1884 Season
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1884 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
24.7
48.1
5.4
2.9
2 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
29.6
32.9
3.1
0.4
3 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
27.6
22.9
3.1
1.0
4 Silver Flint
CHN
C
28.9
22.6
2.2
-0.3
5 Mert Hackett
BSN
C
24.6
13.2
4.9
2.4
6 Barney Gilligan
PRO
C
28.5
7.2
5.1
2.2
7 Doc Bushong
CL2
C
27.8
5.7
2.4
0.2
8 John Crowley*
PHI
C
22.5
5.4
0.0
-1.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Milt Scott*
DTN
1B
23.5
11.0
1.9
0.8
2 John Morrill
BSN
1B
29.4
7.8
2.2
1.1
3 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
26.1
2.3
2.0
1.0
4 Sid Farrar
PHI
1B
24.9
2.3
1.2
0.0
5 Joe Start
PRO
1B
41.7
0.8
1.7
0.6
6 Alex McKinnon*
NY1
1B
27.9
-4.8
1.3
0.1
7 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
32.2
-6.3
0.5
-0.8
8 Bill Phillips
CL2
1B
27.3
-8.5
0.8
-0.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
24.3
28.1
4.6
2.0
2 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
27.0
23.6
4.1
1.5
3 Hardy Richardson
BFN
2B
29.2
11.5
3.1
1.5
4 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
32.3
3.9
3.7
1.7
5 Henry Jones*
DTN
2B
27.1
-0.9
0.3
-0.1
6 George Pinkney*
CL2
2B
25.5
-1.2
0.2
-0.3
7 Joe Ardner*
CL2
2B
26.3
-1.6
0.3
-0.3
8 Tom Kearns*
DTN
2B
24.6
-2.7
0.1
-0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
26.7
27.0
4.2
1.6
2 Joe Farrell
DTN
3B
27.6
8.3
2.9
0.0
3 Joe Mulvey*
PHI
3B
25.7
4.1
2.9
0.3
4 Frank Hankinson
NY1
3B
28.2
3.4
3.6
0.9
5 Charley Bassett*
PRO
3B
21.4
-0.2
0.4
0.0
6 Jerry Denny
PRO
3B
25.3
-1.3
3.8
1.1
7 Mike Muldoon
CL2
3B
26.2
-1.6
2.2
-0.7
8 Deacon White
BFN
3B
36.6
-6.9
3.2
0.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arthur Irwin
PRO
SS
26.4
17.8
5.3
2.1
2 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
27.3
6.6
2.1
-0.3
3 Harry Buker*
DTN
SS
25.6
0.0
0.9
0.3
4 Edward Santry*
DTN
SS
0.0
-0.4
0.2
-0.0
5 Frank Cox*
DTN
SS
26.8
-1.4
0.6
-0.2
6 Sam Wise
BSN
SS
26.9
-1.8
5.4
2.1
7 Davy Force
BFN
SS
34.9
-3.5
5.0
1.9
8 Frank Meinke*
DTN
SS
20.7
-4.1
1.5
0.0
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cliff Carroll
PRO
LF
24.7
23.4
3.8
2.4
2 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
26.8
12.9
1.8
0.5
3 George Wood
DTN
LF
25.6
6.0
0.9
-0.5
4 Pete Gillespie
NY1
LF
32.6
5.5
1.3
0.1
5 Joe Hornung
BSN
LF
27.1
5.5
3.9
2.6
6 Pit Gilman*
CL2
LF
20.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
7 Joe Weber*
DTN
LF
22.4
0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Dave Beatle*
DTN
LF
20.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Fogarty*
PHI
CF
20.4
26.2
1.8
0.6
2 George Gore
CHN
CF
27.2
20.1
2.8
0.9
3 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
29.3
13.0
5.0
2.9
4 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
26.9
12.2
1.9
-0.2
5 John Ward
NY1
CF
24.3
7.1
1.2
0.1
6 Jim Manning*
BSN
CF
22.4
2.9
2.3
1.0
7 Dave Eggler
BFN
CF
35.2
1.1
2.0
0.9
8 Pete Hotaling
CL2
CF
27.5
0.2
1.5
-0.3
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 King Kelly
CHN
RF
26.5
16.7
0.9
-0.3
2 Jim Lillie
BFN
RF
22.9
15.7
4.5
2.3
3 Jake Evans
CL2
RF
27.8
8.6
1.9
0.8
4 Paul Radford
PRO
RF
22.7
6.2
3.6
1.6
5 Mike Dorgan
NY1
RF
30.7
5.8
0.9
-0.3
6 Sam Moffett*
CL2
RF
27.3
1.6
0.5
-0.0
7 Danny Richardson*
NY1
RF
21.4
0.6
1.1
0.4
8 Frank Jones*
DTN
RF
25.9
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1884 American Association Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Holbert
NY4
C
29.3
37.6
5.1
3.2
2 Jocko Milligan*
PH4
C
22.9
37.5
3.9
1.5
3 Jim Keenan*
IN2
C
26.4
26.0
0.9
-1.2
4 Pat Deasley
SL4
C
26.6
18.4
4.2
1.7
5 Pop Snyder
CN2
C
29.7
16.1
6.5
4.3
6 Jackie Hayes
MULT
C
23.0
14.3
1.4
-0.0
7 John Hanna*
MULT
C
20.7
6.1
0.7
-0.6
8 Fred Carroll*
CL5
C
20.0
4.3
3.3
1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Orr*
NY4
1B
24.8
11.3
2.5
1.4
2 Charlie Comiskey
SL4
1B
24.9
11.1
2.3
1.1
3 John Kerins*
IN2
1B
26.0
2.9
1.5
0.5
4 Harry Stovey
PH4
1B
27.5
2.1
1.7
0.5
5 Charlie Householder
BR3
1B
30.4
1.5
0.6
0.2
6 Jimmy Knowles*
MULT
1B
27.8
1.3
1.0
0.2
7 Chappy Lane
TL1
1B
0.0
0.7
0.6
0.1
8 Ed Ford*
RIC
1B
22.2
0.1
0.0
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pop Smith
CL5
2B
27.7
37.1
6.1
3.7
2 Joe Gerhardt
LS2
2B
29.4
28.3
6.5
4.0
3 Sam Barkley*
TL1
2B
26.1
27.0
5.3
3.0
4 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
24.7
9.5
5.1
2.5
5 Bill Greenwood*
BR3
2B
27.6
4.8
2.1
0.0
6 Terry Larkin
RIC
2B
0.0
2.0
0.6
-0.2
7 Tim Manning
BL2
2B
30.6
1.3
3.6
1.5
8 Gracie Pierce
NY4
2B
0.0
-0.9
0.0
-0.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
24.3
41.9
8.7
5.7
2 Fred Corey
PH4
3B
29.6
11.6
5.0
2.3
3 Bill Kuehne
CL5
3B
25.7
5.6
6.9
4.0
4 Dude Esterbrook
NY4
3B
27.0
5.1
5.7
2.7
5 Art Whitney
PT1
3B
26.5
2.3
1.2
0.6
6 Phil Reccius*
LS2
3B
22.1
1.2
1.4
0.2
7 Jim Gray*
PT1
3B
21.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 John Ake*
BL2
3B
22.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom McLaughlin
LS2
SS
24.3
20.1
7.5
4.7
2 Sadie Houck
PH4
SS
28.3
19.0
6.3
3.0
3 Marr Phillips*
IN2
SS
27.0
12.9
3.8
1.0
4 John Richmond
CL5
SS
29.3
11.6
4.3
1.2
5 Joe Miller*
TL1
SS
23.4
5.8
4.3
1.2
6 Frank Fennelly*
MULT
SS
24.4
3.1
2.0
-0.6
7 Chick Fulmer
MULT
SS
33.4
1.0
0.5
-0.2
8 Tom Forster*
PT1
SS
25.2
0.1
1.7
0.8
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charley Jones
CN2
LF
34.2
8.9
1.1
0.3
2 Jud Birchall
PH4
LF
29.6
7.1
0.6
0.0
3 John Peltz*
IN2
LF
23.2
6.6
0.5
-0.8
4 Ed Glenn*
RIC
LF
23.8
6.0
0.4
-0.1
5 Ed Kennedy
NY4
LF
28.3
4.3
3.1
1.9
6 Leech Maskrey
LS2
LF
30.4
4.2
3.0
1.9
7 Tip O'Neill*
SL4
LF
26.1
2.9
0.1
-0.6
8 Tom York
BL2
LF
34.0
1.9
0.7
-0.2
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Curt Welch*
TL1
CF
22.4
28.1
6.5
4.6
2 Monk Cline
LS2
CF
26.3
13.6
3.3
1.8
3 Dick Johnston*
RIC
CF
21.2
9.1
1.2
0.6
4 Oscar Walker
BR3
CF
30.3
7.2
0.5
-0.2
5 Chief Roseman
NY4
CF
28.6
1.0
2.4
0.5
6 Bob Blakiston
MULT
CF
28.7
0.5
1.3
0.8
7 John Sneed*
IN2
CF
0.0
0.4
0.2
-0.2
8 Jim Holdsworth
IN2
CF
34.0
0.3
0.3
0.2
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hugh Nicol
SL4
RF
26.5
22.2
8.0
6.4
2 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
22.1
16.3
4.9
2.9
3 Steve Brady
NY4
RF
33.0
6.5
5.0
2.8
4 Tom Brown
CL5
RF
23.8
6.4
4.0
1.9
5 Pop Corkhill
CN2
RF
26.2
5.9
4.3
2.5
6 Lon Knight
PH4
RF
31.0
5.2
5.1
3.0
7 Tom Poorman*
TL1
RF
26.7
4.9
2.6
0.8
8 Podge Weihe*
IN2
RF
21.6
1.5
0.7
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1884 Union Association Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lew Brown
BSU
C
26.4
21.4
2.5
0.6
2 Chris Fulmer*
WSU
C
26.0
18.8
1.0
-0.0
3 Kid Baldwin*
MULT
C
19.7
12.5
0.7
-0.7
4 Tony Suck*
MULT
C
26.1
11.6
2.0
1.0
5 Eddie Fusselback
BLU
C
28.0
10.8
3.7
1.8
6 Bill Krieg*
CHU
C
25.4
6.3
4.3
2.4
7 Pat Carroll*
MULT
C
0.0
3.7
0.3
-0.1
8 George Baker*
SLU
C
25.6
3.4
4.9
2.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jumbo Schoeneck*
MULT
1B
22.3
23.6
3.4
2.2
2 Thomas Griffin*
MLU
1B
27.5
0.9
0.1
0.0
3 Jim Chatterton*
KCU
1B
19.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
4 Steve Dunn*
SPU
1B
25.5
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
5 Levi Meyerle
PHU
1B
39.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Redleg Snyder
WIL
1B
29.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.0
7 John Grady*
ALT
1B
24.0
-0.3
0.1
-0.0
8 Jerry Sweeney*
KCU
1B
24.6
-0.3
0.2
-0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Dunlap
SLU
2B
25.1
22.6
5.1
2.9
2 Tom Evers*
WSU
2B
32.3
10.6
4.1
1.7
3 Charlie Bastian*
MULT
2B
24.0
6.2
0.4
-0.1
4 Tom O'Brien
BSU
2B
24.0
6.2
2.9
0.7
5 Frank McLaughlin
MULT
2B
28.0
2.3
1.1
0.5
6 Al Myers*
MLU
2B
20.7
0.6
0.4
0.1
7 Richardson*
CHU
2B
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Sam Crane
CNU
2B
30.5
-0.0
2.3
0.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Irwin*
BSU
3B
22.9
9.7
3.7
1.0
2 Charlie Barber*
CNU
3B
30.6
5.9
3.6
2.1
3 Yank Robinson*
BLU
3B
24.8
3.3
5.1
3.2
4 Harry Koons*
MULT
3B
21.9
0.7
0.8
0.2
5 Charles Fisher*
MULT
3B
32.3
0.5
0.0
-0.3
6 Jumbo Davis*
KCU
3B
22.8
0.5
0.0
-0.2
7 Elmer Cleveland*
CNU
3B
21.8
0.5
2.3
1.5
8 Billy O'Brien*
MULT
3B
24.3
0.3
0.2
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Milt Whitehead*
MULT
SS
22.6
9.0
4.4
1.6
2 Walter Hackett*
BSU
SS
26.9
6.9
4.6
1.6
3 Jack (RL) Jones*
CNU
SS
0.0
6.1
3.3
1.9
4 Lou Say
MULT
SS
30.4
5.2
3.6
0.7
5 Clarence Cross*
MULT
SS
28.3
4.4
0.5
-0.3
6 Henry Easterday*
PHU
SS
19.8
1.5
1.0
0.1
7 John Deasley*
MULT
SS
23.5
1.3
1.6
0.4
8 Steve Matthias*
CHU
SS
24.6
0.7
2.0
0.9
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Emmett Seery*
MULT
LF
23.4
9.9
2.3
1.1
2 Henry Boyle*
SLU
LF
23.8
3.4
1.7
1.2
3 Lou Sylvester*
CNU
LF
29.4
1.5
0.9
0.3
4 Frank Wyman*
MULT
LF
22.1
0.9
0.0
-0.1
5 Dan O'Leary*
CNU
LF
27.7
0.8
1.2
0.9
6 Tom Ryder*
SLU
LF
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
7 John Cullen*
WIL
LF
30.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Anton Falch*
MLU
LF
23.6
0.1
0.0
-0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Slattery*
BSU
CF
17.6
14.6
3.0
1.3
2 Bernie Graham*
MULT
CF
24.6
1.2
0.5
0.0
3 Lady Baldwin*
MLU
CF
25.2
0.3
0.0
-0.1
4 John Shoupe*
WSU
CF
32.8
0.2
0.3
0.3
5 Mark Creegan*
WSU
CF
19.9
0.1
0.0
-0.1
6 Matthew Porter*
KCU
CF
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Clarence Dow*
BSU
CF
29.7
0.1
0.4
0.4
8 Al Bradley*
WSU
CF
28.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Orator Shaffer
SLU
RF
32.8
17.1
2.2
0.3
2 Henry Oberbeck*
MULT
RF
26.1
2.4
0.9
0.3
3 Taylor Shafer*
MULT
RF
18.0
2.0
0.0
-0.8
4 Fred Tenney*
MULT
RF
25.0
1.2
0.4
-0.0
5 Ed Hogan*
MLU
RF
22.6
1.0
1.1
0.9
6 Ed Callahan*
MULT
RF
26.6
0.1
0.0
-0.1
7 George Noftsker*
ALT
RF
24.9
0.0
0.0
-0.1
8 McRemer*
WSU
RF
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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