1883 Season
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1883 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buck Ewing
NY1
C
23.7
3.7
13.8
7.8
2 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
28.6
3.6
15.7
9.7
3 Emil Gross
PHI
C
25.3
2.7
8.1
4.4
4 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
26.6
1.9
7.6
1.7
5 Silver Flint
CHN
C
27.9
0.4
5.2
0.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
25.1
5.5
24.1
17.5
2 Roger Connor
NY1
1B
26.0
4.8
19.8
13.2
3 John Morrill
BSN
1B
28.4
3.4
18.5
12.2
4 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
31.2
2.6
14.4
7.9
5 Martin Powell
DTN
1B
27.3
2.2
9.6
2.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
24.1
3.7
14.9
8.6
2 Jack Burdock
BSN
2B
31.3
3.5
16.8
10.6
3 Hardy Richardson
BFN
2B
28.2
3.2
13.6
7.3
4 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
26.0
2.9
14.0
7.5
5 Bob Ferguson
PHI
2B
38.4
1.4
3.5
-1.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
32.8
4.0
17.8
11.4
2 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
25.7
2.3
13.1
6.7
3 Deacon White
BFN
3B
35.6
2.3
8.8
2.6
4 Jerry Denny
PRO
3B
24.3
2.1
10.8
4.8
5 Blondie Purcell
PHI
3B
29.3
1.8
5.9
-0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom Burns
CHN
SS
26.3
2.6
13.2
6.9
2 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
25.9
2.4
8.1
2.2
3 Arthur Irwin
PRO
SS
25.4
2.1
9.3
3.0
4 Sadie Houck
DTN
SS
27.3
2.0
6.2
-0.2
5 Sam Wise
BSN
SS
25.9
1.8
9.3
3.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim O'Rourke
BFN
LF
32.8
3.3
15.0
8.3
2 George Gore
CHN
CF
26.2
3.2
19.1
12.8
3 George Wood
DTN
LF
24.6
3.0
16.4
9.4
4 Pete Gillespie
NY1
LF
31.6
2.3
12.4
6.1
5 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
28.3
2.2
13.7
6.7
6 Jack Manning
PHI
RF
29.5
1.6
7.2
0.5
7 Joe Hornung
BSN
LF
26.1
1.5
12.5
5.7
8 Tom York
CL2
LF
33.0
1.4
9.5
3.2
9 Orator Shaffer
BFN
RF
31.8
1.2
8.6
2.1
10 John Ward
NY1
CF
23.3
1.2
6.5
0.7
11 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
25.8
1.1
10.6
5.0
12 Lee Richmond
PRO
LF
26.2
0.9
6.0
2.9
13 King Kelly
CHN
RF
25.5
0.9
9.0
2.4
14 Bill Harbidge
PHI
CF
28.3
0.8
2.1
-2.5
15 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
25.9
0.7
5.6
-1.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
25.6
2.6
13.3
10.8
2 Charley Radbourn
PRO
SP
28.6
1.5
8.1
5.8
3 John Coleman*
PHI
SP
20.3
0.7
2.6
0.5
4 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
24.0
0.2
2.6
0.7
5 Lem Hunter*
CL2
RP
20.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1883 American Association Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack O'Brien
PH4
C
23.1
2.0
15.6
9.3
2 Jackie Hayes
PT1
C
22.0
2.0
8.5
2.9
3 Ed Whiting
LS2
C
23.6
1.9
10.2
6.4
4 Billy Taylor
PT1
C
28.6
1.2
6.6
0.9
5 Pop Snyder
CN2
C
28.7
0.8
5.1
1.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Swartwood
PT1
1B
24.5
4.4
22.0
15.3
2 Harry Stovey
PH4
1B
26.5
3.4
25.8
19.0
3 John Reilly
CN2
1B
24.7
3.0
18.5
11.7
4 Charlie Comiskey
SL4
1B
23.9
1.7
13.7
7.4
5 Ecky Stearns
BL2
1B
21.7
1.1
5.9
-0.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pop Smith
CL5
2B
26.7
2.7
13.7
7.1
2 Joe Gerhardt
LS2
2B
28.4
1.5
9.2
4.2
3 George Creamer
PT1
2B
28.6
1.4
6.6
0.6
4 Bid McPhee
CN2
2B
23.7
0.8
6.9
1.1
5 Cub Stricker
PH4
2B
23.4
0.8
8.4
3.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Gleason
MULT
3B
29.0
2.6
15.5
9.1
2 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
27.9
2.2
13.5
6.6
3 Bill Kuehne*
CL5
3B
24.7
0.7
3.8
-2.0
4 Jerry McCormick*
BL2
3B
22.6
0.7
3.7
-2.3
5 Fred Corey
PH4
3B
28.6
0.5
7.2
2.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Moynahan
PH4
SS
27.6
3.2
20.5
13.9
2 Candy Nelson
NY4
SS
34.6
2.7
13.7
6.8
3 John Richmond
CL5
SS
28.3
2.7
11.8
5.5
4 Bill Gleason
SL4
SS
24.6
2.3
14.2
7.5
5 Chick Fulmer
CN2
SS
32.4
1.3
7.3
1.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Browning
LS2
LF
22.0
3.7
22.5
16.6
2 Charley Jones
CN2
CF
33.2
2.2
16.3
10.0
3 Jim Clinton
BL2
LF
32.9
2.1
11.6
5.1
4 Tom Brown
CL5
RF
22.8
1.8
12.6
5.9
5 Mike Mansell
PT1
LF
25.5
1.5
10.1
3.4
6 Fred Mann
CL5
CF
25.3
1.4
9.7
3.4
7 Jimmy Wolf
LS2
RF
21.1
1.1
9.6
3.6
8 Dave Rowe*
BL2
RF
28.7
1.0
6.0
2.0
9 Gid Gardner*
BL2
CF
24.2
0.9
4.5
1.7
10 John O'Rourke
NY4
CF
33.9
0.9
8.4
3.2
11 Joe Sommer
CN2
LF
24.6
0.7
10.2
3.5
12 Hugh Nicol
SL4
RF
25.5
0.7
10.3
4.4
13 Buttercup Dickerson
PT1
RF
24.7
0.5
4.7
-0.9
14 Lon Knight
PH4
RF
30.0
0.3
11.5
4.6
15 Doug Allison
BL2
CF
37.0
0.1
0.3
0.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Guy Hecker
LS2
SP
27.2
1.6
8.8
6.6
2 Frank Mountain
CL5
SP
23.1
0.9
3.5
1.7
3 Bob Barr*
PT1
SP
26.6
0.5
1.9
1.0
4 John Valentine*
CL5
SP
27.6
0.4
1.6
1.2
5 Harry McCormick
CN2
SP
27.7
0.3
1.8
1.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James