1872 Season
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1872 National Association Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nat Hicks*
NY2
C
27.2
1.8
6.5
3.3
2 Scott Hastings*
MULT
C
24.9
1.4
4.5
2.4
3 Doug Allison
MULT
C
26.0
1.2
2.6
0.3
4 Dick Higham*
BL1
C
21.6
1.2
6.9
4.0
5 Cal McVey
BS1
C
22.8
1.2
4.5
1.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Denny Mack*
PH1
1B
21.6
1.2
3.9
1.2
2 Everett Mills
BL1
1B
27.4
0.8
4.9
1.7
3 Tim Murnane*
MID
1B
20.1
0.7
2.5
1.1
4 Joe Start
NY2
1B
29.7
0.6
2.1
-1.2
5 Charlie Gould
BS1
1B
24.9
0.3
2.1
-0.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ross Barnes
BS1
2B
22.1
3.1
13.0
10.2
2 John Hatfield
NY2
2B
24.9
2.0
8.4
4.9
3 Wes Fisler
PH1
2B
31.0
1.7
6.5
3.6
4 Lip Pike*
BL1
2B
27.1
1.3
7.7
4.3
5 Jimmy Wood
MULT
2B
29.6
1.2
4.8
3.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cap Anson*
PH1
3B
20.2
2.7
9.9
7.2
2 Davy Force
MULT
3B
22.9
2.5
10.5
7.8
3 Chick Fulmer*
NY2
3B
21.4
0.9
3.4
1.4
4 Harry Schafer
BS1
3B
25.9
0.7
3.2
0.5
5 Bill Boyd*
NY2
3B
19.5
0.6
2.7
0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Wright*
BS1
SS
25.4
1.9
7.7
4.6
2 Mike McGeary
PH1
SS
21.6
1.6
5.5
2.8
3 John Radcliffe
BL1
SS
26.0
0.9
5.0
1.4
4 Jim Snyder*
BR1
SS
24.8
0.6
0.3
-1.0
5 Jim Holdsworth*
MULT
SS
22.0
0.6
1.1
-0.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Eggler
NY2
CF
23.2
1.9
10.0
6.5
2 George Hall
BL1
CF
23.3
1.5
8.9
5.9
3 George Bechtel*
NY2
RF
24.6
1.3
6.0
3.0
4 Ned Cuthbert
PH1
LF
27.0
1.2
6.0
2.8
5 Andy Leonard
BS1
LF
26.1
1.1
5.7
2.8
6 Levi Meyerle*
PH1
RF
27.0
0.9
3.9
2.2
7 John McMullin
NY2
LF
24.6
0.5
3.1
0.2
8 Candy Nelson*
MULT
CF
23.6
0.4
0.6
-0.6
9 Steve King
TRO
LF
30.6
0.4
2.2
0.7
10 Frank McCarton*
MID
CF
17.7
0.3
1.8
0.7
11 Count Gedney*
MULT
LF
23.1
0.3
2.9
1.5
12 Dick Hunt*
BR1
RF
25.6
0.3
0.2
-0.3
13 Fred Treacey*
PH1
CF
25.6
0.3
2.4
-0.4
14 Tom York
BL1
LF
22.0
0.2
3.5
0.5
15 Fraley Rogers*
BS1
RF
22.6
0.1
1.8
-0.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Al Spalding
BS1
SP
21.8
1.4
7.1
5.9
2 Dick McBride
PH1
SP
27.6
0.3
2.3
1.0
3 Asa Brainard
MULT
SP
31.6
0.3
0.5
-0.1
4 Joe McDermott*
BR1
SP
0.0
0.1
0.2
-0.0
5 Martin Malone*
BR1
SP
0.0
0.1
0.1
-0.0
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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