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1881 Season

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1881 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Buck Ewing*	TRN	C	21.7	30.9	3.6	2.0
2	Bill Holbert	TRN	C	26.3	24.5	3.1	1.6
3	Doc Bushong	WOR	C	24.8	22.6	4.0	1.4
4	Jack Rowe	BFN	C	24.6	22.4	0.8	-0.8
5	Doc Kennedy	CL2	C	27.9	21.4	1.5	0.2
6	Silver Flint	CHN	C	25.9	16.0	3.2	0.5
7	Pop Snyder	BSN	C	26.7	5.5	2.6	0.5
8	Pat Deasley*	BSN	C	23.6	5.4	1.1	0.2

First Base

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Cap Anson	CHN	1B	29.2	10.2	1.8	0.8
2	Roger Connor	TRN	1B	24.0	5.9	1.2	0.3
3	John Morrill	BSN	1B	26.4	5.2	1.6	0.8
4	Harry Stovey	WOR	1B	24.5	2.2	0.7	0.1
5	Joe Start	PRO	1B	38.7	1.9	1.0	0.2
6	Mike Dorgan	MULT	1B	27.7	-0.0	0.4	0.1
7	Deacon White	BFN	1B	33.6	-0.7	0.3	0.0
8	Lew Brown	MULT	1B	23.4	-0.9	0.3	-0.0

Second Base

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Fred Dunlap	CL2	2B	22.1	14.0	3.0	1.0
2	Davy Force	BFN	2B	31.9	10.6	3.0	1.7
3	Joe Quest	CHN	2B	28.6	10.2	3.1	1.2
4	Jack Farrell	PRO	2B	24.0	9.4	2.6	0.6
5	Joe Gerhardt	DTN	2B	26.4	1.8	2.9	1.0
6	George Creamer	WOR	2B	26.6	-3.2	1.7	-0.3
7	Jack Burdock	BSN	2B	29.3	-3.7	2.1	0.3
8	Bob Ferguson	TRN	2B	36.4	-14.6	2.4	0.3

Third Base

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Ned Williamson	CHN	3B	23.7	26.1	4.7	2.6
2	Jerry Denny*	PRO	3B	22.3	11.0	3.1	0.6
3	George Bradley	MULT	3B	29.0	11.0	1.1	-0.3
4	Art Whitney	DTN	3B	23.5	5.8	2.7	1.0
5	Mike McGeary	CL2	3B	30.6	0.3	0.0	-0.3
6	Dasher Troy*	DTN	3B	25.1	0.1	0.1	-0.1
7	Andy Piercy*	CHN	3B	24.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
8	John Morrissey*	BFN	3B	24.5	-0.1	0.3	-0.0

Shortstop

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Jack Glasscock	CL2	SS	23.9	21.5	5.0	2.3
2	Arthur Irwin	WOR	SS	23.4	9.6	1.2	-0.4
3	Ed Caskin	TRN	SS	29.5	5.9	3.1	0.9
4	George Wright	BSN	SS	34.4	1.0	0.4	0.2
5	John Peters	BFN	SS	31.2	0.9	2.5	0.6
6	Candy Nelson	WOR	SS	32.6	0.2	1.1	0.2
7	Sam Wright	BSN	SS	32.6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0
8	Henry Myers*	PRO	SS	23.2	-0.0	0.0	0.0

Left Field

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Joe Hornung	BSN	LF	24.1	13.0	3.8	2.5
2	Pete Gillespie	TRN	LF	29.6	7.3	2.4	1.1
3	Abner Dalrymple	CHN	LF	23.8	6.4	1.2	-0.1
4	Billy Taylor*	MULT	LF	26.6	2.2	0.6	0.3
5	Mike Moynahan*	MULT	LF	25.6	1.1	0.6	0.1
6	Buttercup Dickerson	WOR	LF	22.7	0.4	1.6	0.3
7	Tom York	PRO	LF	31.0	0.0	1.7	0.3
8	Jack Manning	BFN	LF	27.5	-0.0	0.1	0.0

Center Field

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Paul Hines	PRO	CF	26.3	17.6	3.5	1.5
2	Hardy Richardson	BFN	CF	26.2	15.0	4.7	2.7
3	George Gore	CHN	CF	24.2	13.8	4.4	2.5
4	Ned Hanlon	DTN	CF	23.9	5.4	1.9	0.1
5	Jack Remsen	CL2	CF	31.3	4.8	1.8	0.5
6	Bill Crowley	BSN	CF	24.2	2.2	0.9	-0.3
7	John Richmond	BSN	CF	26.3	0.9	1.1	0.5
8	Dan O'Leary*	DTN	CF	24.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1

Right Field

Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
Winner
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season

	Player	Tm	Pos	Age	WAR	WS	WSAB
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
1	Jake Evans	TRN	RF	24.8	23.8	2.3	1.1
2	King Kelly	CHN	RF	23.5	8.8	2.8	1.8
3	Orator Shaffer	CL2	RF	29.8	4.9	2.0	0.8
4	Hugh Nicol*	CHN	RF	23.5	2.6	0.8	0.7
5	Fred Lewis*	BSN	RF	22.7	-0.0	0.2	-0.1
6	Ed Swartwood*	BFN	RF	22.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
7	Fred Corey	WOR	RF	26.6	-1.8	0.1	-0.2
8	Curry Foley	BFN	RF	25.5	-2.9	0.2	-0.5

*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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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James