1884 Season
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1884 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 Pud Galvin
BFN
SP
27.5
20.5
55.7
32.7
2 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
29.6
19.1
83.2
58.7
3 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
SP
23.0
14.9
56.2
35.0
4 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
25.0
12.1
40.1
20.0
5 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
26.6
7.4
30.3
18.1
6 Larry Corcoran
CHN
SP
24.9
6.5
33.7
15.0
7 Charlie Getzien *
DTN
SP
20.4
3.5
7.9
2.6
8 John Clarkson *
CHN
SP
23.0
1.7
8.3
4.1
9 Charlie Ferguson *
PHI
SP
21.2
1.5
10.4
-4.7
10 Bill Vinton *
PHI
SP
19.2
0.5
5.4
-1.2
11 Jim O'Rourke
BFN
LF
33.8
0.4
1.2
0.8
12 Harry Arundel
PRO
SP
29.4
0.3
1.3
1.0
13 Fred Andrus *
CHN
SP
33.9
0.3
0.8
0.5
14 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
24.7
0.3
0.6
0.3
15 Blondie Purcell
PHI
LF
30.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
16 John Hibbard *
CHN
SP
19.6
0.2
1.0
0.4
17 John Harkins *
CL2
SP
25.2
0.1
15.4
1.3
18 Tom Lynch *
CHN
SP
21.6
0.1
0.4
0.1
19 John Ward
NY1
CF
24.3
0.1
2.8
0.6
20 Hezekiah Allen *
PHI
C
21.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1884 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 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
28.2
15.5
68.8
46.3
2 Tony Mullane
TL1
SP
25.4
11.6
45.8
26.8
3 Ed Morris *
CL5
SP
21.8
8.6
40.7
26.3
4 Tim Keefe
NY4
SP
27.5
7.5
40.4
24.3
5 Bob Emslie
BL2
SP
25.4
7.1
32.2
16.9
6 Hardie Henderson
BL2
SP
21.7
6.6
30.3
15.6
7 Will White
CN2
SP
29.7
6.2
29.9
14.6
8 Jack Lynch
NY4
SP
27.4
5.2
37.2
20.6
9 Bobby Mathews
PH4
SP
32.6
4.3
29.5
15.1
10 Frank Mountain
CL5
SP
24.1
4.0
29.1
17.0
11 Bill Mountjoy *
CN2
SP
25.6
3.4
19.0
9.4
12 Dave Foutz *
SL4
SP
27.8
2.6
17.6
10.7
13 Adonis Terry *
BR3
SP
19.9
2.1
24.9
8.9
14 Jumbo McGinnis
SL4
SP
30.4
1.9
25.4
13.5
15 Bob Caruthers *
SL4
RF
20.5
1.7
7.4
4.6
16 Gus Shallix *
CN2
SP
26.3
1.3
10.5
3.8
17 Jack Neagle
PT1
SP
26.5
1.0
13.7
2.8
18 Sam Kimber *
BR3
SP
31.7
1.0
18.5
6.4
19 Larry McKeon *
IN2
SP
18.3
1.0
15.6
-1.5
20 Ren Deagle
MULT
SP
26.0
0.3
7.2
3.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1884 Union 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 Bill Sweeney
BLU
SP
0.0
7.7
41.2
24.8
2 Hugh Daily
MULT
SP
37.0
4.5
39.0
23.7
3 Dick Burns
CNU
SP
20.5
2.7
28.0
17.9
4 Bill Wise *
WSU
SP
23.3
2.3
22.0
10.9
5 Charlie Geggus *
WSU
SP
22.3
1.7
11.6
6.2
6 Henry Boyle *
SLU
LF
23.8
1.2
15.2
10.7
7 George Bradley
CNU
SP
32.0
1.1
27.0
16.6
8 Perry Werden *
SLU
SP
18.9
0.9
13.2
8.9
9 Peek-A-Boo Veach *
KCU
SP
22.0
0.8
2.8
-0.4
10 Ed Cushman
MLU
SP
32.3
0.7
6.4
5.3
11 Charlie Hodnett *
SLU
SP
23.6
0.4
11.2
7.5
12 The Only Nolan
WIL
SP
26.7
0.2
0.9
-0.3
13 Dave Rowe
SLU
CF
29.7
0.1
1.0
0.7
14 Fred Tenney *
MULT
RF
25.0
0.1
2.8
1.5
15 Doug Crothers *
KCU
SP
24.6
0.1
0.7
-0.1
16 Lady Baldwin *
MLU
CF
25.2
0.0
1.9
1.4
17 J. Fisher *
PHU
SP
0.0
0.0
1.6
-0.6
18 Frank Bahret *
BLU
RF
26.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
19 Ed Hogan *
MLU
RF
22.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
20 Alexander Skinner *
MULT
RF
27.9
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