1889 Season
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1889 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 John Clarkson
BSN
SP
28.0
16.7
65.6
44.8
2 Charlie Buffinton
PHI
SP
28.0
11.3
32.8
20.1
3 Ben Sanders
PHI
SP
24.4
6.9
25.3
13.6
4 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
30.0
6.7
28.4
15.9
5 Henry Boyle
IN3
SP
28.8
5.9
25.8
13.1
6 Ed Beatin
CL4
SP
22.9
5.7
22.9
12.2
7 Jersey Bakely
CL4
SP
25.2
5.7
22.2
12.0
8 Charley Radbourn
BSN
SP
34.6
4.9
23.5
14.3
9 Darby O'Brien
CL4
SP
22.2
4.3
21.3
9.7
10 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
32.5
4.2
25.1
13.0
11 Harry Staley
PIT
SP
22.7
3.7
22.5
8.4
12 Ad Gumbert *
CHN
SP
20.7
3.3
16.4
8.2
13 Dan Casey
PHI
SP
26.6
3.3
10.4
5.3
14 Bill Hutchison *
CHN
SP
29.5
2.9
19.7
9.1
15 Henry Gruber
CL4
SP
25.5
2.8
12.7
5.9
16 Alex Ferson *
WS8
SP
23.0
2.7
11.6
1.9
17 Frank Dwyer *
CHN
SP
21.3
2.6
17.5
8.3
18 John Tener
CHN
SP
25.9
2.1
17.3
7.7
19 George Haddock *
WS8
SP
22.5
1.5
9.4
0.1
20 Charlie Getzien
IN3
SP
25.4
1.2
18.7
7.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1889 American Association Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Elton Chamberlain
SL4
SP
21.7
9.4
43.0
28.3
2 Silver King
SL4
SP
21.5
8.4
43.9
27.9
3 Jesse Duryea *
CN2
SP
29.8
8.3
33.9
19.9
4 Matt Kilroy
BL2
SP
23.0
7.1
38.4
21.7
5 Bob Caruthers
BR3
SP
25.5
6.6
38.8
23.2
6 Jack Stivetts *
SL4
SP
21.3
5.7
21.8
15.0
7 Lee Viau
CN2
SP
23.0
4.9
24.3
11.3
8 Frank Foreman
BL2
SP
26.2
4.9
29.3
14.9
9 Jim Conway
KC2
SP
30.7
4.4
19.6
7.9
10 Gus Weyhing
PH4
SP
22.8
4.4
31.5
15.8
11 Tony Mullane
CN2
SP
30.4
2.8
16.6
8.9
12 Adonis Terry
BR3
SP
24.9
2.1
23.6
12.2
13 Mark Baldwin
CL6
SP
25.7
1.7
26.4
8.4
14 Tom Lovett
BR3
SP
25.6
1.5
14.8
6.8
15 Red Ehret
LS2
SP
20.8
1.5
9.2
-3.6
16 Ed Seward
PH4
SP
22.0
1.5
18.4
7.3
17 Park Swartzel *
KC2
SP
23.6
1.2
18.3
4.0
18 Sadie McMahon *
PH4
SP
21.8
1.2
14.5
6.1
19 Jim Devlin
SL4
SP
23.2
0.7
5.7
3.6
20 Harry Raymond *
LS2
3B
27.4
0.5
0.6
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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