1930 Season
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1930 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
29.5
5.3
19.2
10.8
2 Shanty Hogan
NY1
C
24.3
2.5
10.5
4.3
3 Gus Mancuso*
SLN
C
24.6
1.9
7.6
3.9
4 Al Spohrer
BSN
C
27.6
1.3
7.4
1.8
5 Bob O'Farrell
NY1
C
33.7
1.2
5.6
1.4
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
31.7
6.9
28.5
18.2
2 Del Bissonette
BRO
1B
30.8
3.1
15.9
6.6
3 Don Hurst
PHI
1B
24.9
1.9
9.0
2.4
4 Gus Suhr*
PIT
1B
24.5
1.8
15.1
5.8
5 Joe Stripp
CIN
1B
27.4
1.7
9.6
1.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Grantham
PIT
2B
30.1
4.6
20.1
10.6
2 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
31.8
3.9
17.0
8.2
3 Bernie Friberg
PHI
2B
30.9
1.9
6.9
1.3
4 Jake Flowers
BRO
2B
28.3
1.0
4.8
0.7
5 Pat Crawford*
MULT
2B
28.4
0.8
4.5
-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 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
24.6
6.0
23.5
13.8
2 Woody English
CHN
3B
24.3
5.6
21.5
10.5
3 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
31.6
4.1
17.6
9.3
4 Pinky Whitney
PHI
3B
25.5
2.4
10.4
0.7
5 Tony Cuccinello*
CIN
3B
22.6
2.4
9.6
2.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Glenn Wright
BRO
SS
29.4
3.4
12.9
4.4
2 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
26.7
3.4
12.6
5.6
3 Dick Bartell
PIT
SS
22.6
2.6
12.1
4.3
4 Charlie Gelbert
SLN
SS
24.4
1.8
9.7
1.4
5 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
38.6
0.9
7.3
-1.9
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
30.2
8.3
31.0
20.7
2 Babe Herman
BRO
RF
27.0
7.6
29.2
19.1
3 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
25.7
6.9
23.7
13.3
4 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
21.3
5.8
23.2
13.8
5 Lefty O'Doul
PHI
LF
33.3
5.3
17.9
9.1
6 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
31.8
5.1
24.4
13.6
7 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
27.2
4.2
22.8
13.2
8 Harry Heilmann
CIN
RF
35.9
4.1
16.4
8.5
9 Chick Hafey
SLN
LF
27.4
3.9
18.3
10.8
10 Wally Berger*
BSN
LF
24.7
3.9
20.4
11.3
11 Johnny Frederick
BRO
CF
28.4
3.4
16.2
6.5
12 George Watkins*
SLN
RF
30.1
3.1
15.3
9.1
13 Adam Comorosky
PIT
LF
24.6
2.7
17.7
7.8
14 Curt Walker
CIN
LF
34.0
2.2
11.3
3.4
15 Showboat Fisher*
SLN
RF
31.5
2.1
10.0
5.8
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
28.2
1.7
2.9
2.6
2 Erv Brame
PIT
SP
28.7
1.2
2.6
2.3
3 Les Sweetland
PHI
SP
28.9
0.5
0.7
0.5
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons
NY1
SP
28.9
0.4
0.6
0.4
5 Benny Frey*
CIN
SP
24.2
0.4
0.5
0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1930 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
27.2
5.3
20.6
12.5
2 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
23.1
3.0
11.1
5.3
3 Charlie Berry
BOS
C
27.7
1.2
4.0
-0.1
4 Pinky Hargrave
MULT
C
34.4
1.1
4.0
1.1
5 Bennie Tate
MULT
C
28.6
1.0
4.3
0.4
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
27.0
9.9
36.4
26.2
2 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
22.7
6.5
29.3
19.5
3 Ed Morgan
CLE
1B
26.1
5.8
25.2
15.6
4 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
36.1
3.6
16.0
8.5
5 Dale Alexander
DET
1B
27.2
3.2
16.2
6.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
27.1
5.8
20.3
10.1
2 Johnny Hodapp
CLE
2B
24.8
4.8
19.2
9.2
3 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
26.6
3.8
15.5
6.1
4 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
30.8
3.7
15.2
6.6
5 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
26.3
2.1
10.1
1.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Marty McManus
DET
3B
30.3
4.0
14.1
5.9
2 Ben Chapman*
NYA
3B
21.5
3.6
14.6
6.4
3 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
3B
33.6
3.2
13.8
6.1
4 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
29.7
2.1
9.4
1.2
5 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
30.4
1.8
6.5
0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
23.7
6.6
21.9
11.9
2 Red Kress
SLA
SS
23.5
3.8
15.0
5.1
3 Lyn Lary
NYA
SS
24.4
2.4
9.4
1.6
4 Bill Akers*
DET
SS
25.5
1.6
5.6
1.6
5 Joe Boley
PHA
SS
34.0
1.0
6.1
-0.7
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
35.4
10.0
35.8
26.0
2 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
28.1
7.3
31.8
23.0
3 Carl Reynolds
CHA
CF
27.4
5.4
21.4
12.7
4 Earle Combs
NYA
LF
31.1
5.2
21.1
12.2
5 Goose Goslin
MULT
LF
29.7
4.9
21.9
12.2
6 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
28.1
4.5
19.3
10.5
7 Heinie Manush
MULT
LF
28.9
3.8
18.2
9.4
8 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
40.4
3.7
18.1
8.4
9 Dick Porter
CLE
RF
28.5
3.7
17.1
9.1
10 Earl Webb
BOS
RF
32.8
3.3
12.2
4.9
11 Smead Jolley*
CHA
RF
28.5
2.8
15.3
5.8
12 Sam West
WS1
CF
25.7
2.4
11.7
5.0
13 Harry Rice
MULT
CF
28.6
2.0
10.8
2.9
14 Dave Harris
MULT
LF
30.0
1.8
9.0
4.0
15 Bing Miller
PHA
RF
35.8
1.3
12.8
3.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Ruffing
MULT
SP
25.2
1.8
4.5
4.0
2 Wes Ferrell
CLE
SP
22.4
1.2
2.4
1.8
3 George Uhle
DET
SP
31.8
1.1
2.2
1.6
4 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
29.5
1.0
2.0
1.4
5 Chad Kimsey
SLA
RP
23.9
0.9
2.3
1.9
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