1946 Season
1945 / 1947
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1946 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 Andy Seminick
PHI
C
25.8
2.8
9.9
3.1
2 Phil Masi
BSN
C
30.5
2.4
10.8
3.8
3 Ernie Lombardi
NY1
C
38.2
2.2
6.0
2.0
4 Clyde McCullough
CHN
C
29.3
2.2
8.7
3.6
5 Bill Salkeld
PIT
C
29.3
1.9
6.5
3.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
25.6
8.9
41.6
30.9
2 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
33.5
5.8
19.9
13.1
3 Johnny Hopp
BSN
1B
30.0
3.7
19.9
12.5
4 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
30.3
2.7
14.1
4.2
5 Frank McCormick
PHI
1B
35.1
2.1
13.5
5.2
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
29.8
5.6
20.6
10.9
2 Billy Herman
MULT
2B
37.0
4.1
16.6
8.9
3 Buddy Blattner*
NY1
2B
26.4
3.4
10.4
3.1
4 Frankie Gustine
PIT
2B
26.4
2.3
7.2
-1.1
5 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
35.9
1.8
7.5
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 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
28.2
5.2
22.7
13.6
2 Grady Hatton*
CIN
3B
23.7
3.6
14.2
6.5
3 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
36.6
3.1
14.2
8.0
4 Jim Tabor
PHI
3B
29.7
1.9
10.1
2.4
5 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
33.6
0.7
4.0
-0.3
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
27.9
5.0
17.5
7.8
2 Billy Cox*
PIT
SS
26.8
2.6
8.4
1.6
3 Buddy Kerr
NY1
SS
23.7
2.4
6.7
-2.0
4 Dick Culler
BSN
SS
31.5
2.1
8.4
0.0
5 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
28.6
1.9
7.7
-1.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
35.8
4.7
23.7
14.0
2 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
RF
30.0
4.7
22.1
13.0
3 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
30.2
4.6
25.8
15.4
4 Del Ennis*
PHI
LF
21.1
4.4
24.0
15.1
5 Tommy Holmes
BSN
RF
29.3
3.9
21.3
11.6
6 Johnny Wyrostek*
PHI
CF
27.0
3.6
18.8
9.3
7 Augie Galan
BRO
LF
34.1
3.5
16.0
10.7
8 Pete Reiser
BRO
LF
27.3
3.2
16.4
9.1
9 Jim Russell
PIT
CF
27.8
2.9
13.4
4.5
10 Ralph Kiner*
PIT
CF
23.7
2.9
11.8
3.1
11 Sid Gordon
NY1
LF
28.9
2.7
10.4
2.5
12 Willard Marshall
NY1
CF
25.4
2.2
9.2
0.8
13 Ron Northey
PHI
RF
26.2
2.0
12.8
5.5
14 Goody Rosen
MULT
RF
33.8
1.9
7.6
2.0
15 Carl Furillo*
BRO
CF
24.3
1.8
8.5
2.8
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Oscar Judd
PHI
SP
38.4
1.1
2.4
2.2
2 Fritz Ostermueller
PIT
SP
38.8
1.0
1.3
1.1
3 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
28.8
0.9
1.2
0.9
4 Ed Wright
BSN
SP
27.1
0.8
1.8
1.6
5 Murry Dickson
SLN
SP
29.9
0.6
1.2
1.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1946 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 Aaron Robinson
NYA
C
31.0
3.8
14.4
8.6
2 Buddy Rosar
PHA
C
32.0
1.7
5.0
-2.0
3 Hal Wagner
BOS
C
31.0
1.3
8.0
1.2
4 Frankie Hayes
MULT
C
31.7
1.1
4.5
-1.4
5 Al Evans
WS1
C
29.8
1.0
5.6
0.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
35.5
5.8
26.9
17.8
2 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
28.2
5.8
31.2
21.5
3 Rudy York
BOS
1B
32.9
2.9
19.8
9.7
4 Les Fleming
CLE
1B
30.9
2.5
11.5
6.1
5 Eddie Robinson*
CLE
1B
25.5
0.6
2.3
1.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
28.2
4.0
17.2
7.3
2 Jerry Priddy
WS1
2B
26.6
2.6
11.9
3.2
3 Don Kolloway
CHA
2B
27.9
1.1
7.9
0.4
4 Johnny Berardino
SLA
2B
29.2
0.8
8.4
-1.0
5 Cass Michaels
CHA
2B
20.3
0.8
4.7
-0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Kell
MULT
3B
23.9
3.2
16.6
7.9
2 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
3B
27.7
1.2
8.1
-0.4
3 Billy Johnson
NYA
3B
27.8
1.0
6.6
1.5
4 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
29.7
1.0
5.1
-1.5
5 Don Ross
CLE
3B
32.0
0.7
3.5
0.9
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
26.8
5.6
24.3
13.7
2 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
39.2
4.7
18.6
8.6
3 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
29.0
4.0
13.1
4.4
4 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
25.7
3.6
15.3
8.0
5 Eddie Lake
DET
SS
30.3
3.0
15.2
4.5
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
27.8
10.5
45.7
35.5
2 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
29.8
5.8
27.0
17.1
3 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
31.3
5.3
25.2
15.3
4 Roy Cullenbine
DET
RF
32.7
4.9
23.0
16.7
5 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
31.6
4.8
19.6
11.0
6 Hank Edwards
CLE
RF
27.4
3.7
18.9
11.3
7 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
29.4
3.7
19.2
9.9
8 Buddy Lewis
WS1
RF
29.9
3.3
21.1
11.2
9 Barney McCosky
MULT
CF
29.2
3.2
12.1
5.0
10 Jeff Heath
MULT
LF
31.3
3.2
20.8
12.4
11 Pat Seerey
CLE
RF
23.3
2.6
11.8
4.6
12 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
33.4
2.6
17.1
6.9
13 Elmer Valo
PHA
RF
25.3
2.6
10.7
4.5
14 Sam Chapman
PHA
LF
30.2
2.1
9.1
0.0
15 Wally Judnich
SLA
CF
29.4
1.8
14.1
5.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
26.9
1.0
2.3
2.1
2 Ed Lopat
CHA
SP
28.0
0.8
1.0
0.8
3 Early Wynn
WS1
SP
26.5
0.8
2.1
2.0
4 Jesse Flores
PHA
SP
31.7
0.5
0.5
0.4
5 Mickey Harris
BOS
SP
29.4
0.5
0.2
-0.0
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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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James