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1916 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 Lew McCarty
MULT
C
27.6
2.7
10.6
6.7
2 Ivey Wingo
CIN
C
26.0
2.1
5.0
-1.1
3 Bill Rariden
NY1
C
28.4
2.1
7.4
0.9
4 Hank Gowdy
BSN
C
26.9
1.9
9.2
3.1
5 Chief Meyers
BRO
C
35.9
1.5
5.3
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 Hal Chase
CIN
1B
33.4
5.2
20.0
11.1
2 Jake Daubert
BRO
1B
32.2
3.8
18.6
9.9
3 Ed Konetchy
BSN
1B
30.8
2.7
21.2
11.3
4 Fred Luderus
PHI
1B
30.8
2.5
17.5
8.7
5 Vic Saier
CHN
1B
25.2
2.2
12.0
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 Larry Doyle
MULT
2B
29.9
3.4
15.7
7.4
2 Bert Niehoff
PHI
2B
32.1
1.6
13.0
3.4
3 Baldy Louden
CIN
2B
32.8
1.0
5.3
-2.5
4 George Cutshaw
BRO
2B
28.9
0.9
9.6
-0.3
5 Bruno Betzel
SLN
2B
21.6
0.8
8.6
-0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby*
SLN
3B
20.2
5.6
24.4
15.8
2 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
26.8
5.0
16.8
6.7
3 Red Smith
BSN
3B
26.2
3.5
19.0
9.9
4 Heinie Zimmerman
MULT
3B
29.4
3.3
12.7
3.5
5 Milt Stock
PHI
3B
23.0
2.3
15.3
6.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
31.5
4.2
15.6
7.1
2 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
42.4
3.4
12.4
4.9
3 Buck Herzog
MULT
SS
31.0
3.3
14.0
4.0
4 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
24.6
3.3
16.9
6.3
5 Dave Bancroft
PHI
SS
25.2
1.6
8.5
-0.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
28.1
4.8
25.6
15.9
2 Bill Hinchman
PIT
RF
33.2
4.5
21.5
11.7
3 Benny Kauff
NY1
CF
26.5
4.5
23.7
13.8
4 Max Carey
PIT
CF
26.5
4.0
19.2
8.6
5 Cy Williams
CHN
CF
28.5
3.8
13.4
5.9
6 Gavvy Cravath
PHI
RF
35.3
3.8
22.9
14.6
7 Dave Robertson
NY1
RF
26.8
3.6
21.6
11.9
8 Dode Paskert
PHI
CF
34.8
3.3
22.6
12.9
9 George Burns
NY1
LF
26.6
3.2
22.9
12.0
10 Casey Stengel
BRO
RF
25.9
2.5
15.3
7.3
11 Bob Bescher
SLN
LF
32.4
2.0
15.9
6.0
12 Possum Whitted
PHI
LF
26.4
1.9
17.4
8.4
13 Hy Myers
BRO
CF
27.2
1.6
10.7
3.6
14 Edd Roush
MULT
CF
23.1
1.5
8.1
2.3
15 Frank Schulte
MULT
LF
33.8
1.4
9.7
2.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Alexander
PHI
SP
29.3
1.1
2.2
1.8
2 Lefty Tyler
BSN
SP
26.5
1.0
2.1
1.8
3 Jeff Pfeffer
BRO
SP
28.3
0.9
2.0
1.7
4 Sherry Smith
BRO
SP
25.4
0.7
1.6
1.3
5 Clarence Mitchell*
CIN
SP
25.4
0.6
0.3
0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1916 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 Les Nunamaker
NYA
C
27.4
2.9
9.9
5.3
2 John Henry
WS1
C
26.5
2.5
8.0
2.3
3 Ray Schalk
CHA
C
23.9
2.3
7.5
0.2
4 Hank Severeid
SLA
C
25.1
2.1
5.9
0.9
5 Pinch Thomas
BOS
C
28.4
2.0
7.5
3.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Sisler
SLA
1B
23.3
4.3
19.5
9.6
2 Wally Pipp
NYA
1B
23.4
3.3
16.7
7.2
3 Stuffy McInnis
PHA
1B
25.8
2.5
10.0
1.3
4 George Burns
DET
1B
23.4
2.1
12.5
4.4
5 Jack Fournier
CHA
1B
26.8
1.5
8.4
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 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
29.2
6.2
24.2
13.8
2 Del Pratt
SLA
2B
28.5
4.3
16.7
6.4
3 Ray Morgan
WS1
2B
27.0
3.0
11.7
5.6
4 Ralph Young
DET
2B
27.8
2.1
12.5
3.1
5 Nap Lajoie
PHA
2B
41.8
0.5
3.0
-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 Larry Gardner
BOS
3B
30.1
4.7
21.0
12.3
2 Frank Baker
NYA
3B
30.3
3.4
12.8
6.6
3 Eddie Foster
WS1
3B
29.4
2.9
13.0
2.4
4 Jimmy Austin
SLA
3B
36.6
2.1
7.5
-0.3
5 Ossie Vitt
DET
3B
26.5
1.5
9.1
-1.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Peckinpaugh
NYA
SS
25.4
3.7
13.1
3.4
2 Whitey Witt*
PHA
SS
20.8
3.4
9.2
-0.4
3 Donie Bush
DET
SS
28.7
1.6
7.6
-2.4
4 Bill Wambsganss
CLE
SS
22.3
1.5
6.9
-1.6
5 Ernie Johnson
SLA
SS
28.2
1.4
4.3
0.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
29.5
8.7
37.5
27.7
2 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
28.2
8.6
36.4
26.5
3 Joe Jackson
CHA
LF
27.0
6.8
29.3
19.2
4 Amos Strunk
PHA
CF
27.4
5.4
20.6
10.8
5 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
28.0
4.4
22.7
12.7
6 Burt Shotton
SLA
LF
31.7
4.2
22.5
11.3
7 Happy Felsch
CHA
CF
24.9
3.7
17.6
8.4
8 Wally Schang
PHA
LF
26.9
3.3
10.8
4.7
9 Harry Hooper
BOS
RF
28.9
3.1
22.2
11.9
10 Jack Graney
CLE
LF
30.1
3.0
18.5
7.7
11 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
21.9
2.8
15.0
7.1
12 Ward Miller
SLA
RF
32.0
2.6
14.2
5.1
13 Braggo Roth
CLE
RF
23.8
2.3
13.8
6.7
14 Clyde Milan
WS1
CF
29.3
2.2
13.6
3.8
15 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
36.2
2.0
11.3
5.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Babe Ruth
BOS
SP
21.4
1.7
4.6
4.2
2 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
28.7
1.1
1.5
1.0
3 Hooks Dauss
DET
SP
26.8
1.0
2.1
1.8
4 Carl Mays
BOS
SP
24.6
0.9
2.3
2.0
5 George Cunningham*
DET
SP
22.0
0.7
1.7
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