1890 Season
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1890 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 Dick Buckley
NY1
C
31.8
27.0
3.1
0.9
2 Malachi Kittridge*
CHN
C
20.7
20.8
4.0
0.6
3 Chief Zimmer
CL4
C
29.6
18.3
6.0
1.7
4 Tom Daly
BRO
C
24.4
9.9
3.5
0.9
5 Pat Murphy
NY1
C
33.5
7.6
1.2
0.2
6 Jim Keenan
CIN
C
32.4
6.7
3.1
1.4
7 Charlie Bennett
BSN
C
35.6
6.5
5.8
2.7
8 Jerry Harrington*
CIN
C
21.9
3.1
4.0
1.6
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
38.2
10.2
2.1
0.7
2 Peek-A-Boo Veach*
MULT
1B
28.0
8.4
0.9
0.1
3 Dave Foutz
BRO
1B
33.8
6.5
2.4
1.3
4 Tommy Tucker
BSN
1B
26.7
0.4
2.8
1.4
5 Frank Motz*
PHI
1B
21.8
0.1
0.0
-0.0
6 Len Stockwell*
CL4
1B
30.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Mort Scanlan*
NY1
1B
29.3
-0.1
0.0
0.0
8 John Reilly
CIN
1B
31.7
-0.1
1.9
0.5
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
CIN
2B
30.7
25.5
7.5
4.4
2 Charley Bassett
NY1
2B
27.4
20.9
4.0
1.7
3 Bob Glenalvin*
CHN
2B
23.5
2.1
1.9
0.4
4 Hub Collins
BRO
2B
26.2
2.1
5.8
2.7
5 Shorty Howe*
NY1
2B
0.0
1.0
0.5
0.1
6 Ed Hutchinson*
CHN
2B
23.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
7 Harry Gilbert*
PIT
2B
22.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Pat Wright*
CHN
2B
25.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Will Smalley*
CL4
3B
19.0
15.1
5.5
1.9
2 Doggie Miller
PIT
3B
25.9
7.4
1.0
-1.2
3 Tom Burns
CHN
3B
33.3
4.7
6.9
3.2
4 Fred Roat*
PIT
3B
22.6
0.7
0.5
-0.6
5 Henry Youngman*
PIT
3B
25.6
-0.3
0.0
-0.2
6 Chippy McGarr
BSN
3B
27.1
-1.6
6.5
3.5
7 Bill Gray*
PHI
3B
19.2
-1.9
0.1
-0.2
8 Jerry Denny
NY1
3B
31.3
-2.3
3.0
0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Allen*
PHI
SS
23.0
25.6
12.7
8.0
2 Jimmy Cooney*
CHN
SS
25.0
23.2
6.5
1.9
3 Ollie Beard
CIN
SS
28.2
22.8
6.4
2.5
4 Germany Smith
BRO
SS
27.2
17.9
8.6
4.1
5 Jack Glasscock
NY1
SS
32.9
9.4
5.3
1.1
6 Herman Long
BSN
SS
24.2
7.3
6.4
2.9
7 Billy Clingman*
CIN
SS
20.6
0.3
0.4
0.2
8 John Gilbert*
PIT
SS
26.5
-0.1
0.0
-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 Cliff Carroll
CHN
LF
30.7
12.5
4.9
3.1
2 Joe Hornung
NY1
LF
33.1
12.3
2.7
1.5
3 Billy Hamilton
PHI
LF
24.4
10.6
2.5
0.5
4 Marty Sullivan
BSN
LF
27.7
9.0
4.9
3.0
5 Joe Knight*
CIN
LF
30.8
4.7
3.6
1.5
6 Darby O'Brien
BRO
LF
26.8
2.0
1.2
0.5
7 John Henry*
NY1
LF
26.8
0.2
0.7
0.2
8 Phil Routcliffe*
PIT
LF
19.7
0.0
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 Walt Wilmot
CHN
CF
26.7
14.2
7.3
4.5
2 George Davis*
CL4
CF
19.9
11.4
3.1
0.0
3 Billy Sunday
MULT
CF
27.6
5.7
1.9
-0.1
4 Pop Corkhill
BRO
CF
32.2
4.8
2.4
1.3
5 Eddie Burke*
MULT
CF
23.7
4.2
3.7
0.6
6 Elmer Foster
CHN
CF
28.9
2.2
2.0
1.4
7 Frank McGinn*
PIT
CF
21.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Patsy Donovan*
MULT
CF
25.3
-8.1
1.7
0.3
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Brodie*
BSN
RF
21.8
12.7
3.1
1.6
2 Vince Dailey*
CL4
RF
25.5
5.1
0.4
-0.5
3 Jim Andrews*
CHN
RF
25.1
3.9
1.4
0.7
4 Tun Berger*
PIT
RF
22.6
2.0
0.2
-0.3
5 Jesse Burkett*
NY1
RF
21.6
2.0
1.1
0.0
6 Hugh Nicol
CIN
RF
32.5
0.5
1.2
0.5
7 George McMillan*
NY1
RF
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
8 Al Schellhase*
BSN
RF
25.8
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1890 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 Harry Sage*
TL2
C
26.3
38.6
4.7
2.2
2 Jack O'Connor
CL6
C
21.1
24.7
5.1
1.6
3 Jack Ryan*
LS2
C
21.6
5.3
4.0
1.1
4 Herman Pitz*
MULT
C
25.0
4.7
1.6
-0.5
5 Deacon McGuire
RC2
C
26.6
3.7
4.2
1.6
6 Jim Toy
BR4
C
32.4
3.3
0.9
-0.6
7 Pete Weckbecker*
LS2
C
25.8
2.1
1.3
0.2
8 Jake Wells*
SL4
C
26.9
2.0
1.7
0.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Taylor*
LS2
1B
24.2
16.8
2.9
1.6
2 Mike Lehane*
CL6
1B
25.2
15.6
2.8
1.4
3 Perry Werden*
TL2
1B
24.9
5.9
2.2
0.9
4 Ed Cartwright*
SL4
1B
30.7
5.1
1.5
0.7
5 Pat Hartnett*
SL4
1B
26.7
0.4
0.3
0.1
6 John Kerins
SL4
1B
32.0
0.3
0.4
0.2
7 Dan Phelan*
LS2
1B
25.9
0.1
0.2
0.1
8 Jerry Kane*
SL4
1B
24.2
0.0
0.0
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 Joe Gerhardt
MULT
2B
35.4
23.8
3.7
0.9
2 Bill Higgins*
MULT
2B
28.8
14.2
3.9
2.2
3 Parson Nicholson*
TL2
2B
27.2
14.1
4.0
0.8
4 Jack Crooks*
CL6
2B
24.6
9.9
4.5
1.4
5 Reddy Mack
BL3
2B
24.2
1.9
0.8
0.2
6 Bill Greenwood
RC2
2B
33.6
0.8
3.7
0.8
7 Billy Klusman*
SL4
2B
25.3
0.3
0.5
0.2
8 Cupid Childs*
SR2
2B
22.9
0.3
4.0
1.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Reilly*
CL6
3B
23.4
34.1
8.5
5.0
2 Jimmy Knowles
RC2
3B
33.8
20.7
6.2
3.1
3 Billy Alvord
TL2
3B
26.9
10.8
4.5
1.6
4 Jim Donnelly
SL4
3B
25.0
0.9
0.1
-0.2
5 Fred Siefke*
BR4
3B
20.3
0.5
0.2
-0.2
6 Joe Burke*
SL4
3B
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Belden Hill*
BL3
3B
25.9
-0.2
0.4
0.2
8 Pat Connell*
BR4
3B
28.6
-0.4
0.1
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Phil Tomney
LS2
SS
27.0
28.9
8.1
4.4
2 Bobby Wheelock
CL6
SS
25.9
15.2
2.5
0.7
3 Henry Easterday
MULT
SS
25.8
10.2
3.8
1.0
4 Marr Phillips
RC2
SS
33.0
9.8
3.1
0.9
5 Shorty Fuller
SL4
SS
22.7
3.7
6.6
2.3
6 Leo Smith*
RC2
SS
31.1
2.3
2.0
0.8
7 Candy Nelson
BR4
SS
41.6
0.5
1.1
-0.7
8 Ed Carfrey*
PH4
SS
27.0
-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 Lyons
RC2
LF
24.3
35.2
3.9
1.9
2 Bones Ely*
SR2
LF
27.1
16.1
1.1
-0.0
3 Charlie Hamburg*
LS2
LF
26.6
5.9
4.1
2.0
4 Hank Simon*
MULT
LF
27.9
3.4
1.8
-0.2
5 Count Campau
SL4
LF
26.7
2.7
1.2
0.6
6 Ed Pabst*
MULT
LF
22.6
2.2
0.7
0.5
7 Sam Nichol*
CL6
LF
21.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
8 Ham Sweigert*
PH4
LF
0.0
-0.0
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 Charlie Duffee
SL4
CF
24.4
10.5
3.5
2.0
2 George Tebeau
TL2
CF
28.5
10.1
3.3
1.1
3 Farmer Weaver
LS2
CF
25.3
8.6
4.8
1.7
4 Jim McTamany
CL6
CF
27.0
1.1
6.4
3.4
5 John Peltz
MULT
CF
29.2
0.6
1.8
-1.1
6 Dusty Miller*
SL4
CF
21.8
0.1
0.5
0.1
7 John Leighton*
SR2
CF
28.7
0.1
0.1
-0.1
8 John McBride*
PH4
CF
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Swartwood
TL2
RF
31.5
23.9
3.2
1.5
2 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
28.1
15.7
3.5
1.7
3 Ted Scheffler*
RC2
RF
26.2
15.4
2.5
0.9
4 Tommy McCarthy
SL4
RF
26.9
14.6
2.4
1.0
5 Mike Dorgan
SR2
RF
36.7
1.9
0.2
-0.3
6 Joe McGuckin*
BL3
RF
28.3
1.0
0.6
0.5
7 Bill Johnson*
BL3
RF
27.8
0.2
0.4
0.1
8 George Crawford*
PH4
RF
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1890 Player's 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 Duke Farrell
CHP
C
23.8
14.4
8.1
4.9
2 Buck Ewing
NYP
C
30.7
9.2
4.8
1.9
3 Morgan Murphy*
BSP
C
23.4
8.2
3.4
1.2
4 Lave Cross
PHP
C
24.1
6.7
2.8
1.3
5 Jack Boyle
CHP
C
24.3
5.2
3.7
2.1
6 Sy Sutcliffe
CLP
C
28.2
5.1
2.4
-0.3
7 Tom Quinn
PTP
C
26.2
4.5
1.1
-0.7
8 King Kelly
BSP
C
32.5
3.4
2.8
1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Connor
NYP
1B
33.0
16.5
4.2
3.0
2 Jake Beckley
PTP
1B
22.9
8.6
1.6
0.4
3 Charlie Comiskey
CHP
1B
30.9
8.4
1.0
0.1
4 John Carney
MULT
1B
23.6
0.8
0.2
-0.1
5 John Morrill
BSP
1B
35.4
0.2
0.0
-0.0
6 Jay Faatz
BFP
1B
29.7
-0.0
0.3
-0.0
7 Dell Darling
CHP
1B
28.5
-0.4
0.3
-0.0
8 Sid Farrar
PHP
1B
30.9
-4.1
1.9
0.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Bierbauer
BRP
2B
24.8
21.1
6.7
3.5
2 Fred Pfeffer
CHP
2B
30.3
17.9
6.5
3.5
3 Dan Shannon
MULT
2B
25.3
11.0
3.3
1.0
4 Cub Stricker
CLP
2B
30.4
3.5
2.3
-0.4
5 Yank Robinson
PTP
2B
30.8
-5.1
1.6
-0.7
6 Sam Wise
BFP
2B
32.9
-6.7
1.5
-1.2
7 Joe Quinn
BSP
2B
25.5
-7.0
6.9
3.8
8 John Pickett
PHP
2B
24.4
-11.5
2.4
0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Kuehne
PTP
3B
31.7
12.9
5.5
2.3
2 Patsy Tebeau
CLP
3B
25.6
4.3
4.1
1.3
3 Billy Nash
BSP
3B
25.0
1.0
9.1
5.8
4 Bill Joyce*
BRP
3B
24.8
0.4
2.5
-1.1
5 Deacon White
BFP
3B
42.6
-0.3
2.1
0.4
6 Art Whitney
NYP
3B
32.5
-0.4
3.2
0.8
7 Joe Mulvey
PHP
3B
31.7
-3.1
2.6
-0.5
8 Ned Williamson
CHP
3B
32.7
-3.2
0.6
-0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy Corcoran*
PTP
SS
21.5
18.3
6.7
2.5
2 Danny Richardson
NYP
SS
27.4
10.4
5.2
2.6
3 Billy Shindle
PHP
SS
29.6
8.8
7.5
3.1
4 John Ward
BRP
SS
30.3
6.1
9.0
4.6
5 Arthur Irwin
BSP
SS
32.4
2.1
5.6
2.3
6 Charlie Bastian
CHP
SS
30.0
0.4
2.3
0.0
7 Frank Shugart*
CHP
SS
23.6
-1.4
0.7
-0.1
8 Ed Delahanty
CLP
SS
22.7
-3.3
2.0
-0.5
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Browning
CLP
LF
29.0
13.4
1.1
-0.7
2 George Wood
PHP
LF
31.6
6.0
2.9
0.9
3 Emmett Seery
BRP
LF
29.4
5.9
3.3
1.6
4 Hardy Richardson
BSP
LF
35.2
2.9
3.0
1.1
5 Jocko Fields
PTP
LF
25.7
1.1
1.1
-0.1
6 Budd*
CLP
LF
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Mike Slattery
NYP
LF
23.6
-3.2
1.0
0.1
8 Tip O'Neill
CHP
LF
32.1
-5.6
3.6
1.4
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Griffin
PHP
CF
25.3
25.6
5.2
2.8
2 Jimmy McAleer
CLP
CF
26.0
19.0
2.4
0.3
3 Jimmy Ryan
CHP
CF
27.4
13.9
6.7
3.8
4 Ned Hanlon
PTP
CF
32.9
6.0
2.9
0.1
5 Dick Johnston
MULT
CF
27.2
1.2
4.0
2.4
6 Dummy Hoy
BFP
CF
28.1
-5.6
1.1
-1.8
7 Tom Brown
BSP
CF
29.8
-10.8
4.6
1.6
8 Ed Andrews
BRP
CF
31.2
-12.2
4.2
2.1
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
PHP
RF
26.4
21.1
1.9
1.0
2 Hugh Duffy
CHP
RF
23.6
11.3
4.7
3.0
3 Jim O'Rourke
NYP
RF
39.8
8.2
3.9
2.5
4 Harry Stovey
BSP
RF
33.5
7.0
2.6
1.0
5 Jocko Halligan*
BFP
RF
21.6
2.3
0.1
-0.4
6 Paul Radford
CLP
RF
28.7
1.2
0.3
-0.3
7 Spider Clark
BFP
RF
22.8
0.5
0.1
-0.2
8 George Van Haltren
BRP
RF
24.3
0.2
1.2
0.5
*Rookie
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