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1906 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 Roger Bresnahan
NY1
C
27.1
4.9
21.4
13.3
2 Johnny Kling
CHN
C
30.6
3.5
15.0
9.0
3 Mike Grady
SLN
C
36.5
2.6
8.2
2.8
4 Admiral Schlei
CIN
C
28.5
2.1
6.7
-0.2
5 Red Dooin
PHI
C
27.1
1.1
4.9
-1.1
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
29.8
6.1
31.1
21.9
2 Tim Jordan*
BRO
1B
27.4
4.1
22.1
13.7
3 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
34.6
2.9
15.1
5.1
4 Jim Nealon*
PIT
1B
21.5
2.1
15.4
5.3
5 Dan McGann
NY1
1B
35.0
1.9
13.1
4.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sammy Strang
NY1
2B
29.5
4.0
19.4
13.4
2 Miller Huggins
CIN
2B
28.3
3.8
16.9
6.6
3 Claude Ritchey
PIT
2B
32.7
3.6
16.4
7.0
4 Pug Bennett*
SLN
2B
32.4
2.7
13.0
2.1
5 Johnny Evers
CHN
2B
24.9
2.0
13.5
4.0
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
CHN
3B
28.8
6.4
29.1
19.1
2 Art Devlin
NY1
3B
26.7
6.3
26.7
17.2
3 Jim Delahanty
CIN
3B
27.0
3.5
12.0
4.8
4 Hans Lobert*
CIN
3B
24.7
2.4
8.4
3.5
5 Doc Casey
BRO
3B
36.3
2.4
12.2
1.8
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
32.4
8.2
32.7
23.2
2 Bill Dahlen
NY1
SS
36.5
3.6
13.8
4.8
3 Phil Lewis
BRO
SS
22.7
2.4
8.8
0.6
4 Joe Tinker
CHN
SS
25.9
1.8
9.1
-0.6
5 Mickey Doolan
PHI
SS
26.2
1.4
6.1
-3.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Lumley
BRO
RF
25.8
5.9
32.0
23.1
2 Sherry Magee
PHI
LF
21.9
4.6
24.7
14.6
3 Cy Seymour
MULT
CF
33.6
3.3
18.5
8.3
4 Roy Thomas
PHI
CF
32.3
3.2
19.3
9.3
5 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
33.7
3.1
18.2
10.6
6 John Titus
PHI
RF
30.4
3.0
18.3
8.9
7 Frank Schulte
CHN
RF
23.8
2.4
19.5
9.4
8 Jimmy Sheckard
CHN
LF
27.6
2.2
19.8
9.2
9 Johnny Bates*
BSN
CF
23.9
2.0
10.3
1.4
10 Jack McCarthy
BRO
LF
37.3
1.7
11.7
6.1
11 Del Howard
BSN
LF
28.5
1.6
9.7
0.2
12 Sam Mertes
MULT
LF
33.9
1.2
11.0
2.8
13 Homer Smoot
MULT
CF
28.3
1.1
8.2
-1.6
14 Mike Donlin
NY1
CF
28.1
1.0
5.5
3.3
15 Red Murray*
SLN
RF
22.3
1.0
4.2
1.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Lush
PHI
SP
20.7
1.3
4.3
3.6
2 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
25.9
0.9
2.2
1.9
3 Jake Weimer
CIN
SP
32.6
0.7
1.4
1.1
4 Jack Taylor
MULT
SP
32.5
0.6
0.9
0.6
5 Big Jeff Pfeffer
BSN
SP
24.3
0.6
0.5
0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1906 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 Nig Clarke*
CLE
C
23.5
2.8
8.2
5.2
2 Harry Bemis
CLE
C
32.4
2.3
6.3
1.3
3 Ossee Schreckengost
PHA
C
31.2
2.2
7.7
2.2
4 Branch Rickey*
SLA
C
24.5
2.1
6.5
3.1
5 Howard Wakefield*
WS1
C
22.2
1.5
5.6
2.1
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
33.0
5.3
25.5
15.9
2 Hal Chase
NYA
1B
23.4
3.2
19.3
9.3
3 Myron Grimshaw
BOS
1B
30.6
2.5
12.4
5.2
4 Jiggs Donahue
CHA
1B
27.0
2.4
19.1
9.1
5 Claude Rossman*
CLE
1B
25.0
2.1
9.3
2.6
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
31.8
7.5
25.6
15.3
2 Danny Murphy
PHA
2B
29.9
3.5
16.2
8.6
3 Frank Isbell
CHA
2B
30.9
3.4
21.9
12.3
4 Larry Schlafly*
WS1
2B
27.8
3.2
15.2
7.2
5 Jimmy Williams
NYA
2B
29.5
3.1
14.4
5.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lave Cross
WS1
3B
40.1
2.7
11.4
3.0
2 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
28.4
2.3
6.8
1.5
3 Frank LaPorte*
NYA
3B
26.4
2.0
9.6
2.0
4 Bill Coughlin
DET
3B
28.0
1.9
8.6
-0.4
5 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
36.5
1.0
3.5
1.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Terry Turner
CLE
SS
25.3
5.2
15.3
5.2
2 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
32.7
4.7
14.1
5.5
3 George Davis
CHA
SS
35.9
4.3
21.0
12.5
4 Kid Elberfeld
NYA
SS
31.2
3.7
13.8
7.7
5 Dave Altizer*
WS1
SS
29.7
3.4
12.7
5.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Stone
SLA
LF
29.8
7.9
34.0
23.7
2 Elmer Flick
CLE
CF
30.5
6.2
24.7
13.7
3 Charlie Hemphill
SLA
CF
30.2
4.0
18.7
8.6
4 Chick Stahl
BOS
CF
33.5
3.8
18.2
7.8
5 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
26.2
3.6
21.8
12.3
6 Socks Seybold
PHA
RF
35.6
3.3
17.1
10.0
7 Bunk Congalton
CLE
RF
31.4
3.1
12.8
5.5
8 Charlie Hickman
WS1
RF
30.3
2.8
16.0
8.6
9 Topsy Hartsel
PHA
LF
32.0
2.8
18.9
9.1
10 Fielder Jones
CHA
CF
34.9
2.7
19.3
9.7
11 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
19.5
2.5
14.7
8.6
12 Willie Keeler
NYA
RF
34.3
2.2
16.5
6.0
13 Matty McIntyre
DET
LF
26.1
2.1
15.9
7.2
14 John Anderson
WS1
LF
32.5
2.0
15.6
6.1
15 Wid Conroy
NYA
CF
29.2
1.6
11.3
1.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chief Bender
PHA
SP
22.2
1.1
3.2
2.8
2 Frank Kitson
WS1
SP
36.8
1.0
3.0
2.6
3 Al Orth
NYA
SP
33.8
1.0
2.5
1.9
4 Jesse Tannehill
BOS
SP
32.0
0.8
2.0
1.7
5 George Mullin
DET
SP
26.0
0.6
1.3
0.7
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