1885 Season
1884 / 1886














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1885 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 John Clarkson
CHN
SP
24.0
13.1
60.7
38.7
2 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
26.0
10.5
53.4
35.9
3 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
30.6
7.2
33.6
17.9
4 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
28.5
6.9
40.7
26.6
5 Ed Daily *
PHI
SP
22.8
6.5
31.6
16.1
6 Charlie Ferguson
PHI
SP
22.2
5.8
29.3
14.9
7 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
SP
24.0
5.8
23.2
7.8
8 Dupee Shaw
PRO
SP
26.1
4.3
25.7
11.6
9 Lady Baldwin *
DTN
SP
26.2
3.9
12.0
5.6
10 Henry Boyle
SL5
SP
24.8
3.0
21.6
8.5
11 Stump Wiedman
DTN
SP
24.4
2.8
14.1
2.4
12 Jim McCormick
MULT
SP
28.7
2.7
20.4
11.5
13 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
27.6
1.9
18.8
3.2
14 John Kirby *
SL5
SP
20.5
1.8
7.1
2.6
15 Danny Richardson
NY1
3B
22.4
1.1
7.1
4.4
16 Dan Casey *
DTN
SP
22.6
1.0
4.3
0.7
17 Daisy Davis
BSN
SP
26.6
0.7
3.4
0.1
18 Charlie Getzien
DTN
SP
21.4
0.6
12.4
0.7
19 John Healy *
SL5
SP
18.7
0.6
3.3
0.9
20 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
25.3
0.5
3.2
1.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1885 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 Ed Morris
PT1
SP
22.8
13.6
50.3
31.3
2 Bob Caruthers
SL4
SP
21.5
9.5
52.2
36.4
3 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
29.2
7.5
36.7
21.0
4 Hardie Henderson
BL2
SP
22.7
7.3
31.5
13.9
5 Bobby Mathews
PH4
SP
33.6
6.5
26.3
12.4
6 Henry Porter
BR3
SP
27.1
6.4
32.6
16.8
7 Dave Foutz
SL4
SP
28.8
4.5
37.6
24.3
8 Larry McKeon
CN2
SP
19.3
4.5
22.2
12.7
9 Will White
CN2
SP
30.7
2.2
18.2
8.5
10 George Pechiney *
CN2
SP
23.8
1.9
8.6
5.4
11 Toad Ramsey *
LS2
SP
20.9
1.6
6.1
3.5
12 Norm Baker *
LS2
SP
21.7
0.7
12.0
4.8
13 Pete Meegan
PT1
SP
22.6
0.6
8.0
3.3
14 Bill Mountjoy
MULT
SP
26.6
0.4
11.1
4.3
15 Jim Keenan
CN2
C
27.4
0.3
0.8
0.6
16 Jumbo McGinnis
SL4
SP
31.4
0.3
7.5
3.9
17 Tom Lovett *
PH4
SP
21.6
0.2
5.9
1.3
18 Billy Taylor
PH4
SP
30.6
0.2
2.2
0.5
19 Al Mays *
LS2
SP
20.1
0.1
8.2
3.3
20 Gus Shallix
CN2
SP
27.3
0.1
5.5
2.5
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