1888 Season
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1888 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 Ben Sanders
PHI
SP
23.4
8.8
33.0
22.0
2 Gus Krock
CHN
SP
22.1
6.3
26.5
14.0
3 Dummy Hoy
WS8
CF
26.1
4.3
31.1
18.9
4 Bill Sowders
BSN
SP
23.6
2.9
22.3
10.6
5 Jake Beckley
PIT
1B
20.9
2.7
15.4
10.1
6 Bill Burdick
IN3
SP
28.7
2.4
10.8
4.2
7 George Keefe
WS8
SP
21.5
1.7
6.8
2.6
8 Walt Wilmot
WS8
LF
24.7
1.4
12.5
3.2
9 Dick Buckley
IN3
C
29.8
1.3
6.9
0.7
10 Harry Staley
PIT
SP
21.7
1.2
11.7
4.1
11 Hugh Duffy
CHN
RF
21.6
1.2
9.7
3.5
12 Kid Gleason
PHI
SP
21.7
1.1
11.8
4.5
13 Bill George
NY1
RF
23.4
1.0
3.6
1.7
14 Ad Gumbert
CHN
SP
19.7
0.8
3.9
2.0
15 Irv Ray
BSN
SS
24.4
0.7
3.5
-1.3
16 Parson Nicholson
DTN
2B
25.2
0.7
2.5
0.6
17 Ed Beatin
DTN
SP
21.9
0.7
6.6
2.6
18 Frank Dwyer
CHN
SP
20.3
0.5
3.8
2.3
19 Elmer Cleveland
MULT
3B
25.8
0.5
4.0
0.8
20 Sy Sutcliffe
DTN
SS
26.2
0.5
4.8
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1888 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 Mickey Hughes
BR3
SP
21.7
4.8
31.9
18.8
2 Lee Viau
CN2
SP
22.0
3.3
30.0
15.9
3 John Ewing
LS2
SP
25.1
2.6
8.0
1.1
4 Billy Shindle
BL2
3B
27.6
1.9
16.6
5.0
5 John Weyhing
CN2
SP
19.0
1.3
6.2
3.8
6 Darby O'Brien
CL3
SP
21.2
1.2
10.4
0.9
7 Gus Alberts
CL3
SS
27.6
1.2
9.0
-0.1
8 Jay Faatz
CL3
1B
27.7
1.1
13.0
4.3
9 Chief Zimmer
CL3
C
27.6
1.1
8.1
2.6
10 Henry Easterday
KC2
SS
23.8
0.9
6.0
-4.2
11 Skyrocket Smith
LS2
1B
20.3
0.8
5.4
1.2
12 Ed Herr
SL4
SS
23.3
0.7
5.5
1.5
13 Bert Cunningham
BL2
SP
22.6
0.5
22.5
6.0
14 Ed Keas
CL3
SP
25.4
0.5
2.7
0.8
15 Frank Hoffman
KC2
SP
0.0
0.4
5.8
2.0
16 George Proeser
CL3
SP
24.1
0.3
2.8
0.7
17 Wally Andrews
LS2
1B
28.8
0.3
1.7
-0.2
18 Red Ehret
KC2
SP
19.8
0.3
3.1
0.8
19 Jim Devlin
SL4
SP
22.2
0.2
7.3
4.0
20 Mike Sullivan
PH4
LF
28.1
0.2
3.7
1.4
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