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1872 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 Al Spalding
BS1
SP
21.8
10.9
52.1
38.4
2 Candy Cummings *
NY2
SP
23.7
8.7
41.3
24.4
3 George Zettlein
MULT
SP
28.0
6.4
17.0
8.0
4 Bobby Mathews
BL1
SP
20.6
6.3
27.8
14.0
5 Dick McBride
PH1
SP
27.6
4.8
32.7
18.5
6 Cherokee Fisher
BL1
SP
27.7
3.0
9.4
5.5
7 Harry Wright
BS1
CF
37.5
0.8
3.7
2.5
8 Charlie Pabor
CL1
LF
25.8
0.4
0.7
0.1
9 Jim Britt *
BR2
SP
16.4
0.3
15.0
3.6
10 Ham Allen *
MID
SS
26.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Charlie Mills
NY2
RF
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
12 Jack Remsen *
BR2
CF
22.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
13 Jim Clinton *
BR1
3B
21.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
14 Charlie Sweasy *
CL1
2B
24.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
15 Clipper Flynn
WS3
1B
23.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
16 Paul Hines *
WS4
1B
17.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
17 Denny Mack *
PH1
1B
21.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
18 Bill Allison *
BR1
1B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
19 Martin Mullen *
CL1
RF
19.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
20 Dave Birdsall
BS1
C
34.0
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