1881 Season
1880 / 1882














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1881 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 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
26.6
3.0
11.3
6.5
2 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
24.6
2.6
10.4
6.7
3 John Clapp
CL2
C
30.0
2.0
6.0
1.4
4 Silver Flint
CHN
C
25.9
1.9
8.4
3.6
5 Emil Gross
PRO
C
23.3
1.5
6.9
3.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
29.2
4.9
22.5
16.8
2 Joe Start
PRO
1B
38.7
2.7
15.1
9.7
3 Deacon White
BFN
1B
33.6
2.4
10.7
5.7
4 Martin Powell*
DTN
1B
25.3
2.1
8.7
5.1
5 Roger Connor
TRN
1B
24.0
2.0
10.6
4.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
22.1
3.6
13.2
7.6
2 Bob Ferguson
TRN
2B
36.4
2.2
10.2
4.5
3 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
24.0
1.8
9.9
4.1
4 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
29.3
0.8
3.0
-1.5
5 Joe Gerhardt
DTN
2B
26.4
0.5
2.8
-1.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim O'Rourke
BFN
3B
30.8
3.0
13.0
7.3
2 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
30.8
2.3
8.6
3.3
3 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
23.7
1.6
7.3
1.8
4 George Bradley
MULT
3B
29.0
0.7
2.4
-1.4
5 Jerry Denny*
PRO
3B
22.3
0.5
4.0
-1.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
24.3
2.3
8.8
3.4
2 Sadie Houck
DTN
SS
25.3
1.9
6.2
1.4
3 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
23.9
1.8
4.5
-0.9
4 Ross Barnes
BSN
SS
31.1
1.8
6.2
1.5
5 Arthur Irwin
WOR
SS
23.4
0.9
3.2
-0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Brouthers
BFN
LF
23.1
3.1
14.9
10.5
2 King Kelly
CHN
RF
23.5
2.6
13.9
8.2
3 Tom York
PRO
LF
31.0
2.5
16.7
11.4
4 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
23.8
2.1
13.2
7.5
5 George Gore
CHN
CF
24.2
2.1
12.1
7.0
6 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
26.3
2.0
13.5
7.8
7 Hardy Richardson
BFN
CF
26.2
1.9
10.6
5.2
8 Buttercup Dickerson
WOR
LF
22.7
1.9
11.2
5.5
9 George Wood
DTN
LF
22.6
1.8
10.4
5.0
10 Pete Hotaling
WOR
CF
24.5
1.8
9.9
4.8
11 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
23.9
1.7
8.4
3.5
12 Orator Shaffer
CL2
RF
29.8
1.2
6.3
0.7
13 Lon Knight
DTN
RF
28.0
1.0
7.0
1.4
14 John Richmond
BSN
CF
26.3
0.5
2.7
1.1
15 Bill Crowley
BSN
CF
24.2
0.5
4.0
-0.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Whitney*
BSN
SP
23.6
1.3
6.0
4.3
2 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
24.7
0.8
3.0
1.3
3 John Ward
PRO
SP
21.3
0.7
5.5
3.5
4 Tim Keefe
TRN
SP
24.5
0.4
2.9
2.0
5 Lee Richmond
WOR
SP
24.2
0.2
2.1
0.6
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