1927 Season
1926 / 1928
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1927 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 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
26.5
3.0
12.2
4.5
2 Johnny Schulte*
SLN
C
30.8
2.4
9.1
6.0
3 Bubbles Hargrave
CIN
C
35.0
1.9
8.0
2.7
4 Jimmie Wilson
PHI
C
26.9
1.0
5.3
-2.0
5 Shanty Hogan*
BSN
C
21.3
1.0
4.8
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 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
28.7
4.6
23.0
13.3
2 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
27.2
4.1
23.1
12.9
3 Joe Harris
PIT
1B
36.1
2.8
14.5
7.2
4 Russ Wrightstone
PHI
1B
34.3
2.1
11.8
2.9
5 Jack Fournier
BSN
1B
37.8
2.1
11.1
4.6
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
NY1
2B
31.2
8.9
33.5
23.2
2 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
28.8
5.4
24.6
14.2
3 George Grantham
PIT
2B
27.1
4.0
18.2
8.7
4 Fresco Thompson*
PHI
2B
25.1
3.0
11.7
1.9
5 Sparky Adams
CHN
2B
32.8
1.1
10.1
-0.5
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
28.6
3.6
16.7
7.2
2 Chuck Dressen
CIN
3B
28.8
3.5
15.8
6.1
3 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
21.6
2.7
15.9
6.6
4 Andy High
BSN
3B
29.6
2.3
10.0
3.6
5 Eddie Moore
BSN
3B
28.5
2.0
9.5
2.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
23.7
4.1
16.0
8.2
2 Heinie Sand
PHI
SS
30.0
3.1
10.3
1.0
3 Doc Farrell
MULT
SS
25.5
2.9
12.9
3.6
4 Glenn Wright
PIT
SS
26.4
1.6
9.8
0.4
5 Hod Ford
CIN
SS
29.9
1.1
5.7
-1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
24.2
6.5
30.0
19.3
2 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
27.2
6.0
24.8
15.1
3 George Harper
NY1
RF
35.0
5.1
23.4
14.5
4 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
29.5
4.9
22.6
12.5
5 Cy Williams
PHI
RF
39.5
3.6
14.4
5.8
6 Chick Hafey
SLN
LF
24.4
3.5
17.8
11.9
7 Earl Webb*
CHN
RF
29.8
2.7
12.1
6.2
8 Lloyd Waner*
PIT
CF
21.3
2.6
19.0
8.7
9 Freddy Leach
PHI
CF
29.6
2.4
11.2
2.5
10 Jimmy Welsh
BSN
CF
24.7
1.9
11.6
3.2
11 Kiki Cuyler
PIT
CF
28.8
1.7
10.1
5.1
12 Harvey Hendrick
BRO
RF
29.6
1.6
10.3
2.8
13 Eddie Brown
BSN
LF
36.0
1.6
12.9
3.8
14 Clyde Barnhart
PIT
LF
31.5
1.6
10.5
4.2
15 Lance Richbourg*
BSN
RF
29.5
1.4
10.8
3.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Lucas
CIN
SP
25.2
1.8
3.5
3.0
2 Jack Scott
PHI
SP
35.2
1.2
1.8
1.4
3 Carl Mays
CIN
SP
35.6
0.6
1.6
1.5
4 Bob Smith
BSN
SP
32.2
0.6
0.5
0.1
5 Les Sweetland*
PHI
SP
25.9
0.5
0.8
0.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1927 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 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
24.2
4.3
15.6
8.2
2 Muddy Ruel
WS1
C
31.4
3.0
12.4
5.0
3 Wally Schang
SLA
C
37.9
2.3
9.0
4.4
4 Pat Collins
NYA
C
30.8
2.2
7.8
3.3
5 Johnny Bassler
DET
C
32.1
1.4
5.0
1.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
24.0
11.3
40.8
30.4
2 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
1B
30.6
2.5
12.7
5.7
3 George Burns
CLE
1B
34.4
2.3
13.9
5.1
4 George Sisler
SLA
1B
34.3
2.2
14.7
5.1
5 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
33.1
2.0
13.6
4.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
23.6
4.9
17.3
7.7
2 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
24.1
3.6
14.5
6.1
3 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
27.8
2.8
11.0
3.9
4 Eddie Collins
PHA
2B
40.2
2.7
9.4
5.2
5 Aaron Ward
CHA
2B
30.8
2.3
8.5
0.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sammy Hale
PHA
3B
30.8
2.5
11.5
3.2
2 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
27.4
2.2
8.6
-0.6
3 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
26.7
1.9
10.1
1.6
4 Frank O'Rourke
SLA
3B
32.6
1.3
8.3
-0.8
5 Johnny Hodapp
CLE
3B
21.8
1.2
5.4
1.6
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
28.7
3.8
13.2
3.7
2 Buddy Myer
MULT
SS
23.3
2.6
9.0
0.2
3 Joe Boley*
PHA
SS
31.0
2.0
8.0
1.9
4 Jackie Tavener
DET
SS
29.5
1.9
7.5
0.6
5 Mark Koenig
NYA
SS
23.0
1.5
7.4
-0.9
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
32.4
11.2
40.1
30.0
2 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
32.9
7.7
29.5
20.8
3 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
28.1
6.1
25.1
14.6
4 Al Simmons
PHA
CF
25.1
5.6
21.8
15.2
5 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
26.7
4.9
23.2
13.6
6 Ty Cobb
PHA
RF
40.5
4.4
19.2
10.9
7 Bob Fothergill
DET
LF
29.9
4.2
19.2
10.6
8 Bob Meusel
NYA
LF
31.0
4.1
17.9
9.4
9 Ken Williams
SLA
LF
37.0
3.6
16.0
8.8
10 Bibb Falk
CHA
LF
28.4
3.5
15.1
6.2
11 Tris Speaker
WS1
CF
39.2
3.4
17.1
8.4
12 Alex Metzler*
CHA
CF
24.5
3.2
14.5
5.4
13 Ira Flagstead
BOS
CF
33.8
2.4
10.5
2.4
14 Heinie Manush
DET
CF
25.9
2.4
14.0
4.4
15 Bing Miller
SLA
CF
32.8
2.3
12.9
4.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sloppy Thurston
WS1
SP
28.1
1.1
2.6
2.3
2 Joe Shaute
CLE
SP
27.9
0.7
1.6
1.3
3 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
39.7
0.7
1.8
1.6
4 Milt Gaston
SLA
SP
31.4
0.7
1.4
1.0
5 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
26.5
0.7
0.9
0.4
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.

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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