1896 Season
1895 / 1897














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1896 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 Cy Young
CL4
SP
29.3
10.1
40.9
26.3
2 Nig Cuppy
CL4
SP
27.0
9.8
36.4
23.8
3 Pink Hawley
PIT
SP
23.6
8.0
27.0
13.7
4 Frank Killen
PIT
SP
25.6
7.5
31.1
15.9
5 Frank Dwyer
CIN
SP
28.3
7.2
29.7
19.5
6 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
26.8
7.2
32.4
19.3
7 Bill Hoffer
BLN
SP
25.6
7.1
27.0
16.2
8 Red Ehret
CIN
SP
27.8
6.1
25.3
15.6
9 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
26.6
6.0
27.7
16.5
10 Billy Rhines
CIN
SP
27.3
5.5
16.7
11.6
11 Harley Payne *
BRO
SP
28.5
4.7
17.7
9.2
12 Jouett Meekin
NY1
SP
29.4
4.5
22.5
10.8
13 Dan Daub
BRO
SP
28.5
4.4
16.1
8.1
14 Ted Breitenstein
SLN
SP
27.1
4.2
21.6
9.6
15 Bobby Wallace
CL4
SP
22.7
3.5
13.8
8.7
16 Zeke Wilson
CL4
SP
26.5
3.5
19.3
10.9
17 Jack Stivetts
BSN
SP
28.3
3.5
21.5
10.0
18 Danny Friend *
CHN
SP
23.2
3.5
19.5
9.2
19 Win Mercer
WSN
SP
22.0
3.3
19.6
6.7
20 George Hemming
BLN
SP
27.5
3.3
14.6
7.5
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James