1886 Season
1885 / 1887














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1886 Major League Player of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Player of the Year was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Toad Ramsey
LS2
SP
21.9
12.5
42.7
21.0
2 Bob Caruthers
SL4
SP
22.5
11.9
58.1
40.8
3 Charlie Ferguson
PHI
SP
23.2
11.8
49.5
33.8
4 Dave Foutz
SL4
SP
29.8
11.4
60.0
38.6
5 Lady Baldwin
DTN
SP
27.2
10.5
49.6
31.5
6 Ed Morris
PT1
SP
23.8
10.4
45.1
24.6
7 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
29.5
9.5
41.7
22.0
8 Dan Brouthers
DTN
1B
28.1
8.2
33.7
23.9
9 King Kelly
CHN
RF
28.5
7.3
37.0
26.0
10 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
29.0
7.1
36.3
27.0
11 Jim McCormick
CHN
SP
29.7
7.0
33.2
20.2
12 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
34.2
7.0
31.3
21.2
13 Jack Glasscock
SL5
SS
28.9
7.0
23.2
11.5
14 Hardy Richardson
DTN
LF
31.2
6.9
33.6
21.9
15 John Clarkson
CHN
SP
25.0
6.6
42.2
24.8
16 Dave Orr
NY4
1B
26.8
6.3
30.1
20.0
17 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
30.2
6.2
39.6
21.5
18 Matt Kilroy*
BL2
SP
20.0
5.9
34.7
13.2
19 Tony Mullane
CN2
SP
27.4
5.5
34.3
12.9
20 Dan Casey
PHI
SP
23.6
5.2
31.2
17.4
21 Pud Galvin
PT1
SP
29.5
5.1
32.3
16.2
22 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
28.1
4.9
26.3
14.9
23 Charley Radbourn
BSN
SP
31.6
4.8
30.7
11.6
24 Jim Whitney
KCN
SP
28.6
4.8
19.7
4.2
25 George Gore
CHN
CF
29.2
4.6
26.6
16.0
26 Henry Larkin
PH4
LF
26.5
4.3
31.3
19.9
27 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
26.3
4.3
25.2
12.4
28 Jocko Flynn*
CHN
SP
22.0
4.3
26.9
16.5
29 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
27.0
4.2
31.5
13.0
30 Jack Rowe
DTN
SS
29.6
4.2
18.5
7.4
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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