7.2
4 Jumbo Davis
KC2
3B
26.8
1.8
12.7
5.1
5 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
32.9
1.0
9.7
1.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed McKean
CL3
SS
24.1
4.2
22.8
14.2
2 Oyster Burns
MULT
SS
23.8
3.9
23.3
14.8
3 Frank Fennelly
MULT
SS
28.4
1.4
8.0
-0.4
4 Gus Alberts*
CL3
SS
27.6
1.1
5.8
-0.3
5 Ed Herr*
SL4
SS
23.3
0.6
4.2
1.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Stovey
PH4
LF
31.5
4.5
27.0
18.2
2 Hub Collins
MULT
LF
24.2
4.4
22.2
13.6
3 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
30.1
3.2
22.7
14.1
4 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
27.0
3.1
15.8
9.6
5 Curt Welch
PH4
CF
26.4
3.0
21.5
12.4
6 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
26.1
2.4
13.6
5.2
7 Mike Griffin
BL2
CF
23.3
1.8
17.5
8.5
8 Darby O'Brien
BR3
LF
24.8
1.8
16.6
8.1
9 Dave Foutz
BR3
RF
31.8
1.7
15.3
6.5
10 Jim McTamany
KC2
CF
25.0
1.6
16.7
7.9
11 Ed Hogan
CL3
RF
26.6
1.6
10.7
5.8
12 George Tebeau
CN2
LF
26.5
1.2
11.7
4.7
13 Tommy McCarthy
SL4
RF
24.9
1.0
14.8
6.7
14 Pop Corkhill
MULT
CF
30.2
0.9
13.7
5.0
15 Hugh Nicol
CN2
RF
30.5
0.8
14.2
5.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Silver King
SL4
SP
20.5
1.3
4.0
2.3
2 Mike Mattimore
PH4
SP
29.9
1.3
4.8
3.7
3 Phenomenal Smith
MULT
SP
23.6
1.1
3.8
2.9
4 Bob Caruthers
BR3
SP
24.5
1.0
9.0
6.4
5 Nat Hudson
SL4
SP
29.5
1.0
3.8
2.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James