1888 Season
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1888 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 Tom Daly
CHN
C
22.4
23.5
4.2
2.0
2 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
28.7
23.1
4.8
2.3
3 Dick Buckley*
IN3
C
29.8
11.1
1.3
-0.3
4 Pop Tate
BSN
C
27.5
10.6
1.6
0.3
5 Silver Flint
CHN
C
32.9
8.1
1.3
0.7
6 Pat Murphy*
NY1
C
31.5
8.0
1.8
0.8
7 George Myers
IN3
C
27.6
7.9
1.4
-0.1
8 Duke Farrell*
CHN
C
21.8
3.1
1.6
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
36.2
15.1
2.1
0.7
2 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
31.0
8.4
3.0
1.6
3 Billy O'Brien
WS8
1B
28.3
1.9
1.1
-0.3
4 John Morrill
BSN
1B
33.4
1.7
2.5
1.0
5 Sid Farrar
PHI
1B
28.9
0.9
2.5
1.1
6 Jake Beckley*
PIT
1B
20.9
-0.0
0.9
0.2
7 Jumbo Schoeneck
IN3
1B
26.3
-1.1
0.5
-0.0
8 Otto Schomberg
IN3
1B
23.6
-1.9
0.1
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Danny Richardson
NY1
2B
25.4
24.5
6.0
2.8
2 Fred Pfeffer
CHN
2B
28.3
16.9
6.6
3.4
3 Charley Bassett
IN3
2B
25.4
12.8
2.5
-0.5
4 Charlie Bastian
PHI
2B
28.0
10.8
3.7
2.1
5 Fred Dunlap
PIT
2B
29.1
4.2
3.9
1.9
6 Parson Nicholson*
DTN
2B
25.2
2.3
0.6
0.1
7 Bill Higgins*
BSN
2B
26.8
2.1
0.5
0.1
8 Hardy Richardson
DTN
2B
33.2
1.9
2.0
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 Jim Donnelly
WS8
3B
23.0
15.9
2.8
-0.3
2 Tom Burns
CHN
3B
31.3
11.5
5.9
2.4
3 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
23.0
9.7
6.6
3.6
4 Jerry Denny
IN3
3B
29.3
5.8
4.0
1.2
5 Art Whitney
NY1
3B
30.5
4.8
3.6
1.1
6 Deacon White
DTN
3B
40.6
3.0
3.5
0.1
7 Bill Kuehne
PIT
3B
29.7
2.8
5.3
3.2
8 Woody Wagenhorst*
PHI
3B
25.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
IN3
SS
30.9
16.3
4.9
1.3
2 John Ward
NY1
SS
28.3
11.5
5.7
1.8
3 George Shoch
WS8
SS
29.5
4.2
2.2
0.5
4 Arthur Irwin
PHI
SS
30.4
3.6
7.8
3.8
5 Sy Sutcliffe*
DTN
SS
26.2
0.2
1.7
0.8
6 Shorty Fuller*
WS8
SS
20.7
0.0
1.2
-0.3
7 Frank Scheibeck*
DTN
SS
23.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 John Irwin
WS8
SS
26.9
-1.5
1.1
0.1
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Walt Wilmot*
WS8
LF
24.7
30.8
1.8
0.2
2 Joe Hornung
BSN
LF
31.1
15.4
2.3
0.9
3 Emmett Seery
IN3
LF
27.4
8.7
1.6
-0.2
4 Marty Sullivan
CHN
LF
25.7
2.7
1.6
0.6
5 Jocko Fields
PIT
LF
23.7
0.4
0.3
-0.0
6 Abner Dalrymple
PIT
LF
30.8
0.2
0.7
-0.1
7 Mike Hines
BSN
LF
25.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
8 Henry Yaik*
PIT
LF
24.3
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 Dick Johnston
BSN
CF
25.2
22.3
5.8
2.6
2 Billy Sunday
PIT
CF
25.6
15.2
4.1
1.5
3 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
30.9
3.1
3.0
0.5
4 Elmer Foster*
NY1
CF
26.9
1.6
0.5
0.0
5 Mike Slattery
NY1
CF
21.6
0.2
4.4
2.3
6 Sam Nichol*
PIT
CF
19.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
7 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
CF
25.4
-0.4
3.3
0.4
8 Ted Scheffler*
DTN
CF
24.2
-2.4
0.1
-0.5
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
24.4
46.6
7.5
5.6
2 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
21.4
3.8
4.4
2.6
3 Tom Brown
BSN
RF
27.8
1.7
1.9
0.3
4 Hugh Duffy*
CHN
RF
21.6
1.6
1.8
0.8
5 John Coleman
PIT
RF
25.3
0.9
1.5
0.1
6 Jack McGeachey
IN3
RF
24.1
0.7
1.2
-0.5
7 Ed Daily
WS8
RF
25.8
0.4
1.7
0.2
8 Cliff Carroll
PIT
RF
28.7
0.0
0.0
-0.1
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1888 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 Jim Keenan
CN2
C
30.4
20.2
3.8
1.4
2 Wilbert Robinson
PH4
C
25.0
15.8
5.0
2.6
3 Chris Fulmer
BL2
C
30.0
14.1
0.6
-0.9
4 Jimmy Peoples
BR3
C
24.7
11.5
1.5
0.5
5 Sam Trott
BL2
C
29.3
9.7
0.4
-0.5
6 Pop Snyder
CL3
C
33.7
9.5
3.0
1.1
7 Chief Zimmer*
CL3
C
27.6
7.5
2.9
1.0
8 Bill Holbert
BR3
C
33.3
5.9
0.8
0.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Comiskey
SL4
1B
28.9
13.4
1.6
0.2
2 Tommy Tucker
BL2
1B
24.7
10.1
2.7
1.3
3 John Reilly
CN2
1B
29.7
6.1
2.2
0.9
4 Dave Orr
BR3
1B
28.8
6.1
1.7
0.6
5 Wally Andrews*
LS2
1B
28.8
-0.3
0.3
0.0
6 Skyrocket Smith*
LS2
1B
20.3
-0.6
0.5
-0.1
7 Guy Hecker
LS2
1B
32.2
-3.1
0.2
-0.1
8 Bill Phillips
KC2
1B
31.3
-3.6
1.7
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
28.7
31.1
6.4
3.7
2 Lou Bierbauer
PH4
2B
22.8
21.1
5.5
2.5
3 Reddy Mack
LS2
2B
22.2
8.8
3.2
0.6
4 Bill Greenwood
BL2
2B
31.6
2.7
2.1
0.1
5 Chippy McGarr
SL4
2B
25.1
-0.5
0.8
-0.0
6 Frank Hankinson
KC2
2B
32.2
-1.1
0.2
-0.1
7 Bill McClellan
MULT
2B
32.3
-4.6
1.8
0.3
8 Cub Stricker
CL3
2B
28.4
-5.5
3.4
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 Billy Shindle*
BL2
3B
27.6
38.0
11.3
7.7
2 Arlie Latham
SL4
3B
28.3
18.9
7.1
3.6
3 Jumbo Davis
KC2
3B
26.8
17.8
3.5
0.4
4 Joe Werrick
LS2
3B
26.7
1.0
0.7
-1.7
5 Dick Van Zant*
CL3
3B
23.7
0.2
0.1
-0.2
6 Phil Reccius
LS2
3B
26.1
0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
32.9
-6.3
5.1
1.4
8 John McGlone*
CL3
3B
24.6
-6.5
0.3
-1.0
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
25.2
29.3
6.9
3.5
2 Henry Easterday*
KC2
SS
23.8
21.7
4.2
0.4
3 Frank Fennelly
MULT
SS
28.4
18.5
9.9
5.6
4 Phil Tomney*
LS2
SS
25.0
6.8
1.8
0.7
5 Bill White
MULT
SS
28.2
0.4
4.6
0.8
6 Gus Alberts*
CL3
SS
27.6
0.2
1.5
-0.1
7 Jack Farrell
BL2
SS
31.0
0.0
2.3
0.5
8 George Bradley
BL2
SS
36.0
0.0
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 Harry Stovey
PH4
LF
31.5
22.5
4.3
2.7
2 Darby O'Brien
BR3
LF
24.8
7.2
4.2
2.3
3 George Tebeau
CN2
LF
26.5
7.0
2.4
0.7
4 Hub Collins
MULT
LF
24.2
6.2
1.1
0.4
5 Myron Allen
KC2
LF
34.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6 Tip O'Neill
SL4
LF
30.1
0.6
4.0
2.2
7 Jim Burns*
KC2
LF
0.0
0.2
0.2
-0.0
8 Charley Jones
KC2
LF
38.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pop Corkhill
MULT
CF
30.2
27.9
6.8
3.8
2 Curt Welch
PH4
CF
26.4
22.2
8.6
5.5
3 Mike Griffin
BL2
CF
23.3
11.5
1.7
-1.4
4 Pete Browning
LS2
CF
27.0
2.1
1.0
-0.8
5 Harry Lyons*
SL4
CF
22.3
1.7
4.8
2.3
6 Paul Radford
BR3
CF
26.7
1.4
5.5
3.5
7 Jack O'Connor*
CN2
CF
19.1
-0.2
0.1
-0.4
8 Jim McTamany
KC2
CF
25.0
-1.5
2.0
0.2
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy McCarthy
SL4
RF
24.9
23.2
6.6
4.7
2 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
26.1
12.5
0.9
-0.4
3 Dave Foutz
BR3
RF
31.8
4.3
1.9
0.6
4 Hugh Nicol
CN2
RF
30.5
2.1
2.9
0.9
5 Monk Cline
KC2
RF
30.3
1.5
0.6
-0.0
6 Mike Goodfellow*
CL3
RF
21.7
0.1
0.2
-0.6
7 Tom Poorman
PH4
RF
30.7
0.0
1.7
0.1
8 Hercules Burnett*
LS2
RF
22.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
*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