Jim Creighton was no stranger to hardware, having won the MVP trophy -- excuse me, the
Jim Creighton MVP Award -- and the Pitcher of the Year trophy on multiple occasions. In 1886, though, Creighton was there to hand them out, to Dan Brouthers of Cincinnati...
...and Eureka's Charlie Geggus.
In the American Association, Mike Moynahan of Providence won the MVP and Worcester's Bert Dorr took pitcher's honours, while the Union MVP award went to Paul Hines of Altoona, while Milo Lockwood of the Colts was voted top hurler.