1945 Season
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1945 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
NY1
C
37.2
3.8
12.7
6.5
2 Bill Salkeld*
PIT
C
28.3
3.7
13.3
8.6
3 Phil Masi
BSN
C
29.5
2.2
7.5
1.3
4 Ken O'Dea
SLN
C
32.3
1.6
7.0
1.7
5 Mike Sandlock*
BRO
C
29.7
1.2
5.3
2.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
1B
29.0
5.9
27.8
19.1
2 Augie Galan
BRO
1B
33.1
5.3
27.2
16.9
3 Ray Sanders
SLN
1B
28.6
2.1
15.8
6.5
4 Jimmy Wasdell
PHI
1B
31.1
2.1
14.1
6.1
5 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
34.1
1.8
12.9
3.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Stanky
BRO
2B
28.8
4.7
20.0
9.2
2 George Hausmann
NY1
2B
29.4
2.4
11.8
1.2
3 Don Johnson
CHN
2B
33.6
2.4
11.7
2.6
4 Whitey Wietelmann
BSN
2B
26.3
1.7
6.6
-0.4
5 Pete Coscarart
PIT
2B
32.0
1.6
7.2
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 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
35.6
5.1
25.3
15.0
2 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
27.2
4.9
20.6
12.2
3 Chuck Workman
BSN
3B
30.5
3.2
12.5
3.9
4 Bob Elliott
PIT
3B
28.6
2.8
15.2
6.3
5 Debs Garms
SLN
3B
38.0
1.6
6.5
3.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
27.6
2.0
9.2
2.2
2 Frankie Gustine
PIT
SS
25.4
2.0
8.7
0.9
3 Glenn Crawford*
MULT
SS
31.6
1.7
9.1
3.9
4 Eddie Miller
CIN
SS
28.6
1.4
5.4
-1.2
5 Dick Culler
BSN
SS
30.5
1.1
5.0
-3.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy Holmes
BSN
RF
28.3
7.8
28.1
17.6
2 Goody Rosen
BRO
CF
32.8
4.6
23.9
14.0
3 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
36.3
4.5
19.4
11.5
4 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
34.8
3.9
22.7
12.6
5 Andy Pafko
CHN
CF
24.4
3.8
18.6
9.6
6 Luis Olmo
BRO
LF
25.9
3.3
19.5
10.7
7 Buster Adams
MULT
CF
30.0
3.3
18.9
8.4
8 Jim Russell
PIT
LF
26.8
2.8
17.7
9.0
9 Carden Gillenwater*
BSN
CF
27.1
2.7
10.8
1.9
10 Johnny Barrett
PIT
CF
29.5
2.6
15.9
7.1
11 Vince DiMaggio
PHI
CF
32.8
2.3
13.0
5.6
12 Al Gionfriddo*
PIT
CF
23.3
2.0
12.5
5.5
13 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
30.6
2.0
14.7
4.9
14 Augie Bergamo
SLN
RF
28.4
2.0
11.3
6.0
15 Butch Nieman
BSN
LF
27.4
1.8
7.2
2.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rip Sewell
PIT
SP
38.1
0.7
1.7
1.6
2 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
36.2
0.5
0.8
0.7
3 Ed Heusser
CIN
SP
36.2
0.4
0.5
0.4
4 Van Mungo
NY1
SP
34.1
0.4
0.1
0.0
5 Howie Fox*
CIN
SP
24.3
0.3
0.5
0.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1945 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
MULT
C
30.7
2.6
10.8
2.2
2 Rick Ferrell
WS1
C
39.7
1.9
7.4
2.4
3 Aaron Robinson*
NYA
C
30.0
1.6
6.5
3.8
4 Mike Tresh
CHA
C
31.4
1.3
8.9
0.9
5 Frank Mancuso
SLA
C
27.1
1.3
6.8
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nick Etten
NYA
1B
31.8
4.1
20.8
10.9
2 Joe Kuhel
WS1
1B
39.0
3.9
22.6
13.4
3 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
35.1
2.1
15.2
6.9
4 Mickey Rocco
CLE
1B
29.3
1.8
13.3
3.9
5 Rudy York
DET
1B
31.9
1.7
14.2
4.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
2B
26.7
6.6
27.2
16.5
2 George Myatt
WS1
2B
31.0
4.2
19.4
10.8
3 Dutch Meyer
CLE
2B
29.7
3.9
15.5
7.0
4 Eddie Mayo
DET
2B
35.2
3.1
14.6
6.3
5 Skeeter Newsome
BOS
2B
34.7
2.0
8.2
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 Tony Cuccinello
CHA
3B
37.6
3.1
16.6
9.9
2 Oscar Grimes
NYA
3B
30.2
3.1
15.6
6.7
3 Harlond Clift
WS1
3B
32.9
1.7
10.3
3.5
4 Don Ross
MULT
3B
31.0
1.6
8.5
1.8
5 George Kell
PHA
3B
22.9
1.3
7.7
-1.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Lake
BOS
SS
29.3
5.5
20.8
12.1
2 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
24.7
5.5
20.9
11.5
3 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
28.0
3.4
11.3
5.3
4 Frankie Crosetti
NYA
SS
34.7
1.6
8.2
0.4
5 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
38.2
1.1
4.8
3.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roy Cullenbine
MULT
RF
31.7
4.6
25.0
15.2
2 Jeff Heath
CLE
LF
30.3
4.2
19.6
13.2
3 Bobby Estalella
PHA
CF
34.2
4.1
14.3
6.5
4 Wally Moses
CHA
RF
34.7
3.7
25.7
16.1
5 Johnny Dickshot
CHA
LF
35.4
3.1
18.8
10.7
6 Hank Greenberg
DET
LF
34.5
3.1
14.7
10.0
7 Buddy Lewis
WS1
RF
28.9
3.0
14.7
10.2
8 Bob Johnson
BOS
LF
39.6
2.8
17.5
8.7
9 George Case
WS1
LF
29.6
2.3
16.0
7.6
10 George Binks*
WS1
CF
31.0
2.3
15.1
6.2
11 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
28.8
2.1
9.7
6.8
12 Hersh Martin
NYA
LF
35.8
2.1
13.8
6.6
13 Pat Seerey
CLE
RF
22.3
1.9
11.9
4.6
14 Milt Byrnes
SLA
CF
28.6
1.9
13.3
5.3
15 Guy Curtright
CHA
CF
32.7
1.9
11.9
6.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Ferriss*
BOS
SP
23.6
1.6
3.3
2.8
2 Ed Lopat
CHA
SP
27.0
0.8
1.7
1.4
3 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
24.1
0.8
1.3
0.8
4 Nels Potter
SLA
SP
33.9
0.7
1.2
0.8
5 Mickey Haefner
WS1
SP
32.7
0.7
0.7
0.3
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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James