1889 Season
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1889 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 Ad Gumbert
CHN
SP
20.7
4.3
19.9
11.0
2 Patsy Tebeau
CL4
3B
24.6
2.4
15.7
3.7
3 Frank Dwyer
CHN
SP
21.3
2.3
17.7
8.0
4 George Haddock
WS8
SP
22.5
2.1
10.8
1.2
5 Bill Hutchison
CHN
SP
29.5
2.1
19.7
8.7
6 Alex Ferson
WS8
SP
23.0
1.9
11.6
1.6
7 Bill Daley
BSN
SP
21.0
0.5
3.3
1.7
8 Hi Ebright
WS8
C
30.1
0.3
1.6
0.2
9 Spider Clark
WS8
C
21.8
0.2
3.3
0.0
10 Alex Jones
PIT
SP
19.5
0.1
0.7
0.4
11 Jack Fee
IN3
SP
21.5
0.0
2.2
0.9
12 Pete Weckbecker
IN3
C
24.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
13 Jim Banning
WS8
C
23.6
-0.0
0.0
0.0
14 John Riddle
WS8
C
25.4
-0.1
0.4
-0.5
15 Harry Clarke
WS8
RF
28.5
-0.1
0.1
0.0
16 Jerry Hurley
BSN
RF
26.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
17 Chuck Lauer
PIT
C
24.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
18 Varney Anderson
IN3
SP
23.0
-0.1
0.5
0.0
19 Art McCoy
WS8
2B
25.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
20 Dave Anderson
PHI
SP
20.7
-0.2
0.1
-0.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1889 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 Jesse Duryea
CN2
SP
29.8
9.0
35.9
20.9
2 Jack Stivetts
SL4
SP
21.3
5.7
21.8
14.6
3 Lefty Marr
CL6
3B
26.8
4.2
24.6
11.7
4 Ollie Beard
CN2
SS
27.2
3.1
20.7
7.3
5 Billy Hamilton
KC2
RF
23.4
3.0
24.5
13.4
6 Bug Holliday
CN2
CF
22.4
2.4
22.5
10.0
7 Herman Long
KC2
SS
23.2
2.4
22.8
9.0
8 Joe Visner
BR3
C
29.8
1.4
13.7
6.7
9 Jim Burns
KC2
CF
0.0
1.1
18.6
6.2
10 Spud Johnson
CL6
RF
29.6
1.0
13.3
3.9
11 Billy Earle
CN2
RF
21.6
0.8
7.0
2.8
12 Jack Crooks
CL6
2B
23.6
0.8
3.5
2.4
13 Charlie Reilly
CL6
3B
22.4
0.7
3.4
2.8
14 Park Swartzel
KC2
SP
23.6
0.7
18.3
2.7
15 Farmer Weaver
LS2
CF
24.3
0.6
8.3
-3.1
16 Sadie McMahon
PH4
SP
21.8
0.6
14.5
5.4
17 Charlie Duffee
SL4
CF
23.4
0.5
19.6
7.5
18 Charlie Petty
CN2
SP
23.0
0.5
2.3
0.6
19 Mike McDermott
LS2
SP
25.2
0.5
2.3
-0.9
20 Jack Easton
CL6
SW
22.3
0.4
1.5
0.8
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James