1923 Season
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1923 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 Bubbles Hargrave
CIN
C
31.0
4.5
17.9
11.4
2 Bob O'Farrell
CHN
C
26.7
4.4
17.6
9.9
3 Butch Henline
PHI
C
28.5
2.4
7.8
2.2
4 Hank Gowdy
MULT
C
33.9
1.3
5.6
2.5
5 Earl Smith
MULT
C
26.4
1.3
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 Jack Fournier
BRO
1B
33.8
5.8
25.1
16.6
2 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
23.2
5.2
21.8
13.2
3 Charlie Grimm
PIT
1B
24.8
3.1
19.5
10.5
4 George Kelly
NY1
1B
27.8
2.3
17.4
8.3
5 Stuffy McInnis
BSN
1B
32.8
1.2
9.8
0.0
Second 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
2B
27.2
6.6
23.3
16.2
2 Frankie Frisch
NY1
2B
24.8
5.7
25.6
15.3
3 Jimmy Johnston
BRO
2B
33.6
4.0
17.2
7.0
4 George Grantham*
CHN
2B
23.1
2.5
12.5
2.8
5 Cotton Tierney
MULT
2B
29.4
2.2
10.3
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 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
24.6
4.8
21.5
11.8
2 Bernie Friberg
CHN
3B
23.9
3.6
15.4
6.3
3 Tony Boeckel
BSN
3B
30.9
3.1
11.5
2.2
4 Heinie Groh
NY1
3B
33.8
2.5
12.9
5.0
5 Andy High
BRO
3B
25.6
2.0
8.9
1.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Bancroft
NY1
SS
32.2
2.9
13.6
6.1
2 Charlie Hollocher
CHN
SS
27.1
2.1
7.9
3.5
3 Ike Caveney
CIN
SS
28.6
1.4
7.7
-0.1
4 Travis Jackson*
NY1
SS
19.7
0.9
6.1
0.9
5 Rabbit Maranville
PIT
SS
31.6
0.9
7.8
-1.5
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
30.1
4.7
22.8
14.1
2 Max Carey
PIT
CF
33.5
4.4
22.9
12.6
3 Cy Williams
PHI
CF
35.5
3.9
14.6
5.8
4 Ross Youngs
NY1
RF
26.2
3.5
21.7
11.6
5 Billy Southworth
BSN
RF
30.3
3.3
15.6
5.5
6 Clyde Barnhart
PIT
RF
27.5
3.1
14.9
9.3
7 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
35.1
3.1
14.5
9.0
8 Jigger Statz
CHN
CF
25.7
2.8
17.9
7.4
9 Irish Meusel
NY1
LF
30.1
2.3
17.3
7.8
10 Heinie Mueller
SLN
CF
23.8
2.3
9.7
5.5
11 Pat Duncan
CIN
LF
29.7
2.2
15.6
6.5
12 Tommy Griffith
BRO
RF
33.7
2.0
12.9
4.9
13 Hack Miller
CHN
LF
29.5
2.0
13.4
5.7
14 Johnny Mokan
PHI
LF
27.8
1.9
8.9
2.0
15 Casey Stengel
NY1
CF
32.9
1.8
9.3
5.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Bentley
NY1
SP
28.3
1.7
4.9
4.6
2 Bill Sherdel
SLN
SP
26.9
1.0
2.0
1.6
3 Johnny Cooney*
BSN
SP
22.3
0.8
1.6
1.4
4 Jack Scott
NY1
SP
31.2
0.8
2.0
1.7
5 Dutch Ruether
BRO
SP
29.8
0.8
1.3
0.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1923 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 Muddy Ruel
WS1
C
27.4
3.4
13.9
6.2
2 Johnny Bassler
DET
C
28.1
3.0
10.6
3.7
3 Hank Severeid
SLA
C
32.1
2.3
8.1
1.1
4 Cy Perkins
PHA
C
27.3
2.2
10.2
1.7
5 Val Picinich
BOS
C
26.8
1.7
6.6
1.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Hauser
PHA
1B
24.5
4.0
19.7
10.5
2 George Burns
BOS
1B
30.4
3.7
18.0
9.0
3 Frank Brower
CLE
1B
30.3
3.4
13.6
6.6
4 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
29.1
3.0
15.2
8.1
5 Earl Sheely
CHA
1B
30.4
2.5
13.1
3.1
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
36.2
6.5
19.4
10.1
2 Marty McManus
SLA
2B
23.3
4.1
13.7
4.1
3 Bucky Harris
WS1
2B
26.6
2.9
12.8
3.7
4 Aaron Ward
NYA
2B
26.8
2.7
13.2
3.9
5 Fred Haney
DET
2B
27.2
2.1
8.5
0.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Kamm*
CHA
3B
23.4
3.4
12.8
3.7
2 Sammy Hale*
PHA
3B
26.8
1.5
7.9
1.0
3 Ossie Bluege*
WS1
3B
22.7
1.3
7.0
0.4
4 Rube Lutzke*
CLE
3B
25.6
1.2
6.4
-2.3
5 Joe Dugan
NYA
3B
26.1
1.0
9.6
-0.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Sewell
CLE
SS
24.7
8.0
23.0
13.0
2 Topper Rigney
DET
SS
26.5
4.2
13.4
5.3
3 Roger Peckinpaugh
WS1
SS
32.4
2.1
8.7
-1.1
4 Chick Galloway
PHA
SS
26.9
1.5
7.0
-1.2
5 Wally Gerber
SLA
SS
31.9
1.4
5.8
-4.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
28.4
12.2
47.5
37.3
2 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
35.2
9.1
30.5
20.3
3 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
28.9
8.9
32.9
23.7
4 Ken Williams
SLA
LF
33.0
7.2
24.4
15.0
5 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
36.5
4.9
20.2
10.8
6 Charlie Jamieson
CLE
LF
30.4
4.8
21.0
10.2
7 Joe Harris
BOS
LF
32.1
4.6
19.9
11.8
8 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
33.4
4.1
22.1
12.3
9 Johnny Mostil
CHA
CF
27.1
3.4
14.6
5.3
10 Jack Tobin
SLA
RF
31.2
3.1
14.8
4.6
11 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
22.7
2.9
18.7
9.2
12 Whitey Witt
NYA
CF
27.8
2.7
16.3
6.2
13 Heinie Manush*
DET
LF
21.9
2.5
10.8
5.6
14 Harry Hooper
CHA
RF
35.9
2.3
12.7
3.0
15 Homer Summa*
CLE
RF
24.7
2.1
11.5
2.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Uhle
CLE
SP
24.8
2.0
4.3
3.9
2 Joe Bush
NYA
SP
30.6
0.8
1.8
1.5
3 Sloppy Thurston*
MULT
SW
24.1
0.7
1.4
1.2
4 Hooks Dauss
DET
SP
33.8
0.6
0.9
0.5
5 Dixie Leverett
CHA
SP
29.3
0.5
0.8
0.6
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.

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