1918 Season
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1918 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 Gonzalez
SLN
C
27.8
2.2
8.5
2.4
2 Ivey Wingo
CIN
C
28.0
1.4
6.1
0.7
3 Lew McCarty
NY1
C
29.6
1.3
6.1
1.7
4 Bob O'Farrell*
CHN
C
21.7
1.1
4.2
2.2
5 Art Wilson
BSN
C
32.6
1.0
4.8
0.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sherry Magee
CIN
1B
33.9
3.2
17.1
10.1
2 Jake Daubert
BRO
1B
34.2
3.0
12.9
6.0
3 Fred Merkle
CHN
1B
29.5
2.6
17.2
8.9
4 Fred Luderus
PHI
1B
32.8
2.2
12.4
4.4
5 Hal Chase
CIN
1B
35.4
1.6
9.1
4.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lee Magee
CIN
2B
29.1
3.1
14.8
6.9
2 George Cutshaw
PIT
2B
30.9
3.0
12.9
4.9
3 Bob Fisher
SLN
2B
31.7
2.0
8.7
4.6
4 Larry Doyle
NY1
2B
31.9
1.8
9.7
5.1
5 Charlie Pick
CHN
2B
30.2
1.0
4.8
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 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
28.8
5.1
22.0
13.3
2 Red Smith
BSN
3B
28.2
3.9
16.7
8.9
3 Heinie Zimmerman
NY1
3B
31.4
1.8
11.5
4.0
4 Doug Baird
SLN
3B
26.8
1.8
7.5
2.1
5 Bill McKechnie
PIT
3B
31.9
1.4
7.2
-0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Hollocher*
CHN
SS
22.1
5.2
21.9
12.9
2 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
SS
22.2
4.2
14.3
7.1
3 Dave Bancroft
PHI
SS
27.2
2.3
9.8
1.2
4 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
33.5
2.2
10.5
2.6
5 Ivy Olson
BRO
SS
32.7
1.2
4.3
-4.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
25.1
4.3
20.3
12.8
2 Max Carey
PIT
CF
28.5
3.4
16.5
8.0
3 George Burns
NY1
LF
28.6
3.1
20.8
12.7
4 Dode Paskert
CHN
CF
36.8
2.7
16.9
8.6
5 Ross Youngs*
NY1
RF
21.2
2.6
19.4
11.2
6 Billy Southworth
PIT
RF
25.3
2.4
12.2
8.0
7 Al Wickland
BSN
RF
30.4
2.4
14.2
8.1
8 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
30.1
2.3
12.2
5.4
9 Les Mann
CHN
LF
25.6
2.1
16.5
8.0
10 Benny Kauff
NY1
CF
28.5
2.1
12.4
7.9
11 Max Flack
CHN
RF
28.4
1.8
15.2
6.7
12 Walton Cruise
SLN
LF
28.2
1.7
8.2
3.9
13 Irish Meusel*
PHI
LF
25.1
1.6
11.5
3.6
14 Cy Williams
PHI
CF
30.5
1.4
8.6
2.5
15 Greasy Neale
CIN
LF
26.7
1.4
11.0
4.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Claude Hendrix
CHN
SP
29.2
1.1
3.0
2.5
2 Pete Schneider
CIN
SP
22.9
0.8
1.9
1.6
3 Rube Bressler
CIN
SP
23.7
0.6
1.6
1.3
4 Dolf Luque*
CIN
SP
27.9
0.5
1.8
1.6
5 Brad Hogg
PHI
SP
29.3
0.5
0.8
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1918 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 Steve O'Neill
CLE
C
27.0
2.1
6.5
0.2
2 Les Nunamaker
SLA
C
29.4
1.8
4.8
0.0
3 Wally Schang
BOS
C
28.9
1.7
7.5
3.2
4 Truck Hannah*
NYA
C
29.1
1.6
5.8
1.1
5 Hank Severeid
SLA
C
27.1
0.9
2.6
0.3
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
25.3
5.3
20.4
12.8
2 George Burns
PHA
1B
25.4
5.3
23.0
14.8
3 Wally Pipp
NYA
1B
25.4
2.2
12.0
6.2
4 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
24.1
1.9
11.2
2.4
5 Art Griggs
DET
1B
33.6
1.2
5.3
3.6
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
31.2
3.3
12.4
5.9
2 Del Pratt
NYA
2B
30.5
2.5
11.9
3.8
3 Dave Shean
BOS
2B
35.0
1.9
11.0
3.4
4 Bill Wambsganss
CLE
2B
24.3
1.7
7.5
2.1
5 Ray Morgan
WS1
2B
29.0
0.7
3.4
-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 Frank Baker
NYA
3B
32.3
4.6
17.8
9.4
2 Larry Gardner
PHA
3B
32.1
3.4
12.7
4.8
3 Eddie Foster
WS1
3B
31.4
2.7
10.8
2.1
4 Bob Jones*
DET
3B
28.6
1.7
6.7
1.9
5 Fred McMullin
CHA
3B
26.7
1.5
5.6
1.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ray Chapman
CLE
SS
27.5
4.7
14.7
6.1
2 Jimmy Austin
SLA
SS
38.6
3.0
8.7
2.1
3 Buck Weaver
CHA
SS
27.9
2.7
9.3
2.4
4 Donie Bush
DET
SS
30.7
2.6
9.2
0.2
5 Doc Lavan
WS1
SS
27.7
2.1
6.9
-0.5
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
31.5
6.7
29.4
22.3
2 Babe Ruth
BOS
LF
23.4
5.1
23.6
17.9
3 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
30.2
4.9
20.3
12.0
4 Harry Hooper
BOS
RF
30.9
4.3
25.2
16.6
5 Tilly Walker
PHA
CF
30.8
3.4
14.9
7.9
6 Braggo Roth
CLE
RF
25.8
3.3
14.7
8.0
7 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
30.0
2.8
15.7
7.3
8 Joe Wood
CLE
LF
28.7
2.5
11.9
4.7
9 Clyde Milan
WS1
CF
31.3
2.5
13.0
4.7
10 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
23.9
2.4
11.3
6.3
11 Frank Schulte
WS1
RF
35.8
2.3
10.0
5.0
12 Jack Tobin
SLA
CF
26.2
2.3
10.7
2.4
13 Ray Demmitt
SLA
RF
34.4
2.2
9.9
2.9
14 Frank Gilhooley
NYA
RF
26.1
1.8
12.2
4.7
15 Burt Shotton
WS1
LF
33.7
1.8
12.5
3.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ray Caldwell
NYA
SP
30.2
1.5
4.6
3.8
2 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
30.7
1.4
3.2
2.4
3 Carl Mays
BOS
SP
26.6
1.2
3.9
3.3
4 Joe Bush
BOS
SP
25.6
0.8
2.5
2.0
5 George Cunningham
DET
SP
24.0
0.6
1.6
1.0
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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

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