1879 Season
1878 / 1880














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1879 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Tommy Bond
BSN
SP
23.2
14.4
44.4
26.0
2 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
22.7
9.6
30.3
12.2
3 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
22.5
9.0
52.6
33.0
4 John Ward
PRO
SP
19.3
7.4
40.4
21.0
5 Terry Larkin
CHN
SP
0.0
5.0
38.5
21.5
6 Harry McCormick *
SR1
SP
23.7
4.9
19.6
4.4
7 Will White
CN1
SP
24.7
3.9
31.1
8.6
8 Bobby Mathews
PRO
SP
27.6
2.6
12.6
6.4
9 Frank Hankinson *
CHN
SP
23.2
1.4
16.6
8.9
10 Bill McGunnigle *
BFN
RF
24.5
1.3
10.0
6.0
11 Fred Goldsmith *
TRN
SP
23.1
0.8
1.9
-0.2
12 George Bradley
TRN
SP
27.0
0.5
10.1
-6.0
13 Mike Dorgan
SR1
1B
25.7
0.3
0.6
0.3
14 George Adams *
SR1
1B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
15 John Clapp
BFN
C
28.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
16 Bill White *
PRO
1B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
17 Bill Harbidge
CHN
CF
24.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
18 Steve Libby *
BFN
1B
25.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
19 Candy Nelson
TRN
SS
30.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
20 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
27.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James