1879 Season
1878 / 1880














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1879 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
31.6
3.4
15.6
10.5
2 Silver Flint
CHN
C
23.9
2.0
9.0
4.0
3 John Clapp
BFN
C
28.0
1.7
6.6
2.1
4 Emil Gross*
PRO
C
21.3
1.7
6.7
4.6
5 Doc Kennedy*
CL2
C
25.9
1.4
4.4
1.5
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
PRO
1B
36.7
2.5
10.9
6.0
2 Cal McVey
CN1
1B
29.8
2.5
12.5
7.0
3 Ed Cogswell*
BSN
1B
25.4
1.7
8.4
4.7
4 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
27.2
1.6
7.9
4.5
5 Mike Dorgan
SR1
1B
25.7
1.6
8.3
4.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Farrell*
MULT
2B
22.0
1.9
9.6
5.2
2 Mike McGeary
PRO
2B
28.6
1.4
5.7
-0.1
3 Chick Fulmer
BFN
2B
28.4
1.0
5.7
1.0
4 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
27.3
0.5
3.3
-2.2
5 George Creamer
SR1
2B
24.6
0.1
0.3
-0.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 King Kelly
CN1
3B
21.5
4.1
20.9
15.5
2 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
21.7
3.0
13.9
8.7
3 Hardy Richardson*
BFN
3B
24.2
2.4
11.2
5.9
4 John Morrill
BSN
3B
24.4
2.0
9.5
4.1
5 Bob Ferguson
TRN
3B
34.4
0.7
2.4
0.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Wright
PRO
SS
32.4
2.7
9.8
3.8
2 Ross Barnes
CN1
SS
29.1
1.9
8.0
2.8
3 Ed Caskin*
TRN
SS
27.5
1.5
4.5
-0.2
4 Ezra Sutton
BSN
SS
28.8
1.0
3.8
-1.4
5 Tom Carey
CL2
SS
33.3
1.0
2.8
-2.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
24.3
4.1
20.2
13.9
2 Jim O'Rourke
PRO
RF
28.8
3.6
17.2
11.5
3 Charley Jones
BSN
LF
29.2
3.6
20.0
14.2
4 John O'Rourke*
BSN
CF
29.9
3.1
17.3
12.4
5 Tom York
PRO
LF
29.0
2.5
13.4
7.9
6 Pete Hotaling*
CN1
CF
22.5
2.2
12.8
7.0
7 Buttercup Dickerson*
CN1
LF
20.7
2.2
14.0
8.6
8 Charlie Eden*
CL2
RF
24.5
1.8
9.4
4.0
9 Sadie Houck*
BSN
RF
23.3
1.8
9.2
3.8
10 Bill Crowley
BFN
RF
22.2
1.1
6.9
2.8
11 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
21.8
1.0
8.4
3.3
12 Orator Shaffer
CHN
RF
27.8
0.9
8.0
3.1
13 Blondie Purcell*
MULT
RF
25.3
0.7
5.8
0.8
14 Joe Hornung*
BFN
LF
22.1
0.7
6.7
1.8
15 Al Hall*
TRN
CF
0.0
0.6
4.3
-0.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Ward
PRO
SP
19.3
1.8
8.2
5.8
2 Curry Foley*
BSN
SP
23.5
0.7
4.3
3.3
3 George Bradley
TRN
SP
27.0
0.7
3.5
1.8
4 Tommy Bond
BSN
SP
23.2
0.2
1.7
0.0
5 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
22.5
0.1
3.4
1.7
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