1891 Season
1890 / 1892














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Top PitcherBill
Hutchison

1891 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Hutchison
CHN
SP
31.5
9.9
47.5
27.3
2 John Clarkson
BSN
SP
30.0
9.8
40.4
23.9
3 Jack Stivetts
SL4
SP
23.3
9.4
45.7
31.4
4 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
21.8
9.2
38.5
23.2
5 Sadie McMahon
BL3
SP
23.8
9.1
39.7
24.3
6 Amos Rusie
NY1
SP
20.1
8.9
36.9
18.9
7 Charlie Buffinton
BS2
SP
30.0
7.9
32.3
20.7
8 George Haddock
BS2
SP
24.5
7.8
35.6
23.7
9 Harry Staley
MULT
SP
24.7
7.7
28.1
16.5
10 Gus Weyhing
PH4
SP
24.8
7.5
38.5
24.7
11 Cy Young
CL4
SP
24.3
6.6
27.5
12.3
12 Kid Gleason
PHI
SP
24.7
6.6
30.0
14.4
13 Billy Hamilton
PHI
LF
25.4
6.5
35.7
24.1
14 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
34.0
5.8
22.3
12.7
15 John Ewing
NY1
SP
28.1
5.7
21.9
12.3
16 Arlie Latham
CIN
3B
31.3
5.7
23.5
10.7
17 Dan Brouthers
BS2
1B
33.1
5.6
28.6
18.5
18 Phil Knell
CL6
SP
26.3
5.5
33.0
18.6
19 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
24.4
5.1
25.9
15.1
20 Herman Long
BSN
SS
25.2
4.7
30.4
16.0
21 Hugh Duffy
BS2
RF
24.6
4.7
27.4
16.9
22 Paul Radford
BS2
SS
29.7
4.6
21.7
9.1
23 Bid McPhee
CIN
2B
31.7
4.5
17.5
4.7
24 Frank Foreman
MULT
SP
28.2
4.5
15.5
4.6
25 Denny Lyons
SL4
3B
25.3
4.5
24.0
12.5
26 Jocko Milligan
PH4
C
29.9
4.5
22.2
11.1
27 Harry Stovey
BSN
RF
34.5
4.5
27.2
16.2
28 Jack Clements
PHI
C
26.9
4.2
18.8
8.2
29 Jake Beckley
PIT
1B
23.9
4.1
16.8
6.6
30 Bob Caruthers
BRO
SP
27.5
4.1
21.7
10.5
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James