1941 Season
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1941 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 Ernie Lombardi
CIN
C
33.2
1.8
8.4
1.9
2 Al Lopez
PIT
C
32.9
1.3
5.0
-0.3
3 Bennie Warren
PHI
C
29.3
1.2
2.7
-3.2
4 Gabby Hartnett
NY1
C
40.5
1.1
4.1
1.6
5 Harry Danning
NY1
C
29.8
0.8
4.9
-2.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
34.2
6.1
27.4
17.8
2 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
25.3
5.3
25.3
15.7
3 Nick Etten
PHI
1B
27.8
5.1
18.9
9.5
4 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
28.5
5.0
23.0
14.8
5 Babe Young
NY1
1B
26.0
3.5
17.6
7.9
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
MULT
2B
32.0
3.2
13.3
3.6
2 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
30.9
2.8
17.1
7.7
3 Creepy Crespi*
SLN
2B
23.4
2.5
11.6
2.1
4 Bama Rowell
BSN
2B
25.5
2.5
11.5
3.6
5 Lou Stringer*
CHN
2B
24.1
2.2
10.2
1.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
31.6
6.1
26.8
16.4
2 Jimmy Brown
SLN
3B
31.2
3.0
15.3
6.2
3 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
28.6
2.7
13.5
5.7
4 Pinky May
PHI
3B
30.5
1.7
5.6
-2.7
5 Lew Riggs
BRO
3B
31.2
1.6
6.9
3.6
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
29.3
4.4
16.2
9.6
2 Billy Jurges
NY1
SS
33.1
3.5
11.5
3.6
3 Eddie Joost
CIN
SS
25.1
2.6
14.1
4.9
4 Eddie Miller
BSN
SS
24.6
1.4
6.2
-3.2
5 Bobby Bragan
PHI
SS
23.7
1.1
2.4
-6.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Reiser
BRO
CF
22.3
6.3
26.8
17.8
2 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
32.3
5.3
25.1
15.6
3 Joe Medwick
BRO
LF
29.6
4.2
18.9
10.2
4 Danny Litwhiler
PHI
LF
24.8
4.1
15.0
5.5
5 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
30.8
3.9
20.2
11.2
6 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
26.6
3.7
18.7
9.5
7 Vince DiMaggio
PIT
CF
28.8
3.7
17.9
8.9
8 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
25.2
3.6
18.0
10.8
9 Max West
BSN
LF
24.6
3.4
16.9
8.6
10 Dom Dallessandro
CHN
LF
27.7
2.8
14.2
5.9
11 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
CF
25.0
2.7
12.4
6.3
12 Johnny Hopp
SLN
LF
25.0
2.5
15.8
8.2
13 Johnny Cooney
BSN
CF
40.3
2.5
11.4
4.3
14 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
29.1
2.4
13.6
5.2
15 Joe Marty
PHI
CF
27.8
2.2
8.7
0.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Whit Wyatt
BRO
SP
33.8
1.0
0.3
0.2
2 Harry Gumbert
MULT
SW
31.7
0.7
1.5
1.4
3 Claude Passeau
CHN
SP
32.2
0.6
0.4
0.3
4 Bill Lohrman
NY1
SP
28.1
0.5
0.4
0.3
5 Jim Tobin
BSN
SP
28.5
0.5
0.0
-0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1941 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 Frankie Hayes
PHA
C
26.7
3.2
10.6
3.2
2 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
34.1
2.3
10.3
4.5
3 Jake Early
WS1
C
26.1
2.2
10.0
4.3
4 Rick Ferrell
MULT
C
35.7
1.4
6.0
-0.7
5 Buddy Rosar
NYA
C
27.0
1.1
4.9
1.5
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
33.7
3.9
17.1
8.5
2 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
31.1
3.2
14.7
6.2
3 Dick Siebert
PHA
1B
29.4
2.8
14.1
6.6
4 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
23.2
2.4
14.7
6.1
5 Rudy York
DET
1B
27.9
2.1
12.9
2.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
26.4
3.9
18.2
8.4
2 Benny McCoy
PHA
2B
25.6
3.2
12.2
3.1
3 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
23.2
2.6
11.4
3.3
4 Johnny Lucadello*
SLA
2B
22.4
1.7
7.1
1.2
5 Bill Knickerbocker
CHA
2B
29.5
1.1
7.2
1.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
24.7
3.5
15.4
5.9
2 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
28.9
3.2
14.2
3.8
3 Pinky Higgins
DET
3B
32.1
2.6
10.6
1.5
4 Jim Tabor
BOS
3B
24.7
1.7
9.0
1.0
5 George Archie*
MULT
3B
27.2
1.0
7.2
0.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
27.9
7.3
26.9
17.1
2 Joe Cronin
BOS
SS
34.7
5.6
17.9
8.8
3 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
34.2
4.5
19.8
9.8
4 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
24.0
4.0
14.1
4.0
5 Phil Rizzuto*
NYA
SS
24.8
2.5
11.7
3.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
22.8
10.9
39.5
30.5
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
26.6
8.3
36.3
27.1
3 Jeff Heath
CLE
RF
26.3
6.0
26.8
17.3
4 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
24.8
5.9
29.3
20.3
5 Roy Cullenbine
SLA
LF
27.7
5.0
20.7
11.4
6 Sam Chapman
PHA
CF
25.2
4.8
19.9
11.0
7 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
28.4
4.4
23.4
14.0
8 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
35.6
3.9
18.2
8.5
9 Buddy Lewis
WS1
RF
24.9
3.7
18.3
8.7
10 Taffy Wright
CHA
RF
29.9
3.7
21.3
12.8
11 Wally Judnich
SLA
CF
24.4
3.3
14.1
4.8
12 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
24.4
2.9
16.0
5.8
13 Barney McCosky
DET
CF
24.2
2.7
13.3
5.0
14 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
30.7
2.3
12.9
5.4
15 Joe Grace
SLA
RF
27.5
2.2
10.7
4.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
36.2
1.1
2.6
2.5
2 Schoolboy Rowe
DET
SP
31.5
0.6
0.9
0.9
3 Thornton Lee
CHA
SP
34.8
0.5
0.2
0.0
4 Johnny Gorsica
DET
SP
26.3
0.5
0.4
0.3
5 Johnny Babich
PHA
SP
28.1
0.5
1.0
0.9
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.

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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