1878 Season
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1878 National League 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
CN1
C
30.6
2.2
8.6
4.6
2 Lew Brown
PRO
C
20.4
2.2
11.1
7.3
3 Bill Harbidge
CHN
C
23.3
1.4
4.6
0.9
4 Silver Flint*
IN1
C
22.9
0.7
1.0
-2.9
5 Charlie Bennett*
ML2
C
23.6
0.5
1.6
-1.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Start
CHN
1B
35.7
2.5
9.9
5.5
2 Chub Sullivan*
CN1
1B
22.5
0.8
3.0
-0.7
3 Tim Murnane
PRO
1B
26.1
0.4
2.5
-0.5
4 Jake Goodman*
ML2
1B
24.8
0.2
1.4
-2.5
5 John Morrill
BSN
1B
23.4
-0.0
3.7
0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gerhardt
CN1
2B
23.4
1.8
7.4
3.4
2 John Peters
ML2
2B
28.2
1.4
3.8
0.0
3 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
26.3
0.8
8.6
4.9
4 Joe Quest*
IN1
2B
25.6
0.3
0.8
-3.6
5 Al Spalding
CHN
2B
27.8
0.1
0.3
0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cal McVey
CN1
3B
28.8
2.5
9.9
5.7
2 Will Foley
ML2
3B
22.6
1.1
2.9
-0.7
3 Ned Williamson*
IN1
3B
20.7
1.1
3.0
-0.8
4 Frank Hankinson*
CHN
3B
22.2
0.7
3.2
-0.5
5 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
27.8
0.2
3.6
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Ferguson
CHN
SS
33.4
2.7
9.0
4.9
2 Billy Geer
CN1
SS
18.9
1.1
2.3
-1.4
3 Fred Warner*
IN1
SS
23.6
0.7
1.7
-0.8
4 Tom Carey
PRO
SS
32.3
0.7
2.3
-1.5
5 Billy Redmon*
ML2
SS
0.0
0.3
0.6
-2.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Orator Shaffer
IN1
RF
26.8
2.9
13.6
9.3
2 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
23.3
2.6
14.8
10.9
3 John Clapp
IN1
LF
27.0
2.2
9.0
4.8
4 Cap Anson
CHN
LF
26.2
2.1
8.9
4.8
5 Charley Jones
CN1
LF
28.2
2.1
11.2
7.2
6 Tom York
PRO
LF
28.0
2.1
13.0
8.8
7 Dick Higham
PRO
RF
27.6
1.8
11.9
7.6
8 Abner Dalrymple*
ML2
LF
20.8
1.8
7.2
3.1
9 King Kelly*
CN1
RF
20.5
1.2
5.7
2.0
10 Lip Pike
MULT
CF
33.1
1.1
5.9
3.3
11 Jim O'Rourke
BSN
CF
27.8
1.0
13.1
9.2
12 Buttercup Dickerson*
CN1
CF
19.7
0.7
3.7
1.9
13 Jimmy Hallinan
MULT
LF
29.1
0.3
1.7
0.4
14 John Cassidy
CHN
RF
21.6
0.3
2.9
-1.1
15 Russ McKelvy*
IN1
CF
23.8
0.2
2.4
-1.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Terry Larkin
CHN
SP
0.0
1.6
5.6
4.6
2 The Only Nolan*
IN1
SP
20.7
0.6
1.9
1.2
3 Bobby Mitchell
CN1
SP
22.4
0.1
0.3
0.0
4 John Ward*
PRO
SP
18.3
0.1
0.6
0.0
5 Cherokee Fisher
PRO
SP
33.7
-0.1
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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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James