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1886 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 Fatty Briody
KCN
C
27.9
30.3
1.6
-0.2
2 Silver Flint
CHN
C
30.9
29.8
3.1
1.4
3 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
26.7
29.4
3.7
2.2
4 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
31.6
23.4
5.2
2.9
5 Pop Tate*
BSN
C
25.5
7.2
0.6
-0.4
6 Barney Gilligan
WS8
C
30.5
7.1
1.8
-0.5
7 George Myers
SL5
C
25.6
6.6
1.7
-0.5
8 Pat Deasley
NY1
C
28.6
3.5
1.8
0.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
29.0
18.7
3.2
1.9
2 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
34.2
11.1
1.9
0.6
3 Sid Farrar
PHI
1B
26.9
9.9
2.4
1.2
4 Bill Krieg
WS8
1B
27.4
-1.1
0.2
-0.0
5 Charlie Buffinton
BSN
1B
25.0
-1.2
0.2
-0.0
6 Joe Start
WS8
1B
43.7
-1.4
0.3
-0.0
7 Sam Wise
BSN
1B
28.9
-3.5
0.6
-0.0
8 Mox McQuery
KCN
1B
25.0
-3.6
1.5
0.2
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
MULT
2B
27.1
22.1
4.3
1.5
2 Charlie Bastian
PHI
2B
26.0
17.9
2.9
0.9
3 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
26.3
14.9
4.4
1.7
4 Joe Gerhardt
NY1
2B
31.4
5.4
5.6
2.9
5 Jimmy Knowles
WS8
2B
29.8
1.0
1.7
0.2
6 Jack Farrell
MULT
2B
29.0
0.5
1.0
-0.3
7 Myron Allen*
BSN
2B
32.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Al Myers
KCN
2B
22.7
-3.5
3.1
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 Tom Burns
CHN
3B
29.3
16.5
5.3
2.4
2 Jerry Denny
SL5
3B
27.3
13.2
4.9
1.9
3 Jim Donnelly
KCN
3B
21.0
7.2
2.5
-0.4
4 Deacon White
DTN
3B
38.6
6.5
4.4
1.2
5 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
21.0
-0.3
3.6
1.2
6 John McGlone*
WS8
3B
22.6
-0.4
0.0
-0.0
7 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
35.8
-2.3
1.3
0.6
8 Dude Esterbrook
NY1
3B
29.0
-2.4
5.2
2.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
SL5
SS
28.9
25.8
4.9
1.3
2 John Ward
NY1
SS
26.3
17.2
5.5
1.8
3 Arthur Irwin
PHI
SS
28.4
9.9
5.4
2.3
4 Davy Force
WS8
SS
36.9
5.3
2.8
1.0
5 Billy Shindle*
DTN
SS
25.6
0.4
0.4
0.2
6 Jim Gallagher*
WS8
SS
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
7 Ed Caskin
NY1
SS
34.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Charley Bassett
KCN
SS
23.4
-0.7
3.3
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 Joe Hornung
BSN
LF
29.1
16.1
2.2
0.8
2 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
28.8
11.0
5.0
3.7
3 Hardy Richardson
DTN
LF
31.2
8.8
2.9
1.7
4 Emmett Seery
SL5
LF
25.4
6.0
1.6
-0.3
5 Jim Lillie
KCN
LF
24.9
3.1
1.6
-0.1
6 Cliff Carroll
WS8
LF
26.7
2.7
0.5
-1.1
7 Jimmy Ryan*
CHN
LF
23.4
1.4
0.8
0.2
8 Jim Manning
DTN
LF
24.4
-1.0
0.7
0.3
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick Johnston
BSN
CF
23.2
31.5
3.3
1.2
2 George Gore
CHN
CF
29.2
12.9
4.3
2.1
3 Ed Andrews
PHI
CF
27.2
5.1
5.8
3.8
4 Jack McGeachey*
MULT
CF
22.1
4.6
1.2
0.2
5 Joe Quinn
SL5
CF
21.5
2.8
1.5
0.6
6 Louis Pelouze*
SL5
CF
22.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
7 Joyce*
WS8
CF
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Walt Goldsby*
WS8
CF
24.5
-0.1
0.0
-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 Jim Fogarty
PHI
RF
22.4
22.8
4.0
3.0
2 Mike Dorgan
NY1
RF
32.7
6.7
1.3
-0.5
3 Ed Crane
WS8
RF
24.1
6.5
0.3
-0.5
4 King Kelly
CHN
RF
28.5
6.3
1.7
0.9
5 Tom Poorman
BSN
RF
28.7
5.8
1.6
0.2
6 Sam Thompson
DTN
RF
26.3
5.5
5.0
2.9
7 Paul Radford
KCN
RF
24.7
3.7
1.0
-0.5
8 Tommy McCarthy
PHI
RF
22.9
1.6
0.1
-0.1
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1886 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 John Kerins
LS2
C
28.0
50.9
3.7
1.1
2 Jimmy Peoples
BR3
C
22.7
34.5
4.4
1.9
3 Chris Fulmer
BL2
C
28.0
31.4
3.1
0.6
4 Jocko Milligan
PH4
C
24.9
26.0
1.4
-0.2
5 Bill Holbert
NY4
C
31.3
22.4
2.8
1.1
6 Doc Bushong
SL4
C
29.8
18.1
7.7
4.1
7 Jim Keenan
CN2
C
28.4
11.0
1.3
0.2
8 Charlie Reipschlager
NY4
C
30.4
6.2
2.6
0.8
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
BL2
1B
25.5
19.8
3.8
2.3
2 Charlie Comiskey
SL4
1B
26.9
12.1
1.4
0.1
3 Dave Orr
NY4
1B
26.8
4.4
3.2
1.7
4 Paul Cook*
LS2
1B
23.2
1.9
0.6
0.1
5 Jack Heinzman*
LS2
1B
22.8
-0.0
0.0
0.0
6 Frank Mountain
PT1
1B
26.1
-0.4
0.1
-0.0
7 Harry Stovey
PH4
1B
29.5
-1.1
0.5
-0.2
8 John Reilly
CN2
1B
27.7
-3.9
0.9
-0.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
26.7
21.2
5.7
2.5
2 Reddy Mack*
LS2
2B
20.2
16.6
3.8
0.7
3 Yank Robinson
SL4
2B
26.8
12.2
4.6
1.7
4 Sam Barkley
PT1
2B
28.1
4.9
4.6
2.1
5 Lou Bierbauer*
PH4
2B
20.8
4.2
3.8
0.8
6 Elmer Foster*
NY4
2B
24.9
0.5
0.4
-0.1
7 Mike Muldoon
BL2
2B
28.2
-0.6
1.5
0.1
8 Joe Farrell
BL2
2B
29.6
-1.0
0.7
-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 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
26.3
20.5
6.2
2.7
2 Frank Hankinson
NY4
3B
30.2
20.4
7.8
4.2
3 Jumbo Davis*
BL2
3B
24.8
6.3
2.3
0.7
4 Art Whitney
PT1
3B
28.5
6.0
7.4
4.8
5 Joe Werrick*
LS2
3B
24.7
3.8
2.9
-0.7
6 Bill Kuehne
PT1
3B
27.7
1.6
2.6
1.5
7 Jack Gleason
PH4
3B
32.0
0.8
1.0
-1.0
8 Pat Connell*
NY4
3B
24.6
-0.5
0.0
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Germany Smith
BR3
SS
23.2
47.0
6.5
3.2
2 Pop Smith
PT1
SS
29.7
23.2
7.8
4.6
3 Frank Fennelly
CN2
SS
26.4
12.9
7.4
3.2
4 Bill White
LS2
SS
26.2
10.5
4.9
0.7
5 Tom McLaughlin
NY4
SS
26.3
10.2
2.4
0.4
6 Sandy Nava
BL2
SS
36.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Charlie Kelly*
PH4
SS
0.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 John Irwin
PH4
SS
24.9
-0.1
0.0
-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 Joe Sommer
BL2
LF
27.6
16.8
2.5
1.0
2 Ed Glenn
PT1
LF
25.8
12.6
1.7
0.6
3 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
28.1
11.7
5.2
3.0
4 Charley Jones
CN2
LF
36.2
8.6
1.9
-0.0
5 Henry Larkin
PH4
LF
26.5
7.5
2.3
0.1
6 Hub Collins*
LS2
LF
22.2
2.2
0.7
0.3
7 Clarence Murphy*
LS2
LF
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Tom Terrell*
LS2
LF
19.0
-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 Curt Welch
SL4
CF
24.4
32.9
7.6
4.9
2 Jim McTamany
BR3
CF
23.0
14.9
4.4
2.3
3 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
25.0
3.0
0.0
-1.6
4 Ed Greer
MULT
CF
21.6
2.7
2.2
1.0
5 Lefty Marr*
CN2
CF
23.8
0.2
0.0
-0.2
6 Ed Kennedy
BR3
CF
30.3
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
7 Billy Barnie
BL2
CF
33.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Buster Hoover
BL2
CF
23.2
-0.2
0.3
-0.4
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
24.1
15.3
5.7
3.8
2 Hugh Nicol
SL4
RF
28.5
4.9
2.0
1.1
3 Tom Brown
PT1
RF
25.8
3.8
2.6
0.7
4 Ed Swartwood
BR3
RF
27.5
2.1
2.5
0.7
5 John Coleman
MULT
RF
23.3
1.6
1.9
0.1
6 Pop Corkhill
CN2
RF
28.2
1.4
2.0
0.2
7 Leech Maskrey
MULT
RF
32.4
0.8
0.4
0.0
8 Phil Reccius
LS2
RF
24.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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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