1889 Season
1888 / 1890














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1889 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 Fred Carroll
PIT
C
25.0
5.2
23.0
16.9
2 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
29.7
3.8
16.2
9.7
3 Tom Daly
WS8
C
23.4
2.3
8.1
3.8
4 Doggie Miller
PIT
C
24.9
2.3
10.2
3.5
5 Duke Farrell
CHN
C
22.8
2.0
6.9
0.2
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
BSN
1B
31.1
6.1
25.8
17.4
2 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
32.0
5.6
25.2
16.5
3 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
37.2
5.5
17.4
8.4
4 Jake Beckley
PIT
1B
21.9
3.4
17.0
8.8
5 Paul Hines
IN3
1B
34.3
3.0
12.8
4.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hardy Richardson
BSN
2B
34.2
3.3
17.5
8.8
2 Danny Richardson
NY1
2B
26.4
2.2
12.7
4.6
3 Sam Wise
WS8
2B
31.9
1.9
8.3
0.3
4 Al Myers
MULT
2B
25.7
1.4
7.2
-0.8
5 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
29.3
1.0
5.6
-3.1
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
24.0
2.3
12.1
3.8
2 Patsy Tebeau*
CL4
3B
24.6
2.0
10.0
1.8
3 Jerry Denny
IN3
3B
30.3
1.9
9.9
0.9
4 John Irwin
WS8
3B
27.9
1.5
5.5
1.7
5 Joe Mulvey
PHI
3B
30.7
1.5
9.1
0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
IN3
SS
31.9
5.9
20.4
11.3
2 Ed McKean
CL4
SS
25.1
3.9
14.4
6.3
3 John Ward
NY1
SS
29.3
2.4
11.5
4.0
4 Pop Smith
MULT
SS
32.7
1.5
7.7
-0.1
5 Jack Rowe
PIT
SS
32.6
1.4
5.4
0.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
22.4
5.2
26.5
17.6
2 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
CF
26.4
5.1
20.1
10.5
3 George Van Haltren
CHN
LF
23.3
3.9
17.0
7.7
4 Walt Wilmot
WS8
LF
25.7
3.5
15.5
8.4
5 George Gore
NY1
CF
32.2
3.5
19.5
10.9
6 Emmett Seery
IN3
LF
28.4
3.5
17.4
8.5
7 King Kelly
BSN
RF
31.5
3.4
19.3
10.8
8 Hugh Duffy
CHN
RF
22.6
3.0
13.8
4.5
9 Sam Thompson
PHI
RF
29.3
2.6
15.5
7.0
10 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
LF
38.8
2.5
16.9
8.9
11 Dummy Hoy
WS8
CF
27.1
2.1
11.2
2.5
12 Jocko Fields
PIT
LF
24.7
2.1
11.4
6.7
13 Jim Fogarty
PHI
CF
25.4
1.6
14.0
5.6
14 Marty Sullivan
IN3
CF
26.7
1.6
7.9
3.3
15 Ned Hanlon
PIT
CF
31.9
1.6
11.2
3.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ad Gumbert*
CHN
SP
20.7
1.1
3.5
3.0
2 Ben Sanders
PHI
SP
24.4
0.6
1.8
1.3
3 George Haddock*
WS8
SP
22.5
0.6
1.4
1.0
4 Jim Whitney
IN3
SP
31.6
0.6
1.8
1.7
5 John Tener
CHN
SP
25.9
0.5
1.4
1.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1889 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 Jocko Milligan
SL4
C
27.9
3.0
13.9
9.6
2 Jim Keenan
CN2
C
31.4
2.3
9.6
4.4
3 Joe Visner*
BR3
C
29.8
1.6
10.6
5.7
4 Jack O'Connor
CL6
C
20.1
1.6
8.9
2.5
5 Bob Clark
BR3
C
26.3
1.1
5.7
2.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy Tucker
BL2
1B
25.7
6.1
30.1
21.2
2 Henry Larkin
PH4
1B
29.5
4.4
18.1
9.0
3 Dave Orr
CL6
1B
29.8
2.5
15.3
6.9
4 Dave Foutz
BR3
1B
32.8
2.5
17.4
8.3
5 Ecky Stearns
KC2
1B
27.7
1.8
15.2
6.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hub Collins
BR3
2B
25.2
2.6
17.4
7.9
2 Lou Bierbauer
PH4
2B
23.8
2.3
11.7
3.1
3 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
29.7
2.0
11.3
2.4
4 Dan Shannon*
LS2
2B
24.3
0.9
5.6
-2.3
5 Yank Robinson
SL4
2B
29.8
0.9
10.4
1.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Denny Lyons
PH4
3B
23.3
5.0
19.3
10.5
2 Lefty Marr*
CL6
3B
26.8
4.3
21.2
11.8
3 Billy Shindle
BL2
3B
28.6
3.4
18.8
9.7
4 George Pinkney
BR3
3B
30.5
1.9
13.2
4.2
5 Heinie Kappel
CL6
3B
25.8
1.0
5.2
2.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Herman Long*
KC2
SS
23.2
2.6
16.4
6.9
2 Ollie Beard*
CN2
SS
27.2
1.4
8.6
-0.1
3 Frank Fennelly
PH4
SS
29.4
1.3
7.0
-1.5
4 Germany Smith
BR3
SS
26.2
0.8
7.0
-0.2
5 Phil Tomney*
LS2
SS
26.0
0.3
2.1
-4.2
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
32.5
4.5
23.2
13.9
2 Billy Hamilton*
KC2
RF
23.4
3.4
23.3
13.9
3 Darby O'Brien
BR3
LF
25.8
3.3
26.6
17.1
4 Oyster Burns
BR3
RF
24.8
3.2
21.6
13.1
5 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
31.1
3.1
23.0
14.0
6 Bug Holliday*
CN2
CF
22.4
3.0
18.2
9.3
7 Mike Griffin
BL2
CF
24.3
2.9
18.9
9.7
8 Jim McTamany
CL6
CF
26.0
2.8
19.1
9.6
9 Curt Welch
PH4
CF
27.4
2.5
14.3
5.4
10 Blondie Purcell
PH4
RF
35.3
1.9
12.5
4.3
11 Spud Johnson*
CL6
RF
29.6
1.6
12.0
4.5
12 Billy Earle*
CN2
RF
21.6
1.1
5.9
2.9
13 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
27.1
0.9
7.0
-1.5
14 Jim Burns*
KC2
CF
0.0
0.9
14.4
5.5
15 George Tebeau
CN2
LF
27.5
0.9
11.3
2.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Caruthers
BR3
SP
25.5
2.1
7.2
5.9
2 Tony Mullane
CN2
SP
30.4
2.1
6.0
4.7
3 Adonis Terry
BR3
SP
24.9
1.6
6.1
5.0
4 Matt Kilroy
BL2
SP
23.0
1.5
5.2
3.9
5 Ed Seward
PH4
SP
22.0
0.9
2.0
1.1
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