1887 Season
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1887 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Baldwin
CHN
SP
23.7
5.3
26.6
14.1
2 Kid Madden
BSN
SP
20.7
4.0
21.1
9.2
3 Billy O'Brien
WS8
1B
27.3
2.9
14.0
5.6
4 Henry Gruber
DTN
SP
23.5
1.6
5.3
2.9
5 Larry Twitchell
DTN
LF
23.4
1.4
14.9
6.1
6 George Van Haltren
CHN
RF
21.3
1.3
12.9
4.2
7 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
20.4
0.9
12.0
3.3
8 Pop Tate
BSN
C
26.5
0.6
4.5
-1.1
9 Dell Darling
CHN
RF
25.5
0.6
6.9
3.5
10 Marty Sullivan
CHN
LF
24.7
0.3
11.3
1.9
11 Bobby Wheelock
BSN
SS
22.9
0.3
3.7
-0.0
12 Billy Shindle
DTN
3B
26.6
0.2
2.4
0.5
13 John Rainey
NY1
3B
22.9
0.1
0.9
-0.4
14 George Shoch
WS8
RF
28.5
0.1
4.4
-1.1
15 Charlie Sprague
CHN
SP
22.7
0.1
1.4
0.5
16 Mike Mattimore
NY1
SP
28.9
0.1
4.0
1.8
17 Gil Hatfield
NY1
3B
32.4
0.1
0.4
0.2
18 Ed Beatin
DTN
SP
20.9
0.0
1.1
0.4
19 Jerry O'Brien
WS8
2B
23.4
0.0
0.0
-0.1
20 Bill Wright
WS8
C
0.0
-0.0
0.3
0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1887 American Association Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Seward
PH4
SP
20.0
7.0
32.3
14.1
2 Silver King
SL4
SP
19.5
5.6
35.1
20.1
3 Bob Gilks
CL3
SP
23.0
3.0
7.2
2.9
4 Tommy Tucker
BL2
1B
23.7
2.9
16.9
7.0
5 Mike Griffin
BL2
CF
22.3
2.8
22.5
10.5
6 Gus Weyhing
PH4
SP
20.8
2.3
27.6
10.3
7 Darby O'Brien
NY4
LF
23.8
2.2
17.4
7.3
8 Elton Chamberlain
LS2
SP
19.7
2.0
21.3
9.8
9 Myron Allen
CL3
LF
33.3
1.0
10.5
1.1
10 Ed McKean
CL3
SS
23.1
0.9
16.4
3.7
11 George Tebeau
CN2
LF
25.5
0.9
10.9
4.3
12 Hub Collins
LS2
LF
23.2
0.4
12.7
1.5
13 Bill Fagan
NY4
SP
18.4
0.3
1.8
0.1
14 Lave Cross
LS2
C
21.1
0.1
4.6
-0.4
15 Ducky Hemp
LS2
RF
19.5
0.1
0.2
0.1
16 Chief Zimmer
CL3
C
26.6
0.0
0.8
-0.4
17 Heinie Kappel
CN2
3B
23.8
-0.0
1.6
-0.4
18 John McGlone
CL3
3B
23.6
-0.0
2.1
0.2
19 Fred O'Neill
NY4
RF
22.6
-0.0
0.8
0.3
20 Wild Bill Widner
CN2
SP
20.1
-0.1
0.6
0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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