1881 Season
1880 / 1882














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1881 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 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
23.6
8.7
44.2
23.3
2 George Derby
DTN
SP
24.0
7.6
31.9
13.5
3 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
26.6
4.0
23.4
9.9
4 Martin Powell
DTN
1B
25.3
1.7
9.2
5.0
5 Buck Ewing
TRN
C
21.7
1.7
9.9
3.2
6 Jerry Denny
PRO
3B
22.3
0.6
7.1
-0.3
7 Jack Leary
DTN
SP
24.0
0.4
1.1
0.5
8 Dasher Troy
DTN
3B
25.1
0.4
1.9
0.8
9 Pat Deasley
BSN
C
23.6
0.3
2.8
-0.7
10 Jack Lynch
BFN
SP
24.4
0.1
8.6
2.4
11 Sam Trott
DTN
C
22.3
0.1
0.5
-0.1
12 Ed Swartwood
BFN
RF
22.5
0.0
0.2
0.1
13 Sam Wise
DTN
3B
23.9
0.0
0.3
0.1
14 Fred Lewis
BSN
RF
22.7
-0.0
1.0
-1.2
15 Andy Piercy
CHN
3B
24.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
16 Asa Stratton
WOR
SS
28.4
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
17 John Morrissey
BFN
3B
24.5
-0.1
0.3
-0.7
18 Rudy Kemmler
CL2
C
21.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.0
19 Martin Flaherty
WOR
LF
27.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
20 Mike Moynahan
MULT
LF
25.6
-0.1
1.2
-1.5
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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