1873 Season
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1873 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 Deacon White
BS1
C
25.6
2.8
10.7
6.6
2 Cal McVey
BL1
C
23.8
1.7
7.1
4.5
3 Fergy Malone
PH2
C
31.6
1.1
6.6
3.0
4 Tom Barlow
BR2
C
21.6
0.9
2.1
-1.6
5 John Clapp*
PH1
C
22.0
0.6
3.1
0.4
First 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
1B
21.2
1.9
8.9
5.5
2 Jim O'Rourke*
BS1
1B
22.8
1.9
8.8
4.9
3 Everett Mills
BL1
1B
28.4
1.7
7.5
4.0
4 Denny Mack
PH2
1B
22.6
0.6
5.2
2.3
5 Joe Start
NY2
1B
30.7
0.5
2.7
-0.7
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
23.1
4.6
17.5
13.0
2 Tom Carey
BL1
2B
27.3
1.5
6.9
3.1
3 Wes Fisler
PH1
2B
32.0
1.2
6.0
3.1
4 Jimmy Wood
PH2
2B
30.6
1.0
7.0
4.1
5 Candy Nelson*
NY2
2B
24.6
0.8
3.5
1.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Davy Force
BL1
3B
23.9
1.9
7.2
4.0
2 Levi Meyerle
PH2
3B
28.0
1.8
11.2
8.0
3 John Hatfield
NY2
3B
25.9
1.2
5.3
1.9
4 Ezra Sutton
PH1
3B
22.8
1.1
5.4
2.1
5 Bob Ferguson
BR2
3B
28.4
0.5
1.7
-1.4
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
26.4
2.8
12.6
8.2
2 Jim Holdsworth*
NY2
SS
23.0
1.3
5.3
2.2
3 Dickey Pearce
BR2
SS
37.3
1.2
2.9
-0.7
4 Chick Fulmer
PH2
SS
22.4
0.6
4.8
1.7
5 Fred Waterman
WS5
SS
27.6
0.5
2.0
1.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Pabor
BR2
LF
26.8
1.8
7.3
4.2
2 Lip Pike
BL1
RF
28.1
1.5
8.0
4.1
3 Dave Eggler
NY2
CF
24.2
1.4
7.3
3.7
4 Dick Higham
NY2
RF
22.6
1.0
4.2
1.0
5 George Hall
BL1
CF
24.3
0.9
4.4
2.1
6 Andy Leonard
BS1
LF
27.1
0.9
5.3
1.2
7 Tom York
BL1
LF
23.0
0.9
5.6
1.9
8 Paul Hines*
WS5
LF
18.3
0.9
4.4
2.0
9 Bob Addy*
MULT
RF
28.4
0.8
5.0
2.2
10 Jack Remsen
BR2
CF
23.3
0.8
3.6
0.8
11 Bill Boyd
BR2
RF
20.5
0.6
2.7
-0.3
12 Art Allison
ELI
CF
24.4
0.4
1.6
0.3
13 Count Gedney*
NY2
LF
24.1
0.3
3.0
-0.1
14 Jones*
BL4
CF
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
15 Oscar Bielaski*
WS5
RF
26.3
0.1
2.1
-0.2
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
22.8
1.7
6.9
5.6
2 Dick McBride
PH1
SP
28.6
0.3
1.9
0.9
3 Candy Cummings
BL1
SP
24.7
0.2
0.7
-0.1
4 Len Lovett*
ELI
SP
21.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
5 Frank Selman*
BL4
SP
21.6
0.0
0.0
-0.0
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