1880 Season
1879 / 1881














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1880 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 Doc Kennedy
CL2
C
26.9
35.2
3.8
1.6
2 Jack Rowe*
BFN
C
23.6
24.5
0.7
-1.1
3 Bill Holbert
TRN
C
25.3
22.7
3.4
1.5
4 Silver Flint
CHN
C
24.9
18.8
4.3
2.0
5 Doc Bushong*
WOR
C
23.8
12.2
2.8
1.4
6 Buck Ewing*
TRN
C
20.7
5.9
0.4
0.0
7 Charlie Bennett
WOR
C
25.6
1.6
2.4
0.9
8 Barney Gilligan
CL2
C
24.5
1.0
1.5
0.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
28.2
12.6
1.9
1.0
2 Chub Sullivan
WOR
1B
24.5
4.8
1.0
0.5
3 John Morrill
BSN
1B
25.4
3.8
0.5
0.0
4 Oscar Walker
BFN
1B
26.3
2.3
0.2
-0.0
5 Dude Esterbrook*
BFN
1B
23.0
0.6
0.5
0.0
6 Dan Brouthers
TRN
1B
22.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Joe Start
PRO
1B
37.7
-0.3
1.2
0.3
8 Jim O'Rourke
BSN
1B
29.8
-1.2
0.1
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Quest
CHN
2B
27.6
13.6
2.7
0.8
2 Fred Dunlap*
CL2
2B
21.1
12.2
3.6
1.6
3 Davy Force
BFN
2B
30.9
10.5
2.1
0.9
4 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
23.0
3.9
2.6
0.7
5 Chick Fulmer
BFN
2B
29.4
1.8
0.2
-0.0
6 Sam Crane*
BFN
2B
26.5
-0.1
0.2
-0.0
7 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
28.3
-3.3
2.8
0.8
8 Pop Smith*
CN1
2B
23.7
-6.4
1.5
-0.3
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
CHN
3B
22.7
20.6
3.3
1.7
2 George Bradley
PRO
3B
28.0
10.6
3.3
1.8
3 Art Whitney*
WOR
3B
22.5
7.3
2.8
0.8
4 Mike McGeary
MULT
3B
29.6
2.1
2.2
1.1
5 Joe Ellick*
WOR
3B
26.2
-0.0
0.2
0.1
6 Amos Booth
CN1
3B
31.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Frank Hankinson
CL2
3B
24.2
-1.2
1.6
0.1
8 Roger Connor*
TRN
3B
23.0
-3.9
2.1
-0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
22.9
16.4
4.8
2.4
2 Arthur Irwin*
WOR
SS
22.4
16.2
6.0
3.4
3 Ed Caskin
TRN
SS
28.5
10.9
4.8
2.2
4 John Richmond
BSN
SS
25.3
1.1
0.5
-0.3
5 Lou Say*
CN1
SS
26.4
0.8
1.8
0.1
6 George Wright
BSN
SS
33.4
0.1
0.0
0.0
7 Sam Wright
CN1
SS
31.6
-0.1
0.3
0.1
8 Denny Mack
BFN
SS
29.6
-0.1
0.6
0.1
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Mansell
CN1
LF
22.5
20.0
1.9
0.9
2 Pete Gillespie*
TRN
LF
28.6
11.5
2.6
1.0
3 Joe Hornung
BFN
LF
23.1
6.1
0.8
-0.4
4 Charley Jones
BSN
LF
30.2
2.5
0.2
-1.1
5 Ned Hanlon*
CL2
LF
22.9
2.1
0.8
-0.5
6 Joe Sommer*
CN1
LF
21.6
1.8
0.2
-0.0
7 Harry Wheeler*
MULT
LF
22.3
0.4
0.1
-0.2
8 Sadie Houck
MULT
LF
24.3
-0.3
1.2
0.4
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
25.3
19.2
5.1
3.4
2 George Gore
CHN
CF
23.2
11.4
4.6
3.1
3 Buttercup Dickerson
MULT
CF
21.7
9.6
2.1
0.8
4 John O'Rourke
BSN
CF
30.9
7.8
0.8
-0.7
5 Denny Driscoll*
BFN
CF
24.6
-1.4
0.1
-0.1
6 Harry Stovey*
WOR
CF
23.5
-1.5
1.0
0.1
7 Charlie Reilley
CN1
CF
24.6
-1.8
0.0
-0.3
8 Pete Hotaling
CL2
CF
23.5
-6.2
2.1
0.6
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Dorgan
PRO
RF
26.7
12.9
2.4
1.2
2 Jake Evans
TRN
RF
23.8
12.2
0.7
0.1
3 Orator Shaffer
CL2
RF
28.8
12.0
4.6
3.3
4 King Kelly
CHN
RF
22.5
7.1
2.0
1.0
5 Bill Crowley
BFN
RF
23.2
4.6
0.4
-0.3
6 Jerry Dorgan*
WOR
RF
24.6
0.3
0.0
-0.1
7 Steve Dignan*
MULT
RF
21.1
0.1
0.0
-0.1
8 Ecky Stearns*
BFN
RF
18.7
0.1
0.0
-0.2
*Rookie
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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