1891 Season
1890 / 1892














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1891 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 Jack Clements
PHI
C
26.9
3.9
14.7
7.8
2 Doggie Miller
PIT
C
26.9
3.7
13.7
4.8
3 Con Daily
BRO
C
26.8
1.7
5.9
2.7
4 Chief Zimmer
CL4
C
30.6
1.4
7.0
0.1
5 Jack Doyle
CL4
C
21.7
1.3
7.0
2.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
34.0
5.1
19.4
11.2
2 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
39.2
3.7
19.3
10.3
3 Jake Beckley
PIT
1B
23.9
3.6
14.8
6.0
4 Jake Virtue
CL4
1B
26.3
2.7
13.8
5.1
5 Dave Foutz
BRO
1B
34.8
2.1
10.2
2.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cupid Childs
CL4
2B
23.9
4.3
19.9
10.4
2 Bid McPhee
CIN
2B
31.7
3.1
11.6
2.3
3 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
31.3
2.5
14.2
5.7
4 Hub Collins
BRO
2B
27.2
2.3
11.9
4.7
5 Danny Richardson
NY1
2B
28.4
2.0
8.6
0.6
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
CIN
3B
31.3
4.7
16.6
7.6
2 George Pinkney
BRO
3B
32.5
3.6
14.0
5.6
3 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
26.0
3.0
15.5
6.5
4 Bill Dahlen*
CHN
3B
21.5
2.6
15.8
6.7
5 Charley Bassett
NY1
3B
28.4
2.1
8.1
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Herman Long
BSN
SS
25.2
4.7
20.7
11.0
2 Ed McKean
CL4
SS
27.1
3.7
15.1
5.3
3 John Ward
BRO
SS
31.3
2.7
10.3
3.3
4 Frank Shugart*
PIT
SS
24.6
2.2
7.7
2.7
5 Jack Glasscock
NY1
SS
33.9
1.9
5.6
-0.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Hamilton
PHI
LF
25.4
6.2
32.3
23.0
2 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
24.4
5.6
24.2
15.2
3 Harry Stovey
BSN
RF
34.5
4.0
23.7
14.6
4 Bug Holliday
CIN
CF
24.4
3.4
14.7
7.6
5 George Davis
CL4
CF
20.9
3.1
18.0
8.9
6 George Gore
NY1
CF
34.2
3.0
14.8
5.9
7 Sam Thompson
PHI
RF
31.3
2.9
18.4
9.4
8 Pete Browning
MULT
LF
30.0
2.9
13.6
6.7
9 Mike Griffin
BRO
CF
26.3
2.8
15.2
6.8
10 Oyster Burns
BRO
RF
26.8
2.7
14.1
6.5
11 Walt Wilmot
CHN
LF
27.7
2.5
17.2
9.0
12 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
CF
28.4
2.5
17.8
9.6
13 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
LF
40.8
2.4
12.9
4.3
14 Ned Hanlon
PIT
CF
33.9
1.8
10.3
2.9
15 Jocko Halligan
CIN
RF
22.6
1.6
7.1
3.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Caruthers
BRO
SP
27.5
1.7
4.8
4.1
2 Ad Gumbert
CHN
SP
22.7
1.2
4.6
4.1
3 Kid Gleason
PHI
SP
24.7
0.9
2.7
1.9
4 Pat Luby
CHN
SP
22.1
0.7
2.5
2.1
5 Amos Rusie
NY1
SP
20.1
0.4
0.1
-0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1891 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
PH4
C
29.9
4.4
17.6
9.9
2 Deacon McGuire
WS9
C
27.6
3.3
14.0
7.1
3 Jack Boyle
SL4
C
25.3
2.2
11.4
4.1
4 Tom Cahill*
LS2
C
22.8
1.7
9.3
2.3
5 Sy Sutcliffe
WS9
C
29.2
1.6
8.4
5.1
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
BS2
1B
33.1
6.3
27.8
19.1
2 Henry Larkin
PH4
1B
31.5
3.1
15.5
6.6
3 Perry Werden
BL3
1B
25.9
3.0
16.6
7.6
4 Harry Taylor
LS2
1B
25.2
1.9
10.9
4.8
5 John Carney
MULT
1B
24.6
1.4
11.6
3.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Crooks
CL6
2B
25.6
3.2
16.4
7.1
2 Bill Hallman
PH4
2B
24.3
1.5
11.5
2.2
3 Sam Wise
BL3
2B
33.9
1.3
8.4
1.7
4 Tim Shinnick
LS2
2B
23.7
0.6
6.3
-1.1
5 Tommy Dowd*
MULT
2B
22.2
0.3
5.6
-1.7
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
SL4
3B
25.3
4.4
20.1
11.9
2 Duke Farrell
BS2
3B
24.8
3.5
17.4
9.6
3 Bill Joyce
BS2
3B
25.8
3.4
14.7
10.1
4 Tim O'Rourke
CL6
3B
27.1
0.6
3.5
1.2
5 Ollie Beard
LS2
3B
29.2
0.6
3.4
-0.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Radford
BS2
SS
29.7
3.0
13.1
4.9
2 Gil Hatfield
WS9
SS
36.4
2.0
9.3
1.0
3 Bobby Wheelock
CL6
SS
26.9
1.6
8.8
0.3
4 Hughie Jennings*
LS2
SS
22.2
1.4
7.8
2.1
5 Tommy Corcoran
PH4
SS
22.5
1.2
8.1
0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Van Haltren
BL3
LF
25.3
4.5
22.7
13.3
2 Hugh Duffy
BS2
RF
24.6
4.1
24.1
15.2
3 Tom Brown
BS2
CF
30.8
4.1
26.8
17.0
4 Dummy Hoy
SL4
CF
29.1
3.2
21.2
10.9
5 Curt Welch
BL3
CF
29.4
3.0
17.1
7.9
6 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
33.1
2.8
19.2
10.6
7 Charlie Duffee
CL6
LF
25.4
2.6
18.2
9.4
8 George Wood
PH4
LF
32.6
2.5
17.3
8.4
9 Lave Cross
PH4
RF
25.1
2.4
12.4
5.9
10 Tommy McCarthy
SL4
RF
27.9
2.1
17.2
7.9
11 Emmett Seery
CN3
RF
30.4
2.0
14.4
7.6
12 Bill Johnson
BL3
LF
28.8
1.8
14.1
5.7
13 Jim McTamany
MULT
CF
28.0
1.6
15.0
5.7
14 Irv Ray
BL3
RF
27.4
1.4
9.6
2.6
15 Larry Murphy*
WS9
LF
34.3
1.3
10.2
3.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Stivetts
SL4
SP
23.3
1.7
6.3
4.9
2 Kid Madden
MULT
SP
24.7
0.7
2.2
1.7
3 George Haddock
BS2
SP
24.5
0.6
2.3
1.4
4 Jouett Meekin*
LS2
SP
24.4
0.5
1.3
0.8
5 Frank Dwyer
MULT
SP
23.3
0.4
1.8
1.0
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