1871 Season
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1871 National Association Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 George Zettlein
CH1
SP
27.0
4.9
23.2
15.1
2 Dick McBride
PH1
SP
26.6
4.0
16.0
8.5
3 Al Spalding
BS1
SP
20.8
3.4
17.4
8.7
4 Rynie Wolters
NY2
SP
28.5
3.0
17.9
8.4
5 Cherokee Fisher
RC1
SP
26.7
2.2
4.0
-3.1
6 Asa Brainard
WS3
SP
30.6
2.1
15.0
6.1
7 Al Pratt
CL1
SP
22.6
1.9
10.7
3.1
8 Bobby Mathews
FW1
SP
19.6
1.8
8.7
3.0
9 Bill Stearns
WS3
SP
18.3
0.7
1.5
0.9
10 Ed Pinkham
CH1
3B
24.9
0.3
1.5
1.0
11 Dickie Flowers
TRO
SS
21.6
0.1
0.1
0.0
12 Levi Meyerle
PH1
3B
26.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
13 Francis Abercrombie
TRO
SS
20.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
14 Joe Simmons
CH1
RF
26.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
15 Nate Berkenstock
PH1
RF
40.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
16 Pete Donnelly
FW1
RF
21.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
17 Charlie Gould
BS1
1B
23.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
18 Bill Lennon
FW1
C
23.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
19 Doug Allison
WS3
C
25.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
20 Joe Start
NY2
1B
28.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James