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1873 National Association Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fergy Malone
PH2
C
31.6
8.3
3.3
1.4
2 Pop Snyder*
WS5
C
18.7
3.9
0.6
-0.4
3 Tom Barlow
BR2
C
21.6
3.8
1.1
-0.8
4 John Clapp*
PH1
C
22.0
0.9
2.2
0.7
5 Bill Craver
BL1
C
29.1
0.7
1.3
0.6
6 John Farrow*
ELI
C
19.6
0.5
0.0
-0.2
7 Cal McVey
BL1
C
23.8
-0.2
1.1
0.4
8 Nat Hicks
NY2
C
28.2
-1.2
1.5
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Herman Dehlman
BR2
1B
21.6
6.2
0.7
0.2
2 Cap Anson
PH1
1B
21.2
2.6
0.6
0.2
3 Mike Campbell*
ELI
1B
23.6
1.2
0.0
-0.1
4 Jack Manning*
BS1
1B
19.5
0.4
0.5
0.2
5 Jim Devlin*
PH2
1B
24.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
6 Marty Swandell*
ELI
1B
32.6
0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Johnny Ryan*
PH2
1B
19.8
0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Henry Kessler*
BR2
1B
26.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ross Barnes
BS1
2B
23.1
20.4
2.8
1.7
2 Wes Fisler
PH1
2B
32.0
6.4
1.4
0.6
3 Tommy Beals*
WS5
2B
22.9
0.8
0.4
-0.2
4 Al Reach
PH1
2B
33.1
0.3
0.3
0.1
5 Marty Simpson*
BL4
2B
0.0
0.2
0.0
-0.1
6 Wally Goldsmith*
BL4
2B
23.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Fred Crane*
ELI
2B
32.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Charlie Sweasy*
BS1
2B
25.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Ferguson
BR2
3B
28.4
31.0
1.3
0.4
2 Warren White*
WS5
3B
29.6
12.3
0.0
-0.7
3 Davy Force
BL1
3B
23.9
4.4
2.2
1.7
4 John Radcliffe
BL1
3B
27.0
3.4
1.0
0.5
5 Ezra Sutton
PH1
3B
22.8
2.4
2.4
1.6
6 John Hatfield
NY2
3B
25.9
-0.5
0.0
-0.8
7 Alexander Nevin*
ELI
3B
22.7
-1.0
0.0
-0.2
8 Jim Clinton*
ELI
3B
22.9
-1.1
0.0
-0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Wright
BS1
SS
26.4
19.1
3.7
1.8
2 Chick Fulmer
PH2
SS
22.4
13.0
3.3
1.7
3 Dickey Pearce
BR2
SS
37.3
6.5
1.5
-0.3
4 Mike McGeary
PH1
SS
22.6
5.6
2.3
0.9
5 Red Woodhead*
BL4
SS
22.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
6 Lou Say*
BL4
SS
19.4
0.0
0.0
-0.1
7 Howard Wall*
WS5
SS
18.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Bob Reach*
WS5
SS
29.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom York
BL1
LF
23.0
23.2
4.4
2.5
2 Count Gedney*
NY2
LF
24.1
19.7
5.8
3.9
3 John McMullin
PH1
LF
25.6
2.3
2.4
0.6
4 John Sheppard*
BL4
LF
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
5 Mike Hooper*
BL4
LF
23.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
6 Tommy Johns*
BL4
LF
21.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Eddie Booth
MULT
LF
0.0
-3.3
0.0
-0.5
8 Charlie Pabor
BR2
LF
26.8
-4.2
1.1
-0.8
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Eggler
NY2
CF
24.2
11.3
1.4
0.4
2 Jack Remsen
BR2
CF
23.3
5.3
0.3
-0.6
3 George Hall
BL1
CF
24.3
3.3
0.7
0.1
4 Fred Treacey
PH2
CF
26.6
1.2
0.0
-1.0
5 Henry Austin*
ELI
CF
28.8
0.7
0.0
-0.3
6 Holly Hollingshead*
WS5
CF
20.5
0.1
0.3
-0.2
7 Tim Murnane*
PH1
CF
21.1
0.1
0.0
-0.4
8 Joe Kernan*
BL4
CF
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Oscar Bielaski*
WS5
RF
26.3
8.4
0.0
-0.3
2 Bill Boyd
BR2
RF
20.5
6.6
0.0
-0.3
3 George Bechtel
PH2
RF
25.6
5.0
2.8
2.5
4 Cherokee Fisher
PH1
RF
28.7
2.6
0.0
-0.3
5 Eland*
BL4
RF
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Bob Addy*
MULT
RF
28.4
0.0
0.0
-0.2
7 Dave Birdsall
BS1
RF
35.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Bill Barrett*
BL1
RF
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
*Rookie
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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