1880 Season
1879 / 1881














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1880 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lee Richmond
WOR
SP
23.2
7.2
41.3
18.0
2 Larry Corcoran
CHN
SP
20.9
6.9
52.6
31.3
3 Mickey Welch
TRN
SP
21.0
6.5
41.2
19.3
4 Tim Keefe
TRN
SP
23.5
4.6
10.3
6.3
5 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
21.1
3.8
19.0
11.3
6 Arthur Irwin
WOR
SS
22.4
3.6
13.6
5.3
7 Roger Connor
TRN
3B
23.0
3.2
19.3
11.7
8 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
23.3
2.3
14.3
6.4
9 Harry Stovey
WOR
CF
23.5
2.2
14.4
7.3
10 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
23.6
1.6
6.4
-1.0
11 Pete Gillespie
TRN
LF
28.6
1.5
9.6
2.6
12 Art Whitney
WOR
3B
22.5
1.1
6.2
-0.6
13 Mike Moynahan
BFN
SS
24.6
0.8
5.0
2.6
14 Fred Corey
WOR
SP
25.6
0.8
9.6
2.6
15 Sam Trott
BSN
C
21.3
0.6
1.6
-1.5
16 Ned Hanlon
CL2
LF
22.9
0.4
6.7
0.8
17 George Wood
WOR
LF
21.6
0.3
8.2
1.5
18 Steve Dignan
MULT
RF
21.1
0.3
1.6
0.7
19 Dan O'Leary
BSN
RF
23.7
0.0
0.3
0.1
20 John Bergh
BSN
C
22.7
0.0
0.6
-0.4
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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