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1878 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
BSN
C
23.7
15.8
4.7
2.7
2 Silver Flint*
IN1
C
22.9
14.0
2.5
0.5
3 Bill Harbidge
CHN
C
23.3
9.1
1.3
-0.3
4 Deacon White
CN1
C
30.6
7.3
2.7
1.2
5 Charlie Bennett*
ML2
C
23.6
6.1
0.5
-0.6
6 Lew Brown
PRO
C
20.4
5.3
2.0
0.5
7 Doug Allison
PRO
C
32.0
1.8
0.7
0.1
8 Jake Knowdell
ML2
C
37.9
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chub Sullivan*
CN1
1B
22.5
7.4
1.6
0.9
2 Jake Goodman*
ML2
1B
24.8
2.0
0.5
-0.1
3 Joe Start
CHN
1B
35.7
0.6
0.7
0.1
4 Tim Murnane
PRO
1B
26.1
-0.6
0.5
-0.0
5 John Morrill
BSN
1B
23.4
-1.0
1.0
0.4
6 Art Croft
IN1
1B
23.4
-4.6
0.6
0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gerhardt
CN1
2B
23.4
11.4
2.6
1.2
2 Joe Quest*
IN1
2B
25.6
4.6
1.7
0.2
3 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
26.3
4.6
3.8
2.4
4 John Peters
ML2
2B
28.2
2.5
0.9
0.1
5 Al Spalding
CHN
2B
27.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 George Creamer*
ML2
2B
23.6
-0.8
0.5
-0.1
7 Bill McClellan*
CHN
2B
22.3
-2.0
0.8
-0.2
8 Charlie Sweasy
PRO
2B
30.7
-7.6
1.1
-0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ned Williamson*
IN1
3B
20.7
11.5
2.0
0.3
2 Bill Hague
PRO
3B
26.6
2.9
2.8
1.2
3 Frank Hankinson*
CHN
3B
22.2
0.3
1.9
0.5
4 Frank Bliss*
ML2
3B
25.6
-0.0
0.1
0.1
5 Will Foley
ML2
3B
22.6
-1.4
0.8
-0.5
6 Cal McVey
CN1
3B
28.8
-6.9
1.6
0.0
7 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
27.8
-11.3
3.1
1.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Wright
BSN
SS
31.4
14.3
4.8
2.9
2 Bob Ferguson
CHN
SS
33.4
11.3
2.8
0.9
3 Tom Carey
PRO
SS
32.3
4.0
1.9
-0.0
4 Candy Nelson
IN1
SS
29.6
-0.7
0.4
-0.2
5 Fred Warner*
IN1
SS
23.6
-1.2
1.6
0.2
6 Billy Redmon*
ML2
SS
0.0
-1.3
0.4
-0.8
7 Billy Geer
CN1
SS
18.9
-2.9
2.9
1.0
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charley Jones
CN1
LF
28.2
16.4
2.4
1.7
2 Abner Dalrymple*
ML2
LF
20.8
3.9
2.1
1.2
3 Tom York
PRO
LF
28.0
2.9
1.1
0.3
4 Bill Sullivan*
CHN
LF
25.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
5 Jimmy Hallinan
MULT
LF
29.1
-0.6
0.0
-0.2
6 Cap Anson
CHN
LF
26.2
-3.2
0.2
-0.4
7 John Clapp
IN1
LF
27.0
-3.7
0.6
-0.0
8 Andy Leonard
BSN
LF
32.1
-10.1
0.0
-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 Jack Remsen
CHN
CF
28.3
12.8
2.8
1.7
2 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
23.3
9.7
1.4
0.3
3 Buttercup Dickerson*
CN1
CF
19.7
2.6
0.5
0.1
4 Russ McKelvy*
IN1
CF
23.8
2.1
1.3
0.1
5 Jim O'Rourke
BSN
CF
27.8
1.7
1.7
0.6
6 Mike Golden
ML2
CF
26.8
-0.7
0.5
0.0
7 Lip Pike
MULT
CF
33.1
-1.9
0.2
-0.4
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Orator Shaffer
IN1
RF
26.8
23.4
1.5
0.7
2 King Kelly*
CN1
RF
20.5
4.3
0.8
0.2
3 Bill Holbert*
ML2
RF
23.3
2.3
1.2
0.8
4 Dick Higham
PRO
RF
27.6
1.8
1.0
0.2
5 Harry Schafer
BSN
RF
31.9
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
6 John Cassidy
CHN
RF
21.6
-1.0
1.6
0.9
7 Pidgey Morgan*
ML2
RF
25.2
-1.1
0.0
-0.1
8 Jack Manning
BSN
RF
24.5
-9.9
0.0
-0.7
*Rookie
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James