1881 Season
1880 / 1882














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1881 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  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 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
24.5
7.6
35.9
18.1
4 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
24.7
7.1
33.9
13.8
5 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
29.2
5.8
24.2
17.7
6 Mickey Welch
TRN
SP
22.0
5.6
25.7
12.3
7 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
26.6
4.2
16.4
8.8
8 Lee Richmond
WOR
SP
24.2
4.2
26.4
8.9
9 Charley Radbourn*
PRO
SP
26.6
4.0
23.4
9.9
10 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
22.1
3.9
16.2
8.6
11 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
23.7
3.3
13.7
5.2
12 John Ward
PRO
SP
21.3
3.3
27.2
12.8
13 Stump Wiedman
DTN
SP
20.4
3.3
9.2
5.0
14 Tim Keefe
TRN
SP
24.5
3.3
24.4
9.5
15 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
24.6
2.8
12.0
6.2
16 King Kelly
CHN
RF
23.5
2.8
17.2
10.2
17 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
23.9
2.6
9.7
1.5
18 Joe Start
PRO
1B
38.7
2.6
16.1
9.8
19 Hardy Richardson
BFN
CF
26.2
2.5
15.6
8.0
20 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
30.8
2.5
12.0
4.4
21 Tom York
PRO
LF
31.0
2.5
18.4
11.8
22 Dan Brouthers
BFN
LF
23.1
2.5
15.4
10.1
23 George Gore
CHN
CF
24.2
2.4
16.5
9.5
24 Silver Flint
CHN
C
25.9
2.4
11.6
4.1
25 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
24.3
2.4
11.6
3.3
26 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
26.3
2.3
17.1
9.3
27 John Morrill
BSN
1B
26.4
2.2
11.3
5.1
28 Fred Goldsmith
CHN
SP
25.1
2.0
24.1
11.8
29 Buttercup Dickerson
WOR
LF
22.7
1.9
12.8
5.8
30 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
23.8
1.9
14.5
7.4
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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