1876 Season
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1876 National League 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 Pop Snyder
LS1
C
21.7
13.1
3.2
1.5
2 Lew Brown*
BSN
C
18.4
5.5
2.0
0.6
3 Bill Harbidge
HAR
C
21.3
4.2
1.1
0.4
4 Fergy Malone
PHN
C
34.6
4.2
0.2
-0.5
5 Doug Allison
HAR
C
30.0
3.7
2.5
1.2
6 Bill Holbert*
LS1
C
21.3
2.9
0.9
0.5
7 John Clapp
SL3
C
25.0
1.0
3.6
1.7
8 Nat Hicks
NY3
C
31.2
0.4
1.9
0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gerhardt
LS1
1B
21.4
11.3
1.3
0.8
2 Herman Dehlman
SL3
1B
24.6
10.2
1.3
0.7
3 John Carbine*
LS1
1B
20.7
0.6
0.1
0.0
4 Tim Murnane
BSN
1B
24.1
-0.0
0.7
0.1
5 George Heubel*
NY3
1B
27.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
6 Ezra Sutton
PHN
1B
25.8
-0.6
0.1
-0.2
7 Charlie Gould
CN1
1B
28.9
-2.3
0.2
-0.4
8 Joe Start
NY3
1B
33.7
-3.1
0.8
0.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Somerville
LS1
2B
23.3
27.1
3.5
2.2
2 Mike McGeary
SL3
2B
25.6
15.1
2.3
1.2
3 Ross Barnes
CHN
2B
26.1
11.0
2.5
1.1
4 Wes Fisler
PHN
2B
35.0
3.2
0.2
-0.2
5 John Morrill*
BSN
2B
21.4
0.9
1.1
0.3
6 Bill Fouser*
PHN
2B
20.8
0.7
0.2
-0.1
7 Billy West*
NY3
2B
22.9
0.1
0.0
0.0
8 George Fair*
NY3
2B
20.5
-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 Joe Battin
SL3
3B
24.6
16.1
3.8
2.3
2 Bob Ferguson
HAR
3B
31.4
11.9
2.8
1.2
3 Al Nichols
NY3
3B
24.4
7.8
1.9
0.5
4 Cap Anson
CHN
3B
24.2
2.7
3.6
2.1
5 Harry Schafer
BSN
3B
29.9
-0.0
2.3
0.7
6 Will Foley*
CN1
3B
20.6
-0.6
0.5
-0.6
7 Amos Booth*
CN1
3B
27.9
-2.4
0.0
-0.4
8 Levi Meyerle
PHN
3B
31.0
-8.7
0.5
-0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Peters
CHN
SS
26.2
7.5
3.1
1.4
2 George Wright
BSN
SS
29.4
6.1
3.3
1.5
3 Tom Carey
HAR
SS
30.3
6.1
3.0
1.2
4 Dickey Pearce
SL3
SS
40.3
5.4
1.5
0.8
5 Davy Force
MULT
SS
26.9
4.6
1.4
-0.2
6 Chick Fulmer
LS1
SS
25.4
4.6
2.8
1.0
7 Denny Mack
SL3
SS
25.6
2.2
1.5
0.5
8 Sam Wright*
BSN
SS
27.6
0.5
0.0
-0.1
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Treacey
NY3
LF
29.6
20.1
1.1
-0.0
2 Johnny Ryan
LS1
LF
22.8
7.3
2.9
1.6
3 Tom York
HAR
LF
26.0
6.6
2.9
1.5
4 Redleg Snyder*
CN1
LF
21.6
3.4
0.2
-1.0
5 Frank Whitney*
BSN
LF
20.4
2.3
0.6
0.1
6 John Glenn
CHN
LF
26.5
0.6
2.4
1.3
7 Bill Parks*
BSN
LF
27.1
0.2
0.0
-0.0
8 John Hayes*
NY3
LF
21.5
0.1
0.1
-0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Hines
CHN
CF
21.3
11.6
5.0
3.6
2 Jack Remsen
HAR
CF
26.3
8.4
3.9
2.4
3 Jim O'Rourke
BSN
CF
25.8
2.2
1.4
-0.0
4 Lip Pike
SL3
CF
31.1
1.9
2.6
1.1
5 Dave Eggler
PHN
CF
27.2
1.3
0.4
-0.4
6 Charley Jones*
CN1
CF
26.2
0.1
0.1
-1.2
7 Fred Warner*
PHN
CF
21.6
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Nealy Phelps*
MULT
CF
35.6
-0.0
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
CHN
RF
29.3
7.7
0.0
-0.3
2 Eddie Booth
NY3
RF
0.0
3.1
0.0
-0.4
3 George Bechtel
MULT
RF
28.6
2.2
0.3
0.1
4 Bobby Clack
CN1
RF
26.1
1.3
0.0
-0.1
5 William Coon*
PHN
RF
21.3
1.2
0.0
-0.2
6 Jack Chapman
LS1
RF
33.1
1.2
0.0
-0.1
7 Bob Addy
CHN
RF
31.4
0.8
0.1
-0.1
8 Jim Clinton
LS1
RF
25.9
0.7
0.2
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