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1918 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 Charlie Hollocher
CHN
SS
22.1
5.0
27.3
13.9
2 Ross Youngs
NY1
RF
21.2
3.1
21.6
11.8
3 Irish Meusel
PHI
LF
25.1
2.3
15.5
5.5
4 Dana Fillingim
BSN
SP
24.7
2.0
7.3
3.5
5 Howdy Caton
PIT
SS
22.0
1.9
7.9
0.1
6 Jake Northrop
BSN
SP
30.3
1.3
4.1
2.8
7 Roy Sanders
PIT
SP
25.9
1.2
8.8
3.5
8 Dick Robertson
BRO
SP
26.8
1.2
6.1
3.2
9 Oscar Tuero
SLN
SW
19.5
1.1
3.3
1.8
10 Roy Massey
BSN
CF
27.7
1.1
7.3
2.7
11 Bill Sherdel
SLN
SP
21.9
1.0
8.3
2.0
12 Bob O'Farrell
CHN
C
21.7
1.0
5.9
3.1
13 Cliff Heathcote
SLN
CF
20.4
0.7
8.3
0.5
14 Speed Martin
CHN
SP
24.8
0.7
4.9
3.1
15 Red Causey
NY1
SP
24.9
0.7
9.7
4.3
16 Buzz Murphy
BSN
LF
23.2
0.6
2.9
2.2
17 Ernie Krueger
BRO
C
27.5
0.5
3.5
1.3
18 Austin McHenry
SLN
LF
22.8
0.5
7.4
1.3
19 Ray Schmandt
BRO
2B
22.4
0.5
4.3
1.6
20 Herman Bronkie
SLN
3B
33.3
0.3
0.8
-0.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1918 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 Scott Perry
PHA
SP
27.2
7.7
28.4
16.2
2 Johnny Enzmann
CLE
SP
28.3
3.3
10.3
5.3
3 Rasty Wright
SLA
SP
22.7
2.0
9.1
5.0
4 Truck Hannah
NYA
C
29.1
1.9
9.5
1.9
5 Eric Erickson
DET
SP
23.3
1.7
5.5
2.0
6 Bob Jones
DET
3B
28.6
1.4
8.9
2.3
7 Red Shannon
PHA
SS
21.4
1.3
7.6
1.4
8 Frank Shellenback
CHA
SP
19.5
1.2
9.1
2.4
9 Hank Thormahlen
NYA
SP
22.0
1.1
6.8
2.7
10 Fred Thomas
BOS
3B
25.5
0.9
5.8
2.1
11 Merlin Kopp
PHA
LF
26.5
0.9
8.9
1.0
12 Bob Geary
PHA
SP
27.1
0.8
5.0
1.8
13 George Whiteman
BOS
LF
35.5
0.5
8.2
3.4
14 Walt Kinney
BOS
RP
24.8
0.3
1.2
0.6
15 Ed Hovlik
WS1
SW
26.9
0.3
2.3
1.3
16 Molly Craft
WS1
RP
22.6
0.2
0.7
0.4
17 Babe Ellison
DET
RF
21.6
0.2
0.7
0.2
18 Eusebio Gonzalez
BOS
SS
26.0
0.2
0.8
0.7
19 Val Picinich
WS1
C
21.8
0.2
2.8
-1.2
20 William Pierson
PHA
RP
19.0
0.1
0.7
-0.1
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