1891 Season
1890 / 1892














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1891 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 Bill Dahlen
CHN
3B
21.5
3.0
21.7
9.0
2 John Thornton
PHI
SP
22.1
2.1
16.5
6.7
3 Frank Shugart
PIT
SS
24.6
1.9
9.9
2.3
4 Jack Taylor
NY1
SP
18.1
0.3
0.7
0.4
5 Bert Inks
BRO
SP
20.4
0.2
3.8
0.4
6 Cyclone Ryan
BSN
RP
25.6
0.2
0.4
0.3
7 Joe Donohue
PHI
CF
22.6
0.2
0.9
0.4
8 Piggy Ward
PIT
LF
24.2
0.2
0.8
0.4
9 Ed Spurney
PIT
SS
19.5
0.1
0.3
0.1
10 Phil Saylor
PHI
RP
20.5
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
11 Walter Plock
PHI
CF
22.0
-0.0
0.3
0.1
12 Fred Lake
BSN
C
24.7
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
13 Bill Collins
CL4
RF
28.6
-0.1
0.1
0.0
14 John Newell
PIT
3B
23.5
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
15 Joe Daly
CL4
RF
22.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
16 Bill Merritt
CHN
C
20.9
-0.1
0.4
-0.5
17 George Rooks
BSN
LF
27.7
-0.1
0.3
-0.0
18 Lew Graulich
PHI
C
29.6
-0.1
0.4
-0.1
19 Henry Killeen
CL4
SP
19.2
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
20 Harry Morelock
PHI
SS
21.7
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1891 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 Warren Fitzgerald
LS2
SP
23.3
3.7
16.2
7.7
2 Frank Killen
ML3
SP
20.6
3.5
10.3
7.4
3 George Davies
ML3
SP
23.4
3.3
9.6
6.5
4 Willard Mains
MULT
SP
23.0
3.1
16.4
9.8
5 Jouett Meekin
LS2
SP
24.4
1.4
11.8
4.7
6 Tom Cahill
LS2
C
22.8
1.0
13.0
2.1
7 Bill Eagan
SL4
2B
22.1
1.0
8.5
1.4
8 Larry Murphy
WS9
LF
34.3
0.9
10.4
2.0
9 Hughie Jennings
LS2
SS
22.2
0.8
11.6
3.2
10 Clark Griffith
MULT
SW
21.6
0.8
15.5
8.4
11 Ted Breitenstein
SL4
RP
22.1
0.5
3.3
2.4
12 Jim Hughey
ML3
SP
22.3
0.5
1.4
0.9
13 Buck Freeman
WS9
SP
19.7
0.4
1.6
0.2
14 Pete Gilbert
BL3
3B
23.8
0.2
12.1
-0.3
15 George Rettger
SL4
SP
22.9
0.1
7.0
4.1
16 Mart McQuaid
SL4
2B
30.0
0.1
0.6
0.4
17 John Slagle
CN3
RP
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
18 Charles Matthews
PH4
RF
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
19 Jack Darragh
LS2
1B
25.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
20 Pete Lohman
WS9
C
26.7
0.0
1.6
-1.3
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James