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1916 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
3B
20.2
4.8
27.4
15.1
2 Frank Miller
PIT
SP
30.1
3.5
11.2
5.2
3 Walter Holke
NY1
1B
23.5
1.1
6.2
4.0
4 Jimmy Johnston
BRO
RF
26.6
0.9
13.0
3.9
5 Earl Blackburn
BSN
C
23.7
0.9
6.3
3.4
6 Joe Wilhoit
BSN
RF
30.5
0.6
10.5
2.6
7 Scott Perry
CHN
SP
25.2
0.6
2.3
1.3
8 Clarence Mitchell
CIN
SP
25.4
0.5
8.1
1.1
9 Greasy Neale
CIN
LF
24.7
0.4
8.9
-2.5
10 Bill Evans
PIT
SP
23.4
0.3
2.4
0.2
11 Murphy Currie
SLN
RP
22.8
0.3
1.0
0.4
12 Johnny Beall
CIN
LF
34.3
0.3
1.3
0.9
13 Burleigh Grimes
PIT
SP
22.9
0.3
2.3
0.8
14 Jesse Barnes
BSN
SP
23.8
0.3
6.8
1.2
15 Bill Hobbs
CIN
SS
23.2
0.2
0.4
-0.0
16 Frank Smykal
PIT
SS
26.7
0.2
0.7
0.3
17 Jack Farmer
PIT
2B
24.0
0.2
3.6
-0.3
18 Carson Bigbee
PIT
2B
21.3
0.1
3.3
-0.3
19 Rowdy Elliott
CHN
C
26.0
0.1
0.9
-0.6
20 Jesse Altenburg
PIT
LF
23.5
0.1
1.1
0.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1916 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Bagby
CLE
SP
26.7
3.5
17.0
7.5
2 Stan Coveleski
CLE
SP
27.0
2.1
11.4
3.4
3 Urban Shocker
NYA
SP
25.9
1.9
6.1
3.2
4 Al Gould
CLE
SW
23.4
1.7
6.8
3.0
5 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
26.4
1.3
7.6
3.0
6 Roxy Walters
NYA
C
23.7
1.2
8.1
2.3
7 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
22.1
1.0
7.9
0.7
8 George Cunningham
DET
SP
22.0
0.9
9.0
3.7
9 Zeb Terry
CHA
SS
25.0
0.9
5.5
-2.3
10 Jim Park
SLA
SW
23.6
0.9
3.8
1.0
11 Elmer Myers
PHA
SP
22.3
0.8
4.9
-6.0
12 Whitey Witt
PHA
SS
20.8
0.8
10.3
-3.9
13 Fred McMullin
CHA
3B
24.7
0.7
5.3
0.2
14 Henri Rondeau
WS1
LF
29.2
0.6
3.9
0.3
15 Lefty Williams
CHA
SP
23.3
0.6
11.6
3.8
16 Tim Hendryx
NYA
RF
25.4
0.5
3.0
1.7
17 Joe Leonard
MULT
3B
21.6
0.5
5.1
1.0
18 Charlie Pick
PHA
3B
28.2
0.5
6.5
-3.5
19 William Rumler
SLA
C
25.3
0.4
1.4
0.6
20 Jack Ness
CHA
1B
31.6
0.4
5.5
0.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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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