1939 Season
1938 / 1940
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1939 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 Harry Danning
NY1
C
27.8
3.9
17.8
9.3
2 Ernie Lombardi
CIN
C
31.2
3.4
11.9
4.4
3 Don Padgett
SLN
C
27.6
3.1
9.8
5.9
4 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
38.5
2.3
9.2
3.9
5 Al Lopez
BSN
C
30.9
1.5
7.0
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 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
26.5
8.1
30.3
20.2
2 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
32.2
5.3
24.1
13.7
3 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
28.1
4.4
21.7
11.3
4 Zeke Bonura
NY1
1B
30.8
3.3
16.0
8.2
5 Elbie Fletcher
MULT
1B
23.3
3.0
14.4
6.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Herman
CHN
2B
30.0
4.8
20.1
9.3
2 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
28.9
4.1
18.1
9.3
3 Heinie Mueller
PHI
2B
26.9
2.1
7.7
2.0
4 Tony Cuccinello
BSN
2B
31.6
1.9
7.9
2.7
5 Pete Coscarart*
BRO
2B
26.0
1.5
9.0
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 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
26.6
3.6
16.7
6.4
2 Billy Werber
CIN
3B
31.0
3.3
19.0
8.4
3 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
29.6
2.8
18.9
8.0
4 Pinky May*
PHI
3B
28.5
2.0
7.7
-0.3
5 Lee Handley
PIT
3B
25.9
1.1
6.2
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
27.3
5.1
18.6
8.2
2 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
28.9
3.3
14.8
5.7
3 Billy Jurges
NY1
SS
31.1
3.0
11.3
2.1
4 Jimmy Brown
SLN
SS
29.2
2.1
10.3
-0.2
5 Dick Bartell
CHN
SS
31.6
1.2
5.7
-0.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
30.3
5.9
25.9
18.3
2 Hank Leiber
CHN
CF
28.5
4.4
17.7
11.2
3 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
30.9
4.2
21.2
12.8
4 Joe Medwick
SLN
LF
27.6
4.1
19.2
9.1
5 Max West
BSN
RF
22.6
3.6
16.8
9.1
6 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
23.2
3.4
17.4
7.4
7 Augie Galan
CHN
LF
27.1
3.2
19.9
10.2
8 Frank Demaree
NY1
CF
29.1
3.2
17.0
7.3
9 Morrie Arnovich
PHI
LF
28.6
3.2
15.5
7.1
10 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
27.1
2.7
11.4
4.2
11 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
36.2
2.7
12.5
4.9
12 Debs Garms
BSN
RF
32.0
2.1
13.6
5.1
13 Chuck Klein
MULT
RF
34.7
2.1
9.9
4.5
14 Hersh Martin
PHI
CF
29.8
1.7
9.1
2.5
15 Pepper Martin
SLN
CF
35.3
1.5
7.6
2.8
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Curt Davis
SLN
SP
35.8
1.6
3.0
2.6
2 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
30.2
1.6
3.4
3.0
3 Joe Bowman
PIT
SP
29.0
1.5
2.9
2.6
4 Jim Tobin
PIT
SP
26.5
0.6
0.8
0.5
5 Bill Lohrman
NY1
SP
26.1
0.5
0.6
0.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1939 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 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
32.1
4.8
19.5
11.3
2 Frankie Hayes
PHA
C
24.7
3.0
12.2
5.1
3 Rudy York
DET
C
25.9
2.7
10.5
5.0
4 Rick Ferrell
WS1
C
33.7
1.3
4.8
0.1
5 Earle Brucker
PHA
C
38.2
1.1
4.2
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 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
31.7
7.0
29.1
20.8
2 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
28.5
5.3
21.6
12.7
3 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
26.6
4.5
20.9
13.4
4 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
29.1
3.8
16.0
5.7
5 Joe Kuhel
CHA
1B
33.0
2.4
17.1
8.0
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
36.1
4.5
15.1
7.9
2 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
24.4
4.2
17.9
8.4
3 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
21.2
2.3
11.2
2.7
4 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
35.3
1.8
6.4
2.0
5 Oscar Grimes*
CLE
2B
24.2
1.5
8.2
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 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
30.7
5.2
25.2
14.5
2 Buddy Lewis
WS1
3B
22.9
4.8
17.1
7.9
3 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
22.7
4.1
18.4
8.9
4 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
26.9
3.3
12.1
2.6
5 Eric McNair
CHA
3B
30.2
2.2
11.7
3.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Cronin
BOS
SS
32.7
5.0
17.5
8.3
2 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
32.2
4.1
15.8
6.6
3 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
25.9
2.3
7.9
0.3
4 Charlie Gelbert
WS1
SS
33.4
1.1
3.7
0.4
5 Lou Boudreau*
CLE
SS
22.0
0.6
3.4
-0.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
24.6
7.0
27.7
20.1
2 Ted Williams*
BOS
RF
20.8
6.5
30.0
20.1
3 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
33.6
6.3
26.8
17.3
4 George Selkirk
NYA
LF
31.5
4.7
21.6
13.7
5 Charlie Keller*
NYA
RF
22.8
4.0
18.8
11.6
6 Ben Chapman
CLE
CF
30.5
3.2
14.5
5.0
7 Mike Kreevich
CHA
CF
31.1
2.9
15.3
6.2
8 Barney McCosky*
DET
CF
22.2
2.7
14.8
4.7
9 Bruce Campbell
CLE
RF
29.7
2.2
13.8
6.1
10 Sam West
WS1
CF
34.7
2.2
9.6
2.7
11 George Case
WS1
CF
23.6
2.1
11.2
2.5
12 Taffy Wright
WS1
RF
27.9
2.1
11.3
3.3
13 Jeff Heath
CLE
LF
24.3
1.9
12.9
6.0
14 Chet Laabs
MULT
CF
27.2
1.7
7.5
2.0
15 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
26.4
1.7
10.2
4.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chubby Dean*
PHA
RP
22.9
1.1
1.7
1.5
2 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
34.2
0.9
1.9
1.6
3 Johnny Marcum
MULT
SW
29.8
0.7
1.3
1.2
4 Monte Pearson
NYA
SP
30.8
0.7
1.2
1.1
5 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
38.5
0.5
0.8
0.7
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