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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The OC
Posts: 5,525
Thanks: 21
Thanked 45x in 33 posts
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Thanks to the Win Shares system, we now have the awards for the best player at each position. The winners for 1876 are:
1B Charlie Gould, Boston Red Caps
2B Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
SS George Wright, Boston Red Caps
3B Cap Anson, New York Mutuals
LF John Glenn, Hartford Dark Blues
CF Holly Hollingshead, Chicago White Stockings
RF Orator Shaffer, Hartford Dark Blues
C Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
In his final season, McVey joined George Wright as the only two players to win the award for four consecutive seasons. The winners so far, by position:
First Base
1871 - Joe Start, New York Mutuals
1872 - Joe Start, New York Mutuals
1873 - Charlie Gould, Boston Red Stockings
1874 - Joe Start, New York Mutuals
1875 - Charlie Gould, Boston Red Stockings
1876 - Charlie Gould, Boston Red Caps
Second Base
1871 - Bob Ferguson, New York Mutuals
1872 - Jimmy Wood, Baltimore Canaries
1873 - Jimmy Wood, Baltimore Canaries
1874 - Ross Barnes, Boston Red Stockings
1875 - Ross Barnes, Boston Red Stockings
1876 - Ross Barnes, Boston Red Caps
Shortstop
1871 - Dickey Pearce, New York Mutuals
1872 - John Radcliff, Philadelphia Athletics
1873 - George Wright, Boston Red Stockings
1874 - George Wright, Boston Red Stockings
1875 - George Wright, Boston Red Stockings
1876 - George Wright, Boston Red Caps
Third Base
1871 - Ezra Sutton, Philadelphia Athletics
1872 - Cap Anson, New York Mutuals
1873 - Fred Waterman, Baltimore Canaries
1874 - Cap Anson, New York Mutuals
1875 - Mike McGeary, Philadelphia Whites
1876 - Cap Anson, New York Mutuals
Left Field
1871 - Charlie Pabor, Cleveland Forest Citys
1872 - Steve King, Troy Haymakers
1873 - Jim O'Rourke, Boston Red Stockings
1874 - Jim O'Rourke, Boston Red Stockings
1875 - Jim O'Rourke, Boston Red Stockings
1876 - John Glenn, Hartford Dark Blues
Center Field
1871 - Lip Pike, Troy Haymakers
1872 - Harry Wright, Boston Red Stockings
1873 - Lip Pike, Washington Blue Legs
1874 - Candy Nelson, Brooklyn Atlantics
1875 - George Hall, New York Mutuals
1876 - Holly Hollingshead, Chicago White Stockings
Right Field
1871 - Al Reach, Philadelphia Athletics
1872 - Al Reach, Philadelphia Athletics
1873 - Deacon White, Baltimore Canaries
1874 - Dick Higham, New York Mutuals
1875 - Dick Higham, New York Mutuals
1876 - Orator Shaffer, Hartford Dark Blues
Catcher
1871 - Charlie Hodes, New York Mutuals
1872 - Charlie Hodes, New York Mutuals
1873 - Cal McVey, Boston Red Stockings
1874 - Cal McVey, Boston Red Stockings
1875 - Cal McVey, Boston Red Stockings
1876 - Cal McVey, Boston Red Caps
To honor McVey one last time, I'll switch my avatar to him until things get rolling and we have some 1877 achievements to celebrate.
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