1885 Season
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1885 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
30.6
4.0
12.7
6.6
2 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
25.7
3.6
15.4
9.9
3 Con Daily*
PRO
C
20.8
1.1
5.1
1.4
4 Barney Gilligan
PRO
C
29.5
1.0
3.8
-0.5
5 Pat Deasley
NY1
C
27.6
0.9
3.0
-0.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
28.0
6.8
32.2
24.4
2 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
27.1
6.0
26.6
19.8
3 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
33.2
4.3
22.4
14.6
4 Joe Start
PRO
1B
42.7
2.8
14.3
7.8
5 John Morrill
BSN
1B
30.4
2.7
13.5
6.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hardy Richardson
BFN
2B
30.2
3.9
18.2
11.2
2 Fred Dunlap
SL5
2B
26.1
3.1
10.4
3.2
3 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
25.3
1.0
8.0
0.3
4 Davy Force
BFN
2B
35.9
0.4
0.6
-3.6
5 Joe Quest
DTN
2B
32.6
0.2
0.3
-3.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
34.8
4.6
19.9
12.5
2 Joe Mulvey
PHI
3B
26.7
2.9
13.0
6.1
3 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
27.7
2.6
13.4
5.9
4 Deacon White
BFN
3B
37.6
2.4
8.4
2.0
5 Dude Esterbrook
NY1
3B
28.0
1.3
5.9
0.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
SL5
SS
27.9
3.7
10.5
3.1
2 Sam Wise
BSN
SS
27.9
3.7
16.3
9.3
3 Jack Rowe
BFN
SS
28.6
3.3
12.3
5.5
4 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
28.3
2.8
13.3
6.1
5 John Ward
NY1
SS
25.3
1.2
3.6
-3.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Gore
CHN
CF
28.2
4.4
25.8
17.9
2 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
CF
34.8
4.2
22.4
14.4
3 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
27.9
3.6
13.8
6.4
4 King Kelly
CHN
RF
27.5
3.6
19.8
12.3
5 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
27.8
3.0
20.8
12.4
6 Mike Dorgan
NY1
RF
31.7
2.5
14.5
8.9
7 Sam Thompson*
DTN
RF
25.3
2.4
9.6
5.4
8 George Wood
DTN
LF
26.6
2.4
9.7
3.8
9 Jack Manning
PHI
RF
31.5
2.2
14.4
6.9
10 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
30.3
1.9
12.6
5.9
11 Pete Gillespie
NY1
LF
33.6
1.8
12.2
5.4
12 Ed Andrews
PHI
LF
26.2
1.7
12.1
5.1
13 Paul Radford
PRO
RF
23.7
1.2
9.4
3.1
14 Fred Lewis
SL5
CF
26.7
1.0
4.6
1.6
15 Jim Fogarty
PHI
CF
21.4
0.9
6.7
-0.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Ferguson
PHI
SP
22.2
2.3
11.5
9.8
2 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
30.6
1.5
7.4
5.5
3 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
27.6
1.0
4.4
2.4
4 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
SP
24.0
0.8
3.7
1.5
5 Lady Baldwin*
DTN
SP
26.2
0.4
1.6
0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1885 American Association Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Carroll
PT1
C
21.0
1.2
6.4
1.9
2 Jack O'Brien
PH4
C
25.1
1.2
5.7
1.9
3 Doc Bushong
SL4
C
28.8
1.0
8.4
3.5
4 Charlie Reipschlager
NY4
C
29.4
1.0
3.3
-1.0
5 Jocko Milligan
PH4
C
23.9
1.0
5.3
1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Orr
NY4
1B
25.8
5.5
29.9
22.9
2 Harry Stovey
PH4
1B
28.5
4.1
22.1
13.9
3 Bill Phillips
BR3
1B
28.3
3.0
17.1
10.5
4 John Reilly
CN2
1B
26.7
2.3
15.2
7.4
5 John Kerins
LS2
1B
27.0
1.1
7.5
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Pinkney
BR3
2B
26.5
1.9
11.9
4.4
2 Sam Barkley
SL4
2B
27.1
1.7
15.4
8.4
3 Pop Smith
PT1
2B
28.7
1.1
8.1
0.6
4 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
25.7
1.0
7.7
0.6
5 Tom Forster
NY4
2B
26.2
0.7
2.7
-0.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill McClellan
BR3
3B
29.3
1.9
11.9
4.2
2 Mike Muldoon
BL2
3B
27.2
1.4
8.7
1.9
3 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
29.9
1.4
9.3
1.8
4 Frank Hankinson
NY4
3B
29.2
0.9
2.7
-3.2
5 George Strief
PH4
3B
28.7
0.6
4.1
1.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Candy Nelson
NY4
SS
36.6
3.7
14.8
7.3
2 Frank Fennelly
CN2
SS
25.4
3.7
17.3
9.6
3 Germany Smith
BR3
SS
22.2
1.7
9.1
2.4
4 Bill Gleason
SL4
SS
26.6
1.6
13.3
5.3
5 Jimmy Macullar
BL2
SS
30.5
1.2
5.4
-0.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
24.0
4.8
26.1
18.3
2 Henry Larkin
PH4
CF
25.5
3.8
22.3
14.8
3 Charley Jones
CN2
LF
35.2
3.2
21.8
13.8
4 Chief Roseman
NY4
CF
29.6
3.0
18.0
11.0
5 Steve Brady
NY4
RF
34.0
2.8
17.3
10.1
6 Tom Brown
PT1
RF
24.8
2.8
18.0
10.6
7 John Coleman
PH4
RF
22.3
1.7
13.3
6.6
8 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
23.1
1.7
13.3
5.6
9 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
27.1
1.7
14.2
10.7
10 Dennis Casey
BL2
CF
27.3
1.4
10.0
5.5
11 Pete Hotaling
BR3
CF
28.5
1.2
10.9
4.3
12 Ed Swartwood
BR3
RF
26.5
1.1
11.0
4.2
13 Curt Welch
SL4
CF
23.4
1.0
15.8
8.7
14 Yank Robinson
SL4
LF
25.8
1.0
11.4
6.4
15 Fred Mann
PT1
CF
27.3
0.8
8.6
1.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
29.2
1.1
4.6
3.1
2 John Harkins
BR3
SP
26.2
0.7
3.4
2.6
3 Bob Caruthers
SL4
SP
21.5
0.5
4.6
3.4
4 Dave Foutz
SL4
SP
28.8
0.5
4.6
3.4
5 Jack Lynch
NY4
SP
28.4
0.4
0.2
-0.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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