1883 Season
1882 / 1884














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1883 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
28.6
13.5
50.5
28.1
2 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
25.6
11.0
41.3
23.1
3 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
26.5
11.0
47.8
24.7
4 Jim McCormick
CL2
SP
26.7
8.5
37.4
25.3
5 Hugh Daily
CL2
SP
36.0
6.9
34.4
21.0
6 Larry Corcoran
CHN
SP
23.9
6.5
35.3
18.5
7 Charlie Buffinton *
BSN
SP
22.0
5.2
23.0
11.2
8 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
24.0
3.7
27.3
12.2
9 Stump Wiedman
DTN
SP
22.4
3.5
18.6
4.4
10 John Ward
NY1
CF
23.3
3.4
18.6
8.7
11 Dupee Shaw *
DTN
SP
24.1
3.3
12.4
4.4
12 Fred Goldsmith
CHN
SP
27.1
2.7
24.1
10.6
13 Will Sawyer *
CL2
SP
18.9
1.9
11.0
6.0
14 Charlie Sweeney *
PRO
SP
20.2
0.3
7.4
2.2
15 Jake Evans
CL2
RF
26.8
0.2
0.5
0.4
16 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
31.2
0.1
0.7
0.5
17 Myron Allen *
NY1
SP
29.3
0.1
0.5
0.2
18 King Kelly
CHN
RF
25.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
19 Curry Foley
BFN
CF
27.5
0.1
0.3
0.2
20 Blondie Purcell
PHI
3B
29.3
0.0
0.9
-1.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1883 American Association Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Tim Keefe
NY4
SP
26.5
19.7
66.1
44.2
2 Will White
CN2
SP
28.7
8.9
47.1
26.7
3 Tony Mullane
SL4
SP
24.4
6.4
49.1
33.0
4 Jumbo McGinnis
SL4
SP
29.4
6.2
40.4
26.9
5 Bobby Mathews
PH4
SP
31.6
5.2
31.3
17.8
6 Jack Lynch
NY4
SP
26.4
2.0
15.0
6.0
7 Bob Emslie *
BL2
SP
24.4
1.4
8.2
1.1
8 Denny Driscoll
PT1
SP
27.6
1.2
9.9
-1.9
9 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
27.2
1.2
26.2
10.3
10 Ren Deagle *
CN2
SP
25.0
1.1
10.5
5.2
11 Charlie Hodnett *
SL4
SP
22.6
1.0
4.1
3.0
12 Harry McCormick
CN2
SP
27.7
0.7
8.2
3.7
13 Sam Weaver
LS2
SP
28.0
0.5
22.8
8.0
14 Fred Corey
PH4
3B
28.6
0.4
9.2
4.1
15 Bill Mountjoy *
CN2
SP
24.6
0.1
0.5
0.2
16 Doug Allison
BL2
CF
37.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
17 Billy Reid *
BL2
2B
26.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
18 Jim Clinton
BL2
LF
32.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
19 Cub Stricker
PH4
2B
23.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
20 John Ewing *
SL4
CF
20.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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