1887 Season
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1887 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 Fred Carroll
PIT
C
23.0
3.9
16.9
10.1
2 Jim O'Rourke
NY1
C
36.8
2.8
10.5
4.0
3 Doggie Miller
PIT
C
22.9
1.4
5.5
-0.1
4 Deacon McGuire
PHI
C
23.6
1.1
4.6
2.2
5 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
32.6
0.9
4.1
1.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Brouthers
DTN
1B
29.1
5.9
25.1
16.6
2 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
30.0
5.3
19.9
11.7
3 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
35.2
4.3
17.2
9.3
4 Otto Schomberg
IN3
1B
22.6
3.7
14.9
7.8
5 Billy O'Brien*
WS8
1B
27.3
2.6
11.7
4.6
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
DTN
2B
32.2
3.1
17.7
9.2
2 Danny Richardson
NY1
2B
24.4
2.3
9.4
2.1
3 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
27.3
2.0
10.0
2.5
4 Fred Dunlap
DTN
2B
28.1
1.2
6.4
2.0
5 Al Myers
WS8
2B
23.7
0.6
3.7
-2.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jerry Denny
IN3
3B
28.3
4.0
15.5
7.7
2 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
22.0
3.8
15.5
7.6
3 Buck Ewing
NY1
3B
27.7
2.9
10.9
5.7
4 Deacon White
DTN
3B
39.6
2.3
11.1
4.0
5 Art Whitney
PIT
3B
29.5
1.7
6.3
-0.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Wise
BSN
SS
29.9
4.8
19.6
12.0
2 John Ward
NY1
SS
27.3
4.6
17.6
9.1
3 Jack Rowe
DTN
SS
30.6
3.7
15.6
7.1
4 Jack Glasscock
IN3
SS
29.9
3.6
12.2
4.3
5 Ned Williamson
CHN
SS
29.7
3.2
11.6
4.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Thompson
DTN
RF
27.3
5.1
25.5
16.8
2 King Kelly
BSN
RF
29.5
4.5
21.2
13.3
3 Paul Hines
WS8
CF
32.3
3.8
17.5
9.6
4 Jim Fogarty
PHI
RF
23.4
2.7
19.4
10.7
5 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
CF
24.4
2.1
12.0
3.6
6 George Wood
PHI
LF
28.6
2.1
16.0
8.1
7 Ed Andrews
PHI
CF
28.2
2.0
14.7
7.5
8 Mike Tiernan*
NY1
RF
20.4
2.0
10.6
4.1
9 George Gore
NY1
CF
30.2
1.7
9.7
2.2
10 John Coleman
PIT
RF
24.3
1.5
10.9
3.4
11 Dell Darling*
CHN
RF
25.5
1.2
5.1
2.7
12 Emmett Seery
IN3
LF
26.4
0.9
8.7
0.7
13 Larry Twitchell*
DTN
LF
23.4
0.9
6.9
2.9
14 Billy Sunday
CHN
RF
24.6
0.7
5.3
2.0
15 Marty Sullivan*
CHN
LF
24.7
0.7
8.9
1.3
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
24.2
2.9
11.0
9.3
2 Jim Whitney
WS8
SP
29.6
1.2
4.0
2.8
3 Charlie Buffinton
PHI
SP
26.0
0.5
2.8
1.2
4 Al Maul*
PHI
SP
21.7
0.5
2.9
2.5
5 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
30.5
0.5
1.5
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1887 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 Chris Fulmer
BL2
C
29.0
1.4
6.2
2.7
2 Sam Trott
BL2
C
28.3
0.6
3.4
-1.4
3 Jim Donahue
NY4
C
25.5
0.6
3.6
0.0
4 Jimmy Peoples
BR3
C
23.7
0.2
3.5
-0.7
5 Lave Cross*
LS2
C
21.1
0.2
2.1
-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
27.8
2.8
14.9
9.5
2 John Reilly
CN2
1B
28.7
2.7
16.6
8.0
3 Tommy Tucker*
BL2
1B
23.7
2.1
13.2
4.7
4 Charlie Comiskey
SL4
1B
27.9
2.1
17.0
8.7
5 John Kerins
LS2
1B
29.0
2.1
11.0
3.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Yank Robinson
SL4
2B
27.8
3.7
17.7
9.9
2 Reddy Mack
LS2
2B
21.2
2.9
12.7
4.5
3 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
27.7
2.4
16.3
7.5
4 Bill McClellan
BR3
2B
31.3
1.7
13.4
4.2
5 Bill Greenwood
BL2
2B
30.6
1.2
9.1
1.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Denny Lyons
PH4
3B
21.3
5.7
23.6
14.5
2 Jumbo Davis
BL2
3B
25.8
3.5
15.5
7.9
3 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
27.3
2.4
18.7
8.9
4 Joe Werrick
LS2
3B
25.7
1.8
10.0
1.7
5 George Pinkney
BR3
3B
28.5
1.5
12.2
2.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Oyster Burns
BL2
SS
22.8
6.2
24.4
15.4
2 Paul Radford
NY4
SS
25.7
3.3
16.8
8.1
3 Frank Fennelly
CN2
SS
27.4
3.1
15.6
6.6
4 Ed McKean*
CL3
SS
23.1
2.7
13.3
4.6
5 Chippy McGarr
PH4
SS
24.1
1.6
9.9
1.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
29.1
6.6
32.3
23.9
2 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
26.0
6.1
27.5
18.6
3 Bob Caruthers
SL4
RF
23.5
3.9
19.1
12.7
4 Mike Griffin*
BL2
CF
22.3
3.0
18.4
9.7
5 Pete Hotaling
CL3
CF
30.5
2.2
14.2
6.0
6 Harry Stovey
PH4
LF
30.5
2.1
13.8
5.6
7 Dave Foutz
SL4
RF
30.8
2.1
14.1
7.6
8 Darby O'Brien*
NY4
LF
23.8
2.1
16.0
7.8
9 Henry Larkin
PH4
LF
27.5
2.0
12.9
4.8
10 Fred Mann
MULT
CF
29.3
1.7
12.3
4.4
11 Jim McTamany
BR3
CF
24.0
1.2
13.4
4.5
12 George Tebeau*
CN2
LF
25.5
0.9
8.6
3.5
13 Ernie Burch
BR3
LF
30.8
0.7
6.0
2.8
14 Myron Allen*
CL3
LF
33.3
0.6
8.6
1.3
15 Joe Sommer
BL2
LF
28.6
0.6
7.9
0.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Matt Kilroy
BL2
SP
21.0
1.2
3.2
2.3
2 Phenomenal Smith
BL2
SP
22.6
1.0
2.6
1.8
3 Elmer Smith
CN2
SP
19.3
0.5
1.9
1.2
4 Tony Mullane
CN2
SP
28.4
0.5
1.9
1.1
5 Ed Cushman
NY4
SP
35.3
0.5
1.4
1.0
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