1903 Season
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1903 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 Johnny Kling
CHN
C
27.6
3.4
14.8
6.8
2 Pat Moran
BSN
C
27.4
2.6
9.9
3.2
3 Fred Jacklitsch
BRO
C
27.1
1.5
5.3
2.1
4 Ed Phelps*
PIT
C
24.3
1.2
5.4
0.7
5 Frank Roth*
PHI
C
24.7
1.0
3.2
-0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
26.8
5.5
26.6
18.5
2 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
31.6
3.7
18.4
10.1
3 Jack Doyle
BRO
1B
33.7
3.2
17.2
8.1
4 Jake Beckley
CIN
1B
35.9
2.8
14.3
6.4
5 Dan McGann
NY1
1B
32.0
1.1
11.2
2.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Claude Ritchey
PIT
2B
29.7
2.4
14.2
5.3
2 Johnny Evers*
CHN
2B
21.9
1.9
11.6
4.0
3 John Farrell
SLN
2B
26.6
1.8
10.7
2.0
4 Kid Gleason
PHI
2B
36.7
1.8
7.6
0.6
5 Billy Gilbert
NY1
2B
27.0
0.9
8.4
0.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Steinfeldt
CIN
3B
25.8
3.9
14.3
6.5
2 Tommy Leach
PIT
3B
25.7
3.4
16.6
8.0
3 Sammy Strang
BRO
3B
26.5
3.2
14.6
5.4
4 Harry Wolverton
PHI
3B
29.6
3.1
10.7
2.4
5 Ed Gremminger
BSN
3B
29.3
2.0
10.0
1.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
29.4
6.6
27.8
19.1
2 Bill Dahlen
BRO
SS
33.5
3.5
13.3
4.6
3 Joe Tinker
CHN
SS
22.9
2.8
13.3
5.4
4 Charlie Babb*
NY1
SS
30.4
1.7
9.7
2.0
5 Rudy Hulswitt
PHI
SS
26.4
1.6
5.0
-3.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmy Sheckard
BRO
LF
24.6
6.0
27.0
17.5
2 Roy Thomas
PHI
CF
29.3
4.9
19.5
10.2
3 Roger Bresnahan
NY1
CF
24.1
4.8
23.5
16.0
4 Mike Donlin
CIN
LF
25.1
4.4
21.1
12.5
5 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
30.7
4.3
22.7
15.3
6 Ginger Beaumont
PIT
CF
26.9
4.2
24.0
13.7
7 Cy Seymour
CIN
CF
30.6
3.7
18.3
9.0
8 Sam Mertes
NY1
LF
30.9
3.0
19.4
10.3
9 Jimmy Slagle
CHN
LF
30.0
2.9
19.5
9.7
10 Bill Keister
PHI
RF
31.9
2.4
11.7
5.2
11 Joe Kelley
CIN
LF
31.6
2.4
12.2
5.3
12 Homer Smoot
SLN
CF
25.3
2.0
12.4
3.9
13 Patsy Donovan
SLN
RF
38.3
1.8
11.9
5.0
14 Duff Cooley
BSN
LF
30.3
1.8
14.5
5.3
15 George Browne
NY1
RF
27.5
1.5
17.0
7.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Brickyard Kennedy
PIT
SP
35.7
0.8
2.5
2.4
2 Bob Wicker
MULT
SP
25.1
0.6
1.3
1.1
3 Bob Ewing
CIN
SP
30.2
0.5
1.1
0.9
4 Chick Fraser
PHI
SP
29.8
0.5
1.0
0.8
5 Jack Taylor
CHN
SP
29.5
0.4
0.7
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1903 American 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 Harry Bemis
CLE
C
29.4
1.6
5.9
0.7
2 Ossee Schreckengost
PHA
C
28.2
1.4
4.1
-0.9
3 Deacon McGuire
DET
C
39.6
1.2
3.3
-0.9
4 Lew Drill
WS1
C
26.1
1.1
3.3
0.6
5 Duke Farrell
BOS
C
36.8
1.0
3.7
2.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Hickman
CLE
1B
27.3
3.9
19.0
10.4
2 Harry Davis
PHA
1B
30.0
2.9
14.5
7.3
3 John Anderson
SLA
1B
29.5
2.5
15.4
6.3
4 John Ganzel
NYA
1B
29.2
2.2
15.2
6.8
5 Charlie Carr*
DET
1B
26.5
1.9
10.0
1.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
28.8
6.2
25.5
17.2
2 Jimmy Williams
NYA
2B
26.5
2.7
16.0
7.3
3 Danny Murphy
PHA
2B
26.9
1.9
9.9
1.5
4 Hobe Ferris
BOS
2B
28.6
1.5
10.0
1.1
5 Bill Friel
SLA
2B
27.3
0.6
4.3
-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 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
25.4
6.1
23.7
14.5
2 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
33.5
4.4
19.8
10.8
3 Nixey Callahan
CHA
3B
29.3
3.2
14.1
6.7
4 Wid Conroy
NYA
3B
26.2
3.0
16.1
7.5
5 Lave Cross
PHA
3B
37.1
2.3
10.0
0.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Freddy Parent
BOS
SS
27.6
5.0
19.9
10.6
2 Kid Elberfeld
MULT
SS
28.2
4.5
18.1
9.7
3 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
29.7
3.1
11.2
2.5
4 Monte Cross
PHA
SS
33.8
2.8
9.7
1.3
5 Charles Moran*
WS1
SS
24.3
1.3
3.8
-2.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
23.2
5.4
22.5
13.1
2 Jimmy Barrett
DET
CF
28.3
5.0
21.3
11.6
3 Danny Green
CHA
RF
26.7
4.3
23.4
14.5
4 Buck Freeman
BOS
RF
31.7
4.1
22.5
13.0
5 Socks Seybold
PHA
RF
32.6
4.1
18.6
9.7
6 Patsy Dougherty
BOS
LF
26.7
3.9
25.4
15.2
7 Elmer Flick
CLE
RF
27.5
3.9
21.1
11.9
8 Topsy Hartsel
PHA
LF
29.0
3.6
17.0
10.3
9 Billy Lush
DET
LF
29.6
3.6
14.6
6.4
10 Jesse Burkett
SLA
LF
34.6
3.1
18.9
9.9
11 Harry Bay
CLE
CF
25.5
2.9
17.0
7.1
12 Willie Keeler
NYA
RF
31.3
2.7
19.7
10.5
13 Fielder Jones
CHA
CF
31.9
2.7
16.0
6.6
14 Ollie Pickering
PHA
CF
33.2
2.5
14.4
5.1
15 Emmet Heidrick
SLA
CF
27.0
2.3
13.3
5.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Al Orth
WS1
SP
30.8
1.9
4.5
3.7
2 Cy Young
BOS
SP
36.3
1.6
4.7
4.0
3 George Mullin
DET
SP
23.0
1.2
2.4
1.7
4 Tom Hughes
BOS
SP
24.6
0.8
2.4
1.9
5 Jesse Tannehill
NYA
SP
29.0
0.8
2.2
1.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James