1888 Season
1887 / 1889














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Top PitcherSilver
King

1888 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 Silver King
SL4
SP
20.5
15.8
71.9
50.6
2 Charlie Buffinton
PHI
SP
27.0
12.0
41.2
26.4
3 Ed Seward
PH4
SP
21.0
9.9
42.1
22.9
4 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
31.5
9.1
36.7
20.7
5 Ben Sanders*
PHI
SP
23.4
8.8
33.0
22.0
6 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
29.0
7.9
31.2
15.6
7 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
31.0
7.6
31.7
21.6
8 Pete Conway
DTN
SP
21.7
6.9
29.8
15.3
9 Bob Caruthers
BR3
SP
24.5
6.9
43.9
27.2
10 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
36.2
6.9
29.4
19.3
11 Dan Brouthers
DTN
1B
30.1
6.6
27.3
16.6
12 Gus Krock*
CHN
SP
22.1
6.3
26.5
14.0
13 Pud Galvin
PIT
SP
31.5
5.7
27.5
11.4
14 Harry Stovey
PH4
LF
31.5
5.4
31.5
20.9
15 Billy Nash
BSN
3B
23.0
5.3
23.7
10.9
16 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
CF
25.4
5.3
34.9
21.6
17 John Reilly
CN2
1B
29.7
5.3
30.3
20.5
18 Elmer Smith
CN2
SP
20.3
5.1
28.4
15.7
19 Nat Hudson
SL4
SP
29.5
5.0
35.6
22.7
20 Ed Morris
PIT
SP
25.8
5.0
32.3
14.6
21 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
21.4
4.8
27.3
17.8
22 Mickey Hughes*
BR3
SP
21.7
4.8
31.9
18.8
23 Tony Mullane
CN2
SP
29.4
4.5
31.8
17.7
24 King Kelly
BSN
C
30.5
4.5
24.2
13.7
25 Elton Chamberlain
MULT
SP
20.7
4.4
23.1
11.7
26 Dick Johnston
BSN
CF
25.2
4.4
25.1
12.6
27 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
28.7
4.4
27.2
16.9
28 Dummy Hoy*
WS8
CF
26.1
4.3
31.1
18.9
29 Adonis Terry
BR3
SP
23.9
4.2
20.1
12.6
30 Gus Weyhing
PH4
SP
21.8
4.2
29.8
15.0
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