1883 Season
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1883 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 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
SP
22.0
4.3
24.6
9.8
2 Dupee Shaw
DTN
SP
24.1
2.5
12.6
3.5
3 Will Sawyer
CL2
SP
18.9
1.1
11.0
5.7
4 Cliff Carroll
PRO
LF
23.7
0.5
6.5
2.0
5 Charlie Sweeney
PRO
SP
20.2
0.1
8.1
2.3
6 Edgar (AE) Smith
BSN
CF
22.7
0.0
1.9
-0.4
7 C.B. White
PHI
3B
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Myron Allen
NY1
SP
29.3
-0.0
0.5
0.2
9 Ben Guiney
DTN
CF
24.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
10 Joe Mulvey
MULT
SS
24.7
-0.1
0.8
0.1
11 Art Benedict
PHI
2B
21.3
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
12 Buck Gladman
PHI
3B
19.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
13 Charlie Kelly
PHI
3B
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
14 Piggy Ward
PHI
3B
16.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
15 Dick Cramer
NY1
RF
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
16 Sid Farrar
PHI
1B
23.9
-0.1
2.5
-4.3
17 Sandy Nava
PRO
C
33.2
-0.2
2.2
-0.3
18 Lem Hunter
CL2
RP
20.5
-0.2
0.2
-0.1
19 James Burke
BFN
SP
0.0
-0.2
0.1
-0.2
20 Tony Suck
BFN
LF
25.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1883 American Association 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 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
23.3
2.3
11.1
2.2
2 Rudy Kemmler
CL5
C
23.6
2.1
2.5
-5.3
3 Bob Emslie
BL2
SP
24.4
1.2
8.2
0.3
4 Charlie Hodnett
SL4
SP
22.6
1.0
4.2
3.0
5 Gid Gardner
BL2
CF
24.2
0.8
5.6
1.8
6 Ren Deagle
CN2
SP
25.0
0.6
10.5
4.7
7 Dave Rowe
BL2
RF
28.7
0.5
6.3
1.2
8 Bill Kuehne
CL5
3B
24.7
0.5
5.3
-2.7
9 Phil Baker
BL2
C
26.8
0.4
2.2
-0.6
10 Tom O'Brien
BL2
2B
23.0
0.2
2.9
-0.0
11 Tom Dolan
SL4
C
28.5
0.2
4.8
-2.0
12 Jerry McCormick
BL2
3B
22.6
0.2
5.5
-2.8
13 Tim Manning
BL2
2B
29.6
0.2
1.9
-0.9
14 Tom Loftus
SL4
CF
26.6
0.1
0.4
-0.1
15 Phil Reccius
LS2
RF
21.1
0.0
0.3
0.2
16 Bill Mountjoy
CN2
SP
24.6
0.0
0.5
0.2
17 Charlie Mason
PH4
RF
30.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
18 Jim Field
CL5
1B
20.2
0.0
6.1
0.8
19 Billy Reid
BL2
2B
26.1
0.0
1.6
-0.4
20 Loughlin
BL2
RF
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James