1904 Season
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1904 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 Mike Grady
SLN
C
34.5
4.2
14.7
8.9
2 Tom Needham*
BSN
C
25.2
1.7
6.3
1.7
3 Red Dooin
PHI
C
25.1
1.4
5.4
-0.5
4 Frank Bowerman
NY1
C
35.6
1.1
4.6
-0.5
5 Lew Ritter
BRO
C
28.8
1.0
3.3
-0.5
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
27.8
4.6
26.9
18.7
2 Jake Beckley
SLN
1B
36.9
4.4
21.0
11.2
3 Dan McGann
NY1
1B
33.0
3.6
20.4
10.9
4 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
32.6
2.8
17.8
7.9
5 Joe Kelley
CIN
1B
32.6
2.5
14.4
6.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Miller Huggins*
CIN
2B
26.3
2.9
14.6
5.1
2 Claude Ritchey
PIT
2B
30.7
2.8
15.9
5.9
3 Kid Gleason
PHI
2B
37.7
2.3
13.4
2.8
4 Billy Gilbert
NY1
2B
28.0
1.9
12.8
3.9
5 John Farrell
SLN
2B
27.6
1.8
10.0
1.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Delahanty*
BSN
3B
25.0
3.7
17.7
9.1
2 Art Devlin*
NY1
3B
24.7
3.7
18.4
9.4
3 Tommy Leach
PIT
3B
26.7
2.4
14.4
4.3
4 Harry Wolverton
PHI
3B
30.6
2.0
9.7
2.6
5 Doc Casey
CHN
3B
34.3
1.9
12.8
3.3
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
30.4
8.4
35.8
26.9
2 Charlie Babb
BRO
SS
31.4
3.7
11.6
2.0
3 Bill Dahlen
NY1
SS
34.5
3.6
15.3
6.1
4 Ed Abbaticchio
BSN
SS
27.2
3.5
14.3
4.1
5 Dave Brain
SLN
SS
25.4
3.2
12.0
3.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roy Thomas
PHI
CF
30.3
4.2
23.9
14.2
2 Cy Seymour
CIN
CF
31.6
3.6
18.5
9.4
3 Harry Lumley*
BRO
RF
23.8
3.5
17.0
6.9
4 Sam Mertes
NY1
LF
31.9
3.4
20.9
11.1
5 Roger Bresnahan
NY1
CF
25.1
3.3
18.2
10.7
6 Mike Donlin
MULT
LF
26.1
3.2
17.1
10.6
7 John Titus
PHI
LF
28.4
3.1
19.2
10.2
8 Ginger Beaumont
PIT
CF
27.9
2.9
20.3
9.6
9 Homer Smoot
SLN
CF
26.3
2.6
14.3
5.2
10 Doc Gessler
BRO
CF
23.5
2.2
9.7
3.6
11 Cozy Dolan
CIN
RF
31.6
1.8
13.4
5.1
12 Spike Shannon*
SLN
RF
26.4
1.8
13.6
4.3
13 Moose McCormick*
MULT
CF
23.3
1.8
14.6
6.9
14 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
31.7
1.8
12.0
6.9
15 Duff Cooley
BSN
LF
31.3
1.7
13.6
5.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Leever
PIT
SP
32.5
0.8
2.1
1.8
2 Mike O'Neill
SLN
SP
26.8
0.7
1.4
1.1
3 Bob Ewing
CIN
SP
31.2
0.6
1.9
1.7
4 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
23.9
0.6
1.7
1.3
5 Fred Mitchell
MULT
SP
26.1
0.5
0.9
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1904 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 Lew Drill
MULT
C
27.1
2.8
10.6
5.1
2 Joe Sugden
SLA
C
33.9
2.4
8.1
2.0
3 Ed McFarland
CHA
C
29.9
1.9
7.0
4.2
4 Billy Sullivan
CHA
C
29.4
1.4
5.7
-0.4
5 Lou Criger
BOS
C
32.4
1.3
4.0
-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 Harry Davis
PHA
1B
31.0
4.1
18.1
11.4
2 Charlie Hickman
MULT
1B
28.3
3.9
16.4
8.4
3 Jake Stahl*
WS1
1B
25.2
2.9
16.4
7.6
4 John Ganzel
NYA
1B
30.2
2.2
11.3
3.5
5 Jiggs Donahue
CHA
1B
25.0
1.3
10.0
3.7
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
29.8
9.6
35.4
26.2
2 Danny Murphy
PHA
2B
27.9
4.8
19.4
10.2
3 Jimmy Williams
NYA
2B
27.5
2.8
12.5
3.1
4 Dick Padden
SLA
2B
33.8
2.6
11.2
3.1
5 Gus Dundon*
CHA
2B
30.0
1.0
7.5
1.0
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
26.4
5.7
20.3
10.0
2 Lave Cross
PHA
3B
38.1
4.2
15.1
5.2
3 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
34.5
4.0
18.3
7.8
4 Wid Conroy
NYA
3B
27.2
3.1
11.1
2.5
5 Bill Coughlin
MULT
3B
26.0
1.9
8.4
0.6
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
28.6
5.4
20.4
10.3
2 George Davis
CHA
SS
33.9
5.0
20.4
10.7
3 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
30.7
5.0
16.7
7.5
4 Kid Elberfeld
NYA
SS
29.2
3.6
11.1
3.2
5 Joe Cassidy*
WS1
SS
21.4
2.2
8.9
-0.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Elmer Flick
CLE
RF
28.5
6.2
27.3
17.1
2 Chick Stahl
BOS
CF
31.5
5.3
26.3
15.8
3 Willie Keeler
NYA
RF
32.3
4.9
23.2
13.8
4 Jesse Burkett
SLA
LF
35.6
3.8
20.6
10.4
5 Buck Freeman
BOS
RF
32.7
3.5
21.6
11.5
6 Socks Seybold
PHA
RF
33.6
3.4
17.7
8.8
7 Danny Green
CHA
RF
27.7
3.3
23.3
13.7
8 Kip Selbach
MULT
LF
32.3
3.1
20.2
10.4
9 Jimmy Barrett
DET
CF
29.3
3.0
19.6
8.5
10 Patsy Dougherty
MULT
LF
27.7
2.9
19.4
8.6
11 John Anderson
NYA
CF
30.5
2.8
14.7
5.4
12 Billy Lush
CLE
LF
30.6
2.7
14.3
5.4
13 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
24.2
2.5
17.0
7.4
14 Emmet Heidrick
SLA
CF
28.0
2.4
12.8
3.9
15 Topsy Hartsel
PHA
LF
30.0
2.4
15.9
6.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Mullin
DET
SP
24.0
1.8
5.6
4.8
2 Jack Chesbro
NYA
SP
30.1
0.8
1.5
0.7
3 Bill Donovan
DET
SP
27.7
0.8
2.6
2.0
4 Harry Howell
SLA
SP
27.6
0.7
1.3
0.8
5 Frank Owen
CHA
SP
24.5
0.7
2.1
1.5
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