1942 Season
1941 / 1943
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1942 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
BSN
C
34.2
4.1
13.7
8.6
2 Walker Cooper
SLN
C
27.5
2.8
11.3
4.3
3 Ray Lamanno*
CIN
C
22.6
2.3
8.3
2.3
4 Clyde McCullough
CHN
C
25.3
2.2
7.9
2.4
5 Babe Phelps
PIT
C
34.2
2.1
8.6
4.4
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
NY1
1B
29.5
5.8
28.9
19.8
2 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
35.2
4.4
25.2
15.9
3 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
26.3
4.3
22.6
13.4
4 Max West
BSN
1B
25.6
2.8
16.0
8.2
5 Nick Etten
PHI
1B
28.8
2.6
10.6
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 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
31.9
3.7
16.4
7.1
2 Billy Herman
BRO
2B
33.0
2.5
14.3
4.7
3 Mickey Witek
NY1
2B
26.5
1.9
7.8
-1.2
4 Lou Stringer
CHN
2B
25.1
1.5
5.3
-1.4
5 Jimmy Brown
SLN
2B
32.2
1.0
9.8
-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 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
32.6
5.4
23.0
13.2
2 Bob Elliott
PIT
3B
25.6
3.9
18.2
9.0
3 Arky Vaughan
BRO
3B
30.3
2.0
14.4
6.1
4 Dick Bartell
NY1
3B
34.6
1.8
8.8
3.2
5 Whitey Kurowski*
SLN
3B
24.2
1.4
9.4
3.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
23.9
3.2
16.1
6.3
2 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
24.6
3.0
12.8
4.6
3 Lennie Merullo*
CHN
SS
25.2
2.2
6.7
-1.9
4 Eddie Joost
CIN
SS
26.1
1.9
9.1
-0.3
5 Eddie Miller
BSN
SS
25.6
1.6
5.7
-2.8
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
33.3
6.6
32.8
22.9
2 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
26.2
6.1
32.2
21.9
3 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
27.6
5.6
25.4
15.4
4 Pete Reiser
BRO
CF
23.3
4.5
24.5
16.5
5 Stan Musial*
SLN
LF
21.6
4.4
23.9
15.9
6 Tommy Holmes*
BSN
CF
25.3
3.0
16.5
7.1
7 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
CF
26.0
2.8
14.3
5.9
8 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
30.1
2.8
15.8
7.5
9 Babe Young
NY1
CF
27.0
2.6
12.6
7.7
10 Lou Novikoff
CHN
LF
26.7
2.5
12.1
4.4
11 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
31.8
2.5
15.9
9.2
12 Joe Medwick
BRO
LF
30.6
2.2
16.4
7.7
13 Danny Litwhiler
PHI
LF
25.8
1.9
9.0
-0.3
14 Vince DiMaggio
PIT
CF
29.8
1.6
10.6
2.3
15 Paul Waner
BSN
RF
39.2
1.6
9.6
3.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Tobin
BSN
SP
29.5
1.9
3.7
3.3
2 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
33.2
1.0
1.3
1.0
3 Larry French
BRO
SP
34.7
0.6
1.0
0.9
4 Ed Head*
BRO
SP
24.4
0.6
1.4
1.3
5 Max Macon
BRO
SP
26.7
0.5
1.1
1.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1942 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
35.1
1.5
6.3
1.8
2 Frankie Hayes
MULT
C
27.7
0.7
4.5
0.5
3 Tom Turner
CHA
C
25.8
0.5
3.0
-0.2
4 Birdie Tebbetts
DET
C
29.6
0.4
2.8
-2.5
5 Hal Wagner
PHA
C
27.0
0.2
3.4
-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 Les Fleming*
CLE
1B
26.9
4.7
26.0
15.9
2 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
24.2
1.8
18.8
8.4
3 Rudy York
DET
1B
28.9
1.8
11.3
1.3
4 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
32.1
1.4
12.9
3.3
5 Tony Lupien*
BOS
1B
25.2
0.9
10.5
2.5
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
27.4
6.5
24.4
14.9
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
24.2
4.4
17.9
8.3
3 Ellis Clary*
WS1
2B
25.8
1.5
8.1
3.6
4 Don Kolloway
CHA
2B
23.9
1.3
9.7
-0.1
5 Don Gutteridge
SLA
2B
30.0
0.9
8.9
-1.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
29.9
3.9
18.6
8.6
2 Bobby Estalella
WS1
3B
31.2
3.5
17.7
9.8
3 Pinky Higgins
DET
3B
33.1
2.4
9.1
0.3
4 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
25.7
1.9
12.9
2.8
5 Buddy Blair*
PHA
3B
31.8
1.4
10.7
2.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Pesky*
BOS
SS
22.8
4.4
18.8
8.4
2 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
25.0
3.8
15.0
5.7
3 Vern Stephens*
SLA
SS
21.7
3.8
14.7
5.2
4 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
25.8
3.4
14.0
4.6
5 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
35.2
2.8
12.6
3.2
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
23.8
10.1
41.5
31.3
2 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
25.8
6.3
31.1
21.0
3 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
27.6
5.6
27.2
16.8
4 Wally Judnich
SLA
CF
25.4
5.1
21.5
13.2
5 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
27.3
4.5
27.7
17.1
6 Chet Laabs
SLA
RF
30.2
4.2
20.5
11.1
7 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
36.6
3.8
23.3
13.6
8 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
25.4
3.6
19.4
8.7
9 George Case
WS1
LF
26.6
3.3
21.9
13.3
10 Jeff Heath
CLE
LF
27.3
3.0
20.2
10.5
11 Roy Cullenbine
MULT
LF
28.7
2.9
17.8
9.8
12 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
29.4
2.4
16.4
7.9
13 Taffy Wright
CHA
LF
30.9
2.3
12.7
7.3
14 Barney McCosky
DET
LF
25.2
2.2
13.3
2.9
15 Wally Moses
CHA
RF
31.7
1.8
15.9
5.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chubby Dean
CLE
SP
25.9
1.0
1.5
1.3
2 Oscar Judd*
BOS
SP
34.4
0.7
1.4
1.3
3 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
37.2
0.7
1.1
0.9
4 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
41.5
0.5
0.3
0.2
5 Johnny Humphries
CHA
SP
27.0
0.4
0.3
0.2
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